The Girl

Chapter Thirty Five

  Pacing back and forth in the medtent, my feet start feeling tired from all of the running in the maze. I sigh and glance at Drew, still sound asleep, until I decide to peek outside of the tent.

The Glade looks fairly calm and collected, pretty much the same as every other day. I pull my head back inside just in time to hear hostile arguing.

I push my way outside to see two boys at each other's throats, shouting at each other and about to pounce. A few Gladers stop what they're doing and look over, some try to make their way. I start to walk over to them until I see one of the boys pull out a knife.

"No! What the hell are you doing?" I shout, pushing my body between the boys and holding my hand out in front of me to the boy with the knife. I notice more Gladers start to try and see what's going on.

"Get the shuck out of the way, Beth!" The boy with the knife screams at me. He tries to swing the blade as I duck my head out of the way.

"Are you out of your shucking mind?" I ask him, trying to catch my breath from his attempt to kill someone, although I can't tell if it's the boy now or me. "I don't know what's going on, but I can tell you pretty confidently that murder isn't the answer." He tries to thrust the knife down on me, but I move out of the way and kick the knife out of his hand and out of sight. "Do you maybe wanna tell me what your problem is?" I say somewhat sarcastically, trying to catch my breath. He looks at me straight in the eyes, anger burning in them, and starts lunging at me.

I hear voices coming up behind me.

"What the hell?" I hear Minho call out.

"If you don't back the bloody hell up," Newt's warning him.

The boy ignores them and tries to grab my throat. As his hands grip my neck I feel mine try to pull him off of me, until I shove my knee into his pain zone and kick his knee so he falls to the ground. I turn to the other boy.

"Do you have an explanation?" I cross my arms and raise my eyebrows at him. He shakes his head and his eyes follow the boy writhing in pain on the ground.

"He just came up to me and started screaming at me," He widens his eyes. I shift my gaze to the other boy.

"Does anyone else have an idea of what that was?" I ask, looking around at the crowd of Gladers that had formed. No one says anything, so I huff and bite my lip. "Well then I don't know why you're all still here."

The boys disperse and find their way back to their jobs. I feel someone staring at me, so I turn my back to see Newt and Minho both smirking.

"What?" I ask, confused. They look at each other before Minho shakes his head and looks down and Newt leans against a tree beside him.

"There's something about a girl who takes charge," Newt tells me. I laugh and shake my head.

"I just... I need to check on Drew," I tell them before going back to the medtent. I pull the entrance back to see Drew still sleeping. I'm kinda distracted, Newt and Minho's reactions made me blush. I smile and find my way inside the tent, attempting to tie my hair back up from it's fall when I ducked.

"You don't have to be stuck in here, you know," I hear someone tell me. I pull the ribbon in my hair into a bow and turn my head to see Newt smiling at me. I smile and bite my lip.

"I told Drew I'd stay here, I don't wanna just leave," I say, walking over to the wooden chair next to the cot and sitting down. I pull my legs up so they're crossed in front of me.

"Your stubbornness can be frustrating, but it's kind of a turn on," He smiles at me. I grin back at him and lean against my chair.

"I guess you'll just have to deal with it."