Promises

My New Normal (Teresa's POV)

          I think its been a month since Newt left. I'm not completely sure, because they won't let me find out anything new, unless it benefits them. I've had the same routine everyday: wake up, go to the lab, make more of the "cure", have a 5 minute lunch break, go back to work, clean the lab, go to my bed for them to run medical tests, get beaten, sleep for 3 hours. 

           At first it was really hard to stay awake, but I had no choice, so I just got used to it. I never complain, because I know of the consequences. I never cry because I will be punished. I never talk unless I am spoken to. I TRY to never think about the Gladers and Thomas, but that is the one thing I struggle with. After watching that video, I have lost all hope. 

           I feel stupid thinking that Newt would actually come back for me. He hated me right? He just wanted to escape. 

           And Thomas never loved me. He admitted it. He said that he loves Brenda more than he ever loved me, and that broke my heart the most. Thats what keeps me up at night, knowing that the man I loved and sacrificed everything for, never felt anything but pity for me. And the worst part was, I thought that I was the one hurting him. 

           Ever since the Scorch, I thought that I had broken him, and that I had made his heart ache for me. But I guess I was wrong, once again. All I did was cause myself more pain. Each morning since then I've  wanted to be held in his arms, to look into his dark brown eyes, to play with his hair, and to kiss his soft lips, again. I felt electricity shoot through my body when he kissed me on the rooftop, BEFORE I DIED FOR HIM. That was nothing to him though. 

            Today was going to be different then my normal schedule. I could tell, because when I woke up, I wasn't dragged to the lab as usual. I walked there instead, and I saw Blake waiting for me. "Finally." he stated.  I just glared at him. 

           "Teresa my dear, we have a tiny issue. We seem to have run out of the key ingredient for the  cure. Thomas's blood. This means we need more, and you will get it for us. UNLESS, you find another way. You have 12 hours, until we send you to retrieve your long lost lover. Am I clear." I nodded and ran to her desk and started right away. 

               The last thing I wanted was for Thomas to suffer even more. Even though, he hadn't been nice or caring towards me at all, I still loved him. I would still die for him, over and over again. 

          I had two hours left until Thomas was doomed. I was half awake, but I wasn't giving up. Then, a thought crossed my mind. If I'm so special, that they sent me into the maze with Thomas, I might have the same stuff in my body. I might have the cure!  

          I tested my blood multiple times, and then finally realized that I HAD THE CURE. However, there was one problem, my blood didn't contain nearly as much of it as Thomas's so I had to use more of my blood in order for it to work. 

          This was dangerous, though. I will have a major shortage of blood and WCKD will test me even more! But if it was to save the love of my life, I would do it in a heart beat. 

       I ran to Blake's office with five minutes left, and stopped at the door. I took a deep breath and whispered to myself, "I love you Tom."