LIMERENCE ﹐ the maze runner.

11

THE DAY OF THOMAS ARRIVAL TO THE GLADE

"Greenie comin' up in the Box today,"Archie said to Clara as they walked to the Med-house.

"Yep,"she replied.

"What do you'll think he'll look like?"Archie asked. Since there were very few forms of entertainment in the Glade, Clara and Archie had thought up their own little game - They would both guess what the Greenie would look like, and whoever came the closet 'won'.

"Don't know, haven't thought about it really,"Clara admitted. "I hope he's super hot."

"What do you mean by that? I'm super hot!"Archie said, faking that he was hurt by Clara's statement.

"Well, what do you think he'll look like?"Clara asked him.

"I'm still hoping it's a girl,"Archie replied. "And I hope she's super hot."

"I'm super hot,"Clara replied, repeating what Archie had said.

"Whatever you say, Clara,"Archie said, joking.

"Hey, at least we can go check out the Greenie,"Clara reminded Archie. "Clint and Jeff said that they'd handle Ben until we come back after seeing what the Greenie looks like."

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Much to Archie's disappointment, the Greenie was a boy.

"Look at that shank."

"How old is he?"

"Looks like a klunk in a T-shirt."

"You're the klunk, shuck-face."

"Dude, it smells like feet down there!"

"Hope you enjoyed the one-way trip, Greenie."

"Ain't no ticket back, bro."

Some of the boys lowered the rope for the new Greenie. As the Greenie stepped into the rope, the boys pulled it up and grabbed him by his clothes, pulling him out of the box and onto the grass.

The Greenie looked about 17 years old, and he had brown hair.

"Nice to meet ya, shank. Welcome to the Glade,"Alby 'welcomed' the Greenie.

The newbie turned around, most likely trying to observe the Glade.

"Look at the Greenbean,"Gally said. "Gonna break his shuck neck checkin' out the new digs."

Some of the Gladers laughed at Gally's comment, but one of the boys told him,"Shut your hole, Gally."

"Where am I?"the boy asked. For some reason, the boy's voice sounded familiar to Clara, but she couldn't quite put her finger on it.

"Nowhere good,"Alby answered the boy's question. "Just slim yourself nice and calm."

"Which Keeper he gonna get?"someone shouted.

"I told ya shuck-face! He's a klunk, so he'll be a Slopper- no doubt about it."

Clara remained silent. She didn't exactly agree with the way the Gladers treated newbies, but there really was nothing she could do about it.