Being the female Glader

Chapter 4 - Slicer for a day

( Newt's view )

I watched as Claire had her head slightly down while following behind Winston I could tell being a slicer wasn't for Claire everyone could see it plain as day she was two smart to be a slicer I didn't know why Alby was forcing her into doing this maybe because she was a girl I didn't know though

I quickly gave my plate to Frypan and headed towards the gardens
Since I was Track-hoe it was kinda a boring job but after my accident I couldn't be a runner anymore

Once in the gardens I began harvesting what could be Zart and the other Track-hoe's began weaving baskets to hold the fresh fruit and vegetables

Working in the gardens was a hot and boring most of the time unless someone was cracking jokes or telling a story but all today's talk was about Claire since she came up yesterday all the Gladers have been talking her I tried my best to ignore it since it only made my blood boil they way they talked about her

( Claire's view )

I grabbed the bucket of slop that Winston gave me to feed to pigs the blood house smelled of death I couldn't wait for today to be over but it had only began

The pigs fought each other over the slop their squeals and grunts to be heard from across the glade after putting the slop bucket where it belonged I started to water and fees the rest of the animals this part didn't seem bad once you got past the smell of death that seemed to linger around the area

Alby showed up and told Winston to make me kill the goat that he was going to I froze in spot and told Alby that I couldn't kill the goat that since it wasn't a do or die moment I just didn't have it me

After Alby's visit I began muck the stalls and wheelbarrow the shit and guts towards the woods I passed the garden on the way only stopping for a quick glance to see if Newt was there since I didn't really know what he did besides being second in command

I saw him with his back facing me the brownish orange tank top fitted well on him showing how muscular he really was I quickly started wheelbarrowing towards the woods as one of the other Gladers who worked in the garden started to point at me making Newt turn around I acted as if I hadn't stopped and that I didn't know where Newt was after dumping out the wheelbarrow in the fertilizer pile where it belonged I started pushing the wheelbarrow back towards the blood house when suddenly I was tackled as the wheelbarrow made a huge crashing noise's as it rolled down hill

I tried fighting against a Glader who's name I didn't know he had short brown hair he was much taller then me and was tan all I really knew about him was he use to be a runner

Once I managed to get free after we both kinda fell / rolled down a hill I began to run as fast as my feet would let me he then started catching up I tripped over a log rolling over on my back just in time to be able to kick him the face causing him to stumble backwards

As I sprinted out of the wood all eyes landed on me just then the Mad Glader tackled me again this time he began to choke me while digging his nails into my throat and wrist Gladers from all over the glade came running only to see me grab a rock knocking the Glader off of me just as he stood up Newt hit him in the head with a garden hoe

Alby came running up and asked what happened I explained that he just attacked me on my way back from dumping the wheelbarrow Alby told the others to lift his shirt up he had apparently been stung I didn't know what that meant after they dragged him to the pits I learned his name was Blake

( Newt's view )

Clint and Jeff took care of Claire's newest wounds while I went into the woods to get the wheelbarrow for her

I found it at the bottom of a hill I saw where she and Blake must of rolled down during their fight I then grabbed the wheelbarrow and made my way out of the woods just in Time for Clint and Jeff finishing up Claire

( Claire's view )

As Clint and Jeff left Newt gave me back the wheelbarrow which he so sweet got from the woods I thanked and hugged him before sadly going back to the blood house where the smell of death greeted me like a old ex Friend you didn't want to see

Winston had me cut the meat into different style slices and chunks this part was pretty easy once you got ahold of the bloody meat it didn't bother me as much dealing with the animal once it was dead I just couldn't handle the butchering part no matter how much Alby tried to make me

I continued for most of the day cutting up the dead animals into different cuts until it was time to give the meat to Frypan

I gathered the meat into a pot before carrying it towards the kitchen I saw Gally and the other builders working on my hut it looked like it was coming along quite nicely

As I reached inside the kitchen
Frypan met me with a smile taking the pot of fresh meat which meant that I was almost done with today just before I left Frypan gave me two Apple slices which I gladly ate

When I got back to the blood house I helped clean it the best I could since we were about to call it a night

( Newt's view )

Just as me and Zart finished storing and putting the extra harvest in the cellar while the others took some to Frypan for tonight's dinner

I saw Claire come back she was slightly speckled in blood along with her clothes were she passed by giving me a quick smile before heading to the washing station I figured she was probably doing a quick rinse before dinner so she didn't smell of death like the blood house

We started our normal small campfire that was the main light for around the kitchen at night not long after it was going good Claire showed up cleaner then before she had also changed her clothes she must of seen the box of clothes with her name on it in my room it had come up in the box with her

She came out wearing some green brownish shorts , a army green tank top , with a army green jacket , along with some black combat boots

" Hey Newt she said smiling at me while we got in line for food I couldn't help but smile she still chose to talk to me over other Gladers

" Hey Claire how you feeling I asked a little faster than I had meant to causing her to giggle slightly

" I'm feeling OK glad that today's over with I did not enjoy working as a slicer she said softly
As we made our way to a empty table we sat across from each other before Alby came up informing Claire that she'd be trying out for builder tomorrow which meant she had to work with Gally as soon as Alby left Thomas and Minho came over and sat down next to us Thomas sat by Claire while Minho sat next to me we all began talking about today's event's until Gally walked up to Claire's free side placing a arm around her small frame " heard you get to work with me sweet thing he said while trying to show off his muscles causing Claire to shake his arm off and roll her eyes before turning her frame towards Thomas