Why us? (tmr fanfiction)

Chapter 3. Orange peels and Mirrors

*Please read my A/N at the end of the chapter :)*

I went to bed with a smile on my face and woke up with a smile on my face. Minho woke me up with an egg biscuit, an orange and a bottle of water. Newt was sitting where he slept last night happily munching on his biscuit sandwich.

I pushed myself up into a sitting position and stretched. I clasped my hands together and reached them towards the sky, stretching out my back. I let out a small moan and then blushed because Minho and Newt look at me wide eyes. I let my arms fall to my side and I said with a straight face,

"What?" They both laughed. Can I just say awkward. Minho passed me my breakfast i hurriedly started to eat prison style. Eat as much as you can in case someone tries to steal your food.

"Slow down!" Newt patted my pack when I started to slightly choke on my water. I stopped coughing continuously but had the occasional one. Minho was rolling. Literally. I kicked my leg out and hit him in the shin. He grabbed his leg and gave me a look. I glared back at him. He held his hands up in surrender, and I smirked.

"So, what's on the agenda for today?" I asked while peeling my orange. Newt was in the middle of chewing when he answered.

"Today we are electing keepers and splitting into jobs I guess." It almost sounded like a question. Minho nodded his head and said yep.

I pulled the last piece of peel off of my orange and flicked it at Minho. It hit him right in the forehead. I threw my arms in the air and Newt yelled out "10 points for Jane!" I laughed so hard. when I looked back up Minho was getting on his feet. Oh boy. I got up as fast as I could and shot off as soon as I got up. I could hear his footstep behind me. Oh hell no.

I picked up my speed and kept going. I could almost feel his arm touch me when he reached out to grab me. I turned sharply into the tree line we were running along. I serpentined around trees and then I quickly pulled myself to a halt and crouched behind a tree. I put one hand over my mouth to silence my semi-heavy breathing. I heard him run by crunching fallen leaves.

Once I thought he was far enough away, I slowly stood up and started to walk back. Making sure not to step on leaves or twigs, of course. I got a ways away before I heard him voice right behind me.

"Thought you could hide from me?" I slowly turned around to see him and before he could do anything I took off. Again. I started laughing like a hyena when I heard him sigh loudly.

I guess I wasn't paying attention to where I was running when I ran smack dab into someone full force. We tumbled and rolled quite a ways when I stopped on my back. I had dirt on my face and a little in my mouth. I sat up slowly feeling dizzy and spit out some of the dirt. I looked over to see Alby standing himself up. Uh-oh.

"Oh my gosh Alby I'm so sorry I was running from Minho because I threw an orange peel at his face and I didn't see you there I'm so sorr-" He cut me off by laughing. Laughing. He was laughing that I just bulldozed him.

"What's so funny? She just trucked you and your laughing? You should throw her in the slammer." I heard from next to me. I turned to see Jacob. that little prick. He can shuck himself for saying that. He's just pissed that I ruined his chance to get with Susan. I mean how rude can you get? I mean yeah, I did run him over but it's not like he got hurt or anything. And is that really punishable to the shucking slammer? No. I don't think so. Alby cut my little rant in half.

"What? No that was shocking awesome! You were on fire! I think you might have just earned a spot un the runners." He gave me a warm smile. Man, I'm starting to warm up to him.

"What? Yeah, she is a good runner but she is a girl. Can she really defend herself in the maze by herself?" I was taken back.

"What does me being a girl have anything to do with me being a runner?" I said getting slightly riled up by his words.