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"Who is she?" •••
WHEN THE GIRLS returned from breakfast, they bombarded Juno with questions. She answered simply, telling them that she didn't feel good so she was sent back here to lay down. Although none of them looked satisfied, they didn't ask anymore. Instead, they all laid down on bunks, chitchatting. Juno, wanting to take her mind off of everything going on, joined them.
They spoke for a while, and Juno tried her best to participate but she wasn't in the mood to talk about what they wanted to do when they got to safe-havens. All of them knew there was a small chance of those safe-havens actually existing, but they still let themselves dream. Juno was guilty of dreaming too.
Kiko was in the middle of talking about how she hoped to find someplace tropical as her safe haven —similarly to their Maze—. After having spoken to the other kids from different Mazes, they had learnt that their Maze was different. Unlike the fields and forests of the other Mazes, their Mazes had tropical palm-trees and a sandy beach with a little pond. When they had escaped their Maze to the desert, Juno had realized that WICKED had just been lazy building their Maze, and just covered part of it in grass. Kiko spoke quickly, stopping only when the door to their bunk room opened.
Their hearts all pounded harder until Doctor McDonell came in with a girl. Juno didn't recognize the girl; she had medium length brown hair, brown eyes and a skeleton-like complexion.
Kiko stands up quickly to welcome the girl. Juno follows her lead, along with Reese.
"Girls, this is Leanne. She'll be staying with you until decided otherwise." Dr. McDonell smiles to the girls before beginning to walk backwards out the door. "Make the introductions quick, dinner is in twenty minutes."
Already? Time had passed quickly.
Hally stands up once the door closes. "Hi! I'm Hally." She says excitedly.
Luna stands up beside Hally shyly. "I'm Luna." She nervously tucks her hair behind her ear.
"I'm Kiko." She waves enthusiastically.
Reese follows Kiko's gesture. "I'm Reese." Juno watches Leanne's surprised face as she hears Reese's accent.
Juno smiles from the back of the group. "I'm Juno, but everyone calls me June."
"It's nice to meet you all." The girl smiles. "I'm Leanne."
"Is it true you were in a Maze with all boys?" Reese bursts out suddenly, sitting on one of the bunks. The other girls follow quickly, and Leanne sits on the empty one across from Juno and Kiko. Juno guessed that the word of the new arrivals had travelled fast.
