Never Gave Up (Alby Love Story)

Chapter 18 Ashton's P.O.V

I followed Minho and Thomas down the corridor. I'm glad to be out running again. Glad that I was even allowed to be runner.

I followed Minho and Thomas was running next to me. I remember my first day of running in the other maze. She only had me remember the path and layout and the next day I would have to look for changes, since it would be kinda of hard to look for changes on the first day.

Minho started to slow as we came to another doorway. The number 8 was painted largely on the right side of the door.

"This is our section. You don't have to remember the layout of the path we just came. Just remember the layout of the path in this section." Minho said then jogged into the section.

We ran and I took notes on things to help me remember the path for later. Don't really need to. Minho told me to so I just listened. Been a runner two years before coming here, I don't need to take notes to remember the path. The job of runner was to important for me. There was a reason why I had to get out of there and the reason has mostly come back to me.

As I ran I also noticed differences from this maze and the other. The main difference was the walls. These walls are covered in more ivy. In the girl's maze the walls were pretty much bare beside a few ivy vines. Another difference is that there are no rots hanging on the sides of the walls.

Minho said something to Thomas and he pull a knife from is backpack. Thomas started cutting vines from the wall and through them on the ground in the middle of the path.

"Bread crumbs." Thomas said.

"Smart." I said and Minho glared at me then smirked.

We never used bread crumbs in the other maze. One because there was no vines to cut down and second you were expected to memorize your path so you could make your map when you get back.

We ran some more till we came to a cliff. Minho and Thomas sat down and pulled their lunches out. I walked to the edge of the cliff and looked down.

I couldn't see anything but mist. This seem familiar to me. I can't remember if this was in my other maze. But it seem important. Something in my head is trying to tell me something but it can't get through to what ever is blocking my members.

"That's the cliff. There's nothing important about it." Minho said.

"Yes there is." Thomas said

I looked over at them and Minho rolled his eyes as Thomas stood and walked over to me. He was holding a apple core. He stopped next to me and smiled.

"Watched the apple."

He through it down into the cliff. It fell into the mist and it slowly disappeared. It must be a log drop because I never heard it hit the ground.

"Now watch this rock."

He through the rock into the center if the cliff and it disappeared. I leaned closed put still couldn't see it. I looked at Thomas and he was smiling.

"I found this out the night we were stuck in the maze."

"Come on, it's lunch time. We don't have long. Better eat unless you want to wait for dinner." Minho said.

I sat down and pulled my lunch and water bottle out. Thomas sat back down and I looked over at the cliff and then down the path we came.

A memory was trying to come to me. I tried to get it but it wouldn't come to me. I gave and sighed, then through my apple core over the cliff. I re-packed my backpack and stood up.

"Can we get going?"

"What's the rush shank? You should take your rests. Now sit down and we'll leave and a little bit." Minho said.

I sighed and started to walk to the cliff. I looked down willed the memory to come. I never came. I so frustrated that it won't come to me. Just like when I first got here and how this place seemed so familiar. But now it just so strong. I need to figure out what is here. I know it has to be something important. It must have been in the other maze. But I don't know what is so important about it.

"Come on. Let's head back." Minho said.

They both stood up and started jogging I followed them. No Grievers made an appearance. A huge difference from the other maze. They'd attacked almost ever day. That's how we got so good at fighting them.

We got back to the Glade and Alby was standing there waiting. I smiled at him as I passed him and jogged to the Map Room. Minho told me that I had to make my map. Then he wants to see it when am done.

I stood at the table and made my map. Minho stood next to Thomas and kept telling him to fix his lines. I finished my map and stood next to Thomas as Minho. Thomas finally finished his map and Minho turned to me.

"Here's my map." I said.

He took it and looked it over. He looked back at me then down at the map. Thomas looked at it to the looked at me shocked. Do I do something wrong?

"Is there something wrong?" I asked.

"No. Everything is fine. Go eat dinner. You go to Thomas." Minho said.

Thomas and I walked to the Commons. We sat with Chuck and Newt. I wonder where Alby was. Newt told how bad Alby was today.

"He kept staring at the doors. He couldn't sit still. Didn't pay attention to anything unless he heard your name." Newt said and started laughing.

After dinner I saw Alby talking with Minho. I went with Thomas to get my sleeping bag. As we stood in line someone picked me up and started walking towards the Homestead. I turned my head and Alby smiled at me.

"What are you doing?"

"Taking you to bed. You must be tried from running all day." He said and walked into his bedroom and sat me down on the bed.

I laughed as he pull my shoes of and his own and laid down next to me. He put his arm around my waist a pulled me closer to him.

"What were you and Minho talking about?"

"He was telling be about your running."

"What'd he say?"

"Just that you did a good job. That your map is the best. Your map is better then his own. He doesn't understand how you made it that good with little notes you wrote. Told he wants you to be a runner. Both I have to talk with Newt about it. But you will probably become one."

I smiled and he kissed my forehead. I snuggled closer to him. I didn't realize that I miss sleeping next to him. I fell asleep in his arms and went into a dreamless sleep.