Her Heart Belongs to Him- (TMR Fanfiction) ON HOLD

Part 11- Running From Frypan

I wake up. I look at the clock immediatly and see that the Runners are almost going into the Maze. I turn around in my bed and sit down on my knees to look out of the window behind me. 

I see Minho strechting at one of the still closed door. Ben runs to the kid and they say hello. They start talking some more and run inside when the doors finally open. I lay back down in the bed, looking around the room.

I sigh. The day just started and I am bored already. I start humming again while tapping my toes against the bed. That becomes annoying after a while so I stand up. I open the door of the room and walk down the stairs.

I sneak into Frypan's kitchen and see that the cooks aren't up yet. I walk to the little cabinets and get out some bread and cheese. I try making a sandwich, but fail horribly.

"I shoudl've made them myself." I whisper to myself. "You should've." I turn to the door, eyes wide. Newt starts laughing. "You are lucky that I am not Frypan." He says.

He grabs the bread from my hands and starts making a perfect sandwich. The cheese is perfectly placed on the bread and he puts some letuce on it too.

I am suprised when he hands the perfect piece of food. "You are good at this." I tell him before taking a bite of the bread. "I have done it a long time." He tells me absentmindly.

His leg shifts a little. Standing in a better position. That is when it clicks. Man I am so slow sometimes. "You were a Runner weren't you?"

He looks up and nods. "But then something happened to your leg why you are limping and you couldn't run anymore." 

"Exactly, Vanny." He smiles a little. I want to ask him how he got his limp, but I see whatever happens hurts him a lot. So I don't push it. 

I finish the sandwich. "Thank you for the perfect sandwich, Newt." I say. He chuckles again. A little tone of sadness in it. "I'll go back to my room now, before Alby thinks I am running the Maze." 

"Good idea." I wave a little before walking out of the shed. "Newt!" Frypan's voice shouts through the Glade. I turn around and see Newt trying to run away from the cook. 

I run to the limp boy and put him on my back. He is quiet heavy but I keep running. "Vanny, keep running! Don't look back." The boy on my back shouts. 

I laugh and hear the hurried steps of Frypan running behind us. "Come back here!" He shouts. I am about to run through the large doors of the Maze when Newt stops me.

"Vanny, not in here. You promised it." He shouts. I spot abruptly which make me fall over. Newt and I end up on the stone between the two doors, both laughing.

We hear Frypan laugh too in the distance.  I get up and help the second in command. Frypan comes closer, a spoon in his right hand. His head is red from laughing and he still has a smile on his face.

"That was so funny." He says through a fit of giggles. "Don't raid my kitchen ever again." His voice becomes serious all of the sudden. Newt and I gulp and nod at the same time. 

Frypan turn around and back into his kitchen. When he dissapears behind the doors Newt and I start laughing again. "That was close." I say.

"Too close." He adds. He walks be back to the room in the Homestead. I lay down in the bed, say goodbye to Newt and try to sleep a little.

I need to wait for Alby to check up with me, so I can convince him that I am capable of running again. I just did it... With a Newt on my back!

I kind of hope he saw that. Saw me running from Frypan with Newt. I have to admit that I feel a little dizzy now, but that doesn't matter.

After laying down in a thousand different positions the door opens and Alby walks in. "Good afternoon, Vanessa." He greets. "How are you doing?" 

"Great, actually. Totally capable of running."

He sighs a little. "I don't know Vanessa." He sits down on the chair beside my bed. "Didn't you see me just a few hours ago? With Newt on my back, running from Frypan?" I ask. I sit up, looking the leader in the eyes.

"I did." He says. "But, I don't think you should enter the Maze already." I sigh. "That doesn't make any sense, Alby." 

He smirks all of the sudden. Something I haven't seen the leader doing since I arrived here.

"You have been unconcious for a long time, you know. The Greenie will come up that Box in two days. I thought you might want to see it." I smile. I do want to witness something like that, but because of my Runner job I was always gone when the Box came up.

"Yeah! I would love to see that." He smiles too. "I thought you would. Besides Greenies like you. Look at Chuck. He keeps asking how you are doing. I think he sees you as a big sister or something."

"I'll be there. You might want to tell Minho and Newt about this idea, though. Before they start complaining about me being healthy already."

"Will do." 

"See you in two days then." I say.

"Sure thing." He reassures before walking out of the room again. I turn back around in my bed and watch the Glade through the window. .

I see Newt running around to help everyone who needs help. Alby just exits the Homestead. Gally is telling the other Builders about a new building they are going to make.

And then I spot Chuck. Walking all alone through the Glade. Just pacing around, one hand in his hair. He looks up at my room and smiles when he notices me. He waves and I motion for him to come up here.

He looks aroudn if someone is watching him, before running inside. I hear his footsteps on the crooky stairs as he runs up. He opens the door with a red face, panting a little.

"Hey Vanessa! How are you doing?"

I talk with Chuck for a few hours. We make joke, play some games. When Minho runs in, his forehead still sweaty from running all day, Chuck leaves the room.

I talk to Minho for quiet a while until we both decide that it's time for some rest.

As Minho exits the room with a little wave, I can't help but smile at the thought of opening the Box. Plus the new Greenie could be T. I tuck myself in and fall asleep.

Dreaming about the first Greenie I will see exiting the Box, and enetering the Glade.