Gladergirl || Newt x Reader

Chapter 5 - New home

[Y/n's pov.]

Newt opens the trap door and starts climbing down, leaving me up there alone. I look over the edge again, looking right onto the ground below me. Maybe jump wouldn't be so bad decision.

,,Are you coming?" Newt asks from floor below. I jump as I didn't expect anyone to talk to me. I look at the open trap door. I guess this is my home now.

,,Coming." I answer as I reach the trap door. I look down and start climbing down.

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,,Alrigh, let's start this from-" he stops as he looks around the Glade. Right after I jump the few stairs I have left. ,,Normally we take Greenies first to the Box, to show them from where they come, but you came from Maze, so..." he scratches his neck and looks at me.

,,Maze... so I was right." I whisper to myself.

,,What did you say?" Newt asks and smiles at me. But instead of looking at his smile I look into his eyes. There's no joy or any slightest hint of happiness, just sadness and pain. Right after I realise the pain in his eyes I break the eye contact looking directly to the ground bitting on my bottom lip.

,,Nothing, just, take me to the Box.?" I answer letting out soft laught with how absurde it sounds. Maybe if I would came in the Box, it wouldn't be so crazy to hear that some Greenies came out of Box.

,,Good that." Newt answers with another smile, but this one is real and his eyes light up. It makes my heart melt. Oh stop it (Y/n)! You know him for about five minutes. Then he starts walking. I follow him, keeping my head down, as we pass few Gladers.

,,Hey there sweetheart, keep your chin up, to light up our Glade!" the boy with bossy voice yells at me. With this I move my head to let the hair I have behind my ear fall to cover my face. As I bite on my bottom lip.

,,Slim it Gally! Wanna spend night in the pit?" Newt yells back at the guy, Gally, as he lowers his head. I smile, still holding my bottom lip between my teeths. ,,Good that." he keeps his eyebrows together this time, still looking at Gally. Then he looks at me. ,,Alright Greenie, let's start this tour." Newt smiles at me as I move my head up, to see him. When I do I make eye contact with him. For the first time, it's Newt who looks away first.

,,Okay, so this is Box. Every month, same day, same time, new Greenie comes. This month, it was Alfred and you, but you kinda came from maze, which is strange, but, let's forget about that." Newt laughs little nervously, or at least I would say he is nervous. I let out little laugh even tho, there is nothing funny about the fact that I came through maze, but I wanna help him a little. ,,With Greenie, they send some food, wood, sometimes even animals." then he leads me towards some bad looking house. What was I thinking, they are just teenage boys. How cruel must be the people that put them, us, here? Even tho, some of the boys doesn't seem so nice, they still -,,Hey there princess, are you paying atention?" Newt's accent snaps me out of my thoughts.

,,Sorry, I didn't pay atention." I answer honestly. Scratching the back of my neck. Newt lets out a little laugh.

,,Okay, so once again, this is a Homestead. The Keepers have their rooms here, part of it is med-hut and all the gardering are happening there." Newt says pointing on the almost falling building. It has like two or three floors and it really doesn't stand straight. After while of me and Newt standing there, while Newt still talks about this Homestead, Alby opens the door and cames out. ,,Ah, hey Alby!" Newt says to him. Alby turns around and head towards us.

,,Hi there Greenie." Alby greets. I look at him, smiling before I say anything.

,,Hi, eh, thank you for what you did while I was at the lookout tower." I say shyly as I scratch the back of my neck, once again.

,,No problem Greenie, hope you'll feel safer." he answers.

,,Yeah actually it made me feel more safe, even tho I didn't understand everything you said." I say with little laugh. Alby laugh as well.

,,Good that, after all, this is your home now. Imma go check these shanks, see ya around Greenie. Newt." he says starting to head away from us. Then he just stops. ,,You are going to have your own hut, with your own shower Greenie, but until the builders build it, you'll have to use normal shower and we need to find you somewhere safe to stay at night." he says as he turns around to face me.

,,Uh..Okay, thanks Alby." I answer blushing a little, because he treats me like some, princess. He just nods and walks away.

,,Good that. That was Alby, our Keeper," when he sees my face, full of confusion, he adds ,,the leader, we call them Keepers. I totally forgot you are new to the slang princess." Newt says smiling at me. I smile back at him. Wait, wasn't I thinking about Alby  treating me like a princess? Oh my god, this is gonna be crazy.

He shows me around, the pit is something like prison, kinda funny, no? Okay. The garden, animal pens, the tree grove and the map room. He also tells me about the jobs.

,,Almost eveyone has two jobs. You'll try all of then, and then at garthering some Keeper will choose you." Newt says like it's no big deal. Yay.

,,All right or Good that, whatever you are saying here." I let out little laugh. Newt looks at me with a confused smile. ,,What does that even mean?"

,,Oh, uh, you practically answered yourself." Newt lets laugh and scratches back of his neck. ,,Ah, it's getting kinda late, the runners should be here in any second." he says as he looks at his watch and then at the enterance into the maze. Bitting his nails, forgetting I am there.

,,Uh, let me guess what is their job!" I say little too excited. Newt looks at me with little grin, still having his hand close to his mouth.

,,Okay, go on princess." why is he using that nickname so often? Maybe he doesn't remember my name.

,,They run through the maze," I shut myself as this is the only thing I could put together. ,,And, I dunno, are they trying to find a way out?" I ask as Newt let's out silent laugh. ,,Don't laugh at me." I say with little smile.

,,All right Greenie, as you wish." Newt says putting his hands into the air, to gesture that he surrender.

,,Wait, isn't running little too exhausting?" I ask trying to make eye contact, but Newt avoids it right away. ,,Nevermind." I say, rolling my eyes slightly as I know that I say something, he doesn't want to talk about. I turn around and head towards the forest.