Remember Me (Maze Runner FanFiction: Newt Love Story)

Chapter 6

“Woah!!” I heard someone say.

I opened my eyes to see Clint standing in the doorway. I literally jumped out of bed.

“Clint, it’s not what it looks like,” I said. “I was just checking up on him.”

I looked over at Newt who was trying to sit up.

“What bloody time is it?” he asked.

“Time for dinner,” Clint replied with a smirk on his face.

He winked at me and gave Newt one last smirk before he left the room.

I sat down on the edge of the bed and sighed.

“Thanks for the help Newt. Clint probably thinks we are together now,” I said.

“Well,” he paused. “We probably were before the creators took our memories away.”

I thought about what he said, but was snapped out of my daze when he said, “C’mon, let’s go get some dinner.”

I got up and helped Newt downstairs. I almost tripped, but he caught me. Newt sat down at a table while I went into the kitchen.

“Two cheese sandwiches please,” I said.

“Coming right up,” Frypan said.

A couple minutes, Frypan tossed me two sandwiches. I grabbed two glasses of water before sitting down next to Newt. A Glader that walked by winked at me and I rolled my eyes. Newt glared at him.

“So when can I start trying each job?” I asked.

“Probably in a couple days,” Newt responded.

“How does your ankle feel today?” I asked.

“Still bloody hurts,” he replied.

I started to stand up but winced from the pain in my back.

“Are you okay?” Newt asked.

“Kind of,” I said. “When you were tangled in those vines I tried to cut you down, but the last two vines were too far. So I pulled you downward so the vines would break. I fell on my back and you landed on top of me. Alby was just being so shucking annoying!!”

“Wait so you climbed the wall and tried to get me down?” Newt asked.

I nodded.

“Why?” he asked confusedly.

“I don’t know,” I replied.

Just then Alby came in and sat next to Newt.

“How’s your foot?” Alby asked.

“Hurts like hell,” Newt responded.

“How’s your back?” Alby asked me.

Anger rushed through me.

“So now you’re asking me if I’m alright!!” I shouted. “When I was on the ground, winded, you just stood there asking me stupid questions!!”

“But you’re okay now right?” Alby asked.

Gosh, boys can be so clueless sometimes, I thought.

“No, I’m not!!!” I yelled angrily.

Alby stood with his arms crossed and a smirk on his face, I could tell he was holding back a laugh. Someone was about to get punched in the face. I was walking over to Alby when Minho came in and sat next to me.

“Hey guys,” he said.

Alby and Minho were deep in conversation about the Gladers when Newt gave me a signal that we should leave. I got up and walked over to him. He put one of his arms across my shoulders to take some of the pressure off his foot. We walked out into the dark, starry night. I led him towards a tree and we sat down.

“Newt,” I paused. “Please, tell me what happened. I don’t understand. Did a griever do it? Another Glader?”

Newt looked at the ground and sighed. “I climbed up those walls. I thought it would all go away.” He said. “Lately people have been getting upset that I’m on your side. There’s a lot of arguing, disagreeing, blaming. A lot more than there has been in a long time. Things were getting out of control. I guess something inside me snapped.”

He turned and looked at me.

“Riana, I hate this bloody place, and I always have. I wanted to leave so badly that I thought killing myself would be the only way. But for some reason, the creators don’t want me dead. That’s why this happened.” He said sadly pointing to his foot.

Tears were forming in my eyes. Why would Newt do that?

“Newt,” I said softly.

He turned and looked at me. At this point I couldn’t hold back the tears in my eyes. I felt the tears roll down my cheek, one by one. I pulled Newt into a hug.

“Newt, don’t you dare do that again!!” I cried. I felt angry, sad, and everything in between. “Promise me you won’t do that again. I care about you way too much.”

I broke the hug and held Newt’s shoulders.

“Newt, promise me,” I whispered.

We stared into each other’s eyes for a moment.

“I promise,” he said quietly.

I stared into his eyes for another moment before he pulled me in for a tight hug. When we pulled away I saw that his eyes were red as if he was holding tears back himself. I closed my eyes and leaned my head on his shoulder. I felt Newt wrap his arms around me before I fell asleep.