The Glue's Stick // The Scorch Trials

Chapter 13

Brenda ^^

* Y/n's POV *

Brenda explains why there's food down here and stuff like that to the Gladers while I sit with Jorge, making small talk.

"So I couldn't help but overhear you and your fiancé talking earlier," he begins, cleaning out his can of food and starting on another.

"Yeah, I guess we were pretty loud," is all I say. Then I add, "He's also not my fiancé anymore."

"Oh, that's so heartbreaking," he replies. His words are sympathizing but the tone in his voice doesn't match the words. I give him a side look, taking him in and wondering if I can trust him.

He has dark brown, curly hair, brown eyes and is probably in his early twenties, maybe even late teens. He doesn't look much older than Brenda. His skin is of a darker complexion than mine and his accent reminds me of something. I can't quite put my finger on it.

"You okay, Cariño? You kind of spaced out on me there." His voice draws me back into reality and I think about that word. Cariño. Spanish.

"You speak Spanish?" I ask, completely off subject.

"Yeah, I do."

"Why are we here? What's the plan. I know you're not going to hurt Minho or I." I don't know why I say it. I wouldn't put it past him to hurt us, I just don't think he will.

"Ahhh, you are intuitive." He pauses and rubs his face, supposedly thinking. "We are leaving the others here. It will just be Brenda and I taking you to your 'Safe Haven.'"

"Okay," I reply and go back to focusing on my food. We don't talk for a while and I'm enjoying the silence when he decides to break it.

"So... If you are not with that guy then you wouldn't mind if did this right?"

"Did wha--" I'm cut off by his mouth covering mine. I almost protest. Almost push him off me, but I can't make myself do it. Maybe it's the fact that I know I'll probably die a horrible death soon. Maybe it's the fact that he's not that bad looking. I don't know, all I know is that I don't push him away.

He pulls away and winks at me.

"No lo creí así." I go to answer something cheeky when there's a huge explosion and the roof comes tumbling down. Jorge pulls me out of the way, right as a boulder smashes where I was sitting. "Careful, Cariño!" I scoff and jump out of the way of another stray boulder. We make our way up a stairwell and into light.

"Is everybody okay?" I call out through the dust. I'm pretty sure I see everybody.

"No," Frypan answers from beside me. "The crazy chick and Thomas were on the other side of the wall." Then he turns to Jorge. "What the shuck happened down there?"

"Our 'friends' blew it up. Must have figured out we were going to leave. Brenda's a smart girl though. There are tunnels down there. She'll find her way out with the boy. Until then we should head for where we were going. We'll run into them eventually." I agree and go tell Minho to get the Gladers together and tell them we're leaving.

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* Thomas's POV *

"What the shuck just happened, Brenda!" I yell, coughing on all the dust around us. One minute we were all talking and the next everything just blew up.

"The people we were working with must have figured out we were leaving. They must have blown up the tunnel," she answers.

"What do we do!" I'm starting to panic now. I don't want to die in a dark, old, musty pit.

"We'll follow these tunnels." She turns to see that I'm starting to hyperventilate. "Hey, Thomas. It's gonna be fine." She grabs my hand and starts walking. I like the feel of her soft hand in mine, but then some faces pop into my head. Suprisingly not just Teresa's, but also Minho's. Not that I like him or anything, he just doesn't like Brenda. Yeah, that's why. I pull my hand from Brenda's grasp and she turns around and gives me a look, but then continues on our journey.

"We'll meet up with Jorge and the rest of your group at the edge of the city," she states, and then we plunge into darkness. The only sounds being some inhuman laughter echoing through the dark corridors.

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* Newt's POV *

I sit in-between Minho and Frypan once we get down too the food basement. Frypan hands me a chicken something mix and I eat it. I'm so caught up in thought though that I don't really taste it.

Time passes slowly and I secretly watch Y/n from the corner off my eye. She's sitting next to Jorge. I just can't believe she would end things like that. She says she's a Crank and I'm not dumb, I can see that she's got a shorter temper, but she doesn't seem like a Crank to me. Maybe she thinks she's doing this to protect me, but I don't want to be protected. I would rather die by her hands than die without her.

I wish I was a Crank.

Then she wouldn't feel the need to leave me. We could turn into Cranks together until we completely went insane. Then it wouldn't matter. I'm following this train of thought when Minho elbows me sharply.

"What?" I grumble at him and he signals with his eyes to our right. I lean forward slightly to see what he's talking about when I see it. He's kissing her and she's kissing him back. I'm pretty sure I can hear my heart break.

I lean back against the wall and take a deep breath.

"Do you wanna talk about it, Newt?" Minho asks.

"No, I wanna--" There's a giant explosion that shakes the whole room and then the roof comes crashing in.

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Ok, so I thought I'd do some POV's there. Can I get a tear for poor Newtie? Nobody hate on me for having Y/n kiss Jorge. Once again I'm just going to ask you to stick with the story and see where it goes.

Btw if you're confused about Jorge's description then I'd like to inform you that his character is based off of the Jorge from the book. In the movies he's older but in the book's he's around the same age as Brenda. Just thought I'd say that just in case someone was confused.

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POSTED: 7/11/20

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~ Bekah