Just friends?

Chapter 11

|Newts POV|
I was starting to get really nervous. Y/n and Thomas should've been back by now. It was getting late and the doors would be closed within an hour. Suddenly Thomas sprinted into the Glade, without y/n. My heart dropped, she was out there by herself. I ran up to Thomas terrified about what news he would tell me. "There was a griever Newt, it jumped down from above us and landed between y/n and myself." He said quickly taking deep breaths as he spoke. "And you just bloody left her there?" I was getting angry and I knew I had to calm down. "No. Of course not, I told her another way to get back. She should be here soon."
I waited at those bloody doors half an hour waiting for her but there was no sign of her. A small crowd had gathered and they tried to tell me that she would be back soon, but I knew that the doors would close any minute now. I had started giving up hope, then the doors started closing. When the doors were a quarter of the way to sealing shut I saw her coming around the corner. But I knew she wasn't going to make it. She kept going until she got halfway. Then she stopped and gave up. With out thinking, I squeezed past the doors into the maze.

"Newt!" You cried out. "I'm so sorry." He didn't answer. You ran over to him. He was sitting down near the entrance, his legs pulled up to his chest, taking deep breaths. "Newt, are you okay." You asked. Kneeling in front of him. He looked up at you, and your heart broke. He was terrified, and it was your fault. You sat down and put your arms around him and cried. "I'm so sorry Newt. I'm so sorry." You both sat there silently for a long time. He hadn't moved once and you were starting to worry about him. He turned to you and looked you in the eyes. "This isn't your fault." he said quietly, "It was my decision to come out here. Now we just have to find a way to live until morning." You were amazed by his sudden courage. "What are we going to do?" You asked. "We're going to make it out alive." Newt stood up and held out his hand to help you up. "Come on, it won't be long until the maze starts changing." You grabbed his hand and he helped you up. You could feel the adrenaline pumping inside you as you walked hand in hand with Newt.