Breakable (Ember x Thomas)

**3**

The Greenie is now out of the pit, roaming the Glade with Alby. Minho and Ember come in from another day of Running. They both glace at the Greenie before heading into the Map Room. 

They enter the doors, and begin mapping out there route. "Poor kid. I never can fully stand seeing all those confused faces when the Greenie's first arrive here." Minho continues to look down at his work, but Ember looks up to face him

She bites her bottum lip. She can't tell Minho about the feeling that she knows him somehow. Too early. "Yeah! I wonder what your face was like when you first laid eyes on the world in here." Ember says, looking back down at her map.

Minho lets out a dry laugh. "Yeah, well probably the best you'll get." He pauses. "There was a wall here, right?" Ember leans over, to take a closer look at his map in progress. Seems about right.

"Yeah! From what I saw." She adds the last turn on the map, then drops her pen on the table. "Bam! Done! And, finished before you. So, I win!" Ember and Minho had made a challenge of whoever could finish there map first every time, would win. She always felt proud beating the Keeper of the Runners.

Minho finishes his, a few seconds after she finished hers. He sets his pen down. "You just got lucky this time."

Ember nod my head slowly, sarcastically. "Sure. Whatever you need to tell yourself"

We both smile and walk out of the Map Room. Off to dinner!

Frypan was serving his usual meal. Bacon and Stew. Nobody really knows what's in the Stew. But Frypan does, and not many people would probably want to know.

Ember grabs her food with Minho, and heads over to sit at a table with Newt and Chuck.

"Hey shanks!" Minho calls, as we set out plates on the table and take a seat.

"Hey shanker!" Chuck calls out, in an attempt to say a comeback.

Ember laughs, for the sake of him. Chuck smiles. Newt and Minho look at me like I'm standing on an elephant, eating peanuts. She's always had a place in her heart for Chuck. He was like the little brother that she never had. He was always there for her when she needed a shoulder to cry on. She was always there for him, as well.

"I thought it was funny." I tell the group. Chuck continues to smile. Newt and Minho go back to their food.

To my surprise, the new Greenie comes around the corner with Alby. His dark brown eyes make you feel like you could get lost in them and never be found again. "Greenie, meet the best group of friends you'll meet around here." We all smile. He points to each of us as he says our name. "You got Newt, my second in command. Chuck, the sweetest and most caring kid your gonna meet. Minho, Keeper of the Runners. And Ember, the one and only girl in the Glade, and second best Runner here." Ember smiles and waves at the new Greenie.

"You're welcome to sit with us." Newt tells him. The Greenie makes awkward eye contact with him. He must feel so uncomfortable here. I get it. We all do. Ember didn't even notice that the Greenie had already gotten his serving of food. 

"Oh. Well, thank you. Yeah, sure." The Greenie plops down beside Chuck, and starts taking bites of his food.

"Nice to meet you all." He finally says.

"Nice to meet you too." Minho says. Ember stays quiet, not knowing what do say or when to day it. 

Finally, she builds the courage. "Yeah! Have you seen anything interesting yet that has caught your eye in the Glade?" Bad question Ember, she thinks.

"Ummm...well basically everything. I've met some new people and they all seem nice. Except for-" The Greenie begins, before I cut him off.

"Gally. Yeah, he's the worst with the new Greenies." Newt, Chuck, and Minho all just stare between the Greenie and Ember as they talk, occasionally taking bites of there meal. "Within the first 2 days of me being here, he had punched me, shoved me, and said some scary things to me. But then, I was made a Runner and I shoved it in his face."

Oh wow. Way to give him hope, Ember thinks. Why would she say that? She always knew she was horrible with introductions. But this. This was off the road horrible.

"Oh-" The Greenie begins, eyes falling down to his bowl

"Well, I think that's enough for this meal." Newt says, giving me a warning glance. He places his spoon back down into his bowl, and pats the Greenie's back. "How about a tour of where you'll be sleeping? Before the bonfire tonight?" the Greenie just nods, looking back up, and around at everyone. 

"How about Ember takes you?" Minho suggests. Ember and Newt look up at him. Both of there expressions explain what there thinking. What the heck Minho? Can't you see that Ember is horrible with discussions and did you hear what she said before? 

Newt just nods, and the Greenie and Ember both get up from there chairs and walk away. Before they completely leave, Ember takes a glance back at the three other Gladers, and Minho gives her a wink, which she rolls her eyes at. Newt looks at me, warning me to watch my mouth. And Chuck watches, with a mouth full of stew.

Ember doesn't know what's happening as she turns around, walking to the Living Spaces. All she knows is that she better watch her mouth, if she wants the Greenie to have any hope of having hope.

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Thanks for reading, beautifuls :)

if you guys have any ideas for future books, let me know.

Chapter 4 will be coming out anywhere between tomorrow and the next day. 

Also, let me know if you would want to read a Dylan O'Brien fan fiction, or Thomas Brodie Sangster one? I would love to write one, and already have some ideas ready

ONE LAST THING: I just found out that James Dashner wrote a new book this year called, Crank Palace. It's basically about Newt, when he left the group and went off to stay with the Cranks. I ordered the book and am SOOOO stoked to read it. 

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