For seventeen year old Newt, the number ten is everything. Ten steps. Ten times you must snap your fingers. Ten nods of your head. Ten. When he's put in a mental institution for his extreme OCD, depression and anxiety, he meets some unlikely friends. And possibly the boy he's been looking for his whole life. But can he trust him? (also on AO3 under ava_kay) WARNING: content may be TRIGGERING for some (deals with various mental illnesses) most characters from The Maze Runner by James Dashner, I do not own them. p.s.- if newt says anything that seems ignorant towards mental illnesses, please know I'm trying to portray a teenager who doesn't understand yet, and that he eventually will understand!

This is the story of the boy named Thomas having to see his love suffer everyday in the glade and not being able to comfort him when he's hurt. Will Thomas go in the maze and find a way out? Will he tell his love he actually loves him? How will there romance stick together through it all? Or will the truth even be told? !1st book!

Newt and Thomas both have anonymous blogs that are connected to chat rooms. Thomas, also known as 'Greenie16' and Newt, also known as 'Bloodywalljumper' have been talking in these chats for a while now. But, these chats are anonymous so you could really be talking to anyone. That is something very important that the boys both forget.

"summer friends don't stay."