After having Newt come and get the chubby boy Chuck to take him to his next job, Linus had went to join up with the rest of the Bricknicks and they all started up with making the chairs for Frypan's new dinning hall which they would use during the rainy days when they couldn't eat outside.

It was an easy air between the five as they all worked and joked in a friendly way, they'd all been friends since they'd first met and had formed a kind of brotherlybond during the years they'd spent together in the Glade. All Gladers shared that bond as they were all in this together, they were a family.

''I had a dream about titties last night,'' one of the boys suddenly burst out, Marcus an ugly ginger boy with huge freckles painting his whole being and these huge shit brown eyes and slightly chubby face.

Another boy, Fingus snorted, ''Yea right you shank, you don't even know how they look!'' he said while showing of his toothy grin with more than two teeth missing. His raven hair curly and a little too long to not make him look like an scarecrow on steroids with his bulky form.

Feeling offended by his fellow Bricknick's comment, Marcus folded his arms over his chest and puffed out his already chubby cheeks, ''Of course I do! I unlike YOU do have some experience in the intimate act of sexual intercorse,'' he said as a matter of fact making the other burst out in a fit of laughter.

''Oh right I forgot! You're having it on with one of the builders aren't you?'' Linus joked earning himself a light slap to the face from Marcus who looked even more offended but with an amused shine in his shit brown eyes.

Laughing too hard, a short overly thin boy named Carl managed to fall of his chair which he'd taken a break on, his already crocked nose hit the ground hard but the guy didn't seem to care as he just continued laughing as he rolled around on his back. His blonde close to white hair getting stained by the dirty ground, the guy was really good at overreacting just for the attention of being loudest.

Rolling his eyes at his stupid friend, Linus reached for the cup of water he'd put on a nearby stump and took a few sips before he handed it down to Carl who'd finally managed to get himself together enough to sit up.

Also calming down from all the laughing, Fingus ran a hand through his raven locks before leaning back against the tree he'd taken to sit in front of, ''But really now, how do you know you've had more experience then all of us?'' he asked in all seriousness as he was pure curious for the answer.

Actually they all were which they showed by turning their full attention to the ginger boy with the huge freckles who instantly started blushing under their intense stares, Linus couldn't help the huge grin on his lips as he realized that maybe he hadn't been so wrong.

But it wasn't just Linus who realized it as Carl's eyes suddenly went huge, ''Whu- Who!?'' the skinny blonde teen burst out as he quickly crawled closer to the blushing ginger boy who by now were avoiding all of their eyes.

Shit brown eyes going huge, Marcus hurried to deny it but it was already too late as scarecrow Fingus spoke first, ''Well shank, we all congratulate you for a hopefully succesfull act of sexual intercorse,'' he mocked in a friendly manner as he locked the ginger boy in an armlock before rearranging the teens already messy hair.

Not being able to help themsleves, they all burst out into another fit of laughter. Linus was pretty sure they wouldn't be able to finish the chairs before the evening which would lead to a long scolding from Alby and Newt, better enjoy the fun as long as he could.

-...-...-

''I didn't know those shanks were so close,'' Minho, the asian Keeper of the Runners suddenly commented as they were eating their dinner.

Confused, Linus followed the older Gladers gaze until his hazel eyes landed on his fellow Bricknick ginger Marcus and the builder Max seated close together a few meter from the two. Even though it wasn't very common at all, they weren't the first couple in the Glade so Linus didn't really think much of it.

He just chuckled as he turned his hazel eyes back to a frowning Minho, ''Anything new from the maze?'' he asked as a way to change the subject.

Hesitating, Minho slowly managed to rip his eyes away from the ginger and builder as he turned to look at Linus who were focusing on his food as he tried to stab the peas on the plate but they all just flew of the plate.

''Nothing, it's all the same,'' Minho said followed by a tired sight, ''It feels like it will never be anything but nothing.''

Giving up on the peas, Linus put his plate down on the ground as his hazel eyes slowly followed the outline trapping them inside the huge maze, ''Are you telling me that you're giving up?'' he asked while glanzing at his older friend.

That earned him a glare, ''Don't be a slinthead,'' Minho warned as he stabbed into the meat on his plate, his muscles stiff from frustration.

Silently watching his fuming friend stab and ripped into his food, Linus couldn't help but feel amazed over how Minho still could have so much hope of finding the way out of the maze even after all these years they'd been trapped.

Three years, they'd been there for over three years when the two of them and twelve other boys woke up in the Glade. Most of the original Gladers were dead by now, only Linus, Minho, Alby, Newt and Gally had managed to survive until this day. Always having been the youngest of the five, Linus had listened to the older boys and they'd taken care of him.

It had been hard on them all, watching their friends dissapear into the maze and then later being found ripped apart. Or the once that had just gone crazy inside the Glade which they'd been force to put down with their own hands, Linus didn't even want to think back on those days.

He was older now, knew more of the Glade and maze which held him trapped in this small world he'd come to call his home. He followed the rules, lived by them as a way to stay alive. All Gladers did, they'd learnt from the past that it was for the best if they all wanted to stay alive.

Smiling, Linus picked up a stray pea rfom his plate and threw it right at the runners chest, ''Cheer up you klunkface, if anyone gonna find the way it will be you.''

Chuckling, Minho returned the smile together with the pea, ''Idiot.''