"Well here it is, the supply room." Newt said, gesturing with his arms. The supply room was a really just a shack filled to the brim with W.C.K.D. boxes. Maria could see shelves of clothes, mismatched pots and pans, and everything in between.

"Let's start you off with the basics" Newt said while rubbing his hands together. "Here's a bedroll, some toiletries and what not, a little multi-tool for emergencies..." With every object Newt listed, he placed it in Maria's arms.

"Ummm Newt?" Maria chided.

"Yeah?"

"Can I have a little help here." Newt hadn't realized it, but Maria's arms were full of supplies that she clearly couldn't carry all by herself.

"Well, where are my manners greenie? Here are let me grab that." Newt took the bed roll from her arms. "Better?"

Maria smiled, this was the first act of kindness anyone had showed her in the Glade. She was still shocked though, Newt hadn't answered any of her questions. Like why they never left the Glade? Or if her memories would ever come back? She no longer felt like crying, but she sure did feel like panicking. Maybe the guys were just pretending to be hospitable to her so they could kill her, she thought. Something told her that theory wasn't right, the gladers seemed too stupid to pull off a stunt like that. Maria huffed, of course she would be the only girl among all of these guys.

Suddenly Maria had a thought. The supply room probably didn't have things for girls. The Glade's population was exclusively male, there wasn't going to be any clothes that would fit her, let alone any bras or tampons. Maria was embarrassed to have to ask Newt, but idling wasn't going to get her anywhere. She was more annoyed then anything about being the only girl.

"Newt there wouldn't happen to be any feminine products hmm?" She asked impatiently.

"What do you mean feminine nee-OH Uhh" Newts eyebrows shot straight up and his face turned a multitude of red shades. "Yeah no I don't believe we have any of those...things" his voice cracked when he spoke.

Maria couldn't help but chuckle at his discomfort. Newt's embarrassment quickly went away when she laughed. "Oh shut up" he hissed. His words showed resentment, but Maria could tell he was trying not to laugh too, and he helplessly broke out in a smile.

"Aw you're not so tough Newt, I guess all it takes is a couple tampons to bring you to your knees" Maria joked. Newt blushed again but this time he laughed.

"Well excuse us for never having any bloody females here, bunch of guys wouldn't have much use for tampons anyway, love."

"What was that" Maria wasn't sure she heard right. Did he just call her…? Love?

Newt cleared his throat- "I didn't say anything greenie just shut up and grab your things." Newt said, quickly changing the subject. Newt didn't know why he had just called her that, it just seemed so natural. He didn't mean for it to come off as affectionate, it just seemed like the proper thing to refer to a girl as. Newt shook his head, lost in thought.

Suddenly, the makeshift door to the shack opened, and in walked a Glader lugging two large W.C.K.D crates.

"Hey Len, whatcha got there?" Newt greeted. He obviously knew the boy.

"These were the crates that came up in the box with the new greenie…" Len stopped. "Well I'll be damned. The creators finally got the sense to send a chick up" Len said, wiggling his eyebrows at Maria. Maria rolled her eyes, this Len guy was a creep. He was clearly giving Maria a once over with his eyes. Maria glared at him, wishing she still had her hammer.

"I'm Len by the way, and if you ever need anythingdon't hesitate to ask greenie, I will happily provide you with some company" Len winked at Maria, who had to resist the urge to throw up from the grossness of the gesture.

"Ok that's enough Lenny now scram, you're freaking Maria out." Newt said, growing increasingly annoyed with the persistent glader in front of him. Newt had never liked Len at all, he always had to make stupid comments, and was always trying to pick fights around the Glade. Len himself used to be a runner, but Minho got him demoted after Len had allegedly abandoned Ben when he was stung by the griever. Minho wanted nothing more for Len to get banished, but Alby didn't have any proof, so instead they revoked Len's running privileges and made him a Slopper instead. Nobody around the Glade associated themselves with him, but he continued to be his same annoying self.

"Is that true Maria" Len said, staring at a place that certainly wasn't Maria's eyes.

Maria nodded. "Go away creep" She spat. Len clearly wasn't intimidated by her, he winked and without another word, left the supply room.

"I think I'm gonna throw up" Maria said, thankful that Len was gone.

"Yeah Len's a bloody asshole sometimes, it'd be best if you just avoided him." Newt said, glaring angrily at the direction Len came from. "Anyway let's take a look at what arrived in those crates, it could be useful."

Newt pried open the crates to reveal what was inside. One of the crates appeared to have medicine, while the other had a rather large backpack in it. Newt opened the backpack, and immediately his face turned beet red.

"It's for you" he squeaked. Maria looked at him funny and grabbed the backpack. Sure enough the first thing she saw when she opened it was a pair of panties. She smiled, the bag must have had everything she needed. She slung it over her shoulder and teased Newt.

"What's wrong Newt afraid of a little underwear?" She teased.

"Shut up greenie, you oughta go to bed right now."

Maria paused. "So where will I be sleeping tonight, Newt?" Maria asked, she hoped that it wouldn't be one communal sleeping arrangement, because she definitely wasn't comfortable with that, especially if there were more guys like Len around the Glade.

"Is there a chance I'll have my own room?" She asked. Newt thought for a moment, only keepers got their own room in the homestead, but he couldn't let Maria sleep in the open with everyone else. He saw the way Len was looking at her, and Newt was NOT gonna allow him anywhere near Maria. She was his responsibility for now, and he had to keep her safe.

"Tell ya what greenie, you can room with me tonight, how that sound?"

Maria winced. "In the same room?"

Newt ran his hand through is hair. "We'll figure that out when we get there." Newt told her.

Maria sighed, at least bunking with Newt was better than sleeping out in the open. "OK Newt lead the way."

thanksfor reading this far into my story guys . as u may know this is my first story, and i would really appreciate some feed back or suggestions. Im pretty new at this and i'm really just making up the chapters as i go along, so i guess thinking of a solid story line wouldnt hurt. let me know if u want to see more of a certain character, or i could incorperate someMaleOc's into my story if you leave ur oc in the comments, i'll plug them in. I know authors notes are fucking annoying but whatever i just want to say now that there will be some language and romantic themes throughout the story, maybe even a little bit of ;) if you know what i mean. anyway thanks for reading so far, i plan on this being a looong story