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Chapter Seven
Thomas grabbed my chin and placed a sweet kiss on my lips.
I woke up to the sight of Newt standing above me. "Are you ok, love? You were crying in your sleep." I quickly wiped the tears from my face as I was thinking about my dream. Bits and pieces were already fading away but I still remembered the kiss the brown haired boy gave me. I felt my face heat up at the thought of the kiss and quickly got up to my feet. "I'm fine really, must have had an awful dream or something." Again I decided not to share my dreams with anyone. It would only cause more confusion and I'm not even sure if they are dreams or memories. I touched my lips with my fingers softly, I could still feel Thomas his soft lips on mine. Were these dreams helping me remember? I tried to come up with more memories but my mind went blank again.
"Ok, well you look a bit flustered, you sure the fever isn't back?" Newt pressed his hand against my forehead to check for a fever. I removed his hand from my head and put my hands on my hips. "I'm fine, mom." I said sarcastically and stuck my tongue out. Newt gave me a small bump on my shoulder and smiled. "Someone has to look out for you, love." I nodded my head and smiled. It was nice knowing that after only being here for 2 days I knew Minho and Newt had my back. "So why don't you show me how to help you with the garden?" The next two hours I was helping Newt tending to the garden. He had me do some light work as he was still scared I would push myself to much.
"Do you seriously have dirt on my shirt now, princess?" Minho yelled at me as he came running up to me and Newt. I had been sitting on the grass resting as Newt was cleaning up the weeds. I turned my body around to look at Minho coming to a stop behind me. He let his body drop to the ground next to me and lay flat on his back catching his breath. "And here I was thinking you were in good shape." I smirked at him and gave him a slap on his stomach. He faked being hurt by my slap as he put both his hands on his stomach. "I would like to see you try to run all day, princess." he said in between breaths.
"So what exactly are you doing out there all day?" I asked him hoping to get more answers about this place. "Just trying to find a way out." He said casually as he hoisted his body of the ground and went to sit beside me. "So how long are you going to keep my shirt?" I shared a knowing look with Newt and he gave me a wink. "Well I don't know really, I kind of think it looks better on me anyways, don't you agree Newt?" Newt chuckled and smirked at Minho. "Please leave me out of this." He laughed and went to the shed nearby to clean up the gardening tools. "So how was your second day in the glade?" Minho asked nicely as he proceeded to pat some dirt from his blouse I was wearing. "Well it was interesting. This morning I thought Newt was trying to kill me and then I had to listen to Winston talking about killing animals so it was a pleasant day." I slapped Minho's hand away as he was still trying to get dirt of me. "Newt trying to kill you? Why would you think that?" he laughed at me for thinking that Newt would do me any harm. "Well he took me to the wall and grabbed a knife. I didn't know it was for carving my name." I rolled my eyes at Minho for laughing at me.
"So your name is on the wall now? Guess that really makes you one of us now." he smiled as he got up and straightened his clothes. He put out his hand for me and helped me up from the ground. Minho wasn't as tall as Newt but he still was a head taller than me. Only Chuck seemed to be of my height, but I'm sure he would still grow taller. Newt came walking back from the shed, his limp showing in his walk. "I'm going to hit the showers, get this dirt of me. Can you watch her for now, Minho?" Minho nodded and slung his arm around my shoulders. "Sure, we'll go get some dinner and meet you later." I waved at Newt as Minho dragged me with him to the kitchen area.
It didn't take long before Chuck joined us at our table. He looked at Minho full with admiration and his eyes lit up when Minho gave him a smile. Minho and I ate our dinner as Chuck was babbling about his day in the glade. Chuck really was a nice distraction and felt like the most normal thing around here. I felt a pair of eyes staring at me from a distant. I looked at the culprit and saw the Creeper staring at me. He really did give me the chills so I tried to ignore it. Newt joined us for dinner with fresh new clothes, his hair still wet from the shower. Suddenly I felt really dirty seeing him so clean. "Guys I really would like a shower as well, but how are we going to fix the no lock problem?"
Chuck didn't have to think a second about his response. "I can stand guard for you, Lizzy." he smiled, which gave him dimples in his chubby cheeks. "I think Chuck is the man for the job then, because I have to go to the map room." Newt agreed with Minho. "I have a meeting with Alby so Chuck, the job is yours." Newt gave Chuck a pat on the back and went to the homestead to meet with Alby. Minho gave me a wink and ran to a concrete building. I smiled at Chuck and we made our way to the edge of the forest where the small bathroom building was at. I made my way inside and checked the toilet stalls to make sure no boys were there. Chuck closed the door behind me and went to lean against it on the outside. "Thanks for doing this, Chuck. I'll try to hurry up."
I walked over to the sink to look in the mirror. My hair was a mess and my clothes were dirty. I even had some dirt on my cheeks. I hung Minho's blouse over one of the toilet doors, and the rest of my clothes I put in a corner with my backpack. I turned on one of the showers and was happily surprised that the water was a little bit warm. I let the water run over my body and put my head under the water stream. I saw a few bottles of shampoo and body wash on the ground. I guess these also get send up here with the weekly supplies. These were all for boys though but anything is better than nothing.
I put the shampoo in my hair and washed away all the dirt. I was kind of zoning out, just enjoying the warm water, when I suddenly heard a thump outside the door. "Chuck? You ok?" I called out but he didn't answer me. I quickly took Minho's blouse from the toilet door and put it on. I made my way over to the door to check on Chuck when it slowly opened. Fear crept through me and I took a step back. The boy who had creeped me out yesterday at dinner stepped inside with an evil smirk on his face.
"What are you doing here, where is Chuck?" he took a step in my direction and I took another step back, clutching Minho's blouse to my body. Thank god it was long enough to be a dress. "I thought about our little encounter yesterday and it just didn't sit right with me." he took another step closer and I was already standing with my back against the sink. I was looking around for something to grab to defend myself, but there really wasn't anything inside here. "I thought maybe I could show you how nice I can be to you." he was now standing in front of me and put his hand up to stroke my cheek.
I turned my head away and tried to step around him. He grabbed me by the arms and pushed me up against the wall. I tried to fight him off but he didn't even budge, he was to strong. He pushed his lips forcefully on mine and moved one hand to the back of my head to deepen the kiss. When he pulled back to catch his breath, I cried out for help but he quickly put one hand over my mouth. "Shh shh, you wouldn't want anyone to interrupt now, would you?" I looked at him with tears in my eyes as his free hand was making his way up at the back of my thigh, landing on my bare butt. "Please don't..." I said against his hand and I started to sob. He pulled both my legs up and adjusted them around his waist, pinning me against the wall, with his hips between my legs. He grinded his hips against me and I could feel he was hard. "Come on, you will like it, I'm sure." his hot breath was against my neck and he made the mistake of taking his hand away from my mouth to put it on the back of my head to pull me in for another kiss. As soon as his hand moved I let out an ear deafening scream. That caused him to drop me to my feet in shock. He took a step back, surprised by the sudden sound and clutched his ears. "What the hell!" I'm sure the whole glade heard me and I fell to the ground when the creeper smacked me hard across my face. Blood spat out of my mouth and I felt lightheaded. Suddenly I heard the door being pushed open and Gally threw his body on top of Bill. "What the hell do you think you are doing?!" Gally's face was red with anger and he punched Bill in the head with his fist. Gally seemed to have done the job as Bill was knocked out with only one blow. I heard multiple footsteps coming our way, and my eyes looked at Gally with panic. "Please, they can't see me like this." I let out a sob as Gally helped me get off the ground. "Are you ok? Did he hurt you?" Gally took hold of my chin and turned my head around to look at my bruised cheek that was now burning red. "I'm ok, just please I want to get dressed."
I walked over to my backpack and pulled out the extra pair of shorts, underwear, and extra shirt. Gally pulled Bill of the ground and dragged him over to the door. I quickly went inside one of the toilet stalls and got dressed. Minho's blouse was dirty and wet now so I stuffed it inside the backpack along with my other dirty clothes. I got out from the toilet stall and walked over to the mirror. My hair was clinging to my face as it was still soaking wet from the shower. My cheek was burning and my lips were all red and puffed up from the violent kiss.
"Let me in, Gally!" I heard Minho screaming against Gally. I heard a lot of boys outside the bathroom and I wondered if Chuck was ok. I gathered all my courage and walked up to the door. I slowly pushed it open and Gally took a step forward to let me pass through. I saw Chuck lying unconscious on the floor surrounded by a few boys. "Oh my god, is Chuck all right?" before I could finish my sentence I was pulled into a big hug by Minho. "Are you seriously worrying about Chuck now? Are you ok? Did he hurt you? He didn't... Did he..?" I knew what Minho was really asking me and I shook my head. "Thank god Gally came when he did." I turned around to Gally and put my arm on his shoulder. "Thank you for saving me." A tear fell down my cheek and I quickly wiped it away. "Anytime, sister. Nobody is going to hurt you on my watch." I totally had misjudged Gally, thinking he was a jerk when he was my savior now. All the boys just felt like they were my long lost friends. Well not all of them.
"Throw his ass in the slammer!" I heard Alby's voice thunder in the distance as three boys were already dragging Bill away. "I ruined your shirt." I said in a hushed voice to Minho as I pulled the blouse out of my backpack and gave it to him. "Like I care about some stupid shirt now, I'm just glad the shuckface didn't get the chance to..." his voice went soft at the end and he balled his fist, clearly upset with what almost happened. I crouched down next to chuck; Clint was already trying to wake him up as well. "Seems like Bill hit him hard in the head." Clint stated and went to grab some water from the bathroom. I stroked some hair away from Chuck's face and softly patted his cheeks. He let out a groan and slowly his eyes fluttered open. "He's waking up!" I let out happily. Chuck slowly got up and a few boys helped him get to his feet. "Wow, what happened?" he said as he grabbed his head. Newt was the one who spoke up. "Bill punched you on the head to knock you out. Then he went inside the showers to assault Elisabeth. Luckily Gally was nearby when he heard her scream and saved her." Chuck his eyes widened in shock and he was tearing up. "Oh shuck, Lizzy, I'm so sorry, I was supposed to keep you safe." Chuck was sobbing between words, obviously feeling extremely guilty. I pulled Chuck into a hug and stroked his curly brown hair. "It's ok Chuck. It's not your fault."
Alby's deep voice bellowed through the glade. "All right everyone; get back to your own business. Bill got his shuckface in the slammer and tomorrow morning we will have a gathering about him. Let this be a warning to anyone who tries to hurt Elisabeth. It will not go unpunished." Alby said as he stormed towards the slammer, probably to check on Bill. The rest of the boys slowly made their ways towards their hammocks. The sun was totally behind the walls now, and the walls had closed up already as well. Darkness was slowly settling in and a few boys went to light some torches. I let out a yawn and Chuck did the same. "I'm really sorry, Lizzy." he said with his eyes focused on the ground. I gave him a small peck in his forehead. "Get some sleep Chuck; you need to rest your head." I told him and he slowly made his way over to his sleeping spot.
Minho was talking to Gally about him creating a lock so this won't happen again. Gally agreed and promised to make it his priority first thing in the morning. Gally left and I was left standing with just Minho and Newt. The two obviously didn't know what to say and were awkwardly waiting for me to speak up. "Guys, I'm fine now really. I'm just tired." Newt put his hand on my shoulder and I tensed up. He noticed the change in my body and pulled his hand back. "I'm sorry." he said and ran his hand through his hair. "No, it's ok, I know I don't have to be scared of you guys." I gave them both a small smile and crossed my arms. "Can we please go to the homestead now?" They agreed and Minho threw his arms around me and I snuggled in his side, taking in the comfort he gives me. We were slowly making our way to the homestead when we saw Alby coming from the slammer walking to us. "The guy has lost his mind. He keeps screaming that Elisabeth wanted it, that she is his, and that nothing will keep him away from her." Alby's words sent a cold shiver through my body.
"That's not true, he forced himself on me. And when I fought back he smacked me." I pointed to the bruise on my face and showed Alby the markings Bill left on my legs. I was wearing shorts so he had no trouble seeing the bruises that were forming on my legs. I looked like a mess, I still had the bruises on my arms from fighting off the guards, and now my face and legs were newly bruised. I should try to stay out of trouble so my body can heal. "We know, Elisabeth. Nobody believes his side of the story, we all saw how he acted at dinner the other night. Tomorrow at the gathering I will propose we banish him, and we will take a vote." He looked over at Newt and gave a small nod. "Elisabeth, I need you to stay with Newt tonight. He has his own room in the homestead. It's the only way I know off to keep you safe for now." I nodded my head and Alby went on his way. "I have to go to sleep as well now; I'll check on you first thing in the morning ok?" Minho said as he pulled me into a hug and went to his sleeping spot outside. Newt smiled at me and bumped softly into my shoulder. "Guess we are roomies for now." Something about Newt made me feel safe.
