I was hanging around the Glade, minding my own business, when I saw something odd. One of the Gladers was creeping up a tree that had ladders built around it. I narrowed my eyes at the figure, which one of the guys had long hair like that?

Then I heard shouting from the Homestead "The girl is gone!"

Oh. Not one of the guys then.

With nothing else to do, I decided to follow her up. She didn't notice me until I'd reached the top. When she did, she lifted a rock, aiming it at me.

"If you throw that rock at me, I'll shove the damn thing down your throat." That's me. Ellie 'so good at first impressions' Smith. It seemed to work, though, as she lowered the rock.

"You're not a boy." She stated bluntly.

I cracked a smile "I should hope not, there's enough of those idiots running around already."

"Who are you?" She asked, never even smiling at my joke. I was offended, my jokes were like the only source of entertainment around here.

"I'm Ellie. Hi!" I waved at her "And you?"

She hesitated for a moment "Teresa."

"You're not a woman of many words, are you?"

I never knew if she was going to reply to that (I don't think she would have) because soon the others caught onto the fact that she was up here and were now crowding the tree.

From below, I heard Gally shout "You need to come down here right now, Greenie!"

Teresa's response was to throw a rock at him.

"Ouch," I observed casually "That's gonna bruise later."

I had no idea where all the rocks came from. They were just there. Teresa didn't seem to have a problem with that, though. She was too busy hurtling them at the boys. Some had been smart enough to get something to cover them, now all of the boys were hiding under their shields.

"Leave me alone!" Teresa shouted.

I couldn't resist adding a "Yeah, leave her alone you shanks!"

"Ellie, get her to stop!" Newt said as he covered his face with his arms.

"I have an even better idea" I picked up one of the rocks.

Newt saw this "No. No, no no. Ellie you put that rock down or-"

He was interrupted by my rock hitting him in the chest. I would have felt guilty if he had let me become a Runner, but he didn't, so I was guilt free. Teresa and I had teamed up, throwing rock after rock at the boys. Further away in a safe distance, I could see Chuck laughing his ass off.

"Hey, throw one more of those things- Ow!" Gally was cut off by Teresa's rock knocking him on the head.

Teresa was making threats, tossing rock after rock at those poor boys. It was hilarious.

I heard one specific voice over the rest "Hey, it's Thomas! It's Thomas!"

We both paused in our rock throwing. After sharing a glance with each other, we both peeked over the edge. And there he was. Thomas. I threw a rock at him. It hit the most unpleasant place. He hunched over, clutching his dearly beloved. Everyone who had seen it, including me, winced as Thomas squeezed his eyes shut "Ellie!"

"Sorry!" I called sheepishly.

He straightened himself up, his arm hovering over the lower half of his body "I'm gonna come up, Okay?"

Teresa and I both backed up and waited. From the corner of my eye, I saw Teresa bring out a knife. Where had she been keeping that? I didn't bother telling her she didn't need to use it. I was still mad at Thomas, too.

The hatched lifted up and Thomas appeared. Upon seeing Teresa's knife, his eyes widened "Whoa, whoa, whoa. Okay, just. Easy, all right?"

She didn't even lower it an inch "Where am I? What is this place? Why can't I remember anything?"

I resisted the urge to roll my eyes. If she had wanted to know, she could have asked me.

"This is all normal, okay? We've all been through this. Isn't that right, Ellie?" I narrowed my eyes at him. Teresa looked over at me and I nodded.

"Your name will come back to you in a couple of days" He said

"It's Teresa" Both Teresa and I spoke at the same time.

Thomas frowned "What did you say?"

"Teresa. My name it Teresa."

"Well Teresa, my name's Thomas. But you already knew that though, I guess."

Teresa's eyes flickered down "They said I kept saying your name in my sleep. Who are you?"

"I don't know. I, I can't remember. None of us here remember anything. We all woke up here, just like you did." Thomas replied, shifting uncomfortably.

I looked away from Thomas. Not all of us don't remember anything.

"You can trust him" I muttered, not looking at him.

Teresa let Thomas take the knife from her and he threw it out of reach.

"What's going on up there?" Interrupted Gally from below.

Thomas stood up to get a better look at his friends.

"Are they coming down?" Newt asked.

"Um.." Thomas trailed off. He and Teresa exchanged looks.

I huffed, pulling myself up to my feet. I resisted the urge to glare at Teresa "I'll go down. You two stay and- chat, I guess."

Without waiting for a response, I started climbing down. At the bottom, I was greeted by Newt, Gally, Chuck and Minho.

"Thomas is gonna stay up there with Teresa and tell her everything she needs to know." Was the first thing I said to them.

"Just when we thought you were enough trouble on your own, another girl arrives and the two of you team up against us. It's a bloody nightmare." Newt shook his head.

Minho smiled, "At least we got your boyfriend to go make peace for us."

I sent a glare to the top of the tree, where Thomas and Teresa were sitting "For the last time, he isn't my goddamn boyfriend."

I stalked off, only to have the four boys catch up to me. Minho gently nudged me "Could've fooled me with the way you're getting all jealous over him and Teresa."

"Oh, really? With they way you're always around Thomas, spending time with him alone, I thought you were his boyfriend." I retorted.

The boys had different reactions. Minho stopped walking, his jaw dropping open. Newt snorted, a large grin appearing on his face. Chuck stifled his laugh, hiding it behind his hand. Gally didn't even bother hiding it and full out guffawed.

Gally clapped Minho on the back "Ya know, that would explain so much."

Minho spent the rest of the day sending angry looks to Newt, Gally, Chuck and I.

I wasn't sure how long Thomas and Teresa had been talking, but it had been a while before I saw them approach me. Thomas showed me two small syringes full of blue liquid "We need to inject Alby with one of these."

I blinked owlishly. What did they expect me to be able to do about it? "Right. Okay. You're telling me this because?"

"Are you gonna help us or not?" Teresa asked.

My brows furrowed for a moment "Wow. Uh, yeah sure. But shouldn't we get Newt first?"

"You take these and head to the Med By. We'll get Newt." Thomas never waited for a reply, he took off with Teresa.

Not knowing what else to do, I went over to the Med Bay. Inside I found Clint, the Keeper of the Med Jacks. I told him that we had to wait for Newt to arrive before I would say anything. When Newt did arrive, Thomas and Teresa were close behind him. I let them explain to Clint what was going on.

"We don't even know what this stuff is, we don't know who sent it. Or why it came up here with you. For all we know, this could kill him." Newt protested.

I placed a hand on his shoulder "Look at him, Newt. He is dying. I say we give this a shot. See what happens."

Newt looked from Alby to me. We held eye contact for a few moments. He finally caved in "All right. Do it."

Thomas took one of the syringes from Newt. He crouched down in front of Alby. He turned towards us and muttered "Okay."

Alby's eyes suddenly shot open and he reached out grabbing Thomas. Alby shook Thomas "You shouldn't be here. You shouldn't be here!"

Newt and Clint rushed to Thomas' aid. They pulled Alby's arms away from Thomas.

"Get the syringe!" Newt exclaimed.

I saw Teresa step forwards to grab it. But I was closer and quicker. Stealing Teresa's moment, I took the syringe from Thomas and jabbed it into Alby's upper arm. Alby relaxed, falling back into sleep. We all backed up heavily catching our breath.

Clint broke the silence "Well, that worked."

Newt pinned us all with a hard look "From now on, someone stays here with him and watches him around the clock."

I grinned, "Aye, aye, Captain."

"Hey," came a voice from behind us, we turned to see Gally "Sundown, Ellie, Greenie. Time to go."

Damn, I was hoping he'd forget about that.

With a sigh, Thomas followed Gally out. I walked in between them in the hopes of preventing an argument. No such luck.

"What is your problem with me?" Thomas asked Gally.

"Everything started going wrong the minute you showed up," Gally replied.

I raised an eyebrow "You don't seem to have much of a problem with me, I showed up the same time he did."

"Yeah, but unlike this shank, you're actually likeable."

I mock gasped "Why Gally, was that just a compliment I heard?"

I saw Gally roll his eyes "Shut up."

We reached the pit. Gally opened up the first cell, motioning for me to climb in. I sent one last pleading look to Gally, then stepped into the cell. Just as Gally was about to close the door, Thomas pushed past him and climbed in too.

Gally glared at him "You're supposed to go in the other-"

"Just leave him, Gally. I don't mind." I cut him off. Gally stared at me for a few seconds.

"You know what? Fine. Whatever." He slammed the door shut and locked it. He left us without another word.

When Gally left, he took the torch with him. We only had a little light coming in from the moon now. I heard Thomas take a seat next to me "You and Gally seem kinda close. You two a thing?"

There was a tone in his voice, one I couldn't quite read. It sounded quite edgy. I tilted my head towards him slightly "You are Teresa seem kinda close. You two a thing?"

I heard Thomas shift "What's that supposed to mean?"

"The same thing you meant when you asked about me and Gally."

"There's nothing going on between Teresa and I. I barely know her."

"But you two do know each other. You recognised her, didn't you? If she knew you, then maybe I'm correct in saying that you knew her too."

Silence. I knew I was right, simply because I'd read it. Because I had read it in the book. I just needed him to talk to me, to open up.

"Yeah. I recognised her, all right?" Thomas began telling me about his dreams. The ones where he'd seen Teresa and a blonde woman. Chancellor Paige.

I hadn't given the woman much thought. She was the person in charge of what happened in these experiments. Although I found myself more concerned about the Ratman. Or Janson, but I felt Ratman suited him better. What did they think, seeing some random girl they don't even know show up and mess shit up. Would they separate me from the group when we escaped? I wasn't one of them after all. Did they think I was from the Right Arm? Here to gather info.

"El? Ellie!" Thomas' voice snapped me back to attention.

"What?"

"I said what about you and Gally?"

"Oh," I ran a hand through my hair "There's nothing about us. I mean I like him, but I don't like him, ya know?"

Thomas let out a breath of air he seemed to have been holding "Oh thank God. That's great because-"

He'd forced himself to stop mid-sentence. My head whipped in his direction "Because?"

It was then Chuck showed up, with a torch in hand. Thomas latched onto the distraction desperately. Bloody hell, what was Thomas going to say? Now don't get me wrong, I knew that it usually meant that they were interested in you, but what if I were wrong? I could kiss him, and he'd pull back because he had intended to say that he was glad I wasn't with a jackass like Gally. I was not risking my friendship with Thomas over this one little thing. Although if he wanted to kiss me, who was I to complain?

I shook my head, a scowl forming on my face. There was no way I'd be getting my hopes up. Thomas would only ever see me as a friend, the girl who entered the Maze with him. For now, I'd push those feelings away, I couldn't get too involved with the people in this world, I just needed to save them all and go home. Home to where my family were waiting for me. I ignored the small voice in the back of my mind that wondered if I would even live to make it back to my world.

My newfound feelings for Thomas were a distraction. And I couldn't afford distractions if I were to be trying to make sure no one here died.

Hey guys! Have I mentioned how surprised I am that there are so many of you who have been reading my story? This story's slowly becoming one of the top followed storys in the Maze Runner section and words cannot describe how amazed I am by this. Thank you all so much for being so very supportive of my work so far! You have no idea how much you guys brighten my day when you leave lovely little reviews or I find a new follower/favourite. I honestly can't thank you all enough for this.

I was planning on posting this chapter earlier today, but I found myself watching the Wales vs. England football match of all things. I had never watched a football match before but it was so bloody intense. And Wales lost, so that wasn't very fun for me. Still prefer Quidditch, though.

I loved writing this chapter, I really think Ellie and Teresa would be good friends but at the moment Ellie's a bit conflicted with realising she has feelings for Thomas and knowing he and Teresa have a thing for each other. Naturally, instead of trying to calm Teresa down and avoid the rock throwing, she teams up with her and causes twice the amount of chaos.

Have a nice day!

~ SparkleMuffinz