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I groan as I wake up to a pounding on my door.
"Go away, I'm sleeping!" I shout at the door and roll back over in bed pulling the covers up.
"No can do Shebean. You're running today so you need to be up like now!" Min's voice comes through the door.
"But sleep!" I call back.
I hear the door open and know that Min must've come inside. Before I can sit up on my own accords Min pulls the blankets off my bed.
"Get up El. I still have to wake and prep Thomas and eat breakfast all before the shuck doors open. I'm going to get Thomas now so hurry up!" He then walks closer to me and kisses my forehead, "Oh and good morning, I love you."
With that Min leaves and I groan as I sit up rubbing my eyes. I quickly get dressed and put my hair in a high ponytail. As I'm putting in my contacts Newt comes into my room.
"Morning Ellie!" Newt says cheerfully.
I just grunt in response and finish putting in my contacts.
"Well aren't you just a ray of sunshine this morning," Newt says smirking at me.
I roll my eyes, "Whatever. I'm not used to being woken up this early any more. What are you doing up anyway?"
He shrugs and tosses me my shoes which were by the door. I nod my thanks and put them on, "Couldn't sleep much. Got too much on my buggin' mind these days."
I grin at him, "Like Tommy?"
He shoves my shoulder and says no but I see the blush on his cheeks. Once I'm ready, the two of us look for Min and Thomas. We find them in the Map Room and Thomas is jumping around in his new running shoes.
"Quit doing that. You look like a shuck ballerina," Minho says to Thomas.
"And what's wrong with ballerinas?" I ask crossing my arms and standing in the doorway. I hear Newt and Thomas snicker.
"Nothing, absolutely nothing." Minho says and kisses me.
"Flattery will get you nowhere! But come on I'm starving and want a good breakfast before running all day," I say grabbing his arm and pulling him out of the Map Room. Newt and Thomas follow close behind.
We eat breakfast quickly and Newt leaves us to go about his daily job as second in command. Min, Tom and I then go back to the Map Room, collect our packs and make our way towards the doors to the Maze. As we stretch Min finishes explaining the rules and ways of the Maze to Thomas who just nods along. As soon as the doors open we are off making our way through the Maze.
The run through the Maze is pretty standard. I surprisingly keep up with them the whole time. During lunch Thomas noticed the "World in Catastrophe: Killzone Experiment Department" plaque on the wall of the Glade. The name is eerily familiar but I try not to fixate on that as I eat dinner. Soon enough everyone else has left and it's just Min, Newt, Thomas and I left sitting at a table.
"How was the run today?" Newt asks.
"Eh, nothing special. Thomas here managed to cut the vine without any mishaps! It was quite the miracle," I say smirking at Thomas who just laughs a little uncomfortably.
"Yeah, I think he's gonna run with me again tomorrow and then the shank should be ready to run alone," Min says.
Thomas looks irritated, "Sitting right here guys!"
Newt puts a hand on his shoulder, "Relax Tommy, we're just messing around with ya. Making ya feel welcome."
"Thanks," he mumbles.
I decide to change the subject, "Anything new with that other girl?" I try my best to hide my distaste for Teresa.
"Nothing really. She still talks in her sleep," Newt shrugs.
Min gives me a look, "You sound like you don't like her?"
I sigh, "Just some dream memory thing. Don't worry about it," I tell him.
"Maybe you should give her a try Ellie? You are the only two girls here," Thomas says to me.
"Yeah, okay big brother. I love ya and all but no thanks. And I know you don't remember but I didn't really get along with her," I say and see Thomas flinch when I call him my brother and say I love you to him.
"Why is it that you have memories but no one else?" Thomas asks with a little bit of an edge to his voice, "It's so frustrating not being able to remember anything and then being told to be calm and just wait for answers. Well I'm tired of shucking waiting! I'm told I have a sister and some comatose girl keeps talking to me in my head! It's a lot to put on someone and I hate that you can remember me but I have no clue who you are. I don't know who to trust anymore. It's not fair," He gets more and more angry.
I stare at him in shock. In all of my limited memories I can't remember fighting with him. I feel Min rub my back with his hand to try and calm me down but it's not working.
"Hey, Thomas man, calm down. No one knows why El gets memories. It just works that way alright? You don't need to be such a shank about it and make her feel bad for something she can't handle." Min defends and I appreciate it.
"I don't know what to think anymore or how to act around you Ellie. It's unsettling seeing that look in your eyes. It's full of love and expectations but I can't live up to that. I told you I had one memory of us and that was when you were 5! You clearly aren't 5 anymore and there's so much I need to adjust to right now. Sorry," Thomas says and gets up and runs away towards the hammocks by the Homestead.
"He just needs space and time Ellie. I'll go check on him," Newt says sadly and starts to get up.
"I wouldn't Newt. Thomas clearly needs to be alone right now. The shank has a lot on his mind and just needs sleep," Min says grabbing Newt's arm to stop him.
"So I'm supposed to just pretend I don't know him? Treat my own brother like a complete stranger? I waited so long for him to get here." I say with tears in my eyes.
Min picks me up bridal style instead of responding. Newt, Min and I then make our way towards our rooms. On the way there we pass a grumpy Alby.
"What are you 3 doing? I told everyone to go to shucking sleep!" Alby yells at us.
I lose it and yell back, "Where do you think we are headed shank?"
He looks startled but just nods curtly and leaves. We keep walking towards our rooms and once there Min brings me into my room. I sigh when he places me on my bed.
"I'm sorry. I shouldn't have snapped at you guys. Please don't be mad," I say looking at them with tears still in my eyes.
"It's okay Ellie. I get it, can't be easy having your memories when no one else does. Personally I would have gone crazy. Everything about this is rubbish," Newt says sitting on my bed. Min joins.
"Yeah El it's fine. You're allowed to feel what you wanna shucking feel. Just get some sleep and we'll see what happens tomorrow, good that?" He asks rubbing my leg.
I nod, "Thanks guys."
Newt gives me a hug and then walks out. Min then scoots closer and kisses me. When we pull back he smiles.
"Goodnight my Shebean. I love you so much, you know that right?" Min asks me.
"Of course I do, Mr. Macho. Goodnight babe, I love you too." I kiss him again and then he leaves.
The next morning something immediately feels off. I wake up and rub my eyes looking out the window and see the sky is gray. What the? Getting out of bed I pick up my watch and see its 7am and there is no sun!
I run out of my room and burst into Newt and Minho's room.
"Minho! Newt! You need to wake up! Now!"
Min immediately sits up rubbing his head, "What the shuck El?" I realize how messy his hair is, weird it's normally perfect. But I can't focus on that.
"Huh, Ellie? What the bloody hell are you doing in here so early?" Newt grumbles putting a pillow over his face.
"You need to see this! Look out the window!" I urge them awake and yank the pillow from Newt's grasp. He just glares at me.
Minho is up and at the window staring in disbelief, "What the shuck?" He rubs his eyes and checks again. Newt joins him at the window, "Bloody hell, what time is it Ellie?"
"It's 7am. Normally there's some sort of light but as you can see everything is gray." I exclaim.
"Yeah and the others are up and staring at the shuck sky instead of doing anything. I'm gonna get Thomas and we are going running. We need to run the Maze, see if anything changed." Minho says and takes off his shirt. I stare at him for a second.
Newt waves a hand in front of my face, "Earth to Ellie! You need to focus and stop staring at Minho. It's gross for me to watch and we have more important matters. You're staying in the Glade today."
"Right, I'll just head downstairs and make sure everyone's awake while you two get dressed." I say and go to leave.
"Shebean!"
"Yes Min?"
He looks at my booty shorts and t-shirt, "You might want to put on some real pants. You are not walking around like that."
I blush and try to play it off, "Well, duh. Of course I was going to change first."
"Yeah, okay." Min says rolling his eyes as I walk out the door.
I quickly get dressed and make my way downstairs. I start heading in the direction of Thomas' hammock when I remember the events of last night. Before I can get far Alby storms up to me.
"What is going on Elizabeth?" He asks angrily grabbing my arm.
I yank it out of his grasp, "How am I supposed to know? And Elizabeth? Really, Alby?"
"Sorry, nothing makes sense! Why is the sky shucking gray? And why are the Runners going into the Maze?"
I sigh, "It's alright. They're running to see if anything changed. Minho's getting Thomas to run his section with him. Hopefully they come back with information."
Alby just grunts and walks away. Always cheerful. I make my way to the Kitchens and help Fry quickly pack the Runner's lunches. After distributing them I find Minho with Thomas. I avoid Thomas' eye and pull Min aside.
"Be careful. I love you," I kiss him and feel his smile against my lips.
"Love you too El, I'll be fine. And don't be too upset about last night. I'll talk to him." He winks at me and then runs off with Thomas.
The rest of the day Newt and I try to keep everyone on task of what they're supposed to regularly do but it's hard because the Box never came up with supplies. Too soon the Runners are back and Alby is yelling at Min and Thomas for not finding anything. I make my way over to them at the same time as Chuck.
"The girl! She's awake!" Chuck yells to them and starts running towards the center of the Glade near the treehouse we have. Min grabs my hand and runs with me. Thomas makes a comment about seeing her and it annoys me. I'm ready to see why Teresa is here.
When we get to the treehouse, Teresa is sitting in the treehouse throwing things at all of the boys. This really irritates me, who does she think she is attacking the Gladers? She's the one who's been in a coma!
As Teresa yells, "Leave me alone!"
I start picking the stuff up and throwing it back at her, "Come the shuck down!" I scream at her. The two of us continue to throw stuff at each other.
I hear Frypan ask, "Is this what all girls are like?" and decide to throw something at him to shut him up.
Before I can get another really good throw in Min comes up behind, "Babe, you should really stop. You're causing a scene."
"I don't care! She's being a brat, hiding in a treehouse and throwing things at us!" I say.
"Shebean, I'm sorry about this," Min says and before I can ask why he picks me up and throws me over his shoulder.
"Min! Put me down! I want to talk to her." I wiggle in his arms but he's too strong.
"No can do, you can talk to her when you've cooled down." He says and keeps walking.
POV CHANGE POV CHANGE
When Minho got back from the Glade, the last thing he expected was Alby getting all in his face. The slinthead had some real nerve doing that. But, on the bright side he and Thomas found the Griever Hole. It might not be much, but it's something new. He was excited to tell El about it but then Alby got cranky and the girl woke up.
Min stood on the outskirts of the chaos smirking at everyone trying to shield themselves from the comatose girl's attacks. Newt stood with him and gave him a look.
"What are you smirking at?"
Min just jerks his head in the direction of the girl, "She's a psycho."
Newt stays quiet for a minute and they both see that someone started throwing back.
"What's going on now?" Newt asks making his way further into the crowd. Minho stays back just leaning on a tree with his arms crossed. That's when he realizes he lost sight of El and sighs.
Newt comes walking back smirking, "Looks like your love is a psycho as well mate."
Minho rolls his eyes and follows Newt to where Ellie stands. She's yelling and throwing stuff back at the girl. Min sighs and shakes his head.
"Why Shebean why? I'll be right back Newt."
"Good luck mate!" Newt says laughing so Minho slaps him on his way over to Ellie.
After Minho attempts to reason with El he resorts to throwing her over his shoulder and walking away. He walks past Newt who shakes his head and laughs so Min flips him off. He keeps walking for a little bit holding Ellie in place as she wiggles. While walking, Minho can't help but think about how lucky he is to have such an amazing girl. Yes she may have a temper but he loved that about her. He never thought he would meet girls, let alone fall in love while in the Glade. El has really forced him to become a better version of himself.
"Min, I think you can stop now," El calls out to him sounding all kinds of irritated.
Min smiles to himself and puts her down in the grass leaning against a wall of the Maze.
"Sorry, El. Didn't want you to get in trouble or anything. Plus, I have so much to tell you!" He looks to her hoping she isn't mad at him. He's not sure what he would do if she ever got so upset with him that they needed space. It would break him apart.
"I'm not mad. I knew I was being totally out of line but ugh! She irks me!" El's face gets all red when she gets angry and her eyebrows draw together in a really cute way. Min can't help but smile at her.
"Irks you?"
She looks at him with her big hazel eyes, "Yes irks me!"
"Not jealous are you?" Min teases her because it gets her all flustered.
"Jealous, of her? Never." El says crossing her arms and Min sits down beside her.
"Well, today was interesting in the Maze. Thomas and I followed a Griever," she cuts him off.
"A Griever? Are you crazy?!"
"Yes, but moving on. We found a spot called the Griever Hole! I need to take you out there because you're super smart so you could probably figure out how the whole thing works. But there's a certain area where it tapers off into oblivion with no bottom." Min says as his brain starts running through different ideas of how to use it to their advantage.
"Sounds like you guys made quite the discovery. I'm so proud of my Mr. Macho," She says and leans in to kiss him.
"What can I say? I'm just amazing," Minho says smirking at his girl and she playfully rolls her eyes.
Minho and Ellie continue to sit in the grass until their watches indicate that it should be nighttime. Looking at the time Minho realizes something is wrong.
"El?"
"Hm?" She asks with her head on his shoulder.
He nervously tries to figure out what to say, "Well, you see, the doors. They should've closed!"
She looks at him startled and he hates that he interrupted her peace, "What?!" He watches as she checks the time and looks to him in horror.
"We should tell the others," Min says extending a hand to El and the two run towards the Homestead where everyone else has gathered.
