"Okay? Just okay?" Lyra asks, He shrugs his shoulder, not knowing what else to say.
"What do you want me say? " He asks with a confuse expression.
Didn't I told her that it's an achievement to remember her name? Wasn't that enough yet?
"Aren't you jealous?" She asks, her expression changing to something He can't easily solve. He was stunned to her question, he can't believe that those words came out of her mouth, why did she ask such question?
"What?" A sour expression on his face, He scoffs.
"I said aren't you jealous of Minho?" Lyra asks, Bloody hell I am jealous. I don't even know why I feel pissed seeing that moment.
"Of What?! You hugging him?" He accuse, Her eyes widen.
"You saw me hug him? We're you in the tower?" Her eyes widen, Shuck. I spill it! Think man! He chuckles and crosses his arms.
"Why? It just happens that I was in the bloody tower monitoring the Gladers from above and I saw you two, It's not like I'm spying at you or whatever, Yeah sure maybe I flinch at the scene and feel nauseous just by seeing you two." He half explodes in his statement. Then he realizes, why did you tell her?! He mentally curses him self.
She smirks.
"So you are jealousy?" She crosses her arms, He blushes, Of all people why did he has this crazy feeling for her?
"What do you want Lyra?" He feels defeated. She laughs and pinches his cheek.
"Just tell me you are jealousy!" She teases him and Newt just stares at her while she keeps on playing his cheek. I am, he admits.
"Are you being serious right now?" He didn't let his feelings interfere.
"Yeah" She doesn't seem to be serious.
"What's the commotion about?" Alby asks as he comes in the picture, He took their attention and Newt cuts her off.
"She just remembered her, Her name is Lyra."
"Welcome to the Glade, Lyra, Come with me" Alby says with a stern voice, he doesn't show any expression, Newt looks at her he ushers her to come with the Commander, She looks confuse and she stands up with hesitation, Alby was already far from her.
"Go on, Lyra" Newt assures her and she walks to where Alby was heading, She takes one more glance at Newt. He lies on the green grass and heaves a sigh, He runs his hands through his face and wished the day would be shorter.
•••
Where are we heading to? Why are we still walking? My feet are killing me. Suddenly Alby speaks while walking:
"Lyra, I don't think I have to show you around anymore since Newt did all of it, and I don't think I've introduce myself to you" He stops and turns to face her. She stops her tracks and make eye contact with him.
"I'm Alby, First in Command, Keeper of the Glade" He smiles and I return it back. Then we continued walking again. I walk beside him and ask:
"If I may ask, Where are we heading to Alby?" Lyra asks, He turns his head and smirks.
"You'll see, We're almost there. A little more walk and that's the destination. Lyra" She nods slowly and decides to keep her mouth shut, it's for the best and also Alby is kinda intimidating.
"Here we are" Alby says and they're standing in front of a wall full of carved names. She manages to spot Newt's name with so many names on the wall. She averts her attention to Alby and he hands her a knife and ushers her to include her name with the Gladers. She smiles at him and looks for a spot, As soon she spots one she carved her name under a Glader's name: Lee.
It way not look like a girl's writing, who cares?!
She finishes carving her name and hands the knife back to Alby, He places a hand on her shoulder.
"You're one of us now, Lyra." He hardly smiles, She nods and thank him. Alby speaks once again:
"Before you can have your own responsibility, You have to know the rules, I won't elaborate much about the Glade since Newt already told you that"
"First, Do your part. Second, Never harm another Glader or else you'll get the shucking consequences. Third, Never go beyond these walls" Alby points the enourmous wall in front of us, She understands and refuses to ask questions, I'll better ask all my question to Newt.
"You understand, Greenie?" Alby asks with his arms folded in front of his chest, He's so scary...
"I–I understand" She stutters, Alby looks pleased and fixes his shirt.
"Today you'll have the job of the Cook, You'll work with Frypan and of course learn with Frypan. Then tomorrow you'll be assigned to the Slicers" Alby states, Not bad, Today I'll have cooking for now. I hope I'll learn something good.
"Okay" She says. Alby nods.
"Good that" Alby leaves and It's her cue to head to the Kitchen, She heads to the kitchen, Frypan was there preparing for breakfast. She called out:
"Hey, Frypan. It's Lyra" She stands a meter from the cook, He looks up and chuckles and places his knife down and grins.
"It's the Greenie, You're assigned to me today?" He asks, She nods slowly and makes her way to the counter and rests her elbows on it.
"Ummm..." He cuts her off.
"Okay, Greenie"
"Lyra" She cuts him off back, but not in a harsh way.
He chuckles and smiles.
"Okay, Greenie. Even if I already know your name, I'll still call you Greenie, Lyra" He smiles and ushers her to come near. She smiles and went to watch Frypan do his magic show.