NEWT-
I watch her talking to everyone. She laughs and smiles so freely. I can't believe that she knew my before this. Did she know everyone? This is confusing but I'm glad she knew me. She's talking to Frypan about cooking. They laugh. I can't help but think she has a pretty laugh. Her dirty blonde hair is in a long braid down her shoulder; she redid it after I took it out. She has beautiful blue eyes that turn a grey color when she's angry. She has a little nose and her eyebrows are slim but cute when she's thinking, frowning, or amused. She's so kind hearted and easy going. I'm afraid this Maze will destroy that. Or maybe she'll bring lightness to this dreary place. I mean everyone loves her. And she doesn't even mind when the boys put their arms around her or hug her. She hangs on them sometimes, too. It's odd seeing her from being very protective and closed to being so happy and friendly.
"Newt? You okay?" Alby appears at my side. I turn to him my arms crossed.
"Just observing." I say turning back to Anna.
"She get's along with everyone. I saw her laughing with Gally a few minutes ago." Alby chuckles. Yeah, I saw that to. I've followed her around making sure she's okay. We stand there for a bit watching her converse with some boys. She notices us staring and walks over to us.
"What are you doing just standing there? This is a party is it not? Come on!" She grabs our hands and brings us into the conversation. We laughed and laughed, literally talking about everything.
"What do you guys do for fun?" She asks. A few minutes ago she got every Glader to sit and talk with us, laughing and talking. We've never done this before but it's nice.
"Fight in the ring?" Someone suggests. I can see Anna hiding her shudder. No one else noticed it but I did.
"That's it! Come on don't you have music or dancing?" She waves her arms around. Everyone shakes his head. I remember music but here it's all work not a lot of play. She jumps up and pushes through the crowd. She runs to the Homestead. She comes back with some wooden spoons and metal pots.
"Hope you don't mind." She says to Frypan. He shrugs and Anna continues. She grabs some cloth and makes a bag and puts metal poles in it. Then she grabs Frypan and Winston.
"Okay Frypan make a beat." She says showing him her beat. Frypan picks it up.
"Winston, shake this to the sound of Frypan's beat but not to hard." Anna shows him what she means. Then there's a beat.
"Now we dance!" She grabs Minho's hand.
"It's not that hard, move to the beat like me!" She shakes her hips and puts her hands in the air. Then she spins around. Minho tries and fails. He tucks his arms in and does a little twirl.
"Come on everybody try a little harder!" She gets everybody up. Then she grabs the cups around the fireplace and bangs on them with a stick creating a really sweet beat. Everyone dances except Frypan, Winston, Anna, and me. I sit by Anna and help her make music.
"That's it Newt! It sounds amazing!" She says in my ear. I smile at her. This is the most fun we've had in a very long time. Everybody eventually gets tired and heads off to bed.
"When I said meet some people, I didn't mean everybody!" I tease Anna as we make our way inside the Homestead where everyone sleeps. I find her a sleeping bag near a window and set mine up beside hers. Minho set's his up beside mine and Alby's besides Minho's. Everyone sets up his sleeping bag. I know no one is asleep and I can tell Alby knows too.
"Why isn't anyone asleep?" He asks into the darkness. A bunch of people reply; too hyper, too excited, uncomfortable, and many other reasons. Anna sits up as everyone starts talking.
"Another type of music is singing." She starts and everyone falls silent.
"At night you sing lullabies but I don't remember any so I'll just make one up." She takes in a huge breath of air and starts signing. She sings softly and talks about the nighttime moon. Her words echo through the room, as everybody is silent. Her voice is soft and sweet. It feels like a soft summer breeze. She ends her song and I can tell many people are asleep. She gets up and walks around. I prop my head up so I can see her. She's pulling blankets up on people, adjusting pillows, and pulling some people away from others, so we're not crowded. When she gets back she stops above Alby. He's asleep. She gently pulls up his blanket to his chin and smiles. I watch her sit down besides me.
"Who knew you could sing?" I say covering her up with a blanket.
"Could've sounded like a toad." She mutters before falling asleep her face towards me.
"Good night Anna. Sleep well." I say lying down next to her.
"Thank you Newt." She mumbles.
I fall asleep as soon as my head touches the pillow.