ANNA

It's morning. I wake up to see Newt on the ground facing me. He looks so peaceful. I wish I didn't have to wake up before everyone else. But the truth is I haven't slept much. I sleep like three hours a night. I can't go to sleep or nightmares, past memories, haunt me making me wake up. I hate these memories. They are all so depressing. I shift so I'm leaning on my hand, watching Newt sleep. I hear shuffling close to me. Sitting up I see Alby get up. He nods to me and starts shouting. Everybody gets up. Newt pops up his head almost slamming into mine.

"Whoa! You okay?" I ask holding his shoulders steady. He nods. We get everything in order and go down to breakfast. I really like my new job of 'caretaker'. I brush all the guys hair avoiding breakfast. Coming around to Newt he offers me a piece of bread.

"No thanks." I say brushing out his beautiful hair. Everyone goes to his job. I run up to Minho and Newt before they go out into the Maze. I was hoping to sneak up on Minho but he turns just as I'm about to jump on his back. He catches me and twirls me around. I place my hands on his shoulder shrieking happily.

"Minho! Put me down!" He drops me to the ground. I kiss his cheek and tell him to be safe.

"Be safe, Newt. And I swear if you don't come back I will hurt you." I say teasingly. He laughs and kisses my forehead. I watch them go, feeling a little sad. I don't want them to go. I go around checking on everybody, making sure they are all right. I run right into Alby as I finished making my rounds. "

Anna!" He says stopping.

"Sorry Alby. Hey! Is there anything else I can do?" I ask him. He shakes his head and runs off. Shrugging I go into the little forest and pick the tallest tree in the Glade. I climb the tree and lounge on it. The branches are perfect size to sit on. I lean up against the tree, high off the ground. I drift off to sleep just as midday hits. My dreams are filled with my training scenes. I wake up to an immense pain. I realize with a jolt that I'm falling. I try to grab a branch to stop my fall. I get cuts and probably several bruises as I fall. I don't scream, knowing better then to do that. I land on the hard ground on my back. Groaning I sit up. I gasp as I feel the pain on my stomach. Lifting my shirt I see a deep gouge right above my bellybutton.

"Crap." I say struggling to control my breathing. I get up with much difficulty and sneak into the Medjacks place. They are out, lounging around somewhere. I quickly clean my gouge and bandage it, tightly. I check myself over for other cuts. I see a few that I can easily cover up with a long sleeve shirt. I run to the Homestead where we have all types of clothing. I go to my section and grab a long sleeve shirt I made. The second night I was here I made myself some clothing that would fit me. I change into the shirt looking around to see if there are any boys around. Boys will be boys. Wincing I pull the shirt over my head. I check to see if any of my scrapes are visible. I don't want anyone to know I fell; I can't look weak, especially not in front of all these boys. By the time I'm done I walk out to the Maze doors trying not to limp. My bare feet cling to the grass with every step. I wait at the Maze doors. The other runners come running through.

"Hey you guys! Good run?" I greet them with a friendly smile. They nod, giving me smiles. I wait a little longer knowing that Newt and Minho go the farthest. They come running through a few minutes later. I can see them panting heavily. I go up to them and crouch so I can see their faces.

"Tough day?" I ask concern pouring through my words. They nod. I stand up rubbing their backs. After a few minutes they stand up again.

"Want to talk about it?" I ask as Minho runs to the map room. Newt looks at me with a smile.

"Nah. It was just a lot of running. We stayed out a little longer today and didn't want anyone to worry if we weren't back on time." He says placing an arm around my waist. I control the gasp of pain that almost passes through my lips.

"What is it?" Newt asks, releasing me and facing me his hands on my forearms. He must have seen my face.

"Nothing. Just stepped on a sharp rock." I lie. I hate lying to him but I've been taught certain things that I can't go against. He nods, chuckling.

"Then maybe, love, you should wear shoes." I laugh. We go to dinner. After dinner someone suggests we should dance. I happily agree. I get out the instruments we 'made' and set them up. I sit at the cups. Newt sits with me.

"Oh no. Not this time. Go dance!" I say pushing him up. He stands in front of me does a twirl and sits back down.

"You said dance." He says as I roll my eyes. We sit there starting the music as everyone gets up and dances. After a while boys start going to the Homestead for bed. A few of us keep sitting by the fire enjoying the little melody I'm playing on the glass jars I found in the Homestead. Soon it's just Minho, Newt, and me again. Just like old times. I stop playing and sit between them, leaning against a log. They smile at me.

"Anna?" Minho breaks the silence.

"Yeah?" I ask turning my head towards him.

"Do you remember our families?" Minho says quietly continuing to stare at the fire. Sadness fills my eyes.

"No." I say softly looking at the fire too. Suddenly a pound of rage flies through my system. I throw a rock into the fire.

"What's the use of these memories if they don't give us something to hope for or something that really matters?" I say loudly. Minho and Newt look startled by my outburst. I pick up another rock and get ready to throw it. I stretch my stomach to far as I stretch up. Dropping the rock I give a painful yelp.

"Are you okay?" Newt looks at me concerned. I nod my head pushing all the tears out of my eyes.

"No. She's not!" Minho says pointing at my stomach. Blood is seeping through my shirt and my bandage.

"Anna!" Newt sits up alarmed. "Get the Medjacks!" He yells as Minho takes off running.

"Why didn't you tell us?" Newt asks making me lie down on the ground. I don't protest. I'm finally feeling the effect of the gouge and loss of blood. He pulls up my shirt to my bra line. Seeing the bandage his face becomes angry.

"What happened? Why didn't you tell us about this?" He says starting to unwrap the heavily applied bandages. When he sees the actual wound his face goes white. I can tell he's trying to say something but can't, too angry I'd guess.

"I-I'm sorry. Didn't w-want to l-look weak... Besides, n-not allowed t-to." I say sadly. Well that didn't work.

"You're the strongest person I know! Why would you care about that?" He asks then realization comes to his face.

"Oh...the training facility?" He asks connecting the dots. I nod. I wasn't allowed to look weak and if I had an injury I had to take care of it myself. Minho and the Medjacks reach my side with their medical bag. They push Minho and Newt out of the way. Minho looks at the gouge and gasps.

"What. Happened?" He says deathly calm. Newt's about to answer when the Medjacks cut him off. "

This is worse then it looks. It's going to hurt. Don't panic when you go unconscious." Jeff, the Keeper of the Medjacks says sternly. I try to nod and ignore the pain of what they're doing to me. I feel a tight pinch and yell out.

My last vision is of Newt's face with a few tears rolling down his cheeks as I black out.