Instead of dinner that night, the glade had a bonfire. Unfortunately I wasn't sent up with any party clothes, so I had to make due with a nice daisy to put in my hair.

Newt was in-charge of most of the setup so I didn't get to see him until I arrived.

I couldn't believe my eyes as I walked from the homestead to the centre of the glade where the party was taking place. The main attraction for the night was the enormous bonfire which was built right in the middle of the glade with the rest of the party surrounding it.

To the left there was a large group of boys standing around two others, yelling and chanting for them to keep fighting.

The rest of the bonfire was surrounded by groups of boys eating ant talking

I walked up to Newt who was standing with a group of gladers talking.

"Hey Newt" I said

He turned around holding a jar filled with amber liquid

"Ahhhh, here she is! The guest of honour" he said with a huge grin

"How are you liking the bonfire so far greenie?" Ben asked from behind Newt

"It's wonderful" I beamed

"It better be" Minho spoke up "I didn't spend all afternoon ordering sloppers around for you to not even enjoy your own party" he smirked

"Yes Minho" Newt started "It must have been very tiring work sitting on your butt all afternoon, ordering people around"

"Don't get smart shuck" Minho said playfully shoving Newt

"Well as much as I'd love to stay and discuss the hardships and challenges of bossing poor, young sloppers around" Newt said putting an arm around my shoulders "I need to show the she-bean around"

"He's just taking the girl away for himself" I wasn't sure who that belonged to, jerk I thought to myself.

Newt showed me around, introducing me to more of the gladers and showing me all the different groups they sit in. We grabbed some pizza off Frypan and sat down on a log in front of the bonfire.

"So" Newt's tone was much more serious than it had been all night "I'm guessing you're still jumpin' up and down wanting all these bloody answers?"

I nodded yes

"Well Alby wasn't too keen on you knowing much just yet, but you're going to find out anyways and I don't want you running out into the maze looking for answers"

"Safety first" I smirked

"That's right" He said with a wink

"Now" Newt's serious tone returning. "Basically we live in the glade which is surrounded by these four huge walls. Now outside the walls is miles and miles of more concrete walls which all connect together forming the maze."

I nodded showing that I understood

"Everyday" Newt continued "the runners go out into the Maze and run each section. There's eight sections of the maze which means eight runners. Minho is there keeper by the way. Anyways if the runners don't get back by the time the walls close for the day, they are stuck in the Maze for the night which is very bad"

This is all Ben told me. I was itching to hear what happens to the runners that get stuck in the maze for the night, from what I have been told it isn't good.

Newt took a large swig of whatever it was in those jars that all the other boys were drinking before he continued on. "And…..no one has ever survived a night in the maze"

"What happens to them?" I asked

"Grievers are what happens to them" Newt said "they're these beasts that live in the maze. Only a few who have been attacked have lived, but none of them dare to speak about it"

"Thank you Newt. " I said. The Maze sounded terrifying, but I was glad I had finally got answers

"yeah well-" Newt said before taking another long swig of the amber liquid "The maze is a dangerous place" He finished while staring blankly at the maze itself.

We sat on the log for a few moments staring at the fire. I was still taking in everything Newt had told me about the maze, god knows what was on his mind.

Suddenly two arms wrap around my shoulders from behind and a hand a is shoving a jar in my face

"Come on she-bean, time to man up" The voice belonged to Minho

"Oh no thank you" I said placing the jar on the ground. It was obviously alcohol. I could smell it on Newts breath and it would explain a lot of the boys behaviour.

"Don't be a party pooper" This was coming from Ben who was standing with Minho and seemed even drunker than his keeper.

"If she doesn't want any, then she doesn't want it, don't pressure her" Newt my saviour

"Alright then" Ben said "How about a dance instead greenie?" He seemed a lot less shy tonight

"I'm not sure if I can even dance" I answered looking at my feet. If I couldn't dance, I didn't want to embarrass myself in front of everyone.

"Well now's the time to find out" he said taking my hand and leading me to a spot in front of a few boys playing make-shift instruments to a fast, catchy beat.

Ben started dancing and I just stood there embarrassed. I had no idea what to do and I felt so shy. I needed help! That's when I decided to take the jar of alcohol from Ben and drink the remaining half all at once.

"come on greenie" he said laughing "Start dancing!"

And danced I did.

I felt the liquid start to flow through my veins and as It did, I started to move to the melody. It started in my feet as a little tap and heel until it became a full-on tribal dance to summon the dead. I jumped and swayed and spun and leaped. I didn't care who saw or what they thought, it was the first time I was actually having fun since landing in this hell hole.

"There we go" Ben beamed

Suddenly I grabbed one of his hands and we were doing this wave kind of dance, then others were joining in and we were all laughing, dancing and singing together and it was wonderful…..until I spun one twirl too many and crashed right into the one and only Gally.

"Sorry" I said with a laugh. I was still trying regain my balance

"Stupid girl" he said coldly "They shouldn't have let you drink. You're a mess"

Ouch.

"Well Gally I think that you should know" I said pointing at him, still laughing "That I" emphasized the I "am not the drunkest one here" I said gesturing to the boys that were now circling us

"Maybe not" he said loudly so the rest of the gladers could him "But I don't see anyone else twirling into me"

"I guess they're not having as much fun as me then" I smirked although it didn't make much sense

"You have had way too much and I'm telling alby to make sure you're not allowed to drink again" He said with disgust. "Now get your bodyguard to come put you to bed, I'm sick of you already"

But before I could give him a piece of my mind Newt comes up behind me and drags me back to our room in the homestead only to illustrate Gallys point even more Thanks Newt

"Hey!" I say when Newt closes the door behind us "I wasn't finished with that ass-"

"No" Newt says sternly "Picking fights with Gally is something you don't want to be doing and I won't always be there to save you"

"I don't want you to save me!" I shout at him, but instantly regret it when he looks at me and all I can see in his eyes is hurt.

"Just… go to bed" he says looking away from me and blowing out the candle.

A/N: Thank you for my first few follows and reviews. I'm so happy people are liking the story and I hope you also like this chapter. Also i'm trying to make the chapters longer so just bear with me :)