"Did you sit in a pile of sugar? Cause your ass is sweet." My jaw dropped. Did he just...? No.

"Come back! Come back!" I shouted

I just came out of the woods after I had visited Nick's grave, who was already gone for two months, when Newt came to me. How dared he using a pick-up line. I hate them! And he knows it.

"Newt! Come back!" Newt was running away, but he couldn't run that fast because of his limp. I beat him and jumped on his back so he fell. We had attracted the attention of a lot of boys now, they were all laughing. I could hear Alby grinning.

"Hey, calm down. I'm sorry okay. I had a bet with Minho" Newt said, who got crushed.

"Minho right? Well I got to go." I said angrily. I couldn't do anything because Minho went running but I could wait. In the meantime I sat down under my apple tree, not to cry but to think.

Almost an hour later, Minho was back. I sprung out of my tree - because I had practised - and immediately ran to him. He had a grin on his face when he saw me.

"Oh, hi Marie. Everything okay? You look a bit angry" he asked as if he was innocent. I was sooo angry at him.

"Jkjsdkjffjgfjvalkmcmo" I mumbled.

"What did you say?" Minho asked mockingly.

"You're a real klunkhead" I shouted in his face. He only laughed. "Ugh!" I shouted angrily. I walked back to my tree but when I wanted to climb in, Newt came.

"Marie?"

"What?" I snapped.

"Sorry," he said. Ooooh, how can you stay mad at him. I sighed and gave him a hug.

"Don't ever do that, please"

"Promised" and he hugged me. He smelled nice. Okay yes, he smelt like sweat but also like grass and flowers.

"Hey Newt, I was thinking." I let him go and looked him in the eyes. He looked scared at me.

"About?" he asked nervous. He probably thought that I didn't like him.

"Well, I'm the only girl here. So it doesn't really matter but can I be the keeper of the Powerpuff girls?" Wow that sounded weird.

"What are the Powerpuff girls?" Newt asked confused.

"I don't know." Something in my head told me I knew it really good but it didn't occur to me. "Does it matter?"

"And what does it mean?" He let me go and sat down on the ground with crossed legs. I sat down across from him.

"Well, if James think that girls always clean and if Minho thinks that I like those dirty pick-up lines because I'm girl, then I need to do the work that girls always do, right?"

"I get it. You feel neglected. Listen, it was just a joke from Minho. And James, well he's just really stupid. Don't let it get to you?"

"But I really want it. Let me do the little chores. Like doing the dishes or sewing. I think I saw a sewing machine in homestead. Let me sort the screws or make the beds. I just want something to keep me busy so I don't need to think about all this." I begged him. I really wanted this. Not because that's what girls do but because I want to be busy and not think about this horrible place. Newt sighed.

"Fine. I will ask Alby and then maybe we will hold a gathering. Don't get your hopes up" I nodded and gave him a kiss. Then he stood up and limped away.

I held my stick. Jepjep, the return of the stick! The last two newbies were really annoying. They kept coming to me to flirt with me or wink at me. I was walking towards the dining room thingy while holding my stick when Jack came to me.

"Is the stick really necessary? It is really scary, you know?" he said. I grinned;

"Self-defence, shank" we sat down and Minho sat down with us.

"Aaaah, the magic stick is back. What a nice reunion." I was still mad at Minho.

"Watch out! I didn't forget what you did."

"But, I didn't do anything" he said innocently with his hands up. I gave him a dirty look and began eating. A few minutes later the two newbies came to sit at our table, they were called Clark en Kent

"Hello, everything's okay? I just wanted to say that it was really disrespectless (I don't know if that's actually a word but yeah) what Newt said to you" Clark said

"It is disrespectful, you shuckface" Jack corrected him.

"Don't mind Clark" Kent said "he's only worried, nobody should treat a girl like that." I want to face palm myself a thousand times and roll my eyes another thousand times but that would be really rude.

"It was only a joke. Still thanks that you worry about me" I said exaggeratedly nice. Clark put his arm around my shoulders.

"Girly, let us pamper you" he said, is he fucking kidding me?

"You know, klunkhead, soon Newt will be here and kick your ass." Minho said irritated.

"I can handle him." he said self-assured.

"Is that so?" a voice came from behind us. I looked over my shoulder. There stood Newt, his arms crossed and he looked angry. Kent quickly stood up and sat down somewhere else, smart guy. Clark stood up calmly with his hands in the air.

"It was only a joke." he said scared.

"Let's see if this is so funny" Newt answered angrily. He punched Clark in the face. The blood dripped out of his nose but he didn't care. Clark punched back and they were fighting. I didn't know what to do. Alby and Minho tried together with Frypan and a few other boys to pull them away from each other. Without success. Finally the perfect plan came to me. I grabbed my stick and aimed at Clark. But I hit Newt right in his temple and he fell down. I actually had aimed at Clark but they stopped fighting. I looked at Clark. He looked from Newt to me. His poor ego was broken and he walked away quickly.

"Marie-"

"Yes I know, a day in the slammer" I interrupted Alby. I threw my stick down and sat down next to Newt. His nose was bleeding and he had a black eye. And he was unconscious because of me. I was angry at myself because I had hurt him. I caressed his hair out of his face and tried to wipe away the blood. Then a few gladers carried Newt to homestead and Alby brought me to the slammer.