The week went by really slow. Newt was ignoring me the whole time, he didn't even braid my hair. I knew that he sometimes looked at me, but when I looked at him, he looked away. What did I do? Each time I wanted to talk to him, he walked away or he ignored me. That way I would never know what I did wrong. Minho, Alby, Jack and Frypan found out quickly that something was wrong. They tried to get me to talk to him but that didn't work, they even talked to him but that also didn't work.
But today I wouldn't leave him alone till he talked to me.
"Newt. Newt. Newt. Newt. NewtNewtNewtNewtNewtNewtNewtNewtNewtNewtNewtNewtNewtNewt" I kept repeating his name and following him everywhere.
"NewtNewtNewtNewtNewtNewtNewtNewtNewtNewtNewtNewtNewtNewtNewtNewtNewtNewtNewtNewtNewtNewt"
"Yes?" he finally said over ten minutes! I didn't expect an answer so I didn't know what to say. But then the words left my mouth.
"I love you" I didn't know why I said that. It just left my mouth. Why? He didn't love me! I brought my hand to my mouth. Oops! I turned around and walked away. To Alby.
"Alby I need your help. Newt and I and then and oops and now, I don't know anymore. Help" I said desperately. Alby took me in his arms and gave me a hug. Jep, that's just what I needed.
"It will be alright. He will come around. Why don't you help me with my job. The newbie, Ken, needs a tour?" he asked. He knew what I needed, something to keep me busy. So I was with Alby the whole day. We toured the newbie, controlled if everyone did their job (even if I didn't do my job) and helped here and there. We didn't see Newt, who had exactly the same job. Until dinner. He suddenly sat down with us. The following silence was awkward.
"Soo..." Minho said.
"Well..." Alby said
"Uhhhhmmmmm..." Jack said.
"My soup is going to burn" Frypan said. He stood up and left. Liar.
"Yes...uhm...Jeff needs my help...with...you know what" Jack said.
"I need to check this things." Alby said.
"Well, I don't need to do anything" Minho said and he made himself comfortable. We ate in silence, well, I ate in silence. Minho tried to lift the spirits so he made jokes with food in his mouth. Disgusting. Newt eat nothing, he looked, without shame, at me. After a while, it began to annoy me. I put down my eating utensils and put my hands in a praying position. Then we stared at each other. For five minutes, I inspected every detail of his face. His handsome, cute, beautiful, perfect face. Wait no! I was mad at him.
"Uhm, I'm going to check the maps" Minho said. We were all alone at the table and we kept staring at each other.
"Man, are you ever going to make up?" Frypan shouted from far away. That was the last straw.
"So, Newt, why are you here?"
"The last updates" he said simply.
"About?" I asked curious.
"You. And Jack" Now everything made sense. He thought I was together with him. Why did he think that?
"Haha, really funny" he grimaced
"How can you be so heartless?" He asked calmly.
"Look, you want the last updates about me and Jack, well, we're still happy together. As best friends" I stood up angry and hit the table. "Maybe you should check your sources before you believe something like that" I said. I took a glass of water and threw it in his face, then I walked away.
"Wait, Marie! I'm sorry!" Yes, now he chases me. A little bit too late.
"What?" I turned around at looked at him "so now you say sorry and you think everything is solved? Sorry isn't enough. You thought I was cheating, you ignored and neglected me a whole week and you don't trust me. As if a sorry solves everything! Are you stupid?"
His eyes were full of guilt. It was cute and sad. How could I be together with someone who doesn't trust me.
"Sorry Newt, but it's over" I said calmly. I turned around and went to my apple tree to think.
