Gathering! I could participate because I was a keeper now, jeej! Chuck was in the glade for two weeks and today he got his job. We worked together with the track-hoes because I was done too early with my list. We also were going to find a name for my job.
"Okay, the gathering is opened. Is there someone who wants to have Chuck?" Alby asked. Nobody raised his hand. I wanted to but I thought that Chuck deserved something better. Still nothing.
"He'll just become a slopper" James said. Oh no! Poor Chuck would have a job with James. I quickly raised my hand, I wasn't going to let that happen.
"Yes Marie" Alby said.
"I want- Chuck can help me" I offered. Alby looked questioningly at me but I nodded.
"He won't be a bur- bring you problems, right?" he quickly corrected himself when he noticed that he was going to say burden. Chuck wasn't a burden, he just wasn't that good in certain things, like cooking, hammering, running, taking care of animals, etc. He wasn't even good in cleaning. But he wasn't that bad with me and work would be faster with the two of us.
"It will be alright" I said quite unsure and I gave Chuck a nervous laugh, to reassure him.
"Okay, uhm, I assume that nobody wants to have Chuck?" he asked. His voice raised at the end, afraid to hurt him. The keepers shook their heads.
"Okay, Chuck you can leave. You're a whatever-she-does-people-thingy now" Alby waited until Chuck left and continued "we really have to find another name for that, Newt write the different options down."
Newt had a paper on his legs and a pen in his hand, he nodded and wrote down what he said.
"Names for her job" he said.
"Suggestions? Someone?" Alby asked
"Plants" Zart suggested.
"Plants?" I asked confused.
"Yes, because, you well, plant things" he explained.
"Plants" Newt repeated, while writing it down.
"Girls" James said and I again looked confused at the keeper. "Chuck isn't a girl" I said annoyed, he shrugged and was silent.
"What about munchkins? You're both small" Minho remarked. I actually liked that one, Chuck wasn't really tall, just like me and since I wasn't planning on 'hiring' someone else, it was good for me.
"Munchkinsis good for me" I said determined. The boys looked at me like I was crazy.
"Seriously? Munchkins?" Newt asked surprised but I nodded resolutely.
"Good, done! Everybody leave!" Alby said. We all stood up to leave, I was the next to last at the door and looked back at the room. Newt still sat on his chair.
"You're coming?" I asked him.
Yes, but I have to look at something first" he stood up, took his chair and turned it upside down. Then he put the chair back down.
"Okay, it's still there" I love you. Newt came to me. He wrapped his arms around my waist and kissed me passionately. I put my arms around his neck and kissed him back and one thing led to another.