It had been an hour since we escaped and I was going to check on Newt to see if he was awake until I was stopped by the sound of Teresa's voice.

"Looks like you're gonna be Newt's limping twin for a day or two" she sniggers and I roll my eyes at her comment but it was true. I was limping a little because my leg still hurt from the bullet that had been taken out.

"I suppose you're right" I laugh slightly

"You checking up on Newt?"

"Yeah, the usual thing you'd find me doing"

"You ok?"

"What do you mean?"

"Well, we've been focusing on Newt since he's the way he is but, no ones bothered to check in how you're holding up because you know, Newt means a lot to you"

"Oh yeah, I'm..." I hadn't really thought about it that much to be honest. I had my mind on protecting everyone else that, I never worried about myself. In that moment, the thought that I could actually lose Newt did come to mind and a tear rolled down my face and I felt Teresa put a hand on my back and we sat down.

"I hadn't really thought about it. But now that I am thinking about it... It hurts. I won't have my best friend around anymore" I feel tears filling my eyes.

"What will you do when it happens?" She asks "just so you're ready and its best to get it out. You haven't really talked about it and it'll be healthy for later"

I could get where she was coming from.

"I really don't know. I can't imagine my life without him. We grew up together at Wicked. We looked out for each other. I remember that myself, Newt, Ben and Minho would always have races up and down the hallways. Him and Alby would always argue about who was in charge. Whenever he would cry, whether it was from Gally giving him a hard time or finding out that he wasn't like us, I'd be there for him. I still remember the time we got together, before and after the maze. Gally had beat him up so bad, I thought I'd lost him. When he woke up, I just kissed him and it went on from there"

"You wouldn't leave his bedside, not once"

"Yeah"

"Here, I found something at the headquarters. Ava gave to me actually, thought you'd wanna look at it" Teresa says passing me a book and I open it to see pictures of myself and the gang when we were little up to before we went into the maze. I laughed at some of them.

"It feels like so long ago" I say

"Yeah, it does. The main thing is that we have these memories. We can't show the others though. Not yet at least"

"Yeah, I know. They'd start questioning us and mightn't trust us again"

"Don't think like that Tom. They'll always trust you. They wouldn't know what they would've down without you"

"I guess you're right"

"What the hell!" I hear someone yell and I recognise the voice to be Newt's.

"Come on" I say and we run into the room he was in.

I see Newt sitting up looking around, particularly at his hands, confused as anything and rather scared.

"Thomas why the shuck are my hands tied together?" He questions when he notices me at the door.

"Um... Yeah about that... We gotta talk"

"Just shucking untie me already. It's like whoever did this doesn't trust me"

"Well we needed to take precautions after before" Gally says as himself and the others come into the room.

"Precautions?" He asks as I untie the rope and he rubs his wrists "why would you need to take precautions?"

"Newt, we will tell you if you promise to not do anything stupid like you have" Minho says sternly

"What did I do?"

"As you can see, we escaped, we're away from Wicked and also Jorge and Brenda were hidden in this berg which was a surprise but anyway, it started when the sirens started going off. You were cringing because loud noises aren't good for people with the flare" I start

"Right..."

I then continued to tell him everything that happend in the process of escaping Wicked. His facial expression changed more ways than I thought it could be possible as he discovers more and more about the monster he was becoming. I use the term monster very lightly but, that's what a crank was.

"Newt..." Minho started when I was done.

"You shouldn't of brought me. You should've left me there. Left me there to die. I could hurt you. I hurt you Thomas. I scared you" Newt said who was now crying

"Hey, I was never gonna leave you behind" I say as I go to touch him on the shoulder but he pulls away.

"Don't touch me I might hurt you" he says scared

"You're not going to hurt me look" I say as I touch him on the shoulder and on his arm. "See, you're all good, you're fine. You're not hurting anyone. You were under stress and you probably couldn't think straight like who was good and who was bad. That's what the flare does to you"

"I still hurt you and I can't take that back. I've done it more than once"

"That's doesn't matter. I still love you. Nothing will change that"

"Still" he says and looks down. I give Minho a look and he nods.

"I think I'm gonna have a look around this berg, Gally, wanna come?" Minho asks

"Um ok" he says and they walk off

"Come on Brenda we have a Berg to Fly" Jorge says

"Come on Fry and Aris, let's see if we can find any food on this ship" Teresa says and everyone leaves us two alone. I was grateful for my friends.

"Newt look at me" I say but he doesn't, he just keeps looking at the ground.

"I'll make you" I say

He still does nothing. I then grab his hand and he slowly looks at it.

"I know you feel bad but it doesn't matter. I love you, that's what matters" I say and I kiss his neck since I couldn't reach his face. I kiss him a few more times and I hear him moan slightly and I see his face twitch as he smiles slightly.

"Was that a smile I saw?" He then losses the smile or at least tries to hide it.

"I know you're smiling, don't try hiding it from me" I say and kiss him on the neck to distract him and then I tickle him and he jumps and starts laughing.

"Thomas stop! Hahaha! Stop! Come on please! You know I hate being tickled! Hahaha! Stop!"

"Not until you admit it"

"Ok ok! Hahaha! I love you! Ok! I love you just stop! Hahaha!" He laughs and I do and let him catch his breath, lying on his back. He then grabs the collar of my shirt and pulls into him and kisses me on the lips and I kiss back. I then lie next to him.

"Feeling better?" I ask

"Yeah, thanks Tommy. I don't know what I'd do without you"

"Not get any enjoyment and not have my irresistible looks to always distract you" I say and he laughs and punches me in the arm.

"You may be right about that" he says smirking slightly

"Aren't I always"

"Calm it down now Mr It's All About Me"

We just laugh. I then stop as my leg aches slightly and I cringe and sit up and check my leg. It had started bleeding a little again.

"Shit" I say quietly

"What's wrong?" Newt asks and sees the bandage on my leg "Thomas what happened?"

"Yeah I forgot to mention that part. As we were escaping, I got shot with a bullet in the hanger"

"What!"

"Hey it's ok, I'm fine. It hurts every now and then but other than that, it's fine"

"I don't call it bleeding fine" he says

I then kiss him on the lips to clam him down.

"I know you're worried, but don't be, I just gotta take it easy"

"You better"

"Alright bossy"

"If you don't, then I'll punish you" he says and kisses me softly on the lips and then along my jaw line.

"If this is the punishment then I'll keep misbehaving" I moan

"Nope, this is a way to make you listen" he says and kisses me passionately on the lips. I tousle his hair and he pushes me back down onto the bed.

"If we're getting serious, close the door" I say and he nods and closes the door and I laugh as he kisses me again. He then sits on top of me taking control.

"You have no idea how much I have missed this" he says

"Same here" I say and we continue to make out.