Thomas' POV:
I wake up in bed the next morning but I wasn't in 'my own room', I was still in Newt's. We must've fallen asleep after our talk and little bit of fun. I roll over and see Newt, fast asleep with his hair in his face. I smile, he looked cute when he slept. It was nice to see him calm, compared to yesterday's madness. I sigh and look up at the ceiling. It really still hadn't sunk in fully that, I could or will more rather, lose Newt to the flare. It had actually started to affect me more as Newt became worse off. Teresa had really brought the thought to the surface that I had tried to hide. I feel tears coming to my eyes. I quickly blink them away and quietly get up, not wanting to wake Newt, and leave the room, closing the door behind me.
"Looks like you and Newt ended up having a ball, didn't see you at all after the talk we had with him" Minho says giving me a smirk as I walk into the main room.
"Shut up Minho" I say, not wanting to hear any jokes right now.
"Ok, what's bothering you?" he asks and comes and sits beside me.
"Nothing"
"I've known you for a while now Thomas, I can read you like a book"
"Fine you win. It's Newt"
"What do you mean?"
A few tears then escape my eyes.
"I just… I just don't want to lose him Minho" I say and start to cry and Minho pulls me into a hug.
"Hey, shhh, it's ok Thomas. I know how you're feeling, it's hard on all of us but, I know it's more pain for you because, ya know, you love him more than a friend"
"Why did it have to be Newt that wasn't immune? Why couldn't it be someone like Gally?"
"Don't be wishing that now. He may be an idiot but he's still our friend. No matter what he's put Newt through"
"I'm sorry"
"It's ok, you're hurting that's all. Speaking of hurting, we never found out what caused Newt to go off like he did yesterday. I mean, yeah the sirens were encouraging the anger but, I don't know about the coward part. Who said he was a coward?"
"I guess we'll have to ask when he gets up"
"Let's tell the others first, they'll all be up way before Newt. We know how tired Newt gets now"
"Yeah"
Newt's POV:
I walk out of 'my room' in the berg and into the main room to see the others gathered in a group and when I enter, they stop talking. That was odd.
"Why you guys so awkward all of a sudden?" I ask
"Sit down Newt, we have something to discuss with you" Minho said and I obey.
"What's going on?" I ask, sort of worried.
"You have something to explain to us about yesterday which Minho picked up on which wasn't mentioned" Teresa says
I see Gally looking worried. Why would he be worried?
"I'm confused at what you guys are aiming at…"
"Why were you saying that you were a coward Newt? Who told you that? In fact, why would you ever believe in such a thing?" Thomas questions
I then remember back to the times in the glade of Gally bullying me most of the time and calling me a coward. My face must've changed because the guys picked up on it.
"I don't know. Maybe the flare" I lie as I shrug.
"You're hiding something" Thomas said
"What… what are you talking about?" I ask, stuttering slightly
"Come on Newt spit it out. We've caught you red handed" Minho said
"Well it's not like you all aren't hiding something" I mumble
"What was that?" Teresa asked
"You heard me, it's not like we're all not keeping secrets from each other" I say as my anger starts to boil.
"Excuse me?" Brenda questions "Don't be changing the subject now…"
"Shut up Brenda, you're hiding something and you and Jorge both know that. Teresa was hiding her betrayal from all of us when we were in the scorch, Aris is hiding something, Gally is hiding something and Thomas, I know you're keeping something from me" I say as I start to get angry.
"At least I have the same secret as you, I could share some of it if I like, only parts that I feel like revealing though" Gally taunts and I glare at him and something explodes inside of me.
"Hold the bus there guys. Newt is right, we're all hiding stuff, but we have our reasons behind it yes?" Thomas asks and we all nod. "Newt, we had this meeting because, we're worried about you that's all. I'm worried about you and, we want you to know that you're no coward, not even close to one. If you were one, you would've done god knows what by now. But you've stayed strong, that takes courage"
I look at the ground as I start to calm down.
"You don't have to tell us if you're not ready, just like how we're not ready to let our secrets out"
"Thanks Thomas" I say and he nods
"Well, since we're all here, why don't we do something fun or discuss a plan?"