"That was disgusting," I heard Newt say behind me after Ben had left. Surprisingly, I managed to let out a laugh. Newt sat next to me with a worn and weary expression, his lips were formed into a frown.

"I'm sorry," I heard Newt say after a while.

Sighing, I patted his hand lightly and said, "I get it, Newt. You talk to everyone, everyday and help them with their problems, but the thing is Newt, if you just bottle all your feelings up, one day you're just going to explode. And, I don't want to see that happen."

"I know," he whispered and walked away. I sighed, put my head against the log, and fell asleep.

I woke up to Ben, who was clearly pissed off, shaking my shoulder lightly.

"Hey, it's time for dinner, and they've already decided what your job is going to be," Ben said, helping me stand up. Clint had bandaged my ribs and stomach, which had been severely bruised after being kicked over and over again. Those assholes. I followed Ben to the kitchen where Frypan handed me a plate of spaghetti and a bread stick with a kind smile. I sat down in between Ben and Minho and across from Alby, Newt, and the third Greenie girl. I couldn't help but notice how gorgeous she was too with fiery, red, smooth curls, sparkling blue eyes, and a strong, lean form. I shook my head and turned towards Minho.

"How was it in the Maze today?" I asked.

"Absolutely fabulous," Minho joked. Rolling my eyes, I bit into my bread stick.

"So, what's my job?" I turned towards Alby after I had finished eating.

"Well, a lot of people wanted you but, it seems like you're most needed with the Med-jacks. Congratulations Lizzy!" Alby smiled and patted me on the back. I smiled and gave him a small hug. Even though he was crabby half of the time, Alby wasn't a bad guy. I laughed and gave Minho a high-five, who had been busy eating some of Ben's food. I almost giggled as Ben hugged and picked me up. I wasn't exactly sure, but I thought I heard Newt sigh behind us.

After dinner, I showed the third girl Greenie, Marie, around the Glade, and was happy to see that she wasn't too bad. A little sarcastic...but not bad. As we walked, Ben joined us with a smile on his now familiar and okay, somewhat handsome, face. Without me even noticing, he slipped his hand into mine. I smiled and squeezed his hand. Maria just giggled.

Whenever the day was over and Maria and I were walking back to the Homestead, she smiled and said, "You and Ben are absolutely adorable. Oh! You're name should be...Bizzy! Wait no...maybe Benzy."

I laughed and said, "How about none of those, and Ben and I aren't really together."

"Okay, sure," Maria smirked and wandered into the room Alby had set up for her and Rosa. Thankfully, I wouldn't have to share with Rosa, ugh. I still hadn't talked to that bitch after her accusation, and I didn't intend to. Waving goodbye, I slipped into my room, where Newt was laying on his hammock. Ducking behind the sheet that we had set up so I could change, I slipped on one of Ben's long shirts and climbed into my hammock.

"Good night, Maria," he said.

"Good night, Newt," I said and closed my eyes.

"Morning, beautiful," Ben said as I sat next to him for breakfast. I raised my eyebrows and then rolled my eyes. I was dressed in a plain white shirt, black running shorts, and tennis shoes. My brown hair was a raggedy, knotty mess.

"Um, no," I said and dug into my pancakes. I heard Maria giggle from across the table. Rolling my eyes again, I shoved Ben playfully. He did nothing surprisingly. After breakfast, the three of us went outside to see Ben off. Of course while I was walking Ben found it necessary to pick me up fireman style and swing me around.

"Ben! Put me down!" I laughed, pounding my fists lighting against his back. Maria laughed and ran off with Newt for her first tryout with Zart.

"Promise me you'll be careful in there," I said, putting my arms around his neck and staring into his eyes.

"Yeah, always am," he whispered before placing a light kiss on my lips and running into the Maze. Whoopee.

My first day in the Med-hut had been absolutely boring, but alright. Clint and Jeff had become some of my closest friends, and I enjoyed their company. Only one person, Steve from the Builders, had come in. I bandaged him right up and sent him back to the Builders. Speaking of the Builders, Gally wasn't even getting punished for what he did. Alby was putting him and Lyndon in the Slammer for one and a half months. I thought it was total bullshit, but I could do nothing to change Alby and half the Glade's minds. After Clint had dismissed me, I ran to find Ben, who was supposed to meet me around three. Assuming he was in the Mapping Room, I walked over there planning on scaring him when he came out. But as I stood next to the door, I couldn't help but overhear Ben and Minho's conversation.

"You like her, Ben?" I heard Minho say in a surprisingly serious tone.

"I really do, Minho," I heard Ben sigh.

"You do know that you're just going to hurt yourself and Newt, right? Can't you see how he looks at her?" Minho said.

"Look, Minho. I know that you and Newt are best friends, but I need Lizzy. I'm sorry if it hurts him, but that's just a problem that he'll have to overcome." Newt liked me? Frowning, I knocked on the door. Ben opened it, burst into a smile, and gave me a tight hug.

"Ouch," I winced. My ribs still felt like hell.

"I'm sorry," Ben gasped and stepped away from me. Laughing a little, I pulled him back into a hug. For once, I was pretty damn happy in the Glade.

Two weeks later...

"Ben stop!" I squealed and swatted my hands at him. Laughing he swept me up in his arms and put me down in his hammock. Ever since Ben and I had started "dating" I had moved out of Newt's room although, Newt and I had grown to be close friends.

"Isn't the Greenie coming up soon?" I asked after I had changed into a black tank top with a plaid shirt unbuttoned over it, black leggings, and boots suitable for running. Speaking of running, even though I liked my job as a med-jack, I yearned to go into the Maze and run even though I knew it was very dangerous.

"Yeah, I think so," Ben said and slipped on a blue shirt over his chest. Sighing, I brushed out my hair and put it in the braid that Maria had shown me how to do.

"It's my day off today," Ben said and slipped an arm around my waist.

Leaning into him, I said, "Do you think what Rosa said was true? About us being here being my fault?"

Ben pressed his lips against my forehead and then said, "No. Of course not." The Greenie alarm began to blare as we walked towards the kitchen for breakfast. Racing forward, Ben and I reached the box to see Alby and Newt opening it up.

"What does the Greenie look like?" I heard a Glader say.

Another said, "Is it a girl?"

Alby shushed the crowd and jumped into the box. "It's not a girl!" he shouted and shooed all of us away except for me, Ben, and Newt. The Greenie was curled up into a corner, crying, his face covered my his hands and his huge curly hair. I crept forward and put a gentle hand on his shoulder.

"Hey. It's okay. I know that you're confused, but we can help you. My name's Lizzy, and this is Ben, Newt, and Alby. What's yours?" I said in my best soothing voice. The boy looked up and I almost sighed when I saw that he was probably only twelve or thirteen-our youngest Glader yet.

Sniffling a bit, the boy wiped away his tears and said, "I'm Chuck."

Hey Guys! Hoped you like this chapter and sorry for skipping two weeks...I wanted to speed it up a bit and bring in Chuck, who's one of my favorite characters. Anyway..please leave a review and tell me what you think. BTW, thanks for all the reviews so far! They make me so happy and they're really helpful. Okay...goodbye!