Chapter 9

When the two of you reach the corridor that opens up to the maze, Minho starts yelling, "I need a Med-Jack over here! And get Newt and Alby!"

Two boys nod as they go in separate directions to carry out their tasks. Minho is half carrying you due to your exhaustion and injuries. Everyone else starts crowding around you and they ask questions and look at you strangely as they whisper to each other.
"That's the greenie. Why was she in the Maze?"
"How did she survive?"
"Why didn't the Grievers get her?"

"Get out of the way!" A British accent calls out. You look up and see Newt pushing his way to the front of the crowd with Alby right behind him. He immediately positions himself on the other side of you to help Minho lay you down on the grass. He brushes the hair out of your face and starts searching you for any serious injuries other than your dislocated left shoulder.
"Y/N, what happened? Are you okay? What happened to your arm? Oh, I'm so glad you're alive."
"Newt! Oh, thank goodness. It was Gally, yesterday, after Thomas came to get you. I went to the Deadheads. Gally trapped me in the Maze."
"Okay, okay. You're okay. We'll handle it. Just leave it to me and Alby."
Jeff and Clint arrive and Alby pulls Newt up as he says, "I understand you're happy to see her, but she's hurt. Let the Med-Jacks do their job."

Newt nods and stands off to the side as you're put on a gurney and carried away to the Med hut. He follows close behind. Clint and Jeff make him wait outside your room as they assess your injuries and treat you. They check you for a concussion and luckily you didn't get one. They put your left arm back in its socket, give you a proper sling, and rebandage your left wrist. They give you some pain medication and leave you alone, letting Newt into the room. Jeff told you that the pain medicine would make you tired, so when Newt comes in you are already half asleep. He sits in the chair next to your bed and takes your hand, telling you that you are going be okay and they are going to find Gally.

The drugs are really messing with your mind and you're delirious, acting as if you're drunk. You look at Newt, smile, and giggle before saying,
"I really like you. I mean, you're cute and sweet, the perfect guy. And you've been really nice to me. If I'd known you for a few weeks, I'd say I love you. I feel like I've known you forever."

You pass out then and leave Newt sitting there, staring at you dumbfounded, unsure what to think.

You sleep for about four hours. When you wake up, you're alone. You can't remember much between being brought in from the Maze and now, but you feel certain someone was there when you fell asleep. You leave your room and find Clint while wandering around. He quickly inspects you to make sure it's okay for you to be out and about. He explains that your shoulder will be sore for a few days but by the next day you would be okay to take the sling off. You ask him where Newt is and he directs you to the Gardens. You thank him and head in that direction.

"Hey, Newt," you find him tending to a tomato plant. He looks up and smiles, it's so cute you almost don't hear him talk.
"Y/N! You're out, how are you feeling?"
"Great, yeah." You look at him, thinking about the promise you made to yourself. You don't think you can do it, you can't think of why, as if there would be someone else you're the only girl. But what if he's gay? You think to yourself in fear, Who would he da... No! You won't let yourself think of that possibility.

Newt is talking again, "How much do you remember from when Minho found you this morning?"
"Not much, it's all kind of smushed together. I remember running into him in the Maze. There were a lot of people when we got here. You were here, were you in my room this morning?"
"Yeah, I was there when you fell asleep. That medicine worked bloody fast, you were out within the minute."
"Yeah, Clint was just telling me it makes you kind of drunk before you pass out, I hope I didn't say anything too weird or rude."
You're not sure what, but you see something flash across his face but he quickly hides it, smiles, and says, "No, you didn't say anything. Just dropped off almost immediately."