Chapter 14
A/N: Hey guys. Sorry, no excuse, I was just late. I had it all uploaded and edited and just forgot. Anyway, it's here now, it's longer than most of the others. So, enjoy!
You, Newt, and Minho walk through the Glade. Looking around, you see all of the Gladers looking at you three. Some of them giggle and whisper to each other behind their hands. Others just stare with what seems to be jealousy written on their faces. You let go of Newt's hand and quickly shove your own hands in your pockets as you keep walking, looking at the ground. It hadn't occurred to you before that the other boys would be jealous. You only had feelings for Newt. No one else ever entered your mind as a potential love interest. Not even Minho with those muscles; or Thomas, even though he was kind of cute. But none of them was any good compared to Newt; no one in the whole Glade.
You're pulled out of your thoughts when Newt asks Minho a question,
"Hey, Minho. Where are we going? We usually meet Alby in the Homestead."
"Yeah," Minho replies, "He wanted to meet in the Map Room for whatever reason."
"I wonder what about," Newt said.
You heard some more laughter and saw two boys pretending to make out. Your cheeks burned red and embarrassment ran through you. Chuck saw you and Newt kiss once and now all the boys thought you had done more. You hadn't even kissed a second time. You wish you were able to yell at them and set them straight but you know you're too angry to control any outbursts and it would only give them something else to make fun of. You look back at the ground again block out everything around you until you, Minho, and Newt reach the Map Room.
You realise that you hadn't been in there yet. It didn't look like anything special from the outside—only a concrete building with no windows and a singular door that looks like a solid slab of steel with one of those big wheels in the center as a handle. It was small, barely able to fit twenty people. Minho opens the door with what looks like some effort—maybe it is solid metal—and he gestures for you and Newt to go in. Newt walks through, then you, Minho takes up the rear and closes the door. Looking around, you see eight closed trunks, two against each wall. Your curiosity screams at you to open them and see what's inside but you hold back. There's a wooden table in the center with eight chairs pulled up to it like symmetry. Alby, sitting in one of the chairs, gestures for you and Newt to take a seat. You both do as instructed and Minho leans against the wall by the door—for what reason, you don't know.
The room is musty and you can taste copper, unsure if it's coming from the room itself or if you're just so nervous you can taste metal. Isn't it usually iron that people taste when they're nervous? The thought popping into your mind doesn't surprise you like it would've if it were two days ago, you'd gotten used to your strange memory and not remembering things but knowing them all the same. You sit there and wait for something to happen, for someone to speak. Alby stares hard at you and Newt, but mostly you. He looks angry but when he glances at Newt it's more disappointment, which makes you angry. Newt looks down at his hands as he fidgets but he stops and takes your hand under the table.
Eventually, Alby says, "I heard you two have been busy."
"Alby…" Newt starts but gets cut off.
"Kissing her Newt!" Alby stands up, forcing his chair back. He slams his hands on the table, face down. You jump but Newt just stares Alby dead in the eye, daring him to say something more. But Alby doesn't back down,
"When she got here we agreed that we had to be careful, that everyone would be after her."
He sits down, crosses his arms and shakes his head, "I never thought you would be one of them."
"Come off it, Alby," Newt replies, but they both seem to already be getting over it, "You stuck us together, she's cute, what did you think would happen?"
You blush somewhat when he calls you cute and Alby laughs at Newt's answer.
"You too are good together," Alby pats Newt shoulder.
You speak up, "We aren't actually together."
Newt looks at you, surprised, "What?"
"We only kissed. That doesn't mean we're together."
"We didn't just kiss. It meant something, we both have feelings for each other, I think that qualifies."
Behind you, Minho snickers and moves to stand next to Alby, he nudges him and says,
"Look, they're having their first fight."
You and Newt glare at him simultaneously.
Newt says, "Slim it, Shank."
Minho raises his hands in mock surrender but doesn't say anything more.
Newt turns back to you and says, "So you don't want to be together?"
"No, I do. I just wasn't sure you wanted to be with me."
"Well, I do. So let's make this official. Be my girlfriend."
"Sure," you smile and you both lean forward and kiss.
"Break it up you two," Minho said jokingly, but then Alby gets serious,
"Listen, this isn't what I wanted to talk to y'all about. It's come to my attention that Y/N here is freeloading, she isn't doing a damn thing to help out around here."
"But she has a broken arm," Newt protests, but you stop him and say,
"My shoulder just dislocated and Clint said he would check today to see if I could take the sling off. My wrist is still a bit sprained but there are only a few things I can't do. It is my left hand, after all, and I'm right handed."
Alby gets up and says, "So starting tomorrow you'll try out working with each keeper—one a day—and see what sticks, something always does."
You nod and everyone moves towards the door as Minho opens it. Suddenly you hear a sound that you can't really recognise coming from outside, but Alby seems to be alarmed by it,
"What's that noise?"
Everyone steps outside and you can make it out now. It sounds like an alarm, and you start panicking. But when you look around, you see that Alby and Minho are confused and Newt seems slightly amused.
"What's going on?" you ask.
"The Box is coming up."
"So?"
"So, it only comes up once a week and the alarms only sounds once a month when a new Greenbean is coming."
Newt, Minho, and Alby all start walking towards the Box and you're left standing there, staring at their backs in disbelief. You have no idea where it's coming from but a feeling rises from within you.
Everything is going to change.
A/N: I'm going to try to post the next chapter on time but I might not be able to because this week will be busy and I have to do some research to get the next chapter right, Yay! An excuse to read and watch TMR! :D Keep your eye out on Friday for the next chapter!