Just like many nights before, Thomas had jolted awake like he had been struck by lightning; in the midst of his adrenaline rush he had scooped Newt up as his boyfriend screamed and thrashed around in fear. Tormented by yet another nightmare.

"Thomas!" Newt sobbed as he clung onto Thomas, gripping his boyfriend's upper arm with both of his hands.

"Sssshhh it's okay, it was just a dream and you're safe now." Thomas cooed as he rubbed Newt's back, kissing his head "You're never going to be in one of those labs again, and I'll never let anyone hurt you again".

"Why did that have to happen? Why did Teresa help them?" Newt cried as he clenched his eyes shut, hoping to forget what those scientists and the equipment looked like.

"I don't know, angel. I'm sorry that you went through all of that" Thomas gently started to stroke Newt's cheek and his boyfriend looked up at him "Nobody's going to hurt you like WCKED did. I won't let them".

Newt sniffled before he leaned his head against Thomas' chest, relaxing slightly but his heart was still thundering, and he was still crying "Why can't I just forget about all of it?"

"If I could rewind time and prevent WCKED from getting to you, I would. I wish that I could make everything better for you" Thomas sighed; he could not help but feel partly responsible for what had happened to Newt. If only he had protected the young blond man better or woken up earlier when they had been held captive by WCKED, and that guilt weighed down on his shoulders every day.

"I know" Newt breathed as he slowly started to calm down.

"Let's try and go back to sleep, it's still pretty late" Thomas suggested, and Newt nodded, he then laid down with his boyfriend lying on his chest and they pulled the covers up "Close your eyes, angel. I'll be here and I'll wake you up if you have another nightmare".

It only took Newt a few minutes to fall back to sleep, thankfully the rest of his slumber was a peaceful one. However, it took Thomas a while to fall asleep because the brunet's mind was plagued by memories of how Newt had gone through being depressed, escaping Grievers and Cranks, being infected with the Flare, before being captured and tortured. His boyfriend had been through too much and he could not even remember what his life had been like before he had been sent up into the Glade.

Thomas knew that Newt and their friends had forgiven him for putting them into the Glade, but he could not find it within himself to forgive himself for what he had worked for and he knew that it would take himself a long time to let go of the guilt that he felt.

Luckily, morning arrived, and Thomas woke up to the wonderful feeling of Newt kissing his jaw, the brunet smiled as he kept his eyes closed, slowly rubbing Newt's back "That's a very nice way of waking me up".

Newt smiled and he looked up at Thomas as his boyfriend looked at him with heart-eyes "Good morning".

"Good morning, beautiful" Thomas's eyes seemed to twinkle as he spoke and Newt blushed "I have the day off today" he stated as he stroked back Newt's hair "So we can spend some time together before we go to the beach to meet up with everyone".

"Do you have any ideas as to what we can do?" Newt asked.

"I have a couple of ideas" Thomas answered before he slowly rolled himself and Newt over, leaning over his boyfriend and Newt giggled as he began to kiss his neck.

"I like it when you do that" Newt stated as he closed his eyes, just enjoying how Thomas' kisses made him feel.

"I know" Thomas whispered.

One thing led to another, but they did not go all of the way, Newt did not feel ready for that and he was still extremely self-conscious about his appearance. Thomas always reassured him that it was alright and that he would wait until Newt was ready for that step in their relationship.

"We should get ready to see everyone" Newt stated as Thomas cleaned them both up.

"Yeah, you're right" Thomas nodded before he stood up and began to get dressed.

Newt sat up and he sighed as he watched Thomas "I must have done something very good to be lucky enough to be with you".

Thomas smiled and he turned to Newt "I'm the lucky one" he then winked at his boyfriend.

"I'm nothing special" Newt stated.

Thomas walked over to the bed and he leaned over Newt "No insulting my boyfriend" he then started to blow onto his boyfriend's neck, the blond laughed, and he smiled as he squirmed around.

"Tommy!" Newt laughed.

Thomas smiled as he tickled Newt and his boyfriend continued to smile and laugh. Newt managed to flip Thomas onto his back, and he straddled his waist, the brunet smiled and he placed his hands on Newt's hips.

"You're so beautiful" Thomas stated.

Newt scoffed "Don't lie to me, Thomas. You are the one that has the looks" he started to caress his boyfriend's chest with his fingertips as he spoke.

Thomas sat up and he started to rub his hands up and down Newt's back "I would never lie to you; we don't lie to each other. You are the most beautiful person that I have ever seen, no one is as beautiful as you are in my eyes".

Newt smiled and he kissed Thomas "I love you".

"I love you too" Thomas smiled.

Newt cupped Thomas's face between his hands and he kissed the brunet, a warmth filled him as Thomas kissed him back and their kiss soon became passionate. Thomas licked Newt's bottom lip and then he slowly pushed his tongue into the blond's warm mouth. Newt hummed as Thomas's tongue entered his mouth and he wrapped his arms around Thomas' neck.

However, they were interrupted by a loud chorus of knocks at the door and they both sat up as Minho yelled to them.

"Are you two done making out yet? You're missing out on the game!" Minho shouting to his friends.

Thomas rolled his eyes "We'll meet you there!" he called to Minho as Newt stood up and began to get dressed, Thomas kept his back to his boyfriend because he knew that Newt did not want him to see his body just yet and he respected his boyfriend wishes. Newt tapped him on the shoulder once he was ready and they made their way to the beach, smiling when they saw that their friends were running around.

About an hour passed, Newt, Thomas and their friends were playing a friendly game of football, they were all split between two teams, Newt was on one team with Minho, Brenda, Sonya and Frypa whilst Thomas was on the other with Harriet, Jorge, Aris and Gally.

Thomas kicked the ball around to his team whilst keeping an eye on his boyfriend as he had noticed that Newt was struggling to keep up. He had also noticed that Newt's leg seemed to be weaker than normal as well as the fact that he seemed to be in pain.

Newt's team took the ball, and it was kicked towards Newt. Newt looked uncomfortable as everyone surrounded him, and he tried to find the next person to pass it too.

"Newt, pass the ball to me!" Minho yelled.

"No, pass it to me!" Frypan also yelled.

Newt tried not to hiss in pain because of his leg but he was tired, and he knew that he should not run anymore.

Thomas ran to his boyfriend's rescue and picked him up bridal style, whilst he kicked the ball to one of his own teammates.

Newt laughed as he wrapped his arms around Thomas's neck, "What?! Tommy!"

Thomas grinned widely and he started to spin around in a circle with his boyfriend, he did not notice that Newt's team had regained the ball and won the game. He stopped after a moment and he looked at Newt "No more running for today".

Newt smiled and he nodded before he leaned his head on Thomas's shoulder "I love you".

Thomas smiled and he kissed Newt's head "I love you too".

Everyone else turned around, they saw that Thomas was holding Newt in his arms and that the blond looked a little tired.

"Are you alright, Newt?" Gally asked.

"Yeah, just a little tired" Newt nodded his head slightly.

"Well, I think that it's time for a break" Minho stated.

Everyone walked to their spot on the beach and they sat down, Newt was sat on Thomas's lap and Thomas had his arms around his waist, Minho was sat next to Thomas and Newt, whilst Gally was sat opposite them with Frypan next to him.

Newt bent his knee, but he winced when he felt a tinge of pain.

Thomas saw the pain on Newts face, and he started to slowly rub just below his boyfriend's knee "Are you okay?"

Newt nodded and he leaned against Thomas "Yeah, thank you. Are you okay?"

Thomas kissed Newt's head "Yeah".

"Hey, I've got a stupid question" Minho stated as he laid down on the sand.

"All of your questions are stupid" Gally scoffed.

Minho rolled his eyes before he lightly threw the football at Gally "Shut it, shank!" everyone laughed before he spoke again "Are oranges actually orange?"

"What?" Sonya stared at Minho, whilst Harriet kissed her hand.

"And my point has been proven!" Gally sat his arms behind his head.

"For once" Frypan laughed.