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Chapter 25: True Love

I cup her face with my hands and press a soft kiss on her lips.

"Also I feel like this is the time I should apologise for throwing up on you" I grimace at the memory.

"Yeah that was pretty gross" She laughs, then kisses me again. I soon slip my tongue into her mouth and we start making out. She climbs onto my lap and when we eventually pull away, she rests her head on my chest.

"All forgiven?" I ask hopefully.

"I should be the one asking you that" She loops her arms around my neck.

"What were you crying about earlier?" I rub circles onto her back.

"About how much I screwed up. I'm so glad it's over though. Promise to stop arguing so much?"

"Of course I promise, darling"

"Good" She smiles. "I promise too"

After a while, she rests her head on my lap and goes to sleep. She doesn't look like she has gotten a lot of sleep lately. It's quite a cold day, so I take my hoodie off and put it on her like a blanket.

I let my thoughts keep me company. Soon, I'm thinking about Olivia. I'm thinking about how rough it's been lately. But then realisation hits me. If we could get into constant arguments and still love each other after all of it, then we must be soulmates, right? If we can keep on forgiving each other, no matter what, then we've got to be made for each other. I take comfort in the fact that no matter what may happen between us, no matter what we may say to each other, we'll still love one another all the same.

I love her so much. I may not know a lot, but I know for sure that I will never let anything happen to her ever, no matter what. In fact, I love her so much that I may even leave the Glade with her when the time comes.

Olivia's Pov

"Chuck! This isn't funny! Come back! Please! You win!" I keep looking for my little brother. I was supposed to look after him, especially now that we're on the run from WCKD, and our parents are dead.

I try to distract him as much as I can, pretend this is all just one big game to stop him from worrying, but every day that passes, he gets more and more suspicious.

He's already had to go through so much, yet he's only five. He's had to suffer the Flare Virus, and all the awful things that come with it, and only a week ago he had to witness both of his parents killed in cold blood.

The problem is, I'm only nine years old. I shouldn't have to have this responsibility put on me at such a young age. My parents had always made sure I knew what to do if anything went wrong, so I had a pretty good idea of what to do.

However, they have always treated me as if I was five years older than I actually am. I've had a lot of pressure put on me since a very young age, and in my opinion, it isn't fair. I should be able to enjoy my childhood while I still can, not forced to provide for myself and a five year old, while staying out of WCKD's grasp. It's all getting way too much.

But I have to stay strong for him. I have to stay strong for Chuck. He needs me to be. I can't let him down.

I'll try my hardest to do what my parents raised me to do in situations like this. I won't give up easily. I'll keep going until my last breath if it means Chuck will be safe. Anything for Chuck. Anything.

I wake up in Gally's lap.

"Hey, love" he says, a smile tugging at his lips.

"Hi" I sit up and rest my head on Gally's shoulder.

"You ok?" he asks.

"Just another memory" I'd started to get used to them now, to the point that it barely even phased me.

"Another one?"

I nod in response.

"Do you think we should try and piece together all of your memories to try and get a vague idea of what's happening?"

I shrug. "What would we do then? Some random memories of my past life won't get us out of this shuck Maze" I sigh and run my hands through my hair.

"You're starting to lose hope, aren't you?" Gally's words being my train of thoughts to a halt.

"What do you mean?"

He places a hand on my cheek. "You act like you believe we can get out, but I think it's all just a charade"

"What are you talking about, Gal? Of course I believe we can get out! The Creators wouldn't put us in here if it was impossible to escape!"

Deep down, I know he's right. Minho and the other Runners have been searching for ages for a way out, yet they haven't even came close. It's getting tiring waking up every day and giving people false hope. I know that there's no way we're getting out. We're all going to die here, whether that be from getting Stung, or a completely unrelated reason.

A/n: I'm running out of questions to ask😅😅

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