Love in the Maze (Newt x Reader)

2. I remember...

The girl finally brought herself to reality and turned her head to face Newt, seeing that he was looking at her strangely.
"Newt...? You OK?", she asked timidly, waving a hand in front of his face. He blinked at her then shook his, as if he was just brought out of deep thought (Which he was).
"Sorry Greenie, just got caught up with something, that's all", he replied quickly, turning quickly to try and hide the rising blush that adorned on his face. 'Great! Now she thinks I am a weird shank!', he thought angrily to himself.

The girl smiled sweetly and, for some unknown reason, took hold of his hand. It was softer than what she thought his hand would feel like. Newt looked back at her with a surprised, yet happy, expression on his face. He liked how her hand felt intertwined with his. It felt all too familiar... Like they had done it ages before.

~Time Skip~

The girl was having a great time interacting with the other Gladers. She was currently walking around with the Keeper of the Runners, Minho. He was really nice, but turned out also to be sassy as can be, which shocked her at first. But she adjusted to this side of him by shooting sassy remarks back at him.

"You're really sassy yourself, Greenie, you know that?", Minho chuckled after the girl quickly shot another sassy comment back at him. "Maybe you could be the new Sass Queen, or so that's what the Gladers call me".
The girl burst into laughter at this, not realising her and Minho were walking around the fight ring. She was still laughing when she was suddenly knocked to the ground by Zart.
"Oh! Sorry, Greenie", Zart apologised and got himself up, offering a hand to help her up as well.
"No harm done, Zart", was all she said before she was dragged elsewhere.

She was let go and was now standing in the middle of a circle. 'Oh no...', was all she thought when she realised where she was. The greenbean spun around the circle, looking for a way out. But her eye sight landed on Gally, walking towards her with crossed arms.
"Really guys? You gave me the Greenie? You couldn't get me some...better competition?", Gally smugly chuckled at the group of boys, who were also snickering.
The girl's blood boiled. 'What did he just say?'. She stood there looking like she was going to pummel Gally right into the ground. "What's that supposed to mean, Eyebrow man?", she felt confident in saying this. Nobody gets away with calling her weak (In a sense).

The crowd "ooo"ed at her comment, it's not everyday that someone shuts Gally down, especially the Greenie! "Oh, so you think you can fight me, Greenie?", Gally challenged.
"Yes I do, Gally", the girl snarked back at him.
"Well...let's get on with it, Greenie", and with that he ran straight at her.

On instinct, she sidestepped the boy, just feeling him brush by. He almost ran out of the circle, but luckily he stopped just in time. He turned around getting into a battle stance, the girl copied.
"Stop calling me Greenie! That's not my name!", the girl yelled at him, she was really getting annoyed with the nickname.
"Then what do I call you??", Gally asked, obviously enjoying her annoyance, "Shall I call you shuckface?". The boys laughed at this.
"Slinthead?", more laughing.
"Slopper?", with every insult the laughter grew, but so did her anger. Who did he think he was? Labelling her like some pet that belonged to him.
"Oh I know", Gally finally reached the linit,"How about... Shank!".

Roars of laughter erupted from every boy's mouth, well...except one boy. Newt stood in the front line of the ring, enabling him to see the growing anger and frustration in the poor girl's face. All of a sudden, greenbean ran straight at Gally, tackling his stomach. It took the boy by surprise, but he held his ground by pushing her backwards. An idea came to her head and she slipped out from underneath him, resulting him in landing face-first into the sandy ground. She planted a foot on Gally's back, pressing him down.
"Looks like I can fight", the Greenie said, more to Gally than to the other Gladers. But since they heard and saw what happened, they all exploded with roars of laughters and shouts of surprise. The girl looked around the group, locking eyes with a certain funny-accented boy. They both shared a joyous smile when suddenly the ground was no longer under feet. She landed with a great thud on the ground, her head copping most of the impact. Gally had somehow grabbed a hold of her foot and yanked her down without her realising it.

Her head pounded like the boys banging their makeshift drums. Even though the boys were in a huge uproar, especially Newt, about Gally tripping her, she could hear nothing. It's like the world had been put on mute, she could here no sound and could barely see anything clearly. But one thing resonated through her mind. It was the same voice repeating the word 'Wicked' over and over again.
Y/N...
"Y/N..."
"Y/N!"
The boys went all quiet when she yelled this. She scrambled up from the ground, still gathering her senses.
"My name! It's Y/N! I remember!"
The boys all exploded with whoops and cheers as they all gathered around her to congratulate her. When Gally came up to her, they both shared a warm smile as a sign of saying "Thank you" and "No problem".

Newt was the last boy to approach Y/N, he was waiting for the other boys to head off to their hammocks and sleep so he could talk to her privately.
"Well done Y/N, normally it takes at least a week for a Glader to remember their name, maybe we should get Gally to clobber them all the time!", Newt joked, cracking a small smile and chuckling a bit. Y/N laughed with him, happy at the fact she at least knew what her true name was. Newt then walked her to an empty hammock that was (Conveniently) next to his.

"Tomorrow you start your trials with the all the Keepers, see what job you are good at", Newt explained while he set up for bed. Y/N was a tad nervous, what were the jobs going to be like? Hard? Easy? She had no idea what to expect. But, as if reading her mind, Newt spoke up and said,"Don't worry, Love. If you need any help, ask me".

She gave him a grateful smile, which he returned eagerly, while she laid down to sleep. She settled in and looked up at the stars. She thought about the day just passed. She doesn't remember the last time she was this happy, but she believed that this is absolutely the happiest she has been in a long time. And with that final thought, she closed her eyes, not realising that a certain blond was watching over her.