I climbed up to the treehouse the greenie was at.
I sat at the edge, and let my feet hang, while looking down I saw the fire getting started.
I turned to my left, and saw the greenie beside me.
"You come here often?" I asked
"I've only been here for two days... Spent them in a pit though" he answered

Jesus, was Gally that mean?

"Whats your name?" I asked, trying to start a conversation.

Sure he may, or may not remember his name, but i still want to keep my reputation of a social butterfly.

"Thomas. What's yours?" He asked me.
"Melissa, but I prefer to be called Mel" I replied:
"Thats a unique name" he said.
"Thanks"
"Hey, how many of these people do you know?"
"All of them"
"All of them? Every single one?"
"Yep. Minho, Alby, and Newt are my closest friends. You probably already met them, as well as Chuck"
"Yeah, I did. Whats up with the guy and those crazy eyebrows?"
"Thats Gally. Nobody likes him. I mean, they used to, but uhhh... Not anymore"
"How come?"

I was planning to answer him something along the lines of "its a long story", which it really was, but someone called my name.

"Mel! The fires ready!"

At this point the sun had already set.
I looked down, and saw sparks flying from the fire.
I started to climb down, when I noticed Thomas was still sitting.

"You coming?" I asked.

"Nah, i don't know anyone" he answered

I gave him a "Really?" Look.

"You know me. Come on!" I said

A smile appeared on his face, as I gave him a hand.

He followed me down to the others, and Newt took him away from me.

"Take care of him! Make sure you give him our treat!" I exclaimed at Newt, who was leading Thomas to a log where you could sit down.

"Oh I will!" He yelled back with a smirk.

I spent the evening with the rest of the glade, but kept quiet about W.I.C.K.E.D, and Alby,and Minho promised not to tell anyone.

   W.I.C.K.E.D

I walked to the fighting arena, where Gally usually wrestles people while he's mad.
Accidentally pushing Gally during a break, he immediately challenged Thomas to a 'duel'.
"You gonna fight greenie?"asked Gally
"Dont call me that" said Thomas
"What do you want to be called? Shank?"

Laughs appeared from each corner, gathering more peoples attention.
Me and Minho were not satisfied.

Thomas stepped into the circle.

"Hes screwed"
We heard someone say.

Which is most likely true...

"The rules are simple. Just try to last for more than 5 seconds in the ring" Gally explained.

All of a sudden, with no warnings, Gally tackled Thomas down to the ground. Thomas' weak side was showing.  
He tried to get up, but failed after Gally started to kick him.

"Is that all you got shank?" Asked Gally.

In the middle of nowhere, Thomas' energy and stamina regained itself, and with all his power, he threw Gally out of the ring so hard, that the rocks on the ground shook.

"Damn" I said below my breath.
"One hell of a guy" said Minho.
The gladers started congratulating the winner, while the medics were helping out Gally.

Minho and I stayed where we were, away from the crowd, slowly clapping for Thomas.

A while later, everyone got their cups filled with drinks.
"Now cheers to one of our long missed runners and medics!" Yelled Alby "Welcome home Mel!" He continued, and held his cup up, so did the others, as well as me. There were smiles and laughs, but they were all interrupted by the shriek of a griever.
"What was that?" Asked Thomas
"A griever" Said Newt and I at the same time.

The whole glade went quiet, as we had never heard a griever growl this loud.

"Alright, time to call it a night. Good night everybody" said Alby.

I went back to my old hammock, where I'd sleep by Minho, Newt, and Chuck, now not far from Thomas.
I was lying in my hammock, and waited till everyone fell asleep.

"Minho?" I whispered, he was right across from me.
"What ya need princess?" He asked, opening one eye, and giving me a smirk.
I rolled my eyes.
"I missed you" I said.
"I missed you too" he said.
"How are the rest of the runners?" I asked.
I really wanted to talk with Minho. I never had a real chance to speak with him privately.
"Good, but could be better"
Then his faced went from all happy and excited, to all worried and scared.
"Whats wrong?" I asked, giving him a concerned  look.
"Its Ben. I took him out to the maze to train, and haven't seen him since" he answered
"Ben? You took a builder to the maze?"
"We needed more runners. He volunteered"
"Well, did you take him back to the glade?"
"No. I trained him to find the glade himself from section 1-3. He said he memorized it, and would go back on his own"
"Perhaps he was hiding in the crowd"
"Maybe..."
I saw the tired look on Minhos face, and decided not to bother him anymore.

"Good night" I said

"Night" he replied, closing the conversation.

And we both dozed off into the night.

Well there goes another chapter :D im going to try to upload 1-2 chapters a day but because of the different timezones you may or may not get them at the same time... Anyways much love to  you guys 💋