I sit up yawning, and fight the urge to curl up in a ball and go back to sleep. I have to run today, and I can't be late. I drag myself out of bed and head towards the dresser. I stand in front of the mirror doing, and re-doing my ponytail until I'm satisfied that it's not going to come out. I want to keep it out of my face while I run. I walk back and sit down on my bed, trying to savor the last few moments of rest before I have to leave.

Kate's up by now; she's always the early riser, while I on the other hand would sleep all day if you let me.

"So you excited to go running today?" She says, her smile practically glowing in the early morning light.

"Ya I am actually," I say tilting my head to the side.

"Because you want to be a runner or because you get to be with Minho all day?" She teases.

"What?!" I scream almost choking because of the shock.

"Oh you like him and you know it." She says rolling her eyes.

"Whaat..I..." I pause mid sentence, my mouth wide open, trying not to smile. As bad as I want to, I can't bring myself to deny it, because while I may not want to admit it, some how, I've come to like him more than a little. When did that happen? I wonder, How did that happen?

"I knew it!" She yells pumping her fist in victory. I can only image how many different shades of red my face is turning.

"Shut up!!" I scream, laughing as I pounce on her and cover her mouth with my hands.

"Ntthatihmmlmyuoh" she mumbles through my hands.

"What?" I say taking my hands off.

"I said, not that I blame you." She says laughing so hard she's crying. I tilt my head to the side trying to figure out that last part. "But don't worry I've got my eye on someone else."

"Who!!!!!!" I scream pinning her again
"Tell me!!!"

"Here I'll give you three hints:
He's a med-jack, he's got brown eyes, aaannd his name starts with 'C'."She says smirking.

"CLINTT!!!" I shout, my jaw dropping in surprise. She nods and we both sit there laughing for a couple minutes, each trying to catch our breath.

"Seriously though, you and Minho would be like thee cutest couple ever." She says, laying on her back. "Maybe I'll tell him that."

"NOOOO!!!! you say a word to him and I will KILL you!" I shout throwing a pillow at her face. She catches it and laughs. An evil grin spreads across my face, "better yet I'll tell Clint that you like him, and talk about him non-stop." I say sticking my tongue out at her.

"Noooo!!!! Ok I won't say anything! I won't!!" Kate yells and starts whacking me with a pillow. I throw my hands up in defense, all the while laughing so hard it makes my sides hurt. She's still beating me with the pillow when the door flies open. 

"What the shuck is going on in here? It sounds like someone is being murdered." It's Minho and the confused look on his face is priceless.

"Uh Minho there's this new thing called knocking? Ever heard of it?" I say, rolling my eyes. "But to answer your question, yes, she was trying to murder me with a pillow."  Minho just looks even more confused, standing there staring at and us looking quite lost.

"She was kidding Minho, you know that right." Kate says slowly, looking concerned for his mental health. "I wasn't actually trying to kill her."

"Oh I know, I just....never mind." He says shaking his head, "come on don't want to be late." He turns and walks out the door.

"Well that was weird," I say, turning to Kate.

"Yep, you sure know how to pick em' Sky," she teases.

"Oh like you can talk." I retort and with that we follow Minho out the door to breakfast, laughing the whole way.

Once we reach the kitchen Minho stands blocking the door way, having regained his composure from earlier. "Password" he says putting out a hand to stop us.

"Really Minho? you're the one who said we can't be late."

He shakes his head. "Password."

"Please."  I say waiting for him to move.

"Nope."

"Sorry we were late?" Kate asks.

"Nope."

"What is it then?" She moans, both of us getting annoyed with him.

"You have to say, 'Minho is insanely attractive and smart and talented." He says looking at us with a smirk.

"How about Minho sucks." Kate says, rolling her eyes

"Nope." He says leaning back like he's got all the time in the world.

"Ugh fine, Minho is insanely attractive and smart and talented." I repeat. Kate looks at me like I've betrayed her. "What? I'm starving?" I say. I wink at her, and she knows I'm up to something. Minho smirks and let's us pass. Right after we pass him  I turn around and yell, "And I'm a liar!" Kate laughs and we take off running toward the food.

"Hey!!! No fair." He says chasing after us.

"Life's not fair, slinthead." I snicker getting in line for breakfast.

"Well someone's in a bloody cheery mood this morning."  The person in front of me says, turning around to face us. I know it's Newt, his accent always gives him away.

"Morning Newt!" I yell adding extra enthusiasm just to annoy him. Kate joins in, hugging him. He is so fun to mess with.

"What the shuck happened to you two?" Newt says looking genuinely scared; he looks to Minho for answers.

Minho shrugs, "girls are weird." It should be an insult, but me and Kate just burst into another fit of laughter, both boys looking at us like we've lost our minds. Which maybe we have, but who cares it's fun?

We sit at our usual table of course, me next to Kate with Minho, Newt, and Alby across from us, Clint beside Kate. I notice Minho's stitches and remember his 'falling' incident.

"How's your face?" I ask, mindlessly reaching out to brush my fingers across the stitches, stopping my hand over the middle of the table once I realize what I'm about to do. I don't remember deciding to do that? I quickly pull my hand back into my lap, looking down in embarrassment.

"My face is fine thank you." He answers giving me a weird look. I hear Kate snicker beside me, and I kick her under the table, only causing her to laugh harder.

"Kate you ok?" Newt asks, looking confused.

"Ya I'm fine." She says shaking her head. After that the conversation goes awkwardly quiet, all of us sitting in uncomfortable silence as we eat. Eventually, Clint starts rambling on about some builder who managed to get a nail stuck in his hand. I tune him out, busy watching Minho. He absent-mindedly touches his stitches, smiling a little each time he does. Confused, I continue watching him until he catches me staring. I return my eyes to my lap, my cheeks heating up as he smirks, raising his eyebrows at me. I keep my eyes glued to the floor for the rest of breakfast, afraid to look up. I can feel Minho watching me, and I don't want to meet his gaze. So instead I sit silently, anxiously waiting for everyone to finish so we can leave.

After breakfast finally ends, we head out to behind the homestead, where Minho opens what appears to be a supply closet. "Here," he says handing me a backpack and a pair of running shoes. I bend over to put them on. "Oh and you'll have to pick a knife." Minho pushes some boxes away and opens a trap door, motioning for us to follow him down the stairs. We do, and soon we're standing in a large underground room, stacked floor to ceiling with weapons of all shapes and sizes. He opens a box in the corner full of knives. "Pick one" he says pointing to the knives

"Oh I have one already." I say, taking out the knife that hasn't left my side since I woke up in the box. Even though I feel -relatively- safe now, I keep it with me; it makes me feel better to have it. 

"Why didn't you say that a minute
ago?" Minho huffs.

I shrug,"I dunno I wanted to see what was down here." 

Minho shakes his head, "seriously?"
"shuck it, come on let's go." He sighs, walking back up the stairs. A few minutes later the three of us stand at the maze entrance.

"Ok greeni--Sky," he catches himself, he knows how much I hate being called greenie. "You're going to be running with me today, obviously, so stay close and do what I say. Got that?"

"Good that." I mutter, my body is alive with nervous energy and anticipation of what's to come. I've wanted to check out the maze ever since I got here.

A couple minutes later the doors start to open, and we all tense up, preparing to take off. Before we do, Kate looks at me, "Be careful and don't get in too much trouble." She says with a wink. I roll my eyes. Luckily Minho interprets it wrong.

"Oh please Kate she's with me." He says exaggeratedly. The doors are fully open now and we start jogging.

"That's exactly why I'm worried." Kate snickers before turning the corner and
running the other direction.