"Thomas..." Blair spoke breathily, completely lost for words. No matter how hard she tried, she couldn't rip her awestruck gaze from Thomas's face. So many emotions flashed in her gold eyes; anger, happiness, sadness, confusion, but mostly fear.

Her heart pounding so quickly in her chest made her head feel light. Blair forced herself out of Thomas's arms, causing her to trip backwards and fall. She sat up and groaned, a hand over her healing bullet wounds. But her eyes, still full of fear, were locked on Thomas.

Thomas felt his heart drop; did Blair not return his feelings after all? He stared down at her for a minute, he'd never seen her in such a broken and confused state. Before he could even think to speak, Blair did.

"I-I don't get it," she stuttered, "what's wrong with me? What is this?" Blair gestured to her body. "I'm vulnerable..I've never felt like this before."

"..You've never been afraid?" Thomas asked gently as he slowly sat down across from Blair.

Blair shook her head vigorously, "no, fear I've felt before. I'm afraid of what I feel," she attempted to explain.

He couldn't help feeling sorry for her; all of her life, not being given a chance to feel, having to discover emotions all by herself after finally leaving WCKD. "Hey, it's okay," Thomas tried to comfort her.

"My heart is going to explode, it keeps getting faster..!" The true horror in her voice almost made Thomas laugh.

"Blair, it's alright," he assured her with an amused smile, "it's normal for your heart to beat fast sometimes. Mine is too."

This statement seemed to calm Blair down a bit. She inched closed to Thomas, scooting hesitantly across the sand. Once close enough, she reached her hand out and placed it over his heart. She felt the same excited thumping in his chest. "..Why?"

Thomas gently put his own hand over Blair's and asked honestly, "have you ever felt, attracted to someone before?"

"Attracted...like attached?" Blair asked with innocent curiosity glowing in her eyes.

"Kind of, but more, like.." Thomas paused as he tried to find the right words.

"Like love?" Blair guessed again.

Thomas felt his face heat up as the word flowed so easily from her mouth. He couldn't help but chuckle as he was reminds of her straightforward nature. With and nod, Thomas replied, "yeah, like that."

"Well, can't say I have," Blair responded simply as she thought. Then her eyes widened in realization, "is that what this is?" Blair asked, pointing to her chest, referring to the pounding of her heart.

Again, Thomas laughed. "That depends," he spoke awkwardly, "on what you feel around me."

Blair thought for a moment before speaking. "I feel happy," she began, "calm, and I trust you. It feels nice, and warm. I feel like I need to be closer..."

Thomas's heart jumped. "You can always come closer," the soft words left his mouth before he knew what he was saying. But just as the words came out, Blair shooked closer to him, their sides right against one another. Instinctively, Thomas wrapped his arm around her back, his hand resting around her rib cage.

Again, the two found themselves staring out over the ash filled horizon. "Is that love?" Blair asked quietly.

"..I think you should answer that one for yourself," Thomas replied hesitantly.

Blair sighed, not wasting a moment's thought, "then yes, I believe it is."

All around them, gray and black flakes danced in the breeze. Blair was reminded of the innocent lives that were destroyed like pests by the people of the safe city, by WCKD. She thought of Maya, and her face hardened.

"I'm going to help you," Blair said in a determined voice that caught Thomas off guard.

"What..?" He questioned.

"I'm going to help you break into WCKD and save Minho," she explained.

"Are you sure you want to do that?" Thomas asked, shocked by her sudden change of mind.

"I may have lost my friend, but I won't let you lose yours," he words held the same strength Thomas was used to; he could tell Blair was feeling more like herself again.

And he knew that her mind was made up now; nothing could stop Blair from getting what she wanted. And what she wanted now was revenge on WCKD.