Chapter 17

"Hey, Newbie!" I turned around at that call, my eyes searching for the source of the voice, "Over here!" It was a girl's voice, but not the voice of Victoria.

Someone tapped me on the shoulder, "Hi, it's Brianne, right?" The girl, that seemed to magically pop out of no where, had straight, long blonde hair and was significantly taller than me.

She was pretty, too. Prettier than me.

I already don't like her.

"Yah, that's me." I smiled awkwardly, attempting to wave while I carried two jars filled to the rim with water in my hands.

"I- well- we were just wondering if you wanted to come over and hang out, seeing that you're the newbie and all." The girl pointed behind her to a group of teens. Among the group was none other than, Newt and Minho.

My 'favorites'.

I swear, every where I go they're somehow there with me.

"So what do ya' say?" She asked, sweetly.

Maybe this girl wasn't as bad as I thought she was.

I should stop being rude to girls that are prettier than me. She could be extremely nice and down to earth. Key words: could be.

"We're kind of the cool kids." She gave me a tight grin.

I may have horrible judgment of character, but I could smell fakes from a mile away.

I looked over at Victoria, who was enveloped in a conversation with Clint and another couple of kids, "I should really get back to my friends."

"Oh," She drew the word out with mock disappointment, "I see, I guess Newt will just have to be disappointed. He wanted you to come over. He kind of has this thing-"

"I bet he does," I said quickly, internally rolling my eyes, "but I told Victoria I would get her water-"

"Come on, Brianne, Victoria isn't your real friend. She spreads so many stupid rumors," The blonde gave me a weird look, "She's even started a couple about you. Now, I don't know, I might be wrong, but that's not friendship. I want to be a real friend to you. Real friends talk to each other, not about each other," She glanced over her shoulder, a smile making its way across her face, "Am I right, Ladies?" She shouted at the girl sitting with Newt and Minho.

The three started laughing; must be an inside joke.

"What does she say about me?" I asked, feeling awkward.

I don't know what to do. Do I trust this girl more than I trust Victoria?

"The details don't matter." She shrugged her shoulders, " You wanna have fun here? We're the fun ones. We don't agree with the drama."

"I should at least talk to Victoria about this-" I hesitated.

"We have Newt." She said in a singsong tone of voice.

"So?"

Why does she think I'm obsessed with Newt?

"Come on." She whined.

I love how this girl is trying to slip by the fact that she tried to call me out on liking Newt. Twice. Two whole times.

"We want to make you feel welcome here."

"Fine."

"Yay! I can't wait to introduce you to Andrea!" She jumped up and down excitedly.

I don't know why, goodness gracious, I don't know why I gave in and followed her over to her little group of 'cool kids.'

"Wait, what's your name?" I asked.

"Amelia."

Maybe it was the curiosity that made my decision or maybe it was the fact that Newt was there, but either way, I already regretted going.

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~~~Newt's Pov~~~

"You shuckface!" Minho yelled, throwing his canteen onto the ground, "Are you serious, you peed in my drink?"

"Of course, I'm being serious. I'm always buggin' serious." I said, throwing my head back laughing.

"Alright, I wanted to do it, but Mr.Goody-two-shoes over there thought it was too rebellious." Andrea said, pointing at me.

"Saving the glade one step at a time, aren't ya, Newt?"

"I'd like to think so."

"Well, you can newt do that so stop."

"Dude," I gave Minho a long look, Andrea laughed obnoxiously beside me, "What did I tell you about putting my name into sentences like that?"

"I do newt know what you're talking about."

"Not funny, man." I looked down at the ground smiling to myself.

"Newt," Minho said, frantically and suddenly slapping my arm, "If you'd please excuse us." He said this to Andrea.

"Where are you going? Can I come?" Andrea giggled, flipping her hair over her shoulder.

"No. Come on, Newt, we're going to the restroom." Minho stood up, motioning for me to come with him.

"I don't have to buggin' use the bathroom, shuckfa-"

"For the love of- I klunked myself, alright?" Minho gave me a desperate look, then mumbled through his teeth, "This is code red, buddie, your wannabe girlfriend and your actual girlfriend are talking."

"What- I don't-?" Minho grabbed my arm, "We'll be right back!" I yelled behind me as Minho dragged me over to the homestead.

"What the heck is wrong with you?"

"Amelia is talking to Brianne and if you don't do something, legitimate klunk is going to go down."

A random kid came walking out of the bathroom. I only gave him a quick glance, but he awkwardly left, when Minho gave him a death glare.

"It's okay, Minho. We can't panic." What am I going to do? I actually might really like Brianne. Maybe. But Amelia.

She's nice and all, but no, too much history.

"Yes, we can panic! Newt, this is Amelia. She's crazy. Who knows what she's telling Brianne?"

I glanced out the window, but Minho quickly pulled me away.

"Are they still talking?"

"Yes, Brianne's sitting with Andrea and Amelia now." I rolled my eyes, "I just don't want Brianne thinking I'm some player that hooks up with everyone. Because that's not me, at all."

"Well, then we need to make everything peaceable again, because we both know Amelia and she'll ruin this for you."

"I mean, Amelia could be telling Brianne nice things. They might not even be talking about me."

"Once again, bruh, this is Amelia and Andrea. Drama is their shucking middle name."

"We need to go back out there." I mumbled.

"Alright, act calm, cool, and collected." Minho, held open the door to the homestead, "We just need to steer clear of any conversations that are suspicious."

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~~~Brianne's Pov~~~

"So, that's my story," Amelia said, laughing, "I know it's crazy, I was the first girl."

Andrea clapped, "Your story still gets me emotional."

"And now I live out my days happily with my boyfriend." Both girls turned to face me, waiting for my reaction.

"Oh, yah. That was so inspirational." I smiled, but on the inside I wanted to throw myself off a cliff.

"Thanks." She picked up the water that I had gotten for Victoria, "I'm sure you won't mind if I take this."

I gave her a long look, "Go ahead."

I need to get away from these people; Thirsty and The Third Wheel. And I have a feeling that Amelia didn't ask me to hang out because she wanted to be friends. She just wants to question me about Newt.

I should have listened to Victoria.

"Do you think any of the other girls will like me?" I'd asked, as I ate my sandwich.

"Maybe Samantha, but definitely not Amelia."

"Why not Amelia, who's she?" Why wouldn't she like me?

"She's in love with Newt and as far as everyone can see, he likes you now." She'd answered, drinking from her bottle of water.

"Which one is Amelia?"

"The pretty one." Great, my competition is the pretty one.

"To me everyone's pretty."

"The girl that's just significantly prettier than everyone else."

"I don't know which girl you're talking about." I wanna know who this chick is.

"Just watch who you talk to, okay? You already have a target on your back. Please take my previous advice; leave the runners alone."

"So, Brianne, what'd you do tonight?" Amelia asked me.

"Just played some games-"

"With who?" Andrea questioned.

Okay, this was it. Make it or break it moment. I could lie and say Victoria or I could tell the truth and say Newt.

Lets just put it this way, I don't really think my friendship with these girls is going anywhere anyway.

"Newt." I looked down, bracing myself for their reactions.

"Ooh," Andrea said, poking me.

"What else did you do?" Amelia questioned me further, not amused with my answer.

"Saw myself for the first time. Threw a stick into a fire. Made some new friends." I smiled at her.

"Quite the busy night." Amelia leaned in closer to me, "You don't happen to like Newt, right?"

"What would you do if I said yes?"

Why did I say that? I mean, I wanted to irritate her not infuriate her.

Amelia and Andrea's mouths both dropped open, "I'd call you a slut." Amelia said this with mock excitement.

"Well, it's a good thing I don't like him then."

"Are you sure about that, Brianne? Because it seems to me that you are spending a lot of time with him." Amelia stood up.

"That's called friendship, honey. I spend plenty of time with Minho too."

"Well, maybe you should stop?"

"Stop what?" I asked, as Newt and Minho came running up to us, probably seeing the sudden commotion.

"Stop trying to change things-"

"Look, I don't want to fight with you." I held my hands up in surrender.

"What's going on?" Minho asked.

"Why, because you're scared of me?" She came closer, "Is that why you're what- a medjack? Wow, aren't you cool!"

"I'd punch you, but then I'd probably have to fix your broken nose, because that's how my job works, right?"

"You're really funny, yet I still hate you."

"I never asked for your opini-"

"Well, I gave it to you anyway." Amelia said, giving me a forced smile.

"Why am I even wasting my time over here?" I rolled my eyes.

"Because you have a thing for Newt." She pointed at him.

"Alright, that's enough. Bloody give it a rest, Amelia, yeah?" Newt said.

"You don't know anything." I don't care what this chick thinks.

"Well, I'll have you know that he's my boyfriend."

Act like we all couldn't see that sentence coming.

I spun on my heels and began walking away, "Think whatever you want."

"Amelia stop lying-" Newt started, "Brianne, come back!"

"You're not even pretty!" Amelia yelled after me, "Actually, you're the ugliest girl here!"

I turned my body halfway around to face her. Newt stood at Amelia's side, an annoyed look on his face.

"Well, your boyfriend called me beautiful earlier, so it looks like I win."

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~~~Author's Notes~~~

I know that I'm talking about a different fandom BUT Mockingjay Part 1 was so good OMG Peeta!

(I just had to throw that out there.)

Anyway, this chapter might be a dud. It all depends on what you like. I had to write it because I wanted to introduce a couple of characters. (Amelia and Andrea; I didn't mean for them to almost have the same names, so I'm sorry if that's confusing.)

I have something pretty big planned for the next chapter!! It might be kind of morbid, but I'm doing my best not to write too many details, because its gross.

If you think hard enough, I bet you could guess hahaha. They talk a little bit about it in TMR book.

I don't want to make this too long, but I hope you guys have a wonderful week, whether you celebrate Thanksgiving or not. ILY GUYS and thank you for almost 40K!!

AJKSKDKDK YOU GUYS ARE MY BESTIES!!

BYEEEE!!!

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