'Should we get breakfast?' I asked Newt the next morning.

'You go already, I'm gonna check on Alby.' Newt replied.

'Do I need to come with you?' I questioned.

'No, I'll see you in a minute, okay?'

'Alright.' I gave Newt a nod and got myself some breakfast. Minho was sitting on his own, so I decided to join him.

'Can I join?' I asked, just like I used to do when I was the Greenie.

'Of course.' Minho motioned at the seat in front of him.

'Thanks.' I smiled and sat down.

'You know you don't have to ask that and say thank you?' Minho looked at me with a grin on his face.

'I'll keep that in mind.' I laughed. The conversation was exactly like the one we had a few weeks ago.

'Where's Newt?' Minho wondered.

'Checkin' on Alby.' I replied. 'Why?'

'I don't know.' Minho shrugged. 'Most of the time he's with you so I was just wondering.'

I didn't respond and ate my food in silence.

'Nora?' Minho suddenly asked. I looked up and saw that Minho's grin had disappeared and his face was serious.

'Yeah?'

'Are you okay?'

Minho's question surprised me. I knew he cared about me and others, but even though he knew about my cutting he never really said anything about it. I liked that about him. He was fun and nice to talk to, but could be very serious.

'I think I am.' I replied.

Minho raised his eyebrows. 'You think?'

'I'm okay.' I said confidently.

Minho hesitated for a few seconds. 'Have you stopped doing it? Cutting, I mean.'

'I'm trying.' I shrugged.

'I think you're doing great.' Minho commented. Again, he surprised me. I gave him a big, honest smile and continued eating. After a while, Logan joined us.

'Morning.' He groaned, obviously still tired. The dark bags around his eyes made it very clear.

'How'd you sleep?' Minho asked as if he read my mind.

'Not very good.' He muttered and rubbed his eyes, trying to get the sleep out. 'I had a nightmare.'

'Do you want to talk about it?' I asked, genuinely caring about Logan.

'I was running in the maze with Minho, Thomas, and you.' He looked at me. 'And we wanted to get in section seven, but again, it was closed. A Griever appeared behind us and then..' Logan trailed off.

'Are you okay now?' I asked. I knew what it was like to have nightmares, not so much fun. If only then I knew what was going to happen to me in a few days..

'Yes.' Logan seemed to be honest.

'Guys?' I asked after a few seconds of silence.

They both looked up and waited for me to continue.

'Both of you are Runners, so can't y'all do something so I can be one too?' I asked.

The two boys hesitated. 'We can try.' Minho said.

'You said that multiple times but you never did.' I commented sternly.

'We could have a gathering.' Logan suggested. 'But the chances are low you're gonna be a Runner.'

'Why?'

'Because of your boyfriend.' Minho almost seemed disgusted by the word. 'He won't let you.'

'Are we gonna do this again? He's overreacting and can't decide for me.'

'I agree with the first part, but the rest..' Minho said.

'What do you mean? He can't decide for me.'

'He kind of can... He's the leader of the Glade right now because Alby isn't here. Newt can decide almost everything, but most of the time we vote so if you can just get enough votes..' Minho explained.

'So I need to convince the Keepers? I don't think that's very hard. We only have three Runners right now, so I'm sure they all want another one.' I said.

'I'll vote for you to be one, and I'm sure Frypan will do too, Zart won't be hard to convince, and I think you'll manage to convince Winston too, but Gally and Billy I'm not so sure about.' Minho stated.

'So it's four against three, meaning I could be a Runner.' I said happily.

'Well- uhm.. yeah I think so.' Minho muttered. 'But we need to plan the gathering and Newt is the one who does that. He could say he doesn't want a gathering.'

'Can't you just talk to him?' Logan asked.

'Tried it. He won't let me be a Runner, no thinking of.' I answered.

'Then there's nothing much you can do.' Minho decided.

An idea popped up in my mind and my face lit up. Logan noticed. 'What're you thinking about?' He asked suspiciously.

'We could do it behind Newt's back.' I lowered my voice.

'No.' Minho immediately replied. 'No, no, no. No thinking of. We do not want another fight. And we're not going to lie to Newt. Never in our life. You hear me? Never. We don't lie to Newt in here.'

'He won't find out.' I looked at Minho.

'He will see you go into the shuckin' maze! How is he not gonna notice that?' Minho whisper-yelled.

'Then he's too late, 'cause I'm already a Runner.'

'I don't know, Nora. I really don't want to lie to Newt.' Minho rubbed the back of his neck.

'Just try and talk to him again, okay? We'll do too and if that doesn't convince him, we might do it behind his back.' Logan decided.

Minho seemed to hesitate. 'Fine.' He finally said.

'Yes!' I smiled. 'Thank you.'

'Hey, y'all.' Newt sat down next to me. 'What's up?'

'Nothing.' Minho replied, way too fast and casual. Luckily, Newt didn't seem to notice.

Minho gave me a 'this is not going to work' glance.

'Newt?' I asked. He looked up. 'Can I try being a Runner?'

'No.' Newt immediately replied. He focused on his food again, but I wasn't done yet.

'Why not? Give me a reason.'

'I don't want you to get hurt.' He answered without even looking at me.

'That's not a good reason.' I said. It kind of was a good and kind reason, but I wanted to be a Runner.

'You're already hurt so you can't run.' Newt added.

I gave Minho a 'help me' look, but he shrugged. 'You don't run with your wrists.' I commented.

Newt hesitated and I assumed he ran out of reasons.

'Well, what do you think?' I asked when he didn't respond.

'I think.. you should stay a Med-jack.' Newt replied.

I let out an obvious sigh. 'It's boring.' I paused. 'And don't you want to do something nice for your girlfriend?'

Minho's face darkened and he didn't seem to like my comment. Again, Newt hesitated.

'Not this time.' Newt replied. His tone and face had a blank expression.

'We could have a gathering.' Logan suggested. Newt gave him a dirty glance.

'Please, Newt.' I looked at him. 'I want to escape this place just as much as you do and I want to help.'

'We'll see.'

'You say that every time!'

'Nora.' Minho warned me once I raised my voice.

'Can't I just try?' I hissed.

'No.' Newt decided.

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A/N: thank you Sienna_Banana520 and Ariella12478 for the ideas! <3 If you ever have more ideas just tell them in the comments and I might use them! I hope you enjoyed :)