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Newt's POV

One day later Nora still didn't wake up and I was getting anxious.

'She'll wake up, right?' I asked for like the third time.

'Most likely.' Clint answered.

I hadn't left the med-hut since she arrived there. 'Chuck asked about Nora. He was looking for her.' Jeff said.

'She doesn't want Chuck to see her like this.' I said.

'He won't see the cuts.' Jeff replied.

'But still.' I scratched the back of my head.

'He'll ask where she's been.' Clint added.

'Then we say she was busy.' I said.

'Why would we even lie to Chuck? Maybe he doesn't even ask about it.' Jeff commented.

'We can't tell him. He's just a kid.'

'We are kids too, Newt.' Clint looked at me. I knew we were kids, but it didn't feel like that. Kids didn't have to worry about this kind of stuff. Kids don't get locked up in a shucking maze.

'We'll think of something else.' Jeff decided.

'Like what?' I asked.

'Say she got her period.' Clint suggested.

'Her what?'

Clint and Jeff looked at me in confusion. 'Her period.' Jeff repeated.

'What's that?' I wondered.

'Gosh, you don't know?' Clint rubbed his forehead. 'Didn't she tell you?'

'Not that I remember.' I shrugged. 'What is it?'

'Do we really have to give you a lesson now?' Jeff sighed, but let out a chuckle after.

'Once a month a female gets her period. She loses blood and can get sick.' Clint didn't give away much detail.

'They bleed?' I repeated.

'Yes.'

'How?' I frowned.

'You don't even know how people bleed?' Jeff laughed.

'No, no, I know that. But I mean, how do they bleed? Like where?'

'Uhm,' Jeff started. 'Their private part.'

'What?' I got even more confused. 'How the shuck can you bleed there? I thought they got nosebleeds. Nora showed me these things once-.'

My face dropped.

'What?' Jeff asked.

'Bloody hell.' I mumbled.

'Newt?' Clint asked.

'Oh, I said some stupid things.' I murmured.

'Like what?'

'She showed me this.. thing. And I asked what it was for. She told me to stop the bleeding and I thought she meant nosebleeds.' My face turned red. 'Wait.. but that means..'

'Newt, form some normal sentences, please.' Clint laughed.

'They put those things in their private part?!' I asked. 'To stop the bleeding?!'

'Oh, my god.' Clint and Jeff burst out laughing, but I didn't get what was so funny about it.

'Okay, enough about this.' I said. 'I've never respected Nora more than now.' I decided.

Jeff let out a chuckle and I looked at Nora.

'It's nice to talk about her.' I commented. Clint and Jeff agreed. 'I wonder when she wakes up.' I mumbled very quietly.

'She'll do soon. But it's time for dinner now.' Clint and Jeff got up and looked at me.

'You're not leaving, are you?' Jeff asked.

'Nope.' I said.

'We'll bring you some food.' Clint laughed and walked away.

'You better wake up soon.' I looked at Nora. Maybe it was weird and crazy to talk to her, but I did it anyway. 'Chuck misses you.'

It didn't surprise me when Nora didn't react. A little sad I leaned my head against my hand and looked at her. Slowly I grabbed her cold hand and held it.

I got distracted by someone walking into the med-hut. It was Minho.

'Hey, man.' He sat down on a chair and looked at Nora. 'How's she doing?'

'I don't know.' I sighed. 'She won't wake up but it seems like she's breathing, so I guess that's good.'

'Okay.' Minho stayed silent for a while. 'Newt?'

'Yes?'

'What happened to her?' Minho looked at me.

I didn't respond.

'Newt, what happened?' Minho repeated.

I trusted Minho and knew he cared about Nora. He deserved to know.

'She-' I paused for a second. 'She did this to herself.'

'What did she do?' Minho asked. He hadn't seen the cuts yet.

Slowly I unwrapped the bandages on Nora's arm and the cuts were revealed. Minho let out a small gasp when he saw the damage. Quick, but gentle, I put the bandages back on.

'Did she try to ki-'

'No.' I immediately said, but Minho's question got me thinking. I assumed it was an accident, but what if Minho was right? Did she actually mean to do this?

'Logan- he.. is that what he was angry about?'

'Yes.' I wondered what Nora would think about all of this when she woke up. Hopefully, she wouldn't get mad at me for telling Minho and the Med-jacks.

Clint and Jeff walked into the med-hut with a plate in their hands.

'Here ya go.' Clint handed me the plate.

'Thanks.' I started eating. 'What happened in the maze? Did you find anything?'

'Yes, actually. Thomas and I went in there to inspect the dead Grievers. We found this.' Minho grabbed a weird object from his backpack.

'What do you think it is?' I looked at the object. It had a red seven on it.

'I don't know, but Thomas and I are gonna check it out tomorrow.'

'Thomas? He's not a Runner.' I commented.

'I know, but all the other Runners except for me and Logan quit. We need all the help we can get.'

'Fine. We'll do the gathering soon and see his punishment for running into the maze. After all, he still broke the rules.' I decided.

'Okay.' Minho agreed and looked at Nora. 'Gally wants to give her a punishment too.'

'What's going on with him? He's acting so weird out of sudden.'

'He doesn't like Thomas and Teresa.' Minho responded.

'What does that have to do with Nora?' I sighed. 'She's not gonna be punished. Not after this happened.'

'We'll see when she wakes up.' Minho said.

'If.' Jeff corrected.

'If?' I repeated. 'What do you mean if?'

Jeff ignored my question. 'We need to give her food.'

'Jeff! What do you mean if?' I asked again.

'Newt, look at her.' He motioned at Nora. Her skin was paler than before and her breaths were less steady. Dark bags surrounded her eyes. 'We're not sure if she is-' Jeff didn't finish his sentence.

'Jeff, what do you mean?' Minho looked at the boy. 'She is gonna wake up, right?'

'I'm not sure-'

'You said she would wake up!' I got up from my chair. 'Are you telling me she isn't-'

I got interrupted by a small gasp. Immediately I turned around and looked at Nora, but her eyes were still closed and she looked the same as before. Did I just imagine that?

'Nora?' I moved closer to her, but she didn't react.

'Was that her?' Minho asked. Luckily I didn't imagine it.

'I don't know.' Clint looked at Nora. 'We need to give her food now.' He grabbed a spoon and a bowl filled with soup. Clint slowly poured a spoon full of soup into Nora's open mouth, but then he stopped.

'What?' I asked worriedly.

'She's not swallowing it.' Clint looked at Nora in confusion.

'What does that mean?' The frustration in my voice was very noticeable.

'It means she has to wake up, and soon.' Jeff replied. 'She needs food but if she can't swallow it-'

'Can't we do something? But a note in the Box?!' I rubbed my chin. 'We have to do something.'

'I'll try again.' Clint moved to Nora and poured some soup into her mouth, but she didn't seem to swallow it again.

'What's happening to her?' I yelled. 'Why won't she wake up or eat?!'

'We don't know either, Newt.' Jeff replied very calmly.

Frustrated I sat down on the chair and buried my head in my hands. I couldn't lose Nora. She was going to wake up. She had to.