I was getting stuff for Newt when a hand grabbed my wrist and yanked me further into the forest.

"Hey, what the sh-," I started but stopped when Gally turned to me.

"Y/n, are you mad at me?"

"Yes."

"Why?"

"Because.. because.. I just am." I stomped my foot, "For several reasons, actually."

"Oh please enlighten me!"

"First, you think that this is our home and there's nothing, absolutely nothing, else outside these dumb walls that is worth living for. And I respect your opinion but c'mon Gally, we don't belong here!" I inhaled,

"Second, you think you own me and no one else can have me, erm.. like the other day when Newt and I were hugging! He's my best friend! I'm sorry, I didn't know I wasn't allowed to hug people."

"You are allowed." He tilted his head.

"Really? Because as soon as he touched me you pushed him away and kissed me! We were just hugging!"

"How am I supposed to know whether you like him or not?"

"You're not but there's this thing called trust! And, I know, that you have trust issues because of Alec," Gally's back straightened. "But you can't separate me from all my friends! Take a look around Gally!" I spun in circles with my arms outstretched.

"This whole place is full with boys! I am just friends with boys, there's no other girls!" I screamed.

"Yeah, well, they all like you! They all want you! I don't like it! You're always flirting." He snarled.

I laughed slightly, "Are you taking the piss? How am I flirting with them?"

Gally moved closer, "You're always touching them and laughing with them."

"Oh, I apologise. I didn't know I couldn't have a good time with my friends!" I walked away, ignoring his shouts.

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It was now time for the bonfire and I tried to block out mine and Gally's argument. The boys lit their touches and threw them onto the pile of sticks and wood causing a fire a few meters tall.

"GLADERS! GLADERS! GLADERS!" We all chanted as some boys played drums and others did cool gymnastic tricks.

Once everyone had calmed down, I pulled Newt over to our log and we sat down so our back was facing the fire.

"What's up?" He asked turning to me.

"It's Gally."

"Another argument?"

"Yep."

"What about?"

"Everything. About the glade, you, the other boys. Just everything." I sighed.

"Me?" Newt raised an eyebrow. "He won't kill me will he?"

"No." I laughed, "Just him getting jealous. He thinks I'm flirting with you all."

"Well, we are all boys.."

"That's what I said." I grinned and took the chicken kebab out of his hand and began eating it.

He opened his mouth to protest but the greenie sat down next to me.

"Hell of a first day, Greenie." Newt ripped the kebab back out of my hands.

The boy just nodded sadly.

"Here." I handed him a glass of Gally's mixture. Frypan used to make it but Gally wanted to add more... spice. "Put some hair on your chest."

The greenie sipped the tiniest amount and immediately spat it back out. Just like I had done on my first night. Newt and I began laughing so hard we were practically pissing ourselves.

"Oh my god. What is that?" He coughed and handed it back to me.

"We don't even know." Newt picked up his jar and examined the liquid inside of it. "It's Gally's recipe. It's a trade secret, but I'm sure y/n knows it." He winked at me but I hit him in the arm.

"God, no. I don't want to know it. The recipe and ingredients will only put me off more." I giggled.

"Yeah, well, Gally's still an asshole."

I punched the greenies arm and Newt hissed knowing I didn't like it when people said that about Gally.

"Don't say that, okay? You-" I prodded the greenies chest, "-don't know him."

"Yeah y/ns right. He's different around y/n and his close friends. He did, after all, save your life today greenie." Newt backed me up. "Trust me, the maze is a dangerous place."

We stared at the maze doors for a few seconds until green bean broke the silence.

"We're trapped here, aren't we?"

"For the moment." Newt nodded.

"But... you see those guys, there, by the fire?" I pointed at Minho and his friends behind us. "Those are the runners, and me of course. That guy in the middle, that's Minho. He's the Keeper of the runners, I'm faster than him so I think I should be but y'know."

I chuckled to myself before continuing, "Every morning when those doors open we run the maze, mapping it, memorising it, trying to find a way out."

"How long have you been looking?" The greenies eyes met mine.

"3 years." Newt answered.

"And you still haven't found anything?" He asked slightly unimpressed.

"It's a lot easier said than done. Listen." I held my finger up telling them to be quiet as we listened to the maze. "Hear that? That's the maze changing. It's changes every night." I took a small sip of my drink.

"How is that even possible.?" The boy mumbled.

"You can ask the people who put us in here if you ever meet the bastards." Newt chuckled and took another swig of his drink.

"Listen, the truth is, the runners are the only ones that really know what's out there." I shuddered at the thought of the grievers.

"Yeah, they are the strongest and the fastest of us all, and it's a good thing too because if they don't make it back before those doors close then they're stuck out there for the night." Newt leaned pasted me. "And no ones ever survived a night in the maze." He lied.

All the memories came flooding back. Alec and his gang, the maze, the grievers, being stabbed and being stung. I felt a tear roll down my cheek and I wiped it away as fast as possible but Newt must have seen because he gripped my hand gently.

"What happens to them?"

"Well, we call them grievers." I replied and pulled my hand away from Newt. "Of course, no ones ever seen one and lived to tell about it." I laughed trying to ignore the fact that I was lying.

"Come on, let us show you around." Newt sensed I was nervous and pulled him up.

We began to walk around the fire. I tried to keep my eyes off Gally fighting but everyone now and then I would glance over to see him floor another boy.

"Over there we've got the builders. Very good with their hands.." Newt began.

"But not a lot going on upstairs." I tapped my temple and smirked.

"Then, we've got Winston. He's the keeper of the slicers."

"And we got two med-jacks, Clint and Jeff." I motioned to two boys who walked at us and then walked away.

"They spend most of their time bandaging up the slicers." Newt smiled.

"W-what if I wanna be a runner?" The boy stuttered.

Newt and I looked at each other smiling.

"Have you listened to a word we just said? No one wants to be a runner, well apart from y/n but y'know she's a different breed." Newt nudged my jokingly. "And besides you gotta get chosen."

"Get chosen by who?"

I went to reply but my mouth was snapped shut when the greenie tumbled into me. I looked up to see Gally with a grin on his face, he had just pushed someone out the circle.

"What do you say, y/n? Greenie? Wanna see what you're made of?"

"Not me. I beat you earlier. But I'm sure greenie would love too."

"Greenie! Greenie!" The other gladers began chanting. Finally he gave in and joined Gally in the sandy circle.

While Gally told him the rules I just squeezed my eyes shut trying not to imagine what was about to happen. I felt a tap on my shoulder and turned to see Minho and Ben.

"Oh, hey Min Min and Benny boy."

"Hey, what's he doing? Gally, I mean." Ben asked as he draped an arm round my shoulder.

"Challenging the greenie." I laughed.

"This will end well.." Minho said sarcastically.

I looked back up to see the greenie already being shoved out the circle. He was so close to the edge but the others pushed him back in. Gally gave him a tiny push which made him going crashing to the floor. He raised his head and I saw his mouth full of sand.

"Come on, greenie. We're not done yet." Gally jogged a few steps back.

"Stop calling me greenie." The boy demanded.

"Stop calling you that? What do you wanna be called? Shank?" Gally said and everyone laughed.

"What do you think, boys?" Gally looked at me sharply, "oh, sorry and girl."

I flipped him off and rolled my eyes signalling for him to get back to fighting. The Greenie ran at him and clinged onto his shoulder but Gally still shook him off and threw him to the floor a lot more roughly than last time.

"You know what? I think I've settled on shank." He said a bit too cockily because it clearly angered the new boy.

He ran at Gally and wrapped his arm around his waist. He attempted to push him back but Gally was stronger so he walked in the opposite direction. When they reached the very edge the greenie moved out of the way and Gally fell to the floor. I could tell by the aggravated look on his face he wasn't done and I was right, he swung one of his legs at the greenies ankled causing him to fall to the side and hit his head hard.

"Thomas." He whispered. "Thomas. HEY!" He now got louder. "Thomas! I remember my name. I'm Thomas!" He stood excited.

The crowd fell into silence for a second until we all began cheering and chanting for Thomas. He was lucky to know his name on the first day.

Gally clapped clearly not caring. Me, Minho, Ben and Newt stood in a line clapping as we watched everyone fuss over the greenie. When they were all done and spread out a little more we moved next to him. Gally shook his hand.

"Good job, Thomas."

He smiled, it wasn't genuine but only I knew that. The 'smile' disappeared when we heard a griever screeching behind the walls.

I froze up. My face became emotionless and it felt like I was sleeping but stood up. Then I felt tears roll down my cheeks from the memories. Newt leaned in front of my face

"Hey.. you okay?"

"Did you seriously just ask me that? No, of course I'm not okay." I answered struggling to breath.

I saw Gally walking over so I took Newts hand and began to head to my room away from him. Gally grabbed my wrist but I yanked it away.

"Gally! Just no!" I attempted to shout. "Stop."

Thomas was now watching me with a worried look.

"Y/n? Please." Gally whispered.

"Gally, mate. Let me deal with her for now." Newt patted his back and led me away.

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I'm off back to school tomorrow and my mental health really doesn't want to. But anyway I might not post as regularly but I'll try.

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