Forever Last ~ Thomas x reader x Newt (Book 2)

Part 23: Love in the air

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Walking, it's all we're doing, I wouldn't have even know what we were looking for if Aris didn't say a name.

The right arm.

People who have rebelled against W.C.K.D.

"My feet hurt." Teresa complains,

"Sucks to be you, doesn't it?" I laugh,

"Come on y/n, usually I'm the sarcastic one, you're taking my crown these past few days." Minho jokes,

"Do better then." I turn away and continue walking.

"Maybe we should stop for the night." Newt suggests.

"After what just happened, CRANKS Newt, Winston just fucking died! And you want to take a break!?"

I lunge at him, not before Thomas is quick to grab my waist, dropping all his gear to restrain me.

"Y/n stop!" He struggles, "What has gotten into you!?"

I take a deep breath, realizing what I was letting myself do, what I'm letting myself become.

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"I- uh I don't know." I walk about 20 feet away before I plop down in the sand.

Thomas comes to my side, rubbing my back.

"What's wrong y/n?" He asks quietly.

I couldn't tell him the truth, not yet.

"Nothing, I'm fine, I'm sorry."

He pushes my chin up, forcing me to look in his gorgeous brown eyes.

"I get it, you don't like Teresa~"

"No, Tommy you don't get it!" I stop myself before I snap again, I take another breath, "She's not with us, I keep hearing this voice in my head, saying~"

He cuts me off,

"WICKED is good?"

"Y-yeah, how did you~"

"I hear it too."

"Tommy I swear I'm not crazy, I've seen things, I just can't tell what it was, all I know is that it's bad, it's really~"

He kisses me, deeply and passionately, his tongue pushing against mine, he practically climbed on top of me in the middle of the desert.

When we pull apart for air he speaks,

"You talk to much." He returns my once said words.

I smile, "Maybe I should talk more." My fingers run through his hair.

"I really wish we weren't in the middle of the desert right now." I whisper.

"Oh yeah?" He kisses my neck, not caring if they could see us.

I giggle from his delicate touch, his soft lips kissing my soft spots, "Yeah." I breathe out.

"Oh you're lucky y/n, the things I'd do to you right now, if we weren't in the middle of nowhere."
"In front of all our friends." He smirks, speaking in a low husky tone.

"They can watch." I joke.

I wrap my arms around his neck, smiling ear to ear.

We don't speak, we only stare into each other's eyes,

A comfortable silence falls over us.

Before he could lean in for another kiss...

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"HEY LOVEBIRDS!" Minho yells,

Thomas gets up and holds a hand out to help me up, we don't even half to walk back to see what he wanted us to.

Lights. A building?

"Change of my plans, forget the city. We'll stay the night here, first light we'll go." Thomas informs.

Aris nods.

A shiver runs down my spine, Thomas wraps his arms around me, Teresa gives me a dirty look.

Thomas lays down, using his bag as a pillow, as do the others, I had nothing, other than of course...

"Come here." Thomas waves me down,

I lay down, putting my head on his chest, I look up to the stars, I can't remember any constellations, but all the same, they're beautiful, fascinating.

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Authors note*
"I couldn't tell him the truth, not yet."

Remember that.

"I take a deep breath, realizing what I was letting myself do, what I'm letting myself become."

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