Something Different - Newt (TMR)

'Look, he's blushing!' - 2

Uncomfortably, I fold my arms over my chest and look around, biting the inside of my cheek.

"Ha, she's nervous." I hear one of the boys whipser. 

I feel a hand suddenly on my arm then hear, "You can go get some food over there." Newt says, pointing to where a boy stands behind the counter. 

"Okay," I nod, then take the few steps over to the counter. 

"Hey, I'm Frypan but everyone calls me Fry." He says, offering a warming smile. 

"I don't know mine but nice to meet you." I say, and nod once. 

"Yeah, it's the same for us all." 

"That's what I heard." 

Frypan dishes up my bowl of a stew that looked like it had potatoes, carrots, and some type of meat. "Thanks Fry." I say as I grab my bowl then head to the lone table and start to eat.

"No problem." He calls from where he stands. 

Newt's POV

This girl. 

I don't know what it is but... yeah, I'm not sure. 

Is it her body language or is it her beauty. 

Just being around her makes me feel weird. 

"Newt. Are you listening?" Alby asks, staring at me. 

"Uh, yeah. The girl needs a job, right?" I ask, my eyebrows furrowing. 

"Yeah, but that wasn't what we were talking about." Alby's normal facial expression then changes to a light one: Him smiling. 

"What?" I ask, smiling in confusion. 

"Nothing." He says, shaking his head still smiling. 

"C'mon tell me." I ask, looking back at him.

"Minho, come 'ere." Alby waves over Minho, then whispers in his ear. Whatever Alby said made Minho smile too and nod his head. 

"Yeah I see it." Minho says, looking over at me then shifting his gaze over to the girl who's talking with Fry. 

"Oh no. No, no, no, no. No." I say realizing what they're implying. "Bloody hell you two are insufferable."

"Look, he's blushing." Minho says, pointing at me.

God, I hope the girl can't hear us. 

"Alby, look what you just started, you slinthead." 

"You started this all by yourself." He says, grinning. 

"Is it making you jealous at how she's willingly talking with Fry but not you?" asks a new voice that I recognize as Gally's. 

"No, I don't see her that way." I say, continuing to look over at her. 

"Sure ya don't." Minho says. 

"That's not what your face says." Alby says, clearly amused. 

"You shuckfaces better bloody stop before I throw you down the pit." I threaten. 

"Oh wow then," Minho says, covering his laugh with his hand. 

I just roll my eyes at his comments. 

"Well, if you don't feel anything, I'll go talk to her." Gally says, getting up and going toward her table. 

"Hey, I'm Gally." He says, sitting across from her. 

"Hi." She says, akwardly. 

"Is this sight making you angry, Newt?" Minho whispers in my ear. I look over to him and shove him. "I'm going to take that as a yes." 

I shake my head at him then walk out of the area.

Normal POV

"Hi." I say, looking up to the guy with the odd eyebrows. 

"You know that's Frypan's Famous Stew?" He says, pointing to my food. 

"Really, so it's supposed to be good?" I say raising my eyebrows and tilting my head to the side.

"Supposed to be? It is!" Gally claims. 

"Not to be mean but Fry may need to use better seasoning." I leaned over an whispered. Out of the corner of my eye I see Newt leave. I wonder why he did that.

"You make a fair claim on that." Gally says, chuckling. 

"What do you guys do around here?" I ask, after our laughter dies down.

"We make our own food and build houses." Gally says, now turning the mood into a more serious environment. 

"How long have you guys been here?" I ask. 

"About three months." He says, I just nod. 

Gally and I continue talking and joking around until I finished my food. I gave my bowl to Frypan and we walked outside. 

"Gally!" Alby called, jogging toward us. "We're gonna have a meeting tomorrow after breakfast." 

"Alright." Gally says. 

"Also it's curfew in a few minutes. So bring her back to Newt." 

"Alright." Gally repeats. 

"I'll beat you over to Newt." I challenge. 

"You're bluffing." Gally says then takes off in a sprint over to where Newt was.

"You asshole!" I call, running after him. 

When we reached Newt, Gally got there first then me stumbling into Newt last. I accidentally knocked him over and my head started to hurt. 

"Julia." I say. 

"What?" Newt asks from under me. 

"My name's Julia." I whisper. 

I then notice how close me and Newt are then quickly scramble off him. But, I couldn't help but notice how his cheeks tinted as i was ontop of him.

"That's great!" Newt says, jumping up off the ground. 

Gally is still laughing about how I bulldosed Newt. 

"Gally! I remember my name! It's Julia." I say. 

Gally then smiles and high-fives me. 

"We've gotta have a bonfire tomorrow then." Gally annouces.

 "Yeah we do." Newt says, yawning. The sun just fell behind the walls. Then there is a big rumbling sound, we think nothing of it.  

"Well I'm tired. I'm gonna go to bed." Gally says, waving a goodbye then leaving. 

"Yeah, lets go Jules." Newt says. 

"Okay, Blonide." I say in responce to his nickname for me. 

My nickname for Newt makes hime laugh. 

Newt guides us to his hut and opens the door. 

"I'm going to take the floor tonight. We should switch every night." I reason.

"But you might try to escape again." Newt claims.

"Have I triied to escape anytime after breakfast?"

"I can't trust you." 

"Why not?" I ask, furrowing my eyebrows.

"When you ran away from me this morning." 

"I just feel bad because it looks like you haven't been getting any sleep these past few nights and you have dark bags under your eyes." 

"Just get into the hammock, Jules." 

"No." 

Newt licks his lips then settles on the floor. I settle on the floor too. We fall asleep like that, facing each other on the floor, four feet apart. 

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