The next two weeks went on like normal. As if they didn't just send one of the Gladers to Banishment. I haven't talked to any of the Gladers. Newt, Minho, Gally, Nick, even Alby tried to talk to me. I still slept in the Homestead, but I would go to sleep earlier than Newt to avoid conversation. I feel bad, I said I trusted him and I haven't talked to him since then. I wasn't even there when the new Greenie came up. I didn't attend the bonfire, I didn't have another fight with Gally, I didn't dance. All I did was stayed in the Homestead.
Nick had me work with the Builders the past two weeks. But, that changes today because I get to start my day with the Runners. I would have been excited, but I'm not today. I was avoiding Minho, but he's my supervisor for today. He woke me up early in the morning and motioned me to follow him. We didn't say anything as we walked across the Glade. He took me to the Map Room. He explained how the Runners were suppose to take notes during their run. When the day's over they would come back here and draw a new map. With the new map drawn they would compare it with the previous days, even the weeks.
Minho led me to a secret room in the Map Room, "Got all that, Danster." I didn't say anything, only nodded my head. He sighed, "Look, I know you want space. You went through a lot. But, you need to pull your shucking act together or else you'll end up killed in the Maze."
I still didn't say anything. I only nodded. Minho sighed. He turned on the light in the dark room and my eyes widen at the sight. Weapons. Weapons everywhere; knives, machetes, bow and arrows, spears.
"Not many people know about this room. Just us Runners, Newt, Alby, and Nick." He went over to a chest at the far side of the room. He opened it and threw something at me. I caught it just in time to see it was a backpack. "Got all your supplies in their. Water, notepads, pens, extra underwear."
I raised my eyebrow, "Why extra underwear?"
He gave me an amused look, "She-bean talks." He chuckled as I slapped his shoulder. "The underwear is in case you decide to klunk yourself."
"And that happens a lot?"
"With these shuckfaces, yeah." I chuckled. "There's that shuck smile."
"Shut up." I laughed.
He looked at my feet then back at me before digging through the chest again. He walked over to me and handed me a pair of shoes. He told me that they were runner shoes and they get send up every week with the supplies. Then he gave me a watch, saying only Runners get them.
"Ok, go ahead and pick any weapons you can carry on you."
I looked at all the weapons. A sly smile went on my face as I went over to the daggers. I picked one up and twirled it around my fingers. It feels good enough. I grabbed two and tied them to my shorts. I went over to the machete and picked it up. I swung it a few times. It feels good too. I walked back to Minho, seeing him smirking at me.
"Good that?"
I smiled, "Good that."
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"You're running with me today. We're going through half of the section and work our way up." Minho said.
We were standing in front of the walls, waiting for the doors to open. Minho looked behind me and send me another smirk. I raised my eyebrow at him.
Minho held his smirk, but gave it to the person behind me. "You here to see Tiger off."
I turned around to see Newt walking up to us. I feel even worst ignoring him. "Mind giving us a few minutes?" I asked Minho.
He glanced at me and Newt. Then he gave a nod with that smirk still planted on his face. "Sure. You got two minutes."
I looked confused at his retreating figure. I looked at Newt. This was really awkward. I haven't spoken to him for weeks. What am I suppose to say to him? How am I suppose to start my apology? He deserves more than just 'I'm sorry' from me.
"Hey." I said.
Hey? Really, hey? I mentally face-palmed myself. Out of everything I could have said I started with hey. But, he makes me nervous. Not that 'oh klunk I'm in trouble' but the one where I feel my stomach bubble up inside, and my heart starts to flutter. Wait, what?
"Hi." He said.
I opened and closed my mouth a few times. Words wouldn't come out. We were just standing there in awkward silence. Say something to him. Start apoligizing. I mentally slapped myself. Come on! Just apologize.
I opened my mouth again, but Minho interrupted, "Tiger, the walls are opening!"
I looked at him and nodded. I was about to walk away, but Newt grabbed my wrist.
He looked at me with concern, "Be careful, Danny."
I gave him a small smile, "I'll be fine."
He nodded while giving me a smile.
I was going to walk away, but Newt still had a hold on my wrist, "Newt."
"Yeah."
"I-I would like my wrist back, if-if you don't mind."
His face reddened a bit as he let go. It was cute. I gave him another smile as I made my way over to Minho.
"Ok, stay behind me at all times, and do everything I do exactly." He said.
He fixed his shirt and began walking towards the walls. I shrugged my shoulders - this was going to fun - and fixed my shirt the same way before following. He knelt down to tie his shoe and I stood beside him. I knelt down, undid my shoelace, and began tying it.
Minho noticed what I was doing and chuckled, "Not now, shank. When we get inside."
I gave him an amused smile, "You said do everything you do. I'm just following orders, shuckface."
He got up and placed his hands on his hips. I did the same thing. He gave me a look and I gave him the same one. He walked over to the entrance and started running, me following.
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Left. Right. Left. Straight. Right. Right. Straight.
We've been running and taking notes. Minho took out his knife. I was panting while giving him a confused look. He grabbed one of the vines from the wall and sliced it quickly before dropping it.
"In case you get lost! Try!" He shouted.
I took steady breathes. I took the dagger out and sliced one of the vines before dropping it.
Straight. Left. Left. Right. Left. Straight.
We stopped and decided to take eat our lunch. I kept panting as I took my sandwich out. Minho took his water out and poured some over his head.
I chuckled, "How is it that, even though we're covered in sweat, your hair still manages to look good?"
"It just comes naturally." He ran his hand through his hair. Still messing with him I did the same. "Are you still on that?"
I copied his next move - which was scratching my head, "What do you think?"
He chuckled. His next question almost made me choke on my sandwich, "Soooo, you and Newt. What's going on there?"
I felt my cheeks redden, "Nothing. Noth-Nothing is happening with me and Newt. We're just friends. Actually I don't know if we still are, since I've been ignoring him."
Minho took a bite out of his sandwich, "I thought you talked to him before we left."
I rolled my eyes, "I almost did before someone interrupted me."
"My bad." We ate in silence for a while. "You sure there's nothing going on between you two? No shucking thing at all?"
I wish there was to be honest, "No. And why do you think something's going on between us? Guys and girls can be friends, I mean look at us."
He rolled his eyes, "No shuck. That's because we're shucking awesome."
I chuckled, "So are we heading back now or are there still part of the section we need to run?"
He looked at his watch, "Yeah, we're done for today. We'll should be back before the doors close."
We packed up our things and started heading back.
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I panted as we entered the Glade. We didn't even stopped, just headed to the Map Room. Minho handed me a piece of paper and showed me how we were suppose to map it. We ran through half of Section 5, so he began telling me we needed to draw it exactly the same. I was focusing on making the lines straight and making everything look the same. Minho gave me a the papers from this week ending to last month.
My eyes glanced around the papers. Nothing. Everything is the shucking same, except when the walls change. There's nothing that gives us a clue about getting out of here. It feels like hours have passed and I groaned in frustration.
"Thought this was going to be easy, Tiger?" Minho asked amusingly.
"No, but I hoped it wouldn't be this difficult either." I said as I ran my hand down my face. "I'm sorry." He gave me a confused look, but I explained further. "For not talking to you the past few days."
He shrugged his shoulders, "I get it. Well, not the experience, but I understand why you did. No big deal."
I raised my eyebrow at him before laughing and throwing my arm around his neck for a side hug. It was easy since he was leaning down looking at the maps, "You really are something, Min."
He chuckled as he unwrapped my arm around him, "I know. I guess we're done for today. You did a good job...for a girl."
We laughed as I slapped the back of his head. We left the Map Room and parted ways. I walked around the Glade till I was near the Gardens. I was looking for the familiar British boy. I smiled as I spotted him pulling out some vegetables. I made my way over to him, but as I got nearer I became nervous. I tapped his forearm and he turned to me. When he saw that it was me he broke out into a smile.
"Hey, how was your first day?"
His smile's contagious. I returned it to him, "Tiring. I'm going to be sore for the next few weeks." He chuckled. "Can we talk?"
He looked at me with concern, but nodded his head. I began walking near the forest with him following. I wanted to talk to him in private. Time for the apology.
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A/N: How do you think the apology is going to go? Is it going to be awkward, quick, or would it lead to something more?