Oh, Direct Hit!

Before i enter the hut to talk to Gally, i take a glance at the maze entrance and watch as Minho, Thomas, Frypan, Zart and Winston sprint into the maze. I hope they get back safe.

Walking into the hut, i see Gally sitting on one of the benches, seemingly lost in thought. He glances up, noticing my arrival, and watches as i take a seat beside him.

"What's on your mind, Gally?" I ask, keeping my gaze on him. He looks away, staring ahead once more. He hesitates to speak up, until i grab his hand in reassurance. 

"A lot has gone wrong since Thomas come up in the box. Bad things have happened... and i'm worried about what's next" he admits, squeezing my hand a little.

"I'll admit that the timing isn't great, but you can't hate Thomas for it. He has no memories just like us, and he is just as scared about everything as we are" I explain, rubbing soothing circles on his hand with my thumb to help calm him.

"I know he has no idea what's going on. I just find it suspicious that all these things have happened just as he arrived" he replies, his gaze focused back on me. 

"You just need to give him a chance. He may ask too many questions, but he's just trying to understand why we're here and what's going on. He's also stupidly brave, and somehow very lucky, because he ran into the maze, survived the night, and saved Minho and Alby" I say with a small smile.

I'll forever be grateful to Thomas for saving the boys. I hope to be able to pay him back one day.

"He's definitely stupid" he says with a chuckle.

"Definitely. Anyway, i have been blessed by the creators by sending up a female companion" I say, earning a genuine smile from Gally.

"I'm glad you finally got what you was hoping for, even if she's currently unconscious" he says with a teasing grin on his face.

"Stop it. She'll wake up soon, and when she does, i'll finally have a sister to add to our little family" i say happily.

"Our little family? I didn't know i was a part of it" he says, raising a brow.

"Of course you are! You're my intimidating boyfriend, and Frypan, known as my brother's, best friend" I explain without realising that i just called Gally my boyfriend.

"I'm your boyfriend?" he asks, smirking at me with a small blush coating his cheeks.

Oh. Shit. I said boyfriend. 

Why did i say boyfriend?! He's not my boyfriend! 

This is embarrassing. I need to fix this. 

Actually, i just need to be bold. 

"Well, are you?" i reply, locking eyes with him. 

Well, i wouldn't call that bold, but at least i tried.

"I'd like to be, but we need to do this right" he says, turning his body towards me and putting both of my hands in his as he looks at me. 

"So, Madeline. Would you like to be my girlfriend?" he asks, with the biggest smile i've ever seen on him.

I furrow my brows, pretending to think it over, even though i clearly don't need to.

"Yes, i would love that" I reply, closing the distance between us, our lips meeting in a gentle, loving kiss.

After some time, we pull away. Our faces show pure happiness that i never want to go away. I lean my head on his shoulder, thinking back to our earlier conversation about his worries.

"Everything will work out Gally. We just need to keep having faith" I reassure him. 

"I'll keep my faith as long as you're with me, Mads" he replies, resting his head on mine.

We stay in this position for a while, feeling content with staying like this for as long as we can. I can't help but feel guilt creeping up on me, knowing that i'm hiding the boys going back into the maze from Gally, but they were going to go whether i helped a little or not.

We are interrupted too soon for my liking when Newt enters the hut, Thomas and the others trailing behind him. Gally and i swiftly move slightly apart, and he sends me one small smile before putting on his mask once more, and walking over to Newt.

I stand up when Minho moves to stand beside me, and i feel relieved as i scan him and the others to find no cuts and bruises, and no one left behind. 

"You all alright?" i ask, making sure i haven't missed any injuries when i looked them over.

"We're all good, promise" he replies with a tired smile. 

We focus our attention on Thomas, and i only just notice the weird thing in his hand, as he passes it to Newt. I wonder if i really want to know what it is, or where it came from.

Probably not.

"Yeah, we found this. It was inside a griever" he says, referring to the, well, whatever it is.

I scrunch my face in disgust. That was inside a griever? Gross. 

Minho notices my face and smirks, wiping my cheek with his slimy hand. 

EW, what a dick! I rush to wipe my cheek, and he silently laughs, causing me to glare at him.

"These are the same letters we get on our supplies" Newt says, his brows furrowed in confusion.

"Yeah. Whoever put us here, obviously made the grievers" Thomas replies.

This boy is quite smart when he's not asking enough questions to make our brains bleed.

"And this is the first clue, the first anything you've found in over three years, right Minho?" Thomas asks, looking towards Minho.

"Right" Minho replies, watching as Newt studies the thing in his hands.

"Newt, we gotta go back out there. Who knows where this might lead us?" Thomas finishes, looking at Newt.

I slightly cringe, knowing that Gally is not going to support Thomas going out in the maze again. I know it's just because he's worried, but i also know that instead of opening up a little, like he did with me earlier, he's going to argue instead.

Newt looks at Gally, or better known now, as my boyfriend. 

Not the time to be giddy over labels, Madeline.

Gally looks at Newt, and i can tell he's pissed off, but i have to admit, he looks good when he's frustrated.

Seriously, not the damn time.

"You see what he's trying to do, right? First he breaks our rules, and then he tries to convince us to abandon them totally. The rules are the only thing that have held us together. Why now are we questioning that?! If Alby was here you know he would agree with me" Gally says to Newt, frustrated.

I try not to be affected over how Alby was referred to in the past tense, as if he's already gone. He may have been stung, but he's not gone. Alby will wake up soon and we will find a way to help him.

"This shank, needs to be punished" Gally finishes, referring to Thomas. 

Newt makes brief eye contact with Thomas, the tension palpable. Newt hands the thing back to Minho, and by the look on his face, i can tell he's made a decision.

"Your right. Thomas broke the rules. One night in the pit, and no food" Newt says to Thomas.

Gally shakes his head, clearly not happy with the punishment, and looks ready to fight it.

"Oh, come on, Newt. One night in the pit? You think that's gonna stop him from going into the maze?" Gally asks, exasperated.

"No. And we can't just have non- runners, running into the maze whenever they feel like it" Newt replies, glancing around as he speaks. 

I watch Thomas nod his head in agreement, and i'm quite proud at how well he's taking this. He clearly knows he has done wrong and is happy to pay for it, which makes me respect him more than i already do.

"So let's just make this official. Starting from tomorrow, you're a runner" Newt declares. 

Thomas looks happy to finally get the job he's been asking about since he got here. I feel happy for him, because he's clearly right for the job. If he can survive overnight, saving Alby and helping Minho, then he can easily survive during the day.

Minho nods his head at Newt in approval, and i look around to see Winston smile slightly for Thomas, and Frypan and Zart look happy for the boy. My joy for Thomas dissipates when i see Gally shake his head at Newt, looking severely pissed off.

"Wow" Gally says, clearly done with everyone.

I'm so glad that i decided to stay silent for this small meeting. I don't want to be in my boyfriends bad books.

"Gally" Fry says, in an attempt to calm him, holding his arm out.

"No Fry" Gally replies in anger, moving Fry's arm out of his way, and leaving the hut.

Fry rushes after him and i'm quick to follow, after giving a quick "congrats" to Thomas. 

I catch up to Fry hearing Gally tell him to give him a minute before storming off once more.

"He's not mad at you Fry, he just needs a moment alone" I say in reassurance.

"I know. I get he doesn't like Thomas and i get why he doesn't like the changes. He's right, we've followed the rules for so long that it's a big change to reward Thomas with being a runner after breaking the rule of going in there in the first place" Fry explains, looking at the last place he saw Gally disappear from our view.

"I know. He actually opened up to me a little earlier" I say with a smile, recalling the time we spent together not long ago.

"You two did look cozy when we came in" Fry says with a grin.

"Stop talking" I say, hitting his arm lightly as i try, and fail to not blush.

"How have you been since, well, everything?" he asks, pulling me into a side hug.

"Not too bad. I miss Ben, a lot, and i'm praying Alby wakes up soon. I'm happy there's a girl here to bond with" i say, tearing up slightly at the though of Ben and Alby.

I miss Ben so much, it hurts like hell. I just hope he's watching over us, and laughing. He probably watched Gally and i earlier and ripped us to pieces from above.

"What about you?" i ask, looking up at Fry.

I have to look up whenever i'm talking to these boys, it's so unfair. I need to grow.

"Same as you. Missing Ben and worried about Alby, but it'll be ok" he says, giving me a small smile.

Our conversation is interrupted by boys shouting, and if i'm not mistaken, their yelping in pain.

Fry and i jog towards the tower, watching as the girl, who has clearly woken up and not liked what she's seen, throws rocks at the boys below, who are all shouting for her to stop and using whatever they can find to shield themselves. 

It's a pretty funny thing to witness, and i'm proud of the new girl for defending herself. Waking up surrounded by boys is not a nice thing to be a victim to.

I stand off to the side, and watch has Frypan runs over to Gally, who is also trying to shield himself from being concussed by a rock. I'd rather enjoy the show from her. I have a much better view.

Chuck stands next to me, and we're in a fit of giggles as we watch Gally and the others shouting for the girl to come down, and in return, getting attacked by more rocks.

Thomas and Minho rush over to us, looking at all of the commotion in confusion, and glancing at Chuck and i as we laugh hard.

"Come down here" I hear Gally shout, in frustration.

"Chuck, Maddie, what's going on?" Thomas asks us.

"We're enjoying the show" I say, trying to catch my breath, leaning on a breathless Chuck as we laugh uncontrollably. 

"Girls are awesome" he replies, pointing at the new girl and the multiple boys getting head injuries.

I notice Jeff and Clint standing behind Thomas and Minho.

"Jeff, Clint, come stand here. This is the funniest shit i've ever seen" i say giggling.

Jeff and Clint move to stand next to me, and start laughing as we watch one of the builders, who is unfortunate enough to have two rocks hit him at the same time. He hides behind another boy, but manages to get hit again, causing us all to laugh.

I even see Minho start laughing at the boys misfortune.

"You're right. This is amazing" Jeff says, laughing hard.

"This is a great view" Clint says to me, high fiving me as he chuckles, enjoying the show.

"Look at Newt. Poor guy" i say, and we all laugh as we watch a desperate Newt try to de- escalate the situation, whilst hiding with another boy.

"This is great to witness" Clint says, amused.

We all start laughing when we hear Frypan shout "Oh, Damn!" in the crowd. 

"Oh, damn indeed" Chuck says to us, and we're all in fits of giggles.

"Leave me alone!" The girl shouts, throwing more rocks.

"She must have an unlimited supply up there" I say, very happy to watch this for the rest of the day.

"Watch your head! Heads, heads, heads!" Frypan shouts to the other boys.

"If Fry keeps shouting, i'm gonna piss myself" I say, struggling to breathe.

"I can't breathe" Jeff says, wheezing.

Clint and Chuck have dropped to the floor, gasping for air.

"Hey! Throw one more of those things, i'm- OW!" Gally shouts in pain.

"Oh! Direct hit!"  Jeff shouts, cheering with me, as we clutch our stomachs.

Gally may be my boyfriend, and i will check on him later, but this is too funny to not laugh. He'll forgive me.

"Go away!" The girl shouts, clearly not giving up on attacking the boys. 

I hope she keeps going. This is top tier entertainment.

I watch as Thomas heads over to Frypan and Gally, right into the war zone.

"He's going to get hit" Chuck says, still laughing.

"Good, another person we can laugh at" Clint says cheerfully, making us laugh more.

"This is hilarious. I like her already" Minho says, standing beside Chuck as he chuckles in amusement.

"She is my new best friend" I add, invested in the show.

"What am i? Chopped liver?" Chuck asks, offended.

"My new GIRL best friend" I reply in amusement.

"Better" Chuck says with a smile.

"What do you want?" the girl shouts, throwing her weapons.

I hear Thomas shout up to the girl.

"We just wanna talk!" he says, shielding himself.

"I'm warning you!" She shouts down.

"Oh! Take cover, ya'll, Take cover!" Fry shouts, running away from Thomas.

"Look at Fry!" Minho wheezes.

"Poor Fry" Clint says, still laughing.

"It's Thomas, It's Thomas!" i hear Thomas shout up over our laughter.

The girl must remember saying his name because she stops throwing the rocks.

We soon calm down and watch Thomas climb the tower. We also notice the rocks have stopped flying and the boys are walking away.

"Oh no, the shows over" Chuck says, pouting.

"Damn, Thomas. He couldn't let her throw the rocks for a little longer?" Clint says defeated.

"I was really enjoying that" I say, pouting with Chuck.

"So was i" Jeff agrees.

"She could've at least thrown one, more" Minho says with a huff.

"Come on Clint, we've got multiple boys with head injuries to check up on" Jeff says saying goodbye to us and walking towards the med hut, where a group of boys are already waiting outside.

"Thanks for letting us join you in watching the show Maddie" Clint says, waving as he follows Jeff.

"Don't thank me. We need to thank the new girl once she's calmed down" I say with a grin, waving goodbye.

"I'm gonna go and make fun of Newt" Minho says, heading off with a big mischievous grin on his face.

"I'm gonna go and check on Gally. Are you gonna be alright, kid?" I ask Chuck.

"Yeah, go see your boyfriend. I'm going to go and make fun of that builder" he says with a smirk, walking off towards where the targeted builder is.

I chuckle, knowing that Chuck will come running for me to save him from getting beat up later.

I walk over to Gally, who's standing with Frypan, holding his head.

"Hey boys, are you alright?" i ask, my voice filled with amusement.

"Don't think we didn't hear you and your little group laughing at us" Fry says, sendinh a playful glare my way.

"My head shucking hurts" Gally complains, frowning.

"Come on Gally, i'll take a look" I say, beckoning him to follow me and waving Fry goodbye.

Gally's Pov:

I watch as Maddie beckons me to follow, and turn to Fry, who's wearing a stupid grin on his face.

"I gotta go" I say, walking off to catch up with Madeline.

"Don't have too much fun" Fry says to me, causing me to roll my eyes.

"Shut up Fry" I shout to him.

"You're so whipped" He shouts back in laughter.

He's not wrong, i think as i catch up to Madeline.

Madeline's Pov:

Gally follows me into my hut, shutting the door behind us. 

"Sit on the bed, and i'll take a look at your head" I say, standing next to me bed and gesturing for him to sit.

"Alright, thanks" he replies, taking a seat on my bed.

"It's alright. I've got to look after my boyfriend, don't i?" I ask with a smile, earning a genuine one back from him.

"That's true" he replies with a small grin.

I move to stand in between his legs and gently grab his head, moving it slightly to check for any cuts. I feel him place his hands on my legs, moving them up and rubbing circles on my thighs with his thumbs, making my breathe hitch slightly.

"You're lucky, i don't see any cuts. It's just a little red" I say breathlessly, looking at him.

"That's good" he replies lowly, looking up at me in adoration, making me blush.

He tilts his head up, causing me to lean down, slowly closing the distance between us. I close my eyes when are noses are practically touching, and feel him press his lips onto mine. His hands are still on my thighs. Our kiss is long and more passionate than the other's we've shared, causing my head to spin.

Too my dismay, he pulls away and pulls me down to sit beside him, wrapping his arm around my waist as i lean into him.

"I do not like the new girl" he says with a huff.

"Well, i happen to love her, and i can't wait to spend some time with her" i reply with a smirk.

"She hit me on the head with a rock" he complains, pouting slightly as i giggle.

"She was surrounded by boys. She was scared, just like i was when i came up in the box. I threatened you all with a knife" i say to him with a smile.

"Yeah, but you never threw rocks at us" he says, smiling as he looks at me.

"I'm quite jealous that i never thought of it" i reply with a chuckle, causing him to laugh with me.

We enjoy each other's company for a while, when we are interrupted by Chuck slamming open my door.

"Sorry to ruin the moment lovers, but Newt needs you guys" Chuck says breathless from the running.

"It's ok kid, we're coming" i say in amusement. Gally groans, getting up and walking with me as we follow Chuck out of my hut.

Author's Note:

Sorry i've been slow with updates. I've been switching between all the fanfics in my drafts, basically only writing for the ones i get ideas for. I plan to upload another chapter tomorrow or Monday.

I have also published a Marauders fanfic called Granger Twins Time-Travel. If your a marauders fan and like time travel fics, please check it out!

Hope you enjoy the chapter.

Xxxx