Chapter 10

"Minho."

The spiky haired male turned to face the voice.

"I need your help... Emily... she decided to become a Runner..." Newt started, awkwardly rubbing the back of his neck with his hand.

Minho smirked at Newt, knowing full well where the conversation was headed.

"Aww, our little pretty boy's worried now ain't he!" Minho teased, reaching out to ruffle Newt's hair.

With a scowl plastered onto Newt's face, he swats Minho's hand away.

"Anyway, as I was saying. I need you to take care of her, make sure she's okay and all..." Newt said softly, his eyes pleading.

Minho threw him another smirk and shook his head.

"Man, you're shucked. But okay, I'll take care of your girlfriend for ya, I'll take real good care of her." Minho agreed, throwing in a wink at the last bit.

Almost immediately Newt's expression went from thankful to pissed off, but before Newt could strangle Minho, he yelled that he was joking.

Newt rolled his eyes at Minho, but thanked him nonetheless.

"You really like her don't ya, shank?" Minho asked, an amused smile plastered onto his face.

Newt shrugged, pretty unsure himself. Do I like her? Or is it only because she's the only girl here? Would we have talked if not for the maze?

"Well.... she's good for ya Newt, she really is." Minho said.

Newt raised an eyebrow at him, unsure of what he was trying to imply.

"Maybe she is shank, maybe she is..." Newt smiled to himself.

All too soon, it was time for the runners to set off.

Newt quickly found Emily, and grabbed her arm to get her attention.

"Hey," He spoke softly, his eyes taking in Emily's beautiful face.

"Hey," She breathed, glad to see Newt again.

Newt took a step closer to her, both his hands holding her arms. He pulled her closer, so they were now hugging, her arms wrapped tightly around his back.

"Promise me you'll be safe." He whispered, voice full of worry and fear.

Emily unraveled her hands from Newt. Cupping his cheek with one hand, she looked straight into his deep black eyes.

"Don't worry, I'll be careful." Emily assured him, then to lighten the mood, she added, "After all, I can't trust these shanks around here. I'm pretty sure they all wanna get their grubby little hands on you. And I can't have that now can I?"

Emily threw Newt a wink and they walked together hand in hand until she reached the entrance of the maze.

She gave him a quick peck on the cheek, then jogged off to Minho's side.

Taking a deep breath, she hoisted up her backpack, making it more comfortable.

"This is it.

I'm really doing this" She thought to herself.

Emily let out a steady breath as the walls of the maze started to rumble and revealed an entrance.

See you. She mouthed to Newt, and he gave her a reassuring nod.

And into the maze Emily went.