Chapter 19-Something's wrong

I woke up the next morning, still in Newt's arms. My head felt foggy, but I figured it was just from being asleep. I looked up at Newt. He was awake, but his eyes were puffy, like he had just woken up. He smiled slightly and I looked up at him. "Morning, love." He said. His voice was deeper and scratchier than normal, and it made my heart flutter a bit. "Morning, Newt." I said before yawning and resting my head on his chest again. He rubbed my back and I sighed. He chuckled a bit."Emmy?" He asked."Hm," I groaned, not wanting to wake up yet."As much as I would love to lay here longer, you should get something to eat." He said, rubbing his thumb in circles on my shoulder."Nhm" I said, snuggling back into his shirt."Are you still tired?" He asked. I nodded, my eyes still closed."Mhm." I said quietly, almost about to fall asleep again. He laughed quietly."You've been sleeping all day, but if you need it, we can keep laying here." I felt his lips on my forehead, but then they pulled away quickly."What the...bloody hell your forehead is warm." Newt said, starting to sit up. I opened my eyes but I didn't move, I didnt want to wake up yet. Newt put his hand on my forehead and it felt cold. It felt really nice actually."Emmy, why don't you sit up and we'll have Clint and Jeff take a look at your leg?" He said. I shook my head."Nhm...Too tired....and my head hurts." I said, tucking my legs up to my chest. My body ached and felt warmer than normal, especially my leg. I could feel the heat spreading throughout my body, up to my brain, causing a dull ache."Um...Medjacks?" Newt called out. I heard two sets of footsteps walk over towards us."What's wrong, Newt?" "Greenie's got a fever.""Well, I mean that happens sometimes when you lose blood.""No, I mean, a fever. Like, she's burning up." "Newt, I'm sure it's nothing.""Well, yeah, i thought so too...but she wont wake up, and she said her head hurts." There was a sigh."Okay, I'll take a look." I heard footsteps come over towards the bed. I felt someone else's hand on my forehead but I didn't move. I was too tired."Oh, wow, okay, um....Clint, where's the thermometer?" "Um...over here." I heard shuffling around and footsteps came closer to me."Okay, Emmy, its Clint. We're going to check your temperature okay, can you open your mouth?" He asked. I opened my mouth a bit and he put something under my tongue. It felt weird, but I still didn't move. There was a beep and someone took it out of my mouth."Shuck, 103. Okay, somethings wrong. We need to make sure nothing's infected. It's the only thing I can think of that would give her a fever like that." I heard the boys walking around and someone started to unwrap the bandage from around my leg. I cringed. It hurt, it hurt a lot. The boys started mumbling and I tried to move my leg away from them. Someone held my foot so I couldn't move my leg and instead I turned over on my side and tried to fall asleep. I heard someone sit down on the bed next to me and felt someone grab my hand. I opened my eyes and saw Newt there, looking down at me. He looked confused, and concerned. I gave him a small smile and squeezed his hand a bit."I'm fine Newt, I'm just a bit tired, is all.." I yawned and rubbed my temple. Shuck my head hurt. I tried to seem fine, but it felt like someone was jumping on my skull. Newt smiled a bit at me and Jeff patted him on the shoulder. Newt stood up and he walked over to the two medjacks."Hey man, her leg's infected. It's swelling up and its only going to get worse if we don't get her some antibiotics.""Well, do we have some?" Newt asked. I closed my eyes again. My head was pounding and the pain in my leg didnt go away. "Um...that's the problem. we used the last bit on Josh? We really need to get some from the box soon.""Well, that's um...tomorrow morning, right? Will she be okay?" "Yeah, yeah. She'll be fine, it just wont be a fun 24 hours for her." "Bloody hell.....okay. I'll go talk to Alby and we'll make sure to request some meds for her." I opened my eyes just as Newt kissed my forehead, smoothed down my hair a bit and walked out. I smiled and the medjacks started to look at my leg again.

{Newt's POV}

I headed back out down through the homestead to find Alby. I needed to make sure Emmy got those meds. She just got back, I need to make sure she stays healthy if I can. Alby was talking to a group of builders and I limped over."Hey, um, Alby, can we talk?" I asked, trying to say it quiet enough that only he can hear. The last thing Emmy needs is every builder knowing she doesn't feel good. There's still a few whispers about what happened with her and the roof. Alby turned around."Oh, Newt, sure. What's up?" He said, folding his arms over his chest. I pointed over my shoulder to the deadheads."Um, just us. Please." I said. He looked confused but he nodded and we walked away into the trees. We didnt go far, we just stood at the tree line and he leaned against an oak."Okay, what do you need to talk about?" He said, putting his hands in his pockets."it's Emmy. She needs meds, and we don't have any." "Well we should get some tomorrow, right?" He looked over towards the box. I nodded."Yeah, it's just...She's not doing good Alby, and I don't know what to do. What if the creators don't send us any medicine? What if-" Alby cut me off and crossed his arms over his chest. "Hey, Newt. Look at me, okay? She'll be fine. look, the creators send stuff up every time we need it, okay? Besides, she's strong." he said. I nodded and ran a hand through my hair. "Okay...sorry, I'm just....I needed someone to talk to and Minho is still in the maze. I'm gonna, um. I'll just go check on her again." I said, turning to walk off through the trees."Hey, Newt, hold up. Look, I get what's happening and stuff, but relax, okay? She's tough. We've had people get through worse and she's tougher than most of the shanks here. Just...relax." He said. I took a deep breath and nodded."Yeah, okay." I said, fiddling with the machete looped in my belt. Alby clapped a hand on my shoulder and smiled."Good that." We turned and headed out through the woods. Alby turned and went back to talk to the builders, but I turned and walked back to the medjack hut.

Emmy was laying in the same spot on the bed as when I left. I walked in and thanked Clint and Jeff for their help. Then I walked over and sat on the bed next to Emmy. God she better be bloody okay. Is this what it was like to everybody else when I caused my limp? Alby told me that Minho spent most of his time in the medjack hut helping me. Did I scare him that much? It kills me to see her like this, did Minho feel even remotely close to that for me? What about everyone else? Probably not, I'm not as popular with the gladers as she is, but now I feel awful to everyone that knew me when I did  that. I sighed and played with her hair a bit. It was so soft, and she didn't seem to mind. In fact, she seemed to relax in her sleep a bit. Clint and Jeff came over to me."Hey, Newt. So, I know that she probably just wants to sleep, but we really need to get her to drink something. S. he's been asleep most of the time, but other than the soup, she hasn't had anything to eat or drink." He pressed a water bottle into my hand and I turned back to Emmy. He's right. She's only going to get worse if she's dehydrated. I scooted over so I was next to her."Emmy, it's me. Can you wake up, love?" I asked. She stirs around in her sleep a bit, and her eyes slowly open. They're a bit bloodshot, but they still seem to notice every detail in the room. She smiles slightly. "Hey Newtie." She says. I hold up the water bottle to show her."I'm going to sit you up, okay? You need to drink some water." I said in the most gentle but firm voice I could. She nodded and I slipped my arm under her shoulders. I slowly pulled her up into a sitting position, but she looked in pain a bit, and she glanced down at her leg. When she was sitting up I opened the water bottle and handed it to her. She looked at it, grabbed the bottle, and took a few sips, but then she stopped. I frowned. She tried to hand the bottle back to me, and I took it, not exactly willingly. I'd have to try again later. She looked up at me."Newtie, you have worry lines again." She said, frowning. I raised an eyebrow."What's a worry line?" I asked. She smiled and giggled a bit. She pointed between my eyebrows."Right there. Your forehead crinkles up when you're worried, or upset, or confused." She looked at my face for a moment. I nodded."Are worry lines a bad thing?" I asked. I'd say given the situation a lot of people would have 'worry lines'. She looked at me, almost as if she was unsure of if they were bad or not. Then she shrugged."I don't know. It makes you look really stressed though." She held up her hand. "Here, I'll make them go away." She said and rubbed her finger over the skin between my eyebrows, like she was trying to erase them. Or maybe she was trying to smooth them out. Either way it made her seem happy. I smiled and started laughing. She's so cute. She seemed happy knowing that she made me laugh and she grinned."See, no more worry lines. Everything is fine." She said poking my nose. I shook my head and smiled. She flung her arms in the air and fell over onto my lap, laying her head on my leg. I was surprised at first, but she giggled and looked up at the ceiling. "Um...Newt? Is she okay?" Jeff asked, glancing over at the two of us. I shook my head."I have no buggin' idea. I think she's delirious." I looked down at her again. She was waving her arms in the air a bit and giggling."This isnt like her," I said shaking my head and laughing. Jeff chuckled and kept organizing the shelves. I looked down at her."You're lucky Minho isnt here, if he saw you like this, he'd never let you forget." I said. She sat upright suddenly and smiled."Minho. Minho! He's in the maze! I want to go in the mazaaazzze!" She said , dragging out the word maze. She smiled and hugged me. I dont know what the heck was going on but I accepted the hug. I wont lie, it wasnt normal for her, but it was pretty cute. "When can I go back in the maze?" She said. I shrugged and looked down at her."I dont know, love. Maybe in a few weeks." She stuck out her bottom lip and pouted, but then she sighed, yawned and leaned on my shoulder. "Hey Newtie, you should head out to the doors." She closed her eyes. I raised an eyebrow."Wait, why?" I asked. Is there something going on that I needed to know? She pointed out the window."The sky. It's getting late. You usually meet Minho at the doors, don't you?" I smiled and shook my head. She notices everything. She's sitting here delirious and she's thinking about what the color of the sky means. Geez. I nodded and looked down at her."Yeah, I'll go see Minho." I said. She yawned and lifted her head off my shoulder."Okay, I was just about to ask if I could go to sleep again." She said. She laid down on the bed and yawned again. She rubbed her eyes and she looked so cute. I bent down and kissed her forehead."Sweet dreams, Emmy."

{Emmy's POV}

The next day seemed to drag on and on. I would wake up, either Newt or the medjacks would make me drink some water, and they would try to shove pills down my throat. I only took a few. They weren't antibiotics, but I knew what was going on. The boys told me it would help with a fever, but it didnt seem to do anything. In fact, it started to get worse. Every time I woke up I was sweating and just felt awful. They said the Creators would send up some antibiotics soon, and I had to wait for that. I don't get it, I mean, I just saw the Creators, are they doing this torture me? They could just tap some buttons on a keypad and I'd be fine, but nope. Instead, My day consisted of waking up, drinking water, and then falling back asleep. It seemed to go on forever. One time I woke up and the boys were gone. I figured they were out getting lunch or something so I didn't think much about it. The next time I woke up Newt was talking to the boys. His back was turned to me but Jeff saw me and pointed over his shoulder. Newt turned around and I saw that he was holding a small bottle. He came over next to the bed and brought a canteen of water that he had grabbed off a table.

"Hey, Emmy."

"Hey," I said quietly. He smiled a bit and held up the bottle in his hand. It made a rattling sound and I realised there was pills inside.

"The box just came up, and the creators sent you your medicine. Would you like to take some?" He asked. I nodded and he helped me sit up on the bed. It was more difficult now. I couldnt move my leg and my entire body felt warm and it ached. Gosh, how do those creators make this feel so real? I think theyre teasing me, making me feel worse than I should. I leaned on his shoulder and swallowed the pills, taking a sip of water to help. Newt nodded and wrapped an arm around my shoulders. I aprreciated it, I might have fallen over if he didnt hold me upright.

"So, how are you feeling?" He asked. I groaned and leaned on his shoulder for the millionth time lately."I feel like klunk." I said. He laughed a bit."Well, the pills you just took should help that, huh?" He said. I nodded gratefully. I just wanted to get out of this bed and walk around. "So, whats been going on around the glade?" I asked. Newt sighed and rubbed his lower lip."Well, let's see....Winaton got in trouble for stealing food from frypan, Gally almost got in a fight, and...what else....oh, we had to make Zart climb the tree to pick apples today because you werent there and he almost fell." I raised an eybrow."You couldnt wait a few days for me to get better? I could do it by the end of the week." I said. Newt shook his head and looked out the window."You're not climbing a tree right now." He said, his hand tightening around my waist. I scoffed."Sure I could, why couldnt I?""Um, maybe because you havent even stood up in two days. Climbing a tree isnt a good idea, now is it?" He said. I shrugged."I can stand up, I'm fine." I swung my legs over the side of the bed and tried to stand up. I felt Newts arm grab my shoulder but I shrugged it off and stood up. I had to hold onto the footboard of the bed, but I did it."See, I'm fine." I said. Newt nodded and motioned for me to come closer to him."Yeah, yeah, you proved your point, now come sit down." he said, standing up and walking towards me.I shook my head and tried to take a step to prove my point but my leg gave out under me and I started to fall. I reached out and grabbed onto his sweatshirt. He wrapped an arm around my waist and shook his head. I looked down at the ground and cursed at myself in my head. That had hurt, quite a bit actually. My head still ached and I could feel the fever running through my body. I looked back up at Newt. His sandy blonde hair and dark eyes met mine and my heart fluttered. He bit his lip and wrapped his arms tighter around me, resting a hand on the small of my back. Gosh Newt, can you stop being adorable? I feel the blush creep across my already feverish cheeks. He looped one of his thumbs around my ear and pulled my face towards his, the other hand still resting on my lower back. I wrapped my hands around his neck and started to play with his hair as our lips met. It was almost like the fever and the pain in my leg was gone, and all that mattered was the kiss. The fever seemed to be replaced by a warm, calming feeling that took away all my stress but made my heart beat faster at the same time. I sighed into the kiss and twirled Newts hair around my finger. We heard someone clear their throats behind us."Well, that's shucking gross." Newt pulled away from me and we both turned to look behind us. Jeff stood there, his hands over his chest and he was tapping his foot impatiently."Hey, look, Emmy needs to sit down so we can check her leg again." I nodded and looked back at Newt who smiled. He nodded to Jeff and said."Yeah, got it. I'll head back out, Alby said he needed help anyways," he looked down at me and smiled a bit before dropping the hand that had been on my back. "Alright, see ya later love," he said. He kissed the top of my head and turned to walk out of the medjack hut. I smiled to myself and sat down on the bed. I tried to ignore the smirk from Jeff and thought about Newt instead.

(A/N) so, sorry this is late....but....OOOHHH MMMYYYYY SSHHUUCCCKKKIIINNNGGG GOODNESS WE HIT ONE THOUSAND READS. I FREAKED OUT WHEN I SAW THAT THIS MORNING, YOU GUYS ARE ABSOLUTELY AMAZING AND I LOVE YOU ALL SO MUCH!!! I JUST CANT BELIEVE IT WE HIT ONE THOUSAND READS AND ITS EEEEEEEKKKKK THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! (Suddenly regains composure) Ahem....anyways...yeah, sorry this is late, my boyfriend and I broke up and I've had a lot going on, I wrote this chapter with a lot of cute moments because I wished that was how it would have worked out between us, but it didn't. I was going to make some drama happen between Emmy and Newt but I've had too much of it, so here's a cuter chapter...hopefully. Hopefully you guys feel that way. Anyways, I've gtg to bed, but thanks for reading guys, I love ya!