New Greenie

To my own disappointment, I wake up earlier than needed. I get dressed and sneak out of my hut to brush my teeth.

I know I was ordered by Mama Newt and Gally to not leave my hut until one of my friends comes to walk with me, but there's no way I'm meeting anyone with morning breath. I would rather die.

Plus, Jacob's in the pit and everyone else is still asleep, so there's no real threat in the short distance from my hut, to the showers.

Since I'm here, I decide showering now is my safest bet rather than waiting till the end of the day, when all the boys will be heading here all sweaty and gross.

Once I'm finished, I start heading back to my hut. I get about halfway before I hear familiar voices head towards me.

"Uh oh, we have a rule breaker here!", Ben says with a cheeky grin.

"You was supposed to wait to be collected Shebean. You're going to be in trouble with Mama Newt", Minho speaks next, with a teasing tone.

Shit. I'm caught.

I turn to them with pleading eyes. "Or you could both just maybe, not tell him?".

"And miss out on Newt scolding you? No chance", Ben says giddily.

Bastard.

"What do we get in return Maddie?", Minho asks, smirking.

Blackmailing Bastard.

"What do you want me to do?", I ask, slightly nervous. Fuck knows what they're going to make me do to keep quiet. Definitely nothing good.

"Hmmm. Ben, what do you think she should do to earn our silence?", Minho asks, his face full of mischief.

Ben strokes his chin whilst thinking. "I'm thinking, an extra portion of breakfast", he replies with a wide smile.

I shake my head. "I can't do that. Fry won't let me. Please, something else", I beg.

They look at each other and then turn back to me.

"Nope. It's either a generous breakfast, or getting scolded by the mother of the glade", Minho replies, a stupid grin on his face.

I would smack that grin off his silly face if it wasn't so early. Even after showering, I have no strength from tiredness.

"Fine", I sigh in defeat.

"Pleasure doing business with you Maddie", Ben says happily. Him and Minho fist pump in victory.

"Fuck you both",  I say as I walk off.

"You could if you really wanted it!""I'm down for it Shebean!", they both shout, laughing.

I flip them off and quickly get back to my hut.

I sit on my bed for a few minutes before there's a knock on the door. That must be my escort to the kitchens. It's sweet that the boys care for my safety but so frustrating. I shouldn't need someone with me for protection. Boys and their shitty hormones and shitty motives.

I walk to my door and open it to find Gally standing there.

"You broke the rules Madeline", he says sternly.

How the fuck did he find out?

"Good morning to you to Gally", I reply with a sarcastic smile. He looks at me unimpressed. Maybe I'm pushing my luck with this new friendship because I have a small feeling he doesn't like sarcasm?

Too bad for him, I happen to love sarcasm.

"Let's go, and don't forget to lock your door", he says, sounding moody. He's definitely not a morning person, which means that we have something in common.

I step out of my hut and lock the door, feeling his eyes on me the whole time. It's like he doesn't trust that I'm going to lock it properly or something, I'm not that dumb.

We begin the walk to the kitchens in a comfortable silence. Gally is soon to break it.

"Do you have somewhere to hide your key? Hopefully somewhere better than your pocket." he teases.

I can't believe he knows how to tease. I stop myself from commenting on it and ending up on his shit list for the day.

Instead I reply "Yep" and put my key down my top, into my bra.

Gally watches and quickly turns away, his cheeks reddening slightly. He clears his throat before saying "Seriously. That's the best you could come up with?".

I snort at his slightly flustered state. "I'll have you know that this spot will prevent me from losing my key so easily AND no one can steal it without me knowing. I'd like to see one of these bitches try to get near my bra", I say proudly.

It's a genius spot. I am a genius. No boy will get close enough to steal it, without getting a punch to the face or a kick to the balls for trying to get in my bra.

Besides, if no one else knows it's there, then it looks like someone's trying to touch me inappropriately, which will result in my guard dogs absolutely destroying them.

If you haven't already figured it out, the guard dogs are: Father Alby (The intimidating leader)

Mama Newt (The overprotective second in command)

Flaminho (Bitchy runner number one)

Twinkle Toes (Bitchy runner number two)

Panini (The menacing cook with a pan)

Galpal (The crazy eyebrow guy with anger issues)

They are all guard dogs I will refer to as 'Maddie's Bitches'. It has a nice ring to it.

Gally doesn't reply but I see a small smile, clearly amused by how proud I am for my new hiding spot.

"Thank you for being my escort this morning", I say genuinely.

"You don't have to thank me. You shouldn't need anyone with you at all times. That bastard is gonna get it big time", he says frowning, with his fists clenched tightly on each side.

I put my shoulder on his as an attempt to calm him, and surprisingly, he doesn't bite my head off for it.

"It was one time and I'm ok. Alby will punish him for it and hopefully he won't try it again", I say reassuringly.

Gally stiffens slightly and I drop my arm from his shoulder in confusion. We finish our walk to the kitchens in silence, which is no longer comfortable.

Before I walk in we say bye to each other but I can tell Gally is keeping something to himself. I wonder what?

No. It's his business, not mine.

I enter the kitchen, say hello to Fry, and start cooking breakfast for the gladers who will be showing up soon.

"So, how have you been since the whole Jacob incident?", Fry asks, whilst chopping up fruit.

"I've been alright. Relieved to have my key safely returned", I reply, focusing on not burning the bacon.

"Sorry I didn't come to get you, but Gally sent me one of his famous glares and said he was coming to get you", he says, smiling slightly.

I don't understand how remembering Gally's glare can make him smile but I don't question it.

"Don't worry about it. Gally and I are friends now and he's good company".

"Friends with Gally? Well done Shebean, I thought I was the only one who had the magic to earn his friendship", he says chuckling.

"Well he's lucky to have friends like us",I reply smiling.

We finish and serve everyone breakfast and I successfully give Minho and Ben bigger portions, thankfully, without getting caught.

Breakfast ends and soon Fry and I are preparing lunch for the glade. Gally has shown up three times to fill up his water bottle, but apart from that, nothing much has happened.

I got told that a new greenie is supposed to show up today and i am silently praying for a girl to come up to become my new best friend. The boys are amazing but I'd love a girl companion.

Fry and I having been talking all day. I love spending everyday with Fry and I am forever grateful for being put as a cook.

"So what exactly is going to happen at the meeting with Jacob later?", I ask Fry.

Jacob has been let out of the pit to work and to my joy he isn't allowed to be served by me and he has to sit on the opposite side of the room for lunch, with Alby as company. I can imagine how fun lunch is going to be for them.

"Well the keepers, Alby and Newt will be deciding his punishment for last night. You don't have to be there, and Ben isn't a keeper so he can keep you company whilst the rest of us are gone", He explains.

"That meeting sounds boring so I'm glad I'm not there. It's also a plus that I don't have to see his disgusting face", I shudder at image of his face in my mind before continuing. "I'm guessing his punishment will be living in the pit for a while, which sucks for him but hilarious for me", I say chuckling.

I might go visit him every now and then, just to see him stuck in there. Maybe I'll piss him off a little for entertainment.

Fry looks at me weirdly. He looks serious but nervous. He tenses a little like Gally did earlier and I have a feeling that I'm being really oblivious right now.

"What's wrong Fry? What am I not realising?".

He sighs and curses under his breath. "Look. No one wanted you to find out yet because it's not a nice thing to know about and it might not happen-", he rambles.

"Cut to the chase Fry", I say, feeling a little uneasy.

"Ok, I'm sorry. Uh. Jacob broke the rules and tried to harm you. That's a major thing for Alby and the fact that you are the only girl makes it even worse. So, Jacob has a high chance of being banished", he explains, looking nervous.

I stay silent for a moment.

"Banishment?""Yes""Banishment as in, thrown into the maze?""Not thrown, but yes, banished into the maze""So, basically death?""W-well, yeah"

I let out a breath. Suddenly feeling guilty."Isn't banishment a little harsh? I mean it was only one time and I don't want someone being sent to death because of me. Do I hate him? Yes, but I don't think death is-", I'm cut off by an alarm in the distance.

"It's the box", Fry says, sounding relieved at the interruption.

We leave the kitchen and follow the other glader's to the box. We all surround it as Newt opens the top and Alby jumps down to see the new greenie.

Standing up here reminds me of how scary we look from inside the box. I instantly feel bad for whoever's down there and hope they aren't too frightened.

"It's another boy", Alby says, causing many to groan.

I feel slightly disappointed but hearing the others, maybe it's for the best. I know I said I hoped another girl would be here to take the attention and ogling off of me. But now I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy.

"BACK TO WORK SHANKS! Shebean, you can stay!"Alby bellows. Everyone immediately dispersed and I feel quite smug that I got called Shebean instead of shank.

Alby loves me. I'm definitely his favourite.

I stay and look down to see Alby helping a boy out of the box.

He's a lot younger than the rest of us, maybe twelve. He has very fluffy looking, brown, curly hair. Something revolting fills my nostrils.

"He's clunked his pants Newt. Can you go get some new clothes?", Alby asks.

Aww. I feel so bad for him. Someone so young shouldn't be here. The smell is actually vile though.

"I'll be right back", Newt says and walks off in search of new clothes.

"Do you want me to take him to the showers Alby?", i ask, eager to help the kid. He's so cute and I can sense a new friendship with him soon.

"Thanks that would be great. You can do the tour with him as well if you want", Alby replies.

"I'd love too", I say with a smile.

"Perfect. Greenie, this is Madeline. She'll give you a tour of the glade after you're all cleaned up. Welcome to the glade", Alby explains, with a small smile, before heading off.

The kid looks at me scared.

"Hey kid. You can call me Maddie. Let's get you to the showers and we can spend the day together, if you're ok with my company of course", I say kindly, holding my hand out.

The greenie takes my hand hesitantly, but with a small smile. He shyly says "Thanks and I'd love your company".

I smile at him and lead him to the showers, keeping hold of his hand until we get there. I don't need to know him to know that I'm going to protect him with my life. These fuckers aren't going to mess with this kid as long as I'm around.

The new greenie goes to shower whilst I stand guard outside. I see Newt walk over holding some clothes for the kid.

"Hey Newt, I'll give those to him", I say, grabbing the clothes.

"Thanks. How is he?", he asks.

"I think he's warming up to me", I reply, with a small smile.

"That smile tells me you plan to make him your accomplice for future pranks?", Newt says, raising a brow.

"What pranks?", I ask innocently.

Newt just shakes his head and says "goodluck with the greenie", before walking off to the gardens.

A few minutes later I hear the shower stop. I crack the door open slightly before calling out to the greenie.

"Hey kid, it's just me. I'm just putting your clothes on the floor, stay in your shower for a minute or this is going to get really embarrassing for us both", I say jokingly. I hear him chuckle and shout ok before I open the door fully.

I hastily place the clothes on the floor and shout "done!" before shutting the door again.

After a couple of minutes the greenie steps out of the shower hut, all clean with his new clothes.

"Looking fresh greenie. Are you ready for the grand tour?", I say with excitement. I'm going to make this kid as happy as possible and hopefully he'll feel comfortable around me. We're going to have so much fun.

He matches my excitement and replies "Yeah, lead the way!", with the cutest smile on his face. His smile is making me melt.

I take the new greenie to the tower first and he loved the view of the glade from up there. I then showed him the slicers hut and struggled to help him not to vomit. Luckily he kept it down which makes him tougher than most of the other gladers.

We then went to the kitchens and introduced him to Frypan who took an instant liking to the kid, and made our way to the builders. Gally intimidated him a lot which made me chuckle and then we went to the gardens and the homestead. I helped him set up his hammock when I showed him the area where the non-keepers sleep.

By the time we finished the tour, the bonfire had been lit and most of the gladers are already drinking that strange drink Gally makes, which I'm 60% sure that he uses his own piss as an ingredient.

"Come on kid, I want you to meet my partners in crime", I say, grabbing his hand and walking him over to Minho and Ben.

Minho spots us and sends a charming grin our way."Hey Maddie, how did the tour go?".

"I think I did a great job. Greenie, this is Minho, he's the keeper of the runners", I tell the boy as I point at Minho.

"H-hi Minho", he stutters slightly and gives him a small wave.

"Hey greenie, what do you think of the glade?", he asks with a kind smile.

"It's cool, but a little scary", he replies, smiling back.

"This is Ben. He's also a runner", I say, gesturing to Ben, who has a wide smile on his face.

"Hi", the kid says, holding his hand out to Ben."Hey kid, nice to meet you", Ben says, shaking his hand.

"This kid is now part of our group and tomorrow, we're going to rope him into a little prank", I say, a mischievous glint in my eye.

Minho and Ben look at me with faces full of mischief. The greenie snaps his head towards me."Really?!", he asks excitedly.

He's so precious I can't cope.

"Of course, you're one of us now", I say patting his shoulder.

"Yeah kid, we'd love to have you help us prank the other shanks", Ben says genuinely.

"One thing you have to know is, when the pissed off glader-", Minho starts but I cut him off.

"Language Minho. He's just a kid!", I scold.

"Right sorry", Minho says, rolling his eyes, before continuing."Anyway, when the person is mad and chases us, it's every glader for themself. If you can't outrun them you're screwed. We also need a nickname for you once you remember your name. Everyone in our family has a nickname", Minho explains excitedly.

"Who's in the family and what nicknames do you guys have?", the greenie asks curious.

"Well Newt, the guy you met earlier, is the mother of our family. We call him Mama Newt", I say grinning.

"Then there's the dad of the glade, Father Alby", Minho says chuckling.

"Frypan is the brother, we call him Panini", Ben continues.

The greenie is giggling at all the nicknames and I'm so relieved he's warming up to us.

"I'm Madeline or Maddie, the sister".

"I'm the sassy aunt, Flaminho", Minho says proudly.

"I'm the uncle, twinkle toes", Ben says unimpressed.

"How did you come up with these names?", the greenie says in between laughs.

"That's a story for another time. I'm tired so I'm going to head to bed. Are you ready to sleep kid?", I ask, trying and failing to stifle my yawn.

"Yeah, I'm tired too", he replies.

"Alright, come on greenie, I'll walk you to the hammocks. Night boys", I say, grabbing the kid and waving goodbye to Minho and Ben.

"Night guys"."See you tomorrow".

The walk to the hammocks is short. I hold the greenies hammock so he can easily get in.

"Am I really part of your family now?", he asks shyly.

"Of course kid. They love you and so do I. I'm going to protect you with my life", I reply, smiling.

"Thank you. Night Maddie", he says, drifting off to sleep.

"Night kid, sweet dreams", I whisper, slowly walking away.

As I turn, I have the fright of my life.

"Omg Gally, you scared the crap out of me!", I whisper yell, holding my hand to my heart.

"Sorry Mads. I came to walk you to your hut, I saw you leave", he replies amusedly.

Of course the smug bastard enjoyed making my heart jump up into my throat.

"You don't have to, I can walk myself", I say as we start the walk towards my hut.

"Just because Jacobs in the pit doesn't mean you're completely safe. I wanted to make sure no other shanks try anything" he explains.

"Thank you, that's really sweet of you", I say, looking at him fondly.

"Uh, it's not a big deal", he says, his face burning up slightly.

"How did the meeting go?" I ask curious.

Gally stiffens and shuts me down quickly. "Alby will talk to you tomorrow about it".

"Alright", I reply, I don't want to annoy him so dropping it is best.

We get to my hut and I unlock the door and step inside.

"Thank you for walking me", I say, turning to him and sending a small smile his way.

"Anytime", he replies lowly.

I didn't realise how close we are until now. We stare at each other for what seems like an eternity. I easily get lost in his beautiful eyes. I notice his eyes flicker to my lips for a second, causing me to lick them.

I snap out of the trance I'm in. My stomach feels like there's butterflies moving around.

"Goodnight Gally", I whisper, backing into my hut slowly.

"Goodnight Madeline", he whispers back, turning to walk away.

I shut my door and lean against it.

What. The. Fuck. I have butterflies. What just happened?

"Lock the door Madeline", I hear Gally say, making me smile.

I lock the door and listen to his footsteps retreat.

I have to say that today, has been a good day.

Author's Note:Sorry it took so long to update but I had bad writer's block :(

Gally and Madeline are gonna be together soon and I'm so excited to write it! We have a new addition to the family and I'm coming up with new ideas for the prank. I am open to any suggestions.

I hope you enjoy the chapter and remember to eat, hydrate and take care of yourselves. If your a bed rotter like me, go to the toilet and shower because I know you've been holding your piss in for hours and haven't showered in days and OPEN your curtains!

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