Chapter 17- Day One

The rest of that day, you got a lot of strange looks from the Gladers. Most of them checked you out, or winked at you, but some of the younger ones, including Chuck, just thought you were plain weird. Minho, of course, had to leave shortly after your talk with Alby, and so you decided to go get some food. You sat down next to Newt, and across from Chuck. "So what are your guys' plans for the day?" You ask, trying to break the awkward silence. "Get a room in the Homestead ready for you." Chuck says shortly. It seems so unlike Chuck. You purse your lips and nod, "What about you Newt?" "I don't know, really. Probably help you out." He responds, evidently feeling the tension in the conversation. "Minho's okay with that?" Chuck says."Chuck!" You say, "Yes! Minho is fine with me being around other people! My god." "Sorry. I just wanted to make sure you guys wouldn't get into another fight." You pick up your tray and go back to get more food. When you come back with another plateful of food, Chuck seems to be almost offended. "Do you really need all that food?" He asks."Chuck!" Newt slaps him on the arm. "It's fine." You say, even though it is kind of offensive. "He doesn't know." You spend a lot of your time with Newt, basically doing nothing. Every ten or so minutes, he asks you if you're feeling alright, and each time you respond, "As great as a pregnant woman can feel." Minho gets back earlier than usual, and you assume it's probably because of you. You don't bother waiting for him to come find you in your tent, so you set off to the map room to find him. He is right where you suspected him to be, mapping the section of the maze he ran that day. Thomas and all of the other runners are there too, and it seems that Minho is the only one slightly pleased to see you. "Y/n, now is not the time." One of the older boys says when you walk in. "Oh please you dream about having some time with me in the room." You sass him. "Excuse me?" He responds. "I'm not even sure why Minho likes you." You turn to Minho to see him focusing on drawing his map. "Why don't you make yourself useful and go doodle or something?" "Me? Make myself useful?" He laughs. "You're the one who got yourself all knocked up." Your jaw drops, and tears start to form in your eyes. Just push it out. You tell yourself, You're fine. You look back to Minho expecting to see him ready to beat the guy up in some sort of way, but instead, you see him covering his ear with one hand, and drawing with the other. You look back at the guy in front of you, who is now laughing, and you kick him square in the nuts. He drops to the ground, holding his private parts and then you turn and storm out of the room. "Ah ha!" Newt calls out. "I figured you would be in there!" When you get close enough for him to see you crying, he adds, "What's wrong?" "Those assholes, that's what!" You scream. "Woah, woah, woah, woah, woah. What happened?" He stops you in your steps. "Those douchebags were in there telling me to get out and making fun of me!" You shout. "And guess what Minho did!? Nothing!" "Wait, what?" "Y/n!" You turn around to see Minho shouting at you. "What the hell do you want?" You say."What's going on here?" Newt asks. "I don't know, y/n, what's wrong?" Minho says. "Are you kidding me?" You say, "Please tell me your shucking kidding." "Y/n, what happened in the map room?" Minho puts his hand on your shoulder. "If you would have listened or stood up for me you would know!" You brush his hand off of your shoulder and begin walking away.Minho sighs, "y/n, I'm just trying to find a way out of this place. So we can have a future. So our kid can have a chance at life.""You don't understand, do you?!" You scream, "We are never going to get out of here!"

You turn on your heels and walk as quickly as you can away from the two boys. You hear footsteps coming behind you, but they stop as soon as Newt tells them to. You continue on, past the Homestead, past the Dining, and you don't stop until you reach the hard, cold stone of the Maze walls. You brush the palm of your hand against the side of the wall, and slouch down with the side of your body against the wall. You lean your head against the wall, and allow the tears to come. You wrap your hands around your baby, and whisper "I'm sorry" to the lump in your stomach. You hear footsteps coming towards you, but because of your desire to be alone, you ignore them. Someone sits down next to you and leans against the wall with his back against the stone. "I heard about what happened in the map room." Thomas says. "Congrats." You mumble in between sobs."Y/n, Minho was just trying to concentrate. He didn't realize that you were in any trouble until Derek started screaming about his balls." Thomas puts a hand on your shoulder before saying, "Nice hit, by the way."You quit crying and look up at Thomas, "So what?" "So, maybe you could forgive Minho for being a slinthead...?"You smile, "Maybe." Despite the bitterness you feel in your chest, you know you can't be mad at him forever. You are in the Glade, after all. You need to stick together, and you don't want your kid to grow up in a horrible place like this without a father. You get up and so does Thomas. When Thomas realizes you are heading to your tent to find Minho, he departs for the Dining Hall. When you are a couple of feet away from the tent, you stop and take a few deep breaths. You continue to make your way to the fabric doors, and hesitantly open them. "Minho?" You say. "Oh." He looks up for a second. "It's you."You sigh, "Minho, I'm sorry about earlier." He cuts you off, "Do you know how hard I worked on those maps?! Do you know what I have done?! I spent all of the life I can remember working on those shucking things!" "Minho, I-""No y/n! Just stop! I'm sick of this!" He shouts at you. "I'm sick of all of your bullshit! I don't need this in my life!" "Fine." You say. "I don't need you, and your child doesn't need a father." You turn around and slam the tent doors shut as if they are real doors. You feel a slight wind brush against your skin as you walk over to Newt's tent. He's not in there, which is perfect because all you want is to be alone. You cry yourself to sleep before Newt comes. "Woah, y/n. What's wrong?" He sits down next to you and wraps a blanket around your shoulders. You give him a look that speaks, what do you shucking think? And he seems to understand. "Do you want me to go talk to him?""I don't know why anyone would want to talk to someone like him." You say. "Can you go get me some food? I'm starving." "Of course." He says. He leaves and comes back a few minutes later with two platefuls of food. "I didn't know how much you wanted." He sets the plates in front of you and allows you to eat for a couple of minutes. "I talked to Minho while I was out." "Great. What did that shank have to say?" "He says he was stupid, and regrets yelling at you deeply." He pauses, "He also said that he loves you, and can't imagine life without you." You smile a real smile. "Did he really say that?" "Yeah." You turn to see Minho's face poking through the doors of the tent. He completely comes into the tent and pulls a bouquet of flowers out from behind his back. "I know I was dumb, and I'm sorry." He hands you the flowers. "I wasn't sure what kind you liked best, so I picked a variety." You smile up at him, "Thanks." "Do you wanna take your food back to our tent?" He asks politely, completely unlike Minho. You nod and he picks up both plates of food and holds the doors open for you. He lingers for a moment and thanks Newt. You sit down in the tent and he comes in after you and sets your food back down in front of you. You don't end up sleeping next to each other, but it feels good to be back with Minho.

Authors NoteHello! Thanks so much for reading omg I have over 1.6k reads!!! Like seriously when did this happen?! I might not be able to update for a couple of days because I have to write a report I completely forgot about but I'll try my best to write as soon as possible! xx. Follow me on Instagram- @mariziepoo ~Marizie