Previously:
- Newt confessed to (G/N) how he felt
- (G/N) told him that she liked him too

Chapter 32 - Losing Myself In Chemical Moments

Staring at the dull grey gates in front of her, (G/N) felt really nervous. It was because she was going back into that Maze to continue her mission. She remembered that the books were somewhere in Section 8. That was the section that she requested from Minho.

She played with her hair as she waited for the gates to open. She wished that Newt was with her right now holding her hand. A lovesick smile formed on her lips when she remembered last night. The night when Newt told her he liked her and she said that she felt the same.

The two of them slept in their separate huts that night because they said that they needed time to think about what just happened. They already established that they liked each other. What now? What was the next step? Was it right to call her Newt's girlfriend? Was it right for her to call him her boyfriend?

A handed landed on her shoulder. She turned to see who it was and it was the boy she was just thinking off. She thought she might act weird around him but she didn't. She greeted him with a smile.

"I thought you were still asleep," she said.

"And not see you off? Not bloody like me."

She agreed. He was always there to see her off when he could. Silence crept in. Both looked at their entangled hands. Blush crept on their cheeks as they pulled away.

There it was. The awkwardness (G/N) was expecting.

"Oh I have something for you," Newt said.

"What is it?"

"I'll give it to you when you get back later," he gave her a cheeky smile.

She playfully pushed him. "You and your laters."

The Maze Doors started to open reminding (G/N) that she was going back in the Maze. That she had a mission she had to finish. She grabbed Newt's hand as she watched it open. There was no awkwardness between them now. How could they forget that holding hands for them meant being there for one another? The Maze Doors were now widely open waiting for (G/N) to enter. She took in a deep breath and faced Newt.

"Remember your promise," he told her.

"I'll come back. I still have to get that gift you have for me," she joked. She stood on her toes and kissed Newt on the cheek then she sped off into the Maze.

She was already a good distance away from the entrance of Maze when it dawned on her what she did.

I kissed Newt on the cheek!

-

That night, (G/N) returned without the books. She searched the entire Section 8 but she couldn't find them. She tried to find the place in her memories but she couldn't find them either. Wherever it was, she was going to look for it again tomorrow.

She went straight to her hut and changed out of her sweaty clothes. Since it was the first time she ran again after a few months, her body was tired. She was tempted to just lie down on her bed and go straight to sleep. But her stomach was churning. She groaned as she got off her bed and was headed to the kitchen.

She had her Runner's notebook with her. Trying to figure out the places that she missed. But as she reviewed it, she saw that she went to all those places. It confused and baffled her where the books may be. She tried to bring back that memory.

She was running with the backpack that carried the books. Grievers were after her. Then she let go of the backpack. Grievers touched the backpack and there was a big explosion. Before she blacked out, she saw the number 8- oh.

In all the places she went to, there was no big red number 8 anywhere. That means that that place in Section 8 hasn't been discovered yet. This discovery made the weariness leave (G/N)'s body.

Newt came out of nowhere and stood beside her. (G/N) was currently in line and waiting for her food. "How was running in the Maze again?" (G/N) forgot he existed for a minute there.

"It was fine," she told him. "My body's sore but I'll get used to it again. So," she faced her body to him, "where was that thing you wanted to give me?"

"Later." (G/N) rolled her eyes. "I need to ask, are you willing to eat with me tonight?"

"Yeah you can sit with me."

"No I mean like eat with me but not here."

(G/N) didn't follow. "So where?"

"In the forest."

Nothing.

"Just the two of us."

Still nothing.

"Alone."

Oh! Now she understood. Wow, she was slow today.

"Like a date?" Her smile growing bigger.

Newt blushed. "Yeah," he scratched the back of his neck. "A date. Is that okay?"

He's so cute. "Sure."

Newt took her hand and he led her to the forest. She wondered what Newt had planned for the night. She also wondered how they could see anything in the forest since it was really dark. She almost tripped a couple of times since she couldn't see anything. At least Newt was there to keep her from falling.

"Almost there," Newt said.

She believed him because she saw some speck of light in the dark of the forest. Seems to be that that was where they're headed. As they got closer, (G/N) saw that there was a small patch that was covered with lanterns hanging on the branches of the trees.

Newt let go of her hand to get something while she admired how magical the place looked. Funny how a couple of lanterns made the place look like it's straight out of a fairytale. Her hands were itching to draw everything in front of her. Newt came back carrying a blanket and a basket with him.

"Newt I'll come back. I just have to get something."

She rushed back to her hut to get her sketchbook and pencil. Her sketchbook hasn't been used ever since she got the job of that map. The drawings her sketchbook contains are drawings of the Glade and the Gladers. There were some of Minho and Gally. There was one of Alby which Minho actually drew and they spent the entire afternoon laughing at it because it was just a stick figure screaming.

When she got back, Newt had the blanket on the ground and was taking out the food from the basket.

"Wonder what you would have done if I said no," she joked as she sat down on the blanket.

"I would've spent the night with Minho thinking of another way to go on a date with you."

"Poor Minho."

"He'd probably just eat the food and sleep. I'll be the one thinking."

"Poor you then." The two of them laughed then started to eat.

"How is the date going so far?" Newt asked in the middle of their dining.

"Splendidly." She swallowed the food that was in her mouth before saying, "So, what did you have for me?"

Newt ruffled her hair. "You never back down do you?"

He reached for something in his pockets then showed his closed fist in front of (G/N). She reached out her open palm for Newt to place a small wooden box on her palm. Her eyes widened when she saw the box because it looks like a box that's carrying a ring. She looked at Newt who seemed to be excited at what was inside it.

When she opened it, it wasn't a ring. They were pearl earrings.

(G/N) remembered what James told her while she was unconscious because she got stung. He said that in another life, she was a prominent character in The Maze Runner series. Her character wore her trademark pearl earrings which were a gift from Newt before he got taken by WICKED.

She didn't realize she was staring until Newt asked if she liked them. "Yes I love them. They're beautiful. Where did you get them?"

"I always had them. It's like when you got here in the Glade and the creators gave you that sketchbook."

"Oh. How do they look?"

Newt stared at her for a moment. "Beautiful."

-

That night, the two slept under the stars in each other arms. Both content and happy in their own little corner of Glade that they could call their own. Filled with moments that will forever stay in their hearts.

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