𝐒𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐁𝐎𝐘//𝐆𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐘𝐗𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐄𝐑

Don't have sex, because you will get pregnant and die

The rest of the day I refused to have contact with any of the other gladers. Chuck brought me dinner, he was planning to eat his own food with me in the treehouse. Just me. So you could imagine his surprise when he found Gally in there too.

"What are you doing here?" Chuck asked, a baffled look pressed into his face. "Y/n what's he doing here?" He glanced between the two of us who had sat on the floor. I could sense a tension being created and knew if I didn't do something soon the uncomfortable pit in my stomach would only grow.

"It's okay Chuck, Gally's gonna eat with us." Gally gave me a look that said I am? "Why don't you go get Gally a plate too." I suggested.

"No it's okay Chuck, I'll get my own." Gally stood up heading for the door. "I'll be back in a bit." Chuck watched him leave, confusion still evident by his eyes. The door closed. Chuck, still holding two trays, continued to interrogate me.

"Why is he eating with us y/n? Did he blackmail you?" His voice raised an octave, almost cracking. "Is he hurting you?!"

"Woah woah woah!" I exclaimed holding out my hands. "Woah." Shaking my head back and forth slowly I said. "Gally is not hurting me." Carefully letting each word fall out of my mouth. "He's a friend."

"Why would you want to be his friend? He's Gally, you know, mean, yells a lot, always angry Gally."

"He's not that bad. Kind of nice actually...funny even." Chuck's mouth gaped open.

"Gally nice? Funny? You've been kidnapped by aliens that melted your brain."

"Hmm maybe that's why I'm so crazy." I joked, trying to take the edge off of the conversation. Chuck wasn't having it.

"Are you two..." His face twisted in disgust. "No. No way." Silence. "No." His voice raised in pitch with each word. "Y/n no way right?"

I didn't know exactly how to answer. Should I tell him the truth? No he could slip something out accidentally. That would ruin the plan before it even started. But I always told Chuck the truth. My mind flip flopped between each variable. Pros and cons swarming my brain. Uneasiness made everything feel like it was coming up.

"I don't know!" I blurted out. Chuck stared at me like a deer caught in headlights. He set the food down on the wooden floors, still sweet with sawdust. I was frozen in place hugging my knees. He walked over to me, pressing his back against the wall and sliding it down.

Silence.

More silence.

Even more silence.

"Y/n did you have sex?"

"What?!" I practically flew back from his question. "What the fuck?!"

"I'm sorry I just hear the other gladers talking about it and I heard that you could get like diseases and die!" His mouth was moving a mile a minute, almost tripping over his words. "And I also heard you could have a baby and I don't know if I could see you with a baby except I'm not trying to hurt your feelings because I'm sure you'd be a good mom but Gally really?!" Chuck tried to catch his breath that kept running away from him.

"Chuck." I pinched the bridge of my nose. "I did not have sex with Gally." Chuck let out a sigh of relief.

"Oh thank God." His relief was cut short by my next statement.