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IT WAS A QUIET NIGHT IN THE GLADE

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IT WAS A QUIET NIGHT IN THE GLADE. Hardly anyone got any sleep, and if they did, it was very little. How could they sleep when two of the people that had been in the Glade the longest might die in the Maze with the Grievers?

Alex did not need a bunch of people huddling around her and asking if they were going to be okay and what would happen if they didn't make it. She just would not be able to take it, so she spent the night on the top of the scaffolding.

When she finally decided to stand up, she leaned over the railing and stared out at the Glade. That place would not be the same without Alby and Minho. It already felt gloomier.

She heard someone climbing up the ladder, but she didn't even have to turn around to know who it was. Gally leaned next to her and looked out over the fields too. She sighed, "They're dead, aren't they?"

"We don't know that," he replied, but his tone was grim and not very convincing.

She glanced at him with an unconvinced look as she tapped her foot nervously on the wooden ground so that it made a noise. "No one has ever survived a night in the Maze."

"Well, there's a first time for everything," he muttered, trying to keep her spirits up. He knew she would never forgive herself if she gave up on Minho, especially if he was still alive.

She furrowed her eyebrows. "Since when did you become such as optimist? Usually you'd be the one telling me that they're dead and not to get my hopes us."

"Well, I thought I'd try to be a gentleman, but it's a lot of work," he told her, and she chuckled a little bit. She missed the proud smile that appeared on his face when he got her to laugh. "Look, all I know is that if anyone can survive a night in the Maze, it's Minho. He'll find a way."

She sighed with a nod and shot him a grateful smile. "You're right. Thanks for that."

"Yeah! Yes! Yeah! Yeah!" The sound of Chuck yelling excitedly caught their attention. They whipped their heads around to see the Gladers that were standing by the Doors cheering excitedly.

When three figures appeared on the grass, Alex's frown turned right into a smile as she breathed out, "No shucking way." She laughed out loud as Gally chuckled in disbelief before following her as she practically fell down the ladder. She sprinted across the grass to where they were standing and did not waste any time is embracing Minho.

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