Listen ~ The Maze Runner ~ Newt

22 ~ Fear

Dani's P.O.V

The rest of the day Aimee and I spent watching over the monitors like hawks. Thankfully, both Gally and Alby took my heeds and were preparing the camp to defend themselves and by the time the sun was setting only a few of them had stopped to eat dinner.

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Aimee left around an hour or so ago to get dinner with Teresa. Neither of us wanted to leave the monitors but we knew if neither of us went out for dinner then Teresa would suspect something, and she can't know about this until tomorrow. We also knew the girl would ask questions about where Thomas and I were so Aimee said she was going to tell her that something was happening in The Glade and we needed to stay and continue 'reporting'.

Since then, nothing had really happened in The Glade. Alby had finally ordered everyone to stop fighting and get some dinner and now most of them were making their ways back to the homestead for the night. Of course, due to the surprising arrival of Thomas and the short stay he was having in The Glade, he didn't have anywhere to properly sleep. Until Newt stepped up and told him to sleep in his hammock seeming as he hadn't used it in the past couple of months.

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I lean back in my chair and play with the frays in my dress, before a loud sound from outside the door startles me. The door is pushed open quickly as Aimee rushes in and slam it shut behind her, placing her back against it as she burst out in laughter, panting furiously.

"I'm so stupid!" She cries, clutching her stomach in pain from the laughter. "What did you do?!" I ask, a small smile of confusion setting on my face. "I just tripped over my own feet running here." She howls, falling onto her knees to laugh even more. I cackle at her stupidity until the tears form in my eyes, the two of us being too caught up in our laughter to even want to act like normal people.

It was infectious, the laughter. Like one second you were so upset and the next you couldn't stop the waves of silly laughter filling your body. It was a nice feeling...

Aimee stands herself up and wipes away the last of her tears, walking over to me and plopping herself down in the chair beside me. Once both of our laughter had trailed off, we both watched the screens quietly, embracing the silence like an old friend.

"Did Teresa question much?" I ask after a while. "Not really. She bought that you two were in here watching over whatever was happening and after that she didn't really press any more on the matter. I knew she didn't buy the lie, but it was like something inside of her actually 'knew' the real reason why you were still in here." Aimee answers, leaning back in boredom.

"Ah, she probably thinks he is talking to me. She knew something was up with him this morning, that's why she wanted to talk to me after breakfast. She said for me to try and find out what it was if I could, and that's probably why she left it." I respond, scanning my eyes over the monitors to see what was happening. But nothing was. It was all still...

"Hey, what's the time actually?" I ask, realising that it must be late now. Aimee glances at her watch before frowning. "It's getting close to 11. If I were you I'd go and see Melissa now." She tells me and I nod my head. "That's what I was thinking."

She nods to me as I get up and grab my empty bag from under the desks. "I'll be back soon. Then you are more than welcome to go to bed." I tell her, remembering I did pull her out of bed pretty early this morning and she is probably hanging. "Thanks." She whispers, and I leave the room.

I make my way down the empty hallways as quickly as I can, wanting to get in and out of here quickly so that I can make sure Newt doesn't do anything stupid. He shouldn't, because he knows that I'm alive now, but Newt has never been one to be too optimistic. He might still think there is no hope and that the plan will fail. I just hope he holds out long enough to try and see the plan through...