Serendipity || Newt TMR || Book 1

Forelsket

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Forelsket
(n.) the euphoria you experience when you are first falling in love
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It had been hours of waiting for the rain to stop but finally it did, and the thing on everyone's mind was to go wait by the doors, due to the fact that they were going to close very soon.

My clothes were only beginning to dry as I began to walk over to the doors; the boys had run but I decided against it due to my throat still hurting every time I breathed. Once I finally got there, the boys had formed a semicircle around the door that the runners normally return from.

We all were beginning to get really worried and restless as we waited for what seemed like hours, no body spoke. Everyone was too anxious. That was until Thomas broke the silence, "Well, can't we send someone after them?"

I hated looking at the maze, memories from a few years ago had ruined the entire experience for me. Though, it was oddly beautiful. "It's against the rules." Gally spoke up, "Its either they make it back or they don't."

I looked over at Newt whose hand was covering his mouth, "We can't risk losing anyone else..." he finally spoke, aiming his words towards Thomas.

Soon we got the warning, that the doors were about to close. Wind, seemingly coming from nowhere brushed against our faces, bringing leave litter along with it. I shielded my eyes with my arm, to protect them from anything going into them. But as soon as the wind had left, I brought my arm to my side and anxiously waited for the two boys. They needed to hurry.

The grinding of gears and concrete along concrete scraped against the insides of my ears causing me to cringe. "No...." I breathed as my hand quickly found its way into someone else's. That persons hand just so happened to be Newts. I began to slightly squeeze his hand and soon I felt him squeeze back.

Thomas jumped slightly forward as he pointed into the maze, "There!" I squinted my eyes to see further into the maze and suddenly I saw a figure turn the corner. I soon realised that it was Minho, but he looked to be struggling, my eyes darted around until I finally saw what was wrong.

"Wait no, something is wrong..." Newt said as he saw it too.

"Alby..." I whisper as I saw that Minho seemed to be carrying, Alby on his back. He was drenched in sweat and dirt, much like what I looked like after my time in the maze.

"Come on Minho, you can do this!" Chuck screamed, causing the rest of the boys to yell out to him. The doors seemed to be closing faster than before, they were about halfway through the corridor when Minho accidentally dropped Alby out of exhaustion.

"Minho! You gotta leave him!" I heard Gally yell, as much as I hated the fact that Gally said that he was kind of right.

"They're not going to make it..." Newt says to Thomas and I, a scared look came across my face as I saw the doors were about to shut. I could see that Minho was doing everything in his power pull Alby along, but Newt is right, they aren't going to make it.

Suddenly, without warning Thomas leaped forward as began quickly wiggling through the closing gap of the wall, "Thomas No!" I yell, though my throat refused it. I jumped forward to try stop him, but someone's arms wrapped around my waist, I turn my head slightly as I realised it was Newt who grabbed me.

Then I heard the unmistakable sound of the doors closing, boom. The doors had shut, trapping Minho, Alby and Thomas inside.

I whipped around to face the boy who had stopped me, and I softly but harshly pushed his chest, "Why did you do that!" I say as I raise my voice slightly, "We just lost three people! Three!" I say as I go to push his chest again.