Sorry for the late update! I've been really busy lately and haven't been to inspired for this story. I haven't forgotten about it though, and I will still keep writing it, so don't worry about that :) What might be interesting for anyone here that is also a Deadpool fan like myself, I've also started writing a story in the Deadpool section. Make sure to check it out if you wanna see my take on Deadpool finding love ;) Enjoy this chapter and I'll do my best to keep the updates coming :)

Chapter 21

For a moment my world only revolves around us and I don't want this moment to end.

The kiss between Thomas and me only lasted for a few seconds before reality kicked in and dragged me of cloud nine. I pushed Thomas back a bit and threw my hand over my mouth in shock. "Lizzy…" Thomas took a step towards me raising his arms to put them on my shoulders. He looked a bit shocked as well because I ended the kiss so suddenly. I took a step back before he came close again. "Thomas, I can't. You know I can't." Tears were forming in my eyes and I could tell Thomas knew we had made a mistake. "Lizzy, I'm so sorry. I don't know why I did that. I-" Before Thomas could continue talking I walked out of the bathroom and ran for the woods that were nearby, leaving behind Thomas who was probably just as confused as I was. When I finally found a spot that I liked I slowed down and let my back crash into a tree. I was breathing heavy and coughing from my little run. I dropped to the soft moss-grown base of the tree and let my back rest against it. Tears were falling down my cheeks and my coughing turned into sobbing. Why did he have to kiss me and complicate things? I really want to be with Newt, but still the visions of Thomas and me making out before going inside the maze kept haunting me in my head and it makes me wonder what would have happened between us if we weren't sent inside the maze. I wipe away the tears that are staining my cheeks and take a deep breath. Putting the back of my head against the tree, I try to look up at the sky but all I could see were the branches of trees with leaves on them, thick enough to block out the sky. I heard some rustling in the leaves and saw a few leaves moving in the corner of my eye. As I focused on it to get a better look I saw two red lights hiding behind the leaves. It must be a beetle blade I heard the boys talking about before. When I looked next to me I saw a few big rocks lying not too far away from me and an idea popped in my head. I got up from the ground and grabbed a few rocks that were a decent size but not too heavy for me to throw them. I could still hear the beetle blade rustling in the leaves so I knew it was still lurking there and watching me. When I stopped to think about the person that was sitting safely behind the camera just watching us trying to survive it actually made me a bit sick. I did saw the irony in it though, because not even two weeks ago I was the one sitting safely behind the camera watching everybody struggle. I focused my attention back to the rustling and looked for the red lights while holding three rocks in my left arm and one rock in my right hand, ready to throw it. When the red lights came back into sight I threw my first rock, missing my target horribly. The beetle blade didn't seem fazed by my attempt to hit it and it even moved more into sight. I could see its shiny silver body and with red letters it had WICKED smeared on its side. I raise my arm to throw my second rock but before it is even close to the beetle blade it turns around and disappears into the leaves. I should have known it wouldn't be that easy to hit or even catch one. I dropped the two stones I was still holding to the ground.

I should probably head back to the boys or they will start wondering where I went. I slowly made my way back to the glade without any rush because I really didn't feel like facing Thomas and Newt. When I got to the picnic tables no boy was in sight. At least not the boys I hang out with. I decide to head over to Teresa since lunch was already over so Frypan wouldn't be needing her help for the next two hours at least. When I opened the door to Teresa's room I was surprised to see Newt in the chair next to her bed. "Oh I didn't know you were here. Hey." Newt gave me that smile that melts my heart and it made me feel a pang of guilt go through me. "Newt, we need to talk about Thomas." Newt looked at me surprised. "Did he tell you about him going in the slammer? It's only one day Lizzy, it was the best I could do for him." I raised my eyebrows. Slammer? Thomas hadn't said anything about him going in the slammer and somehow that made me mad. "He has to go in the Slammer? For saving people's life?" Newt let out a sigh with irritation. "Seriously Lizzy, I'm not gonna have this discussion again. You knew he had to get some sort of punishment because he broke the rules. It's only one day, he'll live." I decided not to argue about it anymore since the decisions had been made so there really wasn't anything I could do about it. "I'm actually surprised you didn't know that yet. What did you wanna talk about then?" I felt my anger being replaced with anxiety. Did I really want to tell Newt about the kiss? I mean if I want this to work we have to be honest right? I started fidgeting my fingers with each other and felt my heart rate go up. "Lizzy? You're kinda freaking me out. What's wrong love?" I could feel the tears prickling in my eyes and I decided to just tell the truth. "Thomas and I. We kissed." Newt his eyes widened and for a moment he just stared at me. "I swear it won't happen again. You know I want to be with you." I walked over to him and dropped to my knees in front of him. "Please say something." I said while putting my head on his lap and quietly letting my tears flow over my cheeks. I could feel him slowly moving his hands through my hair. "I'm honestly not even surprised. He told me he had the hots for you before he knew we were together." This surprised me a little, I had no idea Thomas had been talking to Newt about me. "Did he tell you anything else? About maybe the time before the maze?" I asked him a bit nervously. If I was coming clean now then I might as well tell everything. "Only that he thought he remembered you. Why? Did you have more flashbacks or dreams?" I nodded my head and looked up at Newt. "In my dreams Thomas and I are together. I'm sorry I haven't told you sooner." Newt kept stroking my hair as I laid my head back in his lap. "Do you still like him?" Newt asked with a small voice. "I like you Newt. What I had with Thomas is in my past." Newt grabbed my chin and pulled me up to place a kiss on my lips. It caught me by surprise but I deepened the kiss to let him know how I feel. I didn't want to lose Newt. When he broke the kiss I saw him smiling at me with those wonderful eyes looking straight into mine. "Then I don't see why it would matter what happened between you two in the past. It doesn't change my feelings about you Lizzy." I smiled and jumped up to give Newt a big hug. "Let's go and give Teresa some rest." Newt said as he got up from his chair and took my hand to lead me out of the room.

Newt still had some work to do in the garden so I followed him out there and watched him do his thing. He didn't seem to be bothered that much by knowing that Thomas had kissed me and I guess I should be happy with that. I didn't want him to stop trusting me or be angry with Thomas. Since we all have to work together to try to find a way out of here it would be best not to have bad blood between any of the guys. I looked over at the kitchen and saw Frypan waving me over. "Newt, I have to go help Frypan make dinner. I'll see you later okay?" I got up from the grass but before I could turn on my heel to walk to the kitchen Newt grabbed my arm and pulled me against his chest. "Did you think you could walk away without giving me a kiss love?" He said with a big cheeky smile on his face. I smiled back at him and pressed my lips against his. Just when Newt wanted to deepen the kiss I could hear Frypan yelling at me from the kitchen. "Break it up lovebirds; I need her to help me!" Newt broke the kiss and laughed out loud while waving at Frypan. I quickly ran to Frypan and helped him get started on making dinner. After some time dinner was almost ready and I looked out over the glade. Suddenly I saw Thomas coming out of the maze running right before the maze started closing up. What the hell was he doing inside the maze all alone? I guess he decided to skip dinner because he ran straight to the forest. I decided not to think too much from it as the first boys were already standing in line to get their food and distracting my attention away from Thomas. When I had grabbed a plate for myself and walked up to the picnic table I saw all the boys sitting there except for Thomas. "Did any of you saw Thomas? I've wanted to talk to him about the runner gig but I can't find him." Minho asked all of us and we all just shook our heads. I saw Thomas running into the woods but he didn't seem like he wanted company so I figured it was best to not tell Minho. Chuck however had a different take on that. "I saw him go into the woods. He sometimes does that when he wants to be alone." Minho shrugged his shoulders and focused on his food. "Guess I'll have all the time in the world tomorrow to talk to him when he is in the Slammer." Minho said with a smile but none of us smiled with him. "Oh c'mon guys, it's just one day. It's not gonna kill him so lighten up a bit." Minho said while punching Chuck in the shoulder. Newt let out a sigh while shaking his head at Minho for acting like a goofball. Chuck just kept checking the woods probably to see if he could spot Thomas. "How is Alby? I heard he was awake." Minho said in a more serious tone. "Really he's awake? Why didn't you tell me?" I said with a surprised look to Newt. "Yeah he is awake. He's feeling much better but he was really out of it when he talked to Thomas. Nearly choked himself to death trying to talk about what he remembered. He did say he saw Thomas and you working for Wicked." Lizzy let out a sigh, that wasn't anything they didn't knew already. "Does he know why we were sent up here?" Newt shook his head with disappointment. "No but he did say to be careful with the new girl Teresa. That's why I was checking up on her." Why would Alby tell them to be careful? It's not like Teresa can do anything in her comatose state. "Can I go see Alby?" Maybe Alby could tell me a bit more about Wicked and why Thomas and I worked for them, which is if he doesn't try to choke himself like Newt said. "Actually he wanted some rest. Maybe you should stay with Chuck tonight. I've got some things to take care off with Minho. That way you won't be alone tonight." I made a pout face at Newt because I really wanted to have just some alone time. "Aw c'mon Lizzy! It will be fun. Like a sleepover!" Chuck's enthusiasm put a smile on my face. "Sure Chuck, let's go find some wood so we can carve something new tonight okay?" I gave Newt a fast kiss before cleaning our empty plates of the table with Chuck.

"So is everything okay Lizzy?" Chuck asked me when we were in the woods looking for pieces of wood to carve. "Sure why wouldn't it be?" Chuck was fiddling with a stick before saying something. "I saw you leave the bathroom, you seemed kinda upset and I saw Thomas leaving shortly after you. Did something happen?" I really don't give Chuck enough credit. I always just look at him like my baby brother that's just a little kid but he sees everything and knows when something is up. "To tell you honestly Chuck, Thomas and I kissed, but we realized it was a mistake." Chuck gasps and drops his stick. "You-you kissed? Does Newt know that?" I walked over to him and grabbed his stick of the ground before handing it back over to him. "I did tell Newt this afternoon. I explained what happened and he forgave me. I'm not too sure how he feels about Thomas now though." Chuck grabbed a big piece of wood and held it up with a proud face. "Let's just hope they don't get in a fight or something. Newt does have to put Thomas in the Slammer tomorrow morning." Chuck said with a snicker and I did have to laugh with him at the irony at that situation. "Yeah let's hope they can behave themselves."