A/N: How do you like it so far?

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Nora's POV

With my body still aching a bit, I groaned and open my eyes. Immediately Newt appeared above me. 'Well, hello.' I tried to joke.

'What bloody happened to you?' Newt asked worriedly.

I frowned when I remembered what happened. 'Where's Logan? Is he okay?'

Newt's face darkened. 'Logan is totally fine. Now, are you going to answer my question?'

'I answered enough questions already.'
I glanced at Newt and almost let out a chuckle at my inside joke.

'What the hell is that supposed to mean?' Newt raised his voice. Instead of answering, I stumbled over to Logan. His skin was a little pale, but he seemed to be breathing. Relieved I sat down on Newt's bed again.

'Can someone tell me what happened?' Minho asked. 'Y'all just got pushed onto the floor, looking lifeless.'

'Logan got angry, punched a guard, guard got angry, tied us onto a chair, Rat Man started asking questions, we got electrocuted.' I said in one breath, acting tougher than I actually felt.

'What?' Newt looked at me in confusion. 'They tortured you?' He roughly got up from his seat. 'How dare they? They can't just hurt you! If they do it again, I will-.'

'Newt, I'm fine.' I quickly said.

We got interrupted by a loud noise under Thomas' bed. Just then I realized Thomas wasn't even there. When I was about to ask, Thomas crawled from under the bed and got on his feet.

'Through the vents?' I asked.

'Yeah.' Thomas wiped some dirt off his clothes. 'Aris showed me something.'

'Aris?' I repeated.

'I'll show you at dinner.'

'Dinner?'

'Are you copying Rat Man with these questions, or what, Nora?' Logan said. Immediately I rushed over to him. Logan let out a laugh at my face and got up.

'Are you okay?'

'Yeah. Are you?'

'I guess.' I nodded.

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'Now, who's Aris?' I asked Thomas at dinner.

Thomas pointed at a kid, sitting on a chair all alone. He was wearing a hoodie with the cap over his head, while playing with his food.

'Well, I'm sold.' Minho commented.

'What'd he show you?'

'He thought the people who get called never go to a safe place. He thinks they stay here.' Thomas quickly explained. 'We'll go check again soon.'

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The doctors send me to my own room again, apart from the others. When I almost fell asleep, something under my bed moved.

'Newt, go to your own room.' I immediately said. 'It's not visiting hour.'

'No.' Newt crawled onto my bed and lay down. 'I'm not leaving you alone right now.'

I sighed lightly but also loved how protective he was. 'They know you're climbing through the vents. Rat Man asked me about it.'

'I don't care.' Newt paused. 'And who's Rat Man?'

'Janson. He looks like a rat.' I shrugged. Newt let out a chuckle.

Newt's expression turned serious again. 'Nora,' he started. 'We need to talk.'

'Right now?' I sighed.

'Yes, right now.'

'I don't want to talk.' I protested. 'And I'm tired.' I lied.

'Love, please. I'm just trying to understand what is going on and how I can help you.'

'You don't have to help me.'

'Yes, I do.' Newt replied. 'I want you to be okay.'

'I don't know if I ever can be okay.' I lowered my voice and bit my lip.

'I'll make sure you'll feel okay.' Newt assured.
I couldn't help but smile a bit.

'Alright, but I have one condition.' I tried to spin around it, and it seemed to work.

'And that is?' Newt frowned.

'You have to be nice to Logan. I'm not saying you have to be friends with him, but just try to be nice.' I ordered, giving Newt a stern glance.

'I am nice to Logan.' Newt stared at the ceiling. I let out an obvious cough.
'Most of the time.' He added. I raised my eyebrows. 'Some of the time.'

'Just try to be nice.'

'I don't like him.' Newt grumbled.

'Try to be nice.' I repeated.

'I need to like him for that.'

'Then you make sure you like him.'

'I can't.'

'Enough of this. Let's talk about something else.' I said, already having enough of the arguing.

Newt was quiet for a few seconds. 'Nora,' he started quietly. 'In the letter- you said I have a sister.' His breathing hitched. 'Is that true?'

'Yes.' I answered. 'You have a little sister, Newt.'

'Lizzy.' Newt whispered.

'Lizzy.' I nodded.

'Do you know where she is?' Newt carefully asked.

'No, I'm sorry. I think-.'

'Don't say sorry.' Newt interrupted me.

'Sorry... Oh shit, I didn't mean to- anyways. Before the maze, they took Lizzy away from you. Sometime we would go visit her, secretly. She was in the same building as us, Newt. That means she was also in a maze, but a different one.'

'Maybe she's here.' Newt sighed. 'I miss her, though I don't even know her.'

'We'll find her.' I assured Newt. He grabbed me by the waist and pulled me into his arms.

'How are you feeling? Are you okay?' Newt whispered.

'Right now I'm okay.' I replied.

'Some more details, please?'

I chuckled lightly. 'I feel okay with you around, Newt.' I paused. 'But when you're not around- I just get locked up with my thoughts. A few days ago, I didn't have anything to hurt myself with. I guess that was good, but it also made things worse. And then I just-.. couldn't do it anymore. That's what I thought at least. I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.'

I was surprised by the way Newt looked at me. He was carefully listening to me, watching my lips as I spoke. My heart fluttered and I felt my cheeks heat up.

'You're doing very good, love. The last days, I mean. I notice that you're smiling more again and you didn't harm yourself in at least a week, right?'

'Yeah, I think that's right...' I mumbled.

'Be happy about it. Be proud of yourself.' Newt said. 'You deserve to be happy.'

I smiled and moved even closer to Newt. Our knees touching. 'Do you think Thomas will find anything with that kid? Aris?'
Again, as I talked, Newt stared at my lips. My cheeks were heating up even more.
'I don't really- I- I don't trust them... either.' I bit my lip for a slight second.
'I don't think they're- god, Newt! Stop!'

'Somethin' wrong, love?'

I couldn't tell if Newt actually wondered if something was wrong or if he was playing with me.

'I can't concentrate when you look at me like that.' I explained.

'Like what?'

'Just looking... at my lips.' I muttered.

'They look very kissable.' Newt commented.

My eyes lit up. 'Then why only look at them?' I grinned.

'Aha. So that's how we're playing.' Newt chuckled before I pressed my lips onto his. Just as always, Newt cupped my face and my hand slid under his shirt. For a second my whole body froze at his touch. The tingles appeared again.

'I love you.' I said before pressing my lips on his again. It was a soft one. One I would wish for me and Newt to have more often.

For a split second, we let go again. 'I love you too.' Newt said between his breaths. I smiled and kissed his soft lips one more time.