The next morning I woke up, got ready and walked out of my room to see all the Keepers walking towards the Council Hall. I walked up to Chuck who was standing in the middle of the Glade to ask him what was going on.

"Hi Chuck." I greeted him making him jump in his place.

"Morning Y/N." He replied and looked down on the ground. I grabbed his chin and made him look up to me.

"I'm here, not down there." I said chuckling and I saw a smile appear on his face too. "Do you know what is going on? I saw all the Keepers together." He slowly nodded.

"They have a meeting every month to discuss how the different jobs are performing or to discuss issues that the Gladers shouldn't be involved in." He explained.

"Oh okay." I replied and started pulling Chuck towards the kitchen. "Let's get some food." I stated simply and pulled the poor boy behind me. I felt him tense up when I touched him, but slowly he started getting more relaxed. We took a plate each and sat down at one of the empty tables. Almost no-one was present, only two or three boys were wondering around.

We ate our food quietly. I sensed Chuck didn't really feel like talking and I didn't want to force him to. However I knew it was my chance to start my war against Minho in regards to becoming a Runner.

"Do you know when this meeting is finishing?" I asked Chuck taking the last bite in my mouth.

"Should finish soon. They never stay longer than an hour." He said. I nodded, waved bye to him and took my dishes back to the counter. I walked out of the kitchen and sat down at the bottom of a tree a few meters away from the Council Hall.

I didn't have to wait before the door opened and people started leaving the room. Some of them looked at me curiously as to why I was sitting there, but didn't focus much attention to me. As Alby walked out he stopped in front of me.

"Is everything okay?" He asked and I nodded.

"Yep, I'm just waiting for someone." I replied. I kept looking towards the door when Minho appeared alongside Newt. "And here he is." I jumped up and walked up to the boys. "Hi!" I greeted them and stood on Minho's other side. He looked very confused at my appearance. Newt frowned at first, but he already knew I was planning something. The grin appearing on his face reassured me.

"How are you, Y/N?" He asked chuckling.

"Very well, Newt." I replied.

"Okay, what is going on? This is creeping me out." Minho joined the conversation.

"I came to visit you." I said and he looked at me with wide eyes. As if I just told them a horror story of some kind.

"What do you want again?" He asked sighing.

"I told you yesterday. I want to be a Runner and I will not give up until you give in." I grinned at him hooking my arm into his. "Your life will become full of my constant nagging." I stated.

"I feel lucky." He said sarcastically while pulling a face. "I told you I will not change my mind. You will not be a Runner." He said and tried to pull his arm out of mine.

"Oh I will be! And you will make me one. Don't underestimate how pressuring I can be." I flashed a sly smile.

"Do I look like the kind of person who can be manipulated that easily?" He asked raising an eyebrow.

"No, you definitely do not." I answered honestly. "But everyone has a breaking point and I plan to find yours in turn to become a Runner." I held his arm stronger.

"You are very creepy sometimes." He said while still struggling to get out of my hold. Of course if he really wanted to pull his arm out, he easily could have, but I knew he didn't want to hurt me in the process. He might have been a pig-head, but he wasn't a bad person.

"Oh well, it's my charm." I replied acting as cute as I could. But he shook his head grimacing and I laughed at his reaction.

As it was Keepers' meeting on the morning Minho didn't have to leave the Glade, therefore he stayed in all day. Luckily it meant I could be around him and annoy him as much as I wanted. At some point people started whispering things like we were a couple, or we had something between us, but I just ignored it. It didn't really bother me as I did find Minho very attractive. An eye-candy of some sort.

"Minho!" I shouted after him as he left the Map Room and started walking towards his room. "Hi!" I said innocently.

"You again? Aren't you getting bored?" He asked letting out a tired sigh.

"I'm all good." I grinned at him. "So how about the Runner thing?" I asked and his eyes were glaring at me like he wanted to put daggers in me.

"Do I look like a faulty recorder to you? Why do I have to keep repeating everything when it comes to you? My answer is no and it will stay that way." He said and put his hands on his eyes.

"And now?" I asked chuckling, but he just glared at me.

"You are shucking annoying." He said sighing deeply. "Newt!" He shouted to the boy working at the Fields. "Get this baggage off of me." He asked him as if I was some kind of an unwanted luggage left behind.

"Sorry, can't help you out." He grinned and focused on his job.

"What are friends for?!" He said seemingly giving up.

"So? Did anything change?" I pushed his shoulder jokingly.

"Not in the slightest." He said and started walking away from me. I grabbed his arm again this time with my injured wrist and I hissed in pain. I stopped following him and started inspecting my wrist. "Pay attention you shuck-face." He stopped a few meters away from me. I looked up at him surprised, but soon changed into a grin at his attention and I run over to him.

"You don't have to worry about me. I'm tough." I said linking my arm with his while he put his hands in his pockets.

"Who said I was worried?" He scoffed.

"You don't have to say it. It was way too obvious." I replied shrugging my shoulders.

"Think what you want." He said. I chuckled at his response.

"Does that mean I can think that you agreed that I can be a Runner?" I smirked looking at his profile.

"Not that." He sighed and I knew I was close to making him give in. I could be very persuasive when needed to be. I just felt it in my bones.

As we walked to the kitchen to grab something to eat, a few heads turned at the sight of us linking arms. I just grinned at them and they quickly turned away. We took a plate each and sat down with Alby, Newt and the two of the same runners who were sitting with us the day before. I really should have learned the names, but it seemed to be the least of my worries.

"What's going on?" Newt asked. "You seem to be very strong-headed about it." He smirked.

"She is like a cockroach. You can't get rid of her." Minho stated with a bored expression while stuffing his face.

"Awww thank you." I cooed and he looked at me so confused, his food almost fell out of his mouth. He coughed and opened his mouth to reply.

"That was not at all a compliment." He shook his head.

"That actually is. Because you said you can't get rid of me, meaning you will have to give in some time, because you will not be able to handle my annoying behaviour much longer." I explained with a smirk spreading across my face. He just sighed and continued eating.