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Jorge slams a ballot box on his desk at the front, and then walks over to everyone standing at the back once again.

We were back in his classroom, Lunch being over and nothing eventful having been happened. Now, we were going to submit our applications for our 'side-jobs'.

I really hope Newt got what I got. When I heard he also picked Track-Hoe, I nearly exploded with happiness. I hadn't actually picked the job itself because I thought he would be there, but the fact he could be was an added bonus.

A bonus I knew I was going to love.

Jorge coughs, taking me out of my thoughts. "You can now enter your application, and then you will be free to head back to your dorms. You cannot hangout with people from other dorms today. That's all from me, niños." Jorge takes his seat behind his desk, and then watches as we begin to head to the ballot box.

"Here you go." Brenda hands me a pen, and I thank her. I look done at the slip of paper Jorge gave everyone, and tick the 'Track-Hoe' option. I then walk over to the ballot box, slip the paper inside, and exit the classroom.

Olivia and Lyra are already waiting for me outside. Olivia seems to have regained her positivity back, and is now beaming at me when she sees I've arrived. Lyra is her usual self.

"Fawn!" Olivia beams, waving me over. My mouth automatically smiles as I walk over to join them.

"Mhm?" I ask, wondering what's going on.

"What do you think we should we when we're at the dorm?" Lyra shrugs, casually tossing her hair over her shoulder as if she hasn't caught the attention of a million people by doing so.

"I have no clue." I smile faintly.

"You girls up for a movie?" Thomas, once again, finds himself next to us, making a gesture that we should begin to walk.

"Depends." Lyra makes a face. "What type of movie would it be?"

"Minho wants to binge-watch all the John Wick movies." Thomas smirks as Lyra's eyes widen.

"Yeah, no thank you. I think I'll do something else." Lyra snorts, glancing at Minho, who's ahead of us, talking with Newt.

"Whatever you want." Thomas shrugs. "What about you, Livvy?"

"I want to shower." She says simply. Thomas' eyes stare for a bit, and then he coughs.

"Okay, I'll tell everyone."

"Tell everyone I'm going to shower?" Olivia raises her eyebrows at Thomas, laughing a little at his reaction to that.

"No, no," He says hurriedly. "I mean, tell them you're not going to be watching the movie." Thomas looks at me to confirm, and I nod at him.

"I know." Olivia smirks, and Thomas pretends to punch her playfully.

As all this is happening, I realise we've reached the dorm. I enter with everyone else, and then head over to my room, as Olivia is going to shower, and Lyra is going to do something else.

When I open the door to my comfort room, I head over to my bed, and pick up one of my plushies: a pink and white cow, and hug it tightly for a few moments, breathing in its sweet smell.

Once I'm comforted, I place it back down where it was, tap its head, and then make my way over to the wardrobe, placing my pink flats inside yet leaving my socks on. I then exit the wardrobe, and wonder what I should do.

I glance around the room. Nothing needed to be done. Satisfied, I head over to my bed, and make myself comfortable, pulling out my phone and deciding to scroll on Pinterest. My eyes flick through the different pins, occasionally saving some of them to my boards.

Suddenly, there's a knock at my door. Shocked, I quickly put my phone down and sit up straight, looking at the door. I don't see anyone there, and a wave of confusion washes me.

"Hello?" I call out, wondering if I was hallucinating.

"Hey, um, sorry if I scared ya."

My body freezes and then loosens up in shock. Pinching my lips together at an attempt not to smile, I quickly look at myself in the mirror, fixing myself up, and then I walk towards the door, glancing round.

Newt is standing there, his back facing away from the door, so he doesn't see what's inside. However, I'm pretty sure he sees me from the corner of his eye, so he turns around.

"You didn't scare me." I let out a little smile, looking down at my feet to avoid eye contact. Gosh, I wasn't making it obvious, was I? I lift my head back up, mentally slapping myself across the face.

Newt chuckles a little, facing me. "Good that."

I look at him, confused at what that meant. His eyes stare back into mine, a beautiful grey void that was only part of his amazing features-

I need to stop. I'm becoming too obsessed. I put my arms behind my back and then pinch myself, to bring me back to reality.

"Sorry, Tommy and Minho are getting to me." Newt chuckles again. "Anyway, I came by to see if you wanted some company, since everyone else is doing their own thing." Newt smiles at me a little, and I can't do anything to stop the blush attacking my cheeks.

Oh. My. Gosh.

He came. For me.

Oh my gosh.

"Thank you." I smile, looking up at Newt. I need to compose myself. I can scream and enjoy everything when I was with the girls.

Wait.

Since when did I scream?

"Do you want to go to the Homestead, or...?" Newt asks, lifting himself up from the wall he was leaning on.

I glance back inside my room, my eyes landing on the plushies.

Newt wouldn't judge me. I don't believe he would.

And if he did, well I could say bye-bye to my trust.

"You can come in." I smile again, moving out of the way so he could enter. He gives me a little smile, walks in, and I breathe in, not even looking at him, scared of his reaction to my plushies. I turn around to close the door, and-

"These are really cute." Newt speaks, and I freeze from closing the door.

I don't think anyone, other than my parents, has ever said that before.

"Really?" I ask quietly, and I turn back around to face him. He's standing in the middle of the room, looking around, and then casting his eyes onto me.

"Yeah." Newt nods, and I smile at him gratefully. A sudden burst of warmth fills my body, and I sit down on my bed, letting him know with my eyes he can join me. He does, and he sits down next to me, not too close, but not too far away either.

Gentleman.

"No one's ever said that before." I whisper to myself, looking down at my lap. I pinch my eyes together to stop the tears leaking out, of the memories of my last school.

"Well, I think they're bloody stupid." Newt says, a flash of anger in his voice.

He heard me.

"You don't think it's childish?" I ask him. Might as well be straightforward about it. And I could trust Newt.

"There's no reason to think that at all." I look at Newt and he's making a face. "You're a mature, young woman who has that little something that they love. Nothing wrong with that. And if anyone says otherwise, well they're bloody in the wrong."

I stare at Newt, dumbfounded. Oh my gosh.

Without thinking, I wrap my arms around his torso, hugging him gently. I can feel his body freeze for a second, and then it relaxes, and he puts his arms round me as well. His breathing changed from normal to beating fast, almost like he's nervous, but I ignore that.

"Thank you." I whisper, a smile forming on my mouth. I break apart the hug, and look up at Newt, who's-

Oh my gosh.

Newt has the fattest grin on his face, and when he seems me looking he rubs a hand through his hair.

"Why are you smiling like that?" I laugh, as his smile grows deeper and a pink tint comes to his cheek.

"No reason." He lies, but I shrug it off. He glances at me again while I'm still admiring his face, and then we both look away quickly. I look down at my lap again, pinching my arm to compose myself.

Breathe, Fawn. Breathe. I know you're in the company of the world's best gentleman-

Okay, that wasn't helping.

Luckily, there's a knock at my door which brings me out of my thoughts. Me and Newt look up at the same time, and I look at him in confusion. He just shrugs at me.

"OI, lovebirds, get out!"

Horrified, I fail to stop the blush attacking my cheeks, and I get up quickly to the door, opening it a little bit to see who was outside.

Everyone apart from Minho, which sparks a bit of curiosity in my head, but then completely vanished when I see everyone staring at me.

"You guys done in there?" Thomas smirks, very much aware that he was making my blush worse.

"Thomas, you're making her uncomfortable!" Olivia exclaims, pulling me out as gently as she can.

"Maybe Newt can help with that." Thomas' smirk deepens, as Olivia's mouth opens in shock and Lyra snorts.

"Thomas, I swear-" Olivia shakes her head. "NEWT!" She then shouts into my room, as Thomas jumps up in shock.

Newt appears at the door of my room, trying to cover his grin, although his eyes are twinkling.

This guy.

"Right, you go off with Thomas." Olivia smirks, literally pushing him out of the way and dragging me and Lyra inside my room. Newt looks back in shock, to which Olivia waves sarcastically and then closed the door dramatically.

"Speak." Lyra starts, looking at me excitedly.

"What did you do to get my brother grinning like an idiot." Olivia smirks, jumping on the bed and inviting everyone to join her.

A smile forms on my mouth, thinking about what happened. I explain what happened, and watch the different facial expressions forming on Lyra's face, and Olivia's face lighting up more and more as I continue to speak. When I'm done, Olivia screams and Lyra begins clapping.

"Oh my gosh!" Olivia shouts. "I didn't know Newt was like that!"

I smile awkwardly, my mind going back to the way he hugged me back, the way he was always so nice to me.

"Ahhh, you're in love!" Lyra beams.

I don't say anything, just continue smiling.

"Invite me to your wedding." Olivia sighs happily, and I open my mouth in shock.

Oh, I loved my friends.

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