you and newt were best friends since, like, forever. he knew everything about you, and you knew everything about him - yes, including his 'incident' in the maze when he broke his leg. newt would keep you out of trouble, as the second-in-command. he didn't want anything in return - he just wanted you to be safe, and not have to stay in the slammer for all the stupid things you'd do.

one time, though, newt was sick, and wasn't there to help you. so, you were put in the slammer, without food or anything. thankfully, for only a day. but were you really that thankful, being put in the slammer for only a day, next to the boy you've liked for so long - gally, the hotheaded keeper of the builders?

during your time in the slammer, you and gally chatted, which only made you love the boy more, no matter how much of an asshole he could be sometimes. surprisingly - in your opinion -, you and gally got together not too long after the whole punishment thing.

today, barely seven months dating, you broke up.

"hey, how'd it go?" newt asked, smiling from his hammock when he saw that you walked in. you had told him that gally wanted to meet you in private, but you didn't exactly think it'd be because he wanted to break up. now of all times, too. right after your friend just went through the changing and was banished after attacking a glader - you, to be more specific - because of the effects of the flare. it's been a hard time for you, anyways, and now this?

"we broke up," you murmured, his smile faltering just as quickly as it came. "oh."

"yeah. 'oh'," he heard you mutter.

"i'm sorry," came a hushed whisper from him as he approached. putting his hand on your shoulder, he used the other to tilt up your face so your eyes would meet. your bottom lip trembled, which he noticed, but he didn't mention it. he wasn't sure if he should hug you, but you beat him to it, and put your arms around him, snapping him out of his thoughts. he held you just as tightly making sure you knew he wasn't letting go of you. not anytime soon, anyway.