Remember Me?

Chapter 12: "You Don't... Remember Me?"

My whole body was stiff. I could barely move. My eyes twitched open and I looked around. I was in the medical hut, again. Thomas was sat next to me.

"Hey bud..." He said quietly. I snarled him and tried to turn over, but my head wouldn't let me. I was in too much pain. "Listen, I know I'm probably one of the last people you want to see right now..."

"No shit." I huffed.

"But your one of my best mates, man! I can't keep walking past you and get ignored. Please Newt. Can we just put our mistakes behind us?" I thought back to the day I hit him. No one found out it was me. I guess Thomas cared too much to tell them. He was my best friend, and I didn't like being mad at him. But maybe we should just start fresh.

"Okay... I'm sorry." I said. It didn't sound like it, but I was really really sorry about what happened.

"I'm sorry too. Do you want to try and stand up?" He asked.

"Yeah." I groaned. I had a banging headache and my feet had pins and needles. I stood up but swayed to the side. Thomas caught me as I just fell into his shoulder. I pictured Hannah catching me when I fell, like I did her on her first day. But she wasn't here anymore. "Thomas..."

"What's up?" He replied. My heart shattered into a million pieces.

"I miss her." My voice cracked on the word miss. My head began to pound even more.

"Come on." He patted my back. "Let's get some fresh air. Thomas led me outside. As we left, we were met by a loud noise that we hadn't heard since last month. It was the box. I trudged over with Thomas holding me up by one shoulder. Other boys had already gotten there but they didn't open it until everyone arrived. Zack, another gardener, and Sean lifted the cage doors. I was shocked by what I saw. My head raced with a million things. I didn't know what to do. Thomas' voice snapped me out of my thoughts.

"It's... Its a gi-" he was stopped there by a loud gasp. The girls eyes shot open and she panted.

"Newt..." She breathed a few heavy breaths after that until her eyes lightly closed again. I just stood there. I felt all eyes on my at this moment. I didn't say anything. I just stared down at her and swallowed hard. Thomas tapped my arm and jumped down into the cage.

"Chuck, go get me some water." He called up. Thomas lifted her out of the box and laid her on the grass. Chuck came back with the water and handed it to Thomas. He poured it gently over her face. She began to wake up again. I stared down at her like before. She looked up.

"Newt..." I was speechless again. Thomas gestured for me to sit but I didn't want to. "Newt, where am I?" She asked. I knelt down and said,

"The Glade. Who are you." Her expression was shocked, like she expected me to know.

"What... But we..." She looked around more and noticed all of the other lads looking at her. "Newt..."

"Guys, let's leave them for a minute." Alby said as he dragged a few of the others away. I looked at the girl. She had brown, curly hair which was short and she had big blue eyes. They were beautiful. Not as blue as Hannah's though. She reminded me so much of her. But I had to stop thinking about her. The more I did, the more I hurt.

"How do you know my name?" I finally said.

"You don't... Remember me?" I shook my head. "No... Never mind." A tear fell from her eye. "It doesn't matter." She sniffed. "I'm going." She stood up and went towards the lookout tower. I had to follow her. I needed answers, now.

"Hey! Stop." She turned around with red eyes.

"What? You've already broken my heart twice. Here to do it again?" I had no clue what she was saying.

"What are you talking about!" I yelled, louder than I expected it to sound. "You actually remember?!"

"Yes Newt! How couldn't I! I still remember the day you walked out! I still love you!" Then it hit me. I recognised her voice from somewhere before. Jade...

"Jade..." I say sheepishly.

"Oh, so now you remember?! About time." I walked over to her. "No, get away from me!"

"Listen!" She turned and kept going to the lookout. "Hey! Jade listen to me!" She held her hand at head height and pointed the back of it to me. I put my hands on the back of my head and crashed to the floor. Why her... Of all people... Why her...