Chapter 5
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Tee's POV
Apart from ignoring Gally; I had spent most of the day working with Clint and Jeff, occasionally going over to Newt and chatting to him about various topics; not Gally. "So, are you excited for the party tonight?" Newt asking smiling. "Party? What party?" I asked "When a new greenie comes we always celebrate by having a big bonfire and just relaxing and socialising, yours is tonight" he explained. "Oh nice, great" I said, now quite looking forward to it. But also scared because it was another time where I would have to interact with Gally.
I hadn't been to a party in a while (ahahaha a very long time) but I still wanted to look nice. Instead of having my hair up in a pony tail I went for the half up, half down look. I ran my fingers through my long brown curls and straightened out my clothes. "Well, I don't look like Beyonce, but I look alright" I said to myself. "Who's Beyonce?" I heard from behind me. Chuck was standing there, waiting. I laughed and joined him. "Lets go" he said smiling and we walked over to the group of gladers.
Later that night the so called party was livening up a bit. The fire was lit and everyone screamed and yelled as the fire burst into life, sparks and flames leaping into the air. We all soon split into our own groups, chatting, messing around. I sat with Newt, Thomas and Chuck. As they were having a deep discussion. I glanced over and a small circle had formed in which Gally was doing some sort of fight with another glader, he pushed this guy to the ground and everyone cheered as he waved his arms in the air. "Has he always been like that?" I asked, still looking at him, they all looked where I was looking. "Not always" Newt said, taking a swig from his glass. I returned back to the circle and looked at Newt's drink. "What is that?" I asked pointing to the liquid. "Oh, this is... Well it's our speciality here in the glade, try some" he said and gave it to me. I bravely took a big gulp and swallowed. It tasted like sour vomit which laced and burned my throat. I gagged and bent over trying to force it back out, they all laughed and Newt patted my back. "Well you were braver than this little pumpkin who only had a sniff" Newt laughed pointing at Chuck. "That's rank? What is it?" I whispered, my face looked like I'd just sucked a lemon. "Gally's recipe, always wanted to know what his apparent secret ingredient is" Thomas pondered. "I think I can take a guess" I said bitterly thinking about it, I'm sure I don't need to say it. "What's all this greenie? You look like you've had a stroke" I heard from behind me. I looked around. Gally, surprise. "She just tried your drink Gally" Newt laughed. "Well?" Gally asked looking at me. "I'm not going to lie, it was rank" I said simply. A bunch of noises came from everyone else. "Oh so it's like that is it" he said looking sternly at me. "No I just-" I started. "Get up here" he said, I followed him to a circle where everyone eagerly gathered around us. "As you clearly think you can address me however you like, lets see how clever you are when fighting me" he said folding his arms. I looked around and stayed silent. I was panicking, big time. "Here are the rules, I try and push you out of the circle, and you try and last more and 5 seconds, got it?" he asked. I stood rooted to the spot and silent. He didn't wait for a reply, and wasted no time at rushing at me. We collided and I smacked the floor, I winced and grabbed my side. My side an stomach were burning, must be the fall and Gally's drink exploding inside me. I got up. "Come on greenie, we're not done yet" he said getting ready again. I coughed and looked at Newt who gave me a sympathetic smile and thumbs up. I gathered up all the power I could and tried to run at him but Gally caught me and used my body almost like a wheel barrow and pushed me around the circle, this ended up with me again landing on the hard floor, but still in the circle. I stumbled to my feet and looked up and saw Gally standing over me. He attempted to shove me but somehow I pushed him out of the way and he fell hard on the ground. I smiled and received smacks on the back. Everyone cheered and laughed. He got up and turned around sharply, his eyes flared with anger. He ran and pushed me so hard I almost flew, I hit the ground, I was out of the circle, Gally had won. I lay there for a minute lying on my side in a ball, gasping and regaining my senses. I got up slowly and limped to him, he awaited me smugly, I knew I would never hear the end of this. "Good fighting, for a girl" he sneered. As if beating me wasn't enough this asshole had to belittle me too. I had had enough, and rage was swimming and surging through my veins. I suddenly jumped on his back and started hitting and punching him, his back, his head, everywhere. I was so mad, I was screaming like a mad woman, that drink must of gone to my head. All the gladers laughed and cheered for me. Gally swung and spun around and eventually I got/ fell off. I got up angrily and brushed myself off before walking up to him. I walked up to him and we were so close I could feel his breath on my cheek. "Don't underestimate me Gally" I said gritting my teeth and walking away. I don't know why I ever thought Gally would change.
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