“ Is that where all of you guys have been? With Newt?”

Gally grinned

“ Yeah. Man, it was not easy.”

Then Gally’s smirk came back.

“ But since nothing will make you feel better, I’ll take Newt back.”

“ No! Newt will make me feel better!”

“ Great! I’ll go get him!”

A few seconds later, Gally and Chuck were helping Newt walk in. His leg was bandaged, but it didn't look like he could walk yet. He still had the yellow bandanna on his head. I felt my head. I had mine on too. They helped Newt into a chair. Then left us alone.

“ Newt! Newt, sweetie! You're alive!”

Newt looked confused.

“ They didn’t tell you?”

“ I-I mean they did,”

I was so amazed that he was alive I could barely speak.

“ B-But, I was to upset, and I couldn’t hea-”

I was cut off by Newt pressing his lips to mine. Happiness flooded into my body. This world was worth living.

“ Newt, oh, Newt, I was so scared!”

The blonde ran his fingers through my hair,

“ I know Min, I know.”

Min

Oh it felt so good to hear that.

“ Where were you?”

Newt took a deep breath.

“ So, they originally put me in a normal room like this, but the cure hadn't worked instantly, so I had started to go crazy. When Alby saw me acting like a . . . crank, he took me to a larger room, and he and Gally, and sometimes Chuck would be in the room with me trying to calm me down. After a while the cure took effect, and then they could bandage me, and take me to you.”

Newt turned his head to the door.

“Looks like they really let us be alone. Scoot over!”

I moved a couple inches to the right, and Newt climbed in the bed next to me. Before, the world was cold, now it is warm. Newt snuggled up to me. Suddenly, I felt a rush of tears. They trickled down my cheeks, and Newt noticed.

“ Hey, what's wrong?”

“ You probably don't remember me telling you this earlier since you were dying, but it’s my fault.”

“ No. No, it's not.”

“ Yes it is!”

“ Why?”

I buried my face into Newt and mumbled,

“ I broke my vows.”

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“ What vows?”

I buried my face deeper.

“I made a vow that I wouldn't let my love interfere, I made a vow that I wouldn't let you get hurt, and I made a promise that you wouldn't die. I broke the vows, Newt. I broke them both.”

Newt lifted my chin to look into my eyes.

“ None of this is your fault.”

“ Yes it is! I even broke my vow not to let anyone die, and I broke that too!”

“ Teresa?”

I sniffled.

“ Yeah. she said to be with your love, then she was gone”

“ I have a new vow idea for you. Maybe this one will make up for the others.”

Oh yeah? Fat chance.

“ What?”

“ That you will never leave me again. That will make up for the two vows you broke, and that's what Teresa wanted.”

“ Yeah, Okay. . .”

We kissed again. This time his lips were warm. I resurfaced from the sea of sadness I’d been drowning in. We were still kissing when Chuck ran into the room to check on us.

“ Ew! Next time lock the shucking door!”

He immediately exited.

“ It’s not like we can exactly walk around with all our injuries.”

Newt called after him.

I heard the door close, then heard Chuck explaining to the others.

Newt was still playing with my hair. His warm fingers running through it.

“ They were kissing!”

Gally replied with

“ I told you so.”

Alby replied with

“Good for them!”

Brenda replied with

“ Aw, how cute!”

I was annoyed.

“ Hey ya shanks! Slim it all ready, we can hear you!”

Newt chuckled into my hair.

The others came in after knocking, and they all said that they'd been trying to clean the place up, because we might stay a while. Alby and Brenda walked over to us, while Chuck and Gally were arguing over who got the ‘best’ room. Me and Newt were still laying in the bed, but at Chuck's request had refrained from kissing. We talked for a bit, then Newt got serious.

“ Hey, are you guys sure you're okay with this?”

Good question, I was wondering that too. If they were fine with us. Gally hollered across the room.

“ Me and Chuck sure ain't, but we aren't the leaders!”

It was an unspoken thing, that Alby and Brenda had turned into the leaders, over the past couple days. Brenda chuckled at Gally’s comment, but Alby looked confused.

“ What do you mean?”

My turn. New had started the conversation, and I would finish it.

“ You know . . . us. Me and Newt.”

Alby smiled at us.

“ Well, duh, of course it’s fine! Like we would defy your love.”

Brenda’s face blushed, and she smiled sheepishly.

“ And well. . . me and Alby kind of have to let you guys be in love, since, well . . . me and Alby are in love.”

Oh, my gosh.

Me and Newt looked at each other, and simultaneously said ‘ What?’ and ‘spill it!’.

Alby was blushing too.

“ Well, after I got shot in the leg, it was Brenda who helped me, and took care of me. We spent a lot of time together while you guys were uncoinsus, and we started to have feelings for each other.”

Me and Newt squealed like idiots, and started teasing them.

“Ohhhhhhh,”

“ Alby and Brenda sitting in a tr-”

“ Slim it you shanks!”

Alby looked flustered, and Brenda looked seconds away from laughing.

“ We didn't tease you guys!”

“ Yeah, because we were in comas, and then barely alive.”

Gally and Chuck walked over, and asked what we were talking about. Newt piped up.

“ Well, Alby and Brenda decided they're bloody in love!”

Chuck and Gally looked at each other, and started making gag noises. Once they stopped, Chuck said

“ Great. Now there's two of them.”

Gally looked disturbed.

“ C'mon, let's break up this love fest. We got stuff to do.”

Alby, Brenda, Chuck, and Gally all walked out. Newt started to get up. I grabbed his hand.

“ Newt, can you stay with me?”

He kissed me, then climbed back in, saying.

“ I’ll always stay with you Min.”

We fell asleep there, Newt’s chin resting on my head, me buried in Newt’s chest.

The world finally seemed right.