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Chapter 16

           HeglancedconstantlyattheWestDoor,lookingforanysignofAlbyandMinho,Newt’sconcernhavingrubbedoffonhim.

           Newthadsaidtheyweresupposedtohavecomebackbynoon,justenoughtimeforthemtogettothedeadGriever,exploreforanhourortwo,thenreturn.Nowonderhe’dlookedsoupset.WhenChuckofferedupthatmaybetheywerejustexploringandhavingsomefun,NewthadgivenhimastaresoharshThomasthoughtChuckmightspontaneouslycombust.

           He’dneverforgetthenextlookthathadcomeoverNewt’sface.WhenThomasaskedwhyNewtandsomeothersdidn’tjustgointotheMazeandsearchfortheirfriends,Newt’sexpressionhadchangedtooutrighthorrorhischeekshadshrunkintohisface,becomingsallowanddark.Itgraduallypassed,andhe’dexplainedthatsendingoutsearchpartieswasforbidden,lestevenmorepeoplebelost,buttherewasnomistakingthefearthathadcrossedhisface.

           NewtwasterrifiedoftheMaze.

           Whateverhadhappenedtohimouttheremaybeevenrelatedtohislingeringankleinjuryhadbeentrulyawful.

           Thomastriednottothinkaboutitasheputhisfocusbackonyankingweeds.

           Thatnightdinnerprovedtobeasomberaffair,andithadnothingtodowiththefood.Frypanandhiscooksservedupagrandmealofsteak,mashedpotatoes,greenbeansandhotrolls.ThomaswasquicklylearningthatjokesaboutFrypan’scookingwerejustthatjokes.Everyonegobbleduphisfoodandusuallybeggedformore.

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