A/N Hellooo! Ok this little idea in my head wouldn't go away and so I wrote it down and it turned into a story, so I thought I would share. Couldn't think of a good title but the song I was listening to was Him & I by Halsey hence the title I went with.

Still working on my other stories, but this one demanded to be written. Enjoy!

Bellamy

The last place that Bellamy Blake wants to be right now is sitting around the meeting room table while the Arkadian council discusses all the issues affecting Arkadia. If he hears one more word about potential harvest quotas, he is going to start snoring in his chair.

Bellamy lazily darts a glance at Clarke, slouching slightly in the chair next to his. Her glazed eyes and bored expression make him nudge her arm with his elbow and share a smirk before they both duck their heads to hide it.

The meeting is coming to a close and Bellamy perks up slightly as the end comes within sight. Clarke is getting ready to rise from her chair when Marcus Kane raises his hand in the air to belay their escape.

"I just have one other issue that I wanted to broach before we adjourn today."

Bellamy's mind groans in annoyance, but outwardly, he adopts a look of resignation as he shifts back into his seat. He sees Clarke drop back into her seat while trying, and failing, to keep a polite expression on her face.

Kane

Kane looks around at the members of the newly assembled Arkadian council; Abby represents the medical interests of the colony, Clarke is their advocate to the Grounders, Raven Reyes speaks for the Engineering department, William Bennet is in charge of farming and food production, and Tom Millar took charge of the Arkadian hunters when Bellamy Blake became their head of security.

Kane knows that they are all ready to get out of this meeting, but a thought has been rolling around in his head for weeks and it's time to address it.

"I wanted to bring up the topic of the Gaia Doctrine, now that we're settling down here on Earth."

He expected the confused expressions of the others and goes on to explain.

"When the Arc was orbiting around the planet, it was necessary to enforce population control, due to our resource limitations. We simply did not have the oxygen, food or space for extra people."

His gaze slides over to a freshly attentive Bellamy.

"Even though an extra or two seemed to pop up every few decades."

Kane smirks at Bellamy's grin and returns to his point.

"Here on Earth, things are different. We were meant to be the seeds that jump-started the human race once the planet was habitable again."

He pauses for a moment to let everything he said sink in and is pleased that the entire council, whom a moment ago were largely ignoring the proceedings, are now all completely attentive.

"We need completely different policies in the area of population and I put it before the council for their ideas."

Having said his piece, Marcus leans back in his chair and looks around again at the thoughtful and slightly awkward expressions.