It's been a month since they made it out of Mount Weather alive.
Things were settling at camp even if Clarke's absence was still hard to accept for everyone. They had tried to look for her, Abby insisted, she had been heartbroken when she found out her daughter had ran off again, without even saying goodbye. But in the end Abby understood that Clarke needed a fresh start, needed a place to start over, even if it was away from her. She had faith that she would come back to them, she hoped that Clarke would realize that they were her home, no matter what.
Marcus helped her getting back on tracks, he also helped her remind what feeling happy feels like.. They finally embraced whatever they started feeling for each other, Abby was pretty sure she was in love with him but she didn't wanna push it since Marcus still seemed kinda scared of what was happening between them. Not that she wasn't sure he was in love with her too, she knew that.. He just wasn't ready to admit it out loud and she was okay with that. It was new and honestly it freaked her out too. Never in a million years Abby could have imagined she would have fallen for Marcus Kane and yet here she was.
What was freaking her out even more was that she had not been feeling well for a few days now and she had only felt like that once in her life.
She tried not to think about what that could mean but it was pretty hard to ignore.
She was organizing medical supplies with Raven and that's when it hit her again: a wave of nausea even stronger than the one who woke her up earlier that morning.
She put a hand on her mouth trying to fight it but she couldn't so she ran towards a sort of trash can which was only a few steps away from her.
"Abby!"
Raven called rushing towards her, immediately helping her holding her hair back.
"I'm fine, it's nothing"
"You are not fine Abby, you just threw up and you're pale too"
"It must have been something i ate"
"You ate the same thing i did and i'm fine so it's not the food… What is it?"
Raven looked at her and then her eyes widened
"Oh my god"
"Don't"
"You're pregnant!"
Raven said excitedly
"Lower your voice, and i'm not..pregnant"
"Abby… you are a doctor so don't make me list all the symptoms you already know you have"
"i could be, it's a possibility, happy?"
"But wait.. who's.. "
Raven stopped in the middle of her sentence and started grinning
"Oh god! I knew it! It's Kane right?.. About damn time"
"Raven lower your voice, i'm the chancellor, i don't need the entire camp knowing what i do in my personal life"
"There's no personal life here Abby, everyone knows everything.. Plus im pretty sure no one would be even slightly surprised"
She said smiling.
"Was it really that obvious?"
"Mmm.. yeah .. You two staring languidly at each other all the time certainly didn't help"
Abby smiled and let out a small laugh then she walked to sit on the table
She put her face in her hands.
"What am i gonna do now?"
"You are gonna find out if you truly are pregnant or if it's a false alarm"
"And how would i do that?"
"We could ask Lincoln, there must a way Grounders know that we don't yet.. Grounders have babies too right?"
"That's not completely a bad idea"
"That's a great idea"
Raven grinned again.
Raven ran off of medical and went searching for Octavia.
"Hey there!"
Raven almost screamed
"Raven! Why are you running, slow down"
"Where's Lincoln?"
"In our tent why?"
"Would you mind telling him to come to medical right away?"
"You're scaring me, what is it?"
"Just tell him okay, i'll explain it to you later"
"Fine"
Octavia said annoyed, she was both worried and curious
Lincoln arrived 10 minutes later.
"Lincoln thanks for coming"
Abby said while moving towards him.
"Raven told me to"
"Yeah i asked her..So i need to ask you something but first you gotta promise this conversation will stay between us because it's kinda confidential"
"Oh.. sure Chancellor"
"Please call me Abby"
"It'll stay between us Abby, what do you need to know?"
Abby took a deep breath and then she spit it out.
"I think..i might be pregnant and i was wondering if there is any way Grounders use to know for sure"
"There's a way.. i don't know what happens scientifically speaking but it has always worked.. It's a medical herb, if someone eats it it makes you wanna puke immediately, it's really really bad but if that someone is pregnant then the herb has no effect"
"Okay.. So do you know where i could find this herb?"
"Yes it's near the river, a thirty minutes walk from here, i could take you there or i could go grab it for you"
"No i'll come with you"
"I'm coming too"
Raven said while moving from her hiding spot
"Raven have you been here the whole time?!"
"Sorry it's just that i'm really excited"
Abby turned back to Lincoln.
"Don't worry she already knew"
"Okay, we'll leave in an hour is that okay with you?"
"Yeah, we should make it back before dark"
"Yes"
"Thank you Lincoln, really"
"You're welcome Abby"
Lincoln left the tent and Abby stared at Raven
"What? First born on the ground, you can't blame me for being excited"
"We still don't know for sure"
"Oh yes we do"
Raven grinned at her and Abby knew she was right, this trip was just to confirm what she already knew.
She was pregnant with Marcus's baby.
The first born on the ground.