Jasper, Monty, Finn, Raven and Clarke were sat in the third level of the drop ship shifting slightly under Octavia's determined stance and expression.
"Why are we here?" Raven asked, voicing the others thoughts.
"I told you already." Octavia bit back, "Group meeting, just waiting for Bellamy- I left a note in his tent."
"Yay" Clarke muttered under her breath. Hearing footsteps on the ladder Octavia turned and opened the hatch that was the main entrance to the top floor of their bunker. "Bell!" Octavia squealed and grabbed his hand pulling him to the floor with the others. Clapping her hands she announced "Now you're all here I'm officially announcing camp game night!"
"Wait, what? I thought we were discussing medical supplies?" Clarke spit.
"Yeah O you said you had a plan for the grounders?" Bellamy shouted.
"We thought this was about communications," Jasper said, motioning to himself, Monty and Raven. As Finn stayed silent Bellamy scoffed to him, figuring that Clarke was the main attraction for this meeting in Spacewalker's eyes.
"GUYS! Play along, please!" Octavia implored whilst giving Bellamy puppy eyes she knew he couldn't deny. "Fine. What's the game" Bellamy responded as Octavia shrieked and pulled him into a spine crushing hug. Clarke scoffed "This is ridiculous! How are we meant to protect ourselves from Grounders and prepare for the arc coming down when we're playing childish games? " Bellamy smirked at her, "Come on princess. Live a little, by the time the Arc along with Mother Griffin comes down there won't be a chance for fun. Watching Clarke stiffen at the mention of her mother and roll her eyes he smirked before muttering, "I knew the princess wouldn't have fun."
Clarke turned to Octavia "What are we playing?" Hey eyebrows rising as she took in Bellamy's dropped jaw at her unexpected determination to prove him wrong. "We were going to play a stupid earth game called hide and seek but I think the Ice King and Queen need warming up. Monty! Get the Moonshine". Clarke roared with laughter, when glancing at the others shocked faces she added with a wry smile- "Have any of you ever played Never Have I Ever?" Bellamy smirked and replied, "What do you know the Princess might be fun after all!" Finn growled and embarrassingly added that he didn't know how to play and Jasper didn't either so Clarke explained the rules. "Basically a member of the group/circle whatever says a statement that they've never done and if you've done it then you have to drink. Got it?"
Monty came back with the moonshine and Clarke re-explained the rules and nominated Octavia to start- "Your idea, your turn" she said to the younger Blake.
Octavia straighten up and announced, "Okay, I'm going to start easy. Never have I ever not had a sibling." Bellamy chuckled and Clarke was surprised at how happy the sound was and even more surprised when she realised she wanted to hear it again and to be the reason for Bellamy's laugh. Everyone apart from Bellamy drank and when Clarke met his gaze she looked up to see his trademark smirk playing on his lips.
Going around in the circle Monty took his turn. "Never have I ever lived under the floor" in obvious retaliation for Octavia's previous turn. Bellamy glared at Monty as Octavia took her drink from the bottle, coughing slightly at the moonshine's strength. "Jasper, you're up" Monty directed to the lanky boy on his left. "Ooh...err. Never have I partied with the Chancellor's son". Clarke rolled her eyes and drank. "You're an asshole," Clarke muttered. Bellamy went next, pushing his luck in order to work out more about the ice princess. "Never have I ever made out with the chancellor's son." Clarke bristled before taking the bottle as Octavia laughed and Bellamy's smirk grew wider. Feeling the group's eyes on hers she said, "Shut up we were childhood friends and I was like 15." Bellamy muttered "whatever you say princess". Raven shouted "MY TURN!" Ok, never have I ever had sex on earth." Finn butted in "But you cant say that Raven? Because you have!" Raven laughed and said "Drink up I'm curious" and laughed even harder when everyone in the group drank. Bellamy growled as he saw Octavia drink as secretly as she could and then return trademarks Blake smirk seeing her brother's livid expression. Finn, obviously still angry with Bellamy glared and said, "Never have I ever killed somebody" expecting for only Bellamy to drink but stuttered when he saw Clarke reaching for the bottle.
Clarke's expression hardened at Finn. Her annoyance clear when she added, "Never have I ever cheated on my girlfriend." And a cruel smile appeared when Finn red-faced took a drink. Although she hated to drag Raven into Finn's stupidity Clarke had had enough of Finn's hovering, looking for chances to get back together. She'd rather be with Bellamy than Finn. Wait. What. Where did that come from? In the background of her thoughts she heard Bellamy laugh at Finn's embarrassment as he commented, "Spacewalker you do the crime you pay the time or something." As Octavia tried to swing the game back to light-heartedness she said, "Never have I ever had fantasies about Clarke Griffin", which immediately earned her a light smack from Clarke and glares from around the circle. Clarke blushed as reluctantly Jasper, Monty, Finn and Raven drank. Bellamy sat there unmoving until Octavia glared at him until he took a large swig from the bottle. And then another. Raven shrugged as she saw Clarke's surprised expression, "What? I like hot people."
Monty chose to take it a step further with "Never have I ever had fantasies about Bellamy Blake". Octavia motioned throwing up as Clarke and Raven took a large swig and when Clarke took two more. Looking up she saw Bellamy staring intensely at her and they locked eyes until Monty cleared his throat and Clarke looked quickly back to her drink taking another sip trying to conceal her embarrassment. Jasper's turn, "Never have I ever committed treason" Bellamy and Clarke both drank. Octavia piped up with a request to hear the story of her crime whilst Bellamy stared at Clarke attempting to get a hold on what she was feeling. Clarke stood up, swaying quickly "I don't want to play anymore"; setting down her drink on a nearby metal table "I'm going back to my tent." And quickly left the drop ship through the hatch and doors. Bellamy got up to follow her muttering, "I'm going to see if Princess is alright" and left as well. Leaving a stunned Octavia who turned to the rest of the group saying, "When did Bellamy start caring about Clarke's feelings"?
When he caught up with Clarke she was standing outside of camp standing by Wells and Charlotte's unmarked graves sobbing quietly. Saying nothing Bellamy stood by her side and took her small, delicate hand in his large calloused fingers. If she was shocked she didn't show it and they stood there for a few minutes, taking comfort in each other's silence. Bellamy broke the quiet, softly saying "Come on Princess, let's go back to the drop ship. Screw the Ark. What happened up there doesn't have to follow us here." Clarke looked up at him through her eyelashes and with her free hand wiped her eyes and nodded at him. They walked through camp and when they sat back down in the drop ship significantly closer than before still holding on to each other no one said anything. But Bellamy couldn't keep the small smile off of his face.