Clarke Griffin is a young college student that is trapped in an abusive relationship. On a whim she flees to the coast in hopes to escape her painful past. When she meets the infuriating, lovable Blake siblings will she get more than she bargained for? Or could this just be the best thing that has ever happened to her? AU Bellarke
Hope you enjoy, warning, the beginning is very intense and has real-life issues and MATURE THEMES but don't worry the only really heavy stuff is at the start!. I encourage criticism for it is what makes me a better writer. P.S there is a reason that I have not named who her boyfriend is, all will be revealed. Please bare through the start, it's important to the story but if you're patient, a certain Rebel King comes into it, along with all your favourite the 100 characters!. Modern day AU
Clarke set her text books down in her small apartment with a dull thump and stretched her back out. It had been a long day and all she wanted to was to curl up in a ball and forget about the world for a minute. It seemed she'd been unable to avoid her Mother, for she'd been giving a guest lecture and of course she'd called on Clarke to help her give a demonstration. If that wasn't bad enough, she missed lunch because her Mother refused to let her leave when the class had finished, trying to convince her to move back home and give up the small amount of independence she had. So to finally relax and sit on her well worn second hand couch was like a blessing. Her phone buzzed but she ignored and kicked her feet up. Blankly she thought that maybe she shower, but there was no part of her that wanted to remove herself from what she'd called her comfort cocoon. Suddenly her door flew open and a named called
"Clarke where are you?!" Clarke was shaking with fear, she recognized that tone loud and clear, she knew what happened when he yelled at her like that. She felt herself being ripped from the couch and to her feet, his grip tight on her arm
"Let go" She whispered "You're hurting me" Only then did it flash threw her mind that she'd made a mistake, she should have just stayed quiet like every other time. He shook her violently moving his grip from her forearm to her shoulders
"I'm hurting you? I'M HURTING YOU?! Goddamnit Clarke I had no idea where you were, all you had to do was reply to my damn text message!" He roared and she stood back from his death grip, the stubborn side of her could no longer remain tame.
"You're my boyfriend NOT my keeper! I was exhausted, if you hadn't noticed I actually GO to school, every single damn day, and I don't get breaks, and if you had the damn decency to consider what I've been through lately you would realize I'm EXHAUSTED!" She yelled back, he took a step toward her and without warning backhanded her, sending her flying across the room, she scrambled toward the phone but he was too quick, flipping her over and punching hard in the face, covering her whimper she turned her gaze to the ground, only to have him pull her hard by her chin, his face only inches from hers
"How dare you talk to me like that! I demand respect!" He spat and she could basically feel his saliva hitting her face, he threw her down roughly
"Respect isn't what you want, you want power and I won't give it to you any more. We're done. Don't you ever come by here ever again!"
"No Clarke, you don't understand, we're done when I say we're done" he was so close that she could now smell the alcohol. He'd been drinking, not a surprise really. Every time they had fought, he was either drunk or had his next drink in his hand. For a moment she thought he might apologise, like he did every other time. Instead she found herself being picked up and thrown across the other side of the room, again. This time she hit the wall, the loud thump echoing through her home. Silence was all she could hear and it wasn't reassuring. She turned her head to see he had a knife in his hand and was storming toward her. Before she could blink he had it held against her neck, the metal pinching against her and threatening to draw blood. In her head she silently said goodbye to all her friends and family, even her mother.
"You back away from her or I'll put a bullet through your head, you got that?" A commanding voice said. He released the knife but replaced it with his hand, lifting her off of the ground by her neck
"I'll be back tomorrow, and you better still be here"
"I said back away jack ass, I've been told I'm trigger happy and you aren't a damn exception" He ran out of the room without a gaze at the strong, powerful woman pointing a gun at him. When the door closed with a final slam Raven made her way over to the broken bundle that was her best friend.
"Clarke" She said softly, not wanting to startle her, Clarke wasn't something that was easily broken, she was strong and independent. But finally she'd been broken and Raven hoped she could return her to the Clarke she knows and loves.
"Clarke" She said once again, gently lifting the girls chin to inspect her injuries, her face was battered and bruised and it looked as if her arms were covered in small bruises, some old and some fresh. Her other injuries would have to wait till later. Clarke sobbed and all Raven could do was hold her tightly wishing the pain away.
Later, when Clarke had finally calmed herself to the point of sitting back down on her couch, Raven handed her a cup of hot chocolate and sat directly in front of her on the wood coffee table that centered her living room.
"Clarke, come with me to Miami, you need to get away from that psycho" Clarke winced at the thought of him. A man she'd once loved would now haunt her nightmares.
"I can't just get up and leave Rae. Can you imagine my mother? And my teachers, and the tenants-" Raven silenced the girl by reaching out and placing her hand on her friend's gently.
"Clarke listen, for once you need to think of yourself. Forget everyone else and please just do what's best for Clarke Griffin. I've known you our whole life Clarke, and I can see you're itching for a new start, well I'm offering you that, oh and a funny, hot-as-hell room mate" She said with a grin and Clarke threw her head back
"But he'll be back in the morning" She said softly
"Clarke, my apartments and room-mate are waiting for me, us, up there, I'll help you pack your stuff and we'll be on a plain before he can come back. And if he gets here before we leave, I'll shoot him. That's a promise" Clarke was silently weighing up her options, College was easy, she could transfer. It was everything else that weighed heavily on her mind. Without thinking any more she found herself nodding her head
"Oh thank god because I already transferred you and told the owners of this place that you're moving with me. So pack your stuff Clarke Griffin and strap in for the ride of a lifetime" She said handing her a plane ticket and standing. Clarke shook her head with a small smile, no one could stop Raven Reyes when she had a plan in her head.
And that was how Clarke had found herself in Miami. When Raven unlocked there apartment the first think Clarke noticed was that it was big, with what looked to be at least four rooms and a kitchen separate from the living room, it was much more than she'd had in her old, one bedroom flat. She turned to Raven and raised her eyebrow skeptically, thinking about how the young mechanic could afford such a thing.
"I worked at the mechanics since I was twelve Clarke, believe it or not, the pays pretty decent" Eight years, she'd worked there for eight years whist juggling school and studying to be an astronaut, and of course training to be the best swimmer in the country. That's actually where her and Clarke had met, considering they had lived in the same town there whole life it was odd to think that they'd never crossed paths until they were both fourteen and racing for the town title. Of course it was a dead heat, both girls were far to competitive to let the other win. Since then they'd been inseparable.
"So how much do I owe you?"
"Nothing, not until you have a steady job at least" Without warning Clarke wrapped her arms around her best friend, a gesture that came to the surprise of Raven, she knew Clarke wasn't one for too much physical contact and returned the hug with equal the amount of passion. Suddenly a tall, slim brunette girl walked out of what could only be assumed as the bathroom in a towel
"I'm sorry, I didn't hear you come in, you must be Raven and Clarke, I'm Octavia!" She looked to be the same age as the two girls and wore a massive welcoming grin, not at all phased that she had been caught in a towel by two strangers "It's great to have some people to live with, well people that aren't family of course! I'm nineteen and a lifesaver, no I mean I'm a life guard, they don't like us to use the word lifesaver, thinks it'll makes us pigheaded, oh now I'm babbling. How about you tell me a bit about yourself?" Simultaneously both girls averted their gazes to the floor and cleared their throats "Why are you- oh of course! How about I get changed and then we can all go out for coffee, sound good? Oh and I heard you need a job Clarke, we are always looking for more lifeguards if you're interested" The girl half called having already entered her room
"Well she seems..." Raven started
"Interesting" Clarke finished sending them both into a giggling fit that was only interrupted when Octavia walked out of her room wearing a short blue sun dress with her hair flowing over her right shoulder revealing her almost perfect physique.
"There a small coffee shop I go to all the time called the Ark. It's within walking distance if you're keen?" Octavia asked them, a small smile playing on her lips
"Yeah, lets go" Clarke said, something about this girl made her feel comfortable, like she'd known her her whole life. The coffee shop was small but had a certain charm to it, Everyone seemed relaxed and calm and for a moment Clarke forgot what she'd been through in the last week. She saw Octavia waved to two of the guys sitting in a small booth toward the back shooting them a winning smile
"That's Jasper and Monty, come on, you'll love 'em" Octavia said as she dragged the pair over to the two boys grinning at them.
"Hey I'm Monty" The young Asian boy said stick his hand from them to shake "And this is Jasper" If Clarke were to look at the boys separately she wouldn't have seen any similarities between the two, but seeing them work together as if they were one person made her laugh, the two were clearly the class clowns with the best intentions. Silently she reminded herself that she shouldn't get too connected, being connected to people had never worked for her very well in the past.
"So I'm Jasper but you can call me whatever you want, Jasper, J-dog, genius, boyfriend" Clarke nearly choked on her drink with laughter at how slickly he'd slipped that in there
"Always the Casanova" Octavia said with an easy smile "What do you think Monty? Maybe a five out of ten?"
"Points for trying?" Monty said looking over to Raven for confirmation. Feigning thought she tapped her chin "Well, to some it would be a four, but to others it would be a solid five" Jasper grinned at Raven and leaned toward her
"And to you?"
"To me? Hmm... I think you need to work on your game space cadet" Clarke laughed and everyone turned to her, Clearly her throat she averted her gaze fearing it would give away too much
"Well, it's just, Raven's training to be an astronaut, well actually a zero-g mechanic and here she is calling you a space cadet" They all laughed but were interrupted when a man came and sat with them slinging his arm around Octavia and hugging her, and boy was he all man, Clarke could see the shape of his abs through his T-shirt, it looked as if he'd just run a marathon but that just added to how appealing he was, he wore a lazy grin and had small faded freckles scattered across his face, all of them the dark colour of his hair.
"O, aren't you going to introduce me to your new friends, Jasper, Monty, how are we boys?" The boys murmured the typical 'good' and 'not bad' but Octavia pushed him away
"Eww get off me you stink. Clarke, Raven this is Bellamy my brother" Bellamy shot Raven a grin but his facial expression changed when he looked at Clarke, as if he was giving her a genuine smile. But she wouldn't let that fool her, guys like Bellamy could not be trusted, she told herself as she built her walls higher and higher.
"Hello ladies, it's nice to meet, sorry I'm soaked I just got off duty"
"Off duty doing what?" Clarke asked, but could not help but smile as he once again pulled his sister into a hug
"A lifeguard of course" Just then Octavia perked up and punched her brother in the arm saying
"Oh! Clarke was looking for a job, you think she's the new rookie we're looking for?"
"Well let me see, can you swim?" He asked her, Raven and Clarke shared a knowing look
"State champ three years running" Clarke said smiling at her memories, but Raven cut in
"Joint State champ three years running" Clarke laughed and nodded, waiting for Bellamy to continue his interrogation/ weird job interview
"Okay, do you know first aid?" Clarke scoffed and Raven giggled
"Of course I do, I'm majoring medicine, I kinda need to" Bellamy grinned
"Alright then, one final question... how do you look in a bathing suit?" Clarke blushed as Raven, Octavia, Jasper, Monty and even Bellamy laughed at her expense
"You'll just have to wait and see" Clarke replied causing more laughter to erupt from the booth.
"Alright, when can you start" He asked
"When I've had a decent sleep and a shower" Bellamy looked confused for a moment and Clarke was worried that he could see throw the make up she'd worn to cover her bruises until Raven explained
"We just moved here from upstate, like just as in we just got here today until captain perky over there" She said pointing her thumb toward Octavia "Invited us down here and we met Tweedledum and Tweedledee over here and of course god-like life guard shows up half soaked giving my Clarkey job" Clarke was glad Raven could keep her cool, she was quickly loosing her composure
"Um, Bellamy, I'm actually sporting a cracked rib right now so I won't be able to go in the water if I start soon" Unfortunately Clarke knew she couldn't lie about that injury, she didn't want endanger someone's life just to keep her pride intact. Bellamy inwardly winced at the thought of her having cracked her ribs and bit his tongue so he didn't ask her what happened, of course his sister didn't have the same discretion
"What happened?"
"Uh, skiing accident" Clarke said, lying through her teeth
"Yeah, turns out falling off a ski at high speeds isn't good for one's body" Raven covered, and Clarke breathed a sigh of relief, it looked like she'd fooled them, well nearly all of them.
"Uh, well as nice as it was to meet you all I think I need to go sleep" Clarke said giving them all a polite smile and leaving the booth vaguely hearing Octavia say 'well that was weird'. Clarke walked outside to see the sun almost setting, once upon a time she marvelled in walking at this time of night, the delicate meeting of night and day. A hand touched her shoulder and she jerked away quickly almost screaming for help, but a familiar voice spoke
"Whoa, calm down princess, it's just me" Clarke was about to ask him about the 'princess' comment when he spoke again "I was just wondering why you lied back there, figured you could tell me on the walk home" Clarke screeched to a halt. Home, what did he mean 'home' "What Octavia didn't tell you? Who'd you think that forth bedroom was for?" Clarke silenced herself and tried to calm her breathing, she'd only ever lived with one man, excluding her dad, and he'd ended up breaking her heart. Bellamy cleared his throat
"Uh, so, are you going to tell me why you lied back there, because I don't really appreciate people lying to my sister, I don't think it shows good character especially since we'll be living together"
"One, you have no idea what you're talking about!" She snapped but stopped herself from telling him where to shove "I'm sorry Bellamy, it's just, some truth's are best left untold"
"Ignorance is bliss" He said to her as they climbed the stairs toward their apartment
"Yeah something like that" She said dryly. Again his hand found it's way to her arm and she had flashbacks to when he was grabbing her tightly. Wincing away from his touch, Bellamy became suspicious as to why Clarke was so sensitive
"I'm sorry Clarke, will you show me?" She looked at him hesitantly, her walls slowly cracking "I promise I won't hurt you princess" Slowly she lifted her shirt to reveal the finger marks on her arm. Bellamy gave her a knowing look, one that told her he had experience in this area and that scared her. He was a stranger after all. She pulled down her sleeve and stepped back
"It's nothing, now can you please just... open the door"
"You wish is my command princess" he said with a sly grin opening the door and holding it open for her to enter
"Obviously you haven't picked a room yet but there's one left next to mine which has a connected bathroom and a balcony or... you can have the one next to Octavia's room which is bigger but doesn't have all the added extras
"I think I'll take the added extras before Raven gets back" He pointed to her room and she moved toward it, her suitcase in her hand. She turned back ready to thank him when she'd seen that he'd already stripped off his shirt revealing his washboard abs
"Anyone would think you're staring princess" That shook her back into reality and she turned away
"In your dreams Bellamy" He laughed and replied "Hopefully in yours princess" without a word she walked into her room and shut the door letting out the deep breath she'd been holding in. That wasn't so bad, maybe she could make a home here, forget her past and focus on her future. There was only one face she saw in her dreams that night, it wasn't his, but one with a signature smirk and unruly black hair. For the first time in a long time, she had a nightmare free sleep.
Okay, so I hope you liked it, If what you're thinking is 'who is he?' Then you'll find out soon and if your follow up question is 'It is Finn?' then the answer is no.
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