Based on the prompts: MY PARENTS WON'T GET OFF MY BACK ABOUT GETTING A SIGNIFICANT OTHER AND THEY'RE HAVING A GET-TOGETHER IN A FEW DAYS PLS PRETEND TO BE IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH ME. THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE FACT THAT I'M HEAD OVER HEELS FOR YOU BUT IT SURE IS A NICE BONUS
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We're the Old Married Couple⢠but lmao no we would never date each other. right? right?! See end for more notes
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"Why don't you just ask Bellamy to go with you?" Raven, Clarke's best friend suggested.
Truthfully, Clarke figured Raven just wanted her to shut up and stop whining about her family gathering coming up in a few days but her idea wasn't too bad of one.
"Ehhhhhh, I don't Raven." Clarke replied while rushing into the kitchen to get her macaroni out of the microwave.
"Are you seriously telling me that you don't want Bellamy to go with you?"
Clarke sighed and ignored Raven's question, instead she got the ketchup out of the fridge and a spoon out of the silverware drawer. She squirted a nice amount of ketchup into her macaroni and then popped the lid back on, putting the bottle back into the fridge.
"It's not really that." Clarke finally said, walking back into the living room and sitting on the floor. "My mom knows Bellamy already so I really don't think it's going to be all that believable if I tell her we are dating."
Raven snorted and slammed the lid of her computer down. "Are you serious right now?" Raven asked Clarke, pushing up on the couch and setting her laptop on the coffee table. "You two are so married it's ridiculous. I don't know how your mother would not believe it and besides, the last time I was over there she was asking me when you two were finally going to get together. Your mom tries to play match maker every time you two are even close to her. You and Bellamy never notice though because you both are too stuck on each other to realize your mom's horrible match making skills."
"That's not true." Clarke snorted and shoveled in a big spoon of macaroni.
Raven raised her eyebrows and wrinkled her nose up. "If you say so but everyone but you two see it."
Clarke rolled her eyes and made a grab for the TV remote on the coffee table. "Whatever, just let me watch TV. I'll talk to Bellamy about it later."
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A couple days later, after Clarke had a discussion with Bellamy about attending her family gathering with her, Clarke called her mother to tell her the news. To say she was excited would be an understatement. Clarke's mom would probably fly to the moon and back if she could. She was so excited that she even talked about taking out some wedding planning book she had been keeping ever since Clarke brought him home freshman year of college. Clarke didn't know exactly what her mother had been talking about so she just let her keep going on and on like she did know exactly what she was talking about. Whatever makes her happy right?
"Do I have to wear a suit?" Bellamy asked, speaking lowly over the phone. Clarke lowered the phone away from her ear and pressed the speaker button.
"No, Bellamy, you do not have to wear a suit. It's not that kind of gathering any way. It's just going to be a little pool party and my dad is going to barbeque but if you want to wear a suit be my guest." Clarke giggle into the phone. "That would be pretty funny to see, you swimming in the pool in a penguin suit."
Clarke heard Bellamy growl from the other end and she laughed once again.
"Oh," Bellamy proclaimed, "You think you're funny now huh? I'm going to show you funny tomorrow when we are at your parents."
Clarke rolled her eyes even though she knew that Bellamy couldn't see her. "What are you going to do at my parents?" Clarke replied, trying to hold back her laughter.
Bellamy chuckled and snorted. "You'll just have to wait and see."
"Yeah, ok." Clarke replied. "You probably won't do anything. Remember that time O, Raven and I snuck into your room and whip creamed you?" Clarke didn't even give Bellamy a chance to speak, she just kept going on. "Well, you said that time you would get us back and you didn't do anything but glare at us all day and act like you had PMS."
Bellamy ignored Clarke's PMS comment and just sighed, replying with, "You just wait and see."
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Bellamy, as always, arrived on Clarke and Raven's door step at the exact time Clarke asked him to come over. Clarke rushed to open the door, for some reason she felt a rush of excitement and a fluttering feeling in the bottom of her belly. She had been telling her self it was all just nerves because she was about to be lying to her mom but that's not really what it was at all. When Clarke spotted Bellamy on the front porch, the feeling she has been experiencing all morning came back ten times worse than before.
Bellamy flashed her a smile and raised up a bouquet of flowers in his hands. Clarke raised her eyebrows and wrinkled her head in confusion. (Flowers, really? Is this like a date now?) Clarke opened her mouth to speak but Bellamy quickly cut her off by moving across the porch and closer to her. Clarke blushed when Bellamy's body pushed against her own and she lowered her gaze. Bellamy raised his arm, the one the bouquet of flowers were not currently residing in and used his hand to push her head up. Bellamy grinned and quickly ducked down to kiss Clarke on the cheek.
"What was that for?" Clarke whispered, to shock to speak any louder. Bellamy shrugged his shoulders and handed her the bouquet of flowers.
"I guess I just felt like doing it." Bellamy replied, the tip of his ears turning pink.
Clarke nodded her head and began playing with the tips of her fingers.
"Here." Bellamy suddenly spoke up, extending his arm out to hand Clarke the flowers.
Clarke slowly reached for them and shivered lightly when her fingers brushed against his as she clasped her hand around the bouquet. Bellamy dropped his hand suddenly, like it was in fire, and took a step back.
The two stared at each other, rather awkwardly, for a few minutes and then Clarke decided to speak up.
"I'll go bring these inside and put these in a vase then we can get going. We don't want to be late."
Bellamy nodded his head and flashed Clarke a small smile. "Okay, I'll just wait here."
Clarke nodded her head and turned her body around to push the door open. She was just about to walk back into the house when she pivoted on her feet quickly and let out a loud booming laugh.
"By the way, nice tuxedo t-shirt."
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The drive to Clarke's mom's house was fairly short. (It's just thirty minutes up the road.) Once Bellamy and Clarke came to a complete stop in the driveway, Clarke's mom was running out the door and rushing to pull Clarke into a big hug. Not so surprisingly, she grabbed Bellamy into a big hug as well.
"I'm so glad you made it Clarke." Abby yelled excitedly.
Clarke rolled her eyes and shook her head. "I was here just the other day mom."
Abby pulled out of the hug she had started with Bellamy and turned her face towards her daughter. "So, can't a mom just be excited to see her daughter?"
Abby turned her attention back to Bellamy and whispered something into his ear. Bellamy and her mom both burst out into laughter.
"What's so funny?" Clarke asks, crossing her arms over her chest. Bellamy and Abby both shake their head.
"It's a secret for us and a secret for you to find out, on a later date."
Clarke didn't even try to get anything out of either one of them, she just pivoted on her feet and marched up to the house, closing the door behind her. If that's how they wanted to do things then that's how Clarke's going to do things to. Clarke threw herself on one of her favorite couches in her mom's living room and slipped her sandals off her feet. The front door opened a few short minutes after Clarke threw her shoes to the ground and grabbed a TV remote to put Netflix on.
"You can't watch TV for long Clarke!" Abby hollered as she made her way into the kitchen, Bellamy on her arm.
"I don't even want to watch TV." Clarke hollered back. "Maybe I want to go show my boyfriend my room." Clarke felt her cheeks warm. Clarke and Bellamy hadn't really agreed on whether they were going to actually call each other boyfriend and girlfriend over the weekend.
Clarke groaned, threw her head onto the back of the couch, and placed her hands over her face. (If she's this embarrassed just to call Bellamy her boyfriend, what's going to happen when her mom forces them to kiss in front of her? It's going to happen sooner or later and knowing Abby, sooner it will be.)
Clarke could hear Abby and Bellamy walking back down the hall together so Clarke slid her hands off her face, sat up straighter, and placed a smile on her face. (A really, really fake smile.)
"Well why didn't you say so?" Abby asked once she came back around the corner with Bellamy.
Clarke shrugged her shoulders and spared a glance in Bellamy's direction. Clarke knew it was a mistake as soon as she saw the look on his face. He looked pretty damn happy with himself and had a big grin on his face to prove it.
(Okay, Bellamy and Clarke may or may not have said anything about actually calling each other their significant other, but they did make a bet to see who would call the other boyfriend/girlfriend first. In this case, Clarke is the loser and Bellamy is the overly excited, grinning winner.)
"Don't look so happy with yourself." Clarke grumbled under her breath.
Abby looked over at the grin on Bellamy's face and raised her eyebrows. "What did I miss?"
Clarke shrugged her shoulders and quickly got up on her feet. "Nothing mom. You missed absolutely nothing of importance. Bellamy just likes to grin a lot." Clarke held back a giggle and instead yanked on Bellamy's hand. "I'm taking Bellamy up to my room and we'll be back down for dinner."
Bellamy smiled at Clarke's mom and then twined his fingers with Clarke's, giving them a gentle squeeze.
"Don't do anything I wouldn't do!" Abby yelled as Clarke and Bellamy turned to walk up the stairs. "Be safe."
Clarke whipped her head back around and caught her mom's wink before she escaped back into the kitchen, a huge smile on her face. Clarke groaned and if she wasn't so embarrassed she probably would have said something back to her mom but instead she just continued leading a still grinning Bellamy up the stairs.
(What in the world did Clarke get herself into?)
{A/N} This is for day 4 (modern au) of bellarke au week on tumblr. I skipped day 3 and I might go back and do it after I finish all the other days but I'm not sure. This is just part 1 for this day and I plan on getting part 2 up as soon as possible. Probably in just a couple days. Hope you like this and want to read part 2 :) Can't wait to post it! Anyways, thanks for reading :)
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