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Clarke found Bellamy on the lower level of the drop ship, talking to Octavia. Octavia looked upset and turned away from them. Bellamy must not be letting her go up to see the grounder.

It was then that Bellamy turned and saw Clarke, he looked angry and sad at first, but that was soon gone and Clarke found him looking at her in a way that made her remember what they had done and blush. He smiled at her. It was not an innocent smile. Clarke swallowed, glad that they were not alone. Still, as he walked up to her she thought he moved to take her hand. Clarke took a step back and began telling him about the emergency aid depot and how they needed to go investigate it. He nodded and told her that he would go and get his stuff. Well, that was not so bad. Her relief was short lived as Bellamy cornered her when she was on her way to check on Finn. He stood so close to her that she had to tilt her head up to look at him. She felt his fingers lightly brush her hand. His touch brought back memories that gave her chills, and she shivered. He must have felt that, Clarke thought as she saw Bellamy smirk and step even closer to her, their bodies almost touching. Clarke felt dizzy, unable to form a coherent thought. My body is betraying me.

"Bellamy stop. Someone will see." Clarke managed to say. She was surprised when he stepped back and gave her space. She hadn't expected him to give in so easily. She took a deep breath and began to speak.

"Look Bellamy, I really enjoyed… our time together. I was a mess yesterday, and you gave me comfort. Thank you for that, but I really hope that what happened will not make things weird between us. I hope that like with the other women you've been with down here that we can go back to interacting normally." His expression was unreadable.

"Like it never happened?" He asked.

"Yes." She said, relieved that he took it well, but also somewhat disappointed. Well, it's not like he doesn't do that a lot. I was just one of many.

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It was all he could do not to let her see how disappointed he was, and the way his body had been surging with desire for her all morning did not help. Still, he was not going to let her see him weak, especially not when she just rejected him. He wasn't used to that. Lately he was the one to turn girls away. Not like it matters, I will be gone before long. Bellamy thought that if he was going to stay then it might have been worth it to fight to win her to be his, to prove to her that she was different. But he couldn't stay, not with people from the Ark coming down. He might not have killed Jaha, but he was sure that they were going to kill him or at least imprison him for trying. Bellamy wasn't going to let that happen, and running was the only option he thought he had.

Lost in thought of what he might do after he left camp, Bellamy followed Clarke into Finn's tent. Raven was there with him. He saw the way Clarke looked at Finn… and the way Finn looked back at Clarke. I wonder if Raven sees it. Clarke was telling Finn how he needed to rest.

"I'll tie him down if I have to." Raven said. Bellamy smirked at that, he had been thinking of things he had done to Clarke and wanted to do to Clarke all morning, and Raven's comment only helped him along. Then he saw the look on Clarke's face and wished he could stick around and make Clarke look at him the way she was looking at Finn. He was confident that he could. What does she see in Finn anyway? I wonder if he had been her first, and if that's the reason she's so into him now. Bellamy found himself imagining what it was like to have been Clarke's first. It's almost as if I had been, she is so inexperienced. I could make her forget Finn.

"Bellamy?" Clarke's voice brought him back.

"Yes, Princess?" He saw her rolling her eyes at the nickname.

"Let's go." She walked out of Finn's tent and he followed.

He put aside his thoughts of Clarke when he saw Octavia. He wanted to go and say goodbye to her, but thought that it would be too painful and that she might try to talk him out of leaving. She hates me anyway. He turned and followed Clarke.

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They had been walking through the woods for a while. She found herself feeling strangely safe with Bellamy walking close behind her.

"Getting tired yet?" Bellamy asked her. "I could carry your pack for you if you like." He's being weird.

"I'm fine." Clarke said, seeing this break in their silence as an opportunity to once again raise the issue of the impending arrival of more people from the Ark and what it meant for Bellamy.

"Maybe Jaha will be lenient." She started to speak, but he cut her off, reminding her of how he shot the Chancellor. Clarke wanted to say more, but she felt it would not be of use now. So she decided to lighten the mood and ask Bellamy something she had been curious about all day.

"So, how was I?" She blushed and hoped she wouldn't need to elaborate. Luckily he seemed to know just was she meant.

"Inexperienced." He said, as he turned to look at her. She was disappointed.

"But I'm willing to help you learn. Right now, if you like." The way he looked at her as he said that gave her chills, but she found herself tongue-tied. After a period of silence he spoke again.

"What do you see in Finn anyway?" She didn't really know how to answer that, and thinking of Finn just made her think of Finn and Raven.

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I shouldn't have asked her about Finn, Bellamy thought as he saw the pain on Clarke's face.

"You know that Finn prefers you to Raven, right?" He didn't really like Finn, but he was leaving, and he didn't like the idea of Clarke being sad.

"What?" She said.

"Finn wants you. Trust me. It would not be hard for you to take him from Raven." I wonder if the fact that she hasn't done so means she doesn't want Finn as much as she thinks she does. That thought made him wish he didn't have to leave.

"I barely know Finn, but he is Raven's everything. I can't destroy their relationship." Bellamy found himself admiring her for that. He wanted to jokingly tell her that he had no relationships to destroy, but then they found a door.

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