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The cloud that had hidden the sun was taking longer to move away than Bellamy had thought it would. The temperature was still high but the air was thick and muggy. A storm was coming and the last place Bellamy and Clarke wanted to be was out in the forest when it struck.
Clarke had dozed off next to Bellamy, wrapped in his arms with her head resting on his chest. Bellamy knew they should get up and get dressed so they could start making their way back but watching her there, asleep and breathtakingly serene, he found himself having to fight the urge to lay back down and go to sleep.
With a huff of breath Bellamy began shifting his arm so that Clarke wasn't so curled up into him.
"Hey, Princess, time to get up." He whispered into her hair.
"Hmm, five more minutes Bell." She pulled their blanket up over her face and shifted even closer to him. She was not making this easy.
"Clarke, a storms coming I think. We better get back and get Lilly home, looks like it's gonna be a big one." Bellamy was admiring the sky. It hadn't taken long for the clouds to roll over the hills and for the world to turn grey. The humidity was quickly becoming uncomfortable and Bellamy was keen to get home as fast as possible.
Suddenly, in the distance, the sky roared and the heavens opened. Heavy rainfall began and Clarke rolled onto her back eyes closed and groaned. "Oh come on? Really? A thunder storm on a day like this." She sat up holding the blanket to her chest, the rain had already flattened her hair to her face and she turned to look at Bellamy.
"Is there ever a time you don't look good? Cos I'm yet to find one."
"Oh shut up, Bellamy." She swatted his arm and covered her face with her hands.
He laughed and sat up. The rain was really hammering down now and Bellamy was seriously starting to wonder whether they would be able to get to camp. "We really should go now, Princess."
Clarke and Bellamy both began collecting their clothes and getting dressed. It wasn't much use seen as almost all their clothes were wet through all ready but they tried their best, packed up their belongings and left the lake. They ran most of the way back, being careful not to fall on the wet mud and by the time they arrived back, the camp was the exact opposite of what it was earlier that day. People were rushing in between huts and cabins, trying to shield themselves from the downpour. Bellamy noticed people were blocking up their windows and making sure roofs were secure. It seemed that everyone had sussed that this storm wouldn't be an hour or so long, it could very well take days to clear up they had no idea. The clouds were getting denser and the time in-between thunder was getting shorter so Clarke grabbed hold of Bellamy's hand and they made their way up to the school.
"Ahh we were just wondering where you to had got to." Jasper was stood in the door way to the school ushering kids to their parents.
"Mummy! Daddy!" Both Bellamy and Clarkes eyes lit up as Lilly came racing out of the school and launched herself into her Dads arms. Bellamy took out his jacket and used it to shield Lilly from the Rain. They thanked jasper and Maya and began making their way back to their hut.
As they rushed through the door they found no signs of leakage anywhere which was a relief to them both and as Lilly ran into her room to fetch her blanket, Bellamy and Clarke changed into some dry clothes. After they were all dry and warm again, Clarke curled up on their makeshift sofa and Lilly came and snuggled into Clarkes lap. Clarke began un-doing Lilly's braids and as the braids became looser Clarke found herself laughing. Her daughter had inherited her hair which both Bellamy and Clarke were happy about but along with the golden blonde colour came the temperamental curls. Lilly's hair had reacted to the rain, just like Clarkes had, and was now in tight ringlets. Clarke stroked the ringlets delicately not wanting to ruin them and she beamed at how beautiful their little girl was.
After Bellamy had finished securing all the windows, he joined them on the sofa, pulling his own blanket over himself, Clarke and Lilly, sandwiching her in-between them. She didn't seem to mind and she snuggled her head closer into Clarkes chest, grabbing Clarkes thumb instinctively.
"So" Bellamy said, moving a ringlet out of Lilly's face and tucking it behind her ear "tell us all about your first day at school. We want to hear everything."
Lilly's eyes lit up and she took a deep breath "Well first of all Maya took us into the plant room and we looked at all the flowers and smelt them and I even saw a Lily flower, like my name!"
"Wow" Clarke said "was it just like the one on your necklace?"
"Yeah and I showed Maya my necklace and she said it was the prettiest necklace she'd ever seen and I think it is the prettiest necklace I've ever seen as well." She had a satisfied look on her face and Clarke chuckled at how charismatic Lilly was. "And then Uncle Jasper came through and we used the pencils to draw our favourite things. I drew the stars and the moon because they are my favourite things. Apart from you two of course." She assured them and Bellamy quirked an eyebrow.
"And I should think so too, little miss." Lilly giggled at that but stopped mid laugh and let out a long yawn. After she'd finished telling Bellamy and Clarke about her day, Lilly's eyes began to droop and she nestled in to Clarke more. Bellamy and Clarke made eye contact and Bellamy scooped Lilly up into his arms. They took her into her room and laid her on her bed. Bellamy dug out the extra blanket they kept spare and tucked Lilly tightly in, remembering to place her Teddy right under her arm.
"Good night Lilly." He spoke quietly as not to wake her and then Bellamy and Clarke left their sleeping daughter, dreaming away, in her room.
Bellamy began un-packing the rest of their supplies from the packs and Clarke stood in the front doorway, watching the rain. It was torrential now but the thunder and lightning had seemed to quieten down for the time being. Clarke caught herself smiling and as much as she tried, she couldn't stop.
"What're you thinking about, Princess?" Bellamy came up behind Clarke and wrapped his arms around her waist, resting his head on top of hers. She held his hands around her waist and sunk back into his arms.
"I was just thinking about how perfect today has been." She sighed with contentment.
"Yeah, apart from the whole thunder storm thing, but the rest was pretty good." She nudged his shoulder and laughed. Their voices were quiet so they didn't wake Lilly and in a whisper Bellamy could hardly hear, Clarke said "I love you."
Bellamy turned Clarke in his arms and cupped her face. "I love you too." He brought his face down to hers and kissed her, slowly. She brought her hands up around his neck and he wrapped his arms around her waist, pulling her closer.
"Hey, Love birds, get a room!"
Bellamy and Clarke looked across the camp to see Raven and Wick stood in the doorway of their hut laughing at their interruption of Bellamy and Clarke's personal moment.
"Ah, shut up Wick!" Bellamy laughed back and both couples retreated back to the warmth of their huts, closing the door after them.
Bellamy and Clarke had had a long day and both were soon ready for bed. As Bellamy did a double check for any leaks, Clarke went into their bedroom and picked up Bellamy's old T-shirt she'd recently been using as a nightshirt. She prepared the bed ready for them to get in and jumped into her side, nestling under their covers. Bellamy came through, got down to his shorts and jumped in next to her. He propped up his pillows and leant back, Clarke rested her head on his chest and pulled the covers up over them.
Clarke sighed "I'm due at the med bay for the early shift tomorrow so would you mind getting Lilly ready and up to school? I've timed it so that I can pick her up after."
Bellamy closed his eyes, the day's work catching up on him. "That's fine, we could take Lilly round to O's tomorrow night. You know how excited she's been about the baby."
"That's a good idea Bell." Clarke started to drift off to sleep. The hut fell quiet and it seemed everyone in Camp had retired to their cabins and gone to sleep as well. The rain hammered on the roof and the last thing Clarke felt before she fell asleep was Bellamy pressing a kiss to her forehead.
Clarke and Bellamy sat straight up at the noise of their door flying open. Bellamy jumped out of bed to see what it was but found Lilly stood in the doorway. She was clutching her Teddy bear and tears streamed down her face. Clarke got up and Bellamy rushed over to pick her up in his arms. She let out a sob and began crying, tears rolling down her cheeks. Bellamy jumped back into bed and nestled Lilly in between him and Clarke.
"Hey, hey, hey what's wrong Lilly? Was it the thunder?" Bellamy spoke in a frantic tone and Lilly just stared up at him, her lip quivering and face wet with tears.
Clarke spoke in a soft tone and began drying Lilly's face with her sleeve. "Did you have a bad dream baby?" she nodded and tears began to fall from her eyes again.
"Shh, it's ok Lilly." Bellamy was holding her tight in his arms. "Tell us what the dream was and Mummy and Daddy will make it go away ok?"
Lilly sniffled but began telling them. "There was a scary monster and it came into camp and all the flowers disappeared and then I was looking for you both but I couldn't find you. The monster got me and then I woke up." She sobbed, wiping her nose and pulling her teddy closer. With her free hand she reached out and clutched Clarkes thumb and Clarke enclosed her hand around her daughters.
"Ok, first of all, Mummy and Daddy will always be here with you, no matter what. We will never leave you on your own or abandon you ok?" Bellamy had shuffled Lilly up the bed so that Clarke could wipe away her tears and dry her face.
"And second of all" Clarke began "No monster will ever come find you. Camp is safe and guarded and no monster could ever get in to hurt you."
Lilly reduced her crying to slight snivels and looked up into her parents faces.
"OK. I believe you. But could I stay in here tonight just in case?"
"Of course you can, but make sure Teddy doesn't take up too much space huh?" Bellamy joked. Lilly giggled back and Bellamy gave a sigh of relief that she was smiling again.
Clarke laid Lilly down and stroked her hair out of her face.
"Go to sleep now Lilly, Mummy and Daddy will make sure your safe, always." She kissed her forehead and laid her head down next to her. Bellamy kept Lilly in his arms as she curled up and drifted back to sleep. He reached out and clasped Clarke's hand, squeezing it in a reassuring way. She reached over Lilly and stroked his face.
"Night Bellamy."
"Night Princess."
The thunder roared through camp, the rain was drowning all the plant life, but inside Bellamy and Clarke's home, they both knew nothing could hurt them.
