It had been two weeks since Clarke took Rory and went to Mount Weather. With Raven's help, they had been able to establish lines of communication with both the ark and Mount Weather, though Bellamy had yet to hear anything from Clarke. His mood was getting more and more sour by the day. Lack of sleep played a big role in his mood. Plus he missed Clarke and Rory. Home wasn't home with them being there. On the plus side, the women who had been staying in their house now had their own cabins as Bellamy had been working from sunup to sundown every day.
This day however had not been a good one. Bellamy was tired, and restless and annoyed beyond belief. When he snapped at some kid for a minor mistake Roan sent him packing. "You need to go talk to Clarke" Roan told him later standing at the bottom of his steps. Bellamy sighed "I know" he said "I'm sorry about today." Roan snorted "just for today?" he replied. Roan climbed the stairs and sat down beside Bellamy "You know, I've heard a lot about what you and Clarke's relationship has been like, from everybody else, so tell me what attracted her to you in the first place?" he asked.
Bellamy snorted "Are we going to do this?" he asked. "Pretend, I'm Raven" he shrugged. Bellamy grinned slightly "She was all over me before the drop ship doors even opened" he snorted. "Talking like the little princess I always thought she was. " Roan had seen Clarke and Bellamy go toe-to-toe on an issue, figuratively and literally, he could imagine them. But the more we had to work together; I began to realize she wasn't a princess all the time. When Atom was dying, it was her who had to kill him. I couldn't, he was begging for it, but I couldn't" he sighed. "She distracted him, then just slid the knife in and then it was over" he shook his head." She was like velvet steel" he smiled softly "Soft on the inside, but hard as steel on the outside." Roan could see that too. Clarke could definitely be a hard ass when she needed to be, as she had proven recently, Roan mused. But she could also be soft, like when she was with Rory or Bellamy, when he wasn't annoying her.
"She drives me nuts" Bellamy confessed "She rushes headlong into anything without thinking about how dangerous it could be." Roan snorted "She is not alone in that" he shook his head. "The other day, I came up the hill and see Raven, eight months pregnant, with twins, she should be resting, but no, she is at the top of a ten foot pole wiring a communication system." Bellamy snorted "and you let her do that?" he asked. "See that's the difference between you and I" he chuckled "I know better than to take a hard stance. I don't pick fights I can't win." Bellamy glanced at him "Doesn't it scare you?" he asked. "Of course it does. She runs into the same danger that everyone else is running from, it's her best and worst characteristic, kind of like someone else I know…" he stared pointedly at Bellamy. "But it's also the thing that most attracted her to me in the first place" he said. "I know that feeling" Bellamy sighed. "The thing is, anything can happen at any time, whether they are rushing headlong into danger or sitting in the front yard babysitting the kids. Life has no guarantees" Roan told him "so you have to take the good with the bad, love em or leave em" he suggested. Roan stood up and walked to the bottom of the stairs "Go get your girls" he urged "and soon, Raven wants Clarke here when she goes into labor." Bellamy sighed "I will, first thing in the morning" he replied. "Thanks" he called to Roan's retreating back. Roan raised a hand in acknowledgement, but kept walking.
Bellamy left at first light for Mount Weather. The four-hour drive gave him plenty of time to think about what he would say to Clarke when he saw her again, but he was mostly looking forward to seeing her and Rory, it had been too long since he'd seen either of them. The first person he saw when he pulled up to the entrance of Mount Weather was Abby, who was outside, holding Rory's hands as she walked barefoot on the soft grass. "da da da da" she chanted excitedly and dropped onto all fours to crawl to him when she spotted him. "Hi princess" he smiled broadly swinging her up into his arms "I missed you" he said kissing her softly. Rory cooed and kicked her feet into his chest. Abby watched from afar smiling at them "Took you long enough" she scoffed when he finally walked over to her. "You were sure I would be the one to cave?" he arched his eyebrows. Abby laughed, "Clarke is her father's daughter" she snorted "she is about as stubborn as they come." Bellamy had that much figured out "Where is she?" he asked. "Sleeping." Abby replied. "Come on, we can get some lunch then you can wake her up." Rory in the meantime had curled up on Bellamy's chest, placing her head on his shoulder "she missed you" Abby smiled "but I must say I have had fun playing grandma."
They ate lunch in Abby's suite. He told her about his conversation with Roan. She laughed heartily when he told her about Raven being on top of the ten-foot pole while being eight months pregnant. "That's my girls" she sighed. "They don't mean to scare the living daylights out of you, they just don't think about it" she told him. "They're strong, independent women who don't like to be told they can't do something" she told him. "You don't say" Bellamy scowled. Abby laughed at him "Take the good with the bad Bellamy, and trust that Clarke will never take a risk that might result in harming herself and anyone she loves" she advised him. Rory dozed in Bellamy's arms "Clarke is two doors down on the right" Abby told him, taking Rory out of his arms and putting her in her crib "go wake her up." Bellamy looked at Abby "how long has she been asleep?" he asked. Abby shrugged "A few hours" she replied. "Hours? " he asked. Abby nodded "The last time she slept like that she was …" he trailed off. Abby neither confirmed, nor denied his statement, but she did smile. "Go" she told him "She'll be happy to see you."
