A/N: Sorry for the slow update! This is only half the chapter that I wanted to post up but I figured I could just split it into two. Also, I hit 100 followers! This is a very special moment due to the name of the show. 3 Love it, thank you.
"Are you kidding me right now? You love her? You don't even know her Finn!" Raven barreled toward the group from the direction of the tents.
Up until Finn's announcement her presence had gone unnoticed. She lurked around camp, listening in on the conversation between Bellamy and Clarke. Raven wasn't the snooping type but ever since Clarke had indulged herself on Finn, she had felt the need to keep an eye on the home-wrecking harlot.
"Raven." Finn spoke her name as if he had suddenly realized his mistake but no other words followed. Within that moment, Finn had made his choice.
Clarke felt her cheeks burn with a bundle of emotion but her mouth was paralyzed. Minutes ago she was cursing away any resemblance of romance. It was easier to pretend nothing existed than to actually face her problems. Yet there she was, standing in a mess that she had unknowingly played a vital role in. It would've been nice to yell at everyone and run for the safety of her tiny tent but that wasn't Clarke, not at all. Her eyes went from Finn to Raven, her emotions going from anger to pity.
"You can't even say it. You're an asshole Finn. Clarke's too good for you. I'm too good for you." Raven had stopped a few feet away from him. Her eyes burned with a passion unseen before. It was hard to distinguish what was going through her head but her words had actually come as a shock to Clarke.
Since the day Raven had landed the girls avoided each other. There had been an elephant between them but neither of them cared to talk about it. Clarke had assumed that Raven hated her but her statement had made everything clear. If the situation had been any different, relief may have flooded her.
"Raven, I'm sorry. Can we talk about this in private?" Finn's eyes darted toward Clarke and the Blake siblings. He may have not wanted a confrontation but he brought it upon himself.
Bellamy tuned out all the romantic drama as soon as he saw Octavia sneaking into the gate. His eyes narrowed, his attention leaving Clarke.
"Where the hell do you think you're going?" He hissed the words like snake's venom.
"To bed; I'm exhausted. Good night Bell." Octavia didn't glance over at her brother. She knew what would be greeting her if she made eye contact with him.
Bellamy caught his sister by the arm, pulling her back to face him. Worry seeped through his pores instead of rage. His eyes followed the natural structure of her face, searching for any new wounds. He had loved his sister to death but if she was sneaking out to go prance around the forest with Finn, he wouldn't have it. Finn was already stuck in the middle of two girls; Octavia Blake did not need to be added to that list.
"O, what were you doing beyond the gate this late?" His words came out like that of a concerned father.
"None of your business." She jerked her arm away, channeling the anger she felt about the torturing of the grounder. It had been a few days since that wretched event had taken place but Octavia was stubborn. After spending years under the floorboards dwelling on memories, it was hard for her to forget such traumatic things.
"Octavia, you're not allowed outside of these walls at night. We just saved you from the grounders, we don't need you getting taken again."
"I'm not a child Bellamy, I can take care of myself."
"No! We can't talk about this in private. If you wanted private you shouldn't have confessed your love to Clarke in front of your damn girlfriend."
"Raven," Clarke had interjected, hoping to calm the girl before anything drastic was done. It was actually surprising that the rest of the camp hadn't woken up. Their voices bounced off the trees, the argument becoming anything but private.
"Shut up Clarke."
"Raven, leave her out of this. You're upset with me and I get it. I should've talked to you before but I didn't know how. I was confused, I still am." Finn took a step toward Clarke, his eyes following the direction of his feet.
"But I know that my feelings for you are real. I didn't sleep with you because it was convenient, there was something more to it." He directed his words toward Clarke.
Clarke remained silent and bewildered. She took a few steps back, uncomfortable with the sudden distance now separating her and Finn. He was close enough to touch her and that didn't feel right, not with Raven right there. Not with what she was struggling to come to terms with. She didn't want anything to do with Finn, she told her heart to stop caring about him. She refused to let a man be her weakness. There were greater things to worry about.
"Clarke," Finn's voice pierced her ears but her eyes were glued to Raven.
Going unnoticed once more, Raven had closed the distance between them. She was practically in front of them, her eyes ready to strike.
"Finn!" Raven shrieked the name and brought a knife wielding hand up toward him. She was threatening his life but he made no effort to stop her.
"What are you going to do Raven, cut my throat? We both know you can't." He came off as mocking which tugged on Clarke's gut.
She didn't think it was wise to bait a scorned woman holding a knife. Raven closed the gap between Finn, her fingers kept the knife hovering above the base of Finn's neck. Tears had flooded her eyes and streaked the dirt that was caked on her face. Her hand quivered with a hundred different emotions but only anger shined through the layer of tears in her eyes.
"Why would you do this to me? I thought you loved me."
"I do love you. You're always going to be my little bird," With one arm, Finn pushed away her knife wielding hand and with the other he wiped away the tears from her face. "But I'm afraid I'm no longer in love with you. I'm sorry Raven."
There was no more yelling. The wind rustled the trees and the entire explosion of a situation had finally taken a moment to breathe. Raven mumbled inaudible words but Clarke remained focused on the knife. It felt odd being in the middle of a conversation between a couple, and it felt even more unusual not being able to slink away and pretend that she had never witnessed the argument. Raven dropped her head, but the arm holding the knife remained tense.
The next few moments had happened quickly. One moment, Clarke was standing as a third party witness to an argument, the next she was pushing Finn out of the way of a swinging knife. The blade grazed her butt; it tore her pants but only left a scratch on her skin. Finn stumbled back a few steps, completely in shock by the fact that Raven had actually attempted to stab him. At the sound of the commotion, Bellamy had turned just in time to restrain Raven. He wrestled the knife from her fingers, throwing it to the ground with only a few minor scrapes of his own.
"What the hell Raven! We just stitched him up!" Clarke remained in front of Finn, a defensive stance of sorts. It hadn't been her intention to take sides, but she wasn't going to let him get stabbed. She needed him whether she wanted to admit that or not.
"You're actually going to defend him even after he used you?" Raven hissed the words, her limbs struggling against the arms of Bellamy who was desperately trying to move her away from the situation.
"No one else needs to die, especially not over something as stupid as this. We're on the verge of war with the grounders and you want to kill him because he broke your heart? Raven, come on." Clarke was practically pleading with Raven. The drama was exhausting and they would get more than enough of it when the ark came down.
"Ten days Clarke. He couldn't wait ten days before sleeping with another girl. I have every right to want to kill him."
"You slept with Bellamy! You're no better than Finn."
Once more silence settled over the bunch, leaving only the earth and their breathing. Raven's eyes glued themselves to Finn, searching for any reaction. Bellamy's eyes fell to the ground, avoiding the argument that had started all of this. Clarke's attention remained on Raven. While Octavia stood idle, watching the situation unfold.
"I-I didn't sleep with him. I considered it and if Bellamy wasn't an idiot we would have." Raven's voice cracked the silence, all eyes scattering.
That was the moment relief flooded over Clarke's body. It was an odd moment, after everything that had happened. She forced away a joyous smile but turned her attention toward Bellamy. She owed him an apology, but it would have to come at a later time.
"You tried to sleep with Bellamy? Seriously, of all people?" Finn took a step around Clarke, ready to face the situation head on. He didn't make an effort to close the distance between himself and Raven which was wise.
"You slept with one leader so I figured I'd sleep with the other. Seeing how you can't stand him. It doesn't matter though, it never happened. Only one of us here is a cheater."
"You're worse than I am. I cheated on you when I thought I was never going to see you again. You tried to sleep with him while I was outside of the gates. You knew you were going to see me again. You're disgusting." Finn's brows furrowed with distaste.
The anger boiled underneath Raven's skin once more. Her body ached to lunge and rip the throat from Finn but Bellamy held her back and this time he was the one to speak up.
"For god's sake, shut the hell up Spacewalker. You didn't tell Clarke about Raven when you decided to take her heart. The second your girlfriend came down to earth you acted like Clarke was nothing. If anyone is disgusting it is you."
"Bellamy!" Clarke tried to silence him before the conversation got worse. It was admirable to see him stick up for both of them but it wasn't his place to speak in defense of her heart.
"At least I haven't murdered over three hundred people."
"I only did what was needed to be done to keep everyone here alive."
"You've done nothing but advocate the belief that breaking rules and being a criminal is acceptable in society. You're turning these kids into monsters."
"You're one to talk." Bellamy gritted his teeth.
Before another word could be spoken, Clarke pushed Finn back behind her.. She was sick and tired of the fighting, there needed to be end to it all.
"Both of you need to shut up. Speaking of the camp, most of them are trying to sleep which is what we should be doing. The grounders aren't going to give us a break tomorrow because we've had a long night. Everyone needs to go to their tents and-," her words were cut off by the distinct sound of a horn. It echoed through the trees, causing a few agitated faces to peak out of their tents.
"What was that?" Raven looked to the sky for an answer.
"Acid Fog." Bellamy, Finn, and Clarke replied in unison.
Hi again! Just wanted to make a comment on the craziness. Hopefully the switching of PoVs didn't lose you. Thought it would be important to had emphasis to everyone in the group. Jonty will be coming up in the next chapter! Thanks for all the lovely reviews all. I'm still reading them and they are still making my night.
