A/N: Hey guys! I'm back!
I'm so sorry I've been missing for so long! I just had a lot on my plate, plus my exams, I needed to cool off for a while so I took a trip with my friends, leaving the electronics behind ^^
But now I'm back (and I even have a surprise - maybe two - for you so stay tuned!)
Hope you enjoy!
Thanks as always to BrittzandTana for editing!
Disclaimer: I do NOT own The 100.
"Okay, so you wanted to show me something?" Raven asked, looking at her boyfriend curiously as they were walking hand in hand back to Bellamy's apartment.
"Not show you something. Introduce you to someone," Bellamy corrected, smiling.
Raven's eyes widened and she scoffed, "You're not going to introduce me to your mother, are you?" Even though she was half joking, she was beginning to freak out a little.
Bellamy saw her worried eyes, and he quickly reassured her, "No, don't worry. But there is someone really important to me that I want you to meet."
Raven let out a relieved sigh, as she wondered who could be so important to Bellamy that she needed to meet. As they finally reached his apartment, Bellamy closed the door behind them and, after making sure his mother wasn't around, he started moving the small table in the center of the room. Raven's eyebrows furrowed in confusion as she noticed there was a hidden trapdoor on the floor.
Bellamy got up and looked intently at his girlfriend. "Before I open this, I need you to promise me something."
Raven was dumbfounded. Was someone actually in there?
Seeing that his girlfriend was too shocked to reply, he continued, "You can never tell anyone about this." He reached out to take her hands in his own, and she nodded slightly, her eyes never leaving the trapdoor.
Bellamy finally opened it, and Raven gasped as a young and visibly very intimidated brunette got out of her hiding spot. "Raven, this is Octavia, my sister." He turned to look at his sister. "O, this is Raven, my incredible girlfriend."
The girl – Octavia – was looking at her with shy green eyes, as if she was scared that Raven would immediately turn her in. The girl looked at her brother for reassurance, and he smiled at her. She smiled in return and looked back to Raven, smiling and opening her arms to hug her. Raven was certainly not expecting that, so she just stood there for a few seconds before reciprocating the hug and saying in a soft, still somewhat unsure voice, "Hi, Octavia."
She didn't know what else she could say. Her mind still couldn't grasp around the fact that Bellamy had a sister. Nobody had siblings on the Ark, and as much as the children didn't want to admit it, they all dreamed of what it would be like to have one. There had been a few cases where parents would hide a second child in their apartment, but they were always turned in or discovered by random patrols. The girl seemed to be sixteen years old, and Raven was in awe that Bellamy's family had managed to keep her a secret for so long. The few cases she had heard about always ended very badly. The parents being floated, and the secret child taken away from their sibling until they could get floated at eighteen.
Raven pulled away from Bellamy's sister – still having a hard time grasping the fact that he did have a sister – and scrutinized her. She didn't seem as shy anymore, she guessed that she trusted her brother very much, and that his presence was enough for her to feel safe in the company of a complete stranger.
Bellamy was looking at her expectantly, searching for any sign in Raven's face, any indication that would tell him if she would keep their secret or not. He trusted her enough to know that she would never turn them in, but he still wanted to make sure she wouldn't tell their friends.
"It's really nice to meet you," Octavia said, still grinning wildly. "I've never met anyone… outside of my family I mean." She let out an awkward laugh and Raven chuckled, though it was stiff.
"Nice to meet you too, Octavia. Even though I had no idea you existed." Raven flashed Bellamy a pointed look, and he smiled shyly in return. She saw Octavia frown a little, probably a little hurt by the comment. "I didn't mean that in a bad way or anything," Raven clarified, raising her hand in the air as if to emphasize that she wasn't trying to be mean.
"No, of course." Octavia smiled reassuringly, the frown already gone. "Like I said, it's the first time I'm meeting anyone that's not part of our family."
"Well," Raven started as she looked intently at both Blake siblings, "your secret is safe with me. I promise I won't say anything."
"Even to our friends?" Bellamy queried.
"I promised, didn't I?" Raven smiled. "But I really think you should tell them. You know they're trustworthy."
"I know, but I'm not so sure about this. It took me a long time before deciding to introduce you to her," Bellamy replied.
"I'm the only reason he did it, to be honest," Octavia stepped in, smiling playfully at her brother.
"True," he snorted. "She wouldn't stop bugging me, she wanted to meet you so badly it was becoming annoying."
"I couldn't let my brother date just anyone, could I?" Octavia joked as she nudged him in the side a little. Octavia looked back at Raven. "Now, how about we get to know each other so I can tell you all about the embarrassing things Bell's done."
Bellamy rolled his eyes, though he was smiling. Octavia motioned for them to sit around the table, once she had put it back in place. Raven sat quietly, still in shock. Octavia must have been the reason Bellamy had been spending so much time alone in his house. It wasn't because his mother was feeling depressed, it was because he wanted to spend time with his sister. Octavia was the reason Bellamy had been so secretive and reluctant to have them stopping at his apartment.
They spent an entire hour just laughing and talking about everything. Octavia was asking a lot of questions about how the Ark was, how the space and Earth looked like, and Raven felt a sharp pang in her heart. She would never be able to see all of this, she was trapped here, under the floor. She didn't know anyone beside her own family – and now Raven – so the brunette suggested, "Seriously, why don't you tell our friends about Octavia?" She noticed that Octavia was looking expectantly at her brother now. "This way, we could all hang out here and your sister won't be alone most of the time."
Octavia nodded in agreement, obviously liking the idea very much. "Yeah Bell, I'm sure that you can trust them. At least, from what you told me about them, they seem really trustworthy."
Bellamy gazed sadly at his sister. "You know mom would never allow that. She's doesn't even know that I introduced you to Raven," he said as he took Raven's hand in his. Raven squeezed it lightly. It hit Raven one more time that all the times he wasn't hanging out with their friends, he was keeping his sister company, and her heart swell a little.
"I wouldn't be so sure about that if I were you. We both know she's tired of keeping me hidden all the time. She hardly ever goes out except for work, she doesn't want to leave me alone, and it's the same for you." Octavia put her hand on her brother's shoulder, forcing him to look her in the eye. "I don't want to be the reason you're stuck here anymore. The only one who's stuck in this house is me, and you shouldn't have to choose between your friends and me." Green eyes never left brown ones. "You know you can have both if you just tell them. I would get to know them, get a chance to make real friends outside our family. Because as much as I love you and mom, I'm getting tired of see your faces all the time," she finished with a half smile, which her brother and Raven returned.
Bellamy let out a long sigh, breaking away from Octavia's stare, and he finally said in a soft voice, looking back at his sister with a smile, "I promise you I'll think about it."
"Okay," Octavia replied, smiling back at him, because she knew she had almost won. Now, she would work on convincing their mother.
"Well, isn't that a beautiful bonding moment between the Blake siblings?" Raven smirked. "You guys could be famous if it wasn't so risky. 'The Blake siblings', the only siblings on the Ark."
"I've always said our family was special, especially me." Octavia winked at Raven.
"Wow, self-confident much?" Raven replied as she grinned. Whatever Bellamy's decision was, and even if they didn't manage to convince her mom, she had the feeling Octavia and she would be really good friends.
"You're unusually quiet today, Rae," Anya told Raven as they were hanging out with Lexa, Clarke and Lincoln at the latter's place.
Seeing that the brunette didn't reply, only keeping her gaze focused on the floor, Anya snapped her fingers in front of her, startling her. Confused as to why everyone was looking at her, she asked, "What?"
"You're acting weird today." Clarke had noticed it too, and she knew her best friend well enough to know that she wouldn't talk about whatever it was that was bothering her in front of everyone.
"Are things okay with you and Bellamy?" Lincoln asked, after Raven still hadn't replied to Anya.
"Yeah, of course. Why do you ask?" Raven raised a confused eyebrow.
"I don't know. I thought it might have been the reason you've been so off the entire afternoon," he shrugged.
"I was just lost in my thoughts, I guess." Raven shrugged it off.
"Come on, that wouldn't surprise me from Lexa –" Lexa shoved Anya playfully in the arm, feigning offense. "– but not from my favorite sassy bean."
"I find that nickname highly offensive," Raven scoffed, though it was obvious she was amused by it. "I have nothing to do with a bean."
"I wonder what lover boy did to make you so thoughtful," Anya mused.
"Lover boy?" Lexa chuckled. "That doesn't really suit him".
"Yeah well, my creativity for nicknames is on a break right now," Anya explained.
Raven rolled her eyes. "He didn't do anything. Am I not allowed to get lost in my own thoughts?"
Anya feigned thinking for a minute. "Um, no. You're just not the type of person to over think things, and it looked like that's what you were doing."
"Can we just drop it?" Raven asked, exasperated.
Anya just narrowed her eyes at her so Clarke felt the need to come to Raven's rescue. "So, who's up for that party this weekend?"
It was already Wednesday, and by now, Monty had told everyone he was throwing a party on Friday. They all knew that it meant lots of alcohol and fun.
Lexa backed Clarke up, seeing that no one was going to answer, "I'm really looking forward to it actually. School's already starting to get on my nerves."
"Yeah, I know what you mean," Clarke replied as the others were starting a conversation about who was going to win the next basketball game. "I don't get a word of what the teacher's saying in English. I mean, Sanders is a good teacher, but I don't really get where she's going with all those references."
"Yeah, same goes with me in bio," Lexa said, frowning. Her face lit up though, as she offered, "Do you need help in English? I could totally explain some things to you if you want."
Clarke's face lit up too in a grin. "Yeah, that'd be great. And I could give you a hand in bio in return, since I'm really into that scientific stuff and everything."
Lexa smiled back. "Makes sense, since you want to be a doctor."
Before Clarke could reply, Anya interrupted the exchange, "Lex, you need to tell Raven that we're gonna crush Bellamy's team at our first game tomorrow."
There was not enough space or resources on the Ark to allow their high school to have too many sport teams, so it was basically boys against girls. Many had complained about that to Chancellor Jaha, saying it was sexist, and he had expressed the fact that he was going to change that the following year, making two co-ed. This year, however, followed the tradition, and it was basically Lexa's team against Bellamy's team, since they were both the respective captains of their teams.
"Please." Lexa looked confidently at Raven. "Your boyfriend doesn't stand a chance against us."
"Oh really? I guess we'll see about that tomorrow then," Raven replied, smiling confidently.
"Wanna bet?" Anya smirked, enjoying the idea of spicing things up a bit.
"What would you bet?" Clarke asked, raising a curious eyebrow. She wanted to see where this was going.
"I don't know." Anya thought for a minute, Raven looking expectantly at her. When she found an idea, her eyes glowed mischievously. "The loser has to call the winner 'Your highness' for a month, and also has to bow every time they walk into a room."
"Minus the bow, I'm in." Raven smirked.
"What? Having second thoughts? Don't think your boyfriend's gonna win anymore?" Anya replied playfully.
"Okay, forget what I said. I'm in anyway. I really want to erase that smug look from your face."
As Raven and Anya got into a staring contest, Lincoln, Lexa and Clarke decided to actually try to get some work done. They spent the afternoon just talking once they finished their assignments, and Clarke and Lexa helped each other out in the three classes they shared.
The following day, Clarke decided to drop by Lexa's practice to watch her play. She hadn't done that since they became so close, and she thought that it would be good to see her play since she wouldn't be going to that game the next day. She wasn't particularly into competition, and she'd rather get ready for the party than watch the game.
When she entered, she took a seat on the front row of the bleachers, and got out her sketchbook again, like she had done the first time – and only time – she had come to see the brunette and her friend play. Practice was already nearly finished, but Clarke used the remaining time to perfect her drawing of Anya and Lexa – even though it was obvious that Lexa was the subject of the drawing.
Lexa only noticed her before going into the small locker room, and she made her way toward her instead, smiling.
"Hey! Didn't think I'd see you here. You only came once," Lexa said, though it was obvious she appreciated the blonde's presence.
"I had nothing to do, and I figured why not." Clare smiled, putting her sketchbook down. Lexa glanced at it briefly and Clarke blushed. Even though the brunette had already seen the drawing, Clarke was still uncomfortable at the idea that Lexa could find it weird that she was drawing her.
"I thought you weren't really into sports."
"I'm not." Clarke nodded. "But that doesn't mean I can't come support my friends."
"Well, how about you come to see the game tomorrow then?" Lexa offered, holding her breath.
Clarke hesitated for a second, because she hadn't planned on coming at all, even though Raven had asked that they go together. Finally though, she gave in, because how could anyone resist those eyes?
Get ahold of yourself, Griffin. She's only asking you that as a friend, obviously.
"Yeah, okay, I'll come," Clarke replied, smiling.
"Great," Lexa exclaimed, grinning in return.
"But only if I get my revenge at chess."
Lexa smirked. "Want to get your ass kicked again, Griff?" Clarke only attempted to glare at her – though she failed miserably – so Lexa nodded. "Deal."
As Clarke asked the brunette to hang out at her place for the rest of the afternoon, Lexa nodded and turned around to finally go to the locker room. It didn't take long for her to come out, but when she did, Clarke frowned. Lexa was talking to a small blonde, a huge smile on her face. Clarke cringed as the said blonde put her arm on Lexa's, and Lexa chuckled at something she had said. She noticed Lexa glancing at her, and she tried to regain some composure before the brunette could realize that she was slightly jealous.
Because she had no reason to be, really. Lexa was just a friend. Yes, Clarke had a crush on her, but no, that did not give her the right to get jealous. If anything, she should support Lexa if she was interested in that girl. But telling that to herself didn't make it any less painful.
Lexa eventually waved goodbye at the girl and came to meet Clarke again.
"Ready to go?"
"Yep." Clarke tried to speak in the most enthusiastic voice she could find, though she was reeling inside.
Later, when they were both in Clarke's room – Lexa as per usual on her bed and Clarke at her desk finishing another drawing – the blonde couldn't keep her question to herself anymore. "So, who was that girl you were talking to after practice?"
Lexa perked her head up and thought for a second, as if she didn't remember who Clarke was talking about. Eventually, she asked, "Monroe? She's just a girl from my team. Why?"
"No reason." Clarke shrugged, not taking her eyes off of her drawing though she desperately wanted to glance at Lexa's reaction when she said, "You guys just seemed to have a fun conversation, and I was wondering if you liked her."
Wow, could you be any more obvious?
Clarke just couldn't keep her mouth shut sometimes. She finally dared to look at Lexa, who was now frowning at her notebook.
"She's nice, and we get along quite well, but I don't like her in that way if that's what you're asking."
"Why not?"
Really, Clarke?
She sighed internally at herself, looking down at her drawing even though she couldn't focus on anything except on the brunette.
Lexa's eyebrows furrowed even more. "I don't know. She's cute, but I don't really know her that well. She's just a nice girl in my team, nothing more."
Clarke only nodded, but as if to bury herself deeper, she queried, "Anyone else that might have peeked your interest?" She could sense Lexa getting uncomfortable, and she immediately regretted her question. "You don't have to answer that, I was just curious, that's all."
"It's okay," Lexa reassured her. "And to answer your question, no, I don't have my eye on anyone." Lexa quickly glanced at her. "You?"
Clarke looked up and chuckled. "What? Do I like someone?" Lexa nodded. "Uh, no." Lie. "Though, that boy Finn in our history class is kind of cute."
What kind of game was she playing? Clarke had no idea. She really didn't know what was going on in her head sometimes.
Lexa tried to ignore the sharp pang in her chest, instead wanting to look interested rather than disgusted. "Really? The one with the long hair?"
Clarke rolled her eyes. "Come on, it's not that long." She paused, before deciding that this boy might be a good way to get her mind off of Lexa. He seemed nice, at least, from what Clarke could tell from the few little times they had talked. "I don't know, we haven't talked much, but he just seems really nice and funny."
Lexa couldn't pretend anymore, though she had hardly tried honestly, so she decided to change the topic. "What should I expect from the party tomorrow?"
Clarke smirked. "Lots of drinking games, and a huge hangover the next morning."
Lexa let out a light hearted laugh that made Clarke's smirk turn into a smile. Yes, she definitely liked that sound, and Finn was probably not going to be enough to change that. "Yeah, I heard Monty is actually a specialist when it comes to brewing alcohol."
Before either of them could add anything, Raven burst into Clarke's room.
"Guys, we kinda have an emergency situation... I need you to come with me," she stated, leaving no room for argument.
Lexa got up and rolled her eyes. "Hello to you too, Raven."
"We saw each other this morning." Raven motioned for them to hurry. "Now come on, we need to split up and get everyone else. We'll meet at Bellamy's place."
"Is he okay?" Clarke asked. She hadn't gotten the chance to talk to Raven alone, and she wondered if, despite what she had claimed, Bellamy was in fact the reason Raven had been so off lately.
"Yeah, he's fine," Raven answered, and then only asked them to go look for Jasper, Monty and Lincoln before meeting her at Bellamy's before leaving in a rush.
Clarke looked at Lexa, confused at her friend's more than odd behavior. "What was that all about?"
"I don't know," Lexa replied, just as stunned. "She's your best friend, not mine."
They did as Raven told them and, after a few questions that they didn't have the answers to and a few grunts, the three boys finally agreed to come with them. Clarke knocked on Bellamy's front door, and Raven soon opened, motioning for them to come in.
Anya was already there, only Wells was missing Clarke noticed. "Why isn't Wells here?"
"Because what I'm about to tell you cannot be repeated to the Chancellor's son," Bellamy replied, extremely uncomfortable as he shifted from one foot to the other. Raven grabbed his hand and he stared at her for a moment before he turned back to face everyone. "I have a sister."
Since he had no idea how to say this, he just blurted it out, plain and simple. Everyone stared at him, the room completely silent. He saw Clarke and Lincoln gasp, while Anya's and Lexa's faces remained unreadable. The first ones to react were Jasper and Monty, both started smiling like idiots, claiming that it was 'so cool'.
"Where is she?" Lincoln asked, dumbfounded. "I mean, where are you hiding her?"
Bellamy just lifted one finger in the air, indicating them to wait a minute, and he started moving the table in the center of the room. He revealed the hidden trapdoor and quickly opened it, Raven still standing beside him. He helped a green eyed brunette out of the hidden spot, and the girl made eye contact with each of them, slowly but also somewhat challengingly, as if she wanted to gauge everyone to see if they were worthy of her and her brother's trust.
"Hi," the girl said. She looked about their age, just a couple of years younger perhaps.
"Hi!" Jasper was the first one to react, smiling at her.
Bellamy stepped in to stand beside his sister, Raven standing on her left side. "Guys, this is Octavia. O, these people are my closest friends. You can trust them."
"I know," she said, looking back at him, her eyes getting softer. "If you trust them, I trust them too."
Bellamy nodded and smiled a confident smile while Octavia looked back at everyone, lingering a little on Lincoln.
"I know this must be surprising for you, and you're probably wondering how I survived this long without anyone finding out I existed. I'll tell you why." She narrowed her eyes a little bit, and Clarke thought she looked scary now, as if she was someone people shouldn't mess with. "My family has always done everything to protect me. We never told anyone that I existed, and yet, we're telling you know. So if my brother trusted you enough with our secret, I take it you won't disappoint him, or me."
Clarke saw Anya smiling a half smile, she was obviously liking this girl already. Lincoln was the first one to approach her, and he reached out his hand to her.
"Lincoln. It's a pleasure to meet you, Octavia." She stared at him before shaking his hand, and he quickly added, "Don't worry. Your secret is safe with us." He looked back at the others, and everyone nodded in agreement.
To the general surprise though, Anya blurted out, "I have a sister too."
Lexa and Lincoln looked at her, smiling as if they were appreciating her honesty, because of course, they already knew, so they weren't the least bit surprised.
Octavia looked at her with a glint in her eyes. "You do?"
Anya nodded slightly. "Her name's Tris. She's thirteen."
Bellamy put his hand on Anya's shoulder and squeezed it lightly. "Thanks for telling us. And of course, we'll protect your secret as well."
Everyone else nodded and Jasper stated, shaking his head, "I didn't know there were that many siblings on the Ark. So many secrets."
Once they overcame the shock of the discovery, they all sat at the table and started to get to know Octavia and talk a bit about Tris. Once it was nearing dinner time, Bellamy stood up. "I'm sorry, I wish you could stay longer guys, but our mom is about to come home. She's not here often, because she has three different jobs to have enough food for the three of us, but she doesn't know we told you, and she wouldn't be happy about it. O and I plan to tell her tonight, but it'd be best if you weren't there when we do tell her." He glanced nervously at Raven. "Same goes for you, Rae."
Lexa got up, and everyone followed suit. "Don't worry, we get it," she said. She looked back at Octavia, who seemed sad to see them go. "I'm happy that your brother told us about you, Octavia. You seem like a great girl."
Jasper suddenly suggested, "Hey, why don't we have the party here tomorrow night?"
"I don't think Bellamy's mom would be willing to have a bunch of teens suddenly partying with her secret daughter," Anya replied warily.
"True," Bellamy agreed.
"Why don't we stop by tomorrow night, to prove to her that she can trust us?" Clarke offered. "If she decides to trust us, we can have the party here on Saturday night. I wouldn't mind waiting another day."
"You know what?" Bellamy smiled. "That's a great idea."
Octavia squealed happily and Monty frowned. "It's going to be risky for me to walk around the Ark with a bag full of booze, though. I usually just have a ten minutes walk from my shed to my house."
Octavia's face immediately fell. "Oh, forget about it then. You're already risking too much by keeping our secret."
Monty smiled at her. "I said it was going to be risky, I didn't say I wasn't going to do it."
"You sure?" Octavia asked.
"Of course he's sure. He's got his best friend helping him to not to screw things up. What could go wrong?" Jasper butted in, smiling at the girl with his arm around Monty's shoulder. When he saw everyone's – except for Octavia who didn't really know him – pointed looks, he added, "Don't answer that, actually."
"Great! Then it's settled," Raven said, looking at Bellamy. "We'll put on our best smiles for your mom, and we will have the party here."
Bellamy closed the door after everyone had left, and he leaned on it a little bit, making eye contact with his sister. His nervousness matched the anxiety he detected in her eyes too.
"I really hope mom sees how great they are," she said.
He sighed a little and replied, "Me too."
A/N: You finally met Octavia!
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