Approaching an ally

The next day started out pretty much the same for Clarke as it did the day before, of course this time without the overwhelming and blinding excitement of seeing people she missed once again. No, today, she was more focused, more alert to what was happening to her and more specifically what was happening around her. She couldn't let her emotions get the best of her or she might screw this up so she needs to concentrate on her mission and what she needs to do. With that in mind, breakfast with her parents was nice, her father was teasing that one day with him and the world of engineering and she would never want anything else.

Of course Abby laughed at that while teasing that Clarke was made to be a doctor and that a bunch of junk wouldn't change that to which Jake put a hand on his heart faking it that he was hurt by what she said and all Clarke did was laugh at their terribly funny banter on who would sway Clarke to their side. Unfortunately for her Dad, her mother was right. Clarke loved taking care of people, it's one of the reasons why she also became the leader of the 100, her good strategies to keep them safe earned their respect, her medical knowledge earned their trust and her care for them earned their loyalty besides she liked being an almost doctor and disliked engineering very much, though she did know a thing or two about it.

Once again, she met up with Wells on her way to the classes that they shared, only this time he was accompanied by his father which was a shock and a little hard to swallow but she kept all of that inside and treated him the same way she would in this time but it was hard. It was hard keeping up the pretense when she was in front of the man who not only killed her father, imprisoned her, send 100 kids herself included to an unexplored planet without help, set a great technology evil onto them, killing and torturing people on her name as well as so many other unspeakable things along the way.

However, this version of Jaha was still just the father of her best friend and her father's best friend and not the man she remembers from their last moments together on the ground inside the second dawn bunker, so she did her best to treat him as lovely and amicably as she always has. She didn't want him to think something was wrong with her, neither him nor Wells so she was very convincing, thankfully and after he said goodbye to them both to go in search of her mother and left the two of them alone, Clarke let a small sigh of relief before tuning back in to what her friend was talking about and she caught the last part of it.

"… the dad died and now so did the mom which means he's also an orphan. It's very bad. And Dad won't help him." He said angrily and she immediately knew who he was talking about. Murphy. She hadn't know who he was talking about before and truth be told, hadn't really done much to find out but now everything was different. She knew that Murphy was imprisoned a little before she did so she knew it must be soon, which means she must act soon before he goes to the Sky Box, it needs to happen but not now. So she quickly formed a plan.

"Wells, I forgot something important I have to do and I don't think I can make it to back to the second class, can you cover for me and write it down what the teachers explain today?" she asked as they came closer to the class entrance and he looked at her. "Hey, if you don't want to go to class today, you just have to say it. You know I will not say anything to them." He said smiling at her and she smiled back at him. She had occasionally done this, you know missing classes, usually so she could go paint her heart's desire, for hours at times and she was thankful for al those times when he covered for her not only with the teachers but with her parents as well when they would ask for her.

"Yeah, I know. I actually don't think I have recovered from my anger with Pike and I might not control myself today and I could get in serious trouble so could you cover for me?" she half-lied because she really wasn't sure how would she continue to act being around Pike so much all the while remembering all the lives he destroyed with his megalomaniac notion that they were superior to the grounders and had the right to their land when in reality they were nothing but intruders. Idiotic jackass, she thought. Wells nodded at her, none the wiser. "Don't worry. Just go relax a little. I will cover for you." He said and she hugged him. "Thank you Wells." She said and he shook his head.

"You're welcome besides it's what best friends are for. I will always have your back." He said sincerely and she knew he was telling the truth, his pretense of being guilty for Jake's death to protect her relationship with her mom proved that and she smiled at him gratefully before turning and walking back the way they came from until she heard him enter the class and close door then she made a turn for the kitchen and asked for a little snack and given her parent's position, she got it without trouble and then she went back to her place and got a few medicines that her mother had given her a few days before she returned if she remembered correctly since she figured Murphy might need it.

After gathering what she thought he might need now that he is alone, without his parents, she went into the direction where she remembered from the Ark's blueprint that she studied in the valley was Murphy's quarters. She had hated it when Finn nicknamed her princess, it made her feel unfair and a brat and a privileged and she hated it because it was the truth. It was done unconsciously but reality is she never really knew anything beyond her part of the Ark which was the privileged one so he wasn't exactly straying that far away from the truth of her life anyway.

Which is why this new part of the Ark was untouched waters for her, she had never been this way here before, especially not alone but she had studied the Ark's structure enough to know where the places she would need to know were located, Becca thought it would be good information and she had been right. She could see a few looks were given to her by some people but she ignored them until she came to stop in front of his door, she steeled herself before knocking three times. It took a couple of seconds before the door was yanked open and a much younger and unscathed Murphy opened the door.

She could see he was surprised so she started. "Hi, my name is…" she started but he cut her off. "Clarke Griffin, the doctor's daughter' and little Jaha's best friend, I know who you are." He said scoffing and crossing his arms around his chest and she nodded already knowing that he knew who she was but pretending she didn't. "Yes and I know who you are too, John Murphy and well, I heard about what happened to your mom, I was wondering if you would like a little help." She said and gave him a small smile while he had a scowl on his face.

"I don't need your pity, blondie. You should go back the way you came from and get the hell away from my door." He said and was about to close the door on her face before she stopped with her hand and looked at him straight in the eye. "To have pity for you would be to believe that you can't survive what has happened to you and I believe you are one hell of a survivor, Murphy so I don't pity you. I am simply offering my help." She said firmly and sincerely and he looked at her for a while searching for something he must have found because he opened the door begrudgingly.

She smiled before entering the room and she was shocked. It was so small, that she wondered how a family could even live here where it could barely hold 2 people at most but she didn't let it show on her face or else he would kick her out forcefully if necessary and she didn't want that. "I am sorry about the smell, I tried cleaning it the best I could but I am not very good at it." He said still wary of her but she looked at him and shook her head. "I don't mind. Well, I figured there were a few things you night need so I took a few I could spare and brought them for you and I also figured you might be hungry so I got these for you as well." She said giving him what she brought, putting it on top of the table.

He crossed his arms and stared at her and the things not moving an inch forward, looking as if he was analyzing her and her motives. She could see the questions in his mind of why was she here, what could she gain from doing this, what she would want in return for the help and she was sad to know he never experienced kindness. "How do you even know who I am and what happened to me? Why do you care? What do you want for this?" he asked defensibly and she patiently responded. "Wells told me that he heard what happened to you." She said and he scoffed. "I bet he was laughing about it." He said and she shook her head. "Actually no." she said gaining his attention as he looked at her.

"He was actually pretty upset that after everything that happened to you, he was particularly angry in your behalf because his father wasn't helping you now that your mother is gone." She said firmly to make her point yet gently not to scare him and he smirked. "Really? Are you trying to tell me that Jaha Junior actually cares about what happens to people like me? Don't make me laugh." He said smirking and she shook her head. "Did you know that Wells begged for his father to spare yours and that he refused to even acknowledge his dad for two weeks because of what he did to your father?" Clarke said as a matter of fact and he was shocked.

It wasn't a lie, though. Wells really did that for him, he felt that Murphy's dad shouldn't be floated for trying to save his sick son and that he should have been given the medicine so he would not have to steal it but of course, Thelonious followed the law and floated the poor man. He wouldn't talk to his father for two weeks, Clarke was actually the one who encouraged him to let the anger go, there was nothing he could do anymore so he did, at first only a good morning or something and eventually, he started talking to him again but every now and then, they still fought because of Jaha's decisions.

"Why would he do that?" he asked confused by the new information and she smiled. "Because he didn't agree with the punishment his father gave yours. Because he couldn't blame your father for doing what he could to save you. Because he is a better person than people judge him for, based solely on his last name. Believe me, some times, he hates his father as much as the people of the Ark do." She said and it was true. "Why do you care? Why do you want to help me?" he asked her seriously.

"Because I put myself in your place and I would like for someone to extend out their hand for me so I am doing it for you." She explained it like this so he wouldn't be more suspicious of her. "And what do you want in exchange of that?" he asked and she was sad about this. "Why would I want something in exchange?" she asked him seriously. "Because people always want something in return for their help. So what is your price?" he said and she shook her head. "I don't have one." She said and he shook his head. "So you want me to owe you? Not going to happen." he said and she shook her head, she knew he was stubborn but this was too much.

"No, I don't you to owe because you don't. I simply want to help." She said sincerely but he wasn't budging. "What do you want? Say it." He said forcefully and she was tired of this game. "Fine, if you are so desperate for me to name something I want in exchange for my help to which was for free, may I add, I will do it." She said and she could see he was almost relieved. Maybe, the people he met were like this so wanting something in return was a comfort zone for him, he knew what to expect and could think on how to deal with it. That must be it, she thought and she felt for him but she would change that.

"My price for helping you in your time of need is… that you become my friend. Mine and Wells'." She said smiling feeling accomplished and she could see his shocked face. Of everything he thought she would ask for, certainly a friendship proposal was not even on the list. He was beyond confused at this point. "You want me to be your friend and Jaha junior's?" he asked again to make sure he heard correctly and she nodded. "I really didn't want anything in return, just wanted to help you but since you insisted, yes. That is what I want." She explained smiling.

"Why would you want to be my friend?" he asked not understand why would she request that from him and she shrugged, it's not like she could tell him the truth. "I don't have friends beside Wells and neither does he besides me since all people can see when they look at him is the fact that he is the Chancellor's son so it would be nice to have a few more friends in our side and you are a good option for that role so why not? Besides, something tells me we will be great friends one day so why not start now?" she said and noticed him looking at the stuff.

"Hey, look at me." She called out and after a while, he did. "You can say no and I will be on my but I won't take the things back. They ware yours and so is the choice. I will be pretty sad if you say no and I think my ego will have to take the blow of your rejection but you don't have to worry, the things will stay with you no matter what you decide." She said sincerely and gave him a smile to try to ease his mind. He seemed to think for a while before he sighed and dropped his arms. "Why not? What do I have to lose at this point?" he said and nodded at her and she smiled.

"First of all, ouch! That hurt my ego, I am a very good friend to have, I'll have you know." She said and he smirked which she counted as success. "Second of all, tell me where the cleaning products are because you and I are going to bond over cleaning and let me warn you, there will be no resting until this place is spotless. Ready?" she asked and he nodded warily. "Lead the way, blondie." He said and she smiled before they started cleaning while talking about things, getting to know each other.

Mission one - befriend Murphy : success.