A/N: If it seems like I am dragging this out, it's because I have decided that I am going to make this a book of at least forty chapters, and so it is going to take me past the end of August when I had stated previously that I wanted it to end. I really think that I can turn this story into something really interesting for you guys! Just because this story will take me a bit into September doesn't mean that I am going to take time off, but you can still expect chapters from me every day, and maybe even two in one. Thank you so much for your support, I really hope that I can make this story live up to your expectations. 3

Chapter 10

Raven Pov

Raven woke up with Finn's strong, muscular arm draped over her chest, the feeling familiar and safe. Her back was snugly pressed against his front, and Raven took the hand that was in front of her and intertwined her fingers with it. She felt him squirm around behind her, but didn't think that he was completely awake yet.

She had thought a lot about the other night in the woods, the scene of her and Ella walking back to retrieve their shoes after resting by the pond to see two eyes watching them flashed across her mind over and over, making it almost impossible to sleep.

It wasn't so much as the thought that she had seen someone watching her, but the thought she had seen those eyes somewhere. She hadn't been very far away, but had only gotten a quick look of them before they disappeared back into the woods. Still, there was something so familiar about them, and the thought ran a chill up her spine, giving her goose bumps.

"Are you cold?" came Finn's voice from behind her, letting her know that he was awake.

He brought the blankets farther up her waist and tightened his arm around her, nuzzling her neck. Raven smiled as he began placing lazy, chaste kisses on her throat.

She smiled, snuggling back into him as far as she could, wanting to get as close to him as physically possible. She sighed and arched into the innocent kisses as his other arm came around her waist as well so that he could hold her. His long air that was in very bad need of a cut as it was starting to hit his shoulder tickled her face and neck, but she didn't mind, or try to push it out of the way.

He stopped kissing her so that she could turn around in his arms, and looked at her with all of the love and care in the world.

"You're sure you're okay?" he asked for what felt to her to be the one-millionth time, and had given her a very thorough inspection last night before they had gone to bed.

She smiled and shook her head with fake frustration. "I'm fine Finn. If you want to worry about someone, than you should worry about Ella."

Finn gave her a lopsided smile and kissed her on the nose.

"Murphy's a smart guy, he'll come around."

"Murphy's an idiot if he can't see what's right in front of his big nose," said Raven bitterly, making Finn laugh at how cute she looked when she was angry.

"Maybe you should talk to him," she said, perking up.

Finn winced. "Guy's don't really talk about that kind of stuff."

"Please," she said sweetly, sticking out her bottom lip in a pout.

"I don't think that he would even listen to me."

"He would listen to you better than he would listen to me. If you don't want to talk about your feelings, than just tell him what a terrible person Piper is, and tell him how great you think Ella is."

She could tell by the look on his face that she was slowly breaking his resolve.

"Maybe," he said finally.

"Maybe, or for sure?"

Finn laughed. "Alright, fine, I''ll talk to him. But, don't get your hopes up, alright?"

"Thank you!" she said, jumping out of bed, after kissing him on the lips, and hauling her cloths and boots on.

Finn sat on the bed as he watched her get dressed and leave, leaving him wondering what he had just gotten himself into.

When Raven stepped out of the tent, she walked over to the main part of camp, at first in search of Ella, but suddenly caught sight Murphy out of the corner of her eye, and immediately changed course.

Sure, she was going to let Finn talk to him, but decided that maybe she would warm Murphy up a bit first.

Stomping over to him, she caught him just before he was about to walk up the walkway to the Dropship with a firm hand on his shoulder, trying to push down at least a fraction of the hate that she felt for him at the moment, so that she could speak to him with a clear head.

"Hey," she said when he turned around to look at her with an unsure expression.

"Hey?"

"Going to talk to Bellamy?"

"Did you really stop me to make small talk?" he asked sounding bored by her question.

"No, I just wanted to tell you something," she said innocently.

"Oh yeah? What's that?"

"How dare you?" her voice suddenly took on a predatory sound.

Murphy looked taken aback.

"How dare I what?"

Raven paused.

She couldn't give away Ella's secret. It was up to her when she was ready to tell him, but at the very least she had someone to take her anger out on until that happened.

Her face got redder and redder as she looked at him, and she could have sworn that he recoiled at the purely feral look in her eyes, and was pretty sure that she looked like a crazy person.

Before she even knew what she was doing, she drew her fist back and punched him square in the jaw.

Taken by surprise, Murphy was to late to block her and dropped to the ground from the force that she put into the punch. When he held his hand up to his lip, he winced as it came away bloody.

A look of shock passed over his expression that was soon taken over by anger and scrambled quickly back to his feet, looking like he wanted to hit her back. But, she knew that despite all of his imperfections, he would never hit a woman.

"Wow, wow, wow," said Finn, coming in between Murphy and Raven. Forever the peace maker.

"What on Earth is this about?" he asked, eyes on Raven.

At that time, Bellamy appeared from inside the Dropship at hearing the commotion outside.

She could her the snickers of Miller and Jasper from behind her at Murphy being punched by a girl, but ignored them.

"What's going on out here?" bellowed Bellamy in his growly voice.

"Nothing, all's good," said Raven directing her gaze first to Finn than to Bellamy.

Bellamy slowly waked down the opened Dropship door that make-shifted as the walkway toward the small group that was forming to see what was going on.

Ella pushed her way threw the crowed, past Raven, straight to Murphy to check out his bleeding lip, worriedly chewing at her bottom lip.

"Are you okay?" she asked softly.

"Fine," he said harsher than he had intended to, do to embarrassment.

She pulled her hand back, looking hurt and turned to Raven, the first acknowledgment she had given her.

"You punched him?" she said in disbelief having not have been there when it had actually happened. "Why?"

Raven gave her a look, explaining clearly why she had done it, making Ella's checks turn bright pink.

"Alright, enough of the show. Get back to work!" Bellamy shouted over the excited murmuring voices.

Disappointed, everyone dispersed back to whatever chore they had left, Bellamy, apparently satisfied that the fight wouldn't continue, went back to what he had been doing, too.

Murphy watched him walk back threw the flap of canvas that had been hung over the open door, annoyed that he apparently wasn't going to punish Raven for punching him.

"I'm going to go wash the blood off my face, I'll see you later," he said to Ella, ignoring Raven all together.

"You didn't have to punch him," said Ella quietly once she was sure Murphy was out of earshot.

"Yes, I did."

"No, you didn't" said Finn firmly behind her, causing her to jump, thinking that he had left as well. "I thought that we agreed that I was going to handle this."

"Handle what?" asked Ella, confused.

"Just some guy stuff."

Finn scoffed.

"Guy stuff that requires punching?"

"Well, no, not if Finn was the one to do it," she said smugly.

Ella was about to ask farther questions when she saw Raven rubbing her fist, flexing it as if she were in pain.

"Is your hand okay?" She asked with a sigh.

"Please, this is the best I've felt in a long time," she said with a smirk.

"Must not be as good as I thought," mumbled Finn, quiet enough so that Raven didn't hear.