Chapter 10

I'm laughing so hard, I've gotten more than one request to kill off Jared (but one person is telling me I made them like an OC, thank you for that. it's really flattering to hear) :P While killing Jared at this moment that isn't the plan, He will be going back to his pack at some point. Thanks for reading/following/favourite/reviewing you guys are awesome!

"Because Wells, I don't see why she can't know the truth. You know words traveled to the other packs. Your parents have nothing to do with this! They aren't even around!" Jared growled angrily into his cell phone.

He had texted Wells when he'd gotten home from the club and he was pissed, he hated that he had to lie to Clarke before she'd left the pack and hated that his whole reason for being with her now was a lie.

"I sent you up there for a fucking reason Jared, if you can't hold it together I'm going to have to come up there myself!"

"If you do that she's going to have some serious questions, you'll be hanging yourself out to dry... Listen I have to go she's coming back, you better text me when you have the problem contained." Snapping his phone shut Jared slid it into his pocket as Clarke rejoined him.

"Who was at the door?" He asked her.

Clarke gave him a dumb look. "Like you didn't know."

"I was just trying to be polite, be a little more normal for you."

That got her to laugh. "Oh please my live is never going to be normal."

Jared mutter under his breath. "You can say that again."

"What?"

"I think these burgers are ready." He said at full volume, putting the round meat on a plate.

Clarke clapped her hands in excitement and ran ahead of Jared into the kitchen to get out plates and sauces.

"Thanks, I needed a little bit of back home today."

Jared felt his heart squeeze with the guilt as Clarke's arms wrapped around his waist in a side hug, he didn't know how much longer he could stand this.

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Everyone had gotten together at the beach one last time before school and everything got in the way. Jared had been trying for over a week to get Bellamy alone to talk, when the curly haired alpha made his way back to the dinner for a drink Jared took the opportunity.

"Bellamy." He called out to him before he could enter the dinner. "I need to talk to you for a second."

Bellamy looked at the door handle his hand was on before letting go and turning to the other wolf, nodding in a go ahead manner.

"I know you've found a mate in Clarke, I felt it the second I saw you two in the same room together. I know me being around has been a challenge, it's hard to get close to someone when they are spending most of their time with someone else, with me."

"Why are you telling me this?" Bellamy crossed his arms over his chest.

"I hear the jokes the pack make about Clarke and I, I just want to tell you that's not the reason I've stayed so long. Clarke is the reason but I'm not looking to get back with her, I'm here to protect her."

"From?"

"Clarke didn't leave home because her college of choice took her away, she left because my pack, her brother found a way to remove her from our lives. Only he made her think that it was her choice. Right before she left home Clarke was dating someone, his name was Seth. He was human like her, she seemed happy. Everyone thought Wells would be thrilled and he was until something changed, he never told us what it was but out of the blue one day he decided Seth needed to go. He Made this big elaborate plan and he had our help, he's our pack brother, you know how it is."

"You stand by them no matter what, because they are your family." Bellamy new exactly what he was talking about, he would do anything for his pack family.

"When it came time to actually go through with the plan everyone started to feel wrong about it. Wells said that we'd done all he needed us to do, he'd take care of the rest. So we stayed out of it, we didn't know anything had happened until Clarke came home covered in blood and sobbing."

(FLASH BACK)

"Seth common let me drive please!"

Seth held out the keys. "I swear to god if you mess my baby up I'm going to have to break up with you."

Clarke rolled her eyes and took the keys from him, throwing a sarcastic smile as she sank into the driver's seat. Seth joined her seconds later pulling his seat belt tightly around his waist.

"You're so dramatic." Clarke teased, putting the car into drive and pulling onto the main road.

"Just focus on driving, okay Vin?"

"Really a fast and furious reference?"

"Babe you know it's like my favourite movie series."

"Yeah I know, I'm the one who sat next to you when the theater played a marathon of the first five movies."

"Don't think I don't notice you checking Paul out."

"That is because he is hot."

"Oh you think so do you?" Seth was about to tease her about her taste for cali boys when the car jerked. "Woah babe, easy on the corners."

"That wasn't me." Clarke said as the car jerked again. "Seth something's happening!"

"Clarke!" Seth grabbed the wheel yanking it to get the car back in the proper lane.

There was nothing either of them could do, Clarke slammed on the breaks hard but the car didn't slow down. They hit the next corner way too fast and went flying sideways into a huge oak tree. One of the tree's branched shattered through the passenger side window spearing Seth in the side, but nothing could have stopped his head for impacting the door frame.

Clarke screamed looking over at Seth, his eyes were opened darting around the space. His breath was labored and when she move into his field of vision he couldn't seem to focus on her.

"Seth, it's not that bad." Clarke's voice was shaky as she tried to put presser to stop to blood from spraying. "Seth, Seth! Oh my god! What do I do."

"Cl-Clar-top-you-I-scared." Seth's inability to form full words pushed Clarke into a further state of panic.

"Stay with me! I'm going to call for help... Where the fuck is my phone!?" Clarke looked desperately around the front seats but couldn't find it.

When she realized there was a hole in the windshield as well she got out of the car, looking around the asphalt in front of her about 16 feet away was her phone.

After she'd called 911 she ran back to the car to check on Seth, when she found him eyes open and still she broke.

"No! You're okay, I called them, they will be here soon!" She crawled onto his side of the car and leaned against him, crying into his still body as his drenched her with his blood.

She stayed like that until the paramedics pulled her away into an ambulance, while Seth was zipped up into a black bag and wheeled into the back of a white vehicle with the words CORONER on the side in bold black letters.

The ambulance went straight to the hospital, Clarke had a cracked rib, a laceration on her head and a lot of bruising but other than that she was fine. They called her brother to come take her home once she was all wrapped up.

(FLASH BACK OVER)

"She wasn't supposed to be in the car that night, she had plans to work on a project with someone from her class. Something got switched around at the last minute and she ended up driving that car."

Bellamy let out a big gust of air. "And she doesn't know any of this?"

Jared shook his head. "Wells felt awful that he'd caused her such physical and mental pain, but he nor did the pack ever told her the truth about that night."

"You all just stood by and let her believe that she killed her boyfriend." It wasn't a question.

Jared flinched at the disgusted in Bellamy's voice, the judgement.

"Once he got Clarke shower, changed and into bed he told us what had happened. But we never knew why, I still don't know. I don't even know why I'm here, the only thing Wells told me was that it has to do with that night."

"What do you expect me to do with all this?" Bellamy's arms were out in anger.

Jared took a couple steps closer. "Tell her about your connection, help her build a permanent life out here away from all the pain that we've caused. When she left us behind all I wanted was for her to find happiness, she has that here with all of you."

After saying all he came to, Jared made his way back down to the beach, while Bellamy stood outside the dinner focusing in on the blondes beating heart.

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After the "showdown" at the club things had died down, everyone was either told to not talk about it or just didn't of their own volition. The group still had their BBQ at the end of every week and Jared was still around. After the first month home the pack hanging out every day wasn't as consistent. Classes and jobs were starting back up separating everyone, Clarke herself had only taken Art seven and sociology tactics three for her first semester back.

Bellamy had been spending a lot more time at their house, sleeping over some nights when they stayed up too late. Clarke knew he use to live here before she moved in, she felt responsible that he had found somewhere else to live.

It was a Netflix "FRIENDS" marathon night, both Harper and Bellamy had joined the girls. Jared on the other hand had excused himself for the event, choosing to go for a after supper run instead.

Clarke looked to her left and saw Harper's eyes glued to the tv, Raven texting on her cell phone and Octavia who's laid in between Clarke and Bellamy was sleeping, her head on Clarke's lap her feet on her brothers.

Bellamy had sensed Clarke's eyes on him looked over at her, she made a gesture towards the kitchen, he nodded simply following her out of the room. Both equally as careful moving out from under the sleeping girl as they could.

Clarke felt a chill as she walked into the kitchen, her bare feet against the stone tile wasn't helping either. After turning on the kettle she jumped up on the island counter to escape the cold tiles.

Bellamy took a place across from her leaning against the fridge, he eyed her while she seemed distracted with her own thoughts. Her puffy blue cloud pj pants were cute and animated and hung perfectly on her round hips, she'd matched it with a white tank top that fit her curves beautiful, her hair naturally curly hanging down freely, he felt saliva build in his mouth as he looked her over.

"I wanted to ask you something when we didn't have a zillion wolf ears on us." Clarke started awkwardly.

Bellamy's eyebrows disappeared under his curls. "What kind of conversation is this if you don't want others listening in?"

Clarke blushed, she didn't know but she knew she'd just gave the wrong impression.

"It's about the living arrangements actually."

Bellamy watched Clarke nervously play with the elastic on her wrist, pulling it, flicking it, he could see the angry bruise that had formed from repetitive assaults. Stepping forward he took that wrist in his hand, stopping her movements, Bellamy smiled softly at the sound of Clarke's accelerating heart beat.

"What about them?" When Clarke looked at him confused he reminded her. "The living arrangements."

"Right." Clarke nodded, sitting up straighter on the counter to give herself a little distance from Bellamy. "Before you guys got back Octavia told me that you lived her most of the time. You've only spent the night a handful of times since then, I was just wondering if maybe I was the reason."

Bellamy looked up into those beautiful blue eyes and she looked into his chocolate ones. "If anything you'd be a reason to move in." He said it in a low tone but she could still hear him.

"Is it Jared then? I know you guys aren't really getting along but I could move him into my room and you can have the room across the hall-" Bellamy's shook his head stopping her train of thought. His whole body tensed up except for his grip on her wrist, that remained gentle.

"I'd rather sleep on the couch-" He took a deep breath, he'd held himself back for nearly two months now and it was getting tedious. "You are the reason I haven't been here as much as I usually am, but not because of the living situations."

"I don't understand." Clarke looked down at her wrist, Bellamy's thumb was rubbing back and forth tickling the underside of her wrist.

"Does anyone in your pack, have mates back home?"

Clarke was caught off guard by the change of topic, usually Bellamy keep things human orientated around her.

"One of the older boys did, he left to joined her and her pack right away."

Bellamy pouted his lips. "Huh usually it's the girl that comes over to the males pack."

"Why so interested?" Clarke asked, pulling Bellamy's focus back to her.

His hands dropped onto her thigh just above the knee, he took a second to collect himself before speaking.

"Usually most wolves mate with someone of their own kind, so these kinds of talks-there isn't any cheat sheet for this conversation. When I left last year I didn't have a mate, But now that I'm back I do."

Clarke felt her heart drop a little, not that she planned to marry and have half human babies with him, but she'd always felt attracted to him.

"Why isn't she here with you? Did she have to go back to her territory after the conflict was solved?"

Bellamy squinted; he was going to spell it out for her. "No actually she's not far at all. I didn't mean her until I came home, until I saw you."

Clarke sighed. "I still don't get-" Clarke's eyes dropped from Bellamy's to his warm hands on her thighs. "Holy crap."

Bellamy nodded agreeing with her words, putting his bottom lip into his mouth as he watched her eyes slowly come back up to his.

"My hearts a mirror of yours Princess. What are we going to do about that?"

Chapter 11 is all written and ready to post, depending on how long I want to torment you guys I'll either post it today or something tomorrow :P If it is posted tonight you'll know I got some reviews asking for it. Love you guys, Until later.