No one mentioned the sketch book Clarke had talked about. Murphy didn't even tease about the multiple drawings of Bellamy or the order to stay clean shaven, though he for sure would never forget Clarke's appreciation of their leader's smile and the fact that she'd apparently counted how many times she'd seen it.
No one spoke of Bellamy's delirious mutterings about Clarke and earth and butterflies.
No one brought up how Bellamy had pulled free of Murphy and punched him. Murphy had a black eye for a week but sported it with heroic silence.
No, for the most part everyone knew Bellamy hated to be helpless and vulnerable. They'd been shaken by seeing him like that, but they knew better than to discuss it with him or anyone else.
That was the last Clarke call they listened to. They accepted Bellamy's filtered accounts instead, well aware how much was missing, but now knowing just how personal the calls were. They really were just for Bellamy.
Of course, once Murphy remarked how even so far apart Bellamy and Clarke actually suffered on the same day, and nicknamed them the "literal star-crossed lovers", that went on for a good two weeks. Bellamy just growled, "Shut up, Murphy," and made it clear he was open to giving Murphy another shiner if necessary.
But overall, they made it through Bellamy's choose your own medical adventure relatively unscathed.
Bellamy always insisted Murphy's black eye didn't count because he deserved it and would've gotten one sooner or later anyway.
And thus ends Bellamy's choose-your-own-medical-adventure story. I'm drawing up on a close to the story. I know what I have planned next as far as Maddie goes, and then the final scene (those two chapters to together very closely), but if anyone has any suggestions for what else Clarke might call about, or other things you'd like to see happen on the Ark before this draws to a close, I am very open to suggestions. And thank you as always for the wonderful reviews! They mean so much to me.