A/N: I have no excuse of not updating for months other than writer's block. Just horrible, horrible writer's block. I've probably rewritten this chapter three times.

It was the day after Octavia had figured out Clarke was pregnant, and Bellamy still hadn't brought up the concept of telling Abby. Ever since Clarke had dropped out of medical school to pursue art, she and Abby had been on the outs. He could only imagine what Abby would think about becoming a grandmother.

But he decided to hold that subject off until Clarke had told the rest of their friends. Which would happen any minute now…if Raven ever decided to show up.

Bellamy was on the couch in Octavia's living room reading a book to his nephew while the Clarke and the rest of their friends were scattered around the lower level of the house. Merrick was a 'people person' but got extremely shy around too many people he didn't know. And with so many people in his house, he'd decided to glue himself to his uncle.

As Merrick decided to take over the story, Bellamy took a chance to glance around the room. Jasper and Monty had commandeered the television to play a video game, Wick and Murphy occasionally throwing their own comments in. Bellamy could hear Clarke, Harper, and Miller talking in the kitchen, and he knew his sister, her husband, Indra, and Monroe were in the dining room.

Octavia made her way into the living room to steal her kid back and put him to bed, which freed Bellamy up to grab Wick.

Once they were safely away from prying ears, Bellamy asked, "What's taking Raven so long?"

Wick sighed. "Finn."

Bellamy groaned.

"He showed up to Raven's apartment just as we were getting ready to leave. Raven said that I was on my way to work and that she was going to meet up with Clarke and Octavia, but he wanted to tag along. She texted me that she'll show up once she shakes him off, but…"

"But you don't think he'll leave her alone," Bellamy finished.

"Yeah. Clarke may have to tell everyone without her."

Bellamy nodded. "Once Octavia comes back down, I'll talk to Clarke about making her announcement."

"Announcement? What announcement?" Apparently Bellamy wasn't as far enough away as he had hoped. Or it could've been that Jasper was just nosy. "Is Clarke making a speech? Speech! Speech!"

Bellamy saw the bottle in Jasper's hand. Clearly Jasper had taken advantage of Octavia's rule about no alcohol until Merrick was in bed quite literally. He didn't wait five minutes.

Clarke's head popped around the corner of the hallway to stare at Bellamy and Jasper. She looked terrified.

Bellamy placed his hand on Jasper's shoulder. "Let's just…let's wait until O comes back, okay?"

Jasper shrugged. "Sure thing! In the meantime, Monty and I made another batch! Come on, taste!" He held the bottle up to Bellamy, who looked at it strangely. He always hated the alcohol Jasper and Monty created, preferring the store bought stuff.

Wick plucked the bottle from Jasper's hand, downing the liquid inside. "Damn. That's good stuff, Jordan."

Jasper pumped his fists into the air. "We've got a winner, Monty!"

Bellamy glanced back down the hall to see Clarke hadn't moved. He tried to give her a sympathetic look. "Sorry," he mouthed.

She just shrugged in response.

"You people are way too loud," Octavia said as she descended the stairs. "I should just ban alcohol while my son is on the premises."

Jasper whined. Then he perked up. "She's here!" He turned to Clarke. "Speech time!"

Octavia looked confused. "I thought we were going to wait for Raven."

"Raven got held up by Finn," Bellamy explained to his sister.

"Fine," said Clarke. "Into the living room."

Monty had clearly kept the game going despite Jasper abandoning him, but he paused the game as the living room suddenly got crowded.

Twelve people dispersed themselves around the room, eleven pairs of eyes staring at Clarke who had made her way to stand next to Bellamy.

She took a deep breath. "So…all of you know that I had been dating Finn for a while before finding out that he was also dating Raven." She paused, looking to Bellamy. He nodded in encouragement. "I found out a few weeks ago that, well…I'm pregnant."

It was silent for a few seconds, then chaos.

Octavia immediately regretted putting Merrick to bed because he would no longer be asleep with how loud her friends (particularly Jasper) were at the moment.

A few of the adults were jumping up and down, some were squealing, others were crowding Clarke to hug her.

Then Monroe piped up. "What are you going to do about Finn?"

Monty and Harper let go of Clarke enough so she could answer.

"He already knows I'm not getting back together with him. I'm raising this little girl on my own."

"IT'S A GIRL?" shrieked Octavia. "You didn't tell me that bit yesterday!" She charged, demanding for Monty and Harper to move.

It was just as Octavia and Clarke finally pulled away from their teary-eyed hug when the front door opened and Raven came into the house.

"Damn, I missed the announcement, didn't I? I thought Finn would never leave." Raven looked around at the people in the house. "Well, it doesn't look like anybody's pissed so I don't have to beat up anyone for my little goddaughter. Good."

Octavia punched her brother in the arm. "Raven knew the gender before I did?"

"Hey! You guys know everything before Abby does! Oh, crap." Bellamy stared at where Clarke was frozen inside Raven's hug. She was staring back at him, more terrified than he'd ever seen her.

Bellamy was glad it was silent in the living room or else he probably would've have heard her tiny whisper of "I still have to tell mom?"