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Clarke
"Bell's gonna be pissed." Octavia warned for about the hundredth time.
"Oh. You're right. And now I suddenly care what Bellamy Blake has to say about our survival. Now I'm going to stop you from going to go visit your boyfriend." I glared at her. "Is that what you want?" Octavia grinned.
"I like you all feisty. I take it you're feeling better?" I grimaced and nodded. Looking back at the complete mess I had been was absolutely humiliating. It was time to come up with a plan to save my people. And to do that, we needed some intel that Earth Classes hadn't given us. Particularly when a good chunk of us had never finished school because we'd been thrown in lock up, the only exception being Bellamy. And he was being too stubborn to think clearly.
"Let's go over the plan one more time." I glanced about at our little band of renegade renegades. That's what you call a group like us, right? The 100 were already renegades, prisoners, criminals, and we'd been thrown down to Earth as a little band of renegades, testing the waters so to speak. Seeing if the others could survive down here. But this little crew, Monty, Jasper, Finn, Wells, Octavia, and I. We were rebelling against the renegades! So the renegade renegades it was. "Finn and I go out and distract the hell out of Bellamy. And everyone else, I suppose." I began.
"And you're going to do that how?" Wells asked, his eyes closed. I knew him well enough to know that he knew the plan back to front but that he was asking in the hopes that I'd changed my mind. I didn't like it either, but I was sure I could control the situation before it got out of hand and Bellamy was smart. If we were going to get him to fall for this, we were going to have to do something outrageous.
"Finn picks a fight with Murphy and I go get in the middle of it we have something that is, by all appearances, a lover's quarrel." I froze. "Raven!"
"What?" Finn asked.
"We have to warn her that this is a show. She's going to lose it otherwise."
"Oh come on. It'll be fine. I'll explain later what happened and then-"
"Men." Octavia grumbled. "Sometimes I think I preferred living alone under some floorboards than dealing with you people. You will NOT 'explain it later', okay?"
"Yeah!" I added. "You are not putting her through that emotional heartache only to tell her later it was all a game and you didn't give enough of a shit to let her in on it!" I sighed. "Back up to the first step. The first step is that I go tell Raven what's going on. When we're all clear, I give Finn the signal and that's when he goes to pick the fight with Murphy. Then I come over and get in the middle, etc. etc. We clear up to that point?" everyone nodded. "Good. Then as soon as Bellamy's attention is drawn elsewhere, Octavia, you and Wells will make your way out one of the back tunnels and Wells will stand watch for you out there and wait for you to come back. When you get to the top of the hill you will signal Wells to let him know you're not dead and then you will go find Lincoln and get the information we need. When you get back you will signal whomever is standing watch for you in the same way and that person will alert the rest of us that you are returning. We will be trading off watches in the interim as we wait for you to get back. Wells, you said Charlotte would be our runner? Let everyone know when it's time for their shift?" Wells nodded proudly. That was quite the odd friendship seeing as it had grown out of a murder attempt, but it was clear that the two of them had become quite close.
"And once I get back, then we can all meet up and make a plan." Octavia said cheerfully.
"Guys, remember, this is the last time we can all hang out until then" Monty warned us again. "The minute Bellamy finds out the Octavia is missing he's going to flip and we since he'll wage a war on the freaking Grounders if he thinks they took her against her will we are going to have to tell him we know she's safe so he's going to be watching us at all times and if we hang out together he's going to be suspicious and he will listen in."
"So remember, if there's a message you need to get across then tell Charlotte and she'll run it around for you." Wells added.
"I feel like we're forgetting something in this plan." Finn said, shaking his head nervously.
"Don't be ridiculous. It's perfect." Octavia's confidence was certainly helping me feel a lot better about the plan. "Let's do it. I've got a hot man waiting for me." I turned to Octavia and hugged her tight.
"Don't you dare get into trouble! I did not go through all of this so that my friends could be hurt." I said. "Stay safe and don't let Lincoln leave your side until you get back to the hill." She smirked and leaned in to whisper.
"Oh believe me. I'll be sticking real close to him." She giggled softly. "Don't you dare tell them Clarke Griffin but we're going to need to talk when I get back. Compare some of these boys if you know what I mean." I couldn't hold in a smile. Of course I knew what she meant. She had lived under some floorboards for 16 years, she wasn't exactly subtle.
"Be safe." I hissed, talking about more than just her journey. "Oh my gosh. They put a contraceptive device in all of us at age 10, did they give you one when they found you?!" she froze and shook her head.
"Stop whispering and lets get on with this!" Jasper exclaimed.
"Not now!" was our simultaneous reply.
"Can't you just give me yours?" she asked frantically. "Come on. I don't want to be the freak who gets pregnant because she-" I cut her off before she could go down that road.
"No, it doesn't work like that. Its embedded into the wall of my uterus."
"Oh. Yeah. I don't want that then." She wrinkled her nose in distaste. "There has to be something else I can do?!"
"Okay, well it's not like you've slept with anyone so you don't have any diseases but you need to ask him that."
"I have to ask him about the girls he's slept with before me?! Come on Clarke." She pleaded.
"He's a healer! He probably knows about these things. Ask him about sexually transmitted diseases and if the Grounders know about that or test for it. And then ask if they do anything for contraception because the only other things I can think of are old Earth birth control types and we don't exactly have condoms on hand?"
"What are condoms?!"
"Just ask him I am not having this conversation with you anymore!"
"Okay, what is going on over there?" Monty asked.
"Nothing!" we both screamed back.
"So can we get on with thi-"
"Not now!" I sighed.
"Okay. Octavia. You are about to make an adult decision. Which means that you need to first have the adult conversation and ask him about safe sex. I understand that your mother and brother probably weren't teaching you a lot about that so here's the crash course. When you have sex, you can pass along diseases. When you have sex, you can get pregnant. These things are all very dangerous especially considering the fact that we have minimal medicine to treat them. Now on the Ark, all the girls have contraceptive devices installed at a very young age so it isn't an issue. Ever. We are all screened monthly for new diseases that might form but given our limited number of partners and the use of products that prevents the passing of these diseases, most of them died off a long time ago on the Ark so we never had to worry too much about that. That is probably not the same case on Earth! So you need to talk to Lincoln before you take your clothing off, do you understand me!" She signed.
"You know you are totally ruining this for me?"
"You know I may be saving you from dying, getting herpes, or having a baby?" she hugged me tight.
"Thanks Clarke. I'll see you soon, okay?" I nodded.
"I'm serious, be safe."
"Raven." I hissed. "I need you to concentrate. We need to survive the winter and to do that, we're going to have to get some help from Octavia's grounder friend. In order to do that we need to distract Bellamy."
"I still don't see why someone can't just sleep with him. When I did it he seemed pretty distracted." My jaw clenched. She had slept with Bellamy? She was so hung up on Finn, all the time and had made this big deal only to go and seduce Bellamy Blake just for fun? And she called me the whore. What the hell? I mean- no Clarke. Focus. It doesn't bother you. It shouldn't bother you. Why does the idea of her sleeping with Bellamy feel like that? I don't know but right now there are bigger things to worry about.
"No one's sleeping with Bellamy."
"Are you sure? I thought he and Roma were a thing." My jaw was spasming now.
"Raven. Focus. Finn wasn't going to tell you but Octavia and I thought we'd be polite and clue you in. That's all I'm here to tell you."
"Well I want in."
"What?"
"Count me in, boss. For one you're acting like yourself these days which is saying a lot so I trust you. For another I agree. We need to get ready for the winter and Bellamy's being an ass about it. So I'm in. Besides, no one is going to believe it if I'm not involved somehow. They all know about me and Finn. It makes more sense if I join in." She had a point.
"Are you sure?"
"Hell yeah! Plus Bellamy was thinking about someone else while I was sleeping with him which pissed me off a little bit. I mean we were both using each other so it's not like I thought it was romantic or had my heart broken or something but leave a girl a little bit of her pride, am I right? So I'm a bit pissed and helping his sister sneak out to see her boyfriend will definitely help alleviate that." I smirked.
"Does it help more knowing that little Blake also plans on losing her V-card while she's out there." Raven grinned.
"Let's get this party started so that crazy girl can get some!" I motioned to Finn and looked back at Raven.
"Thanks Raven. I'm sorry, you know. I had no idea…I mean I would never have…" she nodded.
"Yeah. I know Princess. Let's focus on surviving the winter for now. We can worry about boys later, yeah?" I nodded.
Bellamy
What the hell was Spacewalker doing?! Stalking up to Murphy like that wasn't going to change shit except maybe how he treated Clarke, and not in a good way I might add! Oh great. Now Murphy was standing up. And angry. And he was pushing Finn. Oh hell. Did no one have self-control around here but me? It was like living with a bunch of children! Oh wait…
"You need to back off of her." Finn was saying. "She was mine. And you stole her. What kind of guy code is that sticking to?"
"You cheated, mate. So go on like I'm the bad guy here but don't forget. You cheated on her, which meant she wasn't yours anymore and so I took her. If you cheat you're relinquishing hold on your girl. That's not my fault." Murphy smirked.
"So why don't we see what Clarke has to say. Which one of us she chooses? Yeah? Clarke! Clarke where are you? We have a dispute you need to settle now that you're feeling better!" Yeah you idiot. Like she's going to come over and-holy shit she was walking over. More than walking. The girl was half jogging over. Running when he called? You have got to be kidding me. I glanced at Octavia and she frowned at me, worried about Clarke. When the two of them had become besties was beyond me but Octavia seemed to look out for Clarke in the same way Clarke did for her. I would be lying if I said that didn't warm my heart somewhat.
"Murphy, come on." She was saying to him. "You know who I picked, I'm dating you! So just ignore him."
"Ignore me! That's your advice Clarke?" Finn ran his fingers angrily through his hair as he spoke louder and louder, drawing the attentions of everyone in the camp. "I love you Clarke Elizabeth Griffin. I love you and I never stopped loving you!"
"Be careful when he says that, Griffin." Oh shit. Now Raven was involved. Finn seemed to think the same thing as his face suddenly went white and he began looking back and forth between the girls. "He doesn't mean it. He said that to me to. All the time. We were together for years on the Ark until he went and got himself locked up for that stupid illegal spacewalk. How completely inconsiderate!"
"Raven what are you-" Finn was speaking more quietly now. He seemed oddly confused.
"You know exactly what I'm talking about! What, I wasn't exciting enough for you? You had to go and waste three month's supply of oxygen because you had this idea that walking in space would be like floating? Next time, go float in a pool you complete idiot. Or better yet, just go float yourself." She turned to Clarke. "You made a good choice, with Murphy." What the hell, Raven? Don't put these ideas in her head! "He's much more your speed."
"What the hell does that mean?" Clarke asked coldly.
"Oh, only that you're a whore who doesn't care about anyone but yourself and so is your idiot boyfriend so really, you're perfect for each other." Murphy looked almost proud at the insult.
"I'm a whore? That's real rich Raven, coming from you. I didn't know you existed, Finn never mentioned you. Not once. He cheated on you. That wasn't my fault. But then again, you know all about cheating, don't you?" Where was the Princess going with this?
"What are you talking about?"
"You were still claiming you were with Finn, still claiming you loved him when you slept with Bellamy weren't you?" I could physically feel everyone's eyes rushing to look at me. I could feel my face flush. Clarke knew about that? "So I'd say it's you two cheaters who are perfect for each other!"
"You slept with Bellamy?" Finn asked Raven, angrily. He then spun around to look at me. "You slept with Raven?" Everyone was frozen now, staring at me waiting for me to respond.
"What, am I a part of this now?!" I asked panicking. "Because if I get a vote I say we all calm down and-"
"You're not in charge Blake." Murphy snarled.
"Clarke. Leave him." Finn was begging her now. "He's not good enough for you. I would do anything for you. Leave him. Run away with me. We can make it on our own I know it, let's just go, and get out of here. Just you and me. Run away with me."
"She's not going anywhere." Murphy snarled gripping her arm possessively. I stepped forward but Clarke's eyes met mine and she shook her head slightly.
"He's right. I'm dating him so you guys are going to have to deal with it. I think you should be together but that's your call so if you want to date do it and if you don't, no one's forcing you. But you should definitely work out your issues. I think was really therapeutic for all of us to talk this through. Having had this conversation will definitely help us through the winter to come, don't you guys think?" What the hell was she talking about? And why was she suddenly so freaking calm? I watched the tableau before me and my eyes widened even more as Finn and Raven were nodding, they too were suddenly calm.
"That is a great point Clarke. I'm going to go think about that over there by Wells." Raven excused herself, the oddest smile on her face, particularly given the extreme fight that had just been happening. My head was spinning. What was going on?! And if everyone was inexplicably calming down why was Murphy still gripping Clarke's arm so tightly her skin was white?
"Yes." Finn was agreeing, backing up. "I think we have definitely made some good headway on the issue. I would really like to talk about it just a bit further. With Bellamy maybe? Yes I think you and Bellamy and I should talk." Why was I a part of this nonsense?! I t was like being thrown on stage without a clue what show you were supposed to be performing in. Also the show seemed to be in a different language because none of this made sense to me.
"She's not going anywhere." Murphy growled, pulling her back to him. Clarke blinked, clearly annoyed.
"It's not like that." She grumbled. "This has nothing to do with that, we just have to talk to Bellamy."
"Why? So they can convince you to leave me?"
"Of course not." Her voice was short and terse but Murphy's was getting more and more angry and his grip on her was getting tighter and tighter. "We just need to talk to Bellamy. It's about Octavia." That caught my attention. I turned my head to find her, see how she felt about this. Huh. That's odd. I couldn't find her. She must have moved to a better vantage point. I looked back to Murphy. His eyes were wide and furious now.
"Yeah." He hissed in Clarke's ear as he pulled her up tight to his side. "It is about Octavia, remember? And all of your other little friends who've been plotting against me."
"Murphy, I swear. It's not that. Our deal still stands."
"Oh sweetheart, you make it sound so romantic." His arm snaked its way around her torso holding her tightly against himself and he gripped her earlobe with his teeth, staring directly at me the whole time. I saw red. I actually did. I could feel my nails cutting through the skin on my hand as I my hand gripped into a fist. "You're not going anywhere without me. Not ever again. No matter what any of your little boyfriends say." Clarke was frozen, stiffly, not moving.
"I swear, it's not like that. We need to talk to him about Octavia and how we all plan on surviving the coming winter. Please, Murphy all of that was an act, okay? Finn didn't mean any of it. Neither did Raven. Raven and I are good." She raised her voice, still not moving an inch. "Raven! We good?"
"We're good Clarke, Murphy put down the knife or I swear to God-"
"Knife?!" I looked down and saw it, my blood running cold. The reason Clarke was frozen, the reason everyone had stopped moving. Murphy held a knife up against Clarke's ribs.
"Finn?" Her voice was shaking. "I remembered what we were forgetting when we made our plan."