A/N: Okay, sorry, sorry, sorry, so sorry! I know this was suppose to go up on weekends but a lot of stuff was happening. If your interested as to what that was, read the bottom A/N. - Phantom4747

Episode 13: The One Where They Are Parents

"So could you please help me out and pet sit these four puppies?" Octavia pleads, on her knees in front of the pair with her hands in a praying form.

Bellamy shrugs, Clarke giving another nod and Octavia grins and wraps them in a hug. "Thank you guys so much! Sorry I didn't know I had another job at the time but I do."

"It's okay, go have fun cleaning our creepy neighbors house." Clarke says.

Octavia grabs her coat, giving them both a smile and heads to the door. "Remember it's at 1 and they aren't puppies, they're babies! Love you guys!" And she rushes out the door.

Bellamy jumps over the couch and chases after her, Clarke's surprised by his speed but he is a cop and he does this chasing around thing on a usual basis. Right when Clarke just opens the door she sees Bellamy with Octavia over his shoulder dragging her back to the coffee shop as she squirms.

He sets her on her feet in front of Clarke and folds his arm. "Explain."

"I only lied about it cause I thought you wouldn't take the job if I told you they were babies-"

"You're right." Clarke and Bellamy say in unison, folding their arms simultaneously.

"You guys act like parents already!" She throws up her hands in exasperation. "And you're both good at it! I don't see the problem here, I mean, I'm definitely not good with kids so I thought I'd take the cleaning and you guys would take the baby sitting."

"The only things I baby sit are Jasper, Monty, Raven and yourself. I've never actually dealt with a baby." Clarke says, hearing the own worry in her voice.

"You met me when I was like, what? Six? Five? Seven? Either way I was just a kid. There isn't much of a difference."

"There is a significant difference between a kid and a baby. A kid can talk and tell you what's wrong and you can play with very easily. A baby cries and cant talk and you can only give them a rattle as a play thing. Plus you knew how to poop and pee properly! Babies don't!" Clarke insists.

"Well Bellamy is there to help with the problems you don't know. Bellamy has been taking care of me since day one, he knows about diapers and what not to do and what to do. You'll be fine. Please guys?" She pops out her bottom lip.

Bellamy looks away, knowing his answer already because he always has been such a sucker for Clarke and Octavia when they asked him to do something. Clarke growls, throwing her hands up in the air before they both say a, "Fine." Octavia squeals.

Bellamy watched Clarke as she was tickling the babies stomach, making such baby-talk it was really incoherent to understand. He knew she was nervous though, despite her happy and playful aura towards the children he saw her trembling hands. "Hey," He said, picking another baby up from the crib and rocking the little girl in his arms. "you alright?"

She stared at him, her eyes softening when she saw his usually rough calloused hands turn soft as he adjusted the babies head and continued rocking the child in his arms. She smiled, "Yeah, I'm just new to it. I'll get the hang of it."

"I guess all these years with Jasper and Monty paid off."

Clarke laughs, giving an affirmative nod and saying, "Yeah, probably."

"You wanted four kids right?" Bellamy asks, remembering back in high school when they had joked about it. Two boys and two girls, Bellamy had actually wanted more kids but Clarke had laughed and told him, "When your the one giving birth, you can have some input."

She smiled at the memory or maybe she smiled that he remembered that, she didn't know. Clarke stared at the sleeping child she had in her hands and continued rocking it, looking at the other three and she looked up at Bellamy. This was what she imagined she'd be at when she was 24. With four kids and Bellamy right by her side. She just imagined it was in different circumstances. For instance, the kids were there and they weren't baby sitting because Octavia tricked them into it. "Yeah, I did. You wanted some absurd number like eight or something."

Bellamy shrugged. "I love kids."

She let out a breath of air in her nostrils that was like a huff and a laugh. The two babies that were in their hands finally fell asleep and they moved onto the next two. She had finally got in track of who was who. There were two boys and two girls, the girls name was Charlotte and Cece and the boys name were Mark and John.

Her phone buzzed in her back pocket of her shorts and she carefully adjusted the baby to cradle her with one hand as she pressed answer and raised the phone to her ear. "Clarke, oh my god Clarke!" Raven exclaimed. "Wick just asked me out for dinner and he says he has to tell me something important!"

"Calm down, Raven." Clarke whispered, trying to console her friend and keep all the babies sleeping. "I'm so happy for you. Remember to act like you don't know anything. Go to the bathroom and work out your expressions and which one looks more believable. I wish I could squeal with you but I'm kinda busy at the moment." She puts her hand over the phone and looks towards Bellamy to see if he wants to say anything.

"Good job, sweetheart. Go get 'em." He whispers into the phone.

"Oh my god! Dad, promise me you wont be a dick to him when we go over and tell you guys the news? Please?"

He sighs. "I'll do my best. Go before he thinks you left him alone."

"You guys are the best! Bye mom, bye dad!" She hangs up.

Anytime Raven was teasing or in a rush she usually called them 'mom' and 'dad', easier, as well as funnier, than Clarke and Bellamy. Same goes for the rest of the group but it just dawned on both of them as they were cradling two other children that they did in fact act like their mother and father. They always kind of knew but this situation they were in just made it so clear to them.

"We aren't their parents..." Bellamy had said, whispering it mostly to himself but he didn't sound too convinced.

"We aren't." Clarke confirmed for both of them. "Not by birth anyway."

Neither liked the sour taste in their mouth when they said they weren't their parents.

Raven strutted off to their table, she was done working out her expressions like Clarke had told her to. He looked nervous, she could tell from the bead of sweat running down his forehead and she slid into the booth in front of him. Wick didn't even notice until she snapped her fingers in front of his face. "Earth to Wick." She teased.

He smiled at her, those gentle half smirks he always does that eventually unravels into a big smile. "Sorry."

She shrugs, grabbing her menu and scanning over the food. "So what did you want to ask me that was so important?"

He stood up, getting on one knee and opened his mouth to say something only to look down like he was stumbling for words. Her heart immediately caught in her throat and she felt it beating so hard against her chest - only for it to drop into her gut when she saw him leaning down to tie his shoes.

He slid back in the booth, muttering an apology with his trade mark wide smirk. "Oh, something is on your breadstick." He pointed out and she smiled, the old 'ring on the breadstick' trick but she looked only to see a hair on it.

She sighed, pushing her plate away and looking back up at him. "The thing you wanted to ask me about?"

"Oh right - hey I love this song! Do you wanna dance?"

She gives a mute nod, letting him take her by the hand and lead her to the dance floor. It's a slow song so he puts his hands around her waist and she puts hers around his neck, both swaying gently to the music. She tries to cover her frown when she digs her face into the crook of his neck but she doubted he didn't hear her sigh.

"Are you alright?" He asked.

"Yeah, just...tired." She lied.

"Really? Nothing else?"

She pulled back a little to look at his face and the mischievous grin he had on his face made her realize everything. "Oh you know what? Let me ask you my important question." He clears his throat, going on one knee and takes her hands in his. "Raven Reyes, did you snoop through my stuff?"

She covers her face in her hands, giving a loud groan. "Oh wait - I already know you did. I guess it wasn't that important." He dismisses. She pulls him up, giving him one long look before she hits his shoulder and head and he's laughing and covering his face from her slaps.

"Your such a jerk! How did you even find out?"

"The ring box wasn't in a sock when I found it; where I had originally put it. Then I went to walk to the coffee shop and Octavia wiggled her eyebrows at me which I wouldn't have thought twice about but being that the ring was misplaced I was starting to think about it. Then Monty and Jasper came up to me and told me 'you better be good to her' and walked away. Clarke had smiled at me more than she usually did and kissed my cheek. And Bellamy couldn't stop glaring at me the whole day."

She groaned, writing a mental note to kick all of their asses for not being subtle like she asked - once she was done humiliating herself, that is.

"Raven Reyes," he clears his throat and she looks down at him. "I could go on with saying all my flaws to make you laugh, I could go on with your flaws that will probably make you laugh and beat me up later or even tell you some corny pun but we both were always to the point. And as much time as I want to make a speech that will sweep you off your feet. I really want to marry you, so...what do you say?"

She smiles, her knees give in and she falls on top of him. "Of course, you dumbass!"

They all heard the news. Octavia had tackled her with hugs and kisses and grabbed Wick's face, "You be nice to her or I slit your throat in your sleep. Got it?" When he nodded she pulled him in for a hug and started squealing again. Jasper was crying, an insane amount of tears that made Raven laugh. He proceeded to hug her tight as he tried to look intimidating (it was hard with tears streaming down his face) over to Wick, saying, "You be good to my sister."

Monty came up to her, he wasn't crying like Jasper was or tackled her immediately like Octavia did. He walked up slowly like he was calming himself and pulled her in for a hug that was too tight. "Are you gonna be lame now that your gonna get married?" He asked into her hair. She laughed and he kissed her cheek before he pulled Wick into a bear hug that Wick laughed into.

Clarke then dove for Raven, pulling her so tight in for a hug she thought she would never breathe again. She smothered her, kissing both her cheeks before she grabbed onto her shoulders and squeezed. "I am so proud of you." She told her, pulling her in for another hug and stood in front of Wick with a smile. She pulled him in for a hug that he wasn't expecting and pulled away to give him a look, "You put this girl first, you got that? She deserves to be put first for everything because...well, a smart girl told me she was awesome and I mean, she is." Raven started to ball then and Wick nodded again. Clarke sniffed to hold back tears before she pulled them both into a bigger hug.

It was Bellamy's turn then, it looked like he really didn't want to say anything but Clarke looked at him and he gave an annoyed breath. He came up to Raven and his tender smile appeared on his face. "Good job, Reyes."

She looked teary eyed at that, just like she was with Clarke - she started balling. She wrapped him in a hug and he rolled his eyes before he patted her back gently. "Be nice, alright?" She whispered and he nodded and moved to Wick. Wick extended his hand and Bellamy stared at it for a moment before he grabbed it and squeezed it more than necessary. "Welcome to the family." He had told him which even got Wick a little teary eyed.

Then they opened a bottle of champagne and started organizing the wedding. Wick said it was too soon and they could wait but Octavia wanted to know. "Well, I only know a little - Octavia will be a bridesmaid, Clarke is going to be my best woman and being that I don't have a dad I want Bellamy to walk me down."

This causes Bellamy to tense up, he looks up at Raven who is now giving him a pleading stare. "Please. You are my dad, I know your not my dad by blood but your better than the one who ran out on me. The mom is usually the best woman most of the time so that's why Clarke is the best woman. I mean, for all I know, my mom's still cashing in my food stamps."

He smiles, "No, I'll do it. You just surprised me, that's all." Raven hugs him, Wick shakes his hand and says a thank you.

Wick asked Monty to be the best men and Jasper to be the grooms men and they both look ecstatic about it (Monty may have been crying just a little). Things had started to get less serious and more drunk once they all started drinking. Octavia had played some music on the radio, giving them all flashlights and turned off the lights. They all - Octavia, Jasper and Monty - start raving about, waving their flashlights to get some type of club feel inside the room.

Raven and Wick are pulled up in the middle of the room, dancing and laughing about something while Jasper and Monty start dancing around them. Jasper is doing a weird dance with his head, shaking it back and forth as Monty jumps up and down. Octavia soon joins them, throwing her hands up in the air, pushing her slick brown hair back, shaking her head and moving her hips to the song.

Bellamy and Clarke sit at the coffee table, admiring all of their friends dance moves and smiles at just the aura they represent around them. Clarke takes a mental picture so she can draw it, so she'll remember this moment. "You know when we said we aren't their parents?" Bellamy asks, even though he knows she hasn't forgotten.

"I think we are. Maybe not by blood but...we are." Bellamy adds, staring at them all with a small fond smile on his lips.

Clarke tears her eyes away from them to look at Bellamy. To see the way he smiles at them, how the flashlights hit his face in a mesmerizing way, to see the dimples on his cheeks. "We are not bound by blood but by something even greater...love." Clarke quotes.

He shakes his head, "How many other corny things you got in that big brain of yours?"

"It is not only by blood that family is made, it is by the bond that ties others together." Clarke quotes again, laughing when he gives her an amused facial expression.

He shakes his head again, the smile never leaves his face as he does. "You're such a nerd."

"I am not." She resents, wrinkling her nose at his words and shoving his shoulder lightly.

"You are. The biggest nerd. Remember on the fourth of July when we were dating on our first year and you quoted Oppenheimer?"

She laughs, covering her face in embarrassment. "Okay, fine, I'm a bit of a-"

"A lot of a." He corrects.

"Nerd." She finishes with a frown. "But your a nerd too."

"Not this again." He groans, covering his face with his hands, not sure if it's from embarrassment or because he's trying to hide his smile.

"Yes, this again. You were and still are a huge history nerd. You have a twinkle in your eye anytime you read a book about history."

"It was interesting!" He retorts only making her snort.

He laughs when Clarke grabs his hand and throws it over her shoulder, digging her face into his chest. Bellamy rests his head on top of her curls, his cheek getting smothered by them but he's use to it. He smashes his lips on top of her head, pressing them hard against her scalp because he misses her. He wants her. He wants them to be like they use to. He wants to date her. He wants to spend the rest of his life with her.

He pulls away eventually, knowing he has to. Because she is not his anymore. She never was really. He was hers.

That's how it always was. She walked and he followed. She yelled and he screamed. She punched and he battled. That's how they always will be. She was never his like he was hers. He thinks that's because while she was thinking she was in love, he knew. Because he is madly in love with her and he knows no matter what life time or alternate universe, he'll always love her.

A/N: Alright, I'm going to a party soon so I was trying out a bunch of dresses Friday, Saturday a friend of mine came over and then three more invited themselves over Sunday so, being that I was the host, I needed to entertain them. That's your job when there's a huge sleep over and your the host. Anyway though, it truly is my fault because I was working on my Skin AU for bellarke rather than this one. I only got three chapters done but I cant actually get the first chapter done. Being that the three I got done was the third, fourth and fifth chapter. So chapter two and one haven't come out yet being that it's written in Bellamy's prologue and I'm having a hard time writing like that for some reason. I guess writer's block idk. Anyway the next chapter of friends will come out hopefully Wednesday if I'm lucky but I'll post it sooner than I usually do as an apology. It's taking me awhile being that, as I said last chapter, I had to rearrange all the chapters. Anyway sorry this was long, reviews are appreciated! Have a good day! - Phantom4747