Raven was laughing so hard about Clarke getting her butt kicked by a seven year old that she nearly fell down. Bellamy just looked at her and shook his head "That. Is. Your. Best. Friend." He chortled. "Who got her ass handed to her by a child" Raven returned "Of course I'm going to laugh at her." He sighed, "it was kind of funny, I guess" he agreed. "So, how are they doing?" she asked him. "They seem to be doing okay, I guess" he answered "apparently Roan has built a smokehouse, so they are eating well and they discovered a hot springs nearby. They were going to 'blow off some steam' since Clarke and Maddi were both in bad moods." Raven sighed "Poor Roan, I bet he has his hands full with those two" she said.
"Any word from Elgin yet?" he asked her. "Not yet, but Monty and I have been working on another solution. Next time you talk to the bunker ask to speak to Kane, maybe he has some ideas" Raven suggested. He nodded "I will." Raven looked at him, it was clear he wasn't sleeping. "You need to get some sleep" she said "the question is will you do it by yourself or shall I make you?" He shook his head "I'm fine" he insisted stifling a yawn. "Do I need to use the mom voice?" she asked. He sighed "don't you have better things to worry about other than me?" he asked her. "As a matter of fact I don't" she countered, "Monty is currently researching the hydrazine shortage. So, the question I have to ask you is will you be sleeping in your room or mine?" she asked him. He took a long look at her "you choose" he said knowing either way he was going to lose the battle.
Roan laid his head back against the limestone rock that lined the hot springs. Sitting here in the water felt good. He told Clarke all the time about what a little warrior Maddi was becoming, but until she trained with Maddi she didn't believe him. He looked over at the two of them, sleeping on the lush foliage by the springs, Clarke's arms wrapped protectively around Maddi. Coming to the hot springs had been as much for the two of them as for him. The closers it got the five year anniversary of praimfaya, the more Clarke thought about her friend's returning. He hoped like hell they did come back next year or he'd need more than hot springs to cheer her up. As it was today, she played and splashed with him and Maddi, but it was a while before she actually let loose and enjoyed herself.
Clarke stifled a groan, she never wanted to wake Maddi when she was sleeping, the child had more energy in one pinky then Clarke could muster some days. Carefully disentangling herself from Maddi, Clarke padded silently to the hot springs and slipped in opposite Roan . "Feel better?" he asked. She shrugged "A little I guess" she replied "Thanks for today. I didn't mean to be a downer." He looked at her "I figured it was coming" he smiled at her. "Clarke, what if they don't come back right away a year from now?" he asked. She sighed "I don't know" she admitted "they only had enough fuel to get there, so I guess that's a possibility." He looked her in the eyes "and if that were to happen and you'd have to wait longer?" he asked. "I don't know" she admitted, her voice just above a whisper. He could see her holding back tears at the very thought of that happening.
"Hey" he said reaching across and taking her hand into his "Maddi and I aren't going anywhere, regardless of what happens a year from now. You'll still have us" he promised "even if you are in a really bad mood" he said. "Thanks, I think" she chortled. Maddi walked over to the edge of the springs and sat down between them "What's wrong?" she asked noticing how sad Clarke looked. "We were just discussing what would happen if Clarke's friends couldn't come back next year" Roan explained to her. "We're not leaving are we?" she looked at Roan "We can't leave her alone like that" Maddi looked between them. "No sprite, we won't leave her alone" he assured her "but she would need extra special attention if he friends couldn't make it back" he reassured her. Maddi moved to Clarke's side "I hope that doesn't happen" she said wrapping her arms around Clarke. Clarke sighed pulling the child closer "Me to Maddi, me too" she sighed "but its good to know that I will have you and Roan if it does" she replied. Roan made a mental note to make sure he had a backup plan in case things happened that way.
Bellamy shifted in his sleep drawing Raven tighter against him. They'd fallen asleep watching old family movies on the tiny couch in the Griffin quarters. She didn't figure he would get much sleep anywhere else, so they compromised and retired to the Griffin quarters to watch movies. They were barely half way through the first one when she heard him snoring softly. She wondered if Roan had as much trouble with Clarke as she did with Bellamy. Neither of them wanted to appear to be weak, so they kept everything inside; though neither of them hid things as well as they thought. Harper, Monty and Echo entered the room talking noisily. Raven hushed them pointing at Bellamy, who thank goodness hadn't been woken up by the noise.
They turned to walk away "you can come in, just be quiet" she whispered. They nodded and crept silently into the room. She handed Monty the remote and closed her eyes, with any luck they would be quiet enough for her to sleep too. Echo studied Bellamy and Raven, she knew they were close, but wondered if they were together. Bellamy was obviously in love with Clarke and Raven was her best friend, would they do that to her?
Harper followed Echo's glanced and shook her head "I'll tell you later" she mouthed to her. Monty eyed the silent conversation, clearly not understanding the non-verbal language the girls were speaking. Harper rolled her eyes and pointed to the couch where Raven and Bellamy slept, then back to Echo. He shrugged "what?" he spoke just above a whisper. Harper shook her head "Echo thinks those two are together" she returned. "Oh no" Monty shook his head "Bellamy would die before he hurt Clarke like that" he agreed. "This is how Raven gets him to sleep, otherwise he stays up all night and day in the communication lab waiting for Clarke to send another message." Echo nodded "aha" she was beginning to understand. "Will you please shut up and start the movie?" Raven muttered from the couch "I swear to God if you wake him up…" she trailed off. "Sorry" Monty whispered hitting the play button. The room lapsed into silence as the movie started.
"Do we have to go back?" Clarke sighed. She was having a hard time compelling herself out of the water. "its going to be dark soon, and while we could use more meat to smoke, we don't have any weapons to kill it with" Roan replied. "I'm coming, I'm coming" she said crawling out of the pool. Roan gathered Maddi and hers stuff while Clarke gathered he own stuff. He smirked watching her. "What?" she asked. He shook his head "what is it about women and all the stuff they have?" he asked looking between her and Maddi. "I think he wants to sleep outside tonight Maddi, what do you think?" she asked. Maddi grinned and nodded her head "Ok, I take it back" he held his hands up. Finally, they had everything packed up and were headed home.
"Are you okay?" Roan asked Clarke. She nodded "I'm fine, today is just hard" she said. "I know" he said "and I know you want your friends and Bellamy to come home, but until they do, and even after they do, Maddi and I will be here" he told her. "Thanks" she smiled up at him "I'm sorry, I don't always make the best decisions, especially when I am feeling emotional" she said. He grinned "you don't say" he chortled "Because I never would have figured that out…" Clarke laughed "Shut up" she retorted "I just wanted you to know that I am aware of the things you do and I hope you know I appreciate them" she said. "I know that Clarke, and I know things bother you that you don't necessarily want to talk about, but if and when you do, I'm here to listen" he told her. "I know that, and thank you for that" she said "and maybe someday, I will take you up on that. You might be sorry though" she warned. He laughed "I'll take my chances" he replied.
Raven sense that Bellamy was awake when his breathing changed and his grip on her loosened. "why do we always end up here?" he asked. "Because you actually sleep in here" she answered. "sleep is overrated" he grumbled "maybe, but you get grumpy and melancholy when you don't have enough" she retorted. "I feel close to her here" he said "that's why I can sleep here" he said. "then maybe you should sleep here. We can move the TV somewhere else" she suggested. "We just need to get home to her" he sighed. "We will Bell" Raven promised "I don't know when, but we will."