She woke again, and let out a soft groan. She felt a little better than earlier, but she didn't seem to be healing quite as fast as the others. Since she hadn't been poisoned and almost died long ago, that didn't surprise her. She forced herself to sit up, her head pounding and her back aching as she did so. She began to scan her surroundings, finding Clarke not far from her, in a deep sleep. She was about to walk over to the blonde when she noticed someone on the floor that made her stomach drop.
"Bell!" She cried out, her voice hoarse.
She practically fell out of her hammock, and rushed over to him, where his sister was anxiously holding his hand.
"No, Bellamy. You weren't supposed to get sick" Kacey sighed, as she kneeled down beside him.
"He came down with it a couple of hours ago…he was asking for you" Octavia told her, as Kacey moved some of his hair away from his sweaty forehead.
"I'll take over" Kacey exclaimed, picking up a nearby wet cloth, as she began patting his forehead.
"Are you sure? You still don't look great" Octavia retorted.
"I'll look after him" Kacey mumbled, sadly.
Octavia nodded at this, knowing she was leaving her brother in safe hands.
"I'm so sorry" Kacey said, as suddenly his eyes began to flutter open.
"Kacey…" He trailed off, as he began to cough.
She quickly rolled him onto his side, as he began to wretch up some blood. Once he was finished she placed him onto his back and wiped away the stray blood on his lips.
"You should go…grounders are coming…it's not safe" Bellamy stuttered.
"There is no way in hell that I'm leaving you" Kacey stated.
"I can't protect you" Bellamy insisted.
"Well maybe it's time someone protects you for once. I got this" Kacey smiled at him.
"Don't leave me" Bellamy suddenly cried, gripping her hand.
It was a stark change from what he was saying only moments ago, but Kacey could see how terrified he was. He was always so strong and in control, being vulnerable like he was right now must be scary as hell, Kacey realised.
"I won't. I'll never leave you, Bellamy" She promised, squeezing his hand back.
Kacey moved their position throughout the next few hours, as she placed Bellamy's head onto her lap, as she played with his hair. This seemed to relax him, as he fell asleep almost instantly afterwards.
"You really care about him, don't you?" Kacey heard a familiar voice pipe up behind her.
"Clarke! Are you feeling better?" Kacey queried.
"Well…I'll survive. You?" Clarke asked, clearly worried that Kacey was still sick.
"Don't worry, it'll take more than some fever to kill me" Kacey smirked.
"You're avoiding my question" Clarke stated.
"I care about everyone. I'm a very caring person" Kacey shrugged.
"But you care about Bellamy more" Clarke grinned.
"And you care about Finn more. I don't know why, but you do" Kacey laughed.
"Why can't you admit your feelings for him, Kacey?" Clarke frowned.
"Because then it would make it real, Clarke!" She retorted.
Clarke looked shocked at this outburst, as she realised that she had struck a nerve.
"…I'm sorry. I just…Bellamy and I are never going to happen" Kacey sighed.
"You don't think you're worth it? Bellamy would be ridiculously lucky to have you" Clarke insisted.
"He wouldn't want me…I'm no good, Clarke. I'm not" Kacey shook her head, walking away.
Bellamy woke up a little later, confused to find Clarke with him and not Kacey.
"Where's Kacey?" He insisted.
"She's fine. Just getting some rest" Clarke shrugged.
"Are you sure? She still wasn't-" Bellamy started, but Clarke cut him off.
"God, you two, you're exactly the same" Clarke chuckled.
"What do you mean?" Bellamy questioned, as Clarke gave him some water to drink.
"You worry so much about each other, but won't admit how you feel" Clarke explained.
"I don't know what you're talking about" Bellamy retorted.
"Bellamy, we could all be dead in a few hours. What are you afraid of? Rejection?" Clarke suggested.
"She's 16, Clarke. She's younger than my sister" Bellamy shook his head.
"So? Why does it matter?" Clarke insisted.
"Because its wrong, Clarke! She's…she's just a kid" Bellamy exclaimed.
"A kid who's clearly in love with you" Clarke stated, which got Bellamy's attention.
"You both need to suck it up before its too late" Clarke sighed.
Kacey was helping Bellamy and Clarke round everyone up when there was a massive bang in the distance. The ground literally shook from the force, as Kacey almost fell to the ground, still feeling weak. Bellamy grabbed onto her arm, holding her upright, as she gave him a grateful smile, glad to see he was feeling better.
"They did it" Bellamy sighed in relief, as they saw a huge mushroom cloud in the distance.
Bellamy was surprised when he found Kacey later that night, outside the wall, finishing digging the last grave.
"You shouldn't be doing that. You're not well enough" Bellamy scolded her.
"I'm fine" Kacey shrugged, breathing heavily.
"Hey, you! Get over here and start digging" Bellamy called over to one of the boys on duty.
"Okay…maybe I was getting a little tired" Kacey panted, resting against the wall.
"Clarke's saying that we should pardon Murphy" Bellamy announced.
"I don't know…I don't trust him. He's unhinged" Kacey argued.
"We do need all the people we can get though" Bellamy suggested.
"I guess we'll just have to keep an eye on him" Kacey sighed.
"Come on, we should back inside" Bellamy told her, as she nodded.
"14 more gone" Kacey mumbled, shaking her head as she counted the graves.
She couldn't sleep that night so she went into the dropship, to see if anyone else was awake. She wasn't surprised to find Raven was in there, working on making more bullets.
"How's it going?" Kacey queried, placing her hand on Raven's shoulder.
Her eyes widened as the girl turned around with bloodshot eyes, and tears rolling down her face. She quickly turned away, rapidly wiping away tears.
"One of those nights, huh?" She suggested, as Raven nodded.
"Finn's a jerk in my opinion. You can do better" Kacey stated.
"Well clearly he thought he could do better than me" Raven exclaimed.
"I mean Clarke is blonde, it's hard to compete" Kacey shrugged, making Raven giggle lightly.
"I'm serious though. They'll be others out there. You're smart, beautiful, hardworking-" Kacey started, but Raven cut her off.
"Are you coming onto me?" Raven inquired, raising an eyebrow.
"Nah, my approach is much subtler" Kacey laughed.
"You should get some rest" Kacey advised, as Raven nodded.
Kacey turned to walk away, as Raven called out her name.
"Thanks" Raven smiled at her.
"Anytime" Kacey replied.
Author's Notes: I hope you all enjoyed this chapter! We had a lot of cute moments in this chapter, but when will these two idiots admit how they feel? Hopefully soon, haha. Please leave a review:)
MariaJane716: Thank you! I'm really enjoying writing their relationship, so I'm glad you like it too:)
Horses-are-my-life: Aw, thank you! Yeah, I'll be adding more things in throughout season 2, just to make things more interesting!