Bellamy crawled back into bed beside Clarke after getting Rory and Octavia settled for the night. "Everything okay?" she asked. He nodded "Rory wanted some snuggle time with daddy, and O was thinking about Kane." Clarke rolled onto her side to face him "How is she handling the fact that he is her father?" Clarke asked. "She's pretty angry that he didn't do more to stop them from killing our mom" he answered "and she doesn't understand why he didn't do more." Clarke looked at him "and you?" she asked. He shrugged "I don't know. I mean he made some good points, but a part of me is as angry as she is" he admitted. "And yet you didn't deck him" Clarke mused. He half-grinned "have you seen him with Rory?" he asked her. She nodded "He spoils her rotten" she sighed "just like grandma." Bellamy laughed "that he does" he agreed "which is what I told O. He may be a failure as a father, but he'll be a great grandfather." Clarke nodded "and we like grandparents" Clarks said. "Oh yes we do" he agreed dropping a kiss on her lips. "You know if you get the hospital built in time, Kane and Abby will be staying her for an extended period, right?" she asked. He nodded "Ill check with O, but they can use her cabin if they want" he said. Clarke shrugged "as long as she doesn't care."
Bellamy wrapped an arm around her waist and pulled her as close as her growing stomach would allow. He traced a path on her stomach "Are they awake?" he asked. She shook her head "they are blessedly quiet at the moment" she replied. "Hey you in there" he spoke into her stomach "wake up." Clarke shook her head "Stop Bell" she chortled "when they sleep I sleep." He grinned "But when they are awake its play time" he whispered huskily against her neck. "You'd better enjoy play time while you can" Clarke murmured wrapping her arms around his neck "because pretty soon I'm going to be a beached whale" she rolled her eyes. "A beautiful beached whale" he corrected her " and I fully intend to enjoy play time" he replied claiming her lips in a searing kiss.
Raven was finally awake after sleeping for what seemed like hours. "Well look who finally woke up" Roan grinned at her. He was sitting in bed a baby in each arm. "Having a man to man talk with you boys?" she inquired, rolling onto her side. "I was telling them that if they wanted to eat they had to be a little louder" he retorted. She shook her head and pulled herself to a sitting position. "Give em here" she grinned. Roan handed first Theo, then Jacob to her. The boys latched on to her breasts and began feeding immediately. "What did I miss?" she asked. He filled her in on Bellamy's talk with the group. "A hospital?" she asked "and a greenhouse and a well? That's ambitious." Roan nodded "But if he can pull it off, Clarke wont have to go to Mount Weather and he wont have to choose to stay here with Octavia or go to Mount Weather with Clarke." She sighed "does that mean you will be gone a lot?" she asked. He nodded "Probably" he replied "You can get Clarke over here, she will need to learn how to work with more than one baby at a time anyway." Raven grinned "True, and they do owe us" she declared. Roan laughed "its time we started collecting on that debt." Raven choked back a laugh. "What?" Roan asked looking at her. "I was just wondering how you feed three babies at the same time?" she chortled. Roan shook his head and laughed "really?" he rolled his eyes at her "I think you've had too much sleep." She smiled "maybe, but since it seems we have children who actually sleep at night, and you will be busy during the day…" she gazed at him. "I like the way you think" he whispered huskily against her lips; but first" he said taking Theo and Jacob, who had fallen asleep at her breast "these two need to go back to their own bed." He returned a few minutes later "now where were we?" he grinned dropping a soft kiss on her lips. "Right about here" Raven said wrapping her arms around his neck and drawing herself up to his chest. "I think you might be right" he sighed wrapping his arms around her and pulling her closer.
The next morning, several rovers pulled up and about thirty people piled out of the cars, including Marcus Kane. Bellamy and Roan glanced at each other "Is Abby here?" Bellamy asked him. Kane shook his head "No, she stayed behind at Mount Weather. Is it okay that I'm here?" he asked. Bellamy shrugged "The more, the merrier but O didn't know you were coming. I just don't want her to be caught off guard" he replied. "If you want to start, Roan will fill you in. I need to talk to O" Bellamy sprinted off in the direction of the house. "Welcome" Roan nodded at Kane "If you want to get everyone together, I'll fill you in on Bellamy's plan." Kane rounded the men from Mount Weather up, while Harper got the residents of the settlement. Everybody who wasn't handy with a hammer or a shovel was put to work preparing lunch and dinner for the workers. Only Clarke, Octavia and Raven were excluded from participating in any of the activities going on. Bellamy ran back down the hill nodding for Roan to continue when he paused to wait for him. "Bellamy and I realize this is an ambitious project, but we know you are all completely capable of doing this. You may take bathroom and water breaks, but do not just stop working for long periods of time. Lunch and dinner will be provided. The only people who you will not see down here working are Clarke, Octavia and Raven, for obvious reasons. We will sort you out according to the project you will be working on shortly."
He stepped down next to Bellamy "everything okay?" he asked. Bellamy nodded and looked at Kane "you can stay in Octavia's cabin while you're here, but she isn't ready to see you yet, so if you could steer clear of the house that would be great" he told him. "I understand" Kane said "I will not bother her. Thank you for your hospitality." Bellamy nodded and together the three of them divided the workers into teams. Bellamy took one team to his house to get them started. Kane took another team to start on the hospital and Roan took the last team to work on the greenhouse and well. They had worked for what seemed like hours when someone called them for lunch. Lunch was a hearty stew with what some bread scavenged from Mount Weather and water. "Are you planning on finishing all of this?" Kane asked Bellamy while they are lunch. He shook his head "my goal is to finish the hospital, the well and the addition to the house in the next few months. I know a greenhouse is needed, but we need the hospital for Octavia and Clarke sooner rather than later." Kane nodded "I get that. Have you considered getting help from the ark?" he asked. Bellamy's mouth twisted "I have" he answered "but if I run into Harlo, we probably won't get much help. Kane chuckled "I may not be the best person to go there either" he agreed "Perhaps you could go?" he looked at Roan questioningly. "We could send the girls to the Ark" Roan suggested "Just because they can't be down here helping doesn't mean they can't be helpful" he pointed out. "True, we could send Jasper with Octavia in one Rover and Raven and Clarke in the other. Harper can stay with the boys and Rory" Bellamy agreed. "She could handle them for four hours" Roan agreed. The two of them looked to Kane for his input "Sounds good to me" he said. "I say go for it."
Bellamy called for Jasper and Harper asking them to go up to the house and get the girls from the house. Once they' all arrived Bellamy filled them in on the plan. "Why do I have to go Bell?" Octavia asked him "what if I run into Harlo?" she asked. Bellamy looked at her "You know the plan. He doesn't talk to you until he talks to me first, which is why Jasper is going to go along with you" he told her. Then he looked at Jasper "If he tries to talk to her, deck him." Jasper grinned and nodded "I can do that" he said. Kane watched the exchange; clearly his daughter and grandson were in good hands." Roan turned to Raven and Clarke, "Do you want Harper to ride with you and the kids or stay here with them?" he asked them. "Rory just went down for a nap, so I say let her stay here with them" Clarke answered looking to raven. Raven shrugged "the boys just ate, so they should be good for a few hours." Roan nodded "If you need anything Harper you can come get us. Bellamy and I will check on you in a little bit" They loaded up in the rovers with Jasper driving one and Raven the other "Bring as many people back as you can load in the rovers" Bellamy instructed kissing her softly "and please be careful" he pleaded with Clarke. "I'll be fine" she told him, stop worrying about me and get back to work" she told him softly "I'll be back in a few hours." He looked to Raven "Take care of her" he commanded. Raven nodded "I will" she promised. Roan chuckled walking up to give Raven a kiss, "Go" he grinned "I'll keep the worrywart occupied. "Good luck with that" she returned. "I love you" he whispered against her lips. "I love you too" she returned "Now get back to work." He stepped away from the rover "yes boss" he chuckled.
Clarke grinned at Raven "I'm surprised Bellamy even let me leave camp" she sighed. Raven chuckled "he does worry about you, doesn't he?" she shook her head. "And its far worse now that I am pregnant" she sighed shaking her head. "That's our Bellamy" Raven grinned "when he loves somebody, he loves them hard." Clarke smiled "I love him to death, but he does need to stop worrying" she sighed. "Try telling him that" Raven snorted. "I gave that fight up a long time ago" she laughed. "Harper should get a lot of birth control today" Raven chuckled. Clarke grinned "She does have all three of them" she chortled. They lapsed into a companionable silence for a while before Clarke broke it "What happens if we run into Harlo?" she asked. "You heard Bellamy" Raven answered "he talks to Octavia before he talks to Bellamy, deck him." Clarke snorted "I'm fairly certain, my over protective husband will not be happy if I pick a fight when I am out to here" she shook her head, holding her hands out to where her belly rounded out. "That's probably true" she agreed.
Halfway on the ride to the ark Clarke's legs began to cramp. "Are you okay?" Raven asked her noticing the wince on her face. "I just need to stretch my legs" Clarke answered. "I don't see many four hour car rides in your future" Raven looked over at her. "It's probably a good thing he's building a hospital" Clarke nodded in agreement. Clarke winced again, Raven looked over at her "okay, what's really wrong?" she asked. Clarke shook he head "it's probably just the babies moving around" Clarke said blowing a shaky breath. Raven was unconvinced "when we get to the ark, you need to go to med bay" she told Clarke "just to make sure everything is okay." Clarke shook her head "I'm fine Raven" she sighed. Raven pinned an authoritative stare at her "humor me" she replied "Or I'll be forced to tell Bellamy." Clarke glanced at the determination on Raven's face "ok fine, I'll go to med bay" she sighed. Satisfied, Raven turned her attention back to the road in front of her.
Thirty minutes later they pulled into the ark. Raven stopped the rover and called out for one of the children playing to go find Dr. Jackson. She didn't trust Clarke to take herself to med bay. "You sent for me?" Jackson came out of the ark. With Abby at Mount Weather and Clarke at the settlement, the ark needed a doctor so Jackson lived in the ark now. Raven looked around. It had been a long time since she'd been here. They had done a lot to make it homier by adding outside cabins, gardens, even a stickball field, which was full of youngsters. "Can you take Clarke to check her out?" Raven nodded in Clarke's direction "She's seven months pregnant with triplets and the ride has been rough on her." Clarke sighed "She's just being a worrywart, like somebody else I know" Clarke protested glowering at Raven. Who merely grinned back at her? "Maybe" Jackson said "but let's go find out. I really don't want Bellamy breathing down my neck for not taking care of his wife." Clarke snorted "he isn't that bad" she declared. "He would be if I let something happen to you or your babies" Jackson countered. Clarke sighed, Bellamy was a wee bit overprotective "Ok ok I'm coming" she grumbled.
While Clarke was with Jackson, Raven had Jasper round everybody up while she kept an eye on Octavia who had come face to face with Harlo for the first time since he snuck off in the night. Harlo stared at her rounded abdomen not really saying anything at all. Octavia looked at him, but from her current position, Raven couldn't read her expression. She moved to stand next to Octavia, glaring down at Harlo. He shifted uncomfortably, then mumbled something and started walking away. Raven cleared her throat and he stopped "turn around" she commanded. He slowly turned to face her "you will be coming to the settlement today to help us build some things we need built" she told him "but the rules have not changed. You may not talk to or be around Octavia until you have spoken to her brother and her father" she told him. "Father?" he gulped, his face becoming pale. "Yes, her father, Marcus Kane" Raven let that sink in before she continued "are we clear on that?" she asked him. He nodded silently, fear evident in his eyes "Now go stand over there" she pointed in the direction far away from them "When we leave you'll ride in my rover." Octavia let out a deep breath "thanks:" she said "I wasn't sure what to say to him." Raven glanced at her "he's not worth a second of your time Octavia" she spoke softly "even if he is the father of your baby. He ran away like a common coward and doesn't deserve any respect at all. You owe him nothing!" she told Octavia. Jasper, who had seen and heard the last few minutes, came to stand beside Octavia. "Are you okay?" he asked taking her hand. She nodded and squeezed his hand. Jasper glared at Harlo, hoping the gutless coward would give him a reason to deck him. It appeared however, he had been effectively sorted out by Raven.
Raven convened the group recruiting others to come help out at the settlement. She managed to round up fifteen more people who were willing to help, which pretty much filled up the rovers. "Get packed, you'll be there for a few days. And be warned people, you are returning to a more primitive atmosphere then you have here on the ark." Many of the volunteers wanted to get off the ark, perhaps permanently; Raven told them they could probably stay if they were so inclined to do so. "Everybody loads up" she commanded "I need to get Clarke and we'll be going on our way." Raven walked toward the ark the same time Jackson was coming out "Clarke won't be making the trip back with you" he told her. "Everything alright?" she asked. He nodded "she and the babies are fine, but he BP is a little elevated and she has a lot of swelling. I'm prescribing bed rest until she delivers the babies" he explained. Raven nodded "Where is she?" Raven asked, knowing Clarke was not happy with this news. "I have Olga helping her get settled in the chancellors suite" he answered "and she is not very happy with me at the moment." Raven scoffed "I'll bet not" she agreed "I'll go talk to her."
Raven walked into the chancellors suite to find a very disgruntled Clarke "you heard?" she sighed. Raven nodded "Jackson told me. Are you okay with this?" she asked. "Do I have a choice?" she sighed. "I'm going to go with no" Raven snorted. Clarke chewed her bottom lip "What about Rory?" she asked. "I imagine Bellamy will be right back here tomorrow with your daughter in tow, so try to rest today. And bright side, you have running water and electricity" she attempted to brighten the situation. Clarke scowled "I guess" she sighed, unshed tears shining in her eyes. Raven hugged her "It's only for a little bit" Raven soothed "and if I know Bellamy, he'll be here first thing tomorrow morning." Olga stood by the bed glancing at Clarke expectantly "I think your nursemaid is waiting for you" Raven grinned. Clarke shook her head, but walked obediently toward the bed. Olga settled her bed, propping her feet up. She placed a cup of water and a plate of food by the bed and with a squeeze of Clarke's hand and a kind smile walked toward the door. "I'll take good care of her" Olga told Raven as she passed her. Raven smiled "I know you will" she replied "Thank you." Raven walked to the bed and sat down on the edge "Take care of those babies" she ordered "I'll make sure your house stays in one piece." Clarke scoffed "Thanks, watch out for Octavia too." Raven nodded "we have to go, do you need anything?" Clarke shook her head, holding back the tears that Raven knew were there "its okay" she said hugging her friend "I'll see you and your babies in a couple of months." Clarke nodded, still not saying anything "I'll let Bellamy know what's going on" she told Jackson who had come into the room. "Okay, we'll make sure she is taken care of" he told her. With a smile and a wave to Clarke, Raven left the room and headed for the rover.
