Clarke thanked Murphy again before entering the house and locking the door behind her. The whole situation made her paranoid, too much idle time gives her too much time to think of what could have happened. She was happy to see the stack of mail on the table. Something to keep her occupied. She went through the bills and catalogs, At the bottom of the pile sat a CVS Photo envelope.
She opened it, pulling out a stack of photos. All the pictures from the father daughter dance. She couldn't help the smile that crossed her face, various pictures of Charlotte with everyone. The last one a picture of Charlotte, Clarke, and Bellamy, a perfect one for the empty frame in the desk drawer. She hurried to the desk pulling it out of a drawer and slipping it in behind the glass. Now to find the perfect place for it. She walked the whole house, every room. Finally she settled on the end table next to the couch. She sat down picking up the discharge papers off the table, seeing the corner with Emori's number ripped off made her laugh. She searched the folder for the picture of the baby. Her eyes welled with tears, a baby. She was ecstatic, Bellamy was excited too, which was great. Now they just had to tell Charlotte. She was sure the girl would be happy to be a big sister, she just wasn't sure the transition from being an only child to sharing attention would go well.
She could feel her body sinking, happy to be home, she laid back on the couch turning the t.v. on. A few hours later keys in the door woke her up. Followed by endless chatter between Bellamy and Charlotte. She smiled seeing them turn the corner. Charlotte rushed over to hug her mom. Bellamy leaned down placing a kiss on the top of her head before heading to the kitchen. Charlotte filled her in on everything she missed in a two minute time period. Clarke wasn't even sure Charlotte took a breath the whole time.
Bellamy joined them on the couch, noticing the picture in Clarke's hand.
"We have something to tell you too." Clarke stated. Charlotte focused her full attention on them.
"You are going to be a big sister" Clarke smiled. Charlotte gave her mom a smile but then a puzzled look crossed her face.
"But we don't live with Mr. Blake." she voiced concerned.
"Well we will have to change that, huh?" Bellamy spoke up. She nodded smiling again.
"Bell, don't let this pressure you, there is no rush" Clarke started.
"There is a rush, I wan't you under my roof, there's plenty of space Charlotte gets a bigger room and we can turn Octavia's old room into the nursery."
"When do you want to do this?"
"I want it asap, let's move you out before then end of the month, call your landlord, let him know we will be out by the 30th"
"That's two weeks" she stated looking to him like he was crazy.
"Yup it is, I'll let O and Murphy know you need boxes"
"Do I get to pick my room?"
"Of course" he smiled. Clarke couldn't believe all of that could be accomplished in two weeks. She was sure he was rushing it and he was going to be disappointed.
...
Two weeks later he proved her wrong. She stood in the living room, all of her belongings boxed up and stacked around her, waiting on Murphy and Wells.
"Clarkey! You in here somewhere?" Wells voice came from somewhere near the door
"Yeah, just too short to see." she laughed making her way through the walking path that zig zaged through her living room.
"I found her!" Murphy yelled from behind her causing her to jump. Her hand flew to her heart.
"Damn it Murphy" she scolded.
"what, it's good for the kid, gets the blood pumping" he smiled.
"I don't think that's accurate" a female laughed from behind him.
"Emori, hi, it's great to see you " Clarke smiled seeing her pop her head over Murphy's shoulder.
"Hey, figured you could use a female around when Octavia is at work" she smiled.
"You bet, another person to help keep them in line is always welcome. thanks." The girls grinned .
"I should have left you lost in this mess" Murphy said walking back towards the sound of Wells complaining about the amount of boxes.
After a few hours of loading everything in the box truck the house was finally empty. Emori and Clarke swept up and vacuumed one last time before walking the house and making sure they weren't leaving anything behind.
It was empty, completely empty and Clarke was overwhelmed at how fast it was all moving. She followed Emori out, locking her door for the last time before slipping the key in an addressed envelope and leaving it in the mailbox. She put the flag up to signal outgoing mail and took one last look at the house before climbing in the passenger seat of Emori's car.
They followed all of her and Charlottes belongings to Bellamy's House, her house, their house. The moving part was stressful, the destination was always like home to her. Wells and Murphy pulled in the driveway and Emori parked out front. Bellamy's car was in the driveway, she checked her watch, he must have just gotten home. Clarke stepped out of the car and opened the door to the house. Propping it open with a garden statue. The sound of the numerous car doors opening let her know they were getting right to it, no waiting. She heard footsteps above her and took the stairs up. There sat Bellamy and Charlotte with their backs to her on the floor of his old room, Charlotte's new room.
"I"m happy to be moving here, I love this room" Charlotte smiled.
"I'm glad, it is a nice room. It used to be mine"
"what happens when the baby comes, your it's daddy, so do you and mommy get married?"
"I sure hope so, do you think she would say yes?"
"Yes, then you would be my daddy too right?"
"Yes" he replied quickly and confidently.
"That's good! I always wanted one. Do I have to wait till then to call you dad?" she asked. Clarke held her breath, afraid to let out the sob she felt coming.
" You can call me whatever you would like, just check with your mom first, okay?" he replied unsure.
"That's fine with me" Clarke spoke softly. She wasn't even sure they heard her until they turned to look at her.
They both stood as she approached them.
" Thats good, because I really like him. He makes you happy. He would be a good dad" Charlotte smiled.
" I love you kiddo" Clarke replied.
"I love both of you, and I am glad to have you in my life" Bellamy beamed pulling them both too him.
"Are you going to get married now?" Charlotte asked causing them to laugh.
"Im supposed to ask her first, so much for the secret"