Clarke and Bellamy settled into a pattern over the course of the next week. The babies grew strong enough to stay in the chancellor's suite with Clarke and Bellamy, though Abby and Jackson decided they needed a few more days before they could make the trip back to the settlement. Rory hadn't quite gotten used to sharing her parents, but she was adjusting to having siblings, though she often expressed her dislike of the fact that she was now sharing her parent's attention. "What were we thinking?" Bellamy collapsed on the bed after putting the babies back to bed. "We?" Clarke arched her eyebrows at him. He grinned sheepishly "ok, mostly me, but I didn't exactly hear you saying no" he pointed out. "Well, the good news is, after this we can have sex whenever we want, without having more babies" she said kissing him softly. "If they ever sleep" he agreed rolling his eyes. "Maybe we do need to see if Olga wants to come with us" Clarke suggested. "What a great idea" Bellamy replied "Who came up with that, oh yeah me" he grinned up at her. Clarke just shook her head "nobody likes a braggert" she told him. "I'm going to get some sleep while I can" Clarke sighed. "Sounds good to me" Bellamy agreed, wrapping his arms around her and pulling her close. He pulled the blankets over them and they were both asleep almost immediately.
Their sleep was interrupted a few hours later when Olga brought two of the three babies in so Clarke could feed them. "Thank you" she told the older woman who smiled kindly. "Olga" Bellamy called before she had a chance to leave the room. She turned to face him "Clarke and I wanted to ask if you would consider coming home with us to help with the kids? Ours, plus Octavia's and Roan's twins?" he asked "We cant thank you enough for all of your help. We would have been in such big trouble without you this last couple of months. We cant offer you the amenities the ark has, but we can give you a roof over your head and a room or house of your own." The older woman sat down on the edge of the bed. She never really showed a lot of emotion or spoke much, so Bellamy could not tell what she was thinking. She looked thoughtful for a few minutes "I very much enjoy your little family" she patted his hand "and I would be honored to accompany you to your home until you no longer need my help" she told him. "Thank you" he smiled at her "would you like us to give you a cabin? Or you can stay in our house" he told her. "I will stay in your house if you have room for me" she said. "We have room for you" he told her. "and anytime you want to come back here or stay at the settlement, in your own place if you so choose, just let us know" he told her. She smiled at him "you are very kind taking care of an old lady" she told them. "You are very kind taking care of us" Clarke returned "We would be lost without you." Olga reached for her hand "Taking care of your family makes me feel useful" she told her "it gives an old lady purpose in life" she told them. "I don't see any old ladies, do you Bellamy?" Clarke asked. "only her" he nodded in Clarke's direction. Olga shot them a grateful look, laughing as Clarke batted Bellamy's shoulder. A cry from the other room drew her attention "somebody is awake and probably hungry" Olga grinned and stood up "I will pack later when they are sleeping" she told them. Abby walked in a couple of hours later "I don't suppose anybody wants to go home?" she shrugged. "God yes" Clarke sighed "when can we go home?" she asked. "how fast can you get packed up?" she asked them. Bellamy looked at Clarke "Between us and Olga, I think we can be packed and ready to go first thing tomorrow morning" he answered. "Olga?" Abby asked. "She is coming with us to the settlement" Clarke told her "at least until we get settled, and then she can stay if she wants or we can bring her back here." Abby nodded "sounds like a good plan" she told them. "Ok, the babies are doing well enough, I think we can all go home tomorrow" she told them. "Thank you" Clarke smiled at her. "Okay, I will get packed as well and we will leave at first light" she told them.
Kane and Octavia had managed to get along very well, despite their differences. This morning, they sat on the porch watching the sunrise. The house had been finished and was now big enough to house Clarke and Bellamy's children, plus Octavia and her son. The hospital was almost finished and the well had been dug and was functioning nicely. There had been no word from the ark, one way or another regarding Clarke's pregnancy. The lack of communication was driving them all nuts, so Kane asked Raven to work with Sinclair to figure out a solution to the radio silence between the three locations. Octavia grunted and arched her back. Kane glanced at her "what's wrong?" he asked. "My back hurts" she sighed. "Are you going into labor?" he asked her. She shrugged "I don't know. I've been having pain for a few days" she answered. "You should've said something sooner" he told her "I'm going to get Raven, stay put" he told her. She nodded "I'm sorry, I was hoping Bell would be home before I…" she trailed off. "I know" he said softly "but know we need someone who has been here before, so stay put" he ordered. Octavia nodded " I will" she promised. He returned quickly with Raven and Roan in tow. The babies had been left at their house with Harper. By the time they arrived Octavia was no longer in denial that something was not right. Roan bounded up the stairs to her, followed closely by Raven, who took one look at her and nodded "I think its time to get you to the hospital" she declared looking to Roan. Octavia yelped when Roan scooped her up into his arms and started down the stairs with Raven and Kane following him. Octavia was clearly panicking "I want my brother" she said softly, a single tear escaping her eyes. "It's going to be okay" Roan told her "I promise." Raven settled Octavia into the birthing room and helped her undress. Her contractions were pretty far apart, so she could be in for a long day, but without Clarke they relied on Raven's personal experience.
The rover was loaded with all their belongings. Olga was saying goodbye to her friends and climbing into the front seat of the rover. Abby and Clarke were going to ride in the back with the babies, who were strapped into carriers Jackson had somehow managed to get made. "Thanks for everything" Bellamy told Jackson just before climbing in the rover and backing out. "Next stop home sweet home" Bellamy sighed, grinning at Clarke. "Thank God" she returned "I cant wait to get home." Abby laughed at them, but said nothing. Bellamy definitely drove home slower than he drove to the ark when he found out Clarke was not going to be allowed to leave. It seemed to Clarke that he would never get there, but that may have been because she was as anxious to get home as he was.
Octavia groaned as another wave of pain hit her. "Breathe" Raven reminded her. Octavia shot her a dirty look "Why. Didn't. I. listen. To. Bellamy." She breathed glaring at Raven. Raven chuckled "did you ever listen to him?" she asked. The contraction passed "not really" she grinned sheepishly "I didn't want to give him the satisfaction of being right." Raven grinned "How'd that work out for you?" she asked. Octavia shot her a dirty look "Rest for now" Raven told her "this could take a while."
Octavia nodded and laid her head back. "How is she?" Kane asked Raven. "She's okay" Raven patted his arm "I told her to get some sleep while she can. You can sit with her if you like" she told him. "Thanks, I'll do that" he told her. Roan walked in carrying Jacob and Theo "Oh mommy" he grinned at her. "Hello my babies" she grinned at them. They began to whimper and reach for her "I think its lunch time" Roan said. Raven sank down on a chair and one Theo into her arm. He latched on and began to feast. Roan Placed Jacob in her other arm and he too found his desired target.
Octavia woke up a couple of hours later to find Marcus Kane sitting next to her. "Where's Raven?" she asked. "feeding the babies" he said. "How are you feeling?" he asked her "Like I should have listened to Bellamy" she gasped as another contraction hit her. Kane reached for her balled up fist. She grasped his hand and squeezed, hard. He gritted his teeth. "Sorry" she breathed when he shook his hand. He grinned 'Its okay, squeeze away" he told her "I'll recover." She laid her head back "don't tell Bell I should have listened to him" she pleaded "I'll never live that down." Kane laughed at that "plus it would go straight to his head" he agreed. Octavia started to laugh, but was overcome by another wave of pain. She grasped Kane's offered hand and squeezed as she breathed through the contraction. After it passed, he grabbed a cold cloth out of the basin and wiped her brow. "Try to get some rest" he told her. She nodded, but didn't release his hand.
Bellamy pulled the rover to a stop in front of his house. He was immediately greeted by Monty and Jasper "You're back" they greeted him. "We're back" he grinned motioning to the back of the rover. Monty grinned "congratulations" he said offering Clarke a hand as she stepped out of the rover. Abby emerged carrying Charlotte and Austin. Olga came around and took Charlotte so she could put Atom in the empty arm. Harper came running out of Roan's house "Octavia" she said breathlessly, pointing to the hospital wing "in labor" she bent over breathing deeply. Bellamy looked to Clarke, who looked to Abby. "Go" she told them "Olga and I will get the babies settled." Clarke nodded at Bellamy "lets go" she said taking his outstretched hand. They ran down the hill as fast as Clarke could manage and ran into the hospital. Raven and Roan looked up "you're back" Raven greeted them "and not pregnant anymore" Roan grinned. "No, not pregnant anymore, thank God" Clarke grinned at him. "And baby C?"" Raven asked. "A little boy" Clarke told her. "they're at the house with Olga and Abby." A loud groan came from the other room. Bellamy looked to Clarke "Go" she told him "I'll be right there." He shot her a grateful look and took off. "How long has she been in labor?" Clarke asked. "A few hours" Raven answered "she should be ready soon." Clarke nodded "I'll go check her out. Thanks for taking care of her" she said dropping Raven's hand. "I cant wait to meet your babies" Raven called after her.
Kane heard the bussel of activity when Bellamy ran through the door. Octavia opened her eyes following the hard contraction she just endured to see her brother standing in the doorway "Bellamy" she cried, tears running down her cheek. He walked over kissing her forehead "Hey baby sister" he grinned at her "you didn't have to wait for us" he told her. "Us?" she asked, just before Clarke walked in the room. "The babies?" she asked looking to them. "At the house, you can meet them later" Clarke told her washing her hands before looking under the sheet to examine Octavia. "Baby C?" Octavia looked at Bellamy. "A boy" he said grinning. "Well?" Kane looked to Clarke "almost, but not quite" she told him "how are you doing?" she asked Octavia. "No more babies. Ever." She declared through clenched teeth as another contraction rocked her. Clarke snorted "talk to me when you've pushed three babies out of your body" she said. "Was it hard?" Octavia asked. "She slept for eight hours after she had the babies" Bellamy answered for her.
"Where's Abby?" Kane asked them. "Up at the house with the babies" Clarke answered. He turned to Octavia "Do you mind?" he asked. She snorted "the way you've been moping around, I'm surprised you're still here" she said. He grinned "I didn't think you noticed" he chuckled "I did" she shook her head "go." Kane didn't need any further urging from her, he headed out of the hospital and up the hill to Bellamy's house. "how have you been?" Bellamy asked Octavia. "Its been fine" she told him "Kane has been taking good care of me." He grinned at her. "What?" she asked him shortly "I wasn't that baaaad…" she groaned reaching for Bellamy's hand as another wave of pain hit her. He cringed "Ouch, and I thought she had a hard grip" he scoffed looking at Clarke. Octavia laughed "payback's a bitch" Octavia grinned at him.
Kane burst through the door of Bellamy's house and wrapped his arms around Abby, lifting her in the air. "I missed you" he said sliding her down his body until her feet hit the floor. She kissed him softly "I missed you too" she said. "Raven is working on getting a better communication system between our worlds" he told her. "that will be good" she said. "Do you want to meet my grandbabies?" she asked him. "Of course" he grinned "lead the way." Abby lead him to the new wing of the house and into the bedroom where Olga sat rocking Charlotte in the chair. "This is Charlotte Abigail, and of course you know Olga" she pointed at them before turning her attention to the cribs "This is Atom Jacob" she said running her hand across his dark hair "and this is Austin Finn. And by the way, nobody else can know their names yet" she told him. "Congratulations grandma" he whispered softly against her lips. "and to you grandpa" she returned. "Not yet, but soon" he replied. Abby turned to Olga "will you be okay if I go down to the hospital?" she asked the older lady. Olga nodded "Go take care of your young lady" she told them. "We'll send someone up to stay here in case you need anything" Abby told her.
When they reached the hospital, they sent one of the younger kids up to the house to sit with Olga in case she needed anything. When they entered the room, Octavia was sitting up on the bed groaning loudly, with Bellamy sitting behind her. "Good job O" he told her when the contraction passed. "Clarke peeked over the sheet covering her lower half "okay Octavia" she said "one more push and you're done" she said. Octavia dropped her head and took a deep breath "I cant" she sighed. "Come on o" Bellamy prompted "you can do this." Octavia lowered her chin to her chest and groaned loud and long "and we have a little boy" Clarke grinned wiping the baby down and cleaning out his airway. He let out a wail. Octavia dropped her head against Bellamy's shoulder and closed her eyes. Clarke wrapped the baby in a blanket and placed him in his mother's arms. "He's beautiful O" Bellamy whispered against her hair. She grinned, tears falling from her eyes "Thank you" she said catching Clarke's hand in hers. Clarke grinned "you're welcome" she said. Octavia glanced down at her baby boy "how can anybody walk away from someone so perfect?" she sighed Kane watched from the doorway "congratulations grandpa" Abby smiled at him. He returned her smile "may I?" he asked walking over to Octavia. She nodded and Kane took the baby into his arms, cradling him gently. Bellamy grinned at him "good job O" he kissed her cheek. Clarke worked on cleaning Octavia up. "Clarke" Raven walked into the room "your babies are hungry" she told her. "Go, I'll take over and we'll meet you at the house" Abby told her. Together, Bellamy and Abby cleaned up the room while Octavia dozed on the bed. Kane sat next to her, holding his grandson. After they were done, Bellamy walked over to the table and scooped Octavia into his arms "Lets get them home" he said to Abby and Kane, who both nodded in agreement. Raven and Roan followed close behind.
Octavia woke up in her own bed hours later "Bell" she looked around for him, that wasn't a dream was it? He was actually here. He appeared in the doorway holding a blonde-haired baby wrapped in a pink blanket "well look who finally woke up" he grinned at her. "my son?" she asked "in the living room with his grandpa" he said walking over to her and holding out his hand. "Want to join us?" he asked. She nodded taking the hand he offered. Once she was on her feet he wrapped an arm around her waist and walked with her to the living room. Abby sat in a loveseat next to Kane, who held a baby in his arms. Raven and Roan sat in chairs next to them, each of them holding an infant. Clarke sat on the couch holding two babies in her arms, while Rory played on the floor in front of them. Bellamy sat Octavia down on the couch then sat next to her.
Kane stood up and walked over to her transferring the baby in his arms to hers, then sat back down next to Abby. Raven shook her head and laughed. "What?" Bellamy asked. She looked at Clarke "We are terribly out numbered" she said. Clarke sighed "I know, when are you going to fix that problem?" she asked. Raven shook her head "not anytime soon!" she declared. "Okay, now that we are all here" Raven spoke again "we want names, starting with you two" she looked at Clarke and Bellamy. "This fair-haired beauty is Charlotte Abigail" Bellamy began "over her with the brown hair and brown eyes is Atom Jacob and Austin Finn" he said. "Austin, Aurora, and Atom" Raven drawled "Im sensing a theme." Clarke smiled "I didn't think about that, but it wasn't on purpose" she laughed. "your turn" Bellamy turned to Octavia. She smiled "I had a long time to think about this" she said "and I had a hard time settling on a name, but I finally did" she said. "And?:" Bellamy prompted impatiently. "Be patient big brother" she swatted him. "I never truly appreciated everything you did for me" she said looking over at Bellamy "you gave up your childhood to take care of me and I know it doesn't seem like it a times, but I appreciate it." He kissed her cheek "even if things turned out the way they did I would do it all over again" he told her. "I know, so I wanted my son to know what it meant to make sacrifices like that" she smiled at him. "I really wanted to hate you" she looked at Kane "but Lincoln taught me that we need to forgive the past and move on so we can have a future. So in his memory, I'm going to do that." Kane nodded silently at her. "Octavia" Raven cried out impatiently. Octavia laughed "so I decided to name my son after the two men who play a most prominent role in his life, and since we cant have two Bellamy's His name will be Marcus Bellamy Blake." Kane dropped his head "thank you" he looked up at her "I will strive to be worthy of that honor." Bellamy kissed the top of her head "I love you O" he said pulling her closer.
Olga walked into the room "so many babies" she sighed happily. "we're all going to be dead tired for a long time aren't we?" Octavia snorted. "Yes, we are" Bellamy agreed "but I will take that kind of tired any day" he said glancing around the room. "A year ago, we were worried about losing everything and now, we have the future in our sights" he said taking Clarke's hand in one of his and Octavia's in the other. "and what a future it will be" Roan agreed taking Raven's hand in his. "here, here"Abby agreed smiling at them all.
A/N Whew, that was a long one! I hope you enjoyed it. I'm working on ideas for another story now. More to come soon.