Chapter 1
Every summer since she could remember Clarke and her friends enjoyed playing in the pools at each other's homes, walking their small-town shops and sitting at coffee bistros. The fair would roll around just in time for the leaves to change and thanksgiving break. They would all get together and carpool spending all their money on fudge, fries, and fun. Her life had it's demands, her parents had expectations of her, but she always had her friends.
At first there was Wells, he was the closest friend she had. Their families were friends and her parents worked with his in the medical field. They spent times in the hospitals munching on small packets of graham crackers and mini cartons of orange juice. Their parents were often called in on emergency's and had no time to call a sitter so when they were young, they would sit in the waiting room of the hospital. Making sure to behave as their parents told them too. They got to know the medical areas very well, all they had was the other one for companionship, and they were the same age, so it worked out well. They had become so close Clarke even thought of Wells like her brother, and he his sister.
By the time they reached middle school they had already been in the same classes, and one day a couple of kids, a brother and sister of different ages joined their home room. "These are the Blakes", the teacher announced. The kids looked a little ridged, shy, and they kept to themselves. Bellamy the boy had been placed with his sister until his schedule would be figured out. Then they would separate. At lunch time Clarke grabbed her lunch tray and knocked elbows with Wells, signaling over to the two at their lunch table alone. They each had a brown paper sack and as they emptied it they had little if any contents to choose from. Looks like half a sandwich each, banana, and pudding. She waved her head and they decided to walk over and join them.
There were not many classmates in each level, their town was small and once people graduated, they either picked up in the job field their parents had been in or they left for college somewhere else. Visiting only on holidays or get togethers. When they placed their trays down the girl and boy looked at each other, adjusting their seats to stay close. "Hi, I saw you guys in home room this morning". No response, the boy just furrowed his eyebrows between her, and Wells and the girl looked down at her sandwich, playing with it. "My name is Clarke Griffin, and this is Wells Jaha. We have lived here forever so if you guys want help finding your way around…not that there's much to find around here". Still nothing.
Clarke looked down at her lunch tray she unwrapped the brownie that she just bought and took a look at the girl staring at her about to eat it. "Ugh Wells, I forgot I can't do dairy, mom started me on this almond milk thing and ever since then it bothers my stomach". Wells wasn't dumb so he caught on to Clarke's lie pretty quickly and went with it. "Oh, you know what I am allergic to chocolate so don't look at me". He held his hands up. Clarke looked over at the girl playing with her sandwich. "Do you like brownies, the cafeteria makes them really good, and I would hate to waste it"? She looked over at her brother who gave her a slight nod of permission. The girl smiled over at her, taking the brownie and having a big bite. "My name is Octavia, Octavia Blake". She was quiet but Clarke could tell there was more to her personality, she was probably just shy, and she was the new kid. No one liked to be in that position. "Thank you for the brownie is was so good, I love chocolate". The boy still was looking between her and wells, he had a solid look on his face his expression never changing.
"This is my brother Bellamy Blake. We just moved here from the city with our mom. We have moved around a lot so don't take the silent treatment as anything, it's just easier not to get comfortable anywhere". Clarke looked over at him. "It's nice to meet you Bellamy" and then at her "And you too Octavia. So where are you guys staying, are you renting a place, or did you move in already? Like I said it's a small town, but Wells and I live on the same block, only a couple minuets from the school". Wells decided to help join the conversation to make them more comfortable. "Yea, we could walk here but our parents have us take the bus. What about you guys, do you bus or walk". Bellamy put his head down, "Right now we walk". Wells didn't know what right now meant, maybe they hadn't moved in anywhere permanent yet.
"So what classes are you guys in, I have history, music, honors math, and biology". "Quite the brain, aren't you"? Bellamy leaned on the table looking over the rest of the students as he made his comment to Clarke. "Yeah well our parents are doctors and they have pretty high expectations for Wells and I to follow in their footsteps, hence the honors and bio". "I love my music class though. It's so different, I would like to take an art class next semester though". Octavia leaned closer to Clarke and set a little more distance between her and her brother, which made bellamy shoot an expression over to her. "I have an art class this semester, I'm taking a clay course for beginners, for a small-town you guy have a lot of cool options for classes". "Small towns mean more school funding in our case". Wells pointed out. He shrugged his shoulders not meaning to sound like a know it all, "My dad is Mayor". "Wow mayor and a Doctor, you really have high standards in your family". Bellamy laughed, meaning it to sound like a joke.
"Yeah well actually I am on the football team in my spare time. Clarke comes to my games on the weekends, ever play?" "We move around too much to get involved in school activities, but I like to watch it. The team any good"? Wells laughed, "Well without me I would have to say no. You should try out, there is room on the team and with the school year starting we are going to be having try outs in a couple weeks". Bellamy nodded his head slightly to the invitation. "I'll think about it". Octavia reached out touching Clarkes arm, yea she definitely wasn't shy Clarke thought, her initial vibe was right. "So, are you like a cheerleader or something?" Wells broke out laughing and Clarke had to hit his arm to make his shut up. "No, nothing like that I just go for support, but they do have try outs for those too coming up if your interested. One of our other friends is on the team". This lunch was going really well, Clarke could see that her reaching out to them was the right thing to do and they were opening up quite a bit. The girls spent the rest of lunch chatting while Bellamy was pointing out some of the other students and Wells was showing him who to avoid as well as what teacher to kiss ass to. When the bell rang for break, they said their goodbyes, going their separate ways. Clarke looked over at Wells. "I think this is going to be a chance to have some new friends around". They smiled and went to their next classes, cementing this moment in their minds, because that is exactly what happened. They all became really good friends.