Chapter 2
It was senior year of High school. The horn beeped loud outside Clarkes home. She looked out her window. Octavia was standing out of the moon roof and Wells was in the driver's seat. Bellamy was in the back hanging his arm out the window. They were all dressed in their school colors, game makeup lined their cheeks. Wells and Bellamy were in their football uniforms. Octavia in her cheer outfit and pompoms in hand. Clarke opened her window to shout outside, knowing they would keep persisting if she didn't. "Get your butt down here Clarke we are going to the big bon fire tonight. BEAT THE RAVENS wooooo"! It was sunset, Clarke had just finished dinner and was studying for her chemistry final. "I told you I can't go this time; I have to study". She held out her folded book showing them it's thick contents. "Come on Clarkey you haven't missed a game yet, don't start now. We won't have many more chances, with graduation coming up. Plus, how often do you get to see me in action"! Octavia had certainly come out of her shell since the day she met her. She was now captain of the cheer team. She kept up well with her classes at a B average while being popular in school and dating, or she should say hooking up with almost every player on the foot ball team. Minus Wells and obviously her brother. Bellamy had come a long way too, he was pretty popular with everyone in school, hung out with the jocks of course, and his grades were not horrible but not great, except for history. He really excelled there.
The four of them had gone to the games together, parties, banquets, dances, proms, you name it. Now graduation was approaching, and her mom was coming down on her hard for college applications, extra curriculars, and work credits to get her into the best schools. She heard her door open to her room shaking her head at her friends down below. "If I have to hear that horn one more time, I am going to join them at the game". She pulled her head in. It was her dad. They had always been close, and he was the less serious parent of the two who always encouraged her to peruse her life passions and have fun. "You know you won't get much more time with them, with what your mom has in store for your future". She sat on the bed plopping down her study book. "I know, I know. College, Med school, Doctorate, Top medical practice, conquer the world"!
She threw her body back on her bed rubbing the sides of her temples. Her dad threw himself down right next to her. "You have to carry some of you in there, honey, you know that right. Don't let what your mother wants to stop you from enjoying your life". He was always so loving and supportive. She huffed thinking about the next pile of notecards she had to study, reaching above her head for her book once more. Her dad turned to her, rolled off the bed in a joking manner and arm crawled to her door, peering down the hallway outside. "Ok so the coast is clear, I can only hold her off for so long for you to escape. I say you go on my count, 3-2-1. Go, go, go"! She laughed sitting up. "Dad I don't think I can just drop everything…" He cut her off. Standing up and walking over to her. Kneeling before her and rubbing the sides of her arms. "Clarke you have your whole life to contemplate your next step. Go have fun tonight, you deserve it". He kissed her on the forehead heading out her doorway. Looking over to her before leaving her room.
Clarke felt a jolt in her chest throwing herself up from her bed and running to her window. She held her finger up and mothed, one min. Octavia cheered from outside. She ran to her closet throwing on a school tee shirt and running into her bathroom to throw on some face paint onto her cheeks. She ran next to her dresser throwing off her sweats and throwing on a pair of cuffed capris. She grabbed a sweater just to be safe and slipped on her sneakers. In a last move she gabbed her phone and the 10$ sitting on her nightstand. She ran over to her window throwing it open and walking out onto her flat roof top. There was a tree lined directly across from it, she hopped on scooching down and running to the car. "Wow took you long enough, by now the team has already beat ours and gone". Bellamy joked. Clarke opened the passenger door. "Oh, shut up, you know you missed me". He smiled at her as she hopped in the car. Octavia shouted one last "GO BULLDOGS" before they spun away headed for the game and night festivities.
I hope you enjoyed reading and I hope you'll keep reading. Remember this story starts off as a low rating and works its way up. As always BE KIND
