Chapter 2

The 100 – solstice

Well first I want to thank people for their reviews and kind words about chapter one you all really inspired me to keep going. I'm also happy to hear people are into the ideas I've started to put forward in my fic which I've tried continue in chapter 2 so I hope you like what I've done.

Now for this chapter and moving people I want people to understand Clarke and Bellamy were raised in very different ways so you're going to see some of that in this chapter and as we move forwards. Obviously things are going to change between the two of them before too long but there are going to be arguments between them as they get to know each other and before things change.

Anyway again I hope you enjoy this chapter and please do review I would love to know what people think again.

really looking forward to watching the next season.

Clarke

'You promise you're going to be careful tonight right and over the next few days,' Clarke's mum said as they finished putting the empty boxes in the car having now moved her in to her room.

'For the hundredth time,' Clarke smiled exasperated 'yes, I will be careful; I'm not going to be going out to any solstice festival celebrations.'

Her mum made an pleading slightly wishful sound in response to this 'the house is going to be so empty without you honey.'

'I'm going to miss you too,' Clarke sighed pulling her mum in for a hug; she knew this was hard for her mum so she was really trying to be as understanding as she could.

'I am so proud of you Clarke,' her mum said as they broke apart 'you got here in spite of everything you've had to deal with.'

'Thank you mum,' Clarke said holding back a frown pulling her mum in to another hug choosing to believe she had been referring to her dad's death and not the issues she had around her cast.

'I love you honey,' her mum whispered in Clarke's ear as she hugged her tight. 'Well,' she then said breaking them apart before Clarke had chance to say anything else 'I guess I'll see you when you come back to visit.'

'I guess that will be when we next see each other,' Clarke shrugged feeling a little unsure of herself now. 'I love you to,' she added after a minutes thought, it felt like the right thing to say in this moment.

'Goodbye,' her mum smiled stepping away from her closer to the car.

'Goodbye then,' Clarke nodded still feeling unsure, this was all just so new to her so she really didn't know what she should be doing. Her mum nodded back but then without any more words she got in to the car and then started to move off, Clarke just remained where she was waving. She had never really been apart from her mum for that long for so many different reasons but now they were going to be apart for a long time and Clarke just didn't really know how she was supposed to feel.

Thankfully this was when her mobile rang giving her a welcome distraction from her current conflicted emotions breathing a small sigh of relief she pulled it out of her pocket and smiled right away it was Finn calling. 'Hi,' she said answering her phone cheerfully 'are you on your way then,' she had been telling the truth when she told her mum she wasn't going to be going to any solstice celebrations tonight or over the next few days but she was planning on spending some time with her boyfriend to celebrate.

Finn didn't answer her question right away though; all he did was make a nervous sound on the other side of the phone 'Finn,' Clarke asked meaningfully sensing what was coming.

'Look I'm sorry,' he began speaking slowly 'I know what we had planned but.'

'But what Finn,' Clarke spat annoyed 'wait let me guess your new buddies are bringing you to their solstice celebrations and you just can't say no.'

'Yes,' he said quickly once Clarke said this 'I'm really sorry, I promise I'll make it up to you.'

'Whatever,' Clarke spat back hanging up; she didn't care to hear anything more from Finn at this point. She probably would forgive him when he inevitably called her to apologise tomorrow but right now she rather fancied giving him the cold shoulder and just being pissed off.

With no other options for something to do now Clarke decided to go back to her and Octavia's room and brave the intense presence of her roommate's brother. However when she got back to the room Clarke only found Octavia seating on her bed fiddling with her phone, Bellamy's sent was lingering in the room but he was gone. Smiling at this fact Clarke moved to one of her boxes which was sitting on her mattress and began the process of sorting things out she might still be able to smell Bellamy but at least she didn't need to put up with his odd Alpha attitude.

'How much did me and Bellamy freak your mum,' Octavia asked casually not looking up from her phone as Clarke moved several books out on to her bed.

'Um,' Clarke began turning to face Octavia not sure what to say, her question making her remember the things her brother had said.

'She think I'm going to be a bad influence,' Octavia asked looking up now smiling a smile that reminded Clarke of Bellamy's.

'She's just very protective,' Clarke said choosing her words carefully wondering if Bellamy had been telling the truth when he said Octavia thought she was a Beta 'it's just been the two of us for a long time now, so she worries.'

'Bellamy's the same way,' Octavia giggled leaning forward pulling a small plastic bag out of her pocket that had several dried leafs in it as she spoke 'you should have seen how worried he was about what sort of person you were going to be.'

Clarke knew what that meant, he had been worried about what cast she would be but there was no sense in bringing it up. 'Well I hope he's not worried anymore,' she said forcing a smile trying her best to act casual as she watched Octavia take one of the leaves she recognised as catnip and pop it in to her mouth.

'You want some,' Octavia offered catching her looking and moving the bag in Clarke's direction.

'No thank you,' she said shaking her head, catnip wasn't technically illegal due to the fact it didn't effect humans much more than it effected cats but Clarke had never been one to get in to any of that kind of stuff. Plus one of the warning labels on the meds she was taking made it clear she needed to ovoid recreational drugs so she couldn't even if she wanted to.

'See,' Octavia giggled putting the bag back in her pocket 'seems like your mum has nothing to worry about and neither does my brother.'

'Where is he by the way,' Clarke asked telling her self she was asking to change the subject and not because she wanted to know where he was.

'O, he ran off to help get things started with this Solstice opening celebration me and him are going to this evening,' Octavia shrugged leaning back on her bed again 'Solstice is a rather big time of year for him.'

Clarke felt like there was something more to that but she didn't fancy getting into any of the stories behind Octavia's brother just yet so she gave her a plight nod and turned back around and turned her attention back to her books. 'What's up with the books by the way,' Octavia asked causing Clarke to turn back around 'who brings that many books to college?'

'Me, I guess,' Clarke shrugged unsure what else to say taking medical and art classes meant she had a lot of books she was going to need to do things plus she actually enjoyed reading so there was that as well.

'Bookish vibe,' Octavia smiled 'I like that, reminds me of Bellamy.' This got Clarke's attention so she opened her mouth to ask about it but just then there was a beeping on Octavia's phone drawing both of their attention. Reading whatever the text on it was Octavia stood up 'I guess I'm out now a friend of mine Raven should be waiting to meet up.'

'Ok, bye I guess,' Clarke said as Octavia picked up a jacket that reminded her of the one she had seen Bellamy wearing and moved out the door sending her a theatrical wave as she went. That comparison to Bellamy was strange but she could ask about that later and it was just as well Octavia was going out this way she could have time to properly move in without distractions.

However the process of moving in proved to be more trouble than Clarke first thought. What she had thought would be a quick job ended up taking over an hour in fact, partly because she found it difficult to decide where to put things but mostly because the lingering smell of fermented fruit Bellamy had left in the room proved to be a sizable distraction.

The drug regiment she was on normally meant Clarke could handle things like an Alphas sent just fine but something about that sent of Bellamy's was proving to be difficult for her. It was like a bombardment that was so intense she had to hold her breath when it became too much because if she didn't her skin would become super sensitive and she would start sweating.

Because of this when she finally finished moving in Clarke immediately left the room to go and take a shower. The feeling Bellamy's sent seemed to spark in her reminded her way to much of the one time she had gone in to heat when she had first presented as an Omega, and Clarke knew showering was a good way to address that.

Getting to the showers of her floor Clarke quickly picked one, undressed and turning it on stepped under the water throwing the products she had brought with her at her feet. When she presented as an Omega her mum had right away started her on a drug regiment to amongst other things to prevent her from ever going in to heat. Because of this Clarke had only ever experienced one, the one she had gotten when she presented but she remembered the pain it had caused her all too well. If that wasn't enough she was also told that things would be more intense for her in that respect so Clarke was well practised in the recommended medical strategy's to ovoid ever going in to heat.

It wasn't like her heat could be triggered by just a lingering Alpha sent however intense it might be but Clarke had never been one to take risks when her cast was concerned and especially not when it related to her sub cast condition. After a few minutes of letting the cold water bite in to her and cool her body down Clarke turned the nob of the shower to make the water warmer and then looked down at the products at her feet.

She used the shampoo and conditioner first but then Clarke picked up her prescription body lotion opening it and then spreading it across her body. The drug regiment she was on almost entirely consisted of different kinds of pills she needed to take at different times but she also had two lotions she needed to use and this one required that she applied it while showering. Clarke had always found this a pain due to the fact she needed to apply it to her entire body but she also knew this body lotion was the main product that masked her own sent from the majority of people plus it was actually an extremely good moisturiser so she still used it.

Once Clarke was done applying her lotion she turned off the shower and opened the shower curtain to find that she had left her clothes to close to the shower meaning that they were now wet. So giving a frustrated sigh she wrapped her towel around herself and picking up her things walked out of the showers she passed several people as she was walking back to her room but Clarke paid them no attention because she was too busy thinking about how to deal with Bellamy's lingering sent in her room.

It would dissipate over the next few days but Clarke had a feeling today wasn't going to be the last time she saw him within her and Octavia's room so she was going to need to figure something out. Over time she would probably become more resistant to it but that wasn't a guarantee and even if it did happen there was no telling how long it might take so Clarke knew she was going to need to figure something out. She had heard of scented candles being used by Omega's to help manage the scents of Alpha's that proved problematic so maybe that's what she would do.

Clarke was so preoccupied by her thoughts of Bellamy's sent and how she could go about managing it that she didn't actually notice it had become more pronounced when she entered her room and closed the door. She was still taken up with these thoughts in fact when she opened her wardrobe and a familiar voice behind her said 'hay princess.'

Bellamy

Reaching Octavia's room which was wear they had agreed to meet up before they went to the Solstice celebrations Bellamy knocked a few times and then waited he knew his sister wouldn't be here yet but he wanted to check if Clarke was inside first. When there was no response he took that to mean Clarke wasn't here so pulling the spare key Octavia had given him out of his pocket he let himself in so he could wait for her inside.

Once inside Bellamy was right away drawn to what he could tell was the princess's side of the room, the light pink bed spread she must have put on her bed was a real window in to her character as was the ordered nature of the rest of her stuff. Unlike his sister who had a whole load of things piled on every service of her side of the room there were only a few things like books and work journals out on the princess's side everything else must be shut up in draws.

Sitting down on her bed Bellamy took in the princess's light sent of vanilla and fermenting that was still in the air and smiling slightly looked at her stuff in more detail. Everything he was seeing was just confirmation that his initial impression that Clarke wasn't just a good girl Omega but that she was in fact a real princess was correct. Good girls were good always doing what they were asked or told but princess's did it without even being asked, they held them self's to this impossible ideal never putting a toe out of line and Bellamy could just tell Clarke was a princess in fact he'd put even money on her being a virgin.

He couldn't say he agreed with Clarke choosing to act like this perfect princess, in his mind she was denying her true self but Bellamy understood she also had the right to make that choice which was why he had told her he knew she was an Omega. He had been trying to show her he was OK with what she was doing, he could tell he hadn't succeeded in doing that though, being so close to Solstice his sub cast condition made his instincts hard to manage but that's what he had been trying to do.

Thinking about this and how he might want to try again next time he saw Clarke, Bellamy started to look at some of the titles of her books and the few CDs that were tucked between them. Reading a few of them he became distracted by these titles, 'looks like you've got good taste at the very least princess,' he said to himself leaning forward so he could get a better look. There were CDs from bands like imagine dragons which was his personal favourite band and in addition to various medical and art related books Clarke had some decent literary choices here such as the Iliad, again one of his favourites.

The knowledge of these shared likes caused certain thoughts to pop in to his head ones that were difficult for Bellamy to ignore right now so he quickly pulled one of Clarke's books off the shelf to distract himself leaning back as he did so where he was sitting on her bed. He didn't have much time to start reading Clarke's warn copy of the Iliad though because soon the sound of the door opening drew his attention away from the book.

When Clarke entered the room only wearing a towel having clearly just taken a shower Bellamy at first just waited for her to say something but when she didn't he realised she hadn't seen he was in here. So unable to resist having some fun he remained where he was and trying his best to seem like he was reading her book he said 'hay princess,' in the best casual tone he could manage.

This got the desired result because the moment he spoke the princess gave a surprised yelp and turned around quickly causing her towel to come dangerously close to falling down, 'how'd you get in here,' she asked in an accusing tone.

'Octavia gave me a spare key,' Bellamy answered holding back a smile not looking up from the book.

'Well can you please leave so I can get changed,' Clarke asked sounding rather annoyed with him.

Looking up now Bellamy was about to do just that he could wait for Octavia outside the room just fine anyway, maybe even apologising before he did so and possibly complementing Clarke's apparent good taste in music and literature but now he realised she smelt different. He could still smell traces of the princess's typical Omega sent of vanilla but now it was almost completely overpowered by a strong wood and lavender smell which was a typical Beta mix of scents. 'What have you done,' he asked frowning sitting up wrinkling his nose at the unnatural smell that was now coming off of the princess in addition to her natural sent.

This question made Clarke brake eye contact with him clearly embarrassed 'you had to have guessed I was doing things to hide,' she whispered.

'Of course I did princess,' Bellamy countered getting annoyed 'but I thought some meds sure and maybe some other things but judging by the way you smell right now you must be using some serious shit.'

This retort got her eyes to snap right back to meeting his which was a challenging gesture 'so what if I am,' she countered 'I have every right to hide what cast I am.'

'There's a difference between hiding and denying who you are,' Bellamy spat back stepping up now, in his mind taking medication was denying yourself but there was what most people did and then there was what Clarke seemed to be doing. He had thought earlier Clarke was only taking a few pills to manage things like he understood most Omegas did which was why he had tried to be nice to her but now he was beginning to understand she was doing a lot more than that.

'You have the right to hide Clarke of course,' he continued taking in a deep breath trying not to lose control 'but let me ask you do you think of yourself as an Omega?' It was an aggressive question to ask Bellamy knew that but it was difficult for him to control himself effectively so close to Solstice plus someone denying things about them self's was something that was triggering for him for a lot of different reasons. However Clarke was unable to answer this question because this was when the door opened and his sister walked in forcing both of them to let the matter drop, Bellamy might be against what Clarke was doing but he still wasn't going to out her.

'Hi,' Octavia greeted in a cheerful tone oblivious to the tension in the room 'how are you two doing in here?'

'Can you please get your brother to leave so I can get changed,' Clarke said quickly looking away from him to Octavia.

With a slight bemused look on her face Octavia gave Bellamy a meaningful look and he glared back in response, she might not know all the details but still she should be on his side here. 'Don't worry Clarke,' she said after a minutes staring turning back to Clarke grabbing hold of Bellamy's hand as she spoke pulling him towards the door 'we both need to get going anyway.'

'Wait what about Raven,' Bellamy asked stopping them at the door.

'Apparently that mysterious Mr right boyfriend of hers has turned up again so she won't be coming,' she sighed rolling her eyes as she spoke. Bellamy couldn't help role his own eyes upon hearing this as well, they had both known there friend Raven Reyes for years now but neither one of them had actually met her boyfriend which really was beginning to get ridiculous. He was about to ask more about this but Octavia spoke first cutting across him 'I was thinking maybe we should invite this one,' she grinned gesturing at Clarke who was still standing there in just her towel.

This idea was both attractive and unattractive to Bellamy but as he looked over at the princess and the confused look she was now sending his way the unattractive won out. 'Now that you say it I'm trying to picture the princess at a party,' he began looking from the princess to Octavia in a deliberately dismissive tone 'but I just can't see it so I don't think that's a good idea.'

These words made a look of outrage spread across the princess's face but Bellamy was out the door before she could say anything. It took a minute or so but eventually Octavia caught up with him as he walked down the corridor giving him a disapproving look as she did so he was a little disappointed it wasn't Clarke but he tried his best to push that feeling away.

'I know you really don't like the idea Bell,' Octavia said as they got to the stairs 'but if you just took the meds most Alphas like you take you wouldn't have been quite as big of an ass as you just were to Clarke.'

There were a lot of things Bellamy wanted to say in response to that comment of his sisters but the fire in his blood was proving a bit much right now so he decided to stay silent and just walk. They would be at the opening Solstice party soon enough and once there he could blow off steam and calm down his inner Alpha, but he did have a sinking feeling it was going to be a bit difficult this time.

Clarke

After she had gotten dressed after her encounter with Bellamy Clarke had tried to get some things ready for her first day tomorrow but that had proved too difficult with how annoyed she was with Bellamy and the things he had said. What he had said about her denying who she was just kept rattling around her head distracting her from what she was doing so Clarke eventually gave in and decided to just get ready for bed, hopefully tomorrow would go better than today had gone.

Who was he to suggest she was denying who she was Clarke thought still fuming as she got out of the clothes she had only just put on and in to her pyjamas? They had only just met, he didn't know her, and more than that people weren't defined by their cast there was a lot more to people than being an Omega a Beta or even an Alpha.

Finishing getting in to her pyjamas Clarke deliberately fell back on to her bed giving a huge frustrated sigh as she did so Bellamy Blake might have seemed a bit different to her before but now he just seemed like an ass. There was a big part of her the inner Alpha part of her that wanted to rehash this argument with Bellamy next time she saw him but as always her inner Omega wanted to submit, Clarke was rather annoyed at this inner voice at the present moment but to deny it would just prove Bellamy's point.

Unsure which voice she should listen to giving another sigh Clarke pulled herself in to a sitting position and started to shimmy herself across the bed in order to get within reach of her bedside table. Getting there she pulled open the draw below the table and pulled out the sponge bag where she kept her various pill containers, selecting the correct one she pulled it out and unscrewing the top pulled out a purple oval shaped pill then swallowed it. All the different meds she was taking all came with their own instructions of when and how best to take them and this one which acted on her sent glands needed to be taken before she tried to go to sleep which she was about to do.

Putting her pills back away Clarke briefly considered putting on one of her imagine dragon CDs and having a listen before she went to bed but deciding against it she got up planning to turn the lights off and go to bed now. Getting back into bed after she had done so Clarke pulled her quilt up over herself and in spite of everything she found herself wondering what was going on with Bellamy and Octavia right now at the opening Solstice celebrations they said they were going too. If Clarke was going to hazard a guess she'd wager they would probably both be celebrating things the traditional way.

Solstice was a time of year that was almost universally celebrated and it had nearly always been that way, the Equinox was celebrated as well but nowhere near as much as Solstice was. Solstice was so big that people didn't just celebrate the actual day of the Solstice which was tomorrow but the night before as in tonight and then the day after Solstice the whole thing was treated as a festival in many ways.

In modern times most of the world just used Solstice as an excuse to throw wild parties or hold religious services but it hadn't always been that way. There was a time in past centuries when Solstice had been an excuse for people to give in to their inner primal nature and certain practises and traditions had gotten started because of that. Naturally some were worse than others of course, most had just revolved around different ways to have sex but there had been some really bad practices as well thankfully though all of that stuff was out of favour. Except of course in some more traditional and Clarke would say backward countries plus there were minority groups that practiced some of the old ways here which she reckoned Bellamy and Octavia were a part of.

There were a lot of stories about why this was such an important time of year but these days it was believed that somehow this movement of the sun connected to that primal nature with in people in some way. There were a lot of mysteries to human evolution like why exactly the casts had evolved but the question of why Solstice connected to people in the way it did was probably one of the biggest.

Trying to push these thoughts aside Clarke turned over in bed and tried to let her mind drift hoping to fall asleep quickly which wasn't something she found easy to do. She wasn't exactly an insomniac but Clarke had always been someone who found it difficult to switch off her mind when she was trying to get to sleep however as she lay there tucked up in bed she began to smell a strangely soothing sent.

She wasn't sure what it was but it was all over her bed and it was the most wonderful woody, fruity sent that just enveloped her and quietened her mind. Feeling her self-drifting now Clarke instinctively nuzzled into her pillow and moved her hands up and down her mattress trying to get closer to whatever the source of the sent was as she drifted off in to a blissful sleep, still unaware how familiar the sent actually was.

Well I'm sure people can guess who Clarke is smelling there and I'm also sure you have a lot of questions about other things in this chapter. At least in the begging there are going to be lot of ups and downs for Clarke and Bellamy which I think would make sense for them so I hope people like that element. As for other questions people might have I just want to say don't worry it shouldn't be too long before you get answers I'm not planning on drawing mysteries out to long.