"Clarke, c'mon, it's soccer, what is taking you so long?" Octavia called from her living room.
"Hold your horses, would you!? I needed to find my sneakers" She emerged from the hallway in a black tank top and shorts, her hair in a high pony tail.
"What?" she asked as Bellamy looked her over from the doorway. Lincoln stood leaning against the wall behind Bellamy.
"Uh, nothing, trying to figure out how putting that outfit on took ten minutes"
"Shut up" she snapped grabbing her keys, phone and the sweatshirt Bellamy gave her. She locked up and they headed down to the field.
"Okay so captains?" Octavia looked everyone over.
"Let's do Bellamy & Clarke" Raven smiled. Everyone nodded accepting the idea. Bellamy motioned to Clarke for her to pick first.
"Miller" she called.
"Harper" he chose
"Octavia" she said
"Dax" he replied
When it was all said and done they took the field Raven was Clarke's goalie and Jasper was Bellamy's
Clarke and Bellamy stood toe to toe waiting for Monty to drop the ball.
"Out of everyone Miller was your first choice"
"He's second best and I couldn't choose you" Bellamy looked up at her suddenly feeling stupid for the comment just as Monty dropped the ball. Clarke however was not distracted and kicked it to Miller taking off down the field.
"I want to switch teams" Harper yelled causing them to laugh.
Miller and Clarke managed to run it down the field flawlessly. Scoring a goal on Jasper.
"Well I'll be damned" Octavia said standing next to Bellamy
"Didn't you say we needed an extra player? The adult league doesn't discriminate, teams can be co-ed" Dax stated behind them.
"That way if someone gets hurt or tired we can at least rotate players one at a time" Lincoln added.
"Let's see how she plays this whole time before we get carried away" Bellamy stated. They played soccer for the next two hours. Clarke's team was ahead by one goal. Bellamy came down the field at a fast pace, with hopes of the game being a tie. He just crossed mid field when Clarke ran past him taking the ball with her. They ran towards Jasper's goal pushing each others physical limits, Clarke stopped short, Bellamy ran past her giving her enough room to take a shot. Jasper stood in awe as she scored again.
She was grinning ear to ear when Bellamy walked up to her.
"Good game Bellamy, it has been so long since I have played"
"Yea, you wouldn't know it, you played an alright game I guess" he replied smiling.
"Ask her" Dax said
"Right now" Lincoln pushed.
"Clarke, the guys want to know if you would like to be part of the adult league, its co-ed there just aren't many girls , I think maybe two in the whole league"
"I'm not as good as you guys"
"Nope you are better then most of us, and Bellamy, You and Miller as the front line would be unstoppable." Jasper added.
"I'd have to start running again, I'm out of shape" she said.
"That's alright you can run with me, Lincoln, Octavia and Miller in the mornings" Bellamy said. She looked over all the waiting faces.
"Alright I suppose" she replied.
"Alright, now that that's settled lets get coffee" Raven called across the field.
"Coffee and soccer, quite the combination" she said grabbing her stuff.
"What better in life?" Octavia asked.
"Right all the best in one night, friends, coffee, soccer" Clarke replied.
They walked to the coffee shop, another team from the fields was lined up at the counter, the guys paused at the door.
"What?" Clarke asked.
"They are our biggest rival, and not the friendliest" Miller said.
"Okay and? They aren't keeping me from coffee, ignore them" she replied opening the door, the girls filing in after her, followed by the guys.
The guys in front of Clarke turned looking at her, she just smiled, being polite. She was listening to Raven and Octavia talking behind her.
"Hello, you must be new around here" one of them said to her.
"I am, I'm Clarke, and you are?" she said offering her hand.
"I'm Gustus" he replied shaking her hand.
"Nice to meet you Gustus" Clarke said
"I see you are sporting Blake's sweatshirt, you should return it, you can have mine, wear the name of a real man" She could hear both groups of guys fall silent.
"I am wearing the name of a real man" She said, her voice never faltered once, she just kept her eyes locked on his. She could feel the girls shift behind her and could smell Bellamy's cologne float around her. She made sure to stand where she blocked him from moving past her.
"You are? Not from what I see" he was testing Bellamy. She watched him look to Bellamy for a reaction every time he spoke.
"You tapping that Blake?" another team mate asked.
"Leave her out of it" his voice was louder then she expected.
"I bet after we win this year, I'll be tapping it too" Gustus said looking her over and back to Bellamy.
"Imagine bringing her home for an hour, the things we could do"
"Imagine is all you will do, That's a guarantee, You aren't half the man Bellamy is and I wouldn't give you the satisfaction or a second of my time, Move it along boys" Clarke stated drawing there attention back to her, she felt Bellamy's hand on the small of her back.
"A feisty one, bet that's fun in bed" she felt Bellamy step forward, she turned to face him. He was watching them intently his eyes filled with rage, she could tell by his stiff jaw line he was clenching his teeth, he stood with his fists clenched at his side.
"That's right, let your girlfriend protect you" Gustus' voice came over her shoulder.
"Jealousy is a bitch, isn't it? where's your girlfriend? oh let me guess your oh so charming personality hasn't reeled one in, am I right?" Clarke asked turning to face him.
"Fuck you Bitch, you don't know me" Bellamy stepped along side her. She turned placing a hand on his chest. He glanced at her and she shook her head.
"He's not worth it" she said moving closer to Bellamy, she ran her hand up and down his arm.
"Look at me" she smiled. Bellamy tore his gaze from Gustus to her.
"Clarke, I knew it was bad idea, I'm taking that sweatshirt back"
"Like Hell you are, you can't take back a gift" she smiled leaning into him, he wrapped an arm around her protectively as they ordered and the group ahead of them dispersed.
They went back to Octavia's place all hanging out for awhile.
"Alright I have to get some orders put in before work tomorrow, my tablet is calling me, I'll see you in the a.m. for our run" she said standing.
"Seeing as you are my girlfriend.."
"Your what?" Clarke replied looking at him like he had lost his mind.
"Well you didn't deny it" he said trying to hide the smile.
"I didn't confirm it either, eat your heart out Blake, you don't have a chance" she smiled walking out the door.
"Just rip my heart out why don't you" he called after her, you could hear her laughter echo from the hallway through the door.