Clarke's P.O.V

I got home around 4:30am and thank god I don't have work at all tomorrow, yesterday started as if nothing could ever change the way my life was until I met Bellamy. He is making me believe that I can be more than just a stripper and a waitress and I don't understand how or why he is...I thought he was going to be like Murphy and them and try to sleep with the strippers but he paid me to talk to him and then he offered to help me get out if that was what I wanted. Who does that? Who comes up to a stranger that you don't even know and offers to help them without anything in return? I get it, Me and O are best friends and she wants to help but I know she didn't put her brother up to this because she had no idea what he wanted and why he asked for me personally. I am so grateful but why? Why do something when you get nothing in return? When you have everything to lose if everything backfires and then you're left with nothing.

I end up falling asleep within 1 hour of coming home...my brain would not shut off and so many questions were running around in my head and all I wanted was for them to be all answered but I'll have to wait for that. I fell asleep with the thought of Bellamy on my mind and I don't know why, he was hot but that is not why...maybe because he is the only person that I have met that wants to help me and knows that I'm not stripping for fun.

*that afternoon*

When I woke up it was about 1pm so I got up and took a shower and got ready for meeting Bellamy, I called him and he answered right away.

Phone call

B- hello?

C- hey, so what time you wanna meet

B- oh whenever, how long will it take you to get ready?

C- I am ready.

B- oh okay, wanna meet at Monty's

C- yeah, it will be nice to see Monty and Jasper

B- you know Monty

C- yeah, I've known them since I was like 4

B- really I had no idea

C- how could you, anyway I'll meet you there.

B- okay see you there

End of call

I arrive at Monty's and Jasper is the first one to see me and I get tackled with a bear hug, as I hug Jas I see Bellamy walk in and smile as he sees me hug Jasper and then Monty. I go over to the table that Bellamy sat at and he smiles when I sit down, I smile back and when I look down I can feel him still looking at me.

"You were not kidding about knowing them, Jasper practically suffocated you when he hugged you" Bellamy says.

"You saw that?" I asked him.

"Yeah, I knew you knew Jasper but not Monty and every time me and O would come here he would ask O how you were"

"Really?"

"Yeah, every time without fail"

"Anyway, what did you want to talk about?" I asked him.

"I want to get to know you, who is Clarke Griffin really?" he asks.

"A mistake"

"You're not a mistake Clarke, you've just had really bad luck"

"Okay you want to know the real me then I'll tell you my story but only if you tell me yours in return" He nodded in response and I continued "I was born on October 15 1998 as Clarissa Eliza Griffin, my father left when I was about 7 and my mother ignored me and if I got in her way she would abuse me...when I turned 16 I left and I've never heard from her. When I was 17 I met my ex Finn when I was asking for money for food on the side of the road, he offered to help me and I eventually fell in love with him. Things started to change in our relationship when I turned 21 and I started partying a little with my friend Raven and Miller, he got really jealous and when I wouldn't stop like he asked he started hitting me. Then he drugged my friend Raven and slept with her...she somehow fell for him and when she started dating him I had to stop contact because I couldn't risk him finding me. The only way I could have made it out of what was happening was if I became a stripper so I did...I met O and the rest is history"

"Wow, your ex didn't happen to be named Finn Collins did it?" I nodded and he looked sorry and angry. "I knew him and I am so sorry...um I was born on May 18 1996 as Bellamy Robert Blake, I never knew my father and I was 3 when O was born. O has a different dad and she doesn't know him either. My mom did the best she could but 3 years before O was 18 so I was 18 my mom passed and I had to finish raising O myself. My mother ended up in a really bad relationship once and she had to do what she had to do to survive and keep us alive, that is why I am helping you so you don't end up like my mother did. I was in a serious relationship about a year ago but she cheated and then left me. I am a College history teacher and O is in college to become a lawyer, and that's me" he finishes.

Wow he had/has 10x better life than I but now it makes sense why he is helping me...it happened to his mom and she almost got killed. Why does he have to be so damn attractive and everytime he says my name it makes my heart pound, I just met him and this is not something I do...I don't just fall for a guy.

Bellamy's P.O.V

Why is this happening to me...I'm falling for her and I shouldn't be, the last thing she needs is a relationship with her best friend's brother but I want it. I want her, but it's wrong because she has been through so much and I don't want to add to it. Everytime she says my name my heart pounds so hard and my mind just wants her to keep saying it over and over again, I never planned on falling for O's best friend but I did and I can't stop how I feel about her.

"What are you thinking about Princess?" I asked her.

"Nothing...you?" she asks in return.

What am I going to say...her. I can't do that so I say "O, I'm worried for her"

"She's very careful and I think the men are afraid of her"

"Really?"

"Yeah, plus she dating the bodyguard at the club"

"I didn't know she was dating someone"

"Yeah, she's happy"

"Good I'm glad but now you need to be happy" I tell her.

"Well I'm happy right now" she says.

"Yeah?"

"Yeah."

She's happy being with me...well I'm happy being with her, that's all I want for her is to be happy and I am so happy that she is happy right now but I want her to be happy all the time. I know she hates being a stripper and I know she didn't want to become one in the first place but she had no choice if she was going to make it out alive she had to do what she had to do and I do not blame her for that. People judge people because of what they have done in the past and what they do for a living to survive and I hate that people do that.

*later*

We were walking around the park and I was watching her with a smile on her face and she walked with her head up high and then I saw it fade.

"Are you okay?" I asked her.

"No, how did he find me?" she says.

"Who?" All she did was point and I saw Finn Collins looking right at us. "I've got a plan follow my lead," I said and she nodded. I took her hand in mine and we continued walking and then Finn stopped us.

"So this is where you have been hiding for the last 2 years?" He says.

"What do you want, spacewalker?" I asked him.

"I wasn't talking to you Blake, I was talking to the woman who left me in the middle of the night when I was at work" he says

"You weren't at work, you were fucking my best friend and then she when I left she found out why and dumped your ass" Clarke says still holding onto my hand for dear life.

"You little slut, you think he is any better, well good fucking luck with that" he says then walks off.

I look over to Clarke and she is almost crying, I pull her to my chest and she starts to cry...I let her cry it out and then she says "let's go back to my place, please"

"Okay we can do that" I say and we go back to her place.

*Later after 2 movies* (around 5pm)

"You doing okay?" I asked her.

"Yeah, I just thought I would never see him again...I quit the club this morning," she says.

"You did?"

"Yeah, but I don't know how I am going to pay for this place now"

"O was telling me the other day that she wanted to have another roommate because we have a spare room that is not being used"

"I couldn't…"

"You can...it's yours if you want it"

"Really?"

"Yes"

Clarke's P.O.V

I don't know what came over me but I leaned up and pressed my lips onto his and he kissed me back with passion. Why did I kiss him...I know I have been wanting to but why now...and I don't know why I just did and I am glad I did. I pull away and I look into his beautiful dark brown eyes and I smile.

"I'm sorry...I shouldn't…" I was cut off with his lips on mine again but this time with more passion. He was the one I have been waiting for and he is the one who inspired me to quit the club and I am so happy that he did, he's the one and I can feel it.

"Don't be sorry, I'm glad you did" he says with a smile.

"I'll take the room"