A/N: Happy Fourth Of July! Kaboom! If your wondering what that 'kaboom' was, it was me trying to imitate a firework...I'll let myself out. Don't worry. Enjoy!

Episode 18: The One Where Clarke's First Boyfriend Comes Back

Clarke nearly drops her coffee when she sees him across the street. She has on her nurse out fit, strong black coffee that Bellamy had given her this morning in her favorite coffee cup - the one with the constellation background and crowns and quotes from artists and just her perfect aesthetic - and when she's about to go get in her taxi is when she sees him. Wells Jaha.

He's right across the street from her with wide eyes and without even looking to see if a car comes, he runs out to her. He pulls her in a hug that she doesn't really take part of but that's really only because he's holding her too tight and she's lost feeling in all of her body.

Wells Jaha was her first boyfriend. They met in middle school, they weren't really 'going out' it was like most middle school relationships, you called each other your boyfriend and girlfriend but never actually talked. Not all middle school relationships were like that, maybe it was more like a pre-school relationship but either way they just called each other that.

He left around her second year of high school, moving due to his dad's job. He had told her he was sorry for leaving her with Bellamy (at the time Clarke and him weren't exactly friends) and said he'd come back one day when they were older. She had nodded and kissed him and that was that. He never called, she assumed they broke up but here he was wrapping his arms around her and when he finally let her go, he kissed her.

She doesn't reply by her lips, she doesn't even know why he's kissing her. He pulls away and he frowns when he sees her surprised expression. "What's wrong?"

"You just kissed me." She states.

He laughs. "Of course I did, I missed you."

She tries to recall their relationship. She did date him from the 6th grade to the 10th grade. Well, technically the 9th being that right when their second grade of high school came up - he had to leave. But the look on his face - the love that she can see so clearly - makes her tense up.

She really liked Wells when they were dating. He use to say 'I love you' to her all the time and although she'd never say it back, he never cared. That's what she enjoyed so much about him. She thought how bad that was, remembered how in love with her he was and how she never really felt that way back. Only mildly. Don't get wrong, she loved Wells but it wasn't the way he loved her.

She use to tell him anytime he said I love you, "I like you too, Wells."

Not even in their very long relationship did they say it. He was very respectful towards her, he always tried to hold her hand and would look at her for permission, he always did the fake yawn and wrapped his hand around her shoulder (she never laughed because she saw how embarrassed he was about it, which just led to uncomfortableness), he was a very kind man.

"I thought of you every day since I was gone."

She smiles, hoping it wasn't as sad as it felt. She only thought of him a little here and there, mostly things like: "Wonder what happened to that guy?" or "Man, that guy was really nice to me." but nothing else.

"I missed you too. But I got to go to work."

"Cancel?" He asks, giving her a wide grin.

She laughs, pushing a strand of hair behind her ear. "I cant just bail on work, Wells."

"Please, Clarke. Just for today. Call in sick."

She roams around New York with him, doing as he asked and calling in sick. She shows him around the new places she found, the new sites and things they constructed. They both go back to their really old neighborhood and go onto the swing sets like they did when they were young.

Wells points out the sand box that's in the park; the one where he had asked her out. Asking her if she would be his girlfriend. Clarke laughed and remembered the flower - well, what he thought was a flower but really it was a weed in his hand as he asked her. She remembered how she raised an eyebrow and had said, "That's a weed, dumb dumb. But okay."

"We had such good times here." Wells sighs in memory.

"We did, didn't we?" She looks over at him and smiles when she sees him already staring at her.

He's leaning in where he sits from the swing and Clarke closes her eyes, about to lean just the little centimeter left when her phone rings. His eyes open and so do hers, she gives him an apologetic sorry and looks through her purse to pull out her phone. It's Bellamy.

"Hey," He greets and she looks at the time on her watch. It's the time where her shift starts and he always calls her to check in on her to make sure she's okay.

"Oh, hey Bell."

"Bell?" Wells ask from the swing beside hers.

"Who are you with? I thought I just heard someone?" Bellamy says from the phone.

Clarke now has to think who to answer first; who to calm down first really. Back in high school, Bellamy and Wells hated each other. They really hated each other. Wells wouldn't be too fond of the idea of Clarke hanging out with what use to be his mortal nemesis. And Bellamy? She didn't even want to think of how he would react. He'd probably rush down to where they were and give him a hit to the head.

"Just an old friend." She replies to Bellamy.

"An old friend?" Wells spits out, she winces at the anger in his tone.

"Clarke, don't you dare lie to me. Who are you with?" Bellamy asks again, this time she can hear the growl in the back of his voice.

She sighs, "Don't be angry, Bellamy. It's just Wells."

"Bellamy?!" Wells screams out.

"Wells!?" Bellamy screams out.

She sighs as the two men begin their rant, she isn't sure whether they are screaming at her or each other. Either way, she cant help the smile on her face as she sees how Wells is screaming at a phone and yet, still, loosing the battle.

"Bell, don't get angry okay?"

"I don't want to fight with you, Clarke."

"Bellamy please-"

He hangs up.

She wants to lie down for awhile, to just close her eyes and live in the peaceful silence for a second but Wells cuts that all of, "Why does Bellamy Blake, from high school, have your number?"

"Well," She tries to think of how to explain this. How to explain how her and Bellamy use to go out in high school, how Bellamy Blake was the guy she lost her virginity to, Bellamy Blake was the first guy she ever told 'I love you' to, how she lived with Bellamy Blake for awhile, how she had to leave and go to this college and had to come back because she became a homewrecker, how to explain Finn, how to explain Octavia, Raven, Monty, Jasper and how to explain that the person she trusted with her life was Bellamy Blake. Bellamy being the person she hated when she met him. God, how times have changed.

She says it, leaving out the part of the 'I love you' and the sex and how Bellamy and her had ever dated. She leaves that all out. Instead she changes it to that once he had left, Bellamy and her still clashed but he turned out to be a really nice guy, after time progressed he even turned out to be her best friend.

She tells about Finn in as little detail as possible, tells him about Raven, Jasper and Monty. How her and Octavia, Bellamy Blake's little sister that they saw now and again in high school are close friends. She says how Bellamy is still her best friend. How he's always been a nice guy, you just really have to get to know him. Wells stares agape at her the whole time.

"You're best friend is Bellamy Blake? You're a homewrecker?"

"All very good questions." She tries to laugh but stops when she sees his unamused face. "I didn't know he was getting engaged. I told you that."

"Why were you even dating him?"

"Because he was a nice guy."

"I never broke up with you!"

"Wells, you didn't actually believe that we were dating all these years did you?"

"Yes! I did!" He throws his hands up in the air and she wants to laugh. That seems bad but what he did was just as childish.

"No, Wells. I thought that you going away meant we broke up; that was kind of obvious."

"Not to me."

"I don't know what you want me to say here..."

"Nothing, you're right. I'm an idiot for thinking someone like you could just wait on someone."

"Someone like me?"

"Someone as beautiful and talented as you. I should've known there would be better looking guys."

She smiles at that, grabbing his hand that is balled in a fist and his eyes meet hers. "Let's just start off new alright? I'm sorry, I guess I didn't read you right. I thought when you moved away we broke up, I'm sorry you thought we didn't."

"Let's just start new." He agrees. "But before we do that, how the hell is Bellamy Blake your best friend?"

He comes with her to the coffee shop where they all meet, Jasper and Monty eye Wells as he follows Clarke in. Raven raises her eyebrows surprised and Octavia cocks her head to the side trying to remember where she'd seen him. "Clarke's first boyfriend!" Octavia spits out, grinning un-bashfully as she finally remembers. "The little prince."

"You still remember that nickname your brother gave me?" Wells asks, genuinely surprised.

"Yeah, he use to say stuff like," she clears her throat to mimic him, "Damn freshmen think their running the place. He thinks he's the prince but he has no idea; I'm the fuckin' king."

"Nice impression, O. You're getting better." Bellamy says, walking over to her and kissing her cheek which makes her grin.

He then pulls Clarke down by the hand beside him on the couch making her laugh and fall into his chest. He slings his arm around her, she rolls her eyes because she knows he's being more overprotective and touchy than he usually is on a daily basis. He kisses her forehead and she knows it's for show because he stares at Wells right when he does it.

She shoves him as she laughs, waving to Wells to sit down beside her.

"Holy shit. This was Clarke's first boyfriend?" Raven asks, eyeing him up and down.

"No one talks about him because we don't like him." Bellamy whispers over to Raven.

Wells glares.

Jasper introduces himself, Monty following suit and they all shake hands.

"This was a lovely high school reunion and it's not really like I'm complaining but why are you here?" Bellamy asks and he is complaining. He throws his hand around Clarke's shoulder and gives him a glare that none of them knew just how intimidating it could be.

"I told Clarke I'd eventually come back. So here I am." Wells growls out.

"We saw each other across the street." Clarke informs.

Bellamy nods, his jaw is tightened and his lips form a grim line that makes the whole group silent. "So Bellamy still the king around here?" Wells asks, trying to get a rise out of him.

"Police officer. I'm actually the chief so I'd say I am." Bellamy spits back, leaning over Clarke so she wont see the snarl he has over his face while he still tries to push her more into him.

"That backfired." Raven mutters which makes Wells frown.

"Guess life hasn't really been treating you well being that you came back huh?" Bellamy asks.

"Life has been treating me fine. I just wanted to keep my promise to Clarke."

"How long will you be staying? The hotel 100 miles from here is a nice place; maybe you should go there."

"I think I'll stay a little closer, thanks."

"Clarke's life is fine. I'm sure she told you how well she's doing. A great artist, went to college and has a job at our local hospital. Pay is good and everyone relies on her." Bellamy boasts about her which makes her smile.

"Doesn't sound like it to me. She's a homewrecker, hangs out with the girl she homewrecked and her best friend is you."

He opens his mouth but she growls, "Both of you!" and they both go silent.

Bellamy clamps his mouth shut, teeth practically breaking from how hard he's biting down. "Bell, be nice." She insists, placing her hand on his chest to calm him down. He sighs, slumping against the couch cushions and away from baring his teeth out at him. He still has her securely trapped in his arm and he nods obediently.

Wells raises an eyebrow, squinting his eyes in disbelief. "Did you just tame Bellamy Blake?"

"Bellamy has always been nice, Wells. You might not have gotten to see it - but I did. He's a nice guy."

"I only bite people who really annoy me nowadays." Bellamy smirks. "Although I guess that doesn't really help you being that you annoy me to death."

"Bellamy." She warns, staring up at him and he looks down at her. Their is a silent communication before he dips his head down apologetically.

"It was the last time, for old time sake." He tells her and she smiles.

"Bellamy has changed a lot, Wells. He's a good guy."

Wells frowns, "If you trust him...I guess I'll try to."

"Thank you. He's just a little pointy at the edges, you just need to meet him and you'll see how big of a softy he is."

Wells looks away from Clarke's gaze over to Bellamy who is snarling. His only thought is of how sharp are those edges?

Wells would be staying over in a hotel not far away from the coffee shop to Bellamy's annoyance. Jasper and Monty said he was okay, a decent and respectful guy but was boring. Raven said he seemed like a cool guy, she liked the whole quite guy demeanor he had going on but had also said he wasn't fun. Octavia had said that he's still in love with her and asked if she wanted her to get rid of him.

Bellamy had said, "I cant wait for him to leave again."

"I was hoping you would all like him actually." Clarke admits.

"Are you actually considering going back out with him?" Octavia asks, her eyes wide with surprise.

"He was a respectful guy. And he always tells me good things about me and he has a stable job and comes from a nice wealthy family, his parents like me. I mean, he's perfect. He's the type of guy you see in movies!"

"He's the type of guy you see in romance movies that you date at the beginning, realize how boring they are and go for someone else." Bellamy corrects Clarke which makes her frown deepen.

"Maybe I want boring? Maybe boring is good for me?" She asks, partly to herself, partly to them.

"What about passion?" Octavia asks, that's what's most important to her. The passion Lincoln and Octavia have for one another.

"What about the love?" Raven asks, because that's what Wick and her have most of all. The love that they have for each other.

"I'll love him over time. And I don't know, I've never had sex with him. Maybe there is some passion in bed." Clarke admits, shrugging her shoulders.

"Wait, wait, wait. I thought you dated since high school?" Jasper asks.

"Yeah, we did. So what?"

"So who was your first time?" Monty asks.

Clarke's face goes red, giving a side glance to Bellamy who is grinning proudly. "Ew!" Octavia spits out, covering her eyes like it'll stop what their talking about. "Ew, ew, ew! My brother?! Ew!"

"When did you two...?" Raven asks.

"Second year of high school." Bellamy confirms.

"You couldn't be. You two were close but only best friends at the time." Octavia recalls.

"Party. Got drunk." Bellamy shrugs. "Connor's bathroom."

Clarke winces at the memory, "Connor's bathroom was so dirty."

"I know we had to do it standing up, that hurt my legs like hell." Bellamy remembers, rubbing his legs like he remembers the ache.

"Oh my god! Ew!" Octavia screamed, throwing a throw-pillow at them to shut them up as she plugs her ears with her fingers, saying, "La la la!"

Bellamy rolls his eyes, picking up his mug of coffee and bringing it to his lips as they all stare agape at the pair. "It was high school, I was drunk!" Clarke retorts.

"Was that what led up to you two dating?" Raven asks.

"No, no, no." Bellamy shakes his head. "This was the welcoming party for the second year of high school."

Octavia had plugged out her ears, having heard the last sentence and she widens her eyes. "Wells was at that party."

Clarke's face goes red, Bellamy soon licking his lips as he smirks.

"You cheated on Wells with Bellamy?!" Octavia laughs at the news she had found out, Clarke sinking into the couch cushions as she groans. She covers her face with her hands and murmurs that she was drunk and not to judge her and she was having a fight with Wells that day and he was moving the next day but it doesn't stop anyone's laughter or Bellamy's grin.

Wells had asked Clarke out for dinner. When she said she just had dinner, he asked her out for a movie. She had told him she had already watched the movies in the cinema with the gang he had asked if he could just come over. After a laugh from his annoyed sigh she agreed.

Clarke had pushed Octavia out from the apartment, saying she might bring up that she cheated on him back then and Octavia had told her that she would in fact. Clarke had told her to go to Raven's and help her plan the wedding or something and Octavia laughed and did so.

So Wells was sitting on her couch, twiddling with his fingers as she made them tea. Because Wells only drank tea being that he did not drink whatsoever and didn't like coffee because he said it kept him up at night and tasted bitter. When she had countered that you could always put milk and sugar in it, he had told her that his father didn't like him drinking it anyway.

She rolled her eyes, he'd always been such a prude. She laughs mentally as she brews the tea, wondering if Bellamy had thought of that when they first met. She was a prude herself but she knew that when your at least in your twenties it was okay to do stuff without your father or mother by your side. Especially something as 'extreme' as drink coffee or a beer once and awhile.

She looked over her shoulder to see what he was doing and found him playing with a photo album of hers. She was glad he didn't pick up the one on the right which showed a picture of Bellamy and her first anniversary, and a picture of them kissing. That was the Friends photo album which just had a bunch of pictures of her and the gang and old memories. Only some cute ones of Bellamy and her but nothing like kissing or anything. That was the photo album on the right that contained all those sweet memories.

He was staring at one picture in particular which was Bellamy and her in a photo booth. Back when they were best friends and in high school. He was wearing his leather jacket like he always was. She had her eyes wide and a huge crazed grin on her face while he was making a surprised smile with his eyes wide. She had instructed him how to look the whole time and they were both laughing when they saw the photo.

Wells flipped to the next page which was Octavia on Jasper's shoulder and Clarke on Bellamy's shoulders in a pool. They were playing chicken and she remembered how when the two had won she had told them they'd make a great team and he'd laugh and agreed.

The next page was of Bellamy with his arm around Octavia and Clarke. He had a wide grin on his face and the two girls held up their honor rolls, Clarke was giving an un-amused face and Octavia was grinning ecstatically. The picture had a caption under it that Jasper had put saying, "Bellamy and His Two Girls."

His eyes scanned to the picture beside that one, the one with Clarke having her arms around Bellamy's torso and him with one of his arms securely over her waist. She was staring up at him with a smile and he was staring down at her and grinning. That was their first trip together over to Disney World, Octavia had taken the photo without them noticing.

She cleared her throat for him to look up at her and she handed him the tea. "Thank you for your hospitality."

"Anything for an old friend." Clarke smiles, taking a sip of the beer she had gotten for herself.

"About that," he says, closing the book and placing it where it had been to look her right in the eye. "I want that to change."

"You don't want to be an old friend?" Clarke asks, furrowing her eyebrows together.

"No, I want to be someone more to you. I want to be your boyfriend, Clarke. I'm not asking for an immediate answer, from all the things going on in your life I know your busy. But a lot has been going on and I want to meet this new you. You look different, so very different from when I last saw you. Back then you still had baby cheeks and a side braid and you never drank - a matter of fact you hated drinking. And you would never be friends with Bellamy Blake all your life."

"I don't think you'll like this new Clarke, Wells."

"I'll always love you. I even still love you and your best friends with my mortal nemesis."

Clarke laughs, pulling a strand of her hair behind her ear and setting down the beer on her coaster on the coffee table. "Wells, it's been such a long time. Once you get to know this Clarke, I'm sure you wont like what you see. You wont love me."

"Let me find out."

Clarke smiles sympathetically, shaking her head at his stubbornness. "Your dream girl is about to obliterate y'know."

"My dream girl is standing right in front of me looking as strong as ever."

She doesn't notice the way he stands up with her, she's surprised when he doesn't even ask her to kiss her. He just does. She guesses some things have changed about him too. Like the way he puts one hand on her hip and the other threw her hair as he kisses her. He never did that; he always kept his hands behind his back and it never lasted this long. Not more than a minute.

"I've changed too." He whispers, his breath hot on her lips.

He leaves the apartment with that and Clarke looks over at the window only to find Bellamy staring at her. She frowns in a way that says 'I have no idea what to do' and he smiles sympathetically and gives her a thumbs up. Clarke always loved how nice he was to her, how he always supported her no matter what. She smiled, mouthing out a good night that he mouthed out back.

She waved at him before she goes to her room. She doesn't see him when he smashed his table with his foot and held his head in his hands as he tried to push the thought of Clarke and him ending up together out of his mind.

A/N: Sorry if this has any typos, last chapter was so bad because lately I haven't been reading them. I know, I know. Bad me. BUT I have an excuse, I was out of time and needed to get off the computer being that it isn't mine being that mine is completely fried. Literally. I can't turn it on or anything. So for all of those who told me about my typos, thank you so so much. I looked back on it, was horrified reading my last chapter and fixed it up as well as I could. This one I think is better but I skimmed it and you can never be sure with skimming. Sorry I didn't post this sooner, I was having a crisis with my Skins AU for bellarke being that I still don't know how to start out the fic. Some of you messaged me, which I'm grateful for, but didn't necessarily give me a straight answer so I still don't know which POV I should start with. If any of you have any ideas, I'd love to hear. Reviews are appreciated! I hope you have a good Fourth of July! Bye! - Phantom4747