Bellamy met Clarke because of Octavia. He met her in hell, otherwise known as Mount Weather High School, but there wasn't much difference.

Bellamy was slightly protective over Octavia. Ever since they were young, it had just been them two against the world, and all he cared about was her happiness. He would do anything, anything at all to ensure that. When Octavia couldn't make friends, he would hold her as she cried over her loneliness. When every other girl got asked to the dance but her, he told her that all the boys would ask her if she stood out of the shadows, and got her a beautiful dress. He even got Miller to go to the dance with her, so she wouldn't look like a dork, and he could know she was safe. He was used to doing anything to help her. He was used to being the most important person in her life, and he was used to knowing everything about her.

When it was her turn to rise up into the glorious pits of high school, he was apprehensive. If she found school life tough before, then he didn't know how she would manage here. He'd only been there a couple of years, but he knew you have to be tough to survive it.

On the first day, they walked in together, and although he wanted to stay by her side the whole time, she refused, "Look go do your thing, and I'll do mine, I don't want to look like I need a babysitter" she said. He admitted that probably wasn't a good first impression, so he settled for a hug and a promise to meet her outside at the end of the day and for them to go to the diner together. "If you need anything, text me, and I will help ok! Anything! I mean it O, ANYTHING" he stressed, before she nodded, and blew him a kiss, walking off into the bustling corridor, full of teens catching up.

Octavia was lost and alone in the high school, but she was determined to have a new start here, she refused to be a loner anymore. Eventually she found her form room, and walked in. There were a few people already there, with patronising name tags that were on the teacher's desk in front of her. "Great, icebreaker time I assume" she muttered to nobody in particular, rolling her eyes.

"Hey butterflies, are you gonna tell us your name or what?" a guy with the name "Atom" asked, smiling. It wasn't in a mean way, but she felt embarrassed, especially when the spread of people around the room turned to look at her.

This is the new you Octavia dammit. "Well my name is Octavia, but I don't know why I've earned a nickname" she replied, not even bothering to look at him, she wrote a name tag, and slapped it onto her jacket. After she smiled, making sure people understood she wasn't being a bitch.

Atom laughed "Well Octavia that would be because of your bag", his eyes flickered to it. She smiled "You can thank my brother for that, I asked for plain black, and he returned with this," she replied laughing. This felt different; it was weird for someone to immediately start talking to her. Let alone a boy. A cute boy.

She glanced around the room, only a few names, and a few people popping out at her. Clarke and Wells sat together, talking, looking at books. They seemed like comfortable friends who definitely didn't meet just now. She liked the look of them. Jasper and Monty were also sat in a corner, Jasper was wearing these ridiculous goggles, and she noticed his eyes on her a few times. They seemed dorky, but lovable.

She wanted to kick herself, she shouldn't start picking out who she wants her friends to be. From experience, you just get disappointed when they don't break their clichés, when they don't want to be friends with you. Picking a chair at the back, she walked over, head held high, and got out her headphones. She picked Floyd's classic "Wish You Were Here" to lead her into her high school life. People looked over at her sat by themselves, but she just looked at her phone. That was until her teacher walked in, and told everyone to turn all electronics off; they had ice to break and schedules to set. Rolling her eyes she put her "electronics" into her bag.

She received her schedule, and the teacher commanded them to mingle, and see if any of them shared lessons. She discovered she had English literature with Wells, history with Atom, art was with Clarke, and that was the lesson she was most excited for, chemistry (groan) was with both Jasper and Monty, and their whole form had PE together. She had other lessons on other days, but before she could discover who she shared them with the fire bell went off.

She was just discussing how much she loved art with Clarke, and they had to walk outside and stand around, without their coats, or bags and it was raining. Perfect. Octavia got to talking to Clarke, and they both discovered how much they liked each other. She actually believed she'd found a friend. That was until Bellamy.

She distantly heard her name being called, but shrugged it off and carried on talking to her new friend. She didn't even know he was there before he tugged her shoulder round and started yelling at her. "DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW WORRIED I'VE BEEN? HOW MANY MESSAGES I'VE LEFT? I TOLD YOU TO KEEP YOUR PHONE ON YOU. YOU COULD HAVE BEEN DEAD AND I WOULDN'T KNOW. YOU COULD HAVE BURNT ALIVE, AND I WOULD HAVE STILL BEEN WALKING ROUND LOOKING FOR YOU, YELLING OUT YOUR NAME. YOU GAVE ME A FREAKING HEART ATTACK. YOU WEREN'T PICKING UP SO I ASSUMED YOU WERE DEAD. DON'T EVER SCARE ME AGAIN" he ranted, not taking a breath until he finished, going slightly blue in the face.

"Bell, the school isn't burning down in case you didn't notice. The pot heads just let the smoke get a bit too thick in the toilets. Chill." Octavia was pissed. Here she was making a real life friend for the first time, and he had to come and embarrass her in front of her, and the rest of her potential friends. What was the freaking point?

He calmed when he noticed she was ok, but he was still annoyed. "So why didn't you reply" he asked. "In case you didn't notice Bell, I haven't got my bag or my jacket" she grumbled. She explained how her teacher made them put away their phones, and how she wasn't in her chair when she was shooed from the room.

After listening he suddenly noticed Clarke, who had been observing the whole Blake sibling confrontation. "Hi, um sorry, I'm Clarke, I'm Octavia's new friend, we're in the same form, and we have the same taste in music and art" she blabbed, not knowing when to stop because of his intense glare, which turned into a smirk when she blushed because of her over share.

Octavia shut her eyes, expecting a horrible remark that would make Clarke scared to be her friend, but Bellamy surprised her with a laugh, and a swift nod. "I'm Bellamy, Octavia's older brother, who also has the same taste in music, but perhaps a smidge heavier". He laughed again, told Octavia to meet him at the diner, and walked off.

Octavia was shocked; he actually held back, he didn't embarrass her. She was eternally grateful for that or at least grateful until their next argument, when his latest idiotic move would stop her, but same difference.

That was how they met. Clarke stayed friends, as did Wells, Jasper and Monty. Even Atom did until him and Octavia dated and broke up, leaving a big mess that Clarke took care of with Kleenex, Ben and Jerry's and keeping Bellamy away. For once Bellamy wasn't the one who Octavia went to with all of her problems, it was Clarke. At first he was resentful, but soon he realised it was a good thing.

Although the Atom break up was messy, it strengthened the group, Clarke and Octavia became even closer, Jasper and Monty brewed some mysterious concoction that managed to get them blinding drunk, where Jasper reassured Octavia by saying "It doesn't matter that Atom is a dick, because you and I can now be a couple my fair lady, and we will be the perfect couple" to which Octavia blushed and kissed him on the cheek. Wells even supported Octavia by telling Atom he was a jerk. Octavia may have banned Bellamy and his group of Miller and Murphy from doing it, but that didn't mean she didn't want it done.

It was weird, because their group, it didn't work, most of them weren't alike at all, but Octavia, she was like a patchwork, she had so many different parts to her, that worked together to create something beautiful, and everyone in the group could relate to her in some way. She didn't realise but she was the glue that held them together, and she was the reason Bellamy and his friends were slowly integrated into their group.

*Bellamy POV:*

He was thinking through all of that during the silence. It whirred round his brain so quickly, that he couldn't get a hold of it. His most prominent thought was "I've let Octavia down. I've ruined the group dynamics that have been solid for years."

He was concentrating so hard on these thoughts, and how scared he was to lose Clarke, that he almost missed it when her voice broke the silence.

"Ok" she simply replied, giving him a small smile.

"Ok? Aren't you angry? Shocked? Confused? Betrayed?" he choked out the words, especially the last one, terrified of the outcome.

"Well no." She once again said simply. "I trust you Bell, and I'm not the only one this affected you know? Seeing me like that, beating that guy, worrying about me? It's almost as bad, and if you had to kiss me to get a little comfort that I was ok, well then it's fine." She said. "Bell" she hesitated before carrying on "what you did wasn't like what he did. You know that right? I trust you, and you didn't hurt me. It's ok, I'm ok with you" she reassured him.

That was when Bellamy Blake knew it was too late. Knew that nothing could stop how he was feeling now, and he wasn't sure he ever wanted anything to.

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