Chapter 2
I had to be in medical pretty early so I was up and gone before Murphy even started stirring. I hadn't gotten much sleep the night before so I was beyond tired. The moment I walked in my mom just glared at me.
"How much sleep did you get last night young lady?" She scolded me.
"Enough." I said right after a big yawn.
"You know sleep is one of the most important aspects of doing this job correctly. There may be some nights you won't be able to sleep because there's so much work to be done. So if you have the opportunity to sleep you should." I should have figured it was all about the job not being concerned for her daughter.
I rolled my eyes than smirked before saying "sorry me and Murphy were pretty busy last night."
If I thought the look she gave me when I walked in was bad, I don't even know how to explain the one she gave me then. "Clarke Elizabeth. I do NOT want to know about your sex life."
"Oh but why not, mommy. Isn't it healthy for a mother and daughter to talk about the daughter sex life?" I couldn't help but laugh.
"We are not having this conversation. It's time to get to work." She sighed "Oh and you have someone in room 1 that asked for you personally."
Someone asked for me personally, well that's weird. Since I'm just a trainee I didn't get my own patients but I guess it's an exception if I'm requested. I walked to the door and pulled the chart as soon as I saw the name I couldn't help but laugh, of course he'd make an appointment.
I opened the door and saw him sitting in one of the chairs. After closing the door behind me I turned back to him and said "What brings you in today Sergeant Blake?"
When he smiled I was guessing it was because he was remembering the comment I made the night before.
"Well I got this pretty bad cut and I heard you do pretty good stitching." I could hear the sarcasm in his voice.
"Well let's see this cut." I told him.
When he stood up and dropped his pants I stood staring at him like a complete idiot.
"You like what you see?" He said in a flirty tone.
"Shut up." I could feel my cheeks redden.
He had a bandage across his thigh. Of course he'd come to me with a cut in such a personal place.
"So how'd this happen?" I asked him with my back turned getting my supplies ready.
"I was distracted and wasn't watching where I was going and kind of walked into something." He told me vaguely.
"You know when I ask questions like this, it's so I know how to treat you not just because I want to hear you talk." I turned and looked at him. "So what did you walk in to?"
He sighed "well here's my time to look like an idiot in front of the cute doctor."
I couldn't help but blush once again. Dammit. "Don't say stuff like that."
"Sorry." He said in a low voice. "But anyway I don't know what it was exactly. It used to be some kind of metal sign or something sticking out of the ground."
"Was it rusty?" I asked him needing to know what kind of treatment I needed to do.
"Uh I have no idea it was dark." He looked kind of embarrassed.
"You're not doing a very good job of helping me out here." I said with a sigh. "Well let me get a look at it."
Bellamy attempted to pull the self-made bandage off his leg but I could tell with him doing it we'd be here forever so after ordering him to lay down on the table I positioned myself by his side.
"This may hurt a little." I knew it was going to really hurt especially looking at how much hair currently covered his upper leg.
I hated that my hands were shaking. How the hell was I supposed to do my job if I couldn't calm my nerves enough to pull the damn bandage off?
When he placed his hand on top of mine I couldn't help but look up and felt like I once again got lost in his dark eyes. I don't know what it was but it seemed to calm me enough that I was able to grab ahold of the end of the bandage. Without warning I pulled and pulled hard wanting to get it off in one swipe.
Bellamy cried out. "Damn girl you could have at least warned me."
"What would the fun in that be?" I asked with a smirk.
Now finally seeing the cut I was finally able to get in full on doctor mode and not think about the guy who I hate to admit that I kind of had a crush on was laying in front of me in his underwear. When I was cleaning it I didn't see any kind of rust but that didn't mean it wasn't. It was protocol that all of our personnel be treated for any and all injuries and if there was a possibility that he could have tetanus I was supposed to treat him. But I couldn't see giving him a shot when there was no evidence, we only had so much of our medical supplies I couldn't see using it if it wasn't needed.
"Once I get you all bandaged up, we're going for a walk. You're going to show me what you did this on." I told him sternly.
"Is that your way of asking me out?" I wanted to hit him in his smug face.
I glared at him "I don't think my boyfriend would approve of that."
He acted like he was hurt "pulling the boyfriend card huh?"
"Well quit flirting with me." I told him.
"I'll stop as soon as you do." He grinned.
"I was not flirting." I had to stand my ground.
"Today you wasn't."
"And last night never happened."
"Touché."
After the cut was completely cleaned I decided I wasn't going to use any of the anesthesia that we had available. In my opinion it wasn't bad enough. "Well I hope you have a pretty good pain tolerance because this is going to hurt."
"Way to sugarcoat it." He laughed.
I had everything set up on a small table next to the table he was currently laying on. Right before I started I looked up at him and said "if this hurts don't hold it against me when we're out there."
"You're going?" He sounded surprised.
"Yea I think I am."
I took one more deep breath before starting the stitches. Bellamy moved slightly as soon as I started. "You have to stay still."
I felt him place his hand on my waist. I couldn't help but jump a little at the contact but didn't say anything he was obviously in pain and was trying to calm himself down.
It didn't take that long to get the stitches in and since the gash wasn't that big it only took 5 stitches. He didn't move anymore after I told him to be still. He still had his hand on my waist and his eyes closed.
"I'm done." As soon as he heard my voice he opened his eyes but didn't remove his hand.
"That wasn't terrible." He chuckled.
Finally I moved so his hand fell to his side. Neither of us mentioned the contact.
All I had left was to bandage it up which I wasn't looking forward to. I didn't want to place any tape directly on his skin so I was going to have to wrap his leg and with how far up his thigh was I was going to have to get close to an area that I really didn't want to.
"Alright I'm going to need you to lay your leg straight out on this. I'm going to wrap your leg up." I told him trying to not let him hear how shaky my voice was.
He did just as I said. First I placed the bandage then took the wrap and began with shaky hands once again. This time he wasn't looking at me, he was just staring at the ceiling. Trying to get the first one to stay is always the hardest because it likes to slip sometimes and I felt like it kept happening just to punish me.
"You're killing me here." I looked up and couldn't miss the lust in his eyes which made me very aware of exactly where my hands were.
"I'm trying." And I really was.
I grabbed ahold of his hand and placed it where the wrap started. "Keep that still."
I really wished I would have thought of that earlier because we got it done on the first try that time. When it was finally finished I turned and looked at him as he was sitting up. "Now get your damn pants on."
"Yes ma'am."
I shook my head at him calling me ma'am again.
As soon as he was ready, we walked together out of the room. I needed to find my mom and let her know I had to take him to see what it was exactly that cut him. As soon as my mom saw us she had a huge smile on her face. "Sergeant Blake good to see you up and moving around again, I told you she would do a great job didn't I?"
"Yes you did Mrs. Griffin." I looked between my mom and Bellamy.
"You didn't." I asked her before I really even thought about what I was about to accuse my mom of.
"I didn't what Clarke?" She said innocently.
"You set all that up didn't you?" I was fuming "What did you think was going to happen? I'd go in there and work on his leg and we'd fall in love and I'd leave Murphy?"
"How dare you." My mother was getting loud but it didn't bother me one bit.
"I can't believe you'd do something like that. Hasn't he shown his worth to you yet? We love each other, why can't you be happy for me?" This was making it that much easier for me to leave her.
"He's trash Clarke. He always has been." She turned and looked at Bellamy. "But a little birdie told me that you two were seen last night looking awful cozy. So when he came in here this morning I only guessed it was because he wanted to see you again. So I made it happen."
"You seriously thought I'd do this just to see your daughter again?" Bellamy finally spoke up and he didn't sound happy.
"I honestly have no idea." She shrugged her shoulders. "But figured if you did I would make sure you didn't do it for nothing."
I just stared at her for a few moments than said "I'm leaving don't expect me back for the rest of the day."
I walked out of the room not waiting on a response. Once I got far enough away I finally stopped and waited on Bellamy.
"So that's your mom huh?" He said with a light laugh.
"Yup. She deserves the best mother award doesn't she?" I said sarcastically.
"So you have any idea who could have saw us last night?" He asked actually sounding concerned.
I shook my head. I had no idea. I just hoped my mom could keep her mouth shut.
I followed Bellamy to the old sign that he got cut on and was happy that there was no rust in sight so no need to take him back for the shot. I was planning to go back home but he talked me in to hanging out just a little longer. I don't know why I said yes. I should have went back home and spent some time with Murphy not be out here in public with Bellamy. But I didn't.
We actually had a pretty good time and he showed me some places that I hadn't even seen since being there. We were now on our way somewhere, Bellamy wouldn't tell me where we were going exactly. When he started climbing up a very unstable looking building, I stopped dead in my tracks.
"Where are you going?" I asked him without moving.
"You'll see." He put his hand out to me but I refused to take it "just take my damn hand. It'll be worth it. Trust me."
I took a deep breath not knowing if trusting him should be something I should be doing but I did just as he asked and took his hand. He pulled me up holding on to me the entire time until we reached the top. I had to say I was in awe. I looked out over the horizon, the sun was just setting and it was probably the most beautiful thing I've ever saw.
"Wow." Was all I had to say.
"I like coming up here. Its makes me forget what's out there." I heard Bellamy say from beside me.
"I'm scared." It was the first time I ever admitted that before. I didn't want to tell Murphy because I didn't want him to think less of me.
"Of what?" He looked at my confused.
"Of leaving here." I told him truthfully.
"It can be scary out there. I won't say any different but as long as were there for each other I think we'll be alright."
"I hope your right." I said softly.
"I'd never let anything happen to you." He said before he looked back to the view in front of us. "I mean any of you, you will all be my responsibility and as long as no one does anything stupid we have a good chance at surviving."
"I need to get back." I told him suddenly. "Murphy is going to wonder where I am."
We walked back not really saying much to each other. I honestly didn't know what to say anymore, I felt like the more we talked the more awkward things got between us.
"Should I start getting worried? This is two nights in a row that I find you with my girlfriend." I hear Murphy's joking voice coming from across the way.
I heard Bellamy laugh from beside me "oh you have nothing to worry about, this one is committed."
I couldn't believe he just said that.
"So what are you doing?" Murphy asked as he reached us.
"Actually your girlfriend here did a badass stitch job on me today."
"Oh yea?" Murphy asked.
"Yep I'd show you but I really don't want to drop my pants in public." I saw Murphy's eyes widen at his statement.
"And where exactly did my girlfriend have her hands at?" Murphy was obviously still playing but he seemed to be getting a little tense.
Bellamy patted his thigh.
"Yea I got to see a little more of Sergeant Blake than I would have liked." I was trying to make a joke but after seeing Murphy's expression I knew that it hadn't been the right thing to say.
I walked over to him taking his hand in mine. "I think maybe we should get going."
Murphy nodded in agreement.
I waved to Bellamy and could have smacked him, or punched him or something to seriously hurt him when he said "I'll be see you guys tomorrow right? I'm thinking somewhere between 11 and midnight."
Murphy had a confused look at first then he looked at me and said "you're going?"
I nodded "I was wanting to wait until we got home to tell you."
"But you tell him?" Murphy hissed.
"It's not like that." I tried to tell him.
"Oh really? You're gone for hours yesterday and when I finally find you you're with him. Then the same shit today." He was pissed "Is there something going on between you two?"
"Look this is my fault." Bellamy stepped closer to us "when I realized who she was last night I knew I had to talk to her. I had to get her to understand how important this is for all of us and without you our group won't be as good as it needs to be. I knew the only way you would come is if I talked to her but she had already made up her mind. She said that she decided last night that she was going to come for you."
"Is that true?" Murphy looked back at me.
I nodded "The whole point of me leaving last night was because I needed to think. I needed to make sure if I did this it was for the right reasons. When you opened up to me I knew that I had to do this for you."
The previous anger was replaced with understanding.
A huge smile crossed his face. "We're really doing this?"
I nodded.
He wrapped his arms around me and just held me. I mouthed a silent thank you to Bellamy, he nodded then walked away.
"You have no idea what this means to me." He whispered through my hair.
But I actually did know exactly what it meant. As much as I didn't like it I knew I had to do it. Not just for him but myself as well. I hadn't really thought about it but these last couple days I had thought more and more what it would be like to be reunited with my dad. If there was any possibility that he was still alive I'd like to find out.
