Chapter 3
To say I am nervous is an understatement. Knowing that in just a few hours I would be wondering around in the world with the walking dead. I didn't know how I was going to do it, I had only been in close contact with maybe two. I wasn't ready to have to fight for my life every second of everyday.
I knew the only thing I had to do before leaving was see Wells. I would leave my mom a note explaining everything. I just felt that Wells deserved to know before I left though.
I was making my way down the hall when I saw Wells coming out of his room.
"Hey where you headed?" I asked.
"About to go explore. Why what's up?" He looked at me suspiciously.
"I need to talk to you."
"About damn time, I honestly thought you were just planning on leaving without telling me."
"You know?" I was shocked.
"Yea I've been meeting with them for weeks now." He said with a smile.
"Wait... Does that mean… Are you going?" I couldn't help but feel excited.
"Hell yea. You think I'd let you guys go have all the fun."
I couldn't help but laugh "I don't know what your definition of fun is but this is not mine."
"I know it's scary to think about what it will be like out there but I think if anyone can make it out there, we can."
"I hope your right." I hugged him.
"Me to."
I had to say this was the most excitement that I've felt since I decided to go. As soon as I left Wells I went back to my place and found Murphy packing. In all reality the only thing we really needed was food but we did decide to grab a change of clothes as well. We made sure our bags were just heavy enough but nothing too much.
Our bags were packed. My letter to my mom was written, now all we had to do was wait. And I had the perfect way to pass the time. I grabbed ahold of Murphy's hand and led him back to our bedroom, who knows when this could happen after today.
We heard a pounding on our door.
I couldn't help but giggle "We're busy. Come back later."
I heard a very annoyed stern Bellamy "It's Sergeant Blake. We need to speak now."
I looked down at Murphy, he smiled then said "just give us a minute."
I couldn't help but a giggle again when he flipped us over kissing me in the process. "Sorry babe."
He got off, put a pair of pants on and was throwing on his shirt as he walked toward the door. I hurried up and got dressed not believing that he was actually going to let him in while I was still in my current situation. He turned around and looked at me before opening the door, my guess was to make sure I was dressed.
When he opened the door, I noticed right away that he seemed very businesslike.
Murphy chuckled "sorry took her forever to get dressed."
Bellamy didn't even smile at the joke but said "we have a problem."
Murphy took a step back letting him in.
"What going on?" He asked.
"The person I have on the outside is going to be earlier than we thought." He seemed agitated.
"Like how much earlier?" I finally stepped up beside Murphy.
"Now."
No wonder he was a mess. He had to get who knows how many people ready with no time to do it.
"Shit." Murphy said.
"Well were ready, so we can help get the others to." I said looking between Murphy and Bellamy.
"You have no idea how good that is to hear you say. I really didn't know who else to go to." He seemed to relax some.
"Now when you say now, did you really mean now or do they have a little more time to get ready?" I had to ask.
Bellamy looked at me "Miller said he will be waiting right outside the wall in about 20 minutes so everyone who is still on needs to head to the meetup spot as soon as they can."
"So how many people are we looking at here?" I needed to know since I have never been to one of these meetings.
"Including us three and the driver there are 8 total." Bellamy told me.
"So in all reality not including us or Wells we only have to deal with making sure 3 others are ready, right?" I asked making sure I had the facts correct.
He smiled "yep that's sounds about right."
"Piece of cake. But I'd say since I have no idea who these 3 are, I'll go to Wells and he can take me to the meetup spot and I'll make sure everything is ready from there. You two can split up and grab the other 3?" I wasn't sure why I took charge like that but I couldn't help but enjoy it.
Murphy was now the one who was smiling "sounds good to me, how about you Bellamy? Any complaints?"
"Just that I wish we could have gotten her involved a long time ago." They both laughed.
We checked around the room to make sure we had everything we could use. After making sure nothing was being forgotten, we grabbed our bags and walked out of the door together. Murphy kissed me gently before we took off in opposite directions. I went straight to Wells room and started knocking, hoping like hell his dad wasn't there.
Of course things couldn't be that easy. Thelonious was the one who opened the door. "Hello Clarke."
"Hey Jaha where's your boy at?" I asked him with a huge smile plastered on my face.
"In his room, said he wasn't feeling good so he wanted to go lay down." He actually seemed concerned for his son.
"Do you mind if I go see him for just a minute? I've got something for him but I swear I'll leave as soon as he gets it. I wouldn't want to disturb a sick Jaha." I laughed.
Thelonious laughed as well. Wells was known to be overdramatic when he was sick so anytime he became ill I always made sure to spend the least amount of time in the Jaha house as possible.
"Go ahead hun, he'd probably enjoy seeing a friendly face." With that he went back to reading whatever it was that he was reading.
I walked back to Wells room, knocking on his bedroom door before letting myself in. He was in the middle of packing his bag and let's just say when I walked in he freaked out just a little.
"Clarke, what the hell? You trying to give me a heart attack?" He said looking frantic.
I couldn't help but laugh "sorry but there's been a change of plans."
"What do you mean?" He asked.
"Well apparently Miller, Bellamy's outside man, will be here in about 15 minutes." I told him in a rush.
"What?" He was in instant freak-out mode "You've got to be kidding me."
"Nope no kidding here." I was trying to be serious but because of seeing him freak out I couldn't help but laugh.
He just looked at me like I was crazy.
"I don't know how I'm gonna get out of here. My dad will ask questions since I told him I wasn't feeling well." Wells was a little bit of a wreck.
"All I know is you have to get out of here because I don't have any idea where I'm going and without you I'm stuck here to." That's one thing that couldn't happen, I would not get left behind.
"Any ideas?" He looked at me questionably.
I rubbed my temples. Then an idea popped into my head, Wells might not like it but it's all I got and it gives him a reason to have a backpack. "Grab your backpack."
"Why? What are we doing?" I hoped he would just go along with me, I don't want to tell him the plan.
"Just get it. Let me do the talking." I gave him a look, that said don't question me.
"Lead the way." He put his hand out in front of him.
I hooked our arms together and lead the way.
Thelonious looked up at us when we exited the room. "Where are you guys headed?"
"If you don't mind I was gonna steal him for the night." I asked innocently.
"I thought you didn't feel well son." He looked at Wells waiting for an answer.
"Uh." Was all Wells got out before I took over.
"It's alright you can tell him." I said looking at Wells then looked back at Jaha and with a sigh I said "your boy is heartbroken."
That got Jaha's attention "heartbroken but he wasn't dating anyone."
Wells cleared his throat, "actually I had been, for a little while actually but I should have known there was a reason behind her wanting to keep it quiet."
He looked like he understood right then where we were headed with this.
"I'm sorry son, I had no idea." He said then he looked at me "what are you guys planning on doing tonight?"
I laughed "if I tell you, you may not let him come over."
That actually made him laugh which was what I was hoping for.
"Go on. Mend your broken heart. Should I expect you back tomorrow?" He asked his son.
Wells nodded.
Before we left he hugged his dad and told him he loved him. I hoped it wasn't too obvious that something else was going on. I wasn't sure exactly how long we spend inside but I was afraid it had been too long. I followed Wells and we went as quickly as possible without looking suspicious.
"We're almost there." He said out of breath.
We turned the corner and I saw Bellamy standing there. He looked like he was freaking out.
"Where the hell have you two been?" He yelled as soon as we were in earshot.
"Sorry I had to get Wells out, his dad was home." I apologized.
"We were about to leave your asses." He was obviously annoyed. "You had one job and you about screwed that up."
I couldn't help but feel hurt at his statement "Look I'm sorry but I couldn't get here without him so we had to come up with a story to get him out of the house without his dad looking for him."
"Well your lucky you made it when you did." He hissed.
I turned around stopping right in front of him which in turn made him run right into me.
"What the hell?" He roared.
I don't know what got into me but it really pissed me off how he was acting so I took both of my hands and pushed him backward.
"You have no reason to yell at me. I did exactly as you asked, I brought Wells. It is NOT my fault that your outside guy had issues or whatever the hell happened and had to come hours earlier than planned." I yelled and didn't care who heard.
He finally seemed to relax "I'm sorry I wasn't trying to take it out on you, it's just if this doesn't go right I may never see my sister again."
Looking at the sadness in his eyes made it almost impossible to be mad at him even though he had just made me feel like shit for no reason at all.
"Well then let's go." I said in a voice that I hoped he heard as understanding.
He placed his hand on my lower back motioning for me to walk. We walked just a little further then I saw Wells standing there waiting on us.
"I was wondering what happened." He said looking back and forth between us.
Bellamy sighed "I was being an ass and she put me in my place."
I smiled and Wells replied "yea she's good at doing that."
When we made it to the wall Bellamy showed us where to go. Wells went first then I did, Bellamy stayed in the rear. As soon as we were on the other side I watched as Bellamy made sure the entrance was completely closed up so no one would spot it then when I turned around and looked at the outside world I couldn't believe how different it looked.
Then I saw the white van parked about 10 feet down the road, Wells was already heading that way so I followed him. As soon as we got in range the door opened Wells sat in the last seat in the second row which left me sitting between Murphy and Bellamy.
Well this is going to be interesting.
We were only in the van for about 5 minutes before Bellamy started making introductions. "I figured since most of you haven't actually had a chance to meet our newest addition, now might be a good time to introduce you all."
I could feel my cheek redden from being put on the spotlight.
"Everyone this is Clarke Griffin. She is Dr. Griffin's daughter also our own Murphy's girlfriend." Bellamy told them.
The dark haired girl in the front passenger seat turned around and looked at me "so you do exist. We were starting to think Murphy made you up."
I couldn't help but laugh. "Yea I'm real."
Bellamy continued "Well that is the one and only Raven Reyes. She is one of the best mechanic I've ever met so she is crucial to our group. You give her enough time she can and will fix anything you bring her way."
"You probably already assumed but the one behind the wheel is Nathan Miller. If it wasn't for him this whole plan couldn't have come together."
"Next you have Monty Green. He and his girlfriend Harper McIntyre will be the reason we survive. They know everything there is to know about wild vegetation and if we find a place stable enough to make our next home, they will be able to help grow all the food we need."
Monty turned around and flashed me a smile "I also use to be pretty kickass about hacking anything electronic but I guess that really doesn't matter anymore."
I shook my head "not right now, but give it time. One day it will again."
"Well and you know the rest of us. So that concludes introductions." Bellamy finished up.
"All I really have to say is thank you for including me. I know in all reality the only reason I'm here is because of Murphy. I know I have no skills that will help us survive but I am very determined so I will do anything I possibly can to help the rest of us." I wanted them to know that I will not take this for granted.
"You might not think that you have any skills just give it a little time, you'll find something." Raven told me.
"I really appreciate that. I just hope your right." I hadn't realized until that moment how much I really hoped she was right.
I couldn't help but look out the window next to Murphy and just stare into the darkness that surrounded us. Occasionally seeing eyes light up as we drove by. I had no idea how I would survive against one of them. I felt the fear begin to take over and I don't know if it was showing but when I felt Murphy gently stroke my cheek it brought me back inside the van.
I don't know what it was but when I looked it to his eyes, I felt safe. He put his arm around my shoulders so I leaned into him placing my head on his shoulder.
The last thing I heard before sleep took me was him whisper "I will never let anything happen to you."
