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Clarke gets home at about 12:30am to find the light on in the studio/workshop she puts her bag and coat on the kitchen table before heading for the fridge for a midnight snack. She grabs some yogurt out of the fridge before going back to her bag, pulling out the photo and looking at it again.
He actually gave her a topless photo for lack of a better term, he gave her a photo of himself and she is pretty sure he was flirting with her while he did it. If she is honest with herself she did get a little distracted remembering how his large hands felt against her body and his breath on her shoulder. She was so lost in her thoughts that she did not notice Raven come into the room
"What ya looking at?" Raven asked startling Clarke out of her thoughts
"Nothing" Clarke tried to hide the photo from Raven, but Raven was too quick and snatched the photo out of Clarke's hands
"Nice" Raven said taking in the photo "Who is it?"
Clarke sighed taking a seat at the table "I don't know his name"
"Well Clarke, I didn't take you for the type" Raven took a seat also, putting the photo on the table between the two of them
Clarke shook her head slightly at Ravens remark "He's the guy from the bar"
"And the park" Raven encouraged
"And he is the one I saw a half-naked photo of the other month"
Raven picked up the photo again looking at it then waving it in Clarke's direction "How did you get this one then?"
"Uhh, he gave it to me" Clarke met Ravens eye with a little smirk
Raven laughed "Nice work Griffin! Now what are you going to do?" Throwing the photo back onto the table
Clarke picked it up and looked at it again "I have no idea; I think he might have a girlfriend. He left with some girl at the pub the other night"
"Did they look like they were together?" Raven asked "Because he looked pretty into you in my opinion"
"I don't know, he didn't look too happy when he left" Clarke reasoned
"And then he came in and gave you a photo of himself half naked"
Clarke smiled "Yeah he did" tracing his body in the photo
"and you like him" Raven continued
"I don't know him" Clarke looked up at Raven
"Well get to know him" Raven reasoned
"Alright" Clarke sat up straighter placing the photo back on the table "What do I do?"
"So" Raven says with a quirk of her eyebrow and a gleam in her eye "He has showed you his"
"In a manner of speaking"
"Why don't you show him yours?"
Clark laughs and leans towards Raven putting her elbows on the Table "What do you have in mind?"
—B&C—
A week went past before Clarke saw him again, she was doing another Sunday night shift and he walked in just as she was finishing printing off some photos.
"Hi" She said looking up at him smiling as she met his eyes
"Hey" he replied smiling, he listed him hand to rub it on the back of his neck "Pick up for Blake"
"Yeah sure thing, uhh do you mind waiting a second?"
"That's fine" He nods to her
Clarke runs into the staff room and grabs her bag, Time to put Ravens plan into action. She grabs a photo from her bag, puts it into the back pocket of her jeans before closing her bag and putting it back again. Taking a deep breath to calm herself and control her smile she walks back to the counter. She opens the Pick-up drawer and pulls out his photos.
She smiles at him again "Can you confirm these are you photos?" She holds them out to him not letting him take a hold of them this time
He smiles "Yeah they are mine"
"Awesome, that's $3"
He hands her the money and she goes to the till to get his receipt. She glances at him while she is at the till catching him watching her, he turns away and while he focus is diverted from her, she takes her chance. She pulls the photo from her pack pocket and places it in the envelope with his photos. She glances back at him and he is still looking away, apparently the counter is super fascinating.
She walks back and hands him the envelope
"I really enjoyed the landscape you recommended, I hope you enjoy my recommendation" She smiles at him and he looks at her quizzically.
"I'm sure I will" He nods and turns to start walking towards the door; he is opening the envelope of photos when he stops and looks back with a small smile and a quirk of his eyebrow
"Like I said, enjoy the landscape" Clarke winks at him which makes him let out a bark of laughter, which in turn makes Clark grin from ear to ear
"See you Princess" he says as he turn leave, he opens the door and walks outside
Clarke laughs to herself before coming to a stop. She races out the door to following him
"Wait" She yells as he is getting in his car "what's your name?"
He smiles at her pausing as he gets in his car "Bellamy"
"Nice to meet you Bellamy, I'll see you next week" Clarke waves to him and heads back inside.
—B&C—
The next month continues in the same fashion, every Sunday Bellamy comes into her work where they then exchange photos, after the initial photo swap it progressed from teasing photos of their bodies to photos of things they are interested in, she had given him a photo of one of her paintings and he had given her a photo of his bookshelf at home filled with books on history and mythology.
She know she could ask for his number, she knows she could ask him out instead of him coming to her work every week but she likes this tentative relationship and flirting they have going on. It is safe it is secretive and it is theirs. She still does not know what he does for a living, he skirts around that subject when she brings it up. He has just mentioned that he is currently on day shifts and he does not think that anyone's choice of career should define who they are, an opinion that she shares.
She is so used to their routine that when Bellamy does not come in one week it bothers her, his photos are there, Fox had printed them earlier. She tries not to let it bother her, it shouldn't bother her, she has only known him for just over a month now but he has wormed his way into her life such a constant that she spends the rest of her shift in a funk.
When she turns up to work at 4 the following week, she sees Toni, Bellamys dog tied up out the front of the shop. She would recognise her anywhere as he gave her a photo of Toni weeks ago. Clarke immediately lights up at the prospect of Bellamy being inside the shop waiting for her, she had missed not hearing from him. Clarke races through the doors with a grin on her face only to fins Monty behind the counter talking animatedly to a long haired brunette.
They both turn to look at her as she enters and her smile immediately drops
"Hey Clarke" Monty greets her as she walks past him to put her stuff away in the staff room. She taken a minute to compose herself at her disappointment that Bellamy is not there not only that but his dog is and there is some other girl here with her.
She walks back out and stands next to Monty who is still talking to the girl. The girl acknowledges her presence "Hi, I'm Octavia" she waves
"Clarke" Clarke manages to put on a small smile before going to the pick-up drawer to see if Bellamys photos were still there. She opens the drawer and looks through the now reorganised photos. She looks a couple of times and Bellamys photos are not there.
"Hey Monty" she says getting his attention "Have the photos for Blake been picked up?"
"oh yeah" He starts before being interrupted by Octavia "Yep I've got them"
"Oh Cool" Clarke gives her a small smile again
"Yeah, I was wondering where my brother kept disappearing to every Sunday night, then I check his phone and he had a message reminding him that he had photos here for pick up, so here I am" Octavia smiles at her waving the envelope of photos in the air "But I have no idea why Bell is getting such weird photo's printed, I mean why does he need a photo of his own bicep?" She laughs and pulls out the photo showing it to Clarke.
Try as she may Clarke can feel the blush running up her face; she had requested that particular photo. Clarke clears her throat "So you're Bellamys sister?"
Octavia looks at her like she is trying to read her, which only makes Clarke blush harder. Then Octavia smiles "So you're Bells Sunday nights?"
Clarke laughs at this and shrugs "I guess, but he was not in last week"
Octavia raises her eyebrow at that "Did he not message you?"
Clarke shakes her head "I don't have his number"
"Do you have a pen?" Octavia ask and Monty gets her a pen and paper, he had been watching the exchange with great interest most likely so he could recite it word for word to jasper.
Octavia grabs the pen and writes down a number "This is Bells number" she puts down the pen and pushed it and the paper towards Clarke. "Give him a call or text him, he would like to hear from you"
Clarke moves to grab the paper and Octavia places a hand over her own "Clarke is it?"
Clarke nods in confirmation
"You should know, Bell is in the hospital"