I been worryin' that my time is a little unclear
I been worryin' that I'm losing the one's I hold dear
I been worryin' that we all live our lives in the confines of fear

-The Fear, Ben Howard

Clarke awoke to the scent of freshly brewed coffee. She smiled: caffeine makes everything better. She rolled over to see her alarm clock flashing 11:13 AM and thanked God for the weekend off from school. It was only the third week and Clarke already had an essay and a speech to prepare for next Monday.

Throwing aside her duvet, Clarke stepped out of bed, before recoiling from the freezing hardwood floor. Whatever had possessed her to pick this room over the nice carpeted room a door over, she would never know. The next five minutes were spent with Clarke uncomfortably attempting to get her slippers from across the room without leaving the bed and being forced to touch the ice cold floor. Clarke was sprawled out, half her body on her bed, half on the floor, stretched towards her nice fuzzy slippers when she heard a snigger from the direction of the door. Turning sharply, Clarke slipped and landed face first on the very floor she had been trying to avoid.

"Ow!" Clarke shouted, sitting up and clutching her nose with her hand, she looked up at the intruders, only to see Raven Reyes and Jasper Jordan standing above her.

"Having fun?" Jasper asked with a look at Clarke's Winnie-The-Pooh pyjamas.

"Shut up." Clarke grumbled, grabbing Jasper's outreached hand and pulling herself up with a huff. Brushing off her pants, she walked around the two and slid on her slippers. She closed her eyes a moment and smiled at their warmth.

"Sorry we're here so early" Raven said sarcastically with a glance towards Clarke's alarm clock that now read 11:36. Raven looked closer at Clarke and laughed,taking in Clarke, bed head and all. Clarke blushed as she realized what she probably looked like. She was many things, but an attractive sleeper was not one of them. "Your mom let us in."

"It's fine." Clarke said. She shuffled towards the door and motioned to Jasper and Raven to follow her as she walked through the long hallways that were her home.

"Oh my God, your house is a maze, Clarke." Jasper exclaimed as they turned yet another corner.

Clarke laughed sleepily at Jasper's over-exaggeration and walked into the kitchen. She turned to the right and opened a glass cabinet filled with mugs. She grabbed one of her favorites, the blue fish shaped one and slid over to the coffee machine, filling her cup to the brim with rich coffee. Taking a deep sip, she sat down at one of the kitchen stools alongside Raven and Jasper.

"Want a cup?"

"Yes please."

"No thanks."

Jasper and Raven answered Clarke at the same time. She got up and opened the cabinet again, pulling out a green mug covered with ceramic vines, and placing it on the counter in front of Jasper. As he prepared his coffee, Clarke swiveled the stool to look at Raven.

"So what's up?"

Raven spun around in her chair. "Jasper and I wanted to know if you wanted to go to a campfire that Finn is throwing tonight. It's at his house, and a bunch of people are going to be there. It's sort of tradition."

Clarke's stomach turned at the prospect of meeting more people.

As if Raven read her mind, she added, "Don't worry you don't have to talk to them. Miller, Jas, Monty, Finn, and I usually just hang out in Finn's basement."

"That sounds cool!" Clarke smiled, her fears temporarily extinguished.

"Well, we'll see you then?" Jasper interrupted. Having sufficiently over sugared his coffee, he took a seat at the large kitchen counter, adjacent from Clarke.

"Yeah I just have to ask my mom."

"Ask me what?" The three teenagers looked up to see a slightly sleep deprived Abby Griffin walk in.

"Hi, !" Jasper waved eagerly, the coffee starting to take effect.

"Hello strange boy," Abby replied with a look. Directing her attention to Clarke, she repeated, "Ask me what?"

"Erm.. Just if I could go to a campfire some of my friends are throwing?" Clarke trailed off, looking hopefully at her mom.

"Well I don't see why not." Abby said with a smile.

Clarke gave a wide grin and ran forward to hug her mother.

"Thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you!"

Abby held up her hands in protest

"You can't go if you strangle me, Clarke." Abby joked.

Clarke backed away, grinning sheepishly.

"Sorry"

Raven stood up from her stool, looking at her watch. "Well, Jasper and I need to go, I'm helping Jasper's dad with his car."

"Oh are you an engineer?" Abby asked, curious.

"Top in my class." Raven answered.

"Clarke's father was an engineer." Abby reminisced. Raven glanced at Jasper questioningly. Neither of them knew exactly where Clarke's dad was, as Clarke refused to talk about him. Raven noted to ask later.

"That's nice." Raven said politely. "Well I really much be going, it's been a pleasure." Raven took the coffee mug out of Jasper's hand and placed it by the sink, much to Jasper's disappointment, who just sort of stared longingly at the cup.

"Bye Clarke!" Jasper said as Raven pulled him out the door.

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