Hey guys! Second chapter is going up. And...
I GOT QUESTIONS!
I don't think you understand how happy questions actually make me. It's really comforting to think that someone is at least a tiny bit interested in something that I'm doing. So thank you to Emmmmmaniac, who asked me a couple of questions which I'll gladly answer.
Q: Why don't you make these all separate fics?
A: I only wanted one story but I wanted to make a lot of the characters from the show important in that one story. It's hard to keep some people's importance if a plot centers around certain characters and not others. That's where the plan of a three plot line story came in. Think of it like what the actual show, The 100, has done. There were some people at camp, some in Mount Weather, and then Octavia with the grounders. They all have different things going on, but then they connect through mutual characters, locations, and wants. That's what I'm trying to achieve through this story.
Q: Will Clarke be in Octavia's story? If so, what role will she play?
A: Clarke will absolutely be in Octavia's story. All the central people in the three stories will meet and discuss with one another. As for the role Clarke will play? Well, Octavia is someone who lacked a real family for most of her life, including a mother-figure to look up to. Although she does love them, she's not entirely comfortable with her step-family yet. All she really has is Bellamy and right now, he's not the best role model. I think she'll see Clarke as someone to aspire to be like and someone she can come to when she has big problems to deal with.
Q: I know you said Bellamy Blake Must Die is heavily based on said movie but can you try to give it a bit of a twist? Readers will love it. :)
A: Of course there's going to be a twist. Considering all the extra characters I had to fit into the storyline that never existed, there's no way it can be exactly the same. No worries, the ending will definitely be different. ;)
Author's Notes:
I have decided to change Abby's plot. With the actual show being so serious and deadly constantly, it seemed to make sense that this AU world wouldn't incorporate that. I'd prefer if things were a bit more relaxed. Abby still keeps a dreadful secret that if Clarke ever found out, then she'd hate Abby. No lives will be endangered though, at least not the way I was planning beforehand. Abby's new plot will be a very loose representation of the The Ugly Truth. That's right people, I'm sticking with the RomComs. I already made the corrections in the summary and first chapter. I just wanted to let everyone reading this story know that I changed the plot.
I also just wanted to say that this story won't have an official update date. This story is something I'm doing in order to keep posted with the FanFic world while I'm preparing another story to be written. So the update dates will vary depending on the time I have to write the chapters. I plan on finishing this story before the other one I'm writing begins. This story will end before September 5th, 2015. So I plan on updating often, it just might not be constant.
Disclaimer: I don't own The 100, John Tucker Must Die, The Ugly Truth; or the characters, plot devices, and rights from any of these. I'm sure if you read about anything super nice and fancy or something that costs a lot of money, I don't own it either. I'm broke as fuck.
High School Story: The 100 Epic
Chapter 2: Not Easy
"I'm trying to find myself. Sometimes it's not that easy."
- Marilyn Monroe
Ark County: Jaha Residence- California, U.S.A
Wednesday, November 5th, 2014
7:45 P.M.
3rd POV
AMONG ENEMY LINES
Octavia can't help but wonder: Do people think her life is easy?
They say my lip gloss is cool, my lip gloss be popping! I'm standing at my locker, and all the boys keep stopping! What you know 'bout me? What you, what you, what you know 'bout me?
She figures why not, considering the things people her age are usually jealous of. Octavia is gorgeous, and she knows it. She checks herself out in front of her full body mirror. Octavia is wearing a black cropped tank top showing off her toned stomach and a jean skirt that ends at mid-thigh. Octavia's bead necklace with the letter O on it falls right on her collarbone and the red ribbon tied to her hand matches nicely. She looks over at the clock, 7:45, before stuffing her feet into black boots. Smoky eyeshadow graces her eyelids making her olive eyes pop. Octavia smiles before adding the finishing touch.
Lip gloss.
They say my lip gloss is popping, my lip gloss is cool! All the boys keep jocking, they chase me after school!
Octavia turns off her radio before she steps out of her large room. She finds herself in the long hallway of the upstairs floor in her family's mansion. That's something else people would contribute to the thought of her life being easy. Her family's loaded. Well, her step-father and his blood related son are ridiculously rich. Octavia didn't count the lack of blood relation between her step-dad and herself as much as she use to though. He is the closest thing she has to a dad and she is grateful for that.
Octavia starts down the staircase to the forger. Easily excited, she begins to do some dance routines she learned in cheer. As a cheerleader, Octavia considers herself very high up on the social ladder, something she guesses people are jealous of. It isn't easy though. Cheerleaders need to be in tip top shape if they don't want to physically hurt themselves. Octavia sticks her fisted hands out into a V Formation before bringing her fists back down to her hips. She does a perfect cartwheel and kneels on her left knee before making her hands return to another V Formation.
"Go Floaters!"
"What the hell are you doing?" Octavia gets up, a frown crossing her face. She pulls down her skirt a bit before she turns around to her brother.
"What does it look like Bell? I was doing a cheer routine."
"In a jean skirt? Are you trying to fall on your face?" Octavia sighs as she tunes out her brother. If there is anything the girls at school are jealous about when it comes to Octavia, it's her brother Bellamy Blake. He's smart, the star athlete, rich, and looks amazing; not even Octavia will deny it. It actually frustrates both her and her step-brother, Wells, how incredibly perfect their brother seems to be. The girls at school always ask about him too.
How's Bellamy doing today?
Do you know if Bellamy likes me?
You're Bellamy Blake's sister, right?
Will you put a good word in for me with your brother?
Could you tell Bellamy that Amanda wants to meet tomorrow after school in the janitor's closet in the west wing?
What's with all the vegan activists in this school anyway? They're all sluts. Octavia has met plenty of vegans who don't want to jump on top of anything with a penis but all the ones at school can take off their clothes faster than people can say the word 'whore'. Despite herself though, Octavia did exactly what Amanda asked of her. Along with adding some misinterpreted facts.
Like Amanda having herpes.
Let's just say Amanda had been waiting in that closet for a long time.
It is strange though, how her entire school seems to worship Bellamy like he's some god or something. The things Bellamy can get away with is almost atrocious...
Like all the girls he manages to date.
At the same time.
Octavia doesn't believe in double standards. Which means her brother is as much of slut to her as Amanda is. Bellamy's entire love life is something Octavia views as very hypocritical, considering he won't even give guys the opportunity to check her out.
"Are you listening to anything I'm saying?"
"Hmm?" Bellamy crosses his arms as he stares at her sternly.
"Octavia, why are you dressed like that?"
"Because I'm going with you to Murphy's party."
"No." Octavia's mouth hangs open. Bellamy cannot not deny her this. Her weekend so far has been shitty and Murphy, despite being a major asswipe sometimes, throws some of the best Hump Day parties ever. Parties that can only be topped by Bellamy.
Octavia is not missing this.
"Why not?!"
"You know why." Octavia gives him a glare.
"Actually I don't." Bellamy sighs, running a hand through his messy curls.
"Boys are disgusting, O. Especially Ark High boys."
"Are you sure you're not just talking about yourself?"
"I am not a boy, O. I'm a man." Octavia snorts at his response. "You can laugh all you want but you're not going and that's final."
Octavia watches in shock as Bellamy exits the house. When she hears the car engine start, Octavia comes to life and runs out the door.
"Wait, Bell," Octavia cries out. "Don't leave!"
The car has already zoomed away though, and Bellamy has left her in the dust once again. Octavia fights the temptation to cry. Instead she returns to the house, hoping that her step-brother is free tonight.
"Wells, can you take me to Murphy's party?" Wells walks down the stairs, car keys in hand. He gives her a sad smile as if apologizing without saying a single word.
"Sorry O. I'm heading off to a concert on the other side of town and I still have to pick up Glass." Wells gives Octavia a hug before heading to the door.
"Next time I'll take you where ever you want, okay?" Octavia nods sadly.
"Okay. Bye Wells."
"Bye O."
Wells exits. Octavia hears the engine start and can imagine seeing the car drive away. Octavia isn't mad at Wells though, she knows that he'd drive her anywhere in Ark County if he has the time too. Today just isn't her day.
Octavia pulls out her phone from her bra and scrolls once very slowly before pressing the name. She wasn't out of ideas just yet.
The call is answered immediately.
"Sup Octavia." Octavia smiles in success. Atom is her oldest friend.
"Hey Atom."
"What's up?"
"You going to Murphy's party tonight?"
"Yeah, I'm driving there now."
"Take me." There is silence on the other end.
"Atom?"
"Your brother sai-" Fuck. Her brother must have texted Atom.
"I don't give two damns what my brother said, Atom. You're MY friend, so take me with you."
"Octavia..."
"Please, Atom!" There's more silence. Suddenly his voice comes back, saying exactly what Octavia didn't want to hear.
"I'll just come over instead. We can have fun at yo-"
Octavia ends the call in anger before screaming as loud as her lungs will let her.
She begins to walk away as she snatches the scrunchy from her ponytail causing her wavy hair to fall to her back. Octavia ruffles it with her hands, trying to calm the wild locks. Usually Octavia's hair is straighten to perfection but whenever she pulls it out of ponytails, it just gets really wavy. Giving up, Octavia just sighs. She notices the golden fire place and the pictures on its mantel. Octavia is in the living room now. Grabbing the photo that is centered in the middle, Octavia then heads to the kitchen.
"Maria, can I get some hot chocolate, please?" Maria, the family chef, just smiles at her.
"Whatever you want sweetheart."
"Thank you..." Maria looks at her carefully.
"You alright, dear?"
"I'm fine. You don't need to worry about me."
"Okay then. I'll get started on that hot chocolate, Miss Blake."
Octavia jumps onto a kitchen counter and stares at the photo she grabbed. It's a picture of Bellamy, her mother, and herself that one day they went to the beach. She was four then, Bellamy was eight. Her mother was twenty-six. Octavia smiles sadly as she remembers her mother asking some random lady to take the picture. This happened such a long time ago.
Back when her mother was still alive.
Octavia rubs a tear from her eye with frustration.
For those thinking that Octavia Blake's life is easy, they're wrong. Absolutely wrong.
So wrong, that if they actually knew her, they'd know better.
Summary for next chapter:
Grownups
Chapter 3: Workaholic
Abby Griffin will always think hospitals are magically. It's at hospitals where people's lives are saved, the broken are fixed, and Abby can find herself believing in the power of love once again.
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