Hi Everyone! This chapter is a little short so I'll post another after this. As always, comments are welcome and encouraged!
Three weeks later Bellamy arrived at Clarke's house with boxes of tile in the back of his truck. She'd picked out a fancy tile for her master bathroom and he'd offered to pick it up for her with Lincoln's truck. Clarke must have been watching for him because she came down the front steps and excitedly ran to the car.
"I was hoping that excitement was for me, but I'm assuming it's for the tile," He teased.
"It's mostly for the tile, but I am excited to see you too," She pressed a quick kiss to his lips to reassure him which caused him to chuckle.
"Yea, yea," He grabbed a box and started for the house. Clarke was right behind him with another and didn't seem to be struggling under its' weight. Together they brought in all the boxes and opened them to reveal small white tiles in an octagon shape with a black diamond shaped tile in each corner separating the white tiles. He glanced at Clarke skeptically. "You sure we can do this ourselves?"
"I'm sure. I took a class at Home Depot to learn how," Clarke picked up the tile and smiled. With Bellamy's help they'd finished the kitchen and it now looked exactly as she'd hoped. They'd put a fresh coat of paint in the living room and removed the carpets to find hardwood floors in fairly good shape already. They'd also updated her built-in shelves that surrounded her fireplace with white paint. So far refinishing the living room floors and installing new kitchen counters were the only things she'd had to hire someone to do. "I think this might be what I'm the most excited for."
"I don't know I think your kitchen is pretty awesome. I spent a lot of time pulling that wallpaper off," Bellamy wrapped his arms around her and pressed a kiss to her temple.
"Your help is definitely appreciated," She turned and put her arms around his neck and kissed him. "And your help will be rewarded later after we get started on the tile."
"Yes ma'am," He chuckled and grabbed another tile square.
After Clarke showed him the process a couple times Bellamy was able to work fairly quickly. Clarke's master bathroom wasn't all that large so together they developed a rhythm and were able to finish it by the end of the day.
"Thank you Bell," Clarke leaned into Bellamy's side and wrapped her arms around his waist. "I love it."
"Good," He pressed a kiss to her temple. "Now about that reward?"
Clarke laughed when Bellamy lifted her up in his arms and had his way with her on the bathroom vanity.
"Good thing you're replacing this too," Bellamy was still buried inside her with her legs wrapped around his waist.
Clarke chuckled. She really didn't care for this vanity anyway although it was the perfect height. Bellamy lifted her from the vanity and carried her over to the shower where he turned on the water. As soon as it was warm he climbed into shower with her still wrapped around him. He made love to her again up against the shower wall and then washed her body. He struggled not to pull her back against him for a third time when she started washing him. Her fingers running over his wet skin ignited sparks. As they toweled off the doorbell rang. Clarke grabbed her robe off the back of the door and went out to answer it.
"Clarke!" Octavia came barreling into the house with Raven close on her heels. "We've barely seen you lately."
"You better have most of this house renovated," Raven held up the case of beer she was carrying. "We brought your favorite. Take a break with us?"
"We just took a break," Bellamy replied. He was leaning against the hallway wall with a smug smirk on his face. His chest was still bare and the towel was wrapped snugly around his waist.
"Well well," Raven teased. "Looks like we were late to the party."
"Ew Raven," Octavia turned a disgusted face to her friend. "This is my brother."
After recovering from their shock, Clarke took the girls on a tour of the renovations they'd done so far. Clarke walked them to the door 20 minutes later after both Octavia and Raven claimed they didn't want to interrupt.
"I'm happy for you big brother," Octavia hugged Bellamy before she left. "I've never seen you this content."
Bellamy glanced back at Clarke who was laughing with Raven. "She makes me very happy O. I know it's crazy how quickly this has gone, but I really care about her. I want to try and make it work with her."
"Good," Octavia hugged Clarke before both girls left, taking the case of beer with them.
Clarke roped Bellamy into looking at bathroom vanities that night. After an hour they had to stop because Clarke couldn't stop giggling every time she saw one. That night Bellamy fell asleep next to Clarke and didn't even consider going home. He didn't want to leave this woman ever.