26. New Problems Arrives

Life on the camp returned to normal with a few exceptions of course. The delinquents had truly let go of all prejudgment about Clarke and her former social status, after seeing how capable she was and how she treated everyone the same with fairness. It had even helped her establish a good friendship with Raven, which he was certain that she was more than happy with seeing how her only other female friend in the camp was Octavia. The three girls together were strong and independent, and was good influence to each other, at least until they managed to get in conflict with him, Finn or some other poor unfortunate person in the camp.

His relationship with Clarke was going nicely, but that didn't mean it was perfect. They still continued to fight and butt heads together whenever there was a disagreement and they always made up at the end of the day, which gave him more than enough opportunities to earn her forgiveness despite her telling him he didn't need to. And although she told him that he was forgiven he knew how much his one-night stands hurt and angered her whenever she saw one of the girls around. She tried to hide it or simply ignore it from him whenever it was brought up, but they both knew it was going to take a long time before that incident was forgotten and truly forgiven from their memories. So needless to say he had his work cut out for him, besides he was never the one to back away from a challenge.

As he thought this, his princess snuck up on him and leaned in to kiss his cheek with a silly grin on her face. Seeing her so relaxed and more joyful warmed his heart immensely, so he wrapped his arm around her waist and pulled her closer to him and kissed her gently on the lips.

"Hey," His voice was almost breathless, but too happy and content to care. "I missed you."

She smiled and laughed quietly before she said, "I missed you too, but I can't help wondering if it is me you are missing or simply someone who challenge and fight with you every chance they got."

"Nah, the kids wouldn't dare to question my authority," Bellamy replied smoothly. "But there is this princess, who seems to know how to step on my toes, but she is too lovable to be angry with for too long."

"Really?" Clarke said with an exaggerated tone. "Well, I know this rebel king who has the same ability as well, especially when it comes to protect the ones he cares about, but he is also too lovable to be angry with in the long run."

He smiled and his hands cupped her face, almost like they were handmade to fit her face and pecked her on the lips before they made their way to fire to eat. And during their walk he couldn't help thinking that despite how their need for survival was first priority he was actually happy about his life right now, and hoped that nothing was going to change now that he has finally found another purpose to lived other than protecting his sister.

After her lunch with Bellamy, she and Octavia spent most of the day in the medical bay, healing the few injuries the kids managed to obtain during the day. Fortunately it wasn't that many who showed up that day, so the girls really spent the time talking about their respective boyfriends without giving too many details away. Sure, they were close as sisters could be, but that didn't mean neither of them really wanted to know the dirty stuff considering the fact that their boyfriends were either a brother or a brother figure to one another. It would be too embarrassing to think, let alone talk about it.

"Have you figured what you are going to do with the Grounders and the war with the Mountain Men?" Octavia asked curiously, while she folded the remaining white cloths.

Clarke groaned and twirled a lock of her hair around her finger in an annoyed manner. The whole situation was conflicting as she was pulled in two different directions, which were literally killing her to make a decision and face the horrible consequences if she chose the wrong one. Her first and out most priority was her people and their safety, but then there was still a part of her that said they should help because she didn't want to be like Lexa, who only cared about her people and pushed back every other personal feeling she had for others. But what was she going to do?

"No," Clarke replied sadly. "I don't honestly know what we are going to do. Even though we don't really need the peace treaty, seeing how it is just a formality for all of us since as long as we don't interfere with the Grounders business we should be able to live together peacefully, however there will be no reassure that there are no risk of being attacked or killed for no apparent reason by them either. Then there is also the fact that I'm reluctant regarding the whole issue with the war, but still want to help those who are captured in that mountain."

She sighed deeply, her mind filled with confusion and doubt. Then she turned to look at the brunette, who nodded her head and looked like she was thinking about their situation too.

"What does my brother think about all of this?" Octavia wondered, but her facial expression was strong and serious.

"He says that he will go along with whatever I decide, but I know that he is not interested in helping the Grounders," Clarke answered wearily. "Not after how they treated me and their treatment towards our people, thinking that we are so weak that we shouldn't be allowed to live."

"That's sounds like him," Octavia sighed. "Always guarded and protecting towards the ones he cares about, although you and I are probably the ones he cares about and want to protect the most."

Clarke didn't say anything, only nodded her head and kept her gaze towards the floor. She didn't need to confirm Octavia's assumption because she knew that it was in fact true. Not only had she seen it, but Bellamy had also confessed to her that before he met her his sister was his most important person, especially after their mother was floated. That is why is was no surprise that he tried to shield her from the other guys in the camp, more specifically Finn, despite her attempts in reassuring him that she didn't care about other guys than him. Needless to say, he had not completely dropped his guard but gave her at least more freedom around the kids, because if he didn't then he was in for a reprimanding of a lifetime.

"What do you think I should do?" Clarke asked instead, trying to change the focus on the situation at hand and not on Bellamy.

"Honestly, I don't know what you should do," Octavia replied. "However I think you should think about this thoroughly before making a decision, but there is one thing I want to know. What is it that you want to do? And don't think about what Bellamy, Anya or the others are telling you. What does Clarke Griffin think is the right thing to do?"

Back in Tondc, Anya had just informed the Commander about the recent development and their former ally, Clarke's involvement in all of it. She had half-expected the Commander to react to the news, but the young woman was neutral and expressionless about the news. Her former mentee was average in height, slim, with a high forehead, plump lips and a youthful face. Her hair was kept out of her face and was tied in a number of layered braids. And like herself, Lexa wore the same tribal-like face paint on, making her appear more or less like a majestic lion.

"Is that so?" Lexa finally replied, almost unfazed, but it was clear there was a small hint of annoyance in her voice. However it was only clear for those who knew Lexa and knew exactly what to look for in order to see her true emotions. "And you think that Clarke will agree helping us for the sake of a peace treaty?"

Anya didn't answer, but she quickly understood that Lexa had a totally different opinion about how Clarke would solve the issue.

"She isn't going to help for such a frivolous reason," Lexa said. She stood up from her throne and began taking short strides around the room, which Anya walked next to hear in order to hear more about her leader's reasoning. "Not after what happened the last time. And based on the little you told me about her people, they are sure not going to do anything unless Clarke and her...cough…co-leader say so."

"So what do you suggest we do?" Anya asked, not sure where she was going with all of this. If Clarke and her people were unwilling to help, what else could they do other than threaten and attack their camp.

"Although now is not the best time to just drop everything, I believe I shall go and have a talk with her myself," Lexa concluded. "After all we have a common understanding, which I will use to convince her to join us once again."

Anya was about to try and discourage Lexa from going through with her plan, but the young woman had already walked out of the tent without turning to listen to her opinion in the matter. She was apparently determined to see Clarke, but Anya had a feeling that there were other reasons to why Lexa would personally go to the Sky People camp. However she had learned a long time ago not to question the Commander's orders, so she kept her mouth shut and followed her in order to hear the rest of the plans before her departure.

His day had been long and tiresome, but once night appeared he was finally allowed to relax by the fire while eating the latest hunt from the woods. The kids seemed peaceful and happy despite their living situation, which he was more or less glad over since they have been through enough and deserved a break from it all and relax, even for a little while. The only person who seemed glum in the scenario was the Spacewalker, who was glaring at him one moment before he turned his attention back on Raven or Jasper and Monty. Bellamy had a few ideas as to why Finn was mad at him, but he wasn't going to go over there and begin another discussion with him. So he let it go and impatiently waited for Clarke to show up.

She had been in the medical bay with his sister all day and had told him that she was going to radio back to the Ark about how things were going down here, something he couldn't understand why she did especially considering how she didn't want anything to do with them or her mother, but the council wanted to hear from the leaders of the camp and since he didn't want to, it was only natural that Clarke was selected. Besides the council probably preferred talking with someone of their own social standing.

Anyways he had been staring aimlessly into the flames that were dancing in the fireplace when he felt another presence taking the seat next to him. He turned to smile at Clarke, but the smile disappeared when he saw the concerned look on her face.

"What's wrong?" Bellamy asked hastily. "Did the council say something?"

"They are coming down here," Her voice was concerned, but it didn't hide her sullenness. "The oxygen is soon gone, so the Ark is coming down here on the ground."

"What!" Bellamy exclaimed. "They are coming down here!"

Clarke nodded and sighed deeply, "Just when we seriously don't need anymore problems. We already have the Grounders, the war and our own survival to worry about."

Bellamy didn't know what to say, because either way it wasn't going to help the situation, so instead he pulled her close to him and tried to comfort of the troubles to come. It was a hopeless attempt, but he tried to at least ease her worry even though he grew more and more concerned. Why couldn't the universe be kind to them and give them a break, instead of giving them more problems?

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Thanks again for the response I have been receiving. So problems are coming the 100's way, wonder how they are going to solve this? But I will tell ya that this isn't going to be Clexa in the end of the story, because this is a Bellarke story and I'm determined to keep it that way. However Lexa's appearance will cause trouble for the couple as well as Abby's appearance.

And to you, guest named Wright, I agree about the whole forgiveness issue with Clarke and in real life. And hopefully after this chapter you see that it isn't just easy to forgive and brush the problem under the carpet, however the point in the last chapter was that Clarke was letting go of being afraid to love and be loved by someone else. She is trying to shrug it off, but to let go of hurt takes time even if you forgive someone.

Anyways please continue giving me reviews, favorite and/or followings, and the next chapter will be out soon enough.

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