Chapter 5

She was too pale, her body too warm. Bellamy, Finn and Octavia were scanning through the medical books Clarke kept in the med bay, trying to find something, anything, that would help them figure out what was wrong with her. Something they could to do to help her. "There's nothing in her!" Bellamy yelled as he threw the book across the cabin before making his way over to Clarke. He held one of her hands in both of his. "Wake up. C'mon Princess, all you have to do is open your eyes." He begged.
"Bellamy, I'm no healer, but it's possible that she's just been pushing herself too hard for too long and her body has finally caught up with her. She's unwell because she's denied her body the time it's needed to rest and heal." Lincoln tried explaining, grasping for words. It made sense in his head.
"Actually, Bel, he might not be too far off." Octavia stated, holding up a finger, keeping everyone silent. "There's something in here about blood pressure, whatever that is. Hypertension and pre-eclampsia. Basically her blood pressure is too high and the book says hospitalisation is usually best so a doctor can monitor the baby's heartbeat and make sure it's okay but the best thing that can be done is bed rest. Clarke has to stay in bed for a few weeks. She can probably leave for short amounts of time, you know to stretch so she doesn't get too sore but it says here it's the most effective way to reduce her blood pressure." Octavia read.
"So she's going to be okay?"
"I think she's going to be just fine as long as she's done as she's told. You can take her to bed so you can keep an eye on her overnight, but rest is best. She's going to be okay." Octavia encouraged before yawning.
"I'll stay in the med bay and keep reading, just in case something happens. Clarke wanted me to be an intern so what better time to start learning." Finn said, adjusting the lantern over his book after he climbed onto one of the beds.

As careful as he could, Bellamy lay Clarke down on the mattress, removed her shoes, pants and coat and replaced them with the warm pyjamas they'd raided from the mountain. There were a pair of super fluffy comfortable socks that he'd found and kept for her, he slid them onto her swollen feet before wrapping the blankets around her, careful not to overheat her. The best thing for a temperature was to bring it down, which meant exposing her to colder things so instead of laying the animal skin blankets over her, he only used the ones from the mountain. After changing himself, he lay there kicking himself for letting her push herself so hard, but at the same time he didn't know she was pregnant. He didn't know this could happen. If he'd known she was pregnant he would have bed ridden her straight away. Or at least prevented her from doing all the things she's been doing. At least she had the common sense to steer clear of heavy lifting.
Bellamy had known about this baby for a total of a day and already his whole world was revolving around it, if it didn't make it…he wasn't sure how he'd cope. He needed Clarke more than anything, but he also needed Clarke to make sure she didn't endanger their baby. He knew she struggled relaxing and taking things easy, hell, the first thing she did when they landed was open a map and began hiking towards Mount Weather. She didn't pause to take in the beauty of the green trees and grass. She didn't stop to smell the flowers. She's always been on a mission, trying to take care of everyone else and Bellamy knew he had a fight coming. A fight to let her let others take care of her for a change. She's done enough for now.
Eventually sleep found Bellamy, only when Clarke's temperature returned to normal and he was able to cover her with the rest of the blankets.

COMPROMISE! He woke up with a jolt, a fantastic idea. Clarke had to be bed ridden, but she also needed to train others in the med bay. If she stayed in a bed during the day in the med bay, she could begin teaching Finn and Harper. They could begin taking over for her. If nothing dire happened, it would work, they'd learn and when they weren't treating someone, they'd all be reading the books. After that idea, he was able to fall into a more peaceful sleep, but he was aware of every tiny noise and movement Clarke made throughout the night.

"Bel." Clarke shook him awake.
"What's wrong?" He shot up, suddenly alert.
"I think I'm going to be sick." She struggled to say. Her face was pale again and it looked like her temperature had returned. At least she knew to wake him instead of flying out of the cabin at a hundred miles an hour.
"I'll get you a bucket, just breathe for a few seconds okay?" He kissed her forehead as he flew out of their bed. Their was a bucket nearby that had water in it. He dipped a cloth inside before emptying and placing it in her lap. While she hurled into the metal bucket, he rung the cloth out before wiping it over her forehead, once again trying to bring down her temperature.
"I wish I could talk to my mum. She'd know what to do." Clarke croaked when she finished. By the end she was simply dry heaving…there was nothing left in her stomach apart from her baby.
"We think you have a blood pressure issue. Your blood pressure is too high so you have to stay in bed." Bellamy was ready for her to fight him on it but to his surprise, she didn't.
"I don't know much about blood pressure during pregnancies. My mum didn't handle many pregnancy emergencies. I've seen her perform a C-section before but I wasn't around much when she was dealing with pregnant women. Most of the issues was the morning sickness."
"There's information in the books. When you're feeling better I can bring you one but for now I really just want you to rest. Body and mind."
"Can you bring me a book anyway? For when I'm awake and bored?" She asked, pulling the bucket back onto her lap.
"I will when you're feeling better. For now, you'll have to make do with my company, and probably Octavia's. You gave her quite the scare last night, but you did throw up on her pretty good."
"She can blame her niece or nephew on that, not me. I take no responsibility." Clarke laughed. It was good to know she still had a sense of humour.

Most of the day consisted of Clarke sleeping on and off, heaving into a bucket and trying to eat some berries, nuts and leaves that Lincoln found for her. By the time the sun rose, everyone knew she was pregnant. Bellamy stayed with her the entire time, popping the nuts and berries into her mouth, often taking a few for himself. When she slept, he was reading about pregnancies from one of the medical books Clarke had taken, he had never felt so thankful that she had wanted to raid the supplies from the mountain. Once or twice he did fall asleep with her though and he was napping when Octavia crept into their Cabin.
"Bellamy." She whispered, trying not to wake Clarke.
"What is it O?" He asked. His body had been refusing to fall into a deep enough sleep where the slightest sound or movement didn't wake him.
"Raven and Monty need to see you. I can stay with Clarke." Silently she replaced her big brothers spot on the bed and Bellamy slipped out the door.

"What's up Raven?" He asked, trying not to sound annoyed.
"We know the Exodus ship crashed, but we don't know who was on it. I've been thinking, it wasn't big enough for everyone from the Ark to come down on, so their must still be people on the Ark. I've been trying to repair a radio that'll reach them, thanks to Mount Weather, Monty and I have been able to do just that. Abby is alive and so is Kane and most of the Ark. Apparently there was a rebellion and the previous Chancellor gathered supporters, created a bomb to kill Jaha, it didn't work because he cut his speech short on Unity Day." Raven rambled.
"Get to the point Raven."
"We made contact with the Ark. Abby is asking for Clarke. We haven't told her anything though. We thought that might be your job, or hers." Monty did as Bellamy asked, he got to the point.
"You are geniuses. I love you guys. I think talking to Abby would be best. We know she needs be rest but there might be something Abby can tell us." Bellamy smiled. Raven handed him the radio and he wasted no time. "Dr. Griffin. It's Bellamy Blake, can you hear me?"
"Yes Bellamy. Where's Clarke, is she okay?" Abby's first priority was always Clarke. She'd been asking for Clarke since the radio communication began and to receive Bellamy instead worried her.
"Sleeping. Abby, Clarke is pregnant. We think she has some sort of high blood pressure issue. It's bad. She's been vomiting and she fainted last night but didn't wake until early this morning. In the books we found, the best we can find is bed rest but I was just wondering, is there anything else we can do for her?"
"There's certain medications that may improve her condition but even with those medications bed rest will still be essential, for at least a week, maybe two. Where did you get books from?"
"Raven can fill you in later. We have access to medications, tell me what ones might help and I'll see if we have any."
"Um, methyldopa, potentially some diuretics and beta blockers like labetalol. Avoid ACE inhibitors and Reserpine, they're harmful to the baby."
"Okay, thank you. I'll let Raven fill you in. When Clarke is awake and feeling a bit better I'll get her to the radio station. I don't think she should be moved just yet though." Bellamy finished.
"I completely agree." Abby finalised their conversation with those three words and Bellamy sped towards the med bay, ordering Finn and Harper to help him see if they could find one of the medications Abby had suggested.

To be continued...