It was finally Saturday and my parents decided to spend the day at the Jaha's watching soccer reruns. They invited me to join, but I opted to stay home and draw. Hanging out with my family and pretending like everything was perfect just wasn't my thing anymore. The worst for the Ark was yet to come and Bellamy and I still had no idea how we were going to do to prevent the tragedies.

I pulled out my sketchbook started to draw the ground. I drew places that I remembered and loved from when I was there. The first place I drew was the drop ship camp before the war. I remember how beautiful and lush it was; we truly felt like we were the only people in the world when we had arrived.

Then I sketched Camp Jaha and how vibrant it was with all of the Ark survivors making it their new home.

Suddenly I found myself drawing some of the hundred. First I drew a rough sketch of Jasper and Monty on Unity Day. It made me laugh remembering how drunk they were on Monty's moonshine. Next I drew Octavia. I split the page down the middle and on the right side, I drew her when she got off of the dropship and on the left side I drew her the way she looked when I left her behind at Camp Jaha. I couldn't wait to show her theses sketches.

My final drawing, or attempt at drawing, was of Bellamy. Every time I would start, I would get frustrated, crinkle the paper, and throw it in the waste basket. Thirty sheets of paper and a full trash bin later, I decided to give up drawing Bellamy. I didn't know what came over me, but I just felt like I couldn't do him justice. There was nothing that compared to the real Bellamy.

"Guess who?" Bellamy's voice rang on the other side of the door. I glanced over at the clock which read 8pm and cursed under my breath. Had I really been trying to draw Bellamy for five hours?

My gaze traveled down to my pajamas and I groaned; I didn't even give myself time to put on nicer clothes or shower. I tried to fluff out my hair but it was no use, I looked like a wreck.

When I opened the door, Bellamy was in a nice grey baseball t-shirt and black jeans. He was holding a present that was wrapped up and smiling brightly at me. I shrunk back and invited him inside.

"Are you ready to go?" He asked, a smile plastered across his face. I cocked my eyebrow and shook my head. Wasn't it obvious that I wasn't ready? He looked me over and then shrugged, still oblivious as to why I wasn't ready to go.

"What? Are you ready?" He asked again. I couldn't believe that Bellamy hadn't made fun of me for wearing my pajamas. It was like he was completely clueless to the fact that I wasn't anywhere near dressed to go out on a date (if this even was a date).

"Bellamy, I'm in my pajamas and I haven't showered." I admitted. Bellamy looked over my outfit again but still refused to poke fun at me.

"I didn't notice." He said honestly. At first I thought he was joking, but when I looked in his eyes I knew he was dead serious.

"You thought I was already dressed and showered for our-"

"Date? Yes, you look beautiful. How was I supposed to know that beautiful translates to not ready?" He asked as he brushed my greasy hair behind my ear. I blushed and awkwardly stepped back. Now he was calling it a date and I hadn't put any effort into it. He even got me a fucking gift!

"Bellamy, I'm gross. I'm not going out on our date looking like this." I rambled.

Bellamy chuckled, "You seem to be forgetting that we were on the ground together for months. We wore the same two pairs of clothes and bathed in a radioactive stream full of sea monsters. If I thought you were beautiful then, why would that change now?"

I swore he was just trying to make me melt. I turned away to try and hide my pink cheeks while he stood there, handsome as ever, anticipating my response. I couldn't stop thinking about how he just admitted to thinking I was beautiful on the ground.

What happened to the Bellamy that despised me? Did he suddenly gain interest in me? Why was he being so kind? I decided to avoid any further conversation by rushing into my room and jumping in the shower, leaving him to wander aimlessly around my house.

I showered as quickly as I could and brushed my teeth. I decided to put my hair up in a ballerina bun with a few loose strands framing my face. I put on some light makeup, nothing too drastic, and then changed into one of my nicer outfits. It was a pink tank top and jeans. When I stepped out of my bedroom, I was horrified at what I saw. Bellamy was standing at my kitchen counter with all of the drawings sprawled out in front of him.

"Don't look at those!" I gasped as I ran over and tried to collect them all. Bellamy seemed to be in a trance, staring intensely at a drawing in the center of them all. It was one of my many failed attempts to draw him. The picture was of him sitting on a log just outside of Camp Jaha. His hair was starting to get really long and he looked exhausted, but he still looked so perfect.

Bellamy slowly picked up the drawing, his eyes seeming to water as he held it in his hands. I took a step back, gulping.

"You came back?" He whimpered. I turned away, unable to look at him now. It was true, I came back several days after I left camp to check on him. I saw him sitting out in the forest, staring intently at the woods as if he was searching for something that wasn't there. I took a mental picture of him to carry with me when I traveled.

"Bellamy, I'm sorry. I just had to see you one last time before I left I-"

Bellamy's hand began to quiver with every word I spoke, tears threatening to fall from his brown eyes. Suddenly, he dropped the picture and turned towards me. I backed away as he approached me until my back was stopped by the couch. Bellamy stood there, his lips hovering incredibly close to mine as I sank back, whispering endless apologizes.

"I sat out there every night in case you came home." He whispered, his breath tickling my lips. I was starting to lose my footing as he rested his nose against mine.

"Bellamy-"

"I swore I could sense you out there. Octavia told me I was just going crazy but it was true, you actually came home. I missed you so much." He gasped. I tried to nod as he let his hands travel back behind my hair to pull me closer.

"I'm here. I'm right here." I said breathlessly. He gazed into my blue eyes, and just as I thought he was about to kiss me, the front door opened. Bellamy jumped back as far away from me as possible and awkwardly cleared his throat as my parents entered the house.

"So this is the infamous Bellamy Blake you were sneaking around with." My mother said as she set her purse down on the kitchen counter. I instantly felt bad for Bellamy having to meet my parents this awkwardly.

"Yes, I'm Bellamy." He said, extending his hand for my mother to shake. Her handshake was firm, catching Bellamy off guard at first.

"It's nice to see you again, son." My dad said as he shook Bellamy's hand too. Bellamy tried to stand taller when my father called him 'son'. He clearly felt honored to be addressed that way.

"I don't think I ever thanked you both for allowing us to see each other. We know that dating outside of station is not usually allowed-" Bellamy said nervousl

"Well you're lucky Jaha likes a good forbidden love story. He said it was fine as long as you don't call too much attention to yourselves. Plus, he considers the guard to be equal to Alpha so that made him even more lenient." My mother chimed in. I rolled my eyes at her.

"These are some crazy drawings of the ground." My dad said as he looked at all of my sketches on the counter. I pursed my lips and tried to stay calm while he paged through each of my pictures.

"You have a great imagination honey." My mother added as she peered over my dad's shoulder. I rolled my eyes and made my way over to Bellamy to try and get out of there.

"I'll see you in a few hours." I said as I grabbed Bellamy's hand and pulled him out the door.

"Don't stay out too late!" My father shouted as we shut the door. I heaved a sigh as soon as we were away from them and apologized to Bellamy for the awkward introduction.

"It's alright! Are you ready for a night of Bellamy!" He asked. I giggled as he lead me down the corridor and towards Factory Station. He took me to a large window that overlooked the Earth. I smiled at just how beautiful it was from up here.

"This was the first window Octavia ever looked out of. I brought her here before the masquerade ball." He told me. I smiled as I watched the Earth below us. It was so crazy not being down there anymore. I was actually starting to miss it.

"So I got you something." Bellamy said. I had almost forgotten about the mysterious gift he'd been lugging around all night. I gently took it from his hands and unwrapped it. Inside was a heart shaped locket with our names engraved on it. I opened it and found the picture of us from before the masquerade ball inside.

"How did you get this?" I gasped. It looked very expense and the picture was taken by my father.

"I snuck into your dad's office while I was on patrol today to get the picture. Then I got my mother to engrave the locket and fit the picture inside. The locket was actually my great grandmothers. She actually bought it on the ground and passed it down to my grandmother who gave it to my mom. It was lost the first time the Ark went to the ground." He told me. I shook my head. This was all way too much.

"Bellamy, this belongs to Octavia-"

"I know, but she wanted you to have it. She said that you're part of our family now." He interrupted me. I couldn't believe just how precious this gift was. Bellamy undid the clasp and walked behind me so that he could place the necklace around my neck. I gently rested my hand on the locket as his fingers finished hooking the clasp. He rested his hands on my bare shoulders which made my body relax.

"Do you like it?" He asked. I turned around and pulled him in for a hug.

"Bellamy, I love it. Thank you." I cried. He kissed my forehead and ran his fingers through my hair as I let myself sink against his chest. Everything, this entire moment, it was all perfect.

"Now you'll have a piece of me no matter where you are. Whether we are together or apart." He whispered. I held onto him tighter, afraid to let go.

"I'm never leaving you again." I promised. He kissed my head again.

"Good." He replied as he laced our fingers together and lead me away.

A night of Bellamy turned out to be a lot more fun than I'd expected. He took me to the Factory station commons area and introduced me to some of his neighbors, then we grabbed something to eat at the only restaurant on the Ark, and then we ended the night by taking a walk down the corridors and talking.

Just as we were rounding the corner that lead to Bellamy's house, a rush of guards came bolting down the hallway. Bellamy grabbed onto my arm and pulled me to the side so that I wouldn't get plowed down by the stampede. In a flash they were gone, but Bellamy instantly grew pale and took off after them. It was as if he could sense why they were in such a hurry and where they were going.

I followed closely behind him as we made our way towards the chaos. Bellamy grew desperate as he tried to push his way past all of the guards and get inside of his home. I stopped about ten feet behind the crowd, knowing all too well what was going on. It was as if time stopped and everything was happening in slow motion.

I grasped onto the locket he gave me, tears falling from my eyes as the guards drug Aurora and Octavia out into the hallway. They were on their hands and knees, begging to be released while the guards beat them.

Bellamy was screaming and trying to hit the guards as they pulled his family away from him. I rubbed the tears out of my eyes and ran to Bellamy, knowing what I had to do: I had to stop him before he got floated for assaulting a guard.

When I made it to him, he was frantic and desperately trying to push past me. With all of the strength I had, I held him back. I knew he wouldn't hurt me, but his behavior still made me nervous.

"Bellamy, listen to me, we are going to figure this out. Please don't do anything that will get you floated." I begged him, trying to reason with him. My nails were digging into his skin now while they put handcuffs on his mother and sister.

"OCTAVIA!" He sobbed when she glanced over at him with pleading eyes. I'd never seen Bellamy so upset in my entire life, he was losing everything all over again. How was this possible?

Octavia also looked so helpless. The Octavia I knew on the ground had the ability to slay anyone who stood in her way, but this Octavia was terrified and weak. Watching her get torn away from her family broke my heart.

"Take the girl to the sky box and take the mother to the council." Shumway ordered. Bellamy tried to fight his way past me, but there was no way I was letting him free.

"Please don't do this! Please!" He wailed as he sunk to the ground, finally giving up. A crowd of people from factory station were starting to circle around to see what was going on. When they caught a glimpse of Octavia, hundreds of murmurs erupted full of gossip and surprise.

"Bellamy!" Octavia cried as the took her away. My heart broke again at the sound of her terrifying plea. Bellamy shook in my arms, unable to speak.

Once Octavia and Aurora were gone, Lt. Shumway approached Bellamy and I. Bellamy was a wreck, crying into my shirt while Shumway chuckled above us.

"Bellamy Blake, you are no longer a cadet for the guard." Shumway spat, before kicking Bellamy in the ribs. He yelped from the pain and clutched onto me harder as Shumway stormed off. I screamed for everyone in the crowd to leave, and to my surprise they listened to me.

Once they were gone, all was quiet. I glanced down at him, afraid of what I might find as I ran my fingers through his hair. Bellamy had completely shut down. It was as if he was numb to the world and it scared the hell out of me. I rocked him back and forth while I hummed various tunes to try and make him feel better, but nothing was working.

"I'll talk to Jaha and see what I can do. This isn't over." I promised him. He shook his head.

"It's already over." He said coldly as he faded off to sleep on the cold floor.