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chapter twenty-four, Jealous?

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NOVA MADE HER WAY OUT THE DROP SHIP and to Octavia's tent.

Before she walked in, she took a deep breath. "Octavia?" Nova calls out, waiting for an answer "Yes, come in" Octavia greets back before clearing her throat and Nova enters the tent.

"Are you okay?" Nova asks hesitantly and Octavia chuckles and nods her head. "Yeah, I'm okay. Are you?" Octavia asks, interlocking her and Nova's hands together.

"Oh- Yeah, I'm good" Nova answers before Bellamy waltzes in the tent, Octavia quickly removing her hand away from Nova.

"Ugh, What do you want?" Octavia asks rolling her eyes, laying back on her stomach. "Are you okay?" Bellamy asks and Octavia furrows her eyebrows in confusion and sits back up.

"Why is everyone asking me that?" Octavia asks looking between Bellamy and Nova who glance at each other.

"Did you touch Murphy yesterday?" Bellamy sighs and looks back at Octavia who shrugs. "Um-" Octavia stutters out and Bellamy sighs, getting angry that she's not answering fast enough. "Did you touch Murphy!?" Bellamy asks again starting to get irritated and raising his voice a bit.

"I guess why?" Octavia asks before Bellamy begins to explain. "The Grounders sent him here with a virus to infect us. Derek just died from it, another mark for your boyfriend's book. Get up. Clarke needs to examine you" Bellamy says nudging to the book poking out from under Octavia's pillow then leaving the tent. Nova puts her attention on the book and looks to Octavia.

"You should get to Clarke" Nova says sort of hostile before leaving the tent with Octavia trying to grab her arm. "Nova!" Octavia shouts but Nova doesn't listen and makes her way back to the drop ship.

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ONCE OCTAVIA ARRIVED IN THE DROP SHIP, she immediately looked to Nova who didn't even glance at her once. Clarke quickly began examining her while she sat down.

"Okay. We're done. No visible signs of swelling or bleeding" Clarke says and Nova lifts her head. "So, she doesn't have it?" Nova asks clearing her throat.

"I'm just saying she doesn't have symptoms, but that could change. We need to keep her here just in case" Clarke states and Bellamy shakes his head pointing around the drop ship at all the other sick individuals.

"Look at this place. She'll get sick just being here" Bellamy argues and Clarke sighs.

"Do you want to stop the spread, or not? Look. I'll keep her on the third level with the people who aren't symptomatic yet. Think of it as a way to stop her from sneaking out again" Clarke says and Octavia rolls her eyes.

"Oh, screw you Clarke" Octavia says crossing her arms over her chest while Bellamy let out an annoyed sigh with a nod, agreeing to the idea.

"I'll let you know if her condition changes" Clarke says, and Octavia stands to her feet, ready to head to the third level right and right when Bellamy exits the drop ship, Clarke, in an instant, stops Octavia from taking another step.

"Octavia, wait. I need you to sneak out again" Clarke says and Nova scoffs shaking her head. "To Lincoln's?" Octavia questions, sort of sounding exciting.

"So eager to go" Nova says and Octavia clears her throat with slight embarrassment. "I'll go now" Octavia says and Clarke nods patting Octavia's back before she hesitantly sneaks out the drop ship.

"Jealous much?" Clarke says jokingly wiping her hand with alcohol.

"Not jealous" Nova defends and Clarke nods slowly as if she can see right through Nova's lies.

"Alright" Clarke mumbles looking at Nova who glances at her and they both receive small smiles from each other before Nova starts to get a little nervous and looks away scratching the top of her head.

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NOVA AND CLARKE STOOD OUTSIDE the drop ship while Bellamy calmed everyone down and turned to Clarke and Nova.

"You two got enough food and water in there?" Bellamy asks referring to the drop ship.

Clarke nodded her head and Bellamy nodded back before walking up to the drop ship. "Octavia, you, okay?" Bellamy shouts out for his sister and Nova and Clarke share a worried look.

"She isn't in there Bellamy" Nova sighs and Bellamy swings around to face them both with a angry expression on his face. "I sent her to see Lincoln. Look. If there's a cure, he has it. I didn't tell you because I knew you wouldn't let her go" Clarke states and Bellamy puts his finger in her face as he approaches her.

"If anything happens to her, you and I are going to have problems" Bellamy states and Clarke sighs as Bellamy starts walking away.

"Bellamy!" Clarke shouts as a male delinquent turns around, blood running from his eyes. "Oh my god!" Nova shouts out.

"Dude, your eyes. Nobody touch him!" Someone screams and everyone shouts loudly stepping away from the boy forming a circle around him.

"Get to the dropship. Now!" Bellamy shouts as the boy runs to the drop ship quickly.

Raven rushes out her tent when another girl starts throwing up on another girl making her squeal loudly in disgust. "It's on me! Oh my god!" The girl screams as throw up slips off her clothes.

"Everyone, Calm down!" Bellamy shouts as he lifts his gun in the air firing 3 gunshots. "This is exactly what the Grounders want. Don't you see that? They don't have to kill us if we kill each other first" Clarke shouts and whispers form within in the group.

"They won't have to kill us if we all catch the virus. Get back in the damn dropship!" A boy shouts and everyone begins yelling. "No! No! The drop ship is for sick people so unless your dying and bleeding from your eyes back the hell-" Nova shouts loudly making everyone back up when they see Clarke bleeding from her eyes again.

"Clarke!" Nova screams as her eyes widen and Clarke begins to fall to the ground. Nova rushes over to Clarke before she hits the ground along with Finn.

"Finn! Don't touch her!" Raven shouts but Finn doesn't even think twice.

Nova and Finn look at each other knowing they both care about Clarke and together they lift her up in their arms. "Hey, let me go. I'm okay" Clarke whispers and Nova shakes her head with worry.

"I don't think so" Nova declares as she holds one side of Clarke and Finn holds the other side.

"Octavia will come back with a cure" Clarke says with a harsh cough when Octavia rushes over to the scene.

"There is no cure... But the Grounders don't use the sickness to kill" Octavia says and Nova furrows her eyebrows in confusion. "Really? Tell that to them. I warned you about seeing that Grounder again" Bellamy starts to argue as he walks up to her.

"Yeah? Well, I have a warning for you, too. The Grounders are coming... and they're attacking at first light" Octavia states as she walks past Bellamy and goes over to Finn, Nova and Clarke.

"Let's get her in the drop ship" Octavia says as she holds open the tarp while Nova and Finn carry Clarke in the drop ship.

Clarke looks to Nova as Nova lays her head down on the hammock. "What do I have to do to stop you from coming in here?" Clarke says and Nova chuckles to her self before pouring Clarke a cup of water. "How about get better" Nova says as she helps Clarke take a sip of water.

Finn and Octavia watch Nova and Clarke until Finn breaks the silence with clearing his throat.

"What else did Lincoln tell you?" Finn asks. "The virus doesn't last long" Octavia says and Murphy steps into the conversation "She's right. I feel better" Murphy states while Nova nods her head.

"That's good" Nova says looking to Clarke.

"They should stay hydrated" Clarke says as she tries to lift herself up, but Finn lays her back down and caresses her cheek and glances at Nova quickly. "No, you should stay hydrated" Finn says helping her take a sip of her water.

"I'll make sure everyone gets water. Just rest" Octavia says as she starts checking on everyone.

"You all need to save yourselves. Just leave camp. Take anyone healthy enough with you" Clarke sighs out as she breathes heavily. "If you think that's even a possibility, you don't know me very well" Finn jokes looking down at Clarke.

"Look. At this rate, when the Grounders get here, there won't be anyone left to fight back" Murphy speaks up and Nova shrugs her shoulders, "I think that was their motive" Nova states and Finn looks like he has an idea and lets out a thoughtful sigh.

"Then let's slow them down" Finn suggests and Nova crosses her arms.

"That's a great idea! Gives the virus more time to pass and gives us more people to help fight" Nova nods her head and Finn smiles nodding his head at his idea.

"I'm on it" Raven says with cheeky smile on her face as she walks out of the drop ship with an idea in her head. A big one.