❝ 𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗻𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗲,
𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴
𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀,
𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶 𝗮𝗺,
𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘀,
𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗸 ❞
- 𝗔𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘂𝘀

𝗔𝘃𝗮'𝘀 𝗣𝗢𝗩

Finn and Murphy finish cutting Jasper down and I help the others tie the panther up in an old parachute so it will be easier to carry back to camp.

Clarke leads the way home while Wells and Finn carry Jasper and I walk with Bellamy and Murphy who are carrying the panther.

"Hey, Murphy. Remember the time you pulled my hair when I was about six and Finn punched you in the face?" I laugh and he rolls his eyes with a smile.

"I was just trying to get your attention. You were ignoring me" He retorts and I snort in amusement.

"Raven told me you had cooties. I think I was reasonably scared" I defend myself and Murphy laughs, shaking his head.

"Raven always did hate my guts" He mutters.

"Oh! Remember the time we were fourteen and Raven locked us in a closet because we wouldn't stop arguing?" I gasp and Murphy looks at me in disbelief.

"We? More like you, gorgeous" He retorts.

"What? No way, you were just as bad" I argue with him.

"I was merely trying to enjoy my day when you came up to me yelling about how I had punched Finn which obviously didn't happen and then you punched me. I was innocent" Murphy argues back and I shrug.

"I thought you hurt him. I was just being a good best friend" I say defensively.

"Yeah, a good friend with a surprisingly harsh right hook" He counters and I let out a laugh.

"It wasn't that bad, Murph" I state and he scoffs.

"I had a black eye for two weeks" He declares and I giggle loudly, remembering that day vividly.

"Remember the-" I'm cut off by a pissed Bellamy.

"Remember the time you shut the hell up?" He growls and I skip to catch up with Bellamy.

I get in front of him and turn to walk backwards with a wide grin on my face.

"Did you wake up on the wrong side of the bed?" I ask sympathetically and I hear Murphy laugh but Bellamy shoots him a glare that shuts him up.

"You should look where your going" Bellamy insists.

"I don't have to, i'm great at walking backwards" I lie and he rolls his eyes.

"What ever you say, sunshine" He mutters.

"Aren't you gonna tell me what's wrong?" I ask.

Before Bellamy can even open his mouth to talk my heel catches on something and a shriek leaves my lips as I land on my ass, my head hitting the floor. A round of laughs surround me and I sit up to see that I tripped over a fallen down tree.

"Stupid tree" I grumble pulling myself to my feet.

I glance at Bellamy who smirks at me cockily and I stick my tongue out at him making him chuckle.

We reach camp and everyone yells, telling the others that we're back. Wells and Finn take Jasper into the drop ship with Clarke and I turn to Bellamy and Murphy.

"I'm gonna go see Jasper. I'll see you two later" I tell them.

"See you later" Murphy replies and I look at Bellamy who winks at me, making my heart skip a beat.

"I'll see you later, sunshine" He tells me and I send him a shy smile before running to the drop ship.

"Who's hungry?!" I hear Bellamy yell behind me and everyone cheers.

I sit with Jasper for a while but his groans of pain get a little too much for me and I head outside for some fresh air.

What I see makes me stop in confusion. A long line of people cued up by the fire. I get a little closer and see that people are trading their wristbands for food.

Finn walks past me and I see him head to the fire. Murphy tries to stop him but Finn says something before taking a stick with meat on it and walking away with Clarke. Another guy takes that as an invitation to do the same but Bellamy grabs the guy's arm before punching him square in the face and storming off.

I walk over to a large rock in the tree line and I take a seat. I lay on my back and look up at the stars with a small content smile on my face. Suddenly a face blocks my view of the stars but I don't move or complain.

"You okay?" He asks and I sigh out a breath of guilt.

"I feel like it's my fault" I admit.

"What?" Bellamy asks.

I sit up and scoot over letting him sit down next to me. I slip the goggles off my head and look down at them with a frown.

"Jasper. He jumped over that river first to prove something. Maybe if I had just said something" I utter, feeling useless.

"It's not your fault. You didn't know that was going to happen" Bellamy assures me.

"I know but he saved my life, Bellamy. What if we can't save his?" I ask, my voice just above a whisper.

"Clarke will do everything she can" He replies and I nod.

"You hungry?" He asks and I shrug.

"Y'know, you don't have to take this off" He tells me, rubbing his thumb over the exposed skin next to my wristband.

My eyes look down at the wristband and I study it properly with furrowed brows. I wonder if maybe we could use the technology inside the wristbands to get in touch with the Ark.

I look from the silver wristband on my arm up to his chocolate brown eyes with a smile.

"Will you take it off for me?" I ask and he grins widely.

I slip the goggles back onto my head and hop off the rock gently. Bellamy takes my hand and pulls me towards the fire that is no longer crowded with people.

"Put your hand down here" He tells me, tapping a small boulder.

I crouch down and lay my arm on the rock. He picks up a crowbar-like piece of metal and wedges it in my wristband, wiggling it around.

I watch his technique and realise he's damaging most of the prongs which can easily be avoided in the future.

"Ava, no!" I hear someone yell and I turn to see Clarke just as the wristband snaps off my arm making me wince.

I grab my wrist and rub it gently, turning to Clarke who gives me a disappointed shake of the head and leaves with Finn on her tail.

"Ignore her" Bellamy tells me, reaching out to grab hold of my hand.

I allow him to inspect my wrist and he does, smiling at me warmly.

"It'll heal" He assures me before handing me some meat on a stick.

"Thank you" I say and he sits down on a log.

I sit next to him, taking a bite out of the meat and moaning in delight.

"This is great" I marvel before taking another bite which makes Bellamy chuckle.

"Want a bite?" I ask him with a small smile.

He wraps his hand around mine which is holding the stick and brings it up to his mouth, taking a bite off the stick as I watch him in awe. The Blake man lets my hand go and smiles down at me in amusement.

My gaze moves from the handsome freckle faced man to the fire in front of us and its warmth envelopes us like a warm hug. I let out a sigh and let my worries drown away as I watch the fire dance in front of me.