Summer Fever (a multi-part one shot)

Part One

"Isn't the sunset beautiful?" Clarke said.

"Stunning." He said sarcastically.

He could care less about the sunset, or really anything she had to say for that matter. His only focus was on their next prey.

"I wonder how many like these I've missed all of this time?" She said aimlessly, more to herself than to him.

"Well you were in space for 17 years so I would say quite a bit." He remarked.

She rolled her eyes, brushing off his comments like she usually did. He didn't want her to come hunting, but unfortunately she was more useful than most of the others right now so he was stuck bringing her along. Her presence alone was enough to make his hair stand up. Her voice made his skin crawl. She was single handedly the most annoying and frustrating person in the camp. She never agreed with him. She constantly went against his orders and did what she wanted. She was almost as bad as his sister.

"We'll come back tomorrow." He said finally after another 20 minutes of walking with no result.

"We still have some light left."

"Clarke, we have more than enough to last us for the rest of the week. It'll be dark before we make it back if we don't go now. Let's bring what we have and come back out tomorrow," He said. "And besides, Jasper made some more of whatever the hell that drink is. We can celebrate making it this long and let the kids enjoy themselves tonight."

He had no interest in drinking or celebrating. Honestly, he was exhausted after walking through the woods all day and he figured if he offered a distraction, everyone would leave him alone and he could sneak off to bed early.

"We don't need to be partying. The grounders could attack at anytime. We need to be on high alert."

"We will be. We'll rotate the guards out and give everyone a chance to just hangout for once. You forget that they are still kids after all."

He was right. It was easy to forget that down here.

"We still need to be careful."

"Like I said, we're not letting our guard down. Just unwinding a bit. Lighten up a little," Clarke hated when people told her to lighten up, especially on the ground. There was nothing light about their current situation. "It won't hurt anyone to take the night off."

"That's true," She contemplated for s moment. "There are worse things we could do."

Bellamy said whatever he needed to say to convince her, and by the tone of her voice, it worked. He had always been good at persuading people. After all, he'd been doing it all of his life back on the Ark. For him, it was the only way to get what he needed. Not everyone grew up with a silver spoon in their mouths like Clarke.

"Okay everyone lets head back to camp." She called out.

Bellamy scoffed. Of course she had to give the final orders. Clarke wrangled in the rest of the group and they started their hike back to camp, her and Bellamy leading while everyone else followed.

They all walked in silence, leaving Clarke to be immersed in her own thoughts. She couldn't help but take in the artistry of the nature around her. Everything on earth was so beautiful. The way the sun shined through the trees and bounced off of the water in the creek beside them. The sound of the branches swaying in the wind. The smell of the early summer flowers blooming in the bushes that lined their path. It was all so naturally stunning and she couldn't help but ponder about all of the views and moments like these that she had been missing out on while stuck in space.

A loud sneeze snapped her out of her daydream and caused her to jump. She panicked for a second, looking around for the source of the noise. Her eyes laid on Bellamy who was rubbing his nose with his index finger.