Us (Bellarke Fanfic)

[chapter one - clarke]

I smile at her. "Thank you, Raven."

"Don't thank me yet, I might abandon you for a cute boy," she jokes, and we start walking. I can hear the chatter from the school yard, feeling only slightly less nervous. 

We finally reach the grounds, and Raven looks like she wants to start running in every direction at once. 

"Let's just... stand here until someone comes to us," I suggest helplessly. Maybe we won't have to talk to anyone. 

"You're gonna make loads of friends, Clarke Griffin," Raven says sternly. "Now stop stressing out and follow my lead."

She starts walking confidently towards a dark haired girl standing alone by the fence. She's on her phone, probably texting her bazillion friends. 

"This is a bad idea," I mumble. Raven just shushes me. 

We reach the girl, who looks up from her phone with a smile. 

"Hi!" she says happily. "Is it your first year too?"

Raven and I nod. 

"She transferred and I was home schooled," Raven explains. "We're in grade eleven."

"I'm in grade nine," the girl says. "Octavia," she adds, holding out her hand. Raven shakes it, and I cringe at the awkwardness. They don't seem to notice. 

"Raven Reyes," Raven says. "This is my best friend, Clarke."

"Just Clarke?" Octavia asks, giggling slightly. 

"Clarke Griffin," I say. Okay, maybe this isn't so bad. "Nice to meet you."

"She's a little nervous," Raven says, winking at me. "I told her people would be nice."

"Oh, she's probably right to be a little worried," Octavia says, smirking slightly. "My brother goes here, and he kind of runs with a... powerful crowd. I've heard lots of stories. But as long as you don't get on anyone's bad sides, you should be fine."

"Told you," I whisper to Raven. She just rolls her eyes at me. 

"I can introduce you to some of my friends, if you want," Octavia offers. "My friends Jasper and Monty should be here somewhere. They used to hang with my brother, but they kinda split off when Bellamy started hanging out with John Murphy."

There's a bit of a silence for a moment as Octavia texts someone else on her phone. 

"Sorry," she says, tucking her phone in her pocket. "That was Lincoln, my boyfriend. I'll have to introduce you guys after school, he's running a bit late."

"That'd be amazing," Raven says. "You seem to know a lot of people for this being your first year."

"I blame my brother for that too," Octavia says, sighing. "I love him to death, but he's a jerk sometimes. An overprotective jerk, too," she adds, glancing over my shoulder. "Um, I'm sorry about this."

"Octavia," a deep voice says from behind us. I turn around sharply, startled. 

"Bell," Octavia replies. "These are my new friends!"

"You were supposed to meet me after you said hi to Lincoln," Bellamy says, ignoring me and Raven. I glance at my best friend, who is staring at Bellamy as though he's made of gold.

I can't help being a little surprised myself. I don't know what I expected when Octavia said he was 'powerful', but it wasn't quite this. He's tall, with sharp eyes and soft freckles littered across his nose. Not bad to look at. 

"Shut up," I whisper to myself. Bellamy glances at me, a look of annoyed confusion on his face. 

"Lincoln isn't here yet," Octavia says, clearly not noticing what I said. "I was just gonna head over to find Jasper and Monty."

"I'm going inside," Bellamy says. "Don't be late for first period."

"Wait, Bell," Octavia says, reaching between me and Raven to grab her brothers arm. "You're just gonna completely ignore Raven and Clarke?"

Bellamy sighs. "Hello, Raven and Clarke," he says, his tone mocking. "Find me at lunch, O."

He turns and jogs off, waving to a group across the yard. 

"He's nice," Raven says, looking back at Octavia. 

"He'll warm up to you," Octavia promises. "You should come over after school, give him a chance to get to know you. I'll invite the others, make it a party!"

"That sounds like fun," I chime in. Raven looks at me proudly. 

"Then it's a date," Octavia says, and we start walking towards the school doors. An annoyingly loud bell rings through the air, meaning we have five minutes to get to class. Maybe we should have timed this better. "I'll find you guys at lunch, too. No one should sit alone on their first day."

She holds open the door for us, then takes off down the hallway with a bright smile and a wave.

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A/N: So that's chapter one! I thought I'd give more of a character basis, show you where everyone stands. It's shorter than the rest of the chapters will usually be, and I'm hoping to update at least twice a week! Thank you so much for reading <3 

(Note - I haven't edited this yet, so if there are typos or inconsistencies, I'm so sorry!)