chapter 20

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1 YEAR LATER, 2 YEARS AFTER PRAIMFAYA

Time passed by, Madi grew up, the former leaders still didn't do anything to make progresses in their relationship. The little girl tried to put them together several times, and although the spark was there and had always been, their heads were a mess. They forgot how to use their hearts.

''The meal is really good Bellamy, mochof (thank you).'' Madi smiled at him, taking one last bite.

''Thank you, Mads. Maybe we can cook together one day,'' Bellamy warmly smiles at the girl and then exchanges a look with Clarke, just for a brief second.

''Yeah...'' Madi pretends to be thinkative. ''Cooking isn't my favorite thing in the world.''

''Alright,'' Bellamy lightly chuckles. ''Suit yourself.''

''Madi, you're doing the dishes today aren't you?'' Clarke asks as she finishes eating.

''If I really have to..'' Madi rolls her eyes and gets up. ''I think some alone time will you do both good,'' She winks as she collects the dishes and goes to the river.

Bellamy and Clarke blankly stare at her, both their eyebrows arched.

''Sometimes I have no idea what goes around her mind.'' Clarke shows a little smile, before getting up.

''She's all grown-up, isn't she?'' Bellamy also gets up.

''Tell me about it.'' The blonde girl proudly rolls her eyes. Having Madi with them was a blessing.

''Can we go for a walk?'' Bellamy suddenly asks. ''I mean, it's not like- I don't know. It's just a walk.''

''I'd like to, yeah.'' After exchanging a warm smile, Bellamy and Clarke start walking to the forest.

''So,... How have you been?''

''Bell, we see each other everyday.''

''I mean, I know, but we don't talk much.''

''Fair point. I guess, I'm good. I miss my mom.''

''I miss Octavia too, a lot actually, but they're safe.''

''Are they, though?''

The former leaders sit in a huge rock, with a sky full of stars above them.

''I miss the others too, you know. Monty, Harper,..''

''Raven, Murphy,..''

''Emori and Echo.'' Bellamy finally completes. ''Grounders in space. I'm still not over that.'' A chuckle slips out of his mouth.

''Can I ask you something?'' Clarke turns her head to look at him, her serious tone is noticeable. Bellamy nods his head. ''If we stayed in the ark, and had a normal life, you know, without being part of The 100 or having a sister,... a normal life. What would you like to be? What would be your aspirations?''

''Oh,'' Bellamy sighs. ''I was definitely not expecting that question. At all.'' He, then, goes quiet for a bit, thinking about it. ''I think I would grow up to be some kind of History nerd, I guess. My mother read a lot of mythology to me. Anciet Rome was my favorite. And I always loved the subject, you know.. I only trained to be a guard so Octavia would have a good life, and my mother too, it was really complicated. I mean, it's so frustrating when you have to grow into an adult when you're like ten years old and- and have to take care of your baby sister while your mother is sleeping with a guard so she doesn't get discovered. It's not exactly a ray of sunshine.''

''I can't say I relate to it or understand, because I really don't. I had my mother, my father, Wells, Jaha and Wells' mother with me, and we were really close and I had a great childhood. I had great teenage years, I never really complained about it because I truly was happy. But then my father made this huge discovery that would make a ridiculous difference in everyone's life... He wanted to tell everyone that we were short on oxygen and that we wouldn't survive much longer on the ark and- I agreed with him. I wanted to help him. I wanted to warn everyone. But my mother didn't want to allow it so she went straight to Jaha and... my father got floated. And from that day on, I don't think I've ever felt truly happy. I mean yes, I felt relieved sometimes, and I felt joy for minutes, but I lost a huge part of me that day. I blamed Wells, but I only discovered my mother was the one doing it hours before Wells died. I- I- I blamed him, for so long, and I truly did hate him for something he didn't do. And then another piece of me was gone. So I don't really understand your situation because I was ... like you said, privileged, but I can relate to messy situations. I was in one. And since we landed on the ground we've been in so many more messy situations... it's crazy.''

Both Bellamy and Clarke's eyes were shining, with a glint of tears forming. Bellamy got closer to her and put his arms around her waist, while Clarke rests her head on his shoulder perfectly. They've never opened up so much, ever, and it felt good. It felt good to finally vent with someone about the past, the ark, before everything else happened.

''I've been wanting to tell you something for a while now, I guess I just never got the opportunity, and I was completely frightened of your reaction and-'' Clarke stops talking and stares at Bellamy, both really confused. Some kind of machine sound was echoing, which was strange. Madi wouldn't take the rover somewhere, would she? They both thought.

''Clarke! Bellamy! I found you.'' Madi runs to them trying to catch her breath. ''A ship just landed near the desert and now they're coming this way. I thought I was dreaming at first but it's really people. Actual people!''

''Do you think....?''

''Raven. She did it.'' Bellamy smiled. Hope filled their eyes.

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so yeah, I'm bringing more characters to the story, let's see how this works out

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