What caused love

Chapter 4

~~~~~~~~~Bellamy's POV~~~~~

I awoke to darkness. The tent obscured the little light the dawn had brought, and the chirping of birds alerted me to the arrival of morning.

When i was dresses, I lest my tent to see the princess just appearing from her tent flap as well. When her eyes meet I swear all of her emotions swirl in the blue pools of her eyes. They are the loveliest eyes i have ever seen. She gives me a small smile and heads off the the gate. "Wait! Princess! Wait up!" I yell but not too loudly to wake up the others. "It's too dangerous to be out there alone. Hold up and I will come with you". I see her thinking my proposition through. "Okay Bell. Hurry up".

I dash to the food tent, grab a few rations, stuff them into my rucksack and return to see Clarke patiently waiting. "Finally," she says, "I thought you got lost by the amount of time you were taking". "Aww, princess. Were you worried about poor old me". The arrogance drips from my words. "Of course Bell. I would be lost without you and I have just realized my need to be around you and the feelings i have". Sarcasm. Well someone is definitely in a good mood compared to yesterday. "Oh well. It was bound to happen, I mean, how could you resist this" I say, gesturing to my body. "Oh I know Blake. You really are unresistable". She gives a small chuckle and heads out into the forest.

~~~~~~~~Clarke's POV~~~~~~~

As we are traipsing through the forest, I am constantly aware of Bellamy's presence. I don't know how i feel about him. But i think i feel more than i should. It is different than what it was with Finn though. I feel safe, like danger is everywhere but that we could get through it together. Can I really call that feeling safe. Maybe protected. Yes. Protected.

We decided we would hunt on the way, so using the knifes we brought, we have already caught two rabbits. I keep catching him glancing at me from the corner of my eye. Why is he doing that? Do i maybe have something on my face? I reach up and brush at my cheek hoping that if there was something there, it is now gone.

But as we continue walking, i still see him looking at me for brief periods of time. Once again I reach up to remove whatever is on my face. But this time i am stopped with a hand. "What's wrong princess? Is something up?" He looks at me questionably and i don't know how to respond. "Em... uh... yea. Everything is fine. Emm. Do i have anything on my,em face" I stutter out. Smooth Clarke. Really smooth.

"No you are fine princess. Looking as beautiful as ever". I can feel the blush creep over my cheeks and i quickly look down so that he doesn't see it. But I think he does.

~~~~~~~~Bellamy's POV~~~~~~
I see her blush at my compliment. She looks so cute like that. I reach under her chin and lift her head until she is looking at me again. My eyes quickly dart to her lips. They look soft and pink. I feel the need to kiss her right there. But does she feel the same?

When i look up, I also see her eyes trained on my lips. What the hell. When have I ever cared what anyone feels. So I lean in. But i do care with Clarke. She is different from the other girls. So i stop millimeters from her lips, wanting her to close the gap instead. When she doesn't, I am about to pull away until she crashes her lips to mine. The kiss is gentle, filled with need and want. I am about to make it deeper until a horn blasts in the distance. We spring apart. Unsure of what to do. "Acid fog" Clarke lets out. "We have to move". And we do. We run until we find a small cave and head into that.

When we are inside we sit at opposite walls looking directly at each other. Neither of us speaking.

~~~~~~~~~Clarke's POV~~~~~~

The kiss was passionate and filled with longing. I kissed Bellamy Blake. I kissed Bellamy Blake. The thought keeps running through my head. Sitting across from him, I don't know what to say. I now know I definitely have feelings for Bellamy. I can't deny that. But I'm scared. Scared that he will hurt me. Scared that if i let him in, he will do something like Finn did. So I just sit in silence.

Bellamy finally breaks the quiet. "So Clarke. About that kiss..." oh no I knew this was coming. Now he is going to say how it means nothing. So why prolong the inevitable? "Don't worry Bell. It's fine. If it means nothing it is ok. Im still hurt from Finn. I'm not ready for another relationship anyway. It was stupid of me to kiss you". He looks... i don't know. Disappointed? "But Clarke. It did mean something. You are not just another one of those girls I sleep with. Your more than that. You always were" WHAT!!! Bellamy Blake has feelings for me. What is happening. What do i do?

I sit, staring at him open mouthed. "Y-you f-feel like that?" I question. Not too sure if i heard him right. "Of course Clarke. Can you not see that. You are not something I can just throw away. So I can wait until you are ready. I can wait for you" i don't want to wait. In that moment I want it to be just us too. So i leap towards him closing the space between us. As he deepens the kiss, our tongues fight for dominance until he finally wins. We only pull away when we need to breath. "Wow princess. That was..." I don't let him finish "Amazing" I say. "Yea. It was" he replies. "What does this mean princess. Are you ready or am i just going to have to wait?" He asks with a hint of desperation in his voice. "Oh Bellamy. I don't know about you but I don't think that I can wait" with that he kisses me again, short and sweet. He then rests his forehead on mines, allowing our breaths to mix.

"No princess. I don't think I can wait either ". "Good" is all i can reply.