ivy [jasper jordan x fem! oc]

watch the thrones

i had fallen asleep around 10:30. its now 2:21 in the morning. as i lay awake in the pitch black, i feel the warmth of the love of my life beneath me. i can hear his heart beat, that wonderful sign that he is alive. i can feel as his chest falls and drops, the sound of his breath. some people think its weird that i observe these things, but what else am i supposed to do? im an observer. i watch from the sidelines. octavia is usually the one that does the dangerous stuff, so jasper was extremely surprised when he saw the branding symbol i had taken at the summit. im still surprised to be completely honest.

i looked at the clock and saw it was 3:29. i snuggled my head into jasper's neck, breathing in his comforting scent. he smells like lemongrass, i dont understand why, but he has always smelled like lemongrass. i slowly fall back to sleep in my boyfriend's arms, feeling slightly at peace.

"art" i feel the soothing rub of jaspers hand on my back, "babe, its 7:37" my eyes snapped open, "what?" i lift up my body from his, them pick myself up and run to find my clothes. "where do you have to be so early?" jasper asks from the bed,

"i'm part of the council jas, ya know i'm the "recognized leader of skaikru" or something like that. i have a meeting, and im late." i rush my words as i slide my shirt over my head and down my body. "oh yeah, i didn't think you were serious about that." jasper looks at me with his silly confused face.

"is there any reason i shouldn't be?" i chuck my pants over my butt.

"no. no, i think it's kinda hot. your all leadery." he chuckles.

i laugh, "leadery isnt a word, love." i walk towards him and grab his hands, helping him lift his body. i sit on the bed and put my shoes on quickly. i turn to him and give him a quick kiss. as i walk out of the room, i remind him, "don't forget to meet me at the mess at 10!"

"i love you!" he calls out, "love you too!" i walk out the door and run down to kanes office.

i reach the office and open the door, catching my breath. "sorry im late."

"why is she here?" pike turns to kane, confusion on his face.

kane sighs through his nose, "artemus took the collation branding, she is the recognized leader of skaikru."

pike goes quiet and kane begins, "best we can tell, mount weather was destroyed by an inside self destruct mechanism. it worked as designed. forty nine of our citizens were lost."

"so when do we strike back?" pike asks, with all seriousness in his voice.

"we dont." i pipe up, "the ice nation took credit for the attack, and the commander will bring them justice."

"so now we're trusting grounders to punish grounders? im sorry, ms. blake, but i lost more than half of my remaining people yesterday and four times that many since we landed." pike speaks with anger. "now with my experience, grounders understand one thing, strength. its simple, we need to hit them, now. we need to hit them hard, leave no survivors--"

"there is nothing simple about this." i say, "this attack by the ice nation was against lexa, not us."

"are you saying this isnt our fight?" he continues,

"im say we were collateral damage in somebody else's war. we're basically monkey in the middle here."

"its not somebody else's war anymore. look, if we dont defend ourselves, they will take what we have, thats what they do. mark my words, the grounders are coming for us." pike begins to sound like a fanatic.

i get a sense of deja vu at pikes words, which causes anger to rage within me, "no pike, we are apart of lexa's coalition. if one of the clans attack us, they attack the commander. and, as long as lexa is in charge, i can promise you that she will do everything to protect OUR people." i stopped talking before anything disrespectful came out.