madeline kane is a criminal. she and her best friends, finn and raven, attempted an illegal spacewalk and used up three months worth of oxygen on the space station known as the ark.
madeline was locked away by her father--the same man who had ended...
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MADELINE's POV: by the time the rest of us had already made our way towards clarke and finn, they were both in the water splashing each other. clarke looked miserable and soggy in her soaking clothes. it was obvious finn had pushed her in with him.
"finn! we don't have time for this!" she protested, before letting the feeling of the cool water calm her nerves and clean the dirt and mud from her body. "oh wow, okay. maybe just a minute."
i quickly scrambled up the few rocks leading up to the water, unlacing my boots, ripping off my socks, taking off my jacket, pants, and carelessly setting them aside. all that hid my body now was a thin grey t-shirt. i dove headfirst off the shoreline, plunging into the abyss before me.
when i came up, i was met with staring faces. i flung my hair up and out of my eyes, rubbing them until i could see clearly.
"i love nature," murphy told bellamy, clearly not watching his footing. he rocked slightly, flailing his arms before he too was submerged beneath the water. he came up after a few seconds, spitting water like a fountain.
"gross!" i half yelled-half laughed. clarke and finn giggled too.
i found myself tilting my head, looking up at bellamy and wells who were still on land. bellamy shrugged, also removing his jacket, shirt, gun, and other necessities from himself. he stood only in his pants, overlooking the slight drop that was laid out before him. "whatever the hell we want," he murmured, before diving in too.
he emerged closer to me than i would have guessed. his hair stuck to his face, making him look much younger than he usually did.
"you and your entrances," i said to him loudly, trying to speak over the rushing waterfall that flowed to the left of us.
he splashed me lightly, smiling. "don't act like you don't enjoy them."
"i never said i didn't," and then i was under the water, grabbing blindly for bellamy's legs. they were muscular and hard under my touch, but not wanting to be suffocated, i only pulled them momentarily, dragging him below the water with me. i blinked, opening my eyes. they were blurry; but i could see.
we were face to face then, blowing bubbles out of our noses for a few extra seconds of breath. he waved his hand back and forth at me, i giggled soundlessly, pushing out air. he grabbed my hands in his, i let him, and then we both came up gasping. murphy was floating on his back, looking a lot like a starfish, his hair much longer looking in the water.
"awww," he spoke sarcastically. "enemies to lovers at last!"
finn made a gagging noise, and wells, who was also in the water now, still fully clothed, blushed profusely. he could be very awkward at times.
i let go of bellamy, kicking backwards for some distance. he did the same. the moment was clearly over.
distracted, i noticed some red sludge pooled over a couple of rocks nearby. i swam over to them, wondering what it could be. the water was much more shallow over here, and i only needed to walk a few feet in order to examine the substance. i reached out hesitantly, before clarke was at my side. we both touched a little to our fingertips. it was so obvious now.
