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: raven and i had pulled two chairs over to finn's bedside. he was drifting in and out of consciousness, sometimes smiling at things we said to him. raven clutched his right hand protectively, while i sat with my own folded in my lap. she would not meet my eyes, though i wasn't sure why.
when i was certain that finn was asleep again, i cleared my throat. clarke was upstairs with bellamy, and i could hear them discussing the grounder along with what to do with him. this was the best opportunity i would have to speak with raven without anyone else judging us.
"raven," i started. she lifted her head reluctantly, her expression flat. "did i do something? i don't understand—"
"if you have to ask if you did something, then you probably did," she interrupted. "even after i told you how i felt, you're choosing to still be buddy-buddy with clarke."
i was taken aback by this. she was upset about clarke, now, after finn had almost died and we had a hostage chained to the wall upstairs? there was a time and a place to let ourselves act selfishly, but only after everything else had been dealt with.
"i'm not," i began, trying my best to stay calm, "buddy-buddy with clarke. but you're right, she is my friend, and just because you have an issue with her doesn't mean i'm just going to shut her out because you told me i had to. i was kind to her before you even came down on the ground."
raven's eyes narrowed. "so you're okay with letting go of a friendship of eleven years for someone you just met two weeks ago?" i could tell that she cared very deeply about my answer. i was reminded of our conversation about finn in the bunker.
"of course not! that's not even close to what i said or meant. i will always stick up for you, but you have to realize, clarke has done nothing wrong. she's a good person and is one of the only people fighting to keep us alive. you have to understand that. if you can't..." i had nothing else to say.
raven only looked down again at her boyfriend, his chest glistening with sweat under the light fixture. she gripped his hand harder, as if realizing something wasn't right. a second later, finn's body began to spasm. i stood up, the stool i had been sitting on clattering to the ground loudly. i pushed myself forward, trying to hold finn still as he shook.
"no!" raven screamed. "you can't touch him! it's going to make it worse!"
i let go immediately, knowing raven was right.
"CLARKE! HE'S SEIZING!" i yelled, praying that she would be able to get abby to come to the radio again.
she called back, and we heard her footsteps as she descended the ladder back down to our level.
"please, don't let him die!" raven pleaded with clarke, as if she could snap her fingers and instantly heal finn.
"get the radio! now!" she replied as i frantically paced in circles.
