Our People (the Third Book of the Her Weakness series)

Chapter 1

Clarke's POV

The day after the party, Octavia and Raven were so hungover they couldn't leave their tent. The sunlight hurt their eyes too much. They made their boyfriends run around the camp and get them things like food and water.

Lexa and I were busy the entire day making preparations to go back to Camp Jaha. All of my people that fought in the war are coming back. We were successful in retrieving all of the bodies (as far as we know).

It's the next day and Octavia and Raven are somehow still slightly hungover.

"That was a horrible idea, O. Never again." Raven groans as their boyfriends force them out of their tent.

"We have horses that we can ride there, right?" Octavia asks.

"We do. But we don't have enough for everyone so you can either go with each other or share with Wick and Lincoln." I tell them.

"Wick and Lincoln." They both respond at the same time.

"I'd much rather spend my ride home feeling muscles." Octavia says with a wicked grin.

"Rude. You know I have muscles, too." Raven teases.

They head off towards Wick and Lincoln, bickering.

Lexa comes up to me and reaches for my hand. "They are odd. You know that someone else could have shared a horse."

I smile at her. "I know, it's just fun to mess with them. I'm hoping that if they have to throw up they'll throw up on their boyfriends instead of the horses. Lincoln and Wick can clean themselves. The horses are a pain to clean."

Lexa laughs quietly and it's such a beautiful sound. "That is why we would make them clean the horses, Clarke. Though horses do not take kindly to that type of thing. They might get kicked."

"Maybe it'll knock some sense into them so they don't drink that much again." I joke.

"Come on, slowpokes!" Octavia yells at us. "Let's go!"

Raven hits her arm. "Hush. You're giving me a headache."

"That's what happens when you're hungover." Octavia makes sure she's out of range of Raven's fists.

Raven groans and they both get onto the horses behind their boyfriends.

Lexa and I walk to our horses. They're black stallions she picked out herself for us. I made sure that they were both brought here for us before we got her back. Mine is named Argo after some old earth hero's horse. Lexa's is named Malachi.

We get on our horses and we both double check to make sure we have everyone. Lexa nods and we set off, her and I at the front. There's guards riding behind us and at strategical points in the line. It's unlikely that we'll be attacked, but Lexa and I agreed that having the guards would be a good idea. Just in case.

The ride itself is uneventful but Lexa and I keep quiet. I think we're both used to being targeted constantly. We keep our eyes and ears open, making sure we aren't followed. Nothing happens except for when we had to pause because Octavia stumbled away from her and Lincoln's horse to puke.

And by the time Camp Jaha is close enough I can see it, my lower body is sore from the riding.

That's chapter one of Our People! For those of you that don't know (or remember) Argo is the name of Xena's horse! And Malachi is the name of the horse that I was riding and sat in a pond (while I was riding him. There was so much mud). Hope you like the name... I really couldn't think of anything better that would for with the theme of the other names. Oh well.

Thank you guys, we hit 100k on Her Weakness yesterday!!! I definitely did a dorky happy dance. It was a great way to end the week! (There was no snow days, even though there should've been like two. I mean yes it's Michigan and we're used to snow but the roads were hazardous. There was even a warning from my school area that the roads are hazardous. There was at least one accident involving a bus. I'm still kind of angry about that) Anyways! Thank you all so much! My parents are taking me and my brother to Outback Steakhouse tomorrow night to celebrate! Thank you again and stay awesome!