from the ashes (she will rise) ➸ octaven

chapter 10

"You're in my way."

"Then scoot over."

"I can't see."

"Shh," Raven hisses, glaring at the two other girls. They're squeezed in front of the railing at the top of the stairs, trying to listen in on the conversation in the living room.

"You sure that's her probation officer?" Octavia looks to Lexa, who nods quickly.

"I think Indra called him," she says softly, leaning forward and craning her neck to see.

"Did she break probation by being out last night?" Raven raises an eyebrow.

"Technically, yeah," Lexa furrows her eyebrows. "This can't end well."

"Shh," Octavia nudges both of them. "Listen." All three girls lean forward.

"I can't hear anything," Raven mutters. Lexa, cupping a hand to her ear, holds up a finger to signal for them to be quiet.

"He's saying something about..." she listens for another moment. "Detention?" She turns back to them in confusion.

Raven's eyes widen. "Juvenile Detention?"

"Juvie?" Octavia gasps. Lexa shushes them, still listening.

"Indra sounds surprised," she turns to them. "I don't think this is going to end well."

Before they can eavesdrop any longer, Octavia's huffing in frustration and ducking under Lexa's arm, descending the staircase. Raven's eyes widen.

"Octavia," she hisses. "Where are you going?"

But Octavia's already at the bottom of the staircase, disappearing into the living room. Lexa and Raven exchange anxious glances before hurrying to follow her.

"What do you mean it was your idea?" The two girls slide into the doorway just in time to hear Indra turn and address Octavia, who stands only a few feet in front of them.

"I was the one who made them go," Octavia shakes her head, glancing over to Clarke, who sits on the couch, feigning indifference.

Indra raises a stern eyebrow at the girl. "I find that hard to believe."

"I'm serious," Octavia jumps to defend herself. There's a moment of hesitation, which Raven notices, but then Octavia's sighing, lifting the hem of her shirt with one hand, and rolling down the waistband of her sweatpants with another, revealing her tattoo in all its glory. "I was getting this."

"She got a t--?"

Raven squeezes Lexa's arm to silence her. Indra, now confused, looks to the probation officer and then to Octavia.

"It's Saturn," Octavia says quietly. She hears Raven sigh from behind her.

"But all four of you snuck out, Clarke included," the probation officer speaks up.

"And so sending her to juvie is the solution?" Octavia takes a step forward. Raven has to fight the urge to reach out and grab her.

"That's the next step for someone who repeatedly breaks the rules," he explains, his arms crossed as he nods in Clarke's direction. "Like Miss Griffin here."

"Juvie isn't going to solve those problems," Octavia resists the urge to roll her eyes. "Those are the people she wants to be around."

"And you consider yourself a good influence?" he looks to Octavia, earning a cold glare from the girl in return. Luckily, Indra speaks up before she can.

"Her record is clean," she motions to Octavia and then turns to nod towards the two girls in the doorway. "Lexa's a member of the National Honor's Society and Raven's got a 4.0."