OUR OBLIVION | BELLAMY BLAKE

NINE| the secret nerd

I rehearsed a speech in my head for Wells one million times, but when I knocked on his door and was greeted by his sweet smile, all of my confidence faded. Instead of breaking up with him like I intended to do that night, I ended up having dinner with him and hanging out for hours. The whole time I was with him, guilt raked my conscience. All I saw was a nice boy with the best intentions who was being lied to every day by a girl he thought loved him as much as he loved her. 

Maybe if Wells was meaner or less likable breaking up with him would be easy, but Wells was the nicest guy I knew with the purest motives. He was selfless and kind and reassuring and I couldn't break his heart.

I knew eventually I would have to, and I dreaded that day more than anything.

In fact, I was so struck with my guilt that I debating skipping my lesson with Bellamy. Seeing him would only remind me of what I horrible person I was being, and I wasn't really in the mood to feel more terrible about the situation. However, there was a longing inside of me to see Bellamy and his lack of respect for personal space.

So, I dragged myself out of my comfortable room and left for the training center. I was later when usual, and when I arrived Bellamy's eyes were full of impatience. He clearly didn't like my lack of punctuality. However, he wasn't in his guard's uniform like he usually was. Bellamy was in a casual blue t-shirt and jeans.

"You're late."

I put my hands on my hips, while his were crossed over his broad chest, "Well, unlike you I actually have more important things to do during the day besides just being an annoyance."

His hard expression didn't fade. Someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed, "That's cute." I flashed a grin, clearly not succeeding in getting him to ease up. "But, I doubt you'll be calling me an annoyance after today."

"And why's that? Did you bring me candy or something as a reward for beating Murphy?"

Bellamy smirked, "Something like that. Come on."

Bellamy began walking out of the training center, and I hurried after him, "Where are we going?"

"You'll see."

I wasn't a fan of surprises. Especially surprises from Bellamy and we were heading away from Alpha Station towards Mecha, and I knew there were no good surprises there.

"Bellamy, would you slow down for a damn minute. Where the hell are you taking me?"

The halls became more dim-lit as we entered Mecha Station. There were more guards and more people filing passed us, "Patience, Princess."

I let out an unhappy sigh as Bellamy led the way. I hardly ever left Alpha Station. The only time I left was to go to the Loft, but there was no way that was where Bellamy was leading me. So, I hardly ever saw the poorer parts of the Ark; the parts I used to live in before my dad got on the Council.

I saw a few familiar faces and offered them kind smiles. They just nodded and went about their business. Memories of the hard times my dad and I went through flashed through my mind as Bellamy and I strolled down the halls, taking a random turn every now and then.

I started to get concerned when we arrived at a nearly abandoned part of Mecha Station. The majority of the hall lights were shot, and the floors were dirty. It became more and more chilly as Bellamy led me through a maze of different doors.

Finally, he stopped, but I was beyond confused. We were standing at a wall; a plain old wall; a dead end. Did we really walk all that way just to stare at a wall? I was ready to open my mouth and express my dislike of the situation, but before I could Bellamy started randomly knocking on the wall.