Keep Trying // j.m

F I V E

"Wait a second," the guy carrying the end side of the log. "I need a minute," he said and we all put the log down before he sat down on his knees to take a small break.

"Hey," Murphy yelled at us. 

"Oh my god," I whispered to myself and rolled my eyes as he came walking towards us. "You think the grounders are just gonna sit around and wait for us to finish the wall. Maybe you should let the little girl do the lifting for you," he said pointing at a little girl who as working with some rope.

"I just need some water, okay?" He said not looking at him. Murphy was about to open his mouth, but I came to step in.

"Why don't you let this one go?" I said and folded my arms over my chest. "He's been working his ass off pretty much since we landed here."

"Look," Murphy said. Was he really gonna talk me down like this. "There is an x number of grounders out there, ready to attack at any second. We don't really have time for laziness like this."

"Like you're the one to talk. All you do is walk around and yell at people. I can't imagine how exhausting it must be," I said, my voice dripping with sarcasm. Murphy had had enough, luckily Bellamy seemed to notice and came stepping in. 

"Murphy, give this guy some water," Bellamy said. He didn't give me a glance, but I didn't really care. I just kept on giving Murphy the death glare, and he was giving it right back. "Go calm yourself down, get some water and I'll take the log," Bellamy whispered kindly, breaking my attention away from Murphy.

"Yeah, thank you," I said and gave him a weak smile. A huge sigh left my mouth.  I had started walking towards the water, but quickly turned back around when I heard a loud yell.

"What the hell is wrong with you?" They guy who'd wanted something to drink pushed Murphy very hard before two guys came and held him back. I quickly made my way back to the scene.

"You wanted a water break," Murphy said and the guy was even more aggravated. "Get back to work," he yelled. I decided to let it go. I'd been told I had to learn how to let things go and fight my own fights. So I went and got the water I needed. I immediately felt a lot better. The next thing I did was find Bellamy.

"Hey, Bellamy!" I said and he turned around and smiled a little when he saw me. He was in an awfully good mood today.

"Yeah?" He asked.

"You need to talk to Murphy, and make him listen to you. He can't continue treating people like this!" I said, sounding like I had pretty much given up everything. Bellamy let out a long sigh, and his mood seemed to change very quickly. "Listen Bellamy, he pissed on that guy! He pissed on him! Can't you hear how first of all wrong that is, and second of all how stupid it is!" 

"Have you tried talking to him?" I couldn't help but laugh a little.

"Haven't you noticed that he only listens to you!" He only shrugged. "The worst part is we still sort of need him. We need all the people we can get!"

"Fine, I'll talk to him," he said just as Clarke came over.

"What's going on?" She asked as she fiddled with her fingers. She seemed upset, and I understood why. I was too. 

"Nothing you need to worry about. You have enought on your hands. We'll take care of it," I said comforting and she seemed to appriciate it. "I'm sorry about Wells!" I hadn't gotten the opportunity to talk to her about it earlier.

"Ehm, guys!" A rather scared Jasper said coming running up towards us, Octavia not far behind him. "We may have just a tiny problem!"

"What is it?" Clarke asked in all seriousness.