power // bellamy blake

{ fifteen }

After everyone packed, they tried to find another shelter but things were getting complicated for them. Luckily, Hope knew that Russell was following them to make sure if they were safe. Russell was still a bad guy but he knew how it was to be sacrificed to protect someone else.

"Call him." Hope said low to Bellamy, since he was holding her close to his chest. He was afraid of the fact that she was too weak at that moment.

"What?" Bellamy looked at her.

"Russell. He's been following us for hours." Hope mumbled and Bellamy was about to get angry but he knew Hope would probably scream at him for being an idiot.

"We know you're there!" Bellamy screamed, looking behind him. "Russell." He concluded and Russell appeared, making Octavia, Jordan and Clarke slightly confused.

"You knew I was here." Russell looked at Hope.

"Yeah, you know we share this kind of feeling when the other one is around." Hope rolled her eyes. "Do you happen to know a safe place? For us?"

"Why is he helping us, that's the question." Clarke looked at Hope, crossing her arms.

"Not now." Hope and Bellamy replied at the same time which made Clarke angrier. 

That was not the exactly perfect time to explain Clarke and Octavia that Hope used herself to protect Jordan from getting tortured. Of course Jordan didn't agreed with Hope but he knew that once she has an idea, it's almost impossible to change.

"I know a place. You should camp here the night, it's going to be a long walk in the morning." He said and Octavia looked at Bellamy.

"Bell?" She asked low.

"I agree with him." Bellamy said and Hope let go of him slowly. "What?"

"Nothing, I'm just going to sit down for a while." She looked at him.

"Oh. Ok." Bellamy said, looking down.

"I can sleep close to you if you're afraid that I'll run." She chuckled and he smiled gently at her.

Hope went to sit down and Jordan followed her, which she personally thanked him. Clarke was talking with Russell about ways to fight against Alie — again — and Octavia was finally talking with Bellamy.

"You okay?" Octavia sat next to Bellamy who was playing with his fingers. When he didn't answer, she feared the worse. "It wasn't me, Bellamy. It was Alie. I didn't want to kill her. Not now at least. It was—"

"I know." He said and looked at her after a while. "I know it wasn't you, Octavia. You and me, we still have a lot to work out and really hard but I know it wasn't you." Bellamy said, with his eyes feeling with water. "I'm so confused, O. I always knew that Echo wasn't Clarke, but.."

"She made you feel alive again." Octavia smiled a little. "The same thing happened with Ilian."

"I didn't know about you and Ilian." Bellamy said right away and Octavia nodded slowly.

"I knew he wasn't Lincoln but Lincoln was gone. Is gone. And I.. Ilian made me feel a little alive again."

"But you didn't have anyone after Ilian. No Hope showed up at your door." Bellamy grumbled.

"Hope as in having faith or Hope as in our Hope?" Octavia smiled a little which made Bellamy a little nervous. "Come on, Bellamy. Even Clarke notices it."

"It's so strange. It's like.. I feel like I haven't met her enough to love her but I feel like I don't need to. How can a person that you've known for such a short time became so much important to you?"

"When did the time ever mattered?" Octavia smiled a little and she noticed that Bellamy was worried about something. "But that's not all, is it? What's on your mind, Bell?"

"Something's wrong with her and I'm afraid Alie is doing to her. Something that I can't help with."

"I think that too." Octavia sighed, looking at Hope and Jordan, who were talking.