𝘈𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 · 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘥

𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝟓 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐌𝐖

It had been a couple of days since we came back from the Mountain and I was already tired of not being able to do anything. I watched with envy as Octavia left camp every day to meet Indra; I witnessed Harper and Monty growing closer each day; I tried to help Raven with her job and we both shared our daily struggles due to our leg injuries from the Mountain; I also watched sometimes as Lincoln and Bellamy trained together, but not always because I felt a bit jealous, and tempted, not gonna lie... but most of my day time I spent with Jasper. He was nowhere near okay and I was worried for him; after all, he was my first friend on Earth and I couldn't help but feel a part of his pain had been caused by me.

Each day after breakfast, I'd go meet him and we would mostly walk around the outside of the camp in silence; I wanted to make sure he knew he had me if he ever needed to talk, but I'd never even think of pushing him to do so if he wasn't ready.

- "Thank you."

- "No need to thank me, I'm not doing anything, J."

- "Your company means a lot to me." –he looked at me, grateful eyes looking into mine even if it was just for a second- "I know I'm not very talkative lately but I really enjoy spending time with you, first friend from Earth."

And for the first time since we came back, Jasper smiled, a real smile that I had missed seeing on his face. I smiled too as we kept walking in peaceful silence; we moved slowly, for I was still recovering and using a crutch to move around, but Jasper didn't mind; in fact, he'd even stop from time to time saying he was tired, but I knew he was pausing to give me time to rest, not that he'd ever admit it.

- "How's your leg?"

- "It's doing better. I hope I'll be able to walk around without the crutch in a couple more days, even if it's slowly. It'd be nice not to have to go around carrying it, honestly."

- "Wanna try something?"

- "Sure."

Jasper rose from where we had been sat, looking at the sun rising over the trees, and helped me stand up, taking the crutch away from me and offering me his arm instead to hold onto.

- "You sure?" -I furrowed my eyebrows.

- "Yeah, I want you to get better as soon as possible."

I nodded and wrapped my arm around his and we slowly made our way back to the camp's entrance; the wound was still fresh and I knew I was pushing it but I just couldn't stand the inactivity that came with it. I hated it.

- "Would you join me for lunch?" –I suggested as we crossed the doors, being now back inside the camp- "Just if you want."

- "I'm not ready. Not yet."

- "I'm always here for you, J. I hope you know you can always come to me."

- "Thank you, Sam. It means a lot." –he let go of my arm and handed me the crutch- "You've done great today."