The one next door

Chapter 4

It is the night before the last day of eighth grade, and Clarke was so happy about it. But, on the other hand, Octavia was scared to death. Not because it was her last day as an eighth grader, but because next year they'll start high school. In fact, she was so scared that she was using Clarke's legs as a pillow and crying, while she played with her hair.

"But, what if everything changes and we're not friends anymore?" Octavia said, on a sob. "What if nobody likes me? If the make fun of me?" Clarke rolled her eyes, she understood now what Bellamy must have thought when she told him she was afraid he was going to replace her.

"Okay. First of all, you'll always be my best friend, nothing in the world can change that." she said, while stroking Octavia's hair. "Second of all, they're the ones losing if they don't like you. And they also would be crazy, cause you're awesome." she made a pause to look at O, whose tears had stop coming out. Her face was still red though. "And third, but not less important, with your attitude, they'll never make fun of you. You're pretty scary Octavia Blake." her friend was now smiling, proud.

"I am pretty scary, don't I?" she asked, with a big smile on her face that made Clarke laugh.

"Yes. But, even if you weren't, you're also strong." she messed Octavia's hair. "Besides, you never cared about what people think of you. Why starting now? I really don't get how can you be so worried about that today." she added.

"I'm on my period, okay?" Octavia said, while she sited. "Some people has bad mood when it comes, others don't feel a thing, and others get cravings. But I get too emotional." she explained.

"I'm one of the people that gets cravings." Clarke said, thinking about it.

The door opened and let them see Raven, who was playing with one of the machines she's always making. She looked up, saw Octavia, and then sited next to them.

"Why is your face so red?" she asked, with that characteristic tone of hers.

"She was crying until almost one minute ago." Clarke answered. "Lucky for you, you were helping mom to fix the air conditioner."

"Hell yes I was." Raven sighed on relief, and Octavia threw a pillow to her head. But Raven was faster and managed to dodge it, showing Octavia her tongue.

"Come here, you little bitch." Octavia jumped to Raven and started tickling her. She started crying out of laugh, and throwing kicks to the air. Raven gets very violent when they tickle her, it was her defense mechanism.

"S-stop Octavia. Please, I'm begging t-to stop." she asked, and Octavia stopped.

"I wasn't going to stop." Octavia started talking. "But, the fact that you were begging me to, was precious. Seriously, can you do it again so I can make it my new ring tone?" she said, making Clarke laugh.

"You'll never see me do that again." Raven said, while she was trying to recover her breath. "You should-" she started to say, and stopped, with a serious face. Clarke started to get worried, and she could see on Octavia's face that she was doing it too. "Sorry. I-I was going to tell you that you should start running because I'll kill you, but I remembered I can't run. Oh my god." she explained herself the best she could, because she was bursting into laugh. She couldn't stop laughing. Clarke looked at her for a few moments, trying to see if it was a real laugh or an 'I laugh so I don't cry' one. On the year and a half she spent with Raven, she had got the ability to read her face. When she noticed it was a genuine laugh, she started laughing too. And Octavia joined them.
Clarke stopped laughing and looked at them, still laughing. Moments like this one, make her be so grateful of being alive. She loves them so much, it's incredible. And Raven, god. She didn't even remember how life was before having her as her sister, and she didn't want to. Her life was so perfect right now. Her family has had its best time since Raven arrived, she even started calling them 'mom' and 'dad', and it felt so good to hear it, so right. Her friendship with Octavia was only growing, and the one they all had with Wells as well. She was so glad they've reached him that day at school, he was truly an awesome friend. And she had made more friends too, and she loved them. Murphy was so sarcastic, and he really makes her laugh. Miller was adorable. Jasper and monty were incredibly funny. And last, but not even close to be least important, her friendship with Bellamy was on its best moment. He was just... so Bellamy.