It will be me before it's you (And that's okay)

Chapter 1

Clarke propped herself up on her elbow as she watched her best friend prance across their apartment, a gleeful smile painted across her face. Raven had just recently been engaged to a woman named Luna, and Clarke had never seen her so happy. Even when she had known Raven most of her life, this was something new.

Her face shone with joy. Each and every movement was filled with a determination and purpose which could only be given by real love. And that was something that Clarke had craved. She craved to find the perfect person to love. And yet it seemed that for her, there was no hope for her and her future...

Other than the future she currently had with the pizza slice in her hand. She hadn't had a job for months, her love life was nearing a non-existent level, and soon enough, she was going to have to find a new place to stay. Or find another roommate. After all, Raven was planning to move in with her new fiancé soon, even though they had only been dating for a couple of months.

"So" Raven exaggerated the single word as she lowered herself onto the couch beside the blonde "I spoke to Luna."

Clarke laughed through the cheese of her pizza "When don't you talk to Luna?"

The mechanic wrapped her arms around the soft pillow of their couch, her new ring sparkling in the digital light of the television "You know when" she winked.

"That's disgusting, Raven"

"You asked" Raven propped her legs up to rest them over Clarke's "But anyways, we talked about your little issue with finding a job."

"Raven, I already told you. I don't want a job at your weird tech company. I won't be any good. Seriously I won't."

"Woah, woah, woah" Raven waved her hands in front of Clarke's face to silence her "That was not where I was going with that. Would you let me finish?"

Clarke rolled her eyes "Fine"

"You remember how Luna was in the army, right?"

"Yes I've heard you mention it many times, Raven. Where are you going with this, anyway? Do you want me to join the army or something?" Clarke scoffed "that will never happen."

"No! Jesus Clarke could you just listen? For one second?" The other girl reached across to clasp a hand over Clarke's mouth to silence her "Anyways! Luna knew someone. Someone ranked high in the army or something."

"What's your point?" Clarke slapped away Raven's hand

"My point is that this girl she knew was injured. I mean, she was really injured. So injured to the point where her sister is looking for help to look after her."

"So she's looking for a carer?"

"Indeed she is. The sister literally can't deal with taking care of her alone. And now, I know how much you enjoy helping people, Clarke. It's in your blood. Your mom's a doctor and you worked as a carer for a couple of years before you-"

"Before I lost my job?" Clarke cut her off.

The truth was, she was enraged that she was fired. After all, it wasn't even her fault. She had worked as a carer for a young girl named Madi for over two years. Her brother, however, was Clarke's age. He had long but beautifully groomed hair, warm brown eyes and a charming smile. The boy, Finn, had made countless attempts to flirt with her. And yes, he was handsome, but for Clarke, no matter how much he forced his bright smile, it didn't work on her.

So one day, when she came in to take care of Madi, she had been delivered the news that she was in fact fired. It turned out that Finn truly didn't know how to handle rejection.