Mabel on the Ring

Mabel's 2nd Birthday

Bellamy's pov
I wake up and realise this time 2 years ago Clarke and I welcomed our daughter into the world. Mabel was perfect in every way and everyone adored her. Our happiness was short lived though due to praimfiya.
I lay in bed looking up at the roof trying to imagine Clarke raising our daughter. Mabel's beautiful hair in the wind while she plays with the flowers. Clarke picked her up spinning her around in circles. I can even hear Mabel's squeals of delight. I miss Clarke so much. I'm brought back to reality due Mabel stirring in her cot. I get out of bed and walk over to her cot. She sees me and smiles.
"Daddy." She squeals. I pick her up and take her back to my bed. I lay down and she sits on top of me.
"Happy Birthday baby girl." I smile
She bounces on me.
I play with her until I feel its time to get up. I carry her out into the dining hall where everyone is.
"Happy Birthday Mabel." Raven smiles and runs up to Mabel and I.
I pass Mabel to Raven and she spins Mabel around. Mabel squeals with joy and I laugh. Raven then passes her to Harper and from then she gets passed around to everyone else. They all loved her so much. Emori passed Mabel a present. Mabel looked confused. She never received a present before. We all sit down with Mabel and I help her unwrap it. It was a navy blue jumper. I look at Emori.
"We all pitched in. We found what ever fabric we could find and managed to sew it together." She explains
"Thankyou." I tell them all.
Mabel looks at it then tries to put it on. We all laugh by how hard she is trying to wear it. I help her put it on.
"Yay!" She yells.
We all stand up and go have breakfast. Mabel runs to the table using her small legs. We all eat breakfast and get ready for the day. Even though it was Mabel's birthday I was still upset. Knowing that Clarke isn't here to celebrate her daughters 2nd Birthday. She has learnt so much in the first 2 years of her life. It hasn't been an easy life either.
"Daddy." She calls
I'm brought back to reality.
"Yes Mabel." I kneel down and look at her.
"We go see Raven and play more." She asks me
"Let me do your hair first though." I got a 2 hair elastics and tie her hair back into to pigtails. I open our door and she runs down the corridor to find Raven.
"Raven." She calls out.
I just smile because she is always so happy.
"What are you doing?" I hear Raven call back to her. I walk into the hall and Raven is spinning her around again. Those two are so close. I go sit down on the couches where the others are all sitting and talking. Raven walks over to us smiling with Mabel in her arms.
"Mabel. You want to spin around again?" She asks Mabel.
"Uh huh." Mabel giggles
Raven holds Mabel tightly and spins her around for 30 seconds. Raven looked dizzy. Mabel was laughing so hard.
"Watch this." Raven said as she stopped spinning.
She put Mabel on the ground and she falls straight over. She slowly stood back up and was wobbly. She couldn't walk properly. Everyone was laughing. I'd never seen anything so funny. Even Mabel thought it was hilarious.
She finally gets her balance back and she looks at Raven holding her arms out.
"More Raven." She says
"More?" Raven laughs
"Yeah." Mabel giggles.
Raven continues to spin Mabel around. We all sit there and laugh.
After Raven and Mabel stopped spinning around we all sat around speaking about the ring, Earth, people we love. Beside the couch that I was sitting on was a steal grey table. No one saw it coming. Mable was walking towards the table with one of her cups to put on the table and next thing I knew she was screaming. It happened in a matter of seconds but it was almost slo motion. As she got closer to the table she tripped over her left foot as she took her next step. She fell and went head first into the corner of the table. We heard the bang.
I quickly sat up and grabbed her tightly.
"Aghhhhhhhhh." She screams. Tears pouring out of her eyes. I look at her head. There was an instant bruise and it was bleeding. She was still screaming. Everyone stood around me and Mabel trying to calm her down. Monty went to one of the bathrooms and grabbed a wet face cloth and placed it on Mabel's head.
"Dadda." She cries still.
"Shhhh. Your okay baby." I try and calm her.
"That would of hurt." Harper said.
"Mommy." She cries out aloud next.
"It's okay. Daddy is here." I'm almost reduced to tears. Her Mom can't be here to calm her down.
"Shhhhhh shhhhhh." I soothe her and rub her back. Her little arms are wrapped tightly around me. Harper took off the face cloth to have a look. He face looked concerned.
"What?" I ask frantically
"It's bruised and there is also a dint where the table got her. The bleeding has stopped though which is good." She explains.
I look at Mabel's head. It looked bad but she was slowly starting to calm down. Harper placed the cloth back on her head to help the bruising go down. I sat back down with Mable in my arms. 'What a way to end her second birthday' I thought to myself.
"Hey Bellamy." Echo sat down beside me.
I look at her wondering what she was going to say next.
"Here let me take her." Echo offered.
Mabel was still crying slightly. I reluctantly passed her to Echo. Mabel wasn't phased with me passing her to Echo.
Echo gently reached out for Mabel and placed her gently on her lap. I've never seen her so gentle with children. There was a sense of warmth in her and a weak smile came across my face. Echo cradled her gently in her arms. Mabels cries became sniffles. Everyone began to calm down. I left Mabel with Echo and I head back to my room. I go into my bathroom and run the sink tap. I splash the water on my face. I hear a knock at my door.
"Bellamy." I hear Raven call out.
I open the door and let her in.
"Hey are you okay." She asks
I go and sit on my bed and sigh.
"It wasn't your fault Bellamy." She reassures me.
"She wanted her Mom. She's not here with us. Clarke isn't here." I let it out.
"She saved us again Bellamy. You wouldn't see Mabel grow up if she hadn't of saved us. Clarke's death won't be in vain. We will tell Mabel all about her Mom. She resembles Clarke already. Her kindness, stubbornness and bravery." She puts her hand on my shoulder
I smile but still look away.
"What if I'm not good enough for her? When she hurt herself today my heart stopped. If I ever lost her I'd never forgive myself." I start to get teary.
"Bellamy. You are the best father I know. She loves you more than anything and she has plenty of Aunties and Uncles around to teach and love her also. She's a kid, she will get hurt but you were there for her today when she needed you. Your not going to lose her. She will always know about Clarke. Show your daughter what it's like to love, to show kindness, to think with the heart and the head." Raven explains to me
Raven was right. I needed to show Mabel and tell Mabel all the stories about her Mom.