In His Arms

Chapter 6

Bellamy lays on his side of the bed beside me, his hand resting on my bump like it had been every night for the last 2 weeks. I was exactly 26 weeks pregnant now (5 and 1/2 months) and my stomach was much bigger than I had expected it to be. Like Octavia had promised, Bellamy was so happy about the baby, and now spent most of the night before we fell-asleep talking to her.

It's like he is her father, and I am so grateful that she will grow up with a father figure. Especially if it's him. Finn knows as well now, and by now I am sure half the camp does too. When I told him, he completely flipped out. At first he flipped because there was a baby he didn't want, and then when he excepted the fact that I wasn't getting rid of her he flipped because I said I didn't want him anywhere near her.

I will do everything I can to make sure he doesn't see her that much. And that may make me selfish and horrible for removing her father from her life, but I can't stand the thought of his laying his hands on her like he did me.

"Hmmmmm, how about Clarke 2.0?" Bellamy says jokingly. We were talking about baby names, and Bellamy was not helping. I gently push his shoulder with a laugh, "You are the most unhelpful person on the planet, you know that right?" He grins at me and leans forward, pulling my lips into a heart-warming kiss.

Oh yeah. That. Bellamy and I have basically been togther since the night he found out. Apparently, he had ended things with Gina the night before and the reason he didn't come back to his room first thing was because he didn't want to do anything stupid concerning me. By that I don't know, and although it may have killed me that he wasn't there that night, it did lead us to finding her. The little sweetness in my stomach.

We hadn't really spoken about what we were yet, though I know what I want us to be. And I think Octavia suspects something already.

"I know." He mumbles against my lips. He pulls back and lays down beside me, draping his arm over my waist. "Goodnight Bell..." I whisper, nuzzling my head into the crook of his neck. "Goodnight Princess..."

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The baby kicks against my bladder, and I have the sudden urge to pee. So, I throw my legs over the side of the bed and stand up. I had been getting better on my legs now, and although everyone made me bring my wheelchair wherever I went, I was able to walk a lot more than before.

And now with little missy inside of me too walking was much harder than before. I didn't really walk, I waddled.

I leave the bathroom and lay back on the bed beside Bellamy, who was still fast asleep. I look to my watch and stare at the time. 6am. Great. There is no point me going back to sleep now. Bellamy's shift today starts at 7, and my mum promised to take me with her for my first shift in med-bay at 9.

So, I grab my sketchpad from under my pillow, and let my body take over the new drawing. A small face appears on the paper, then a small body joins it. Before I know it, I am drawing what appears to a baby. The shapes on the paper grow, and as I finish my drawing, Bellamy stirs beside me.

He peers up at the page, and his freckle kissed face smiles proudly, "Is- Is that me and the baby?" He asks groggily. I nod my head and put my sketchpad on the side, wanting to have the serious conversation with Bellamy that I had been dying to have for a while. Regardless of the fact that he has only just woken up.

"Bell, what are we?" I ask quietly. He places his head on my bump and looks up to me, his eyes lost in thought. I run my fingers through his curls gently, realising how forward my question came out to be. "I don't want to pressure you into anything, I'm just a little confused about where we stand with each other."

He kisses my bump lightly, then comes up and kisses me. "I want us to be together if you do. I have wanted it for months, I just wasn't sure if you wanted anything yet. And especially with what's been happening recently I didn't want you to feel uncomfortable either. I love you, Clarke." I smile at him and kiss him back, "Of course I want to be with you. I will admit, at first I was scared about it. But now, I see I have nothing to fear anymore. Annddd, I love you too."