Madness//Book 1 in the Calliope Kane series

Chapter 7

"My friends, this is a historic Unity Day. Every year, we mark the moment our ancestors of the twelve stations joined to form the Ark, but this is the last time we do so while aboard her. Next year, on the ground."

Jaha's speech was something that was a little different this year. And though Callie understood what he was saying, she still felt unease in the pit of her stomach.

"Right. After we did all the work." Miller yelled at the screen. Callie rolled her eyes as Raven shot a look at him.

"Shut it Miller. No one is making you watch this." Callie laughed at the look the boy face back to her and looked back to the screen. Feeling someone come stand next to her, Callie smiled as she reached her hand back slightly and brushed it against Bellamy's. Ever since that day at the bunker there was an unspoken bond between them. Nothing to serious, but enough that the pain of the last few years had started healing.

Noticing the screen cut to black, Callie chewed on her lip as she tried to push back the bad feeling in the pit of her stomach. The feeling quickly vanished when Jasper stood up in front of everyone with a smile on his face.

"Yeah! Monty strikes again!" He said looking down at people. Callie laughed as he handed her a class. "We call this Monty's unity juice. Drink up everyone, let's party!" He said yelling as he ran off into the crowd.

Callie took a sip and almost choked. "Wow. Yeah, that will mess you up bad." She said holding the cup out to Bellamy. He took it from her hands and sniffed it before taking a drink. "It's enough to peel paint off the walls that's for sure." He said as she laughed.

Clarke came and stood next to them with a worried look on her face. She declined the cup when Bellamy handed it to her and he had to laugh a bit.

"Do you really think now is a good time to be having a party? I mean, the Grounder is out there" she said staring at the two.

"Grounders. By now, he's made it home. He's probably putting together a lynch mob. Relax. I got security covered. Why don't you go get a drink? You look like you could use one."

Clarke scoffed at Bellamy as she watched Callie take a sip and scrunch her face "I could use more than one." She said as she crossed her arms. The redhead shot a smile back and gestured to the drop ship.

"Then have more than one. Clarke, the Exodus ship carrying our parents comes down here in two days. After that, the party's over. Have some fun while you still can. You deserve it." Callie said shrugging. Taking the cup, the older girl started walking over to the drop ship when something caught her eye.

Octavia was quickly making her way over to the back of the fence, glancing around her and slipping through. Sighing, Callie looked over to where Bellamy was talking with Clarke and knew that he hadn't seen the young girl. Feeling eyes on her, Callie looked over at Finn who had just witnessed what she had. Throwing the drink back, the redhead nodded her head as he got up and followed her to the hole.

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They walked in silence for a bit. Callie was thankful as the buzz from Monty's moonshine was still strong, and though she felt good she knew that it took everything extra to keep her alert.

"So where do you think she's going?" Finn asked finally breaking the silence between them. Callie just shrugged as she moved some branches out of the way.

"No clue. But my best bet would be somewhere with that Grounder that tried to kill you." Finn looked at her with a strange look when she said that. "Hey, he tried to kill you too remember." He said.

Callie threw her head back and laughed. "Actually he just nicked me. So i died twice. Oh well." Finn shook his head as he tried to hide a smile. It was true what they said about Calliope Kane. Her laugh was infectious.