Clarity

Chapter 22

When they got to class Clarke looked around the room to see that Wells was not sitting at their table like he always was. He was running late. He always got to class before she did. She was worried but only for a second. A smile formed on her face and Bellamy did not know why. He followed her line of site and saw two boys waving at her from the front of the room.
One of them looked to be Asian with black hair. The other was taller and skinny. He had brown shaggy hair, and brown eyes. He was waving at Clarke wildly trying to call her over. He reminded Bellamy of Todd for some reason. He watched her from the back of the room while Clarke made her way over to him.
Bellamy's chest tightened when she saw her jump into the scrawny guy's arms. It did not help the situation that he reminded Bellamy of Todd who he knew wanted Clarke. He looked over the two kids and did not recognize them from the list of people Clarke was approved to hang out with.
He watched as she leaned over and said something to the Asian kid. They laughed at him while he seemed to be upset. All the Bellamy noticed was that this kid still had his arm wrapped around Clarke's waist. He had enough when she leaned into him and placed her head on his shoulder.
He was her personal now. And he had a job to do. His job was to keep everyone away from her that was not on the list her parents had given her. These two guys were not on that list. So it was in his right to tell him to back off. That's what he told himself as he made his way over to them.
Clarke was so excited she almost jumped out of her skin. She practically ran over to the two of them and jumped in Jaspers arms giving him a big hug. Every day in class Monty and Jasper sat at the table rite in front of her and Wells but she ever got to say much to them. So she was going to cherish this moment until Wells showed up and she had to pretend again like she did not know them.
When Jasper released her from the hug she pulled back but only slightly. She did not bother to pull herself all the way out of his arms. The three of them all felt perfectly comfortable being close with one and other.
"Thank I found you baby." She told to Jasper with a smile on her face.
At first Jasper and Monty looked at Clarke like she had lost her mind.
"Wait a minute." Jasper said as he finally realized what was going on.
"That was you?" He asked her.
Clarke did not need to answer. She just smiled in response.
"Why did you not say anything?" Monty asked.
"Those where the rules. I was not allowed to say anything." She told them.
"But you're telling us now." Jasper told her.
"Of course I am. I tell you guys everything." She said as she was smiling at both of them.
Monty looked like he was going to be sick.
"What's wrong with you?" Clarke asked him.
"Nothing." He responded to quickly.
"Monty's just upset because he was convinced he was going to marry that girl." Jasper answered for him.
"Shut up Jasper its gross." Monty responded.
The two of us could not help but laugh at his response.
"Oh well thank you Monty. You know how to make a girl feel special." I told him.
"You know what I mean, you're not gross. The situation is gross. You're like my sister and the things I was thinking that night." He shook at the thought.
"You should have told us." He said.
"I'm telling you now." I responded.
"I'm going to have to ask you to remove your arm from Miss. Griffin." A voice said from behind us completely breaking up our good mood.
I turned around to see Bellamy standing there. Arms crossed with an angry expression on his face. He was staring directly at Jasper who quickly did what he was told and removed his arm from around my waist.
"Who are you?" Monty asked Bellamy very timidly but still managed to ask.
"This is Bellamy he was assigned to be my personal after the attack the other night." I answered for him.
He just stood there obviously annoyed that I did not let him introduce myself.
"Bellamy you have got to be kidding me. These guys are my friends." She told him.
Jasper and Monty looked surprised that Clarke would admit it out loud. They knew that there friendship was a secret because her mom would not approve. She could tell what they were thinking by the look on their faces.
"Don't worry guys. He is cool." Clarke told both of them.
They were not shore about him. His presence seriously overpowered their own and both of them were intimidated.
"So it's true you were attacked. Are you okay?" Monty asked breaking the silence.
"Yes I'm fine. Bellamy here saved me before any real damage could come to me." She told them.
"He saved you?" Jasper asked.
"Yep my night in shining armor." I said joking around.
Bellamy gave me a look that told me I should not be joking around with him in public but I did not care.
"You look young to be a guard." Monty told him.
"That's because I'm not." Bellamy told him firmly.
"It's a long story. I'll tell you guys later." Clarke promised them.
"Clarke these two are not on the list." Bellamy told her.
"That's because my mom does not know about them. Trust me there fine." She told him.
"So did you meat anyone at the dance?" Jasper asked. "Anyone who is not Monty that is." He said and then laughed at his own joke.
"No. Just danced had some fun then went home." She told them.
"That's a lie." Monty responded.
"What?" She asked.
"Well what about that guy that you were with who got into a fight. The cadets were looking for the two of you like crazy." Monty told her.
She did not have to look over to Bellamy to know that he had become incredibly tense. She could practically feel the nervous energy coming off of him.
"Nothing to say. I don't know who he is. We danced then he punched that jerk because he did not know how to keep his hands to himself. After that we ran, split up and I went home. I was not going to take any chances." She told them.
Jasper and Monty seemed to be taking in what she was saying. They seemed to believe her and both Bellamy and Clarke were both able to relax.
"Clarke thank god you're okay." Someone called from across the room.
Clarke quickly turned around to see Wells practically running for her. When he reached her he grabbed her and pulled her into the tightest hug of her life.
"Wells I'm fine really." She told him but he did not let go.
Bellamy wanted to tell him to get his hands off of her but he knew that he could not do that. This was the chancellor's son. He could not tell him what to do. Not like Clarkes other friends. So he had no choice but to sit there and watch as Wells held on to Clarke.
"Wells if you don't let me go you're going to break a rib." She told him and he instantly let her go.
"Sorry." He responded.
"It's okay. Why are you late?" Clarke asked him as she walked away from Jasper and Monty and to the table behind them.
"My new personal. He's driving me nuts. He fallows the rules so much it makes me want to scream. It took us an hour just to leave my house this morning." Wells told her.
Clarke turned around to look behind them. In the back of the room stood a tough looking Asian man. He had a very intense look on his face.
"What's his name?" Clarke asked.
"Shumway." Wells replied.
"Speaking of our personals where is yours?" Wells asked her.
"He's standing rite hear." Bellamy answered before I could say anything.
He was making it more than obvious that he did not like Wells.
"You?" Wells asked looking over Bellamy.
Clarke could not help but sigh. She knew right away that the two of them where not going to get along.
Bellamy could not stand Wells. It was not like he knew him it was just a feeling he got the second he saw him walk in the room. Clarke may be oblivious to it but it was clear to Bellamy that Wells wanted to be more than just friends. The way he looked at her is the way that a man looks at the women he loves. It bugged Bellamy that the one person who was a threat to him was the one person he could do nothing about.
Then he realized what he was thinking. There was no threat to him because they had talked about it and there is nothing here. Nothing between them and there can never be.
"Yes this is Bellamy." Clarke told Wells.
Wells did not really seem to be paying any attention to her. He was still looking to Bellamy. He was confused by him. Wells could not figure out where this guy had come from and what he was doing next to Clarke. He should be in the back of the room like any other guard would do. Obviously he was not a guard.
"How old are you?" Wells asked Bellamy.
Bellamy did not like the fact that Wells was questioning him but he was not about to back down to anyone. That includes Chancellor Jr.
"I'm 21. How old are you?" Bellamy responded his strong voice.
"Bellamy." Clarke said to him under her breath.
The last thing she needed was for the two of them to get into a fight. She did not know what Bellamy was thinking but he could get in a lot of trouble for talking to Wells like that. She was not the only one who noticed. Jasper and Monty had both turned around and were listing to the heated conversation. They were not even trying to hide the fact that they were eavesdropping.
"Twenty-one you're not even old enough to be a guard." Wells responded back to Bellamy.
"I'm not a guard." Bellamy responded in his cocky ass attitude.
Clarke could see the confusion on his face. He was going to say something back but Clarke answered before he could.
"He is a cadet. Top of his class. He's the one who saved me. I asked for him personally." Clarke told Wells.
Wells listened to what she had said and was surprised. This was the man who had saved her. This cocky, rude, cadet. Wells did not like the way he was lingering around Clarke. He was younger then he would like. Only twenty-one. Then again he was working and Clarke was only fifteen. Maybe I'm just over thinking this. He thought to himself.
"Maybe you should go stand in the back of the room with Shumway. That's where the guards are meant to be. By the exits." Wells told Bellamy.
Clarke looked at Bellamy and gave him an apologetic look. Bellamy knew that Wells was right. His job was to watch Clarke from near the exit. Monitor who comes and goes from the room but he really did not want to back down from Wells. He also knew he had no choice. Not if he wanted to keep his job.
He did not say anything to Wells. Bellamy looked to Clarke.
"If you need me I'll be right back there." He told her before walking away.

Clarke felt bad that Wells had treated Bellamy that way but there was nothing she could do about it. Not without questions that she would not be able to answer.