Reckless

A little Surprise

Chapter 8

Clarke woke up to the sound of a fast heartbeat that was not her own in a room that she'd never been in and didn't want to be in. She brought herself up, trying to rip wires off of her until she turned to the screen to her right. She gasped at the image and looked down at her stomach. Of course, it didn't look like a baby... it looked like a jalapeño. Yet, that little jalapeño was a baby... her baby. "Son of a bitch..." She mused, looking at the screen.
The door opened and Clarke scooted up the bed away from the person walking in. It was a doctor—at least, that's what Clarke assumed. "Clarke Griffin." The doctor greeted her, "Your friends talk highly of you. They've been very concerned about your condition. If we had known that you were pregnant, we wouldn't have gassed your camp. We apologize." The doctor checked vitals and checked things off on her clipboard.
"Where's Octavia?" Clarke asked because she knew in Bellamy's absence that Octavia was her responsibility. "Raven? Finn? Lincoln? Where are they?"
"We have no record of a Finn and Lincoln." The woman said, "Raven and Octavia have been waiting for you to wake up. I'll get them."
"Do they know about the baby?" Clarke asked before the lady could walk out.
"No." She said, "They don't."
Clarke watched her leave before hitting the power button on the monitors. She wasn't ready for anyone to know that Bellamy knocked her up. Bellamy...
The thought of him returning to camp without them being there was extremely nerve-racking. She hoped he was okay only because she knew for sure that he was alive. Octavia came running in, grabbing Clarke by her shoulders before pulling her into a hug. Shockingly, Raven did the same thing even though she wasn't one for the "sissy shit."
Clarke smiled, "I'm glad you two are okay."
"We're glad you're okay." Raven said, "Jasper, Monty and Miller have been pacing around the dorm for days."
"Days?" Clarke said, "I was out that long?"
Octavia nodded, "Clarke... Bellamy isn't-"
"I figured as much." Clarke said, "He'd be here."
"He would have never left." Octavia agreed, "Finn and...Lincoln aren't here either."
Raven sort of made a strange shoulder readjustment, "You know something." Clarke said pointedly. "Spill."
"Finn went to look for Bellamy, okay? They were late and we were concerned." Raven said, "We were concerned about everyone."
Clarke nodded, "What about Lincoln?"
"He was supposed to be here." Octavia said, "He would not abandon me."
Raven mouthed something along the lines of, "She's having a hard time accepting the truth."
But Octavia was right—Lincoln would never abandon her. Clarke sighed and said something about needing her rest. Raven nodded when Octavia said, "I'm not leaving you." Clarke knew how serious Octavia was being so she let her stay.
"I believe that Lincoln would never leave you." Clarke said, "What are these people like?"
"Nice." Octavia said, "Too nice to a bunch of teenagers."
Clarke nodded, "Have they tried to make contact with the Ark?"
"No." Octavia said, "They're highly equipped with all these supplies yet they can't make a simple radio call."

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Clarke was handed a printed out picture about 3x4 inches the next day by the doctor. It was a picture of her jalapeno baby. Clarke smiled, her fingers tracing the black and white picture. It was amazing to think of her pregnancy but awful to think of the terms surrounding it.
Octavia walked into the room. "What's that?" Clarke shoved the image in her pocket and coughed.
"Nothing."
"Seriously, Clarke? I know you can lie better than that." Octavia hadn't been very patient over the last week while she waited for Clarke to fully recover. She didn't know why Clarke was spending so much time in the medical area of Mount Weather. It scared her. What if Clarke had some kind of illness? Lincoln always seemed to worry about her health...what if he knew something no one else did?
Clarke pulled the paper out of her pocket and handed it over to Octavia without meeting her eyes. "I'm pregnant, O." Clarke said.
"I'm going to be an Aunt." Octavia said excitedly, "Oh my god!" She jumped up and down, wrapping her arms around Clarke. "How far along?"
"By the picture, I would say six to seven weeks maybe." Clarke smiled, "Talk about bad timing."
"You're happy, though." Octavia nodded, "It makes sense now...Lincoln knew before you knew. That's insane."
"It'd probably be one of those things that he had to know for the female warriors." Clarke said, "You'd have to recognize it." Octavia couldn't stop smiling. She was excited and grateful about the entire situation. "What?"
"My brother's your baby daddy." She clapped her hands, "This is perfect."
"Perfect?"
"Because if you have a girl, you're going to name her after me of course."
"Of course." Clarke laughed.

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Kane and two guards barged into the jail, "Where are they, Blake?" Kane was using his serious voice this time. "There's not a single person at the camp sight. We found a stray walking in the woods, probably lost as he walked to your hide out."
"What?" Bellamy's surprise was noted as genuine. "You're lying."
"Why would we lie?" Kane asked, "Do you think the grounders-"
"We have peace with the grounders. They wouldn't lay a hand on our people." Bellamy said, "It's something else..."
"Something else?" Kane asked, "What else could it be?"
Bellamy didn't have an answer for that. "Un-cuff me. You said I would have restricted access. I want out of this room." Kane nodded to get Bellamy released. "Who was the stray?" Clarke...Octavia...Lincoln?
"Finn Collins."
"Son of a bitch." Bellamy groaned.

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Clarke and Octavia were snooping around the entire facility with the excuse of "Pregnancy Cravings" although they were nowhere near the kitchen or dining hall. They moved up blinds, opened doors until they found themselves by a vent. "I wonder why that's industrialized..." Clarke said under her breath before hitting it open.
She jumped back just in time for Octavia to look into the place. "Oh my god...I'm going to be sick." She said, "They're humans, Clarke." She cried, "They're being treated like animals as if they're disposable and they're humans!"
Clarke brought Octavia in for a hug, "We have to tell Miller and Raven."
"What about Jasper?"
"Maya." Clarke reminded her, "It's like he's under some spell. He won't listen."
"He'll listen to me."
"You need to worry about Lincoln." Clarke said, "We need to get him out as soon as possible and we need to get home."