Somewhere to Call Home [Bellamy Blake fanfic]

Three Leaders

Chapter 5- Three Leaders

"Cora stay focused, you need to be one of the best, it's probably the only way-"

"They won't float me I know Alex."

"Then show it," he said aiming for her side, he impacted causing her to groan. He threw a few more and she dropped to the floor. "You can't bullshit your way through this Cora, you have to do better than everyone." She held her stomach with one hand using her elbow to hold her up along with her knees. "You not as easy to pardon as everyone else, your like the secret they locked away."

"So let me die, it's not like there's any use to saving me. I'm one life not that important," she felt pain strike through her body as she spoke. "I'm worthless Alex, no one wants to actually see me walk the halls again because no one know what the fuck it felt like. They all think I'm some petty little girl who misbehaved. My own mother won't even visit me, something about how I'm a disrespect to the Ark, that they shoulda killed me when they found me." She felt tears gloss over her eyes she pushed them back as she slumped against a wall, "I'm worthless," she mumbled bring her knees to her chest.

"Hey.. You're not nothing, you're a badass. You're not worthless Cora, you're one of a kind. Something the Ark needs. How many inmates have you talked out of suicide? Five? Ten?"

"Seven," she looked at him feeling the bruise form on her side. They sat in the empty workout room, it was around 2:30 in the morning and Cora preferred to practice alone.

"My point exactly you're amazing, you've proved it to me now prove it to everyone else." She nodded standing back up continuing the routine, ten push-ups every time she fell, twenty ever time he did.

In the hall stood a boy his back against the wall, his brown eyes filled with sorrow for the girl. It pained him to hear how hurt she was.

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Cora awoke the next morning Charlotte lying next to her once more. She rolled off the bed-like-mattress slipping off her long sleeve keeping on her tight to body and her free flowing tank on. Standing up she grabbed her jeans pulling them up with a little jump. She laced up her boots, grabbed her jacket and walked out of her tent. Cora was greeted with the sight of Miller, Murphy, and Bellamy waking up people to work on the wall. Murphy started her way when Bellamy sent him a different direction, "Morning Scout."

"Hm- morning," she mumbled sliding on her jacket. She grazed her hands over her neck and flipped out her hair beneath the collar of her jacket.

"Did someone wake up on the wrong side of the bed?" He asked with a small smile.

"No, I got kicked out. You should know Mr. Older Brother Blake."

"Yeah," he paused patting down her mess of hair. "O used to kick me until I actually fell out of the bunk."

Cora smiled nodding, "That's because your kinda big and a space-taker-upper."

"Wow you know how to boost someone's confidence."

She shrugged, "what can I say I'm magical."

"Hey um can you help wake up some of the girls? They're not always pleased to see us first thing in the morning."

"So they get to see me instead. That's a sight I wouldn't want to wake up too," she chuckled putting her hair in another lose braid.

"Just go wake 'em up."

"Yes sir," she joked saluting him. She walked with him heading to other tents to wake up the other 100. She walked into Mat's tent and sat down next to him, laying her head on his chest she closed her eyes and listened to his heartbeat. It was slow, steady, peaceful.