Romeo and Juliet

Chapter Fifteen

As the crickets chirped, Wells turned around to see a young girl- maybe eleven or twelve approach him, a frown on her face. "Hello." He smiled, his voice gentle and sweet. He always loved watching the stars settle in the morning, but it was even more breathtaking on Earth. "Couldn't sleep?"

"I never can." The girl admitted, sitting next to Wells. Charlotte. The girl who screamed for Atom before. Wells realized, and he smiled, pitying how young the girl was. "You on watch?"

"Join me." He spoke softly due to the early morning. His eyes betrayed him, and he didn't notice that the girl was bending one arm behind her back. Charlotte sat beside him, her breathy quick and uneven. Her eyes were darting between the ground and Wells, unsure of which to look at.

"I had a nightmare." She admitted, her voice high and small. Charlotte's hair was braided back behind her head, but it had been doused with sweat, and even blood... most likely from Atom. "Mhm."

"I-I have them every night. But... I think I found a way to make them stop." She smiled for a second, not able to look at Wells. Her eyes were reflected with the fire that was the sunset, as Wells observed her, trying to decode her.

A sudden snap of a branch led Wells' head astray as his irises scanned for an animal, grounder: whatever noise had emerged from the deep of the woods. "I'm sorry," Charlotte rustled as suddenly, a blade met Wells' throat with a terrifying slash.

Blood splattered across Wells' shirt as he reached out for her, his breath suddenly racing. What the hell?! Help, someone help! "No!" She squealed as Wells reached for her knife, but was only met with more pain as two of his fingers fell against the mossy ground, meeting his horrid gasps for air.

He fell, speaking in nothing but rancid moans and screeching gasps. Charlotte remained silent, dragging her knees to her chest and trying not to look at Wells' choking body. He suddenly stopped moving, with one last thought: Clarke... I love you. His body fell still, and the woods fell quiet besides the rare song of a chirping bird.

"Every night I see him... your father. He kills my parents, and- and I wake up and see yours... and the nightmare never ends. The only way to make it end was to-to slay my demons. I had to." She sobbed, tears dripping down her face as she began to hum to herself, the melody shaking in a rhythm.