Astrid woke up with a terrible headache. At first she thought she was still at camp until she felt nails digging in her thigh.

She opened her eyes slowly and saw one of Murphy's posse's carrying her through the woods. The next thing she felt was the blood that was dripping from her head on her left cheek.

She groaned loudly catching the attention of the group that came to a stop. She was dropped on the ground and for a moment all the air left her lungs. Then she took long gasps of air as the teenage boys laughed at her.

''Looks like the Queen's awake'' Murphy sneered and grabbed her chin roughly. Astrid winced but kept her mouth shut.

"Charlotte! Come out from where ever you are!" Murphy shouted as one of the boys grabbed Astrid's forearm and dragged her after them.

Not long after, Astrid heard Charlotte scream for Murphy and her heart stopped. What was that idiotic child doing? She is going to get herself killed.

The group came to a stop when they saw Bellamy and Charlotte near a cliff, nowhere else to go.

Astrid was behind them so she couldn't hear what Murphy and Bellamy were talking. One moment she was trying to blink away the pain in her head, not even minding the blood on her face anymore, then in a second Murphy grabbed her arm , brought her back to his chest and put a knife at her throat. Clarke and Finn soon emerged from the woods and stopped to look at the commotion.

Astrid gasped and tried to pry the knife away from her neck but it was no use. She met Bellamy's eyes that held anger and fear, then Charlotte's that held regret.

''Let her go'' Bellamy shouted, anger clear in his voice as his eyes darted between the knife and Astrid's bloodied face.

''I will slit her throat'' Murphy sneered and pushed the knife harder into Astrid's neck, making her wince in pain when she felt blood flowing down her neck.

''No. Please don't hurt her"' Charlotte pleaded, her voice breaking.

''Don't hurt her? Okay. I'll make you a deal. You come with me right now, I will let her go'' Murphy said, pushing the knife slightly harder in Astrid's neck.

''Charlotte don't you dare fucking move'' Astrid shouted once she saw Charlotte try to move forward. only to be stopped by Bellamy.

''No! No, I have to! I can't any of you get hurt. Not after what I did.'' Charlotte said and mouthed and apology to Astrid.

''Charlotte!'' Astrid screamed when she saw Charlotte jump off the cliff. Murphy, shocked by what happened, let the knife from his hand fall and took a step back.

Astrid rushed to the edge of the cliff and looked down, only to be met with darkness. Her tears and blood mixed together as she muttered Charlotte's name continuously.

She turned around and saw Bellamy beating Murphy. She didn't even stop it. She just stood there and watched.

''Bellamy stop! You'll kill him!"' Clarke yelled at him ''Finn do something'' she yelled once again.

Finn looked at Clarke then ran towards Bellamy and pushed him off Murphy, no matter how much he fought his grip.

''Get off of me! He deserves to die!'' Bellamy shouted at Finn and Clarke.

''No! We don't decide who lives and dies. Now down here!'' Clarke stated while sparing a glance at Murphy.

Astrid scoffed ''If you are gonna say that a people have a right to decide you are fucked up''

Clarke looked at Astrid ''No. I was wrong before, okay? You and Bellamy were right. Sometimes it's dangerous to tell people the truth. But if we're gonna survive down here, we can't just live by whatever the hell we want. We need rules'' Clarke said in a stern voice.

''And who makes those rules? You?'' Bellamy questioned.

''For now you, me and Astrid make the rules. Okay?'' Clarke looked at Astrid who nodded and then at Bellamy who pursed his lips and directed his attention to Murphy.

''So what then? We just take him back and pretend like it never happened?'' Bellamy narrowed his eyes at Murphy.

''No'' Astrid said and everyone looked at her ''We banish him'' she said, another tear rolling down her cheek at the thought. But it was necessary. That was what good leaders do. They take care of their people before themselves. And now, the best choice was to banish the person Astrid still cared deeply for.

''Get up'' Bellamy ordered and grabbed Murphy by the collar of his shirt. He brought him to the edge of the cliff, despite Clarke's yells and left him there ''If I ever catch you near camp, we'll be back here. Understand?'' Bellamy questioned and Murphy nodded. Then Bellamy looked at Murphy's posses ''As for the four of you, you can come back and follow me, or you go off with him to die. Your choice'' Bellamy said and walked towards Astrid.

Astrid looked towards Murphy, not even seeing Bellamy approach her until she felt him wipe the blood and tears from her cheeks. She looked him in the eye and saw how tired and broken he was.

''Come on'' he said softly and put his arm around Astrid's shoulder. The two walked back to camp in a comfortable silence, both with their own thoughts.

-

''That's why we decided to banish him. Anybody got a problem with that?'' Astrid shouted through camp, her voice strong despite how broken she felt. She stood next to Clarke and Bellamy as they explained to everyone what had happened with Murphy, they explained the rules and also who the leaders are.

Everyone nodded and began to walk back to their tents. Astrid was ready to sleep, not even caring about her injuries. She wanted to cry and sleep.

Before she took another step towards the drop ship, Bellamy came from behind her and grabbed her hand ''What's wrong?'' Astrid asked when she saw him leading her to his tent. They entered the tent and Bellamy sat Astrid down on his bed.

''We need to take care of those wounds'' he simply said and walked out of the tent. Minutes later, he returned with a bowl filled with water and a cloth.

He crouched in front of Astrid and began to rub the cloth over the blood on her forehead and cheek. He continued to do so for a couple minutes until Astrid's face had no more blood on it. Then, he began cleaning her neck from all the blood. Astrid flinched at the contact but didn't back away. She kept her gaze on Bellamy's face, how his brows furrowed when he concentrated, how gentle he was with her.

Once Bellamy finished he put the cloth back in the bowl and looked Astrid in the eye. That's when she broke. Tears started flowing freely from her eyes, she was sobbing so much she couldn't breathe ''She's gone. Charlotte's gone'' she barely breathed out and moved her gaze from her lap to Bellamy who also shed a tear.

He came in front of her and pulled her to him in a tight hug that she deeply needed. Astrid put her arms around his neck and grasped onto him like her life depended on it. Bellamy put his hands around her waist and pulled her even closer if that was possible. Astrid began to cry even more when she felt Bellamy sobbing in her hold.

"It's my fault. I should have been holding her. I shouldn't have told her those things back at the cave" Bellamy mutters, his voice breaking.

They both pulled away slowly and Astrid wiped her tears away then wiped Bellamys "It isn't your fault. Charlotte chose to jump. I just wish she would have thought about it before..." Astrids voice trailed off before she cleared her throat "Anyway, thanks for heping me with my wounds and stuff.." she blinks the tears that threaten to spill away, and gets up.

Bellamy grabbed her hand to prevent her from leaving ''Stay'' he softly said, his voice breaking ''Please'' he whispered and Astrid felt her heart break at the sight of Bellamy. He let her in at such a fragile moment. He trusted her with secrets no one else knows.

Astrid nodded softly and sat on the bed next to him. She began to take off her boots, him doing the same thing. She looked down at her shirt that hadblood on it ''Shit'' she whispered and looked at Bellamy ''I'm just going to go get a new shirt from the drop ship'' she said and in less then a second Bellamy handed her a blue shirt that belonged to him.

''You already stole my jacket back at the cave. What's a shirt?'' Bellamy questioned with a small smiled that made Astrid chuckle.

''Right'' she nodded a smile still on her face. She took off his jacket then looked at him with a raised eyebrow. Bellamy, getting the memo, turned around and let Astrid change. The shirt was just as long as the jacket but it kept her warm.

''Okay, you can turn around now'' Astrid chuckled at Bellamy. He turned around and continued untying his boots while Astrid lied down on the bed, her back facing him.

Bellamy joined her soon after, and pressed his chest to her back, making Astrid shiver. Soon, his arm was around her waist and they were slowly falling asleep, enjoying each others company. Their breaths were the only thing that they heard as they slowly began to fall asleep.

''You are something else Astrid Rose'' Bellamy whispered before they both fell into deep slumber.

/////////////

Charlotte said yeet.

Anyway this week i won't be able to post because your girl is going on a mini-vacation. I am so tired of my house and can't wait to leave.

?peace out?