"Any idea what happened?" Juniper asked as she walked up to Bellamy to see the ruins. Bellamy and Juniper had not spoken to one another since last night. It was now mid-afternoon and the entire meat furnace had gone up in flames. Juniper was here to see if anything was savable whilst Clarke tried to see if there was any wounded before she joined Bellamy and Juniper.

"Murphy says that Del kept feeding the fire, mostly because Octavia told him it was a bad idea." Bellamy answered, crouched down, as he kept his focus on the left-over meat furnace. All the camps food was gone. 

"And we believe Murphy?" Clarke asked and Bellamy looked up at her, not even looking at Juniper.

"I do." Bellamy answered truthfully.

"We have some wild onions and nuts in the dropship. It's only enough to last us maybe one or two weeks. What's left here?" Clarke asked changing the subject. 

"Nothing. It all burned." Bellamy answered as Juniper slipped her hands into the front pockets of her cargo trousers.

"Then we have to hunt. Anyone we can spare goes out." Juniper gave the idea and Bellamy stood up looking at her.

"With the whole Grounder army out there?" Bellamy asked patronizingly and Clarke jumped to Juniper's defense. 

"Look. We can't defend ourselves if we're starving." Clarke stated and Juniper looked at her smiling. Bellamy sighed, he knew that he had lost against the girls.

"Each group takes someone with a gun, and they're for killing Grounders, not food." Bellamy shouted to the group in the dropship as the people could be spared made a hunting party. Every body was going into groups or getting guns and spears. "We don't have the ammo. Use the spears for hunting. Get what you can. Be back by nightfall. No one stays out after dark." Bellamy instructed before he jumped off the box he was standing on. He began to walk away before Juniper ran up to him with the spear she was holding.

"Bellamy." Juniper called and Bellamy frowned as he saw her holding a spear.

"You are going out hunting? You just got an arrow to the gut." Bellamy sighed and Juniper nodded her head as she looked at her spear.

"Yeah, we all know that I've got one of the best spear throwing accuracy." Juniper answered as Bellamy placed his hands on his hips. "But, I need to tell you something." Juniper exhaled and Bellamy raised an eyebrow. "I want us." Juniper admitted. "I want us to stop fighting and move on. I want us to be together." Juniper finished before sighing with relief, she had finally done it.

"You don't ask for much." Bellamy chuckled to himself, he was extremely happy with what Juniper had just said, it was all he wanted. But, he was still mad at her. He needed her to know that. Both Juniper and Bellamy were stubborn.

"Come on Bell, think about it. I'm sorry for what I said earlier, but icing me out is doing nobody any favors." Juniper pleaded as she stood in front of Bellamy, so he had to stay. 

"Like you did to me?" Bellamy asked with an eyebrow raised. Juniper sighed as she looked away.

"That was different." Juniper whispered. Bellamy's actions resulted in Juniper being arrested and her mother being floated. But at the same time, Bellamy's actions ended with her on Earth with Juniper and Bellamy together. "Look, just think about us. I mean I would like a 'yes' just now, but I know you are stubborn." Juniper laughed before she saw that her hunting party was leaving.

"Be safe out there." Bellamy smiled and Juniper touched her necklace as she grinned.

"See you when I get back." Juniper left with her hunting party. Bellamy watched her, he was so conflicted over what he was going to. 

♔

Raven staggered around Bellamy's tent nervously. Did she really want to do what she was away to do? Bellamy came walking into his tent and Raven quickly turned around.

"What are you doing in here?" Bellamy asked as he stared right at Raven sternly. Raven shrugged her shoulders before she smiled.

"They don't waste time. I'll give them that. What's it been, a day and a half?" Raven asked rhetorically as she sauntered around Bellamy's tent. Bellamy still had no idea why she was in his tent or what she was doing.

"Mistaken me for someone who cares. Time to move on." Bellamy said harshly, he was still thinking about what Juniper had said to him. Raven sat down on his bed and began to take off  her boots. "What are you doing?" Bellamy asked as he stood forward a little.

"Moving on." Raven said bluntly before she began to strip. "I've never been with anyone but Finn." Raven continued as she just sat down on the bed. Bellamy did not move a muscle. "Take off your clothes." Raven stated as she stood up. Bellamy stayed still and kept his eyes on Raven, he could not get the thought of Juniper out of his head. He wanted a relationship with Juniper, more than anything in the world. "Fine. I'll go first." Raven stated before she took off her top to reveal her bare chest. Bellamy sighed as he looked at Raven, self-control was not his strong point.

"If you're looking for someone to talk you down, tell you that you're just upset and not thinking straight, I'm not that guy." Bellamy explained and Raven nodded her head as he placed her hands on Bellamy's cheeks. 

"Good." Raven whispered. Bellamy could feel himself being drawn to Raven, but he loved Raven more than anything else. Just as Raven touched his lips with hers, Bellamy pulled himself away.

"Juniper." Bellamy whispered as Raven kept her hands on Bellamy's face. 

"I thought you two were done." Raven stated as she rested all of her weight on one leg. Bellamy sighed.

"We are never done." Bellamy replied as he thought about Juniper. Raven was desperate for a distraction, she was going to stoop to new lows.

"Then you won't get this opportunity again. Don't waste it." Raven whispered in his ear before she started to take off his tee-shirt. Bellamy was just hoping that Juniper was never going to find out. He hated himself for what he was going to do, but he wanted to do this so he could prove to himself that Juniper is the one, and that his doubts would stop.

Raven and Bellamy began to kiss and eventually moved over to the bed. Raven could only think about Finn and Bellamy could only think about Juniper.

♔

"Honey, I'm home." Juniper sang a little as she dragged back a massive bear type animal into the camp. People looked over estatic, Juniper looked down at the animal with sorrow and regret. She hated what she had just done, but the camp were starving. Needs must. "And I brought dinner." Juniper grinned and everybody cheered. Two girls took the bear over to the fire whilst Monty walked up to Juniper.

"Hate to get on the bad side of you." Monty teased and Juniper laughed before she placed the spear into the ground.

"I hated it." Juniper revealed as she watched the camp stare at the bear with watering mouths. Monty gave her his stern look.

"We need to do it to survive." Monty reasoned and Juniper nodded her head.

"Survival of the fittest." Juniper whispered and Monty smiled at her. "Speaking of fittest, where is Bellamy?" Juniper asked teasingly and Monty just chuckled to himself.

"In his tent I think." Monty answered and Juniper looked in the direction of Bellamy's tent. 

"Thank you. Be back in five." Juniper replied before she walked up and slowly opened up the tent's door. She was excited to see Bellamy and for them to finally be them again. "Bell-" Juniper smiled but that smile stopped when saw Raven slip her trousers back on.

"Juniper." Raven whispered with regret and Bellamy looked at her as he wrapped the blanket around his waist.

"This is cute." Juniper's voice broke as she looked away. How could Bellamy do that to her? What did she do to deserve that? It was the most unkindest arrow to the gut of all. "I'm just going to leave now." Juniper whispered as she tried to not show her tears before she left the tent and hid behind a tree.

"Juniper, wait up!" Bellamy shouted as he ran outside, putting on his shirt in the process. Bellamy could see the hurt that he had caused Juniper and sighed to himself. "Speak to me." Bellamy whispered as he took a step forward.

"So I take it this was my answer." Juniper stated as she looked away, praying that her tears would go away. She wanted to be that strong Juniper she was when she first arrived on ground, hating Bellamy. Not this sad Juniper who just wants to cry in Bellamy's arms. "You know if you did not want to be with me anymore you could have just told me instead of sleeping with my friend." Juniper shouted as the fire in her belly roared.

"I want us to be together, Juniper." Bellamy pleaded and Juniper scoffed as she crossed her arms. Sad Juniper was gone. 

"Clearly." Juniper sneered as she nodded to Raven walking in the other direction. Bellamy shook his head.

"It's not like that." Bellamy tried to reason but Juniper began chuckling.

"Oh so you were just talking about ammunition naked then?" Juniper asked and Bellamy sighed. "You know what, next time I'm talking to Monty about farming i'll just get naked too. Or maybe when Jasper is teaching me to use a gun, i'll strip off in front of him and be the target?" Juniper mocked and Bellamy did not find it amusing at all. "He would like that, wouldn't he?" Juniper grinned as she looked over at Jasper. Bellamy's nostrils flared as he looked angry, really angry. 

"Can you listen to me?" Bellamy asked trying to keep his cool. He just wanted to talk things out and explain that he did wrong. But he could tell Juniper was not in the mood.

"Didn't think you were good with words? You like to express yourself physically." Juniper took another jab as Bellamy tried to match her eyes.

"You know I didn't mean it. I wanted to tell you that I want an us too." Bellamy smiled hopefully that would win over Juniper. He was wrong.

 "Did you even love me?" Juniper asked with knitted brows.

"I never stopped." Bellamy answered honestly.

"So you loved me whilst she was in your bed?" Juniper asked quickly and Bellamy hung his head in shame.

"Truth is, I was scared, scared of finally committing." Bellamy admitted and Juniper just looked lost. 

"You were the one who wanted this. 'I want you, you're the one, princess'." Juniper quoted Bellamy as she made her voice lower. Bellamy nodded his head, Juniper was telling the truth. He was not going to lie to her. 

"But when you finally admitted it, I was confused and Raven-" Bellamy began to explain as Juniper folded her arms. "Raven needed a distraction and I needed to know if what I felt was real towards you or if I just enjoyed a chase." Bellamy finished and Juniper raised an eyebrow as she brushed her foot against the twigs on the ground.

"Did you come to a conclusion?" Juniper asked and Bellamy nodded his head.

"Yeah. It's you." Bellamy answered and Juniper shook her head.

"God, Bellamy." She shouted as she kicked the ground. That was meant to be the best piece of news she had ever heard, they were finally going to be Bellamy and Juniper for real. But he just had to sleep with Raven.

"I'm sorry, Juniper." Bellamy apologized and he would keep apologizing until Juniper forgave him.

"For doing it or getting caught?" Juniper asked just like Bellamy had to her. Bellamy sighed as he clenched a little. Juniper nodded her head before she walked back to her tent, she just needed Clarke.

Hours had past and still no sign of Clarke. Juniper was getting worried so she walked out of her tent to find them, but ended up crashing into a body.

"Juniper." Bellamy stated and Juniper sighed. She did not have time to speak to Bellamy, she had to find her friends.

"Bellamy, I-" Juniper began to say as she stood up, Bellamy doing the same. "Finn, Clarke and the boy that they went with haven't came back. We are going out to find them." Bellamy explained and Juniper nodded her head. Finally they were on the same page.

"Let's go." Juniper said as she began to walk off but Bellamy stopped her by holding out a gun.  

"Take this." Bellamy said as Juniper heard Raven's voice through his radio. Juniper took the gun and looked at it.

"Why do I not get a radio?" Juniper asked as she loaded the gun. 

"You are with me." Bellamy stated as they started to walk to the exit of the camp. Juniper sighed as she looked up at Bellamy.

"Isn't that not amazing?" Juniper smiled at Bellamy sarcastically before walking behind Juniper, Octavia and Monty. They all decided to split up to cover more ground, Monty on his own, Bellamy and Juniper together and Raven and Octavia together. Juniper was just focused on getting Clarke and Finn back

"Where are they?" Juniper sighed as she traipsed through the forest with Bellamy.

"We'll find them." Bellamy reassured as he watched Juniper panic. He hated to see her like this.

"I thought you said you were heading west. Where are you?" Monty asked through the radio and Bellamy quickly answered whilst Juniper kept a look out.

"Just keep the moon to your left, and you'll find us." Bellamy replied before he looked at Juniper.

"Is anyone else hearing this signal?" Monty asked through the radio.

"Just keep your eyes open." Raven instructed through the radio and Juniper rolled her eyes. She still had not spoken to Raven about the whole thing, got her side of the story. 

"I think it's the same thing we heard in the black box." Monty explained through the radio, Bellamy was beginning to get more frustrated.

"Damn it, Monty, pay attention. Do you see anything? Report." Bellamy snapped as he spoke to Monty through the radio. Juniper saw Octavia and Raven crouching down from a distance. Juniper sighed as she charged after them, she needed Clarke and Finn to be alive. She could not lose her best friend.

"Myles?" Octavia asked and Juniper nodded her head as she watched the bloody boy. She took an arrow to the gut, just like Juniper did.

"Myles, what happened? Where are they? Clarke and Finn, where are they?" Raven asked loudly as Juniper kicked the ground, she just wanted Clarke.

"Grounders took them." Myles groaned in pain as he lay down in the bush. 

"Take it easy. We have to get him back to camp." Bellamy stated and Juniper glared at Bellamy.

"Bell, what about Clarke and Finn?" Juniper asked as she released a little on her gun. 

"Juniper, I'm sorry." Bellamy sighed and Raven looked just as hurt as Juniper did. Juniper shook her head in disbelief. 

"We need to make a stretcher." Raven stated and Octavia went to help her. Juniper was just looking at Bellamy with a stern look, there was no way she was leaving Clarke and Finn.

"Monty, we're heading home. You copy? Monty, can you hear me? Monty, Monty where the hell are you? Report." Bellamy stated into the radio. 

"I'm not going home." Juniper stated and Bellamy walked right past her.

"Yes you are." Bellamy instructed and Juniper shook her head as she stopped Bellamy from moving any further. Bellamy turned his head to look down at Juniper.

"I'm not leaving Clarke and Finn out there." Juniper said as she held her foot down.

"We need to get back and I'm not leaving you out here in the woods."

"Then I guess you are coming with me." Juniper smirked as she began to walk away but Bellamy stopped her, she was facing Myles, so was in so much pain. Juniper could feel his pain, she could feel everything that he felt and looked away with sorrow.

"This boy might die if we don't bring him back. I'm losing a life. What would Clarke want you to do?" Bellamy whispered and Juniper knew that Clarke would have taken that boy and then went out searching for Juniper because she knew that Juniper would find away to survive. Bellamy was lucky that Clarke was a survivalist and Juniper trusted Clarke. 

"If we don't find Clarke and Finn by tomorrow night, I will hurt you like you hurt me, twice over." Juniper warned as she looked up at Bellamy. Bellamy nodded his head.

"I promise we will find them." Bellamy replied as he touched Juniper's arm. Juniper did not shrug it off but kept it there.

"We need to go." Raven instructed as she began to put Myles on the stretcher. Juniper and Bellamy just stayed and looked at one another. "Now!" Raven shouted getting there attention and Juniper sighed before she helped with Myles. It's what Clarke would have done.

Once they got him back to the camp, Juniper was in charge of helping Myles since there was no Clarke. She finally got him in a stable condition as Raven walked in.

"How's Myles?" Raven asked as she stood beside Juniper. Juniper kept her eyes on Myles as she wiped away around his wound. She had to admit she did not bad for a first attempt at an arrow removal.

"Fine." Juniper answered as she took her hair out of her braid and used some water to wash her hands as best as she could. "Did you come to check on him or speak to me?" Juniper asked finally looking at Raven. She could tell that Raven felt bad, and regretted what she did because it brought nobody any joy.

"I've I had known then I would never have gone there." Raven answered as she hung her head down low.

"But you did know."

"I never knew you were that serious."

"You were on The Ark, you knew how close we were." Juniper snapped back. "That's like saying you and Finn weren't serious." Juniper added in a quieter tone, calming herself down. Raven sighed as she nodded her head, truth was she was not thinking through the whole incident. Well not thinking properly.

"So, where does that leave us?" Raven asked and Juniper just looked up at the ceiling to stop her tears.

"I think I've lost my dad, Clarke is gone, Wells is dead, Bellamy and I are done. Where does that leave me?" Juniper asked laughing a little before she walked out of the dropship and kept on walking to the gate. She just wanted to run away from all of her problems.

"I can't let you out. Bellamy is not letting anybody out." Rick stated as he guarded the gate, he was the same guy who held a gun to Clarke and Juniper when they were infected. He still had a swollen nose from when Bellamy knocked a gun off his face. 

"What are you going to do, hold a gun at me again?" Juniper asked and she felt a hand on the back of her shoulder. She shrugged it off and just started to cry. She wanted everything to be normal but her whole life was falling apart.

"Juniper." Bellamy whispered and Juniper turned to him, holding back her tears so she didn't look weak.

"Go away, Bellamy." Juniper groaned as she began to walk away but Bellamy held her back. He had work to do in the dropship and needed to talk to Juniper about a plan for Clarke and Finn.

"Can you just come into the dropship and talk?" Bellamy asked, it was no longer night time, it was the morning. Juniper hadn't slept because she was up all night treating Myles. She was going a bit delusional, some would say.

"Go out there and be hunted by Grounders or go into the dropship with you?" Juniper asked herself before she faked pondering. "I'll take my chance on the Grounders." Juniper sighed as she tried to turn around but Bellamy's grasp was stronger. 

"Please." Bellamy pleaded with his eyes and Juniper sighed.

"Whatever." Juniper groaned before she walked off, Bellamy followed after her. Bellamy could only wonder how he could make Juniper look at him the same way. Guess it started with getting Clarke and Finn back.

♔

oh my god !!! only three chapters left !!! who's excited because book two is coming !!

i am so excited to write this one, I think it will be my favorite storyline for Juniper. since i have planned out the books up until season four (still need to watch season five and six).

this is the book cover for book two, please enjoy and tell me how you are feeling / felt about this book. have you enjoyed it?

let me know in the comments section down below.

thank you !!!

and without further ado- the book cover.