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HAPPY BIRTHDAY

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Happy birthday to you,happy birthday to you!

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Althea looked up from her diary to look at Jasper again,his groans of pain escaped his lips every two minutes.

She hated seeing him like this.She hasn't been able to sleep for two nights,she felt like if she closed her eyes his condition would get worse.

Monty opened his eyes and yawned,through a small window,you could see the sun creeping in.

"Did you sleep at all?"Monty asked making Althea nod in disagreement.

"You need to get some sleep,Al."Monty sighed standing on his bottom next to his ginger friend.

"I can't.I need to do something or I'll go insane watching him all the time."she confessed leaning her head on Monty's shoulder.

Peter has been busy with his new girlfriend who hangs out with others people from the camp,Althea was part of that "awful" group who kept the others up at night trying to Jasper.

"I heard Bellamy's crew is going hunting.You could take your nerves out or something."Monty suggested making Althea scoff.

"By punching Bellamy maybe.But what the hell,why not?I'll go convince him to take me with them.Well,he doesn't really have a choice anyways."Althea said sitting up,Monty was right,a bit of hunting in the woods would take her mind off the fact that they still had no idea where to find some sort of medicine to help Jasper get better.

The ginger exited the dropship and searched for Bellamy and his group.She ignored the glares she got.Some people didn't like to hear Jasper's shouts of pain in the middle of the night and said nasty stuff about him,let's just say Althea didn't take it well.

She saw them next to the dropship and walked over to them.

"Hey,Bellamy's cult!"Althea shouted getting everyone's attention.

"Ginger,what do you want?"Bellamy asked with a playful smirk on his lips.

"I wanna join your little hunting crew."Althea said making Murhy scoff and the ginger throw him a glare.

"Do you know how to use a-"but before Bellamy could finish his sentence,Althea squealed when she saw two bows.

Her dad used to have one,it used to be owned by the first Sparkles on the Ark.It went around generations,Althea got it when her dad died but obviously,she wasn't allowed to take it to the Skybox.

"A bow?!My dad used to have one too!It wasn't made of wood but it doesn't matter."Althea raved as Atom walked to her with a smile on his face.

"I made that and another one for me."he bragged as Althea smiled at him.

"Watch it,Atom.Going from girl to girl like that may get you in trouble."Murphy mocked making Althea and Atom glare at the boy.

"They're amazing,Atom!"Althea smiled to the boy making him duck his head to hide his blushing.

"Listen,if you can use a bow,you can come.Demonstrate it."Bellamy offered.

Althea sighed nervously and took the bow.She pointed the bow out and attached an arrow to the string,then lined up her body perpendicular to the target.

"Come on,Sparkles,I'm either gonna fall asleep or your friend will finally die when you do this."Althea heard Murhy complain and blood boiled in her.She moved her position and fixed her target.She pulled the string and let the arrow go right next to Murphy's ear,hitting another tree.

Everyone remained a bit shocked and then Bellamy walked to Murhy and got the arrow,giving it to Althea.

"I'll send Atom after you when we leave."Bellamy said with a small smile on his face,Althea grabbed the arrow with a playful smile and left to the dropship.

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Jasper's pained screams escaped his lips as everyone was holding him down,except Clarke who was trying cut away the infected flesh from his wound as they still hadn't found any medicine for him.

Both Monty and Althea hated hearing him being in such pain but they had to so they wound keep him alive.

Jasper's eyes went to the back of his head as tears left them,he passed out due to the pain.Clarke checked his pulse and looked at the ginger to signal that he is alive.

"Stop it!You're killing him!"Octavia shouted as she ran to the group.

"She's trying to save his life."Finn stated.

"She can't."

Bellamy's voice echoed through the dropship making Althea get up and block Jasper from his view.

"Back off."Wells said as he got closer to Bellamy than Althea,before giving her a look that said that he will handle Bellamy for her.

"We didn't drag him through miles of woods to let him die."Clarke argues.

"Kid's a goner.You can't see that,you're deluded.He's making people crazy."Bellamy ranted.

"I couldn't care less about how he's making others feel."Althea barked behind Wells,fuming at his words.

"Sorry if Jasper is an inconvenience to you,but this isn't the Ark.Down here every life matters"Clarke hissed.

"Take a look at him.He's a lost cause-"Bellamy debated but got cut off when Althea lunged at him but got grabbed by Wells in time.

Everyone stared at Jasper with sorrow,Althea couldn't help but wanna punch Bellamy in his perfect teeth.

Lost cause?My Jasper isn't a lost cause!

Clarke glanced at Octavia who looked unsure whose side to take.Clarke and Althea's or her brother's.

"Octavia,I've spent my whole life watching my mother heal people.If I say there's hope,there's hope."Clarke declared.

"This isn't about hope,it's about guts.You don't have the guts to make the hard choices.I do.He's been like this for three days.If he's not better by tomorrow,I'll kill him myself."Bellamy warned.

Althea was mad,so mad she didn't even hear Octavia saying she won't go with her brother.

Right before Bellamy wanted to walk away,she harshly grabbed his arm and then pushed him into the wall.

"Listen,Blake,you touch Jasper and I swear to God-"

"You'll what?Kill me,ginger?"Bellamy challenged.

"No,but I'll make you wish you hadn't."Althea hissed at him before he shrugged her arms away and left,not before giving her another glare which she threw back.

Nobody told Althea anything,she went into the other side of the room.

"Al,you good?"Wells walked to Althea with worry in his eyes.

"Yeah,I just need to cool off."Althea sighed and faked a smile.

"I won't let him hurt Jasper."Wells assured her making her heart warm.

"Thank you,Wells."she thanked the Jaha boy and walked together to the others.

"Power-hungry,self-serving jackass.He doesn't care about anyone but himself."Monty ranted and then saw Octavia's hurt look."No offense."

"Yeah,Bellamy is all of that.But he also happens to be right."Finn said making everyone turn at him.

"What?"Althea asked in disbelief.

"Althea-"Finn fried but got cut off when the door opened to reveal Atom.

"Althea,we're leaving in five minutes."Atom told the ginger before leaving.

"Before you go,I got a question for you."Monty said avoiding another fight between Althea and someone.

"Yeah?"

"Have you totally forgot what day it is?"Monty asked smirking.

"What?"Althea asked before doing the math.Thr ginger gasped.Today its her birthday.

"Happy birthday,Althea."Monty said getting up and hugging one of his best friends.

"Thank you,sweetie."Althea thanked the boy and everyone else whished her happy birthday before she took her things and left.

Yes,she was mad at Bellamy but still if she helped with hunting she wouldn't feel so useless about not being able to help Jasper.

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The hunting group was currently taking a break as one kid needed desperately to pee.

"Are you gonna talk to me?Ever again?If you wanna hunt with us,talking to us is a part of the team work."Bellamy mocked making Althea ignore him even harder.Her grip on her bow hardened as she wasn't in the mood to talk to the guy who threatened to kill one of his best friends.

"Come on,Ginger-"

"Who allowed you to play God?"Althea asked him,cutting him off.

"What?"he asked confused.

"Who allowed you to play God?Choosing other people's destinies.Tell me,Bellamy?"Althea asked,not angry anymore just plain tired.

The sound of a pig was heard in the distance and the kid who needed to pee was done.

The group started hiding behind bushes or trees.Althea recognized the animal as a wild boar.

"Shh,shh,shh.She's mine."Bellamy shushed,taking his weapon out.

Rustling from another spot was heard and Bellamy threw his tomahawk there,hitting a tree,next to it a little girl.

The poor startled boar was followed by the others.Only Althea,Bellamy and Atom left to face the little girl.

Althea immediately walked in front of her,crouching down in front of her.

"What are you doing here,kiddo?"she asked noticing how pretty she was.

She had her hair pulled into two adorable braids and beautiful brown eyes.

Before she could even answer,Althea could hear Bellamy behind her.

"Who the hell are you?"he asked making Althea glare at him.Could he be more harsh to a child?

"Charlotte."she chocked out,scared.

"I almost killed you.Why aren't you back at camp?"Bellamy asked retrieving his tomahawk.

"Well,that guy who is dying,I just-I couldn't listen anymore."she confessed.

"There's Grounders.It's too dangerous for a little girl."Atom said as Althea got up,standing between him and Bellamy.

"I'm not little."she stated making both Bellamy and Althea smile at her words.

"Okay,then.But you can't hunt without a weapon."Bellamy said patting his pants,looking for something as Althea reached out her pocket and got the knife he was looking for.

"You made Atom give it to me before we left,remember?"Althea asked him,giving Charlotte the knife as he threw her a look of maybe worry?"I've got my bow,Bellamy."

Althea was surprised of how he changed from the harsh man from earlier into this nice guy who was incredible with children form what she saw.Probably from taking care of Octavia all of those years.

"Ever killed something before?"Bellamy asked getting a negative nod."Who knows?Maybe you're good at it."

"I'm more into tennis but I am a bit good at this too so I think I can help you."Althea said making Charlotte chuckle.

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As the guys argued about which part of the woods had more animals in it,Althea got up on a big rock out of boredom and her eyes wide opened at the sight.

A large ring of yellow smoke came to them,the ginger almost fell off the rock.

"Run,run!"she shouted before taking Charlotte's hand and taking off,running as fast as she could.

"Come on,there are caves this way!"Bellamy shouted looking at Althea and Charlotte,the ginger nodded as the three ran together.

"Bellamy!"

Althea could hear Atom shouting desperately after Bellamy but she couldn't stop,she had Charlotte with her and she wasn't going to die on her birthday.

Althea and Bellamy got Charlotte in the cave and after she kept hearing Atom's shouts,Althea started to feel guilt building inside of her.

"Are we going after him?"Althea asked a confused Bellamy,he like her,had no idea what to do in that moment.

The fog got to them making them cough and cover their faces as their skin started burning and couldn't properly breath.

Althea felt Bellamy push her into the cave with him behind.

As she entered the cave she got a big gasp of air,feeling like someone was holding her lungs and then let them go.

Bellamy probably did the same behind her,they glanced at a sleeping Charlotte,she was probably exhausted from all of that running.

Bellamy covered her with his jacket.

"All of that running made her tired."he said like he read Althea's mind.

"Yeah."Althea sat down,her back pressed against the cold wall.Bellamy close but not too close to her.

"What a way to spend your birthday."Althea joked.

She was officially eighteen years old,the age she was supposed to be thrown into space.Her last day.But it wasn't,she got a second chance,a chance to live.And she was gonna use it.

"Today it's your birthday?"

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I don't know how to feel about this chapter but anyways.I updated!Yaaay!

So yeah Althea and Bellamy's relationship was getting a bit better and now went really down but don't worry it will get much better soon! ;)

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Love,Anna❤️