chapter 9: i'm real

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Clarke's POV

Madi decided that another game of "catch me if you can" was a great idea..for the fifth time today.

"Madi..slow down!" I said catching my breath.

"Don't move!" She shouted from some bushes.

"Madi! What are you doing!" I screamed.

"I said don't move!" She said raising her gun.

"Look, we don't want any trouble—"

"Bellamy!" I shouted trying to catch up to Madi

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"Bellamy!" I shouted trying to catch up to Madi. They couldn't hear me.

"Madi! Put your gun down! Now!" I shouted.

She turned around and saw me frantically running and tripping over my own two feet.

"It's them, it's Bellamy!" I exclaimed catching up to her.

"Oh, oops," she said shrugging as she put her gun on her back.

"How do I look? No, don't answer that, I shouldn't care. But, I look good, right?" I asked nervously.

"You're so pretty, Clarke," she smiled.

"Clarke?" Bellamy asked slowly moving away the leaves from the bush.

I breathed a sigh of relief and started crying. But I couldn't move. What if this was all in my head again? I saw him walking towards me and I stepped back.

"You're not real," I said stepping back further.

"What are you talking about? Clarke, it's me," he said moving closer.

"It's all in my head, this is all in my head—"

I could see him walking faster and the next thing I knew he pressed his lips against as he gently held my cheek in his rough hand.

"I'm real..look at me," he breathed.

I carefully opened my eyes, hoping my mind wasn't playing games with me. He was still there. He didn't disappear. I reached my hand to his face and made sure he was real. His cheeks were warm.

"You look like you just saw a ghost

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"You look like you just saw a ghost."

"Murphy!" I exclaimed as I ran to hug him.

"Oh are we doing this now?" He said as he hugged me back.

"Sorry we left you down here Blondie."

"Raven!" I pushed past Murphy as I ran to hug her.

I hugged everyone. And then I hugged them again. I ran back towards Bellamy and held on to him for what could have been forever. He rested his head in the crook of my shoulder and tightly wrapped his arms around me.

"I dreamed about you almost every night," he said still holding on.

"Almost every night? Was I not worth it to be dreamt of every night?" I joked.

"Almost every night because some nights I couldn't sleep because I was just thinking about you, wishing I could dream of you," he said as he let go.

"It's true. He was pretty depressing to be around. He would just stare out of the window for hours and sometimes cried—"

"Hey! Murphy! Enough. She gets the picture," he said jabbing him in the stomach.

"I miss you..so much," I said as I started to cry again.

I'm pretty sure even Murphy was crying.

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