Heaven Can't Wait - Chapter 9

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Chapter Nine - In Too Deep

The mood kind of crashes after that.

Miller coughs. “On that note.” He looks like he wants to say more but just turns and leaves.

Bellamy and Clarke lean against the table, shoulders brushing. He fingers one of the holes in his jacket. There are a lot of them. “Lucky my mom was a seamstress, huh?” he says, hoping to break the tension.

Clarke smiles sadly. It’s clear her mind is somewhere else. Bellamy takes the opportunity to watch her unabashed.

Her hair is pulled back away from her face the way she used to wear it, flooding Bellamy with a pleasant string of memories. But there are dark circles under her eyes like just about everyone in Arkadia. The haunted look on her face breaks his heart. He hates seeing her hurting like this. Especially since it’s something that can’t be fought with a gun. Something he can’t fix.

“Penny for your thoughts, princess?”

She startles—her hand going to a pendant around her neck that he’s never seen before. “What?”

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