“You won’t make things harder on me, Echo. I love you, too. Honestly, the only way I see you making things harder on me is by leaving. I need you. I don’t know how I’d act without you.” It was only logical. If she did not want to make things harder on him, he just told her how to avoid that, hopefully she would be willing to give this a shot? It made him frown when she talked about Octavia’s banishment rule, which made him shake his head. “No, I don’t things will be simple. I just think things will be possible. You haven’t even talked to her yet. How can you possibly draw the conclusion that she is going to keep the order? I won’t let it happen.”<br/><br/>He returned the kiss, but the smile quickly faded when she still insisted on talking this way. “You’re not going to cause me to miss anything. Please, stop thinking like that. Just because I’m in love with you doesn’t prevent me from being a good father. We can make this work. I know we can. I’ll stay here tomorrow, then. I’ll definitely get to know my son, but you take care of yourself.”<br/><br/>However, Bellamy was not yet satisfied. He reached down to grab both of her hands, giving them a squeeze. “Can you at least promise me something? Promise me that you’re not going to leave and just give up on us. Like I said, you’re just overreacting. I’ll deal with Octavia, and I know that you aren’t going to prevent me from being a good father. I meant it – the only way you can possibly hurt me is to leave me. We have a great thing here. It won’t be easy, but that doesn’t mean it won’t be possible, okay?”<br/><br/>--<br/><br/>Bradley smiled when Raven responded with those three magical words. He allowed the girl to grab his hands, putting all his love and passion into the kiss when she leaned forward and connected their lips. It was impossible not to smile while they kissed. He loved the way his lips tingled as they were connected. She was such a good kisser – he could never get enough of this girl. “Don’t worry. You won’t ever need to see a day without me. I promise. You mean just as much to me as well. You’re my entire universe.”<br/><br/>Bradley leaned down and pressed his lips against her cheek, still squeezing her hands tight as he linked their fingers together.  “Sleep well, my beautiful girlfriend. I’ll be right here in the morning.” He knew tomorrow was going to be tough, especially since he had to be without Raven as she was likely to stay back at camp, but he knew she could handle herself and they would be reunited before long. So, with that in mind, he stole another kiss from her lips, resting his head on the pillow as he just gazed at his girlfriend, the smile remaining on his face the entire time.