<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#99ff99">Alicia sat down on the bed, and motioned to the space beside her, for Bellamy to join her. "I want to say something to comfort you. Or to at least try to help you understand why your sister is this way. The only thing I can come up with, is that she's protecting herself. I've been betrayed by people before, Bellamy, and Octavia has the look of someone who's recently been betrayed by someone she really cared about. So, maybe we shouldn't judge her too harshly. We don't know what she's been through. All we </span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:rgb(153, 255, 153)">know is that she's alive."</span><br/>
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"That she's lived with these people for the last few months, has been learning how they live, has learned how to defend herself, that she has a boyfriend, and that she missed you. And I know you probably don't believe it, but I know she missed you. She has that same look that I get on my face, when I've been separated from my own older brother for a long time. She's strong, sure. But she's also scared, and doesn't want anyone to know." </span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:rgb(153, 255, 153)">The brunette reached out and placed a hand on her boyfriend's shoulder. "We haven't even been here a day."<br/>
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"We should give it more time than that. There's more going on here than meets the eye. If Octavia's changed drastically since the last time you saw her, maybe she's had to do so. We've all had to change, at least a little, since the dead started walking. I know that you don't want to hear this, but.. don't give up on her, Bellamy. My brother and I fought all the time, and I can tell you for damn sure, that no matter how bad things got between us, and they could get pretty bad.. We never gave up on each other no matter what happened or who we became."<br/>
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"Even though we've been separated for the last few months, I still know that no matter what I do, or who I turn into, that Nick will love me no matter what. Octavia needs to know that you still love her, even though she's had to make hard choices and do things she never thought she would have to do..." She fell silent at his next words and simply nodded. </span></span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:rgb(153, 255, 153)"><span style="font-size: 15px">After that, the young woman simply wrapped her arms around his waist and held him close. "Tomorrow, maybe we should look around and see if anyone else you know is here."<br/>
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"There could be a chance that someone else that you know from before is alive and came here with your sister. It might help to talk to someone else who's been here and who's been through whatever's been going on with your sister. Maybe they could shed some light, and help the two of you patch things up.." Once she said the last of what she had to say, she leaned forward and kissed him gently. Then, she pulled back and kicked her shoes off. "Now, let's take that nap. Maybe things will seem a bit better, less bleak, once we've gotten a little sleep."<br/>
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"And maybe you'll be less testy and ready to try getting through to Octavia again. I just don't think that we should leave when you've finally found your sister." A few moments later, she turned onto her side, and rested her back against Bellamy's chest, and fell asleep.</span></span></span>