<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#99ff99">Echo listened to what Bellamy had to say, and she squeezed his hand, once he had reached out and grabbed one of hers into one of his. "I know," She said softly. "You did tell me that you and Clarke had slept together once. I guess I just wasn't expecting.. well.. any of this. I didn't expect us to survive the death wave, but we did. Then, I didn't expect us to survive in space, but we survived that, too. And now that we're back on earth.. I guess, I'm just.." She sighed softly. "This changes things for us, Bellamy.  It's not just about us anymore."<br/>
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"You have a child. With Clarke. There's no way that I can compete with that. They're your family now. Them, and Octavia, and all of your friends. Part of me wants to be selfish, but I know deep down that if I tried to keep you from your son and Clarke, you'd hate me. And I can't fault you for that. I just.. What's gonna happen when we get everyone out of the bunker? I was banished, remember? I'll have to leave, and I don't want to leave you. </span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:rgb(153, 255, 153)">But I can't ask you to give up your friends and family because I screwed up and nearly killed your sister.." <br/>
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She said quietly. "Maybe I was kidding myself the last six years by thinking that I'd changed. I know that my perspective has changed, at least a little. But, I'm worried that I'm still the same person I was before we went to space. And Bellamy, you can say that you love me, and I believe it. I believe you. I love you, too. You're the only person I've ever let get close to me besides Roan.. But.. Things are different now. You have a family, and I'm not part of it. All it's going to take, is one time I screw up, and Clarke and the others will think I'm still the same person I used to be."<br/>
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"And as for Octavia, there's a kill order on my head. I don't want it to come to that. But if it does, don't try and protect me. For a long time, I couldn't stand your sister or friends.. but especially Clarke. But after our years together in space, and when you and the others told me about Clarke and Octavia... It helped me to understand. And <br/>
because of that, I'd never ask you to choose. I care about you," Echo said softly. "And though I've had trouble saying the words, I feel it. I hope you know that. But, it's not enough, and I get it."<br/>
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"I can't compete with your sister, your child, the mother of your child, and your best friends. And it's better that I don't try to. I think that once everything with Diyoza is taken care of, and we get everyone out of the bunker, I'll go back to Azgeda. We won't have a royal family anymore with Roan and the queen dead, but we'll still have people. And we can start over, rebuild and make it into something better than it once was. I know you probably don't like what I'm saying, but I... I care about you too much to keep you from being happy."<br/>
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"Part of caring about someone else is putting their needs above your own. I finally get it, and I'm finally in a place to do that, and I'm going to do so. I don't know what's going to happen after that, but I do know that we all need to rebuild.."</span><br/>
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Raven nodded at Bradley's words. "I'll be careful, you know I will." She laughed, though it wasn't really funny. "If I can manage to live six years in space without killing Murphy for shooting me, then I can handle pretty much anything else. So, don't worry, we'll get through this. We'll come up with a plan, we'll get the other's out, and we'll<br/>
all start over.. At least, that's what I hope happens. But with so many people in the mix, there's no telling what's going to happen. So.. let's get some sleep, because tomorrow's going to be a long day. The next few months are, too."</span></span></span>