<span style="font-family:Assistant"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#99ff99">"Are you okay?" Madi asked as she came up behind Bellamy, with her hands raised in front of her since she had silently crept up behind him. She hadn't meant to be stealthy, but it was something she was just used to, as Clarke had taught her how to be careful when approaching someone you don't know. "I'm sorry," The younger brunette said to the older one. "I know that you've had a lot of information thrown at you since you guys returned. And having to be part of the war that Clarke and I </span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:rgb(153, 255, 153)">have been dealing with for the past five years, can't be easy."</span><br/>
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"Along with the fact that I'm sure you miss your sister and are worried about her. But, um.. If you ever need to talk.. or want to.. Clarke says that I'm a good listener.." She said softly, and gave him a shy smile. "If you have questions about Jake, but don't want to talk to Clarke, I might be able to answer them for you. Or at least some of them. Clarke found me before Jake was born and I've been with her, with them, ever since. </span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:rgb(153, 255, 153)">I know that you might not like it or agree with it, but they're my family. I love them, and I'll do anything to protect them.." <br/>
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She pushed her dark hair out of her face and locked eyes with him for a moment. "Clarke's like a mixture of a mother and an older sister for me. I lost my parents before I met her, and I was on my own for a long time before I finally met her, and we got close and became a family." She looked down at the ground for a moment and then looked back up at Bellamy. "I won't pretend to know what you're thinking or how you're feeling about everything. But I will say this, Clarke's not a bad person. She didn't keep Jake from you on purpose."<br/>
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"She didn't even know about him until after.. after all of you had left, and the others were locked in the bunker. Whatever problems the two of you have.. Just remember, she cares about you, and she loves your son, and has done everything in her power to love him, care for him, clothe him, feed him, and keep him safe."</span><br/>
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Raven looked up when Bradley returned and joined her. She gave him a sad smile, and then shook her head in the negative. "Not really, but there's nothing I can do about it. I tried to talk to Bellamy, but it didn't go well. We both have an easy temper, and we're both stubborn as hell. Which doesn't often lead to a good conversation, even when I had just been trying to help. So, even though I don't want to do so, it's probably best if I just mind my own business for now. Bellamy's got issues with both Clarke and Echo, and he's in a bad mood."<br/>
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"So, I guess I should just stay out of the way for now so they can all figure things out." She sighed softly. "I just wish that things didn't have to be so difficult all of the time. Why can't anything ever be easy? Why can't Bellamy, Clarke and Echo, get over themselves and whatever the problem is, and just co-exist, raise Jake together, and fight off these people together? I just.. I just want our friends to get along. I'm so tired of the fighting. Both physically and emotionally."</span></span></span>