<span style="font-family:Assistant"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#4dffa6">Clarke sighed, and once the others had left, she looked to Madi. "Hey Madi, why don't you take Jake to your room and play a board game, okay?" When the girl nodded and took Jake and walked off, the blonde turned back to Bellamy. "After the others went into the bunker, and you guys left, I was by myself for a little over two months. I met Madi when she led me into a trap and attacked me. But after she realized that I'm a nightblood, she stopped attacking me and ran away. </span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:rgb(77, 255, 166)">That night, she stole all my things. The next morning, I found her spearfishing in a creek nearby."<br/>
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"And she ran away again. I kept going back to the creek, knowing she would be there, and I drew a picture of her, and used it to lure her to me.  She was just a little girl, and I hated the idea of her being alone. So, we spent time together and got to know each other. We had a few clashes in the beginning, but it didn't take long for us to come to care about each other. And when I found out that I was pregnant, Madi was there. We both started to get along a lot better when I found out that I was pregnant. We became a family."<br/>
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"And then, months later when I went into labor, she was there. She was completely terrified, but she helped me when I gave birth to Jake. She kept me calm, and let me know she was there for me. And once Jake was born, she was there for him, too. And has been ever since. We've looked after each other, and Jake. We love each other." She took a moment to gather her thoughts. They had been separated for six years, a long time. "Yes, Jake's your son." She gave Bellamy a death glare when he asked if Jake was his son. <br/>
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"You're the last person that I slept with, Bellamy. As for when I was going to tell you, that's easy. When we weren't in danger. You're pissed that I didn't tell you the moment I saw you, but we weren't in a place to do that. Diyoza doesn't know about our son. She sort of knows about Madi, but not that Madi and I know each other, and are family. She just knows that Madi's a pest who's been taking out her people, just like I have. I have spent the last 6 years taking care of them. Feeding them, loving them, being there for them."<br/>
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"I have spent the last 6 years fighting for our lives. I tried to break into the bunker, but I couldn't. I was only one person. I tried every day for 3 years, to get into the bunker somehow, to get them out, but I couldn't. And so I finally had to decide if I should keep trying uselessly, or if I should start putting my family first, and that's what I did. Be pissed all you want, but I'm not going to apologize.  I've been everything to these kids for the last six years. I've been fighting a war nonstop since the General and her people showed up. I can only do so much."</span><br/>
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Harper took her boyfriend's hand into one of her own, and squeezed it. "What's going on is that Clarke had to change. She was on her own, with us gone and the others in the bunker. She had to make hard choices, do things she probably thought she'd never have to do. She's been taking care of two children by herself for six fucking years. That changes a person. It makes them more dangerous. Remember when we learned about animals on the Ark? How they will destroy anything that they deem a threat to their cubs?"<br/>
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"Don't fuck with a Mama Bear, and that's exactly what Clarke is. So, yeah. She hasn't had any other adults around to talk to, confide in. The only ones she's come across have been trying to kill her and her family. So, if she's out of practice with how to be around people, and if she's crazy protective of her family, well,  I don't exactly blame her." When he asked if she was alright, she shrugged. "I can't tell you, because I don't even know yet. Physically, yes, I'm fine. But emotionally?"<br/>
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"I'm worried about Bellamy, Clarke, and those kids, and I'm worried about everyone in the bunker. With all of us back here, maybe we can finally help Clake get the bunker open and get everyone out. And maybe we could help her take out those people she's been at war with, for God knows how long. It's just.. Sometimes I get so tired of constantly having to fight someone off. When we all lived in space, we didn't have that. We had peace for six years, and it was the best six years of my life.  </span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:rgb(77, 255, 166)">And now we're<br/>
back here, and I don't regret coming back."<br/>
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"But I only wish that every day wasn't such a struggle. The fighting and the drama, and the war seems like it's never going to end. I just wish we could all find a way to get along."</span></span></span>