Bellamy snorted – but it was not for a good reason. The laugh was not something one would emit when having a fun time with a friend. The laugh was something that said “I actually can’t believe you said this shit”. “Alright, yeah – whatever, Echo.” Yes – because it was all up to Echo in dropping the conversation. Fuck what he wanted, right? Maybe it was a good thing – Bellamy did not think clearly when he was pissed off. Now, oh boy – he was fired up. Where could he even begin? Relationships were built on trust, but Echo clearly did not trust Bellamy. She was telling him how HE felt. How did that make sense?<br/><br/>Furthermore, what was the correlation between his relationship with Echo and whether the kids would get hurt or not? Did every other and father stay in a relationship? No. Did it ruin the kids? Not at all – like he said, it was not going to be easy, but it was not an impossible situation. Echo just didn’t want to work – it was like she almost wanted him to say he cared for Clarke. He did care, but as a friend and as the mother to his child.<br/><br/>He didn’t realize that one was supposed to take a magnifying glass into the life of their partner to see every sexual partner they had, then argue about the feelings. It was just too much right now. Bellamy was certain that Echo meant no harm by it, but he felt like she was not even being logical, which was annoying him. Who liked being told the same thing all day and all night long, when they were not true? Bellamy had enough of Echo right now, so he was just going to take a walk and hang outside until the sun rose so they could get their friends. Hopefully, if that all went well, they would have time to just talk with each other after and he could stay calm.<br/><br/>--<br/><br/>Sighing quietly while listening to Raven, Bradley reached his own hand up to place over hers that was against his face. “I get what you’re saying. I just don’t like it.” Bradley decided to continue, to explain the idea in his mind. “The thing you want to do – it’s a good idea, in theory. We talk to the other side, come to an agreement, live peacefully. It won’t work that easily. One, you have a loose cannon here on our side that wants to kill everyone. Two, they are prisoners that have proven they are willing to try and kill us.”<br/><br/>If anyone tried to talk to them, they would be captured, and then who knew what? “I know you wouldn’t be turning yourself into them, but if you go to them, how would they not just take you and keep you captive? That’s what worries me. That’s why I don’t want you to do it. Now, if we can work out a meeting with them on our terms, where we ensure our own safety, then we should do it – but not if we have to go marching right up to their home. That’s suicide, I think.”<br/><br/>Bradley just did not want Raven risking herself unnecessarily. “Plus, what good is that going to do if we don’t make sure everyone agrees with our thinking? What if we work out a peace agreement with the prisoners, somehow, and our friends don’t abide by it. We have to talk to some of our own first. If we don’t, then it’s all pointless. I hope my side makes more sense now. I just truly believe if you walk there, even just intending to talk, they’d kill you. They’d kill anyone that tried to talk to them. I won’t let that happen to you.”