Bellamy held me in his arms until I feel asleep, his mother and sister had both wanted to question us as we walked into the apartment, but Bellamy had waved them away. I was sure all three of them were worried about me, but I was glad Bellamy was keeping them away for now I was so exhausted emotionally I didn't think I would have been able to deal with answering questions.

I had forgotten how comforting it was to sleep in Bellamy's arms; waking up next to him was something I never thought I would get to experience again. I knew it would take time for us to move pass everything that had happened, and we probably would never go back to the same people we were when we first meet, but that wasn't necessary a bad thing. The last couple of months had transformed both of us into different people, but our feelings for each other remained we just had to get to know each other again.

Miller had mentioned how difficult it had been for Bellamy ever since I had disappeared, when I saw him last time I hadn't noticed the change, but looking at him now it was obvious he had lost weight and the bags under his eyes showed he hadn't been sleeping very well. As I looked over ever part of his body I didn't notice he had woken up and was analyzing me too.

"Princess." It was only a whisper, but it was clear by the emotion in his voice that he was incredibly happy that I was here with him. "I hope you don't mind I had to put you in my room, I know you asked for time…" This was hard for him, I knew deep down we would eventually find our way back to each other, but for him all he had was uncertainty. I needed him to know, now more than ever, just exactly how I was feeling.

"Bell, I missed you so much." The smile that overtook his face at my words was breathtaking. We had been talking on the phone a lot since he found me; he wanted to be caught up on everything he had missed, especially the stuff that concerned the baby. Having him back in my life, but him being so far away had made the aching I felt for him increase tenfold. I hadn't said anything to Bellamy, because I knew as soon as the words left my mouth he would be on the next plane forgetting about school and his family.

'Those are the sweetest words I've ever heard, does this mean we still have a chance?" The worry was clear on his face, I had been slowly opening up to him over the past few weeks, but I could tell he was afraid of getting his hopes up to only get them crushed.

"It was always you Bell, I only pushed you away because I wanted to give us both time to adjust to the situation in order to give us our best chance when we do decide to be together again."

"But we are going to be together again?"

"I'm pretty sure we already are." That statement was all it took for his worries to wash away and kiss me. The kiss was a little bit sloppy at first; both of us being so overwhelmed, but as our hearts settled so did our kiss. The desperation from being apart for so long turn into a slow and passionate kiss. Bellamy pulled away far too soon for my liking, but he didn't go very far resting his forehead against mine.

"I never thought I would get to do that again. I will never let you go again I promise." I could see the determination in Bellamy's eyes, but our renewed romance didn't mean I wanted him to jeopardize his schooling; my reasons for sending him back home to finish his semester didn't suddenly disappeared because my resolve to wait had. We were midway through the month of November, he only had a few more weeks to go, however I wasn't sure how to convince him to stay.

"Bell, I know how much you want to be with me and don't get me wrong there is nothing more in the entire world that I would like, but…"

"But you still want me to stay and finish out my semester. It's ok Clarke I understand, and as much as I want to be there for you right now, if I hope to be able to provide for you and the little one in the future I need to graduate. I've already asked for a transfer to a university near your apartment and have started to look for a place to live." I raised an eyebrow at that comment, which he immediately picked up on.

"Don't give me that look, you can't have expected me to assume I would be moving in after the way we left things off. I want to be as close to you as possible, but I will give you as much time and space as you need."

"You've been thinking about this a lot have you?"

"Ever since I left your apartment last month, I've also opened up an account for you for anything you might need."

"Bell you don't need to do that, I'm financially stable."

"Maybe, but this is my baby too, if it makes you feel better you can use that money only for baby stuff, but Clarke you are going to use it. If you truly believe I am worthy of you like you've said before you are going to let me take care of you and our baby." His comment took me by surprise I knew that the fact I had money had always been a difficult issue between Bellamy and I, but for the first time I was realising how big of a factor I might have played in making him feel like he didn't deserve me. Not that I had ever done anything to purposely hurt him, but my nonchalant attitude towards money when for him it was a daily concern might have been a constant reminder for him of our different status.

"Ok, I promise I will make sure to get only the best for our baby."

Now that the heavy stuff was out of the way, we were both content to stay in each other's arms, I eventually feel asleep again and was woken up a few hours later by someone knocking at Bellamy's bedroom door.

"Clarke, Bellamy? We don't want to disturbed you, but can you guys give us a sign that everything is ok in there." In our happiness we had totally forgotten about where we were and how worried Octavia and his mom must be.

"We're good O, we're coming out soon."

"What must they been thinking, oh my god does your mother even know that I'm pregnant." I could feel a full on freak out coming on when Bellamy wrapped his arms around me.

"Calm down princess, everything is going to be ok, you have nothing to be worried or ashamed of. I told my mom about the pregnancy and that I was the father, I also told her about the letter you sent and that you had always wanted to tell me about the baby."

"How did you explain my disappearance?" Bellamy looked down in shame, not meeting my eyes.

"I told them the truth." I was surprised he had been insistent last time that we had to protect them from the truth. "I didn't want to trust me, not only because I am so ashamed of how I acted but they weren't buying the lie I was trying to spin. Octavia was already doubtful of whatever explanation you had given her.

"I didn't say much."

"Which is probably what got her convinced that there was more to the story, since both of us were being so evasive. Once I came home and told my mother about the baby she also started asking questions and I eventually got caught up in my lies."

I didn't know what to say, I couldn't imagine what Octavia and Aurora must be thinking of my mother and me by extension, getting involved with me had made Bellamy suffer so much, how could they possibility still look at me without thinking of her horrible actions.

"Clarke whatever you're worrying about don't, they don't blame you for any of this. I can't say the same about your mother, or me for that matter. My mother was furious with me for the way I acted and felt I deserved every bit of heartbreak I suffered. Octavia also couldn't believe it, and felt partly responsible. Which is why she hasn't been in contact with you since she came back, she doesn't know how to face you."

Would the repercussions of my mother's actions ever stop, would the people I cared about ever be free from her involvement?

"Clarke, I made a terrible mistake and it has affected every single person I care about." I was about to interrupt him and push the blame back onto my mother where it belonged, but Bellamy never gave me the chance. "Don't Clarke I know you blame your mother more than you blame me, but for me she might have been the source of the situation but I'm the one that inflicted this pain on all of you. I will spend the rest of my life making it up to you, to all of you."

If we keep on looking to the past we would never been done with this suffering, in order to move forward I needed to let go of this, and that included the anger I felt towards my mother.

"You already have, being with me now and seeing a future with you is more than I could ever ask for. As for the relationship with your family we will rebuild it, together.

When we finally emerged from his bedroom, his mother and sister were waiting impatiently for us at the kitchen table with food ready. I was very gratefully; I hadn't realized how hungry I was until all this food was in front of me. We ate in silence, until in true Octavia fashion she blurted out the question on everybody's mind."

"What the hell happened last night?" Now that I though about it Bellamy never asked me about what had brought me to his doorstep in tears, Raven had probably filled him in when she dropped me off.

I didn't want to go into too much detail, but they needed to know that my mother would no longer be able to hurt us.

"I went to see my mother and confronted her about well you know. She won't be a problem ever again, I told her she would no longer play a part in my life, in our lives." I grabbed Bellamy's hand under the table. "I'm sorry for everything she's done, the hurt she's caused this family, but she won't ever get the opportunity to do the same this this child, I won't let her."

"Oh Clarke." Aurora leaned over the table to wrap her arms around me. "I'm so sorry for everything you've been through. To have your own mother do this to you." It was obvious she was holding back her tears trying to be strong. "You know what let's just forget about the whole thing, we have more important things to occupy ourselves with, so is it a boy or a girl? As the future grand-mother I am dying to go buy some baby clothes for him or her." Just like that Bellamy's mom broke the tension in the room and made me feel welcome in their little family for the second time.

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I eventually had to go back home, leaving Bellamy was unbearable this time, but he promised to come for me as soon as he was done writing is last exam. Aurora and Octavia also came to see me off at the airport, promising to come over for the holidays. As sad as I was to be separated from them, the idea of having them back in my life made it somewhat bearable.

When Bellamy finally moved to Chicago, he moved into an apartment two blocks from mine, we were still taking things slow despite knowing that we still loved each other. But once it became clear that I was spending more time at his place then mine, we eventually just decided to take the plunge and move in together. When Christmas came around we had a full house, with Aurora, Octavia and Lincoln staying over. Seeing my friends and Bellamy's family interact together and speak adoringly about my unborn child filled my heart with so much joy that I thought my heart would burst with happiness.

Two weeks after that my water broke as Bellamy was trying to build the baby crib. He was in such a frenzy that I ended up calling Monty to drive us to the hospital. After 17 hours of labour we were the proud parents of a little boy. The first night we brought our little bundle of joy home, we spend the entire night watching over him as we held each other in our arms. We were far from perfect, but somehow we were managing to make this work and most importantly we were both happy.

Here it is the last chapter, I'm very happy with how it turned out, but I'm considering maybe adding an epilogue to take a look at them 5 years in the future. Let me know if this is something that would interest you. I'm too busy to start writing a new story, I've hated not being able to post this faster, but if any of you have any prompts for a one-shot please let me know, I might get inspired.

Thank you to all of you who have been following this story and have left comments, I hope you enjoyed the ending and that it wasn't a let down after waiting all this time.