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Octavia looks out the window at the gray and cloudy sky. The car passes neighborhoods, trees, and miles of empty land; an odd sight for the California born and raised teenager. The car slows down and turns into the driveway of a white two-story house. There are trees in the front yard and bushes close to the house, looking closer, Octavia sees that there are also trees in the backyard. This house has a larger yard than any house Octavia had ever seen in California. The large moving vehicle, that holds most of the Blake family's possesions, pulls up to the curb near the house.
Aurora Blake takes the keys out of the ignition and turns to face her children; Bellamy, who is sitting in the passenger seat, and Octavia, who is seating behind her brother. Aurora smiles at the two frowning teens, "So, what do you think?"
Octavia shrugs. Bellamy sighs, "This is it?"
Aurora nods, "I know it's different, but change can be good."
The boy just rolls his eyes and get out of the car, slamming his door behind him.
Aurora sighs as she turns her attention to her youngest child in the backseat, "What do you think, O?"
She shrugs and looks at where her brother is walking around the front yard, she can almost hear him thinking.
"Octavia."
She turns her attention back to her mother, who is staring at her and waiting to hear her opinion. Octavia shrugs again, "I don't know, mom." She gets out of the car and shuts her door behind her, then she walks up to her brother, "What are you thinking about?"
"How much living here is going to suck," Bellamy says as he stops pacing and turns his attention to Octavia.
"I don't like it either, Bell, but slamming doors and pacing around isn't going to change anything," Octavia says, being the voice of reason. It's usually Bellamy that has to be the voice of reason to his stubborn little sister, but Bellamy is just as headstrong as Octavia.
"Are you seriously not upset about this?"
"No, I am. But we can't change anything by being stubborn and stressing mom out... You know what happens when mom gets stressed.." Octavia's voice drops as she finishes.
Bellamy's eyes flash with emotion and he takes a step closer to his sister, "O... That's not going to happen again."
"You don't know that," Octavia says, crossing her arms. She holds herself high and strong, but Bellamy can read her like an open book. She's terrified that her mother might go spiraling down again, but this time they might not be there to save her.
Bellamy wraps his arms around his sister, his responsibility, and rubs her back, calmingly, "You're right, I don't know that. But I do know that no matter what, you've always got me. Bellamy and Octavia against the world, right?"
Octavia hugs her brother, her protector, and smiles a little, "Bellamy and Octavia against the world."
Bellamy and Octavia against the world, the simple mantra was created by the siblings years ago - when their mother first started her 'side job'.
Aurora Blake smiles at her children, standing in the driveway of their new house. She knows her children are upset about the move, but she hopes they will see the good in it.
"Ms. Blake?"
The woman turns her attention from her children to the man that drove their moving van, "Yes?"
"Are you ready to unload the van? We can help you carry your things in the house." The man says.
Aurora nods and follows the man to the van. She, the man, and two of his coworkers begin to unload the van and carry all the furniture and boxes into the currently unfurnished house. Soon both Bellamy and Octavia join them in carrying the things in the house. The job is finished within two hours, they just brought everything into the living room - because the bedrooms had not yet been chosen.
After the movers leave, the Blake family is left alone in their new living room that is now filled with boxes and miscellaneous furniture.
"What are you two in the mood for? Pizza? Chinese? Burgers? Aurora asks, sitting on the couch.
"Pizza." The siblings say, simultaneously.
"Alright, sounds good." Aurora takes out her phone and calls the nearest pizza place, ordering one medium cheese pizza and one medium peperoni pizza to be delivered as soon as possible. "The pizzas should be here in about fourty minutes, so do you want to go pick your rooms and start moving your boxes? I'll start unpacking the kitchen."
Octavia stands up from where she was sitting on the hardwood floor of their living room. Bellamy sighs, pushing himself off the wall he was leaning on. They make their way up the stairs and look at all the rooms. Octavia claims the light green room (which, she decides, will need to be repainted) farthest from the stairs on the right, which has a walk in closet and a full bathroom attached to it (so she doesn't have to share with Bellamy, thank god). Bellamy claims the purple room (which he also wants repainted) across the hall from Octavia, which has a walk in closet and is next to a bathroom. Aurora is left with the light brown room next to Octavia's and closest to the stairs - it isn't very big and she doesn't love the color, but she doesn't care as long as Bellamy and Octavia are happy with their rooms. (And now that Aurora's room is closest to the stairs, Aurora's 'clients' won't pass her children's rooms and risk seeing them).
"Bell?" Octavia asks, standing in the door way of his room as he stands near the window looking at the view he has (there is a park across the street that he has a perfect view of).
"Yeah?" He turns his attention away from the empty park to his sister.
"Can you help me carry my mattress up to my room?"
"Only if you help me with mine after."
"Deal."
The siblings carry Octavia's mattress, headboard, and the rest of her bed to her room, followed by Bellamy's. After that they work by themselves to carry all of their boxes to their rooms.
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Octavia is the only one in the living room when the door bell rings; Bellamy just brought another box to his room and Aurora is working on unpacking things in the kitchen.
After running a hand through her hair, Octavia opens the front door to see a boy holding the pizzas that her mother ordered. The boy is much taller than her with a skinny figure, brown eyes, and brown hair. Octavia notices that he is also wearing goggles on his head, weird...
"Um, hi," She says and crosses her arms, as she notices that his eyes are scanning her body. She suddenly regrets opening the door - wearing a loose fitting t-shit and Nike shorts, so her toned and tan legs are on full display... She should have made Bellamy answer it.
He looks at her and smiles awkwardly, "Hi.. I was just... um..."
Octavia tilts her head to the side in curiosity, "You were what?" Octavia knows he was checking her out; she's skinny, tan (of course she is, she's lived in California her whole life), her skin is blemish free, and she has some great genetics. She understands that she's attractive, hell, she got cat-called all the time back in Cali. But she hates being based off of her looks - it gives her a lot of unwanted attention by guys that are only in it for sex. This boy may seem really awkward (and probably completely harmless - he kind of looks like a whimp), but it still bothers her... He should just be glad Bellamy hasn't come downstairs yet, Octavia thinks to herself.
The boy sighs and looks down, "I'm sorry."
Octavia just rolls her eyes, "Whatever, can I have the pizza now?"
"Oh yeah, sorry... again," He says, as he takes the pizzas out of the container that is meant to keep them warm, "Okay that'll be $26.75."
Octavia takes the $30 that Aurora left on a box near the door and hands it to the boy, "Here."
The boy hands Octavia the pizzas and takes the money, "Thank you."
"No problem," Octavia says as she begins to shut the door.
"Hey, wait!" The boy says, just before she shuts the door completely.
Octavia sighs and opens the door again, "What?"
"I really am sorry. It's just that... You're new around here right?" The boy says awkwardly. Octavia thinks, god can this boy say anything without it being stupidly awkward? "Well, obviously because of all the boxes behind you.. But anyways, are you going to attend Ark High? Probably, it's the only high school in the area..."
Octavia begins to smile a little at his awkwardness, it's actually rather comical.
The boy notices her smiling and smiles at her, "Well I go to Ark High. I'm a junior this year, and I've lived here forever. So, if you want, I could show you around sometime? Or just show you around school?"
Octavia shakes her head no, "No, you don't have to... But I'm starting school on Wednesday also as a junior, so maybe I'll see you then?"
The boys smile falls for a second, but he smiles fully again and says, "Yeah, alright... I'll see you Wednesday... I'm Jasper by the way. Jasper Jordan."
"I'm Octavia. Octavia Blake."
"It was nice to meet you, Octavia. I'll see you at school on Wednesday. And I'm sorry again!" Jasper says, an apologetic smile on his face.
"Yeah. I'll see you Wednesday, Jasper," Octavia says, closing the door.
Bellamy comes downstairs just as the door closes, "Pizza?"
"Pizza."
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After dinner, Bellamy and Octavia continue to bring their boxes up to their rooms and Aurora continues unpacking and putting things away in the kitchen. The siblings help each other bring their dressers upstairs after all of their boxes where brought up. Once they each had everything in their rooms, they shut their doors, and began unpacking all their things.
Octavia pushed her dresser against the wall between her closet door and the door to her bathroom. She pushed her bed in the corner across from the door to the hall and near the window. She moved all the boxes of clothes (jeans, leegings, shirts, sweaters, sweatshirts) into her walk in closet, the boxes with her bathroom things into the bathroom, the boxes with other clothes (undergarments, swimsuits, pajamas, work-out clothes) near her dresser, the boxes with things for her bed (sheets, blankets, pillows, pillow cases) near her bed, and the other boxes she left in the middle of her room. I'll unpack it all tomorrow...
Octavia makes her bed and breaks all the boxes that she emptied. She carries the broken down boxes downstairs, and finds her mother in the kitchen still unpacking.
"Hey, mom, where do you want me to put the boxes?" Octavia asks.
Aurora looks up from the box she was emptying, "Bellamy just brought a few boxes in the garage, so you can go ask him where he's putting them."
"Alright," Octavia smiles at her mother and walks out to the garage.
Standing in the garage, Octavia sees a pile of broken down boxes, but Bellamy is nowhere in sight. Octavia drops her boxes on the pile that Bellamy must have started and looks around. "Bell?" She calls out to the empty air in the garage.
She notices that the side door of the garage is open, he must be out there, she thinks. Octavia walks out the door and sees Bellamy leaning against the side of the garage. "Bell?"
Bellamy jumps a little and turns to face Octavia, "God, O, you're like a ninja."
Octavia giggles a little and Bellamy smiles. Octavia takes a few steps closer and leans against the house next to him, "What are you doing out here?"
Bellamy shrugs, "Just getting some air."
"Mind if I join you?"
"Of course not, O."
They stand in silence for awhile, a perfectly comfortable silence, each thinking this whole thing through. Octavia leans her head against Bellamy's shoulder and he wraps a protective arm around her shoulders. Bellamy and Octavia against the world.