The 100

Around the campfire that night, Bellamy notices Clarke and Wells sitting together. Although he is hurt, he isn’t surprised. Octavia confesses to taking the medicine and explains that when she was on the colony, she became addicted to pills and used the to help her sleep. She knows that she doesn’t deserve forgiveness, but she asks for it because she wants “to help make Earth the world we want it to be” (246). The kids have mixed reactions. Clarke and Wells want to give Octavia another chance, but Graham doesn’t trust Octavia not to steal again. He proposes that she be killed to maintain order among the group. When Wells protests, Graham points out that this is how the chancellor always handled problems. Wells states that killing Octavia is not right. He proposes that they banish Bellamy and Octavia instead. The group agrees.

Bellamy and Octavia sleep at the edge of the camp. After dark, Wells comes to wish them well, and Bellamy realizes that Wells isn’t so bad after all. After Wells leaves, Bellamy stares at the infirmary tent and thinks about Clarke, wondering “how long it would take until she stopped being the last person he thought about before he fell asleep” (252).