[fancypost borderwidth=0pt; font-size: 9px; font-family: arial; text-align: justify; overflow: auto; width: 350px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; color: black;]Bellamy could since her situation is similar to his own. And I think I've at least got the skeleton of Bellamy's history put together:
Bellamy grew up in a very broken family. His drunk of a father came in and out of his life for as long as he could remember, and when he was around, he was only there to take much needed money from the family to buy booze and drugs, screw Bellamy's mom, and use Bellamy as a personal punching bag. And this is how Bellamy eventually obtained a younger sister, Octavia, when he was five years old.
His mother wasn't around much either, but that was because she had to work practically 24/7 just to keep the family off the streets. She had never finished high school due to getting pregnant with Bellamy at age sixteen and having to work because her parents kicked her out, so the jobs she could get didn't pay much, resulting in her having to get more than one.
It was because of all this that Bellamy had to practically raise his sister on his own. He had to shoulder a lot of responsibility at such a young age, and it has definitely affected his personality. Since he never got a real chance to just be a kid, he developed a very hard and adult like personality.
This was exactly how his life went until Bellamy was fifteen. This was when his mother fell seriously ill, and Bellamy had to get a job on top of school since his mother could no longer work. Life for the Blake family continued like this for a year before Bellamy's mom finally passed away.
Now that Bellamy's mom was gone, his father finally stopped coming around after Bellamy adamantly warned him away from Octavia. But since they now didn't have parents and no relatives willing to take them in, they were turned over to the state.
They settled an agreement that Bellamy could avoid the system as long as he stayed in school and could keep a job, but Octavia had to be put into foster care. And when she was placed in a foster home in this school district, Bellamy moved here so he could still be close to her.
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