Hot Chocolate isn't my favorite thing.

"Repairs for congenital heart defects are currently estimated to be…"

"Clarke."

"4-6%. Some surgeries are thought to be…" Clarke's forehead furrowed as she highlighted a few lines in her textbook.

"Clarke."

"..diseases are prevalent in younger children ages.."

"CLARKE!"

"Ah, what?" Clarke jumped from the sound of her friend's voice. "Raven what?"

Raven Reyes rolled her eyes. It's a good thing Clarke was her best friend or else she was sure to hurl a book at Clarke's glare. "You're doing it again. Reading out loud."

She sighed. "Sorry, it's just…"

"I know it's soooo interesting." Raven drawled out. The two girls had known each other since they were in kindergarten. And in all the years that they've known each other, Raven became all too familiar with Clarke's aggressive studying habits. But sometimes, sometimes, it could get a wee bit annoying. "But damn, I swear you've been reading that same paragraph over and over for the past thirty minutes already."

"Sorry, I just really want this information to stick in my head. That final that we have in a few days is really getting to me. I'm getting so anxious about it." Clarke drummed her fingers on the textbook nervously.

"Clarke, you'll do fine. Just like you do in every test that we take." Raven placed her hand on Clarke's to stop her from drumming. "Just take a chill pill."

She blew out a breath. Raven was right. This wasn't the right time to overload her brain. Not yet anyway. "Okay."

"Great now go get me a coffee." Raven smiled and leaned back in her chair. They were studying at their usual spot in the café near school. If you had ever wondered where Clarke was on a Tuesday night, you can bet you would find her nose in a textbook at the café.

"Really?" Clarke narrowed her eyes at Raven and reluctantly got up to head to the cashier to order herself and Raven a drink. "You're getting the next round."

"Yeah, yeah, go and fetch me my caffeine, Princess." Raven joked. She knew Clarke hated that nickname but she always liked to pull it out every once in awhile just to mess with her.

Clarke stuck her tongue out and pivoted on her heels – almost bumping into the person walking towards her.

"Ah!" The woman side stepped just in time so that Clarke wouldn't run into her.

"Sorry!" Clarke quickly apologized. Although she didn't spill the girl's drink, she felt guilty for almost doing it. "I should've watched where I was going…"

Clarke looked up at the woman whom she almost bumped into and was immediately intrigued by the green orbs staring back at her. The girl was no taller than Clarke – maybe a by a few inches arguably – but she had long brown hair and soft cheek bones. Clarke found herself glancing quickly at her blush pink lips momentarily before looking at the girl's eyes again.

"That's alright. At least nothing was spilled." The girl offered a small smile.

"Yeah, you have some pretty fast reflexes there. I would have felt bad if you lost your…" Clarke eyed the drink in her hand and caught a small scent of her drink. "Hot chocolate?"

The girl's cheeks turned a rosy pink. "Yeah, I like hot chocolate."

"Not to be judgey but this café has the best caffeine to wake the dead and you order hot chocolate?" Clarke questioned with a tilt of her head.

"What can I say; I'm a hot chocolate kind of girl. And like you said the caffeine here can wake the dead. And I am very much alive and like to keep my heartbeat in the normal range." The girl shrugged.

"Right, of course wouldn't want you getting into tachycardia." Clarke giggled. The girl seemed amused by Clarke's laugh.

"Well, I should be going now. I wouldn't want to hold you back from your caffeine."

"It was nice not to bump into you and spill your drink…"

"Lexa." The girl filled in.

"I'm Clarke. Well Lexa, I'm glad I didn't spill your hot chocolate." Clarke smiled and Lexa turned to leave. Clarke didn't notice the girl turn to look at her once more before she was out of sight.

She put in orders for two drinks and paid the cashier. Once she returned to the table, she continued studying with thoughts of the girl with green eyes who liked hot chocolate. Lexa. What a nice name.

It was Thursday night and Clarke was sitting at her usual table at the café. It was now that time to start overloading her brain with information about human anatomy. Raven had left earlier to have dinner with her parents who were visiting from home. The blonde was starting to read out loud again when a familiar voice reached her ears.

"Are you trying to tell a story or are you just that into the nervous system?"

Clarke looked up and found Lexa standing in front of her with a tray of two cups in one hand and a textbook in another.

"Oh, I uh…" She didn't realize she was doing the reading out loud thing again. Her cheeks turned a small shade of pink. Lexa found herself smiling at the sight of it. "I tend to read out loud when I really get into studying. It's how I get things to stick in here." She tapped her head with the highlighter in her hand.

Lexa peered at the textbook she was reading. "I had that class last semester. Human anatomy with Professor Davis?"

"Really? How did you survive? His class is one of the toughest I've taken by far."

Lexa shrugged. "I'm not quite sure how I did it either. I just got things to stick in my head."

Clarke sighed. "I just can't seem to get the hang of this nervous system thing. It's giving me a headache trying to make sense of the synapses and neurons…" She started to ramble.

Lexa bit her lip nervously. "Well, maybe I can help? I might be a little rusty but the nervous system was something that I enjoyed studying."

"Oh my god, really? That would be amazing if you could help. You have no idea how long I've been…" Clarke stopped then remembered the two cups in her hand. "Wait, I don't want to use your time if you already have plans for the night…"

"No, no. It's quite fine actually." Lexa took a seat in the chair across from Clarke on the small table. "This, uh, they just had my order wrong so they gave me both."

"How could they get an order of hot chocolate wrong?" Clarke wondered.

Lexa chuckled nervously. "Beats me. Want the additional one?"

She shook her head. "Nah, I don't like chocolate."

Lexa's mouth dropped open slightly. "What? Not like chocolate? How is that possible?" It should have been a crime!

"I don't know I just never liked how sweet chocolate is. I've tried it in every form and I just never grew to liking it." Clarke shrugged. Truly, chocolate just wasn't her thing.

"Well, I think this one should change your mind." She handed over one of the cups of hot chocolate.

"Wait, I thought you said that they got one order wrong? What's wrong with it?" Clarke asked, suspiciously.

Okay, so maybe Lexa may have lied a tinsy wincy bit about not having plans for the night. She did have plans. Studying plans. She was supposed to be meeting her best friend Octavia at the library in thirty minutes to study for one of their classes. Lexa insisted that she drop by the café to grab them some drinks so that they could stay up through the night studying. Lexa wasn't the caffeine type – that much was true – but Octavia sure did. She also loved hot chocolate.

"I didn't poison it if that's what you're thinking." Lexa grinned as Clarke took the cup of hot chocolate. "But it does have a shot of espresso in it."

That seemed to easy Clarke's worries. An espresso shot. Caffeine. Yes. "Espresso? In that case, I'll take it!"

She took a sip of the hot beverage and licked her lips to taste the residual chocolate. Lexa found herself staring at her lips a little too long before reverting her eyes back to Clarke.

Clarke hummed in thought. Not bad. "This is actually pretty good. I think the espresso tastes takes away from the sweetness of the chocolate."

"See? You can never go wrong with hot chocolate." Lexa let out a satisfied huff.

Clarke laughed. "Alright hot chocolate girl, what can you tell me about the nervous system?"

The studying for the rest of the night actually went shorter than either of the girls expected. Clarke was a quick learner and Lexa was really good at explaining how the nervous system worked. They spent about an hour and half studying before they delved into more light hearted casual conversations. At one point during the night, Lexa received a phone call from a very irritated, decaffeinated Octavia. She felt bad that she totally ditched her friend at the library, but Lexa knew Octavia would get over it. Octavia knew her studies better than anyone and if anything she was madder about not receiving her caffeine fix.

"Lexa, where's my hot chocolate with a shot of espresso? It's been an hour already and you said you would be here thirty minutes ago." Octavia scolded through the phone.

Lexa took the phone call outside, so Clarke wouldn't hear her best friend scolding her. "I'm sorry. I got caught up at the café."

"Seriously? What did it catch on fire is that why I do not have any caffeine in me right now?"

"Calm down. I'll make it up to you. I promise. I just…I got caught up."

Lexa heard Octavia drumming her fingers on the table through the phone. She knew she was trying to figure out why she wasn't at the library yet. "Café…café…Wait, is this that café on third street? What's it called…The Ark?"

"Yeah that's the one."

Then it hit her. "Oh my god. You ditched our studying session to stalk that blonde girl you met a few days ago didn't you?!"

"Noo." Lexa said, unconvincingly. "I'm not stalking her... I just happened to run into her…"

"OHMYGOD, Lexa! You're totally crushing on this girl and you've known her for all of ten seconds. How do you know she's not a serial killer?"

"She's not a serial killer, O. She's a very talented girl who wants to become a heart surgeon. Plus, she needed help studying for her anatomy class so I offered to help."

Honestly, everything coming out of Lexa's mouth was working against her at this point. "You gave my drink to her, didn't you? And you've been talking to her this whole time! You're good, Lexa. I may have underestimated your powers of flirtation."

"Shut up, O."

Octavia laughed. "You owe me a big steaming cup of hot chocolate, Lexa. And a chocolate croissant. And I want whip cream – "

"Bye Octavia!" Lexa effectively hung up the phone on her friend. She would deal with her later. Lexa entered the café again and put the phone away. She immediately felt it vibrate in her pocket. It was probably Octavia sending her angry text messages about hanging up on her.

But Lexa ignored it and made her way to the smiling blonde that was waiting for her at the table.

"It was so embarrassing! I literally ran to the garbage can and threw up." Clarke explained as Lexa laughed at her story about when she rode the ferris wheel for the first time. "I do not like ferris wheels at all. It gives me terrible anxiety."

"You know what I think there's a carnival coming up pretty soon…" Lexa started with a mischievous grin on her face.

"Oh, no, no, no. You will not be dragging me to any carnival or festival that has ferris wheels. Nope." Clarke crossed her arms across her chest and shook her head.

"I didn't say anything about riding a ferris wheel. I was just going to say that they have cotton candy!" Lexa defended innocently.

"Lies! I see through your trickery." Clarke pointed an accusing finger at her.

Lexa laughs wholeheartedly at her joke. "Hey you can trust me. I mean, I got you to like hot chocolate didn't I?"

Clarke smiled and placed her hands on the table casually. "Well…"

"See? My intentions are nothing but innocent."

Lexa winked at her charmingly.

She was right though – hot chocolate wasn't as bad as Clarke originally thought.