Clarke and Octavia were warming up before the game when the visitors' bus arrived. It was their first time playing Lawrence High. Clarke had heard they were really good since they got a new short stop and left fielder. Apparently a pair of sisters recently moved there and could hit the ball out of any park. Octavia had stood when she noticed that Clarke wasn't about to pitch the ball. She followed her eyes to see that she was watching the other team file out, sizing them up. She walked over to her best friend and pitcher.
"Hey." She said gaining Clarke's attention. "You have nothing to worry about."
"Yeah, I know." Clark smiled, she wasn't worried. She knew she was a great pitcher. She had been their conference's pitcher of the year both her sophomore and junior year. Now going into her senior year, she didn't get rattled for big games.
Raven and Lexa Mendoza were the last ones off the bus. They put their eye black on before getting off. Not only was it for glare, but Lexa thought it added a bit of intimidation. Especially they way she wore hers. It was lined under her eyes then streaked down her cheeks. (Very Alex Hugo style, google if want a better image. Plus she's hot if you just want to look at her too.)
"I guess that's the pitcher coach told us about." Raven saw a blonde warming up in the bull pen. Lexa looked over as well, immediately noticing the blonde. After the few pitches she saw, she could see the reason for the hype. "She's good." The younger of the two sisters said. Lexa just gave a small nod, acknowledging her.
"Not bad." She said smirking as they walked by, Lexa's gaze lingering on the blonde pitcher. She wasn't talking about her pitching.
Lexa came in after her second at bat, throwing her helmet against the dugout. She had stuck out both times she'd been up to bat. She didn't know the last time she struck out twice in one game. "She got in head, didn't she." It was a statement rather than a question.
"Shut up, Raven." Lexa huffed as she took a seat on the bench. Just an off day. She thought and crossed her arms, now determined to get a hit her next at bat. She watched the blonde work the next batter. Okay, she's good. But I'm better, she's not striking me out again. Raven just shook head at her sister, she could already see her developing some kind of nonexistent rivalry with the blonde.
She watched the catcher jumped up, tossing the ball in the circle, and high fiving the blonde after another strike out as they retired the side. Grabbing her glove, Lexa jogged onto the field for the bottom half of the inning.
Clarke was up to bat, they were still scoreless in the bottom of the fourth inning, but she had runners and second and third with only one out. She really needed to help her cause and get a hit. Normally they would have a few runs lead but Lawrence had held their own against them. Luckily she was a pitcher that could hit and it helped that she was a lefty. I just need a base hit to right, O's fast enough to score from second.
Quickly though she found herself down 0-2, zero balls and two strikes. After fouling off a few pitches, she worked the count full. (3 balls, two strikes) She stepped out of the batter's box to collect herself. Each batter has a ritual before stepping in. Clarke hit her cleats with her bat, knocking off any loose dirt, spit in her batting gloves for better gripping then rubbing them in the dirt, taking a few practice swings before squaring back up in the box.
She just knew she was about to get an inside pitch, they had been crowding her there all day, so she opened her stance just a little bit more. The pitch came up and in, and Clarke swung hard. She sent it down the foul line in fair territory. The runner from third easily scored. The coach waved Octavia around third while Clarke ran for second when the right fielder threw to the short stop covering the base. The throw was right on track, Clarke slid, Lexa applied the tag. Both looked up to the umpire. He threw his arm in the air, making a fist.
"Out!"
Clarke jumped up. "What?" She yelled, pissed, looking at the ump like he was ridiculous. I got under that tag! She knew it was pointless to argue, but Come on! Lexa threw the ball back into her pitcher, smirking.
"Better luck next time, Princess." She said as Clarke started towards her dugout. The blonde looked back, taking her helmet off.
"At least I haven't struck out…twice." She added with a smirk of her own, leaving a frustrated brunette behind. She could feel the glare coming from the girl from behind her. Yeah, she may have been thrown out but she got two runs in. Her teammates hive fived and patted her on the back as she got back into the dugout.
The next inning, Lawrence was still down by two. They had runners in scoring position, Raven at second, and Lexa stepping to the plate. She saw the blonde smirk when she saw that it was her up to bat. Lexa glared at her as she stepped into the batter's box. The brunette took her stance, waiting for the blonde's pitch. Clarke gripped the ball in her glove, placing her fingers exactly where she wanted for her pitch. She wound up and released the pitch. Lexa could see the spin on it as soon she released the ball. She thought she had a beat on it and took a swing at it…Fuck!
"Ssstriiike!"
The ball was thrown back to Clarke and Lexa stepped back out of the box taking a deep breath when she saw the blonde give her a wink. She had a damn good rise ball, even Lexa could admit that. But she would be damned if she was going to strike out three times in one day. Stepping back into the box, she quickly found herself 0 and 2. Okay, she's got a hell of a curve ball too. She thought, she could have sworn the ball was going to hit her then it curved into the zone. Clenching her jaw, she readied for the next pitch.
The next pitch was too much outside and the next too high, and Lexa didn't chase this time. She worked the count to 2-2. The next pitch came right over the white of the plate and Lexa took a cut at it. She connected with the ball and sent it into left field, over the fielder's head. The runner on third scored easily and Raven was being waived around for home when the throw came to the plate. Octavia threw her mask off and poised herself in front of the plate. The ball just came in when the runner came sliding in as Octavia applied the tag.
"Out!" The umpire yelled, throwing his fist as well. Lawrence's coach immediately came out arguing the third out of the game. Octavia stood and subtly checked out the other girl as she started back to the dugout. Clarke saw this and lifted an eyebrow in question.
"What?" Octavia asked in a slightly higher than normal voice. "She's cute." She said as she started taking off her catcher's gear.
"Why are you blushing?" Lexa smirked as she handed her sister her glove.
"She's hot, sue me."
"You just got thrown out like a little bitch." Lexa said half teasing, half serious as they jogged back on to the field. "Stay focused."
Raven rolled her eyes. "Yeah, yeah."
Lawrence High wasn't able to come back from the deficit and lost 2-1. Pissed off, Lexa grabbed her gear and headed towards the bus. "Hey, you played good today Lex." One of her teammates tried to talk to her but she just brushed past them. She was on the bus for about twenty minutes when Raven finally decided to joined her and the rest of the team with a big smile on her face.
"Don't be so grumpy." She said, taking a seat beside Lexa. "It's just a game."
"A game that's going to get me into college." Lexa huffed. "Why are you all smiley anyway?"
Raven's smiled widened. "That cute catcher gave me her number. We're going out with her and her best friend Friday night."
"I'm not."
"Lexa please?" Raven pouted. "Octavia and her friend were going to go bowling or something and invited me but didn't want her friend to be a third wheel."
"No."
"Please. I'll…clean your room for a week."
"A month." Lexa countered and Raven took a minute to think.
"Deal."
Clarke rolled her eyes and chuckled at her best friend that came back from talking to the brunette left fielder, smiling and holding a piece of paper in her hand. "Only you can tag some girl out at the plate and walk away with her phone number."
Octavia shrugged. "What can I say? I've got skills." She entered the number in her phone. "By the way she and her sister are going bowling with us on Friday."
"O, why couldn't you've just gone out on Saturday?" She whined.
"Because I didn't want there to be any pressure before we get to know each other. Besides, it will be fun. She said her sister was on the team too. You guys can talk about scholarships or whatever."
"Fine, but you owe me. Which one was her sister?"
"I don't know. I guess we'll find out on Friday."
A/N: This is my first Clexa story. I didn't watch the 100 before Lexa and after seeing some fan video's they we're so cute that had to start. Obviously this is A/U. There will be a lot of softball in this story, if there is some slang or softball terminology that you need help with just review or pm and I'll definitely explain. Please read and review, tell me what you think! I LOVE REVIEWS! GOOD DAY!