Here's The 100/Into the Storm crossover that no one asked for. As always, your feedback is much appreciated.
Rated: M (language, near death experiences)
Summary: Raven films a wild Clarke Griffin in her very unnatural habitat (talking to Lexa). Clarke helps Lexa with an internship application inside an abandoned factory (which is totally safe). Octavia finally gets the guts to tell her brother that she's dating someone (and he's in college). There's a call for severe storms, but the weather can't get that bad... right? (It gets really bad.)
CHAPTER 1
Raven checked the lens of her digital camcorder before turning the device around and flipping open the LCD screen. She hit the record button and panned around the high school's bustling parking lot. When her blonde best friend came up on the screen, she paused and chuckled.
"And here we see a wild Clarke Griffin in her natural habitat," she narrated the recording, zooming in. "As you can see, the Clarke makes younger boys quite nervous as they fumble over their words and shift uncomfortably."
She took a few steps closer, hoping to get a better shot as Clarke spoke to two boys a grade behind them – Monty Green and Jasper Jordan. "The Clarke seems rather oblivious to the effect she has on them… making this even better. Unfortunately for them, just last week she decided to take a break from boys – all boys. So, sorry Monty, Jasper, Bellamy, Murphy, Wells…"
When Clarke finally noticed that she was being watched, Raven snapped the screen shut and smiled innocently as she walked over. With the approach of the other girl, Monty and Jasper quickly made up excuses to run away. Apparently more than one pretty girl was too much for the awkward boys to handle.
"What were you doing?" Clarke questioned suspiciously.
"Filming the wild Clarke in her natural habitat," Raven answered through a laugh, flipping the screen open and pointing the camera up at the blonde. "I've never been this close to a Clarke Griffin in the wild before."
"Oh my god," the other girl groaned, lifting her hand and pushing the camera away.
"Oh, come on, that was funny."
"Aren't you supposed to be filming for the school yearbook committee? Not tormenting me?"
"You're a lot more fun than this stupid time capsule project," Raven answered with a grin. As she brought the camera back up to pan across the lot and glanced at the screen, something else caught her eye. "Oh, what do we have here?"
Through the camera screen, she watched as one of their classmates debated with one of their teachers. The two were close enough to hear the conversation.
"I'm sorry, but the application has to be in by tomorrow morning," Mr. Wallace stated.
"The file won't open. I've been working on this for weeks," Lexa argued. "There's no way I can redo it all today."
"The application deadline for the summer internship is tomorrow morning," the teacher replied firmly before turning to head into the school.
Lexa's shoulders fell in defeat and she ran a hand through her hair. She hesitated only a moment before going into the school as well.
"There's your chance," Raven suddenly told Clarke, swinging the camera back to her friend.
"My chance?" Clarke asked, puzzled.
"Oh my god," Raven stomped her foot. "You have been crushing on that girl since the beginning of the year. She's been single all year. It's a sign!"
"You call that a sign?" the blonde questioned, perking a brow.
"Obviously it is! Now go get the girl, Princess!" Raven waved Clarke off with a hand, trying to encourage her to go off after Lexa.
"Wait, no. I can't," Clarke shook her head. "I have to set up the cameras for graduation."
Raven grunted in frustration. "I'll take care of the setup, don't you worry about that. Your girl is getting away – go! Do something for yourself for once. Shoo!"
"Fine." Clarke rolled her eyes and turned away from her friend, heading inside.
Raven kept the camera on the blonde until she got inside the doors. "I've got to watch this train wreck," she decided, and headed in after her friend. She managed to get inside just in time to see Clarke head into the library. As quickly as she could with her braced leg, she hurried over to the library door and brought the camera up. She grimaced as she watched Clarke browse some of the books, while eying Lexa.
This was going to be painful.
Clarke took a few moments to gather up her courage, while she glanced around at shelves of books. Finally, with a deep breath, she walked toward the table that her brunette crush was sitting at. It was obvious that the other girl was still upset, so she tried to ease herself in.
"Um, Lexa?" Her voice sounded foreign, even to her, as she addressed the other.
The brunette glanced up and perked a brow. "Hey…"
Clarke eased herself closer, doing her best to be smooth – and feeling like she was failing at it. "It's Clarke – Griffin," she introduced herself.
Lexa glanced down at her computer with a faint smile, wiping it away before looking back up at the blonde. "Yeah, I know who you are," she pointed out.
Raven grimaced. "Oh, strike one," she commented quietly.
"Whatcha doing?" another girl asked, coming up behind Raven and resting her chin on spying girl's shoulder.
"Watching Clarke crash and burn," Raven explained, briefly glancing over at Octavia with a smirk.
"Oh god," the brunette said. "Is that Lexa Woods?"
"Sure is," Raven confirmed with a chuckle.
Clarke moved up next to Lexa's table. "So… um, I saw what happened with you and Wallace outside," the blonde started, clearly unsure of herself. "I just wanted to come and see if you're okay."
"Oh, that… not really," Lexa said, turning back to her computer and running both hands through her hair. "I had made this video to go with my application for a summer internship… now the whole file is corrupted. I don't know what happened, it was fine yesterday."
As the brunette spoke, Clarke slid her backpack off and took a seat next to her classmate. She leaned in a bit and looked at the file in question. "Yeah… that's toast," she admitted. "What was it about?"
"You know that abandoned factory up north?"
"Oh, the old paper mill?"
"Yeah," Lexa nodded, smiling faintly at Clarke's recognition. "You know… when they shut down, the state government never paid for an official clean up. There's all these chemicals and hazardous materials just sitting out there, probably running off into the town's water supply. That's what the film was about… and this application makes no sense without it."
Raven could see the opportunity blossoming, if her friend would take it. "Okay, come on, you can do this," she quietly rooted for the blonde.
"Just ask her out already," Octavia added.
"What are we doing?" Octavia's brother asked as he approached.
"Shush!" both girls hushed him, leaning in closer to the door so they didn't miss anything.
Clarke looked back at the video that was all bright, moving colors and no sound. "It sounds really important to you," she observed.
Lexa glanced up and met blue eyes. "Gotta take care of the planet, right?"
"Or else the planet will take care of us," Clarke suggested.
The three watching cringed at that. "Strike two," Raven shook her head.
"Wait, is Clarke trying to actually… flirt, with Lexa?" Bellamy questioned.
"Yes, now shut up!" his sister snapped, blindly reaching back to try and smack him. "I gotta go in there and help her. She needs a wingman."
"No way," Bellamy grabbed her by the wrist before she could walk inside. "Our bet is that she gets a date on her own, not with help."
Raven glanced away from the camera and looked between the siblings. "You two have a bet going on Clarke's ability to get a date with Lexa?" she questioned, earning a pair of nods. "You're evil. And that's genius."
Lexa let out an awkward laugh, attempting to go back to the work on her laptop. "Yeah, well, some of us care."
"Wait, maybe I can help," Clarke blurted out, leaning toward the brunette. "I've got all these cameras and this editing software."
"Really?"
"Yeah, it'd be easy. We could re-shoot all of this, no problem." At least, Clarke hoped it wouldn't be a problem. The princess saving the damsel in distress… if only Raven could see her now.
"It would have to be today," Lexa pointed out.
"Today?" Clarke repeated.
"Oh, you have to film graduation," the brunette realized. She shook her head and held up her hands. "It's fine, that's more important."
"No, no," Clarke said quickly. "My friend Raven-"
"-Don't you do it," the girl in question warned.
"-can take care of filming graduation."
"Oh my god," Raven sighed. "Damn it." Beside her, Octavia chuckled at her misfortune.
"Really?" Lexa asked hopefully.
"Yeah, yeah," Clarke nodded. "It's no problem at all."
The brunette's relief was absolutely apparent. "Thank you so much," she said, reaching out and taking Clarke's hand for just a moment. "You have no idea how much this means to me. I owe you so big for this."
Clarke was fairly certain that her heart stopped when Lexa touched her, but somehow she managed to keep her composure. "Oh, no, you don't owe me anything. I'm happy to help. Me and the planet, you know, go way back."
The first bell rang for class, and Lexa shut her laptop before getting up. "Thank you so much," she said again as she packed up her things. "I'll see you later?"
"Yeah," Clarke answered with a smile. "I'll see you later." She sat there for a moment, almost shocked that she'd gotten through a conversation without embarrassing herself too badly.
"Are you kidding me?" Raven called to the blonde. "Filming graduation? By myself?"
Clarke glanced up and her eyes widened as she saw Raven, Octavia, and Bellamy there watching her. "What… what are you doing?" she asked, grabbing her bag and getting up. "What are you guys doing?"
"Watching our little princess try not to crash and burn," Bellamy answered.
"Did you film that whole thing?" Clarke demanded, glaring past the camera.
"For posterity," Raven told her. "By the way… the wild Clarke Griffin acts the same way around pretty girls that awkward boys do."
Clarke quickly reached out to try and snatch the camera away, but Raven managed to dodge the incoming attack. "You three are awful."
"But, hey, you got some time with Lexa," Octavia pointed out. "And I think Bellamy owes me forty bucks now."
"A school project isn't a date," the young man pointed out. "So, I don't owe you anything yet."
"Wait, what?" Clarke asked, brows knitting together in confusion. "Are you two betting on me?"
"Yeah, they are," Raven threw her friends under the bus to get herself out of trouble.
"Well… who's betting in my favor?" Clarke inquired, though she was still offended.
"I am, of course," Octavia scoffed.
Clarke reached over and wrapped an arm around the brunette's shoulders, pushing past the other two. "Good, you still get to be my friend then," she decided as the two walked to their first class together.
"Hey, have you seen the weather report for today?" Octavia questioned.
"They always overhype these things," Clarke brushed it off. "We'll probably just see a couple of sprinkles and that will be the end of it."
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