Clarke stared down at the fresh blank space in her sketchbook. She had been staring at it for a few minutes. Her mind was empty. She didn't have any idea on what to draw. Usually it came easy since there are endless possibilities, but for the past few weeks she could only stare at the blank space, sharpened pencil hovering above the paper. She heaved a sigh and shook her head, setting her sketchbook and pencil aside, then ran her fingers through her hair, letting out another frustrated sigh. God, how she hated being so pathetic. It's been weeks since her breakup and yet she was still hung over him. She closed her eyes and leaned back against the wall, recalling how she lived her life before she was in a relationship. Hell, she couldn't even remember. They were together for so long that she couldn't remember a moment without him in her life. She scoffed at her past, high school sweethearts. What a joke. Clarke and Finn had been dating since high school. They were friends for a long time but it wasn't until the beginning of junior year that they started going out and honestly, Clarke thought that he was actually 'the one,' especially since they decided to go to the same university. She should have seen it coming though, a few months after they started University, Clarke had noticed that Finn didn't make plans with her as it used to be. He spent less time with her and sometimes, would even say he was busy whenever Clarke would ask if he wanted to do something. It went for a year before she finally caught him fucking a girl she didn't know. It was such a typical thing. She went to his room, hoping to surprise her boyfriend when she heard moaning. She could clearly remember how she felt that moment, like a big bucket of ice cold water was just dumped on her head. It was a kick in the gut. She felt betrayed, how she wanted to just scream at Finn and let the anger out that came right after she fully registered what was happening. The worst thing was that he didn't go after her. Not that Clarke wanted to be chased, maybe it was for the best. If Finn went after her, she wasn't sure what she would have done. That was the last time she saw him. Maybe because she only left her apartment when she only went to class. Other than that, she refused to go out with the fear of running into him. She wouldn't know what to do. Her friends did try to make her go out, but she simply refused. Octavia had tried to drag her out, but she held on the railings outside her apartment and refused to let go. Octavia gave up any attempts after that incident. They did visit occasionally though, making sure Clarke had company. At times they would Skype Raven who was halfway across the world as an exchange student. Raven would fume in anger and ramble how she would kick Finn's ass and blow him up in the end. That didn't fail to make Clarke smile though.
It was when she heard the banging on her door that she snapped out of her thoughts. She simply shook her head and rolled her eyes, knowing who stood behind the door. "Stop it O!" She shouted as she made her way towards the door. She didn't want her neighbors glaring daggers at her whenever they see her because someone couldn't just knock like a normal person. Clarke unlocked the locks and slowly opened the door. "Is it that time already?" Clarke asked and moved away from the door, going to couch instead.
"Time to feed you, yeah." Octavia simply replied and invited herself in, gently kicking the door close before joining Clarke on the couch. "I got us Chinese food."
"Thanks." Clarke simply said with a nod and just flipped through the channels, not sparing a glance at the food or her friend.
"That's all I get for brining you food?" Octavia asked and threw her hands up dramatically, "No... 'thanks O! You're the best friend ever, bringing me food all the time."
Clarke rolled her eyes but laughed, "You wish."
"At least show some appreciation." The brunette playfully sighed loudly. "Guess I'm eating all this tonight."
"I paid for half of that." Clarke said as she finally turned to look at Octavia and tried to grab her food, but the other girl simply kept it at a safe distance, away from Clarke.
"I'm the one that bought it and walked all the way over here. That clearly pays for my service."
"What service exactly?" Clarke mocked in return, still trying to reach for her food.
"If you'll be nice maybe I'll give you your food back."
"Can I please have my food?" Clarke asked, internally rolling her eyes at her friend. "I'm getting hungry."
"Wasn't that hard to say the magic word is it?" Octavia grinned and finally handed Clarke the box of takeout Chinese food.
"You're an ass." Clarke mumbled.
"Usually people say I got a good ass."
"Oh my god." Clarke groaned. "I don't need to know what people say."
Octavia just smirked and the two ate not saying anything else, their eyes glued on the television screen.
Clarke stood up and went to the kitchen to open the fridge. "Want a drink?"
"Coke's fine."
Clarke nodded and grab two cans then headed back to her spot, giving the other can to Octavia.
"Thanks." Octavia nodded. "Oh yeah, Raven's calling later. She said she has something that's 'pretty damn cool and mind blowing shit.'"
Clarke looked at her.
"Her words, not mine." Octavia said and a few moments later glanced at her friend as she chewed her food, unsure if she should ask the other girl if she's really ok. That thought went to the back of her mind though as she noticed the time. She cursed and set her food down and looked at Clarke. "Where's your laptop?"
"In my room, why?" Clarke answered, eyes still on the television as she kept eating, not sparing a glance at her friend.
"Raven should be calling."
"I thought you said 'later?'"
"I lied. I didn't notice the time." Octavia answered as she went to the Clarke's room. She looked around and spotted the laptop on the desk, the blank sketchbook didn't go unnoticed by her. She flipped the laptop open, typing in the password as she walked back to the small living room. By the time she settled back on her spot, Raven started calling. Octavia quickly accepted and settled the laptop on her lap, picking her food back up.
"You're a few minutes late." Raven said the moment she was connected.
Octavia rolled her eyes. "Hi to you too."
"Hey." Raven simply replied. "Satisfied?"
"Hey Raven." Clarke said and made her presence known. Octavia slightly turned the laptop, so Clarke would be seen too.
"Hey Clarke." Raven grinned. "So, how you doing?" She asked, getting straight to the point.
"Oh you know, surviving." Clarke sarcastically replied.
"I didn't like that douche anyways."
Octavia scoffed at the statement. She knew that Raven had a crush on Finn years ago before Finn and Clarke started going out. Raven was disappointed when she learned about Clarke and Finn but stayed happy for them nonetheless. Octavia simply stood on the sidelines and watched how Raven acted. She knew Raven's crush on Finn wasn't a mere crush. Comforting Raven those times became her job since she didn't like seeing the other girl hurt. She was aware of her feelings toward the other girl but didn't do anything about it, aware that it wasn't the right time to say something. So, she simply stayed by her side. There was a time however, where Raven had kissed her but Raven was drunk so she pushed the girl away. Octavia, however, did tell her reasons and Raven simply nodded. Nothing changed between them after that. It wasn't until the summer before entering University that it did.
"Got something to say O?"
Octavia pursed her lips. "Nothing."
"That's what I thought."
"Fuck you!"
"Not that you already did."
"Oh my God guys." Clarke covered her ears. "I don't want to hear anything about this."
"Go to your room then." Raven simply replied with a grin then winked at Octavia. "I haven't tried the sex thing over Skype."
Octavia shook her head in disapproval but the blush on her cheeks betrayed the look that she gave her to girlfriend.
"I will seriously turn my laptop off." Clarke threatened. She didn't ever want to know anything about her friends' sex life.
"I was just joking." Raven said but mouthed to Octavia that she really wasn't.
The trio talked for an hour. It wasn't until near end that Raven finally told the two the purpose of her calling them aside from the occasional call. The dark haired girl look at them seriously. "What I tell you shall never be spoken outside of this circle."
"Ok?" Clarke mumbled.
"Don't interrupt me Griffin."
"Sure Reyes." She simply rolled her eyes.
"Anyways, I sent something to you Clarke, it should be there in a couple of days."
"What is it?" Clarke asked.
"Well, if you let me finish you would know." Raven said.
Clarke stuck her tongue out.
"Anyways, the Japanese are geniuses, seriously they made something and they need to collect data so I volunteered to do it and asked if I could send it to the States. They were skeptical about it first, since it's the other side of the world but I told them it would be something different since it's a whole new culture and blah blah blah. The important thing is they agreed. I'm not sure how long it'll go but it doesn't really matter." She then grinned after her rumbling.
"Why do I have a bad feeling about that grin?" Clarke asked but sounded more of a statement, unsure about the look that Raven had.
"So Clarke, you'll be taking care of it for me." Raven said, ignoring Clarke's statement.
"What? Why me? O can do it."
"No, only you can do it and besides I specially asked them to ship it to the states, with you in mind. Anyways, I need to go. Any questions you have will probably be in the manual. Bye Clarke." She waved at Clarke then switched her attention to her girlfriend. "Talk to you later babe." She was about to end the call when she said one last thing. "Remember this stays a secret." Then she ended the call leaving the two girls confused.
"What was she talking about?" Clarke asked, trying to make sense on what Raven had just told them.
"I'm not sure." Octavia replied.
Raven didn't exactly say what it was since Clarke still didn't know what Raven had sent her.
