AN: This is a Clarke/Lexa Fic, Finn/Clarke and Lexa/Costia only exist in here to help build and add complexity to the story. Mistakes are mine but sadly the characters are not.
Chapter I
The One With The Prologue
Clarke doesn't even know what she's doing with herself these days. Sure she goes to class, she goes out with her friends, she goes to work at night at the quaint little café just a block away from her and her best friend Octavia's place and she spends the rest of her spare time with her boyfriend Finn but still, she feels incomplete.
The day started off normal, with Finn picking her up in her apartment, a cup of coffee in his hand and a pair of lips to her cheeks. Finn is a great boyfriend, don't get her wrong, Finn is amazing and any girl would be lucky to have him but the longer they are together the more possessive Finn becomes. She shakes her head a little trying to get rid of the negative aspects of her relationship out of her head. So she murmured a soft goodbye to Octavia who's still lying haphazardly on the couch and turns to head out and get to class.
The sun was barely up that day and didn't do anything to warm her up on their way to the university, Finn has his arm around her trying to keep her warm but to no avail. She's rubbing her hands for warmth when Finn stopped and turned her around to face him. She just looks at him, waiting for him to say whatever he needs to say and she's pretty sure that she'll agree to anything he says just to go in the university and out of this cold. But Finn just stares at her, a little smile on his face, so she decided to speak up
"Finn, can we go in? I'm really, really cold" Clarke said while checking her watch on her wrist "and we only have 5 minutes to get to class" she adds thoughtfully
"I know, I just I really love you okay? And I wanted to take you out for our 8th month anniversary" Finn answered with a smile
Clarke thinks for a second, the idea of celebrating monthly anniversaries isn't appealing to her, but it makes Finn happy and she's really, really cold so she decides to just agree to it, so she nods with a smile at Finn and dragged him towards the campus. They were already 7 minutes late to class when they reached their English class; she knows it's been 7 because she keeps checking her watch, which her father gave her before he died. She sighs; she can't help but be a little annoyed at Finn for making them late at the very first day of a new semester and for a moment she thought about ditching but Finn's insistent tugging on her arm made her decide against it.
Finn was the first one to enter the room with Clarke just a foot behind him, their professor was already there, writing something on the whiteboard, Finn already plopped into a seat near the front and was already motioning for her to take the seat beside him when their professor faced the class, and at that moment all the air in her lungs left her body, because she was so sure that she'll never see her again, so sure that she'll never stare at those green eyes again and she was so sure that she was over her, but right now, while staring at the other woman's face, she realizes that she's not over her, that she could never be really over her, that she'll go through the pain over and over again just to see the woman she's staring to smile the smile only reserved for her. She can hear Finn faintly on the background, trying to get her attention, trying to get her to sit beside him, but she was rooted to the spot
"Babe, let's go sit" Finn snapped her out of it, he almost drags her to a seat because she still can't fully function and her legs feel like Jell-O
The professor clears her throat gaining the class' attention, Clarke could still feel her professor's stare even with her head bowed down
"Good morning everyone, I'm Lexa Woods, I will be your English professor for this semester" Clarke looked up upon hearing Lexa's voice, she used to love that voice, she loved how that voice says her name, but now it feels like that voice is repeatedly stabbing her in the chest with a sharp knife. She watched as Lexa leans on her table, wearing a black pencil skirt and a black button up skirt she couldn't help but think that Lexa is still absolutely stunning. Lexa still looks the same as the very first time Clarke met her, with her hair in braids, confidence in her stance and strength in her voice.
"To start off, I would just like to inform everyone that I do not tolerate tardiness, so this is your first and only warning Ms. Griffin and Ms. Griffin's friend" Lexa said sternly
Clarke just nodded while Finn muttered a quiet "Understood Commander" under his breath and with that, Lexa started their lesson. Clarke was still fascinated about Lexa, she watches as her brows scrunched up together when one of her classmates asked a question, she watches how Lexa absentmindedly twirls the pencil in her fingers and she watches as Lexa removes her glasses to rub her eyes and right now she doesn't know if having Lexa as her professor is a blessing in disguise or a torture about to happen..
Clarke knows that Lexa had a rough night, because she usually wears contacts, the only time she wears glasses is when she had a rough night and couldn't be bothered to put contacts in the morning or when she asks Lexa to wear glasses. Clarke was not even listening to the lesson, she doesn't even feel Finn's hand playing with her own, all she did was watch Lexa as she speaks, she watched Lexa's lips move in every word she says and all she could do was think back to the time when Lexa's lips was once moving in synch with hers.
