Yo. This is going to be a two-shot. So I'm going to take a break from writing to focus on my exams and projects.
Disclaimer: I do not own The 100
I rush into class five minutes late. I overslept, sue me. I duck my head as I walk past Mr. Jaha and go to a lab station. There are aren't any available ones except for the one she sits at. The Commander, also known as Alexandria Woods, but no one dares call her that. The call her "The Commander" because she's supposedly the leader of a gang, that came about when she started to show off all of her tattoos. The two biggest ones are one circling her arm, and a huge one covering her entire back. Now everyone fears her, even the teachers are afraid I think.
I sigh and hesitantly make me way over to where she sits, she focused intently on her laptop. I quietly sit down next to her but she doesn't look over, thank god. I try to relax as Mr. Jaha begins the day's lesson. He explains that we are going to be working on a week-long project and that the person we're sitting with will be our partners, no changing. I blanche at that. I'm going to have to be partners with the Commander. I look back to my friends who are in this class, Raven and Monty who are already sitting with each other and they shoot me equal looks of apology. When I turn back Jaha has finished talking and Lexa is staring at me expectantly. Yikes.
"So….what should we do for our project?" I ask her. She silently shrugs so I decide to start spewing suggestions, all of which she turns down. I pull out my own laptop and start looking for suggestions.
"How about…uh…something on skyglow?" I ask. I see her eyes immediately light up and sit straighter in her seat before she schools her body again and nods, looking away.
"Sure, sounds good." She says softly, her voice catches me off guard. I've only ever heard her yelling at some unfortunate soul or another, but her normal voice is so gentle. It makes her seem even more beautiful than before-
Wait, what? Did I say beautiful.
I feel my cheeks get hot. "Alright, then let's get to work. How do you want to do this? Do you want to the research or work on the physical portion first?" She shrugs.
"Okay, let's do the research first then figure out a time we can get together to do the physical portion." She nods and we both focus on our computers. Before we know it, the bell rings and class is over. I pack up my stuff and start to head out the door but I'm stopped by The Commander's voice. I tell Raven and Monty to go ahead without me.
"Give me your phone." She orders gently, I comply without question. She takes it and types something in it. "Text me when you're free." She tells me. I nod and scurry out of the room to catch up with my friends and head out of the school and go home.
The next two days of research go by pretty fast, we actually work well together. It isn't just me doing all the work, she's actually helping out. By now we're pretty much done with the research, we just need to do the physical portion and record our findings. I look over to The Commander who has her headphones in her laptop and is focused intently on her notebook. I see her smirk as she glances back up at the screen and am completely pulled away from what I had been watching before, The Walking Dead. I risk a peek at what she's watching, she shifts, giving me a clearer view. What stuns me when I look over is the fact that she's watching cat videos. Who knew that the great Commander liked cat videos?
A ping pulls us both out of whatever we were doing. The Commander pulls out her phone and turns her body to answer a text, allowing me to see what she was doing in her notebook.
I am met with the sight of multiple crude doodles of Mr. Jaha in different positions from when he was lecturing. I can't help but laugh a little.
The Commander looks back at me curiously, putting her phone and notebook away. "Enjoying yourself there, princess?" I clear my throat and calm myself down, noticing that I attracted the entire class' attention.
"'S nothing." I tell her, and she seems to drop it at that.
The bell rings, signifying the end of the day and I gather up my stuff and head to my locker. As I put my stuff away someone shows up behind me, I can't see who though until I turn around to find myself face to face with the Commander. Her cheeks are tinted red and I can assume that mine are probably the same. I don't know what brought it out but I saw this to be the perfect time to tease her.
"So..Who knew that The Commander likes cat videos?"
She rolls her eyes and scoffs. "Honestly, who doesn't. and you can drop the 'Commander' title. You can just call me Lexa."
"Okay….Lexa." She glances away and steps back, turning to head out. I stop her before she can get too far.
"Hey, Lexa!" She turns back to face me. " I'm free tomorrow, by the way!" She nods and gives me a smirk before walking out the double doors and into the parking lot.
The next day the school day goes by quickly and we just fool around during science since there isn't much we can do in there. When the day ends we both head in different directions, having agreed to go to her place when it gets dark enough to work.
I get in the car with Bellamy, Octavia, and Raven and they immediately bombard me with questions like they have every other day since this project was assigned. I assure them of how surprisingly nice Lexa has turned out to be and this seems to quell them enough. We all head over to my place, greeted by my step-father, Marcus and chill on the couch for hours.
After dinner, I head out to go to Lexa's like I said I would. When I get there I am met with the sounds of arguing. It's in a language I've never heard before. Hesitantly I knock on the door, hearing the arguing cease and the door opens immediately, Lexa standing in front of it. God, she looks beautiful, she always does. She has her hair up in a sloppy bun and is wearing a tank top and loose shorts, her shoes are off. She looks sweaty and that's when notice the interior of the house. A large mat takes up a lot of the floor of what I assume is the living room and all the furniture is pushed out of the way.
"Klark." She greets me, and the way she says my name sends shivers down my spine. She moves out of the way for me to come in which I do.
"Is everything okay? I heard arguing." I ask shyly.
She cocks her head in a really cute way and I blush. God why am I blushing so much lately. Realization soon fills her eyes.
"That was just my brother Lincoln and my sister Anya. Nothing to worry about." She assures me, gesturing to a tall blonde woman and buff man sitting at an island in the kitchen. They give me a small wave, standing up and walking towards us stopping when they stand on either side of Lexa. I feel like I'm being evaluated. I shift uncomfortably.
"So, you're Clarke, huh? Anya's told me about you." Lexa glares at the woman and whacks her on the arm.
"Anya, shof op." She orders. Anya shrugs and walks away. I can see that indifference must run in the family. Lincoln still stands there.
"I've seen you before." He says out of nowhere. I look at him confused. "You're Octavia's friend, right?" I nod yes. He stretches out his hand. "Hi, I'm Octavia's boyfriend." I shake it and recollection comes to me. She hasn't introduced us yet but I've seen the two of them walking the halls holding hands when they think no one's looking.
Lexa's invades my thoughts. "Alright, go away Lincoln. We have a project to finish."
A smirk appears on Anya's face. "I mean I don't know. How do we know that you're actually going to do it? I was put in charge of you two reckless children. For all I know you're just going to ses em op."
Lexa glares at her sister. "Dison nou chit ai bants en yu get daun-de in." She looks to me and signals me to follow her to the back which I do. (That's not what I'm going to do and you know it.)
So I'm going to stop this here for now, I'm going to take a break from writing to focus on my exams and projects. I won't be gone too long, maybe just like a week, then I'll get back to A Most Peculiar Girl. Leave me suggestions of what you want to happen in the next chapter of it and maybe I'll put it in.
So, until next time, peace
-Ted