A normal life from normal teenagers. Maybe not so normal… but then who's the one to say what is and is not NORMAL?

Lexa has a brother and a sister, both younger than her, that she loves/hates as any normal older sister. A dad and a mother, both alive and caring parents, sometimes even too much. Living in a little town, with so few people that everyone knows everything about everyone. Also as a normal teenager, all that she dreams about is to go to college, so that she can finally get out of that little town.

She has two really great best friends, a boy and a girl. The boy is this really tall and athletic guy with a really great body that has all the girls, and boys falling over him. With Lincoln she has the best weird conversations, about nothing and everything, the future and present, Tv shows and real life, etc. The girl… the girl is one of those girls that is beautiful and doesn't know it. She's the girl that made Lexa question everything, even how to breathe… but we're getting way ahead of ourselves here.

This story, it starts at the end of 12 grade. The year when Lexa met Clarke, her now best friend. Clarke was this really smart, cute and friendly girl, who knew exactly what she wanted to do with her future and she was fighting for it. A lot like Lexa who was also quiet, funny yes, but someone that liked to keep her emotions controlled and to herself, although Lexa knew nothing about her future except for the fact that she was going to leave that town.

The day she met Clarke was as normal as any other day. She woke up not so radiant to go to school, dressed up, ate something and her father drove her and her brother and sister to school because it was Thursday. At Thursdays she had gym at the end of the day, her last class. She kind of liked it, the class itself and the fact that it was at the end of the day, she could let go of all the stress she got build up from the day.

Technically they had already been introduced to each other, at her cousin's birthday party, 2 years before, but they had never really talked. Clarke had gym at the same time she did so, God knows why, in that day, while they were all waiting for their teachers to come, Lexa and Clarke end it up talking. They talked about youtubers, Tv shows and the night when they had actually met. Clarke was shy and Lexa was also shy but had a different way of dealing with it, by being extra loud and funny, so that people would focus on her stupidity and loud voice instead of herself and her emotions. That day was when they actually connected. They ended it up having the gym class both in the same place, so their classes shared the court. They spent the entire class talking about everything and went on after class in the locker rooms. Their friendship started that day.

The weeks passed and their friendship grew bigger and stronger. They found out about all the things they had in common and learned about all the things that made them completely different from one another.

Lexa started talking about Clarke with Lincoln, her best friend, a lot. Lincoln was not exactly an expert in feelings and relationships at any kind, gay or straight, I mean yeah, he was popular with the girls, but Lexa had never seen him actually taking advantage of that. Because, let's be honest here, the so called "friendship" between Lexa and Clarke grew from just to girls that had seen each other once to practically best friends in less than a month, something that was definitely not normal. They just really felt good around each other and never ran out of things to talk about. But despite all that, for Lexa it was the most normal thing ever. They spent all the time they had together, studying and talking about the future, like what they wanted to major in. Clarke wanted to go to med school, a little bit due to her mother who was a surgeon, and Lexa had a lot of ideas but nothing sure just yet. She liked helping people, so of course med school had already crossed her mind, but her grades were not high enough for that and she couldn't see herself as a doctor, having to cut people open and stuff was not really her thing. They were already at the last 3 months of 12 grade, then exams and finally vacations. Lexa hadn't actually worried about what to choose until she met Clarke, someone that had almost her entire future planned. It was rather scary.

Lincoln, Lexa's best friend, was pretty much like Clarke, he knew exactly what he wanted to do with his future, he was going to be a cardio pediatric surgeon. Really specific, but he was stubborn, when he putted something in his mind he would do everything to achieve it, he just wouldn't give up until he got what he wanted, Lexa had already seen him doing that many times before.

Lexa started researching colleges and majors. Deep down she knew that she wanted to do something meaningful with her life, she just didn't know what exactly yet. She loved writing and was rather good at it, at least her teacher and the really fewer people that had had the chance of reading something of hers, thought so. She also liked photography, kind of… She was just really confused. A major in law had already crossed her mind, she liked the idea of being a lawyer for the minority, to be able to give a voice to those who couldn't be heard. And she had also thought about following something like journalism, something that could make her travel around the world reporting the awful things that happened in the world, but also the beautiful ones. It really was a hard choice. She knew she was a little bit more inclined to the journalist one due to the travelling part, but she also knew that studying law would be something more stable and she would really appreciate that in the future. She also knew that her dad would prefer for her to be a lawyer than a journalist, not that she was talking that into consideration. At least not that much… I'm choosing my future, not his! But still, law seamed better to her, so she went with that one. She could always change courses if she ended up not liking law.

It was settled then; Lexa was going to be a lawyer. She couldn't yet see herself as one, but she definitely liked the course and all the disciplines looked exciting to her. She started to work with an objective, with a plan for her future. She even found a college out of town, in the capital of the country, which was exactly the city she wanted to go to. It was perfect. Lexa started then to tell everyone the news. Her mother seemed ok with her choice and as always, very supportive, and as expected so was her dad, thrilled actually, with her choice. He worried to much about Lexa's future and always kind of had a plan for both his daughters, he wanted them to follow something in the area of computing he said "That's the future to our society! You'll see!", but neither one of them seemed too eager to follow that plan. Anya and Aden were happy for her, as much as any younger sister and brother could be for this aspect in concrete. Anya even said that if she was to get in trouble with law she would have someone to "save" her from it. Anya, always the trouble maker… At least in her own mind…

She also decided to tell Clarke, of course. This one afternoon, Clarke invited Lexa to her house, they were going to study. Clarke's parents weren't going to be home, so the house would be quiet. Lexa decided to tell her the good news that day. They ended up not studying at all, instead they spent the entire afternoon laying in Clarke's bed talking.

-Clarke, I have something to tell you… - Lexa said while laying on one side of the bed, looking into her best friend's eyes, those cerulean eyes that always made her question if friendship was all she wanted from her best friend. She was keeping her voice low, pretending that she had bad news to tell. She could see that the pretending was working, because her friend's deep blue eyes flooded with worry.

-What is it? Is everything ok? – Clarke was looking and reading every little move from Lexa's face, like she was a book and she was eager to find out what happened in the end. That was one of the reasons that made Lexa like her best friend so much, Clarke knew her like no one else, because she had this ability of reading her like a book. Lexa usually was really good at hiding her emotions and keeping a neutral face expression, but Clarke could read all her little micro expressions that no one else ever noticed.

-No need to worry, it's good news. – Lexa smiled trying to ease her friend's face. – I was just pretending it was something bad, I wanted to see how you'd react. – Lexa actually laughed at Clarke, something that just made her get hit in the shoulder by Clarke.

-That's not funny! I really was worried something bad had happened. Don't do that! – Clarke was kind of smiling already too, although she was still a little mad at Lexa for playing with her emotions. – But are you going to tell me the news or not?

Lexa had completely forgot about what she wanted to tell her friend. She turned to the side once again, coming closer to her best friend, they were so close that their noses almost touched. When Lexa moved even closer to Clarke she was actually expecting for her to move away, but she didn't. Clarke just stood there, looking deep into Lexa's eyes, making her heart skip several beats.

-Ok... – Lexa tried to focus on what she wanted to say, which was being really hard with their faces so close. – So the good news is… I've finally chosen what course I'm gonna take…

-Really?! Oh my God! That's excellent news! What is it? What did you choose? – Clarke was thrilled. With all the excitement she ended up moving way, sitting up. She had the better response Lexa had got until then, and she hadn't even told what she had choose.

-Law… I've always liked helping people, and I really think I'll like this. I mean I'll get to defend people and all that, you know… Like being the voice for those who can't be heard and that kind of stuff. I can definitely get in, so I'm really happy with my choice. – Clarke was listening with the biggest smile on her face. The moment Lexa stopped talking, she threw herself at her, hugging her. Clarke threw herself so out of the blew that Lexa wasn't ready to catch her, which made her fall on her back. Lexa ended up with Clarke on top of her, both laying on the bed. What a perfect way of holding her. Lexa had her hands on Clarke's hips, but the moment she realized that, she moved them higher, to her back, hugging her really close. Lexa could hear Clarke's heartbeat, kind of fast too she noticed, probably due to the news Lexa had just told her, definitely due to that and not because they were on that position and really close to each other, because those were the reasons Lexa's heart was beating so fast, not Clarke's.

What began as a hug was now something different, because all the smiling and excitement was gone leaving only an awkward situation, that was Clarke being on top of Lexa with her faces so close that their noses actually touched this time. Lexa alternated her gaze between Clarke's eyes and lips. She felt this urge to kiss her, to taste those lips, but Clarke moved away, sliding from Lexa's top to her side, returning to the initial position that the two were at the beginning of the conversation. Although Clarke was not on top of Lexa anymore, they were still really close to each other and the tension was still there. Neither one of them was ready to return to the conversation, but they weren't ready to do nothing else more than just stare at each other. Lexa wanted to do something more, but Clarke was not gay or bi, she didn't see Lexa as nothing else more than her best friend. And Lexa knowing that, didn't want to ruin the greatest friendship she had ever had because she felt a little attraction.

They kept staring at each other for an eternity of time, or at least that was what looked like, for Lexa. She was about to make the last move and kiss Clarke, when someone got home. Thanks to god someone got home, because horny little shit couldn't keep it in her pants and had been about to do the stupidest thing ever. The moment they heard the entrance door close, they moved away from each other. Lexa stood up and sat at the edge of the bed and Clarke also stood up and went to open the door of her room so that she could compliment whoever it was that had just get in the house.

-Clarke!

-Mom?! – Clarke's mom was at her bedroom door, and it was at that moment that Lexa realized how late it was, and she still had to go catch the bus to go home. Her father would bug her if she was late and Lexa definitely did not want to have to explain anything to him or listen to one of his "big talks", that were basically him saying that she was old enough to be smart about her future and that she should be studying, and the most famous one: "while you live under my roof you will do as I say!" – Mom, you know Lexa? We were studying and then we ended up talking… - Clarke was scared… She was afraid of what her mother would think of them… Lexa knew her friend well enough by now to see that. It actually made her mad, not with Clarke, but with her mother…

-Hi Mrs. Griffin, nice to see you… I'm actually late – Lexa looked at Clarke out of the corner of the eye, and with that look she said the goodbye she really wanted to say. – I have to catch the bus, and I have one in about 10 minutes so… I'll be living… Bye Clarke, I'll see you tomorrow. And once again, it was really nice to see you Mrs. Griffin.

-Bye Lexa… - Clarke's eyes said it all, all the words her lips were not able to say in that moment. The image of those blue eyes staring at her filled with guilt were going to haunt Lexa's dreams that night.

-Yes, it was nice to see you too Lexa… Have a save ride home. – Clarke's mother's voice was low and not welcoming at all, it almost seemed like she didn't want to see Lexa in her house ever again. I mean she hadn't done anything wrong! In that moment Lexa decided that Mrs. Griffin was going to like her no matter what. I'm gonna make you love me… Lexa laughed at her own thoughts while she was leaving Clarke's house.

The moment she stepped out of the door she looked at her watch. 5 minutes!? Damn it! I'm gonna have to run… Lexa started running down the street and she thanked all the saints that she had had gym as her last class that day, so she was wearing her gym clothes and not her tight black jeans and her boots, with which would've been way harder to run.

She reached the bus stop just exactly when the bus was about to leave, and she even had to knock at the door so that the driver would let her in before leaving. She was out of breath and a little sweaty due to the heat that could be felt in that little town when they were about a month from summer. She hated that heat, it was suffocating. She sat down and during the 30 minutes that the ride home took, Lexa spent them thinking about the moment when Clarke was on top of her, Lexa could still feel the heat in those exact spots where Clarke's skin had touched hers. Yup definitely just a little attraction…