A/N: I decided to make a two shot out of this story since you guys asked for a sequel. Enjoy!
"This has to be perfect!" Clarke said, pacing up and down in front of Raven's couch.
"Calm down, Princess. Whatever you choose to do, Lexa will love it. I mean, have you seen her eyes? I swear, they have the shapes of fucking hearts!" Raven sat on the couch, her feet in Anya's lap as they both stared at their phones.
"What if she says no?" Clarke panicked. Everything good in Clarke's and Lexa's relationship came from Lexa! Lexa had asked her for a date over and over again, although Clarke had put her off every time. Lexa always knew how to handle Clarke, regardless of her mood swings or her stubbornness or her silly yet complex problems. Lexa had been there for her every single time Clarke had needed her. She was perfect and every day Clarke was surprised, how she could possibly deserve such a wonderful girlfriend. But girlfriend wasn't enough. Not anymore. She wanted Lexa to be her wife. She wanted the big wedding and the house and the future with the most important person in her life. She wanted to grow old with Lexa and that meant she had to make the best proposal in the history of proposals!
"Are you kidding me?" Anya asked without looking up from her phone "I'm surprised she didn't propose to you first. Except… oh, I bet this will be this typical cheesy rom-com thing where both propose at the same time!"
"No! That's not acceptable! Lexa asked me to move in with her after college, she asked me out and she said 'I love you' before I could do it! I have to make the proposal. And to prevent her from doing it first, I said to her I don't want to marry." Clarke stopped pacing and looked at the pair on the couch "Are you two texting while I'm panicking?! Who are you texting anyway? We are all in the same room, O and Linc are on their way and you don't have anybody else!"
Raven and Anya tried to look everywhere but at the other, suddenly laying their phones down.
"Are you two seriously texting EACH OTHER?"
"Wait, I thought you said 'I love you' first?" Raven asked, trying to distract the raging blonde "Lexa said a thousand times she wanted to give you time and she would wait for you to say it after all."
"Yeah… technically she doesn't know that she did it." Clarke admitted.
"What do you mean, she doesn't know it?
"Well, one morning in bed…"
"Eww, we don't want to hear that!" Anya interrupted with a disgusted look on her face.
"Of course we want to hear that!" Raven sat up straight and smirked.
"Gross, that's my sister!"
"But she's hot! And Clarke is also hot! The two of them together have to be like… an explosion!"
Anya gave Raven a stern look and the mechanic immediately realized her mistake and tried to do damage control "I mean not as hot as you are, babe" She smiled innocently at her girlfriend and hoped for the best.
"You're lucky that you're cute" Anya grumbled and Raven gave her a kiss on the cheek.
"Guuuuys!" Clarke whined "We need to focus now! To go back to your question, two months after Lexa and I began dating she said 'I love you' one morning. She was half asleep and didn't even notice it. I think she didn't remember it afterwards either. I said it to her on our beach date a week after that."
Clarke remembered that day like it was yesterday, although it was almost four years ago. Lexa had planned a romantic date like always. With a boat tour, a walk at the beach and a candlelight dinner. Clarke's heart swelled at that memory and she asked with new urgency "How can I make the best proposal ever?"
"Did anyone say 'best proposal ever'?" Octavia called, coming through the door, Lincoln right behind her. "Because this title goes to my man here!" She patted Lincoln's biceps.
Octavia was a well-known adrenaline junkie. She did all this crazy extreme sport stuff, even after her kids were born. So despite his fear of heights, Lincoln jumped with her out of a plane, 'Octavia, will you marry me?' written on his parachute.
"Yeah it was… okay, I guess. But the best proposal ever? Nah…" Raven argued from her seat on the couch.
Lincoln tried to answer but was interrupted by his angry wife "Okay?! It was in the news!"
"The local news. Between a pig farmer and a cat on a tree." Raven laughed.
Before the conversation could get out of hand, Clarke asked quickly "So Lincoln, how are the kids?"
"They're good, thank you. I'm sure they drive their babysitter crazy at this moment" he chuckled.
"I certainly hope not. This is the fifth babysitter this month." Octavia whined "Seriously, how can two little boys have that much energy?"
"Oh, I don't know" Anya grinned "Maybe it's genetic"
Octavia gave the blonde her infamous death glare and Anya hold one hand to her heart, pretending to die and falling of the couch.
"Anyway" O said with an eye roll "Clarke needs help with the big question?"
"Yes." Clarke started to pace again "Sit down, please. Now that all members of the emergency meeting are here, we can make a plan to knock Lexa's socks off."
"Or her panties" Raven snickered.
"Raven!"
After the meeting the other day Clarke felt almost ready. It was 6 am and today would change her whole future. She lay in bed beside the most beautiful woman in the world and watched her sleep. The blonde knew she should wake Lexa, but couldn't bring herself to do it just now. Lexa looked so peaceful and Clarke felt almost sorry for mumbling a "Good morning" and giving the brunette a kiss on the cheek. Almost. As Lexa stirred awake and opened her sparkling green eyes to look at her girlfriend, Clarke's heart flipped in her chest. Would this feeling ever go away? Hopefully not.
Then the moment was broken as Lexa whined "Why do you wake me that early? On a Saturday! What time is it?" The sleepy brunette ducked her head under her pillow to hide from the sunrays.
Clarke laughed "Its 6 am and we're a little bit late actually."
"Late for what?" Lexa peaked out from under the pillow, curiosity getting the best of her.
"For a surprise."
"A surprise? Oh god, did I forget something special?" Lexa panicked for a moment and checked her mental calendar "My birthday was two months ago, yours is in 4 months, our anniversary is in five weeks… Wait, did you do anything you shouldn't do?"
"No, I didn't. Thanks for the trust in me by the way. And you didn't forget anything, it's just a surprise. I can do nice things for my girlfriend from time to time, you know? Now get up, we have a long road trip before us." Clarke pulled on Lexa's sheets. She knew Lexa was always cold and this was the only way to get her out of bed. "I have coffee in the kitchen" she said with a sing song voice and headed out of the room.
"Okay." Lexa reluctantly left the bed and followed Clarke, but not without grumbling and asking about the surprise a thousand times.
"Do you want to murder me and bury me anywhere no one will ever find my body?" Lexa asked from the passenger seat of Clarke's car as she watched the changing landscape through the window. Since the start of their trip Lexa tried to find out where they were heading.
"Originally? No. Now? It starts to sound appealing." Clarke joked and looked at Lexa for a second. It was nice to see her actually kind of giddy. She squeezed her girlfriend's hand and smiled. She had a good feeling.
After three hours of driving Lexa's face began to light up as she recognized the area around. "Are we going to the place I think we're going?" She jumped in her seat excited.
Clarke smirked "If you think we'll go to that cabin on the lake, where your family went every summer, then yes, you are right."
"How do you know the cabin?" The brunette looked at her with wide eyes.
"I have my ways." Clarke winked at her and drove in the parking lot of the lake. They brought their bags to the cabin and Lexa pointed at all the things she could remember and told stories about her childhood with Anya. Clarke smiled the entire time, happy to see her girlfriend so thrilled and to hear about all the antics of little Lexa.
"As much as I want to hear about Anya's embarrassing accidents – and I really do – we have to go, if we want to be on time."
"On time for what?"
"For another surprise." Clarke kissed Lexa's hand and this time the brunette followed her without asking a million questions.
First on their To-Do-List: Swimming
Clarke had to admit that this point was for her own pleasure. Lexa in a bikini was like the sun with extra brightness. It was hot. The entire time Clarke had to hold herself back from carry Lexa to their cabin and fuck the brain out of her. But this had to wait. For now she was content to watch her girlfriend in the water.
Second on the List: Hiking
As much as Clarke hates every athletic activity… Lexa loved hiking. She loved trees and animals and nature in general. So the blonde tried to hold up with her and not to die from dehydration. Lexa remembered the place perfectly (like Clarke had hoped) and led the way to a clearing on top of a small hill where the next surprise waited.
Third: Picnic
Octavia, Raven, Anya and Lincoln had been there before Clarke and Lexa and had prepared the place. They were all currently in a hotel two miles away and could be at the cabin within a few minutes. If the pair would have a reason to celebrate, of course. They had done a good job. Lanterns hung in the trees, a blanket laid on the ground with all kind of food in boxes and candles were draped on tree stumps to emphasize the romantic mood. In the background the sun began to set and Clarke could see a beautiful valley beneath them. But not as beautiful as Lexa was at this moment. She stood there amazed and open mouthed, trying to understand what happened.
"Why? I mean… how?" The brunette stuttered.
"Like I said… I have my ways." Clarke smiled shyly "Do you like it?"
"I love it!" Lexa put her arms around Clarke's neck "And I love you."
Clarke couldn't say who had started the kiss, but she didn't care anyway. She bit on Lexa's lip and immediately their tongues were in an intense fight for dominance. A few minutes later they broke away from each other and breathed heavily.
"We should eat." Clarke mumbled.
"Yeah, we should do that." Lexa bit her own lip but sat down on the blanket and again Clarke had a hard time to control herself.
After they ate, they laid beside each other, hands intertwined, and gazed at the stars. Clarke wished this moment would never end, but she knew she had to ask now, before she lost her courage. The day was perfect, she loved Lexa and Lexa loved her. So she took a deep breath and got up, holding a hand out to Lexa to pull her up. Confused, the brunette got also up and they stood face to face.
So this was it. The big moment. Clarke got down on one knee and asked the question.
"Lexa Woods, will you marry me?"
"Wait! What?!" Lexa asked dumbfounded.
"I… uhh… I asked you to…" Clarke stuttered, getting up. This was not the reaction she had hoped for.
"I heard what you said!" Lexa interrupted "I mean, are you fucking serious?"
"I…"
"You said, you don't want to marry." Now the brunette was furious.
"Yeah, well…"
"You called marriage and I quote 'stereotypical bullshit'"
"I know, but…"
"And I accepted that! Although I couldn't think of something that would make me happier, than to marry you. I accepted that, because you said you wouldn't do it in one million years and I wanted you to be happy! And now – out of the blue – you change your mind!"
Clarke waited until she was sure, Lexa wouldn't interrupt her another time.
"Yeah, because of that… maybe I lied."
"You… what?" Lexa asked bewildered.
"I do want to marry you! And I knew you wanted it too. But I also knew, you would be ready a lot sooner than I would. I wanted to wait until I'm ready and I know, you would have waited for me! But I wanted to ask you. Does this even make sense? In my head, it made sense… at least until now…"
A few nerve-racking moments Lexa didn't say anything. Then she slowly asked "You mean… you wanted to propose first?"
"Yes."
"You let me believe, you hate the idea to marry me… because you wanted to be the WINNER?"
"No! That's not exactly…"
"I can't believe you!" Lexa shouted "Why is everything a competition to you?!"
"It's not a competition!" Clarke defended herself "Look, you do all the nice things okay? All the big gestures. You plan the fancy dinners and dates, you always give your best to impress my Mom while I'm hundred percent sure, your Dad gestures to me that he would kill me, if he had to, every time you wouldn't look."
Lexa wanted to object, but if she thought about it… Her Dad was sometimes a little bit… overprotective.
"And you know everything about me. You know when I'm sad and need to cuddle, even if I try to hide it. You know what to say, when I'm angry and pissed at anything and everything" Clarke chuckled "And you're always there. Every step of the way since college… you were by my side. And I want you to stay there for the rest of our life. I'm sorry. I know, I'm not easy and don't communicate problems enough. I know, I don't always deserve your love but I will try as long as you let me."
Clarke looked into Lexa's watery eyes. The fury wasn't there anymore, instead it was replaced by something she couldn't quite place.
"You're everything I want in life." Lexa said quietly "I never wanted for you to feel like you don't deserve me or like you wouldn't give enough love in this relationship. I love you and I know you love me. You show me with every little doodle on my To-Do-Lists. You show me with every flower you place on my nightstand. You show me with all your little gestures and I'm sorry, if I didn't let you know how much I appreciate them. You know me better than I do and you even know what I need before I do. I'm sorry you think you don't deserve me, because it's not true and I will make sure, you know that every day in the future. I think we both deserve some love and happiness." Lexa smiled "And you make me feel loved and happy."
Clarke's heart raced and she forced her hand not to tremble as she wiped the tears from Lexa's face. She knew she cried too but didn't care.
"Do you mean… you would like to be my wife?" The blonde asked hopefully.
"Yes." Lexa's smile became wider every second, all sadness in her eyes disappearing. "I would love to be your wife."
Clarke embraced Lexa beaming. New tears ran down her face, but this time they were tears of joy. She heard Lexa happily sob beside her ear and moved away a little to kiss the love of her life. It was a messy kiss with too much teeth and a little nose bump but to Clarke and Lexa it was perfect. They couldn't wait to start the rest of their life.
