Author's Note: Hey guys, updating this chapter again since it has now been beta'ed. I will probably not update for the next week since I am at a musical festival and it ends at sunday. I will update monday though if the next chapter have been beta'ed at that point. I hope you have a good day :)

Also, creds to BrittzandTana for betaing

Chapter 2

As the two friends got off the plane, Raven sent a sly smile to Clarke. "Heh, bullshit, Miss Griff. You so want to get on that. If you had been sitting a couple of seats closer to that girl, those two pools of drool would've touched. If that isn't a sign, I don't know what the fuck is a sign for you," she remarked. Clarke had to admit, that brunette was good looking. No, Clarke thought, she was a downright goddess.

Still, she shook her head. "Look Raven, do I really need to repeat myself again? I am not interested in 'getting on that', even if that was some kind of hot celebrity." Clarke knew that it was a blatant lie, and so did Raven. Hoping her friend would drop the topic, Clarke began walking toward the baggage claim, where people bustled around to collect their luggage.

"Okay Clarkie, I'll drop it, jeez. No need to deny the obvious though. Just admit that you don't think you are good enough," Raven followed up, her voice indicating a challenge, one that Clarke didn't care for.

"Okay Raven, I don't think I'm good enough. If I tried something like that, I'd probably fail and be an outcast of society forever. And by the way, still not getting on that." Clarke smirked. This was another one of Raven's tricks that she had learned how to handle with perfection and ease, and it annoyed the brunette to hell and back that her tactics didn't work on her best friend the way that they did on others.

"I'm sorry, have you by any chance seen a suitcase that's black with a white infinity sign engraved on its right side?" Clarke turned around to see who the voice had escaped from, but upon laying her eyes on the person, she was frozen in place. Clarke's jaw dropped as she stared into the eyes of the very brunette that Raven had teased her about.

"Uh, um hi. Nope. No suitcase. Sorry," Clarke muttered, her eyes quickly looking elsewhere to avoid the green depths of the other woman's. The brown haired girl smirked and continued.

"Oh, it's all right, I think I see it. Just here, right behind you," she said with a smirk. Nearly tripping over herself, Clarke hurried to get out of the girl's way. "Sorry about that. I hadn't seen it. I would have given it to you if I had, I promise".

The brunette smiled at Clarke. "I'm sure you would've. And by the way, I'm Lexa. See you around." The girl, apparently called Lexa, grabbed her luggage and strode towards the exit, looking back only once, flashing a smile at Clarke. Clarke was dumbfounded, jaw still hanging.

"Clarkey, close that mouth, it looks dumb. And yeah, honestly, I still think you should get on that." Raven giggled, looking at Lexa as she escaped their line of sight.

Clarke was still staring at the exit, pondering what she had meant by 'see you around'. Sure the city wasn't exactly huge, if the maps were anything to go by, but it was still a decent sized city. Shrugging the brunette back into the back of her thoughts, she punched Raven's shoulder lightly and pointed out their luggage among the others on the conveyor belt. "Let's go get settled in before any other crazy things happen."

"Well, this city is kind of depressing, don't you think?" Clarke motioned to the buildings that looked like they were housing either homeless, or at least very poor, people. Clothes could be seen on ropes stretched between buildings. Raven nodded in agreement.

"Yeah, I guess it is. But it does make my job a lot more interesting. Seems to be a lot of problems to solve for the common citizen, especially since the common citizen in this city seems to be doing pretty bad. I feel like it's going to be nice, yet busy, at Tondisci A/S".

Clarke gradually became more and more concerned the farther they went from the airport. The airport had been on the outskirts of the city, but the further they got into the city, the slummier it seemed. Shadowy figures could be seen in the side alleys, looking menacingly at the cab that she and Raven were being driven in.

Apparently, both the hospital and Tondisci A/S were owned by the same person, leading to Clarke and Raven being picked up by the same cab, not that they were complaining. It probably meant that they would be staying pretty close to each other, since the contract had promised an apartment paid for by the company.

"I really hope that our apartments aren't in an area with a high crime-rate. If it is, this Woods person is definitely going to get herself an argument worth remembering," Clarke muttered, looking out the window and unable to not worry about the subject. Raven glanced over at her friend with sadness in her eyes.

"You know, Clarke, you have to move on at some point. Or if you can't do that, at least accept that not all criminals are the same cold hearted sons of bitches you believe them to be".

Clarke had held an intense disgust and hatred for any and every criminal who had done any more than steal a couple of fruits ever since that fateful day in her childhood. Raven knew Clarke still ached over her father, but the blonde had made a certain decision a long time ago about discussing the topic. Raven had eventually dropped it completely a couple of years ago, but it seemed as if Clarke's prejudices against criminals would have to become a conversational topic again.

An icy cold glance was shot at Raven and she just shrugged, looking out the window again. Clarke sighed, rolling her eyes. From her perspective, all criminals were the same, just in different stages. If allowed to keep going down the road they have chosen, they would, eventually, end up exactly the same. "Whatever, let's just get to our apartments and get settled in before tomorrow."

"Hey, back there! We're here, time to get out," the cab driver rudely interrupted the two friends, who were in the middle of a conversation about the possibility of seeing that Lexa girl again. Clarke had shrugged it off and pointed out that the chance of two specific individuals meeting each other in a city like this were diminutive.

Raven just smirked at her and reminded her that anything that could happen, would happen.

Clarke just raised an eyebrow, quickly correcting her, "That's not what it says. It's, 'anything that can go wrong, will go wrong'. You need to learn your quotes, especially when it comes to Murphy's law. That one is famous, Raven."

Raven just shrugged it off, still smirking.

As the two girls climbed out of either side of the cab, Clarke gasped. She had been too caught up in the conversation she had been having with Raven to pay attention to her surroundings. Up and down the street, neat little houses were planted in rows. Clarke smiled, pleasantly surprised at the location of her new home.

"Well, this is definitely not as much of a downer as I expected it to be," she said, checking the piece of paper with her new address on. "Arkadia Alley 46. Looks like he dropped us off only a couple of houses off of my place."

"Wait 46? I'm supposed to live in 45. We will live across from each other. Wonderful, now I can easily invade your privacy and check on your social life!" Raven exclaimed with glee. Rolling her eyes, Clarke just began walking, the smile on her face growing. One of the small fears she'd had when it came to this decision had been if her and Raven would be able to see each other or not. Now that that fear was dissipated, she felt much more relaxed.

"Oh my god, Clarke this is absolutely dog shit fucking crazy. Humans are physically incapable of being so fucking generous. This is some kind of fucking alien who has set us up. Trust me, I read a book about it some years ago!" Raven exclaimed as she busted into Clarke's new house. Clarke merely glanced at the brunette, continuing to fill her new wardrobe with her clothes.

"Let me guess, that book you read was, first of all, a science fiction and, second of all, you read it in middle school? I know you Miss Reyes, and you stopped reading anything, except for the necessities, after middle school." The brunette just shot a look at her friend and looked the other way.

"I won't deny any of those claims, although I won't admit to them either. And I wasn't even complaining. I will gladly be taken by aliens if it means that I get to live in a house like this."

Clarke finished her wardrobe and looked at Raven. "Did they also fill up your fridge? Mine is filled with snacks, food and beverages. I even think I spotted a damned bottle of some very expensive wine!" The blonde noticed that Raven was smiling incredibly widely at her.

"How expensive?" Raven asked excitedly.

Clarke shrugged. "A couple hundred bucks. Okay, maybe around 500 to be exact."

The brunettes brown eyes widened in awe. "Wow, I have to add that to my list of achievements. 'Soloed a 500 dollars worth bottle of wine'. Yeah that sounds good." She grinned.

"Now, Raven, get your lazy fat ass back to your house. I need some sleep. And also, please don't blow anything up on your first day. I don't want to be alone in this city"

The brown haired girl shot her a wink and smiled, before turning around and leaving with a shameless, "No promises, Griff!"