"So what are the plans for tonight?" Raven asked the group of people as they approached.
"There's a local fair going on in town. They've got rides, games, and free music!" Lincoln said as Octavia hooked on to his arm.
"Yeah it'll be fun!" She added energetically.
"Yeah for couples," Raven whispered to Clarke under her breath. Clarke chuckled in agreeance and the group walked together down the street, maneuvering their way through town to the fair.
"Time to fuck shit up my friends!" Bellamy said.
"Bell, seriously… there are kids here." Octavia told him a hint of annoyance to her voice.
"Yeah whatever, that's not going stop me from finding a girl to take home." The group groaned at Bellamy's statement as they walked around the fair. There were booths with flashy lights all around, and the screams of people coming from the rides. Clarke can't remember the last time she went to a fair, it had to be at least five years, her town had one every year but once she hit 15 she stopped going.
"So Clarke, tell me about this coffee shop girl." Octavia said with a smirk on her face.
"Coffee shop girl?" Raven questioned.
"Yeah, uh it was so awkward. I went to that cute little coffee shop today, you know the one down the street from campus?" Raven nodded, as Octavia continued to listen, her arm hooked into Lincoln's. "Well I was on the phone and going through my purse and when I walked in I ran into this girl, and when she turned around I was like star struck she was insanely hot, like Raven this girl was beautiful. So anyways I start to text Octavia what this girl looks like, because she asked me to, and as I am about to hit send this old lady bumped into me so hard she sent me flying to Timbuctoo. I dropped my phone and when I went to pick it up she was holding my phone. The message was still up so I'm assuming she saw some of it. Which was so embarrassing."
"And she didn't even get her name!" Octavia added.
"Dude that is so awkward! She probably thinks you're a creep now."
"I wouldn't necessarily say that…"
"And what does that mean?" Octavia questioned.
A small smile formed on the edge of Clarke's lips, "She paid for my drink." The two girls glanced at her in shock. "She also left her name. It's Lexa."
"Damn Clarke, I guess you still got it!" Raven said patting her on the back. The others had walked off to go watch the band playing on the stage, thankfully Finn was amongst them. Raven, Clarke, Lincoln, and Octavia continued to walk around.
"So what'd she look like?" Clarke began to describe the girl to Raven as they approached a booth to play basketball.
"What do you say Clarke? You up for a challenge?" Lincoln teased nodding his head towards the booth. Clarke smirked and she stepped up to play. Lincoln paid the worker and the buzzer sounded. The two shot baskets, Clarke making quite a few, but not as much as Lincoln. He made almost every single one. The buzzer sounded that the game was over, and the man working the booth handed Lincoln a stuffed bear.
"I swear to god if you-" Raven wasn't able to finish her 'give it to Octavia' statement, because that's exactly what Lincoln did.
"Wow. So cute." Raven said sarcastically.
"Lincoln what the hell was that? I thought you played football, not basketball." Clarke questioned.
He laughed before he answered. "I played in high school; I had a lot of scholarship offers but ultimately chose to go with football instead."
"Is there anything you can't do Lincoln?" Raven questioned bitterly. "Jeeze you're like a fricken package deal." Lincoln just lowered his head and chuckled, he was a very modest guy and Clarke really appreciated that.
They decided to go meet their friends and the stage and watch the local band do shitty covers of songs. Bellamy and Lincoln, being 21, brought everyone beer as they stood around listening to the music. After the band started singing a Justin Bieber song, the group had had enough. They decided to try out a few rides. They went on a couple that looked like fun then decided to get something to eat, the only problem is no one could agree where to go.
"Chili's!" Bellamy cheered.
"No we go there all the time," Raven argued.
"Old Chicago?"
"No, Charlies Pub!"
"Seriously Charlies? That place is disgusting."
They finally decided on a local bar downtown where all the college kids hangout. Once they made it there a waitress brought them to their table. "Drinks are up at the bar, I'll be back to take your order."
"Lincoln, Bell, go get some drinks. I'll take an amaretto sour!"
"Why do we always have to get the drinks?" Bellamy complained.
"Because you're both 21." Everyone chimed in.
Bellamy rolled his eyes, but got the drinks with Lincoln anyways. They came back and everyone took what they asked for.
"So there's a girls basketball game next weekend, we should go." Lincoln said.
"Women and sports? Really Lincoln?" Bellamy stated, he was clearly joking but still he's an ass for saying it.
"Seriously Bellamy, why are you such an ass?" Octavia responded.
"Women and sports? Count me in." Jasper responded all too excitedly. Everyone groaned at his response.
"It'll be fun, our girls team is actually really good this year. Better than our guys team that's for sure." They all continued with dinner and it consisted of them yelling at Bellamy for being an ass and Jasper for being so caught up with girls. They decided it was time to go since Lincoln had weights in the morning and everyone else was tired of being around each other.
They all aid their goodbyes and went their separate ways. Clarke and Raven walked down the street towards their apartment, and argued about who had a worse first date. As they rounded the corner across from their apartment, Clarke bumped in to someone and she heard the sound of a phone hitting concrete.
"I'm so sorry," she said to the girl picking up her phone.
"You're fine, no-" their eyes met, "worries." A small smirk formed on the girls lips. Clarke's eyes went wide as she found herself staring into the green eyes of the girl from earlier.
"It's you again." Lexa smiled.
"It's me… sorry….. again."
"You're fine. It's kind of odd that this would happen twice in one day." She smiled and Clarke's stomach lurched, even this girl's voice was beautiful. "I'm Lexa." She said as she extended her hand.
"Lexa?" Raven asked seemingly very interested in the conversation while glancing between the two. Clarke eyed Raven harshly.
"Clarke." Clarke added taking the her hand, looking back at the girl, "Thanks for the drink earlier; you really didn't have to do that."
She shrugged her shoulders, "I felt like being nice. It was the least I could do after you called me gorgeous."
Clarke's face went pale and she seemed to forget how to breathe. Raven started laughing next to her and a big smile formed on Lexa's face. Clarke was stammering for words when Lexa interrupted her.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to read anything on your phone. My eye's just skimmed the first message when I picked it up and I couldn't help it. I swear I didn't read it all, just the first one."
A part of Clarke relaxed a little after this, but she still couldn't find the words to speak.
"Well I've got to get going. It was nice to see you again Clarke, I'm sure I'll be seeing you around." Lexa walked around her with a slick smile on her face, and Clarke stood rooted to her spot, as Raven failed to contain her laughter. She turned to face raven and she shot her a death glare.
"Oh and Clarke," she turned the corner to face Lexa, the moon shining perfectly on her hair and skin, "You're pretty cute yourself." She backed away still looking at Clarke, then she slowly turned around and walked away.
"Coffee shop girl has got some game." Raven said still laughing at Clarke's embarrassing interaction.
"Fuck you Raven." Clarke scowled as she punched her roommates shoulder. They walked back to their apartment, Clarke still in awe that she saw the girl again.
"Clarke that girl was hot, you need to hit that."
"Raven don't get involved in my sex life please. Besides you saw how I literally froze, I can't keep up with a girl like that!" Clarke wanted to keep up with a girl like that though… Lexa was truly something that she wanted to keep around.