"Can we be chill?" Lexa asked, as she drained another glass and plopped it on the bar.
"I am always chill." Clarke quickly answered.
"Sure Clarke, sure."
"I will show you just how chill I can be. " Clarke retorted, grabbing her drink from the counter, downing it before turning around to join her friends at their high top table.
Lexa shook her head and walked after the blonde to join her friends.
"Chill Clarke. It is no big deal." Lexa sighed.
"Chill out? No big deal?! You have got to be kidding me? You can't just hit people,e Lex" Clarke exclaimed with her pitch climbing.
"Yes, chill. You are getting worked up about nothing. And I can." Lexa quickly replied.
"I swear to God, Lexa tell me to chill one more time. Like seriously." Clarke practically shouted causing their group of friends to look up in curiosity.
"Chill Clarke." Lexa sneered. She knew it was a dumb move. A dumb totally unnecessary move, but she couldn't resist the blonde's outrage. It was frankly amusing.
"Chill Clarke? Really? How 'bout you fuck off Lex?" Clarke exclaimed.
Lexa couldn't help but chuckle as her eyes met Anya's grin.
Clarke turned around to see Anya grinning, "You can fuck off to An!" Clarke declared before walking away from Lexa and her nearby friends.
"Ahh come on now, Clarke," Lexa said putting on her smooth voice and following Clarke through the crowd, "I meant chill with me."
"Wait you all really got matching tattoos?"
" Yeah, Anya, Lexa and I got 'em. Trikru pledges are no joke, Clarke. We did a blood oath." Lincoln explained as he unbuttoned the buttons on his wrist pulling up his sleeve to show her his tattoo.
Clarke couldn't contain her laughter, causing Bellamy and Lexa to look up at her.
"What's so funny C?" Bellamy asked with his signature wide grin.
Lincoln just flashed him the tattoo on his inner forearm.
"Well to be fair they did have to get them to cover up the stupid brand's Lexa forced the three of them to get at the bonfire rager." Bellamy said through his own giggling, earning a stern glare from Lexa.
"To be fair, I was drunk when I suggested that, suggested, not forced. And I make bad decisions when I am drinking" Lexa retorted.
"That's an understatement." Clarke said under her breath. Apparently not under her breath enough, as Octavia immediately let out a loud chuckle, before quickly covered her mouth. Not quickly enough to muffle the sound she found, as she received a well-aimed elbow to her side from Bellamy.
Clarke furrowed her brow in confusion. She couldn't understand Bellamy defending Lexa over Octavia. I mean sure it was a light-hearted elbow, but really! Bellamy and Lexa!
"Not all your drinking decisions were so bad, right Lex?" Raven chimed in as she approached the table where the group was sitting, sliding her arm around Lexa. She went further adding a wink for extra effect, causing Bellamy to practically spit out his drink at the group. This time both Raven and Bellamy earned a glare from Lexa, as she shrugged Raven's arm off of her shoulder.
Clarke looked quizzically at the three not sure what was happening.
"Not a word." Lexa said firmly putting her hand up to stop anyone from explaining further.
"Oh come on Lex, there ain't no shame in your game." Raven quipped.
"Oh God!" Lexa said exasperatedly as she put her head in her hands.
"Not the first time I heard that from you." Raven couldn't resist another barb, causing Lexa to look up with wide eyes, obviously mortified, as Bellamy and Octavia started laughing uncontrollably.
Lexa gets up, "You know I think I liked you all better when I hated you." She then saunters off to the bar leaving everyone at the table laughing except a very confused Clarke. Raven quickly dropped into Lexa's chair, while Bellamy yelled over his shoulder, "Awwww Lexie come back."
Raven joined in shouting, "Yeah sexy Lexie, come back."
Lexa looked over to the group and glared at the pair, before turning back to Finn chatting him up. Again Clarke was left staring at Lexa in confusion.
"Seriously guys, am I in the twilight zone?" Clarke deadpanned.
"Aghhhhh! Shit that hurts! Lex what the fuck?" shouted Anya though her grimace.
"Oh come on An, it can't be that bad." Lexa replied.
"Oh yeah, " Anya retorted, grabbing the twisted up hot dog stick and pressing it against Lexa's forearm, "not that bad, huh lil Lex?"
Lexa grimaced but didn't blink as she glared down Anya. "Nope, not bad at all." She muttered with a strain.
"Your go, Linc." Anya said as she dipped the metal stick back in the fire.
"This is dumb."
"You're dumb. It's a match made in heaven," claimed Anya.
Lincoln and Lexa looked at each other and shook their heads with amused grins, as Anya grabbed Lincoln's arm and branded him.
"Damn!" Lincoln growled as Bellamy and Octavia approached with more beer for the cooler.
"You did not even just do that did you?" Octavia asked looking concerned at her boyfriend.
Bellamy put his arms around Lexa and Anya's shoulders, "Now, now, why wasn't I invited for the fun?"
Anya shrugged Bellamy's arm off her shoulder, "Trikru only, bro."
Bellamy lifts Lexa's arm to look at the red bubbling skin, "Oh shit!" He laughed, "Glad I wasn't in on that."
Lexa snapped her arm away, and gave Bellamy a good-natured smack on the head, before grabbing a beer from the cooler and taking a seat by the bonfire.
"See Lex, I knew my first instincts were correct, you are just a violent little shit with impulse control issues." Bellamy grinned, but not before running down the beach knowing Lexa was ready to pounce.
"I'll show you violent!" Lexa said as she jumped up to chase after the fleeing boy.
"Get 'em Lex! Trikru don't take shit from anyone!" Anya yelled down the beach at Lexa chasing after Bellamy.
"Wait you're not together anymore?" Clarke questioned looking between Lincoln and Octavia.
Murphy snickered, "Of course, they're not together anymore Clarke. You really think you can find your one true love in high school?"
Before Clarke had a second to reply, Lexa swept in, "Of course, you can."
Murphy looked at Lexa then Clarke who were looking at one another. "Of course, " he sneered, "my bad."
"I mean why not? Every relationship is different," Lexa replied nonchalantly as she set down three drinks. "Sorry guys that is all I could carry. Finn is bringing more though. So who's going the first round with me?"
Bellamy quickly reached over grabbing a drink. "I call dibs!"
"Clarke? You wanted to show me how things have changed. Show me what you got."
Clarke rolled her eyes as she reached for the drink and downed it as Finn approached the table.
"Now that's what I'm talking about princess." Finn said as he approached with a tray full of drinks, causing Lexa to roll her eyes.
"Seriously with the princess shit guys. Clarke has never been a princess, if anything she is a . . ." Lexa started to reply before Raven sprang in, "court jester!"
"Gee thanks, Rae." Clarke feigned hurt.
"I was thinking maybe a knight." Lexa stated.
"Ahh, your night in shining armor, right Lex?" Octavia giggled.
"You think you are tough little one, but let's see you be so smug when Bellamy isn't here." Lexa retorted.
"Ahhh, Lex its ok. I will be your night in shining armor. Don't be sad." Bellamy chimed in saddling up next to her.
Again, Clarke looked confused causing Murphy to throw a lemon wedge at her.
"What!" Clarke exclaimed.
"What! Stop staring Clarke. It is unbecoming." Murphy replied.
"She can stare. I have always found it becoming." Lexa whispered to Bellamy.
"I can't help it. Lincoln and Octavia are no more and now instead we have Lexa and Bellamy!" Clarke exclaimed exasperatedly causing both Bellamy and Lexa to look up.
"Lexa and Bellamy are at it again. It is starting to get really old." Raven said as she approached Clarke.
Clarke headed in the direction of Bellamy and Lexa, who were standing by the pool table. "Lexa! Bellamy! Fucking quit! You guys are going to get us kicked out!"
"How about you tell Bellamy to mind his own business and I will quit." Lexa retorted as she handed Anya the pool cue and walked away.
Anya shrugged as she grabbed the cue walking over beside Bellamy, "Let's throw down, bro."
"What?!" Bellamy asked with wide eyes.
"Really Bellamy, pool, throw down in pool. You really think Lil Lex needs me fighting her battles. Silly boy." Lexa replied.
Bellamy replied, "Oh I know she doesn't. Believe me I have seen her fight enough. Everyone has."
"It wouldn't hurt you to give her a break, Bell." Clarke chimed in, as she got closer to the table.
"A break really? Because you and everyone else don't already give her enough breaks." Bellamy replied.
"Ok Bell, I am going to need you to shut up and play now or maybe we will have to throw down." Anya said as she wracked the balls.
"Fine whatever. Let's play. My break though." Bellamy said as he bent over the table with his cue.
"Oh Clarke, you are still the best." Bellamy grinned before he stood up, reaching down for Lexa's hand. "Hey Lexa of Lexa and Bellamy!" he mocked, "You ready to throw down like old times?"
Lexa stood up with Bellamy, looking at Clarke, "You coming? We wouldn't want to deprive you of mediating between us, now would we? You know for old times sake."
"How old, are we talking here?" Raven butted in, "because this could get real old real fast."
"Or real fun real fast." Lexa winked at Clarke.
Clarke glared at Lexa with her cocky attitude returning and her hand in Bellamy's still.
"Or wait, we ain't that chill, yet?" Lexa asked.
"Yet? We will never be that chill again, Lex" Clarke retorted recovering from her shock at the whole bizarre situation unfolding before her eyes.
"Never say never, Clarke."
"Ugh." Clarke sighed, "Now, I get why Bellamy thought you were so insufferable!"
Lexa looks at Bellamy, "Insufferable? Really?"
Bellamy took his hand from her and placed it over her shoulder, "Awe Lil Lex, it's ok, I love you now and that is all that matters."
"No, all that matters is I am going to kick your ass now." Lexa replied as she shrugged out of his grasp and headed towards the pool table ready to play.
"Hey, it is like old times. Keep yourself in check, Lex." Bellamy chuckled