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Chapter 3

It had been a couple of weeks since Jona's birthday party, Clarke was home alone trying to write the article that was due this week as Octavia and Raven had taken Jona out to the movies. The birthday party had been a huge success, Jona had gotten so excited when Captain America and Iron Man stepped out of the backdoor of her house into the backyard and she had been so happy to see him playing around with the other kids. They had bounced on the bouncy castle, they had screamed and ran around the backyard with the water guns even if some of the parents hadn't been that happy about them, but Raven had surprised them all when she showed up with loaded water guns and a few water filled balloons that were "grenades" and there wasn't much Clarke could do when she saw her son's face light up and scream "this is war" before taking a gun from Raven and running off. They had eaten cake even when Jona was a little upset that they had to ruin the Captain America icing that was on top of the cupcakes, but he got over it quickly when O promised him that she would bake him another one.

Yes, maybe Jona was a little spoiled, but not the kind of spoiled that would cry and throw a tantrum if he didn't get what he wanted. No. He was more the kind to get broody and just shut himself off, not really asking for anything but you knew what he really wanted. So neither of them minded giving it to him.

And yes, maybe he had figured out that game long ago and maybe he was using it to his advantage. But no one really complained either. Jona was the kid who always behaved at the daycare, always sharing his stuff because that was one of the first lesson his mommy had taught him, he was always the kid who would jump in if he saw something he deemed like an injustice and in the past had cost him a few calls to Clarke telling her how he had gotten into a fight… again.

But every time it happened Clarke tried to convince him that words were a better way, that he needed to be more diplomatic and find a solution with words instead of fists. Of course Octavia would always high five him once she'd find out and of course Raven would laugh and give him a treat behind Clarke's back. But he never got into too much trouble and he never was one to start the fights, so there wasn't much Clarke could do.

It seemed to work for them, it seemed to work for their little family.

Clarke was just sending the article to her editor when the front door of the house opened and in walked Raven with a very much asleep Jona in her arms. She kept huffing because of the weight of her boy but refused every time Octavia told her to pass him to her.

"You need any help?" asked Clarke, amused at the red face Raven was sporting

"Don't even try. I already offered but she keeps saying she got it and waves me away" Octavia rolled her eyes as she closed the door and walks to the living room to great Clarke as Raven huffs again and starts going upstairs to Jona's room.

"How was the movie?"

Octavia sat down next to the blonde and shrugged "I guess finding Dory makes more sense to us than to him. He wasn't very into it. After the movie Raven suggested to go to the arcade and you know how those two are. Ate too many pizza slices, played too many games" Octavia handed Clarke's 'Thor's hammer' and laughed "we threw in all our tickets and bought that. Of course your kid wanted the one with the highest ticket price and of course Raven had made it her goal" Octavia rolled her eyes but Clarke could see that glint in her eyes, that same glint she had seen for the past few months and that if she knew her friend well enough, had hidden from her girlfriend for a while.

Clarke sent her a knowing glance and patted her thigh "When are you going to tell her?" and Octavia just shook her head and bit her lip.

A few years back the two of them had talked one night when Raven had to stay at the university to keep working on her project and Octavia had stayed with Clarke, they had talked and Octavia had shared her plans with the blonde. She had told her how she knew Raven was the one. She had told Clarke how in her head the next years were all planned out. Octavia wanted the whole thing. She wanted the ring, the big wedding with the beautiful white dresses and the white picket fence house if possible right next to Clarke's or at least in the same street, she told her how she would be the one to carry the babies, or at least the first one, because right now Raven's life was a little hectic with all the experiments and the projects in her agenda for her to worry about being pregnant. She had told her how she wanted Clarke to be the Godmother to their first child, how she wanted their kids to grow up together.

But none of those things were happening, they were still living in that same apartment since they graduated and moved in together, they still had the same jobs and Raven hadn't proposed. And when Clarke had asked her why she hadn't proposed to Raven instead Octavia just shook her head and changed the subject. Clearly it was a sore spot for the brunette and Clarke didn't want to impose. But she knew that her best friend was so ready to move forward in their lives and it seemed that her other best friend was too caught up in her experiments and being the best aunt out there to catch up.

So this time was not different. Octavia had given her a sad smile and a shrug "there's nothing to tell. She's not ready"

Clarke was about to argue with her, give her a list of pro's and pro's about Octavia being the one to step forward and just do it since she could clearly see the sadness in O's eyes, but Raven decided to come down in that second and her words died in her lips. Raven heaved and dropped on the chair next to them and ran a hand through her hair

"I swear… that kid can go on forever. He even beat me up a few times on videogames. How old is he again?" Raven arched an eyebrow at Clarke and the blonde could only laugh and roll her eyes

Yes, Jona had a competitive side. He liked to win, not that he would gloat or anything when he did but he liked to win. Loosing was never an option. And Clarke just couldn't figure out where he got it from. Sure, she enjoyed the competition from time to time but never like Jona.

"So princess…" Raven sat up and nudged her leg "have you texted you know who since last time you saw her?"

Clarke's eyes widened and she shook her head, standing up and picking up the empty cup of tea she had been drinking before "No… and I told you, I'm not going to"

Raven sighed, making a big noise and following the blonde to the kitchen "you do realize you don't have much of a choice. You can't keep doing what you've been doing so far"

"Yes, I can…" Clarke busied herself putting the kettle to make more tea and started the coffee maker since she knew Raven hated tea

"How many times do I need to tell you?!" she practically whispered-yelled at Clarke, afraid that she would somehow wake up Jona "she deserves to know the truth! She deserves to know what's going on… and to be honest, your kid deserves to know he has another mommy!"

"Would you…" Clarke twirled around and glared at Raven. That issue was like a no-no for whenever there was even a slight chance that Jona would hear "Would you stop it?!"

Raven sighed and rolled her eyes "fine… but you'll regret it later" she huffed and moved to the living room where Octavia was watching tv, trying her best to forget about the almost conversation she almost had with Clarke.

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A couple of days had passed after that afternoon in her house, she had talked to Octavia about contacting Lexa once and for all. She had made her promise not to tell Raven since she didn't want more pressure but Clarke knew she had to do it. But if she was being honest she was scared out of her mind

"So you are gonna do it?" Octavia's head popped up over the little wall that separated their desks, her eyes trained on Clarke's phone that was on top of her desk right in front of Clarke as she kept on biting her nails, an annoying habit that she had picked up in college and that now couldn't get rid of.

"I think so" Clarke let out a sigh and looked up towards Octavia "… what should I even say?"

Octavia shrugged and moved her chair next to Clarke's to give her a hand squeeze "you don't have to drop the bomb right away. You could always just text her, ask her for a cup of coffee or something and just hang out. Talk some, get to know her a little and test out the waters. Then you drop the baby-bomb"

Clarke nodded to herself as she opened up for a new message

Unknown-number: Hey, do you want to go out for a coffee or something?

Unknown-number: Sorry, this is Clarke Griffin. I hope I have the right number. If not… this is embarrassing. If you are Lexa then text me back… if not… sorry for the random text?

Clarke almost face-palmed after sending the second text. Octavia looked over her shoulder and let out a chuckle followed by a little whistle "Smooth, princess"

Clarke glared at her friend before shoving her away as she stared nervously at her phone. Suddenly the most annoyingly nerve-wracking three dots appeared at the bottom of the screen as was clear that the person she had texted to was texting her back. And Clarke could do nothing but hold her breath

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Lexa was coming back from a meeting with potential clients when she heard her phone going off alerting her of a text. She dropped her paperwork on her desk before sitting down and looking down at the screen. She frowned for a second, not really knowing who had the balls to randomly text her and just ask for a cup of coffee when not even a minute later another text came.

She smiled to herself, that stupid feeling in the pit of her stomach that she had gotten acquaintance a long time ago coming back in full force just reading that name.

She quickly saved the blonde's number before starting to reply, a sly smirk in place as the moment she had been waiting for since that day at the store had finally come

Baby-mamma: Hey there Clarke! Yes, this is Lexa. It's good to finally read from you. I thought you weren't going to text me at all. I was little hurt about it

Blue-eyed beauty: Sorry about that. It had been a crazy few weeks.

Baby-mamma: right, with the bday party and all. How did it go?

Blue-eyed beauty: It was great! A complete success. My kid was super happy with everything.

Baby-mamma: that's good to hear! So to that cup of coffee… how about I pick you up wherever you tell me to and we can go for it tonight? How about around seven?

Blue-eyed beauty: Oh! Uhm... how about I call my sitter and I meet you at the café?

Baby-mamma: alright, you call the shots. Just tell me where and when and I'll be there.

Lexa smiled to herself when a second later Clarke was texting her the address of the café and the time they would meet. Lexa hadn't stopped feeling that stupid rumbling in her stomach even though she kept telling herself it was wrong. This is not what she wanted it to be, this was Clarke just texting to hang out and catch up. This is Clarke, who had a husband and a son and who very much wasn't available.

The brunette sighed and logged into her computer and started an email for her boss telling them about what had gone down at the meeting though she couldn't help that her mind kept drifting back to certain blonde.

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Clarke had been moving around in her closet for the past half an hour. She could hear Jona in the other room watching tv as she kept on looking for what to wear. Should she go for casual? Should she dress up? Should she go on a skirt or should she wear tight jeans? Flats or heels?

Ugh, it had passed way too much time since the last time she was on a date, not that this was a date or anything, that now Clarke just didn't know how to do it. She had been so smooth back then, or so she would like to think. But now… now she was a mess.

"What are you doing, mommy?" Jona poked his head inside her closet almost giving her a heart attack. She turned around and smiled at him

"Just picking up something to wear. Mommy is going out with a friend"

"Are you going to see aunty Octavia and aunty Raven?" he walked in and started moving around the closet, looking around with those big green eyes, which they only served to make her even more nervous right now

"No honey, aunty Raven is working and aunty Octavia is going to stay with you while I'm out"

That made Jona turn around and give her his best puppy eyes "I'm not going with you?" he pouted and it broke Clarke's heart

Clarke bit her lip and knelt down in front of her son "No, baby. Not this time. This is grown-ups boring stuff, you wouldn't want to come" she made a disgust face and kissed his forehead "why don't you go pick a movie so you can watch later with aunty O?"

Jona let out a heavy sigh and walked out of the closet mumbling an okay. It wasn't very often that they would spend an evening apart, every time Clarke had something to do she always made sure Jona could be included. But not this time, right now she couldn't do it, she couldn't bring him.

Half an hour later Octavia was walking in the house with a pizza box in hand and a big smile on her face for Jona. Clarke just rolled her eyes because of course she would ignore Clarke's request to keep the dinner healthy.

"Hi, momma bear" smirked Octavia as she kissed Clarke on the cheek before stepping in

"I thought I told you no junk food" O rolled her eyes and stepped into the living room, calling out for Jona to come down "I'll be back soon" Clarke worried as she made sure she had everything in her purse

Octavia rolled her eyes one more time before practically pushing her out the door "please, don't. Please go and have fun without your kid for a change. Go make lovely-dopey eyes to your baby-mamma and maybe get some" Octavia snickered "I saw her contact name on your phone. But this time use a condom. We don't want another Jona running around for now" Clarke's eyes widened as she punched Octavia in the arm

"Don't say that, don't even think about it!" she hissed and looked behind the brunette to make sure Jona wasn't around to hear her "This is not that, this is not a date. She has a girlfriend, remember?"

O shrugged and half closed the door "then why she agreed so happily to your date?" she winked and closed the door before the blonde could say anything else

"This is not a date…" whispered Clarke before turning around and heading for her car.

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Lexa had gotten to the café ten minutes before the time they were supposed to meet. She had been too nervous to keep waiting in her office and knew she wouldn't have the time to go back home to change and come back to this side of town. So her suit would have to do.

She had been on her phone since she got here reading a few emails that her boss had replied to and some from possible clients when she heard someone clear their throat right in front of her. Lexa looked up and it took her brain a moment to react.

Clarke was standing there with a pair of skinny black jeans, a white top and a black blazer. She was wearing heels and God they made her legs look amazing. Lexa's mouth hung open a little, completely surprised by the blonde, before her brain finally caught up and she hurried to get on her feet

"Clarke… hi" she gave the blonde a beaming smile, definitely happy to see the blonde again "you look lovely"

Clarke chuckled and looked down as she leaned down to take a seat, mumbling a thanks. Lexa closed her eyes for a second, regretting the words as soon as they had come out. Because even though the blonde looked lovely, more than so, it wasn't her place to point it out. But in that moment, as she was calling herself stupid, she never noticed the blush that covered the blonde's cheeks or the way said blonde bit on her lip in nervousness.

"You don't look so bad yourself" said Clarke with a nervous laugh, pointing at Lexa's suit while the brunette was taking back her seat

"I'm sorry, I didn't have time to change after work"

"It's fine" Clarke waved her hand dismissively as the brunette kept on looking at her with a small smile in place. Clarke looked back at her, her smile widening not really sure why the brunette just kept staring at her and soon the two were letting out a giggle

"Sorry…" said Lexa as she lowered her head and fiddled with the end of her tie "I'm just still getting used to seeing you face to face. It had been a while"

Clarke's smile softened, she crossed her legs and leaned back on the small cushion chair "It has, indeed" Lexa looked up through her lashes giving her another smile before standing up

"Right… so, what should I get you?"

"Oh!" Clarke sat up, completely forgetting that they had to go order and pay for the drinks "I'll go, you don't have to get me anything"

"Nono" Lexa reached out and placed her hand on Clarke's shoulder, effectively stopping her "I'll get the drinks. What would you like?"

Clarke smiled up at Lexa and ignored the way her body felt warmth all over from that simple touch "I'll have a green tea with vanilla powder" she smiled at Lexa sweetly and waited to see if the girl would say something

And Lexa was actually going to, even trying her hardest to refrain from grinning, but thought about it better. And Clarke could only laugh as she walked away, because she had just ordered the whitest drink she knew was on the menu just to see what Lexa had to say. To her surprise she hadn't said anything, though it had been clear that the brunette had wanted to.

Five minutes later Lexa was coming back with their drinks. She placed her drink in front of Clarke and sat down on the chair in front of her, a pretty leaf made with the foam of her cappuccino decorating her drink

"How come you are a tea girl and not a coffee junky like you used to be?" Lexa smiled at Clarke as she sat back

Clarke chuckle and shrugged, more than a little surprised that Lexa actually noticed what she used to drink "I have a kid" she said as if that was the only explanation she needed "he keeps me up enough that I really don't need anything else to" she reached out and tentatively took a sip of her drink, actually impressed that it tasted okay "though I usually don't order something like 'green tea with vanilla powder'" she smirked and Lexa could only gasp, giving her a fake glare as she shook her head

"I knew there was something sketchy there… no way you would order something like that"

"Sorry, I wanted to see what you would say. I was surprised that you actually didn't say anything. If Raven would have been here I would never hear the end of it" she chuckled rolling her eyes as she sat back

Lexa just grinned at her, pleased knowing that Clarke at least felt comfortable enough to tease her

"You still talk to her… that's nice"

"Yeah… she, Octavia and I are still friends. We hang out all the time. They are family"

Lexa gave Clarke a nod, she could see it. The three of them had been inseparable back in the day so she could see them sticking with each other even after graduation

"That's great! I still hang out with Anya. Do you remember her?"

Clarke's eyes widened because yes, she remembered her. She had met her once, in their early years of their college careers. They were living in the same dorm building. One day Clarke was getting back from the library after a late night study session and had a cup of coffee in her hand. She was walking practically with her eyes closed when suddenly she crashed against someone, spilling her hot drink all over the both of them. She only heard a gasp and when she opened her eyes Anya was glaring at her, her sweater was completely ruined.

Lexa saw Clarke's eyes and couldn't help but laugh "She's still expecting you to pay her for that sweater" Clarke's face went tomato red because she didn't know Lexa actually knew that story

"How did you…"

"Anya came fuming that night to my dorm and asked me to lend her a very similar one. She was going on a date and you had completely ruined her attire" Lexa almost lost it when she saw Clarke's face go pale as a breathy laugh left her lips "she kept going on and on how she was going to have payback"

"She never did" said Clarke with a shrug, pleased with herself that she had managed to escape that vendetta

"There's still time" Lexa grinned at the blonde and took a sip of her cappuccino

"She's back?!" Clarke's mouth hung open and the brunette just nodded

"She came back with me. We work for the same place. When they asked me to put up a team to bring here and start the whole thing she was the first person I could think of"

Clarke nodded to herself giving Lexa a smile. The brunette had always been kind of a loner even when she could swear half the school was after her. Lexa always tend to keep to herself, always with a handful of people in her inner circle. One of those people were Anya.

"That's really cool. I didn't even know you guys were working together. All I heard was that she moved away"

Lexa nodded at Clarke "we left the same day, we both had a job waiting for us"

And even when neither had said it, they both felt a bit of a shift in the air at the mention of that day. Probably thinking back of the previous night and for different reasons.

"Well… it's good to have you guys back" Clarke was trying to move pass that moment but all it brought was nerves about the truth. How was she going to tell Lexa what that night had brought upon the two of them?

"It's good to be back…" Lexa smiled warmly at her, subconsciously the two of them leaned closer to each other, completely ignoring the rest of the people around them for the rest of the evening.

AN2: Here you saw a little more of Jona, he will appear more and more as the chapters go on. We saw some of Octavia and Raven's relationship too. If you guys want me to do like a chapter or something on them, or want to see more of them just let me know and I'll include some. If you don't want any of that and want me to focus only on Clexa let me know too. i have some ideas for Octavia/Raven and I want to know if you guys would be into them.

Also we see some of Lexa, too. As the chapters go on we will see more of her, too. As for now I'm still working on Clarke's side and how she keeps freaking out and dealing with Lexa back in her life. So yeah. Again if you want to see something happening just let me know and I'll find a way to include it. Ideas are always welcome.

Don't be shy and message me, or review! I'd love to hear what you have to say. Till next time! -Alex