Hey guys! Sorry this took so long! I hope its an alright ending :)
Epilogue
"Okay that's the last of the boxes from Bellamy's truck"I huffed dropping it down in the entry way, my back aching, my arms tired. I groaned as I looked around our new apartment, it was a mess. Boxes stacked everywhere, random furniture cluttering the area, who knew we had so much junk?
"Okay cool," Clarke hummed, sprawled out on our new couch, that was positioned randomly in the middle of the living room.
"Come on Clarke we have so much to do! The place is a mess! We need to unpack, I can't find my charger, and we haven't even finished putting the bed together or making it! And I don't know what boxes the kitchen stuff is in and we need to make... ouch mother effer!." My ranting was cut short as I tripped on a box and stubbed my toe on a coffee table. "Ugh oh my god I cant even move around because of all this crap everywhere! We are never moving again! We are staying in this apartment until we move to a retirement home!" I rambled, madly moving from one box to another.
Who's idea was it to move? It was a bad Idea and I had been regretting it ever sine the packing process, after only two years in an apartment with Raven and Octavia I couldn't believe how much stuff we had managed to acquire and hoard, we must have had like 30 text books between us. Clarke insisted on keeping all of her text books just in case she needed them at some point
"Lexa!"
"Why didn't we label these freaking boxes!" I scattered the contents of one box all over the floor, searching through it.
"Lexa!"
"I think we are missing a box!"
"Lexa! Come on!" I felt Clarke's soft hand wrap around my tired arm, she pulled me to my feet and began dragging me from the apartment.
"Clarke what are you doing?! Clarke where are we going?!" I protested as she yanked me out of the apartment and into the hall, closing the front door behind us. "Clarke what the hell?" I frowned , we so didn't have time for whatever Clarke was up to!
"You need to relax Lexa!"
"Clarke, there is so much to do why are we standing out in the hall?"
"You need a do over!"
"A what?" I stared at her blankly.
"A do over," She took both my hands in her's, squeezing them lightly. "We have just moved into our first apartment together and you're not enjoying it, this is supposed to be special and you're missing the moment, you've been freaking out all day." She rubbed my arm softly, trying to soothe me. When we were younger if Clarke just looked at me my stomach would flip with butterflies, and when she touched me it felt like my heart was going to beat right from my chest, not now. Now, seeing her made me breathe easy, her touch calmed me and her kisses made me feel safe.
"You're right, you're right sorry," I sighed letting out a long breath. "The boxes can wait," I conceded
"That's my girl" She kissed me softly and smiled up at me. "Come on let's go home to our apartment"
"Yeah, let's go home"As I smiled down at her, I knew I was already home.
We walked back into the apartment and this time I took the opportunity to really appreciate where we were, how far we had come. It was official, we were now living together, alone, in our own apartment. The combination of our belongings scattered through the house made me smile. This was our home, our new couch may only be new to us and our cutlery set was less of a set and more a combination of things family and friends could spare, but it was ours, and that's all that mattered.
"Thanks for putting me in the moment," I squeezed her hand.
"Anytime."
That night as I kissed my way down her body, my hands tracing patterns along her familiar curves, licking and sucking tender skin, reveling in the breathy gasps leaving Clarke's mouth, her hands tangled tightly in my hair, we were anything but quiet. We definitely enjoyed the new freedom of having the apartment all to ourselves, no Raven or Octavia to come bursting in or complain about the noise.
The next day we were free on the kitchen bench, the couch and the dining table too.
"Oh Clarke is that you?" A sickly sweet voice interrupted Clarke and I, as we planned our weekend trip home, we had both taken the day off to pack and thought it would be nice to grab breakfast at our favorite coffee shop. I was already regretting our outing, as I saw who the voice belonged to, my lip curled in disgust and I had to hold back a snarl. What was she doing here?
'Lyndsey?" Clarke asked in surprise, her eyes flicking to me, already looking apologetic.
"Yes! How are you Clarke?" she spoke with an accent I didn't remember her having as she leaned forward, kissing Clarke on each cheek. I could vomit. "Long time no see!" Lyndsey laughed, tossing her hair to the side. She looked different and not in the 'matured' way, her boobs looked at least two cup sizes bigger and I suspected the surprised look on her face was permanent.
"It's good to see you." I didn't miss the sarcasm in Clarke's voice. "You remember Lexa," Clarke spoke sweetly, gesturing towards me, Lyndsey barley acknowledged my presence, nodding curtly, lips pursed, before turning all her attention back to Clarke.
I couldn't hide my smile as I recalled one of my fondest memories, Clarke breaking up with Lyndsey in front of the entire school in the cafeteria. To Clarke's credit she had tried to do it in a more dignified manner but Lyndsey just hadn't taken the hint. Clarke all but shouted 'We aren't together anymore Lyndsey, I'm with Lexa!'
"How have you been Clarke, what are you doing with yourself these days?" Lyndsey questioned, still ignoring me.
"Oh you know, just finishing med school, oh and Lexa and I moved in to our own apartment a few weeks ago." Clarke smiled proudly back at me, squeezing my hand under the table.
"Oh lovely! I've just gotten engaged myself!" Lyndsey beamed, holding out her hand for Clarke to see, the to large, tacky ring flashing in the morning sun.
"Oh.. wow, who's the lucky girl?"
"Oh no his name is Jeremy, that was just a phase, I grew up," she emphasized looking between the two of us. "Anyway, best be off, was wonderful seeing you, bye!" She left, waving, blowing Clarke a kiss. Ew.
"Oh my god, what a bitch," Clarke huffed out as soon as she was gone. "Just a phase my ass! No one goes down on another girl with as much enthusiasm as she use to if it's just a phase!" Clarke rolled her eyes.
"Ew gross Clarke, please spare me the mental image!" I made a disgusted face.
"Whatever, I have to put up with Raven constantly saying she's the best you've ever had!"
"Yeah but you know that's not true," I smirked
We spent the rest of the day just enjoying each others company, packing our suitcases in between languid kisses. It had been a while since we visited home. I knew Clarke was excited to see her Mom.
"Hey Lex?" Clarke called from our bed, she had been helping me pack but had collapsed an hour ago, the life of a med student catching up with her. I was in the bathroom gathering our toiletries for the short trip.
"Yeah, everything okay?" I popped my head out of the bathroom to check on her.
"It's Friday today," she mumbled eyes still closed.
"Yeah..?"
"I was thinking maybe we could stop at our spot tonight before we go home?" She finally opened her eyes. "We haven't been there in ages and I'd really like to, it makes me feel close to Dad and I couldn't get there for the anniversary and.." I joined her on the bed, interrupting her rambling with a kiss.
"Of course we can!" Her face lit up.
"Great! Now snuggle with me for a while, I'm still sleepy." She pulled me down down, wrapping an arm around my waste and snuggling into my side. She fell back to sleep in seconds.
I wasn't sleepy at all, my mind raced, I breathed deeply trying to relax. I had been waiting for an opportunity like this for weeks, but between moving apartments and Clarke's busy schedule, the time hadn't been right, but now here it was, the perfect moment.
Later that afternoon when Clarke had taken the first load of our stuff to the car, I slipped back into our bedroom, knowing I had to be quick, I hurriedly searched through the back of our closet until I saw the small velvet box I'd hidden when we moved.
With shaking hands I slipped the box into the inside pocket of my coat, my heart raced in excitement as I bit my lip and smiled. Tonight I would propose to my best friend, tonight, hopefully, Clarke would become my fiance.
How long will I love you?
As long as stars are above you
And longer, if I can
The End
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