Lexa was shivering, stupid park bench, why did it have to have such open slits. It's so damn cold. She squinted her eyes and saw a figure approaching, she couldn't see much as the park lights were very dim. Not again. Lexa had already been hassled since looked like an easy target. Young girl all by herself, broken arm, park bench. That said more than enough but luckily she had hidden Anya's money well so she only got slightly roughed up. It must have
"Lexa?" She leaned up at the familiar voice.
"LEXA!"
"Clarke?" Clarke immediately sat down next to the brunette moving her hands up and down Lexa's arms in order to warm the shivering girl up. Suddenly Lexa burst into tears. She had never felt so vulnerable, so exposed before but for some reason she felt comfortable with Clarke which made her sob even harder.
"Shhs Lexa shhhs, you're okay, I've got you." Lexa threw herself into Clarke's arms, Lexa as she was growing up was never treated with such gentleness and such kindness before, her family always believed in the tough love mantra so she had never been shown so much affection before.
"What happened?"
"I got kicked-sniffle-out Clarke. My parents didn't believe me about how I broke my arm and-sniffle-they didn't believe me on what I was doing last night." Lexa looked at her feet, "I guess it was my fault, I was always getting into fights so they wouldn't know what to believe. I'm such a shit person."
"No, don't you ever think that. If they can't see that you're telling the truth and if they can't see how much of an amazing person you are then it's their loss. And you, are NOT a shit person. I think you are a wonderful amazingly awesome breath-taking person."
Lexa giggled. "Say that again."
"I Clarke Griffin, think that Lexa Woods is the most wonderful amazingly awesome breath-taking person in the whole world."
Lexa smiled. "Come on, let's take you to mine."
….
The walk back was around 30 minutes long and Lexa couldn't help but bombard Clarke with lots of questions.
"Why were you at the park?"
"I was looking for you."
"How did you know I was going to be there."
"Well I didn't, that was actually the third park I went to. Lucky I found you then, I was running out of parks." Clarke answered with a dry laugh.
"Why were you looking for me?"
"Raven. As soon as you were kicked out I think, Anya called up Raven asking if I could find you and look after you since she wasn't allowed out of the house."
"You didn't have to…thank you so much."
"Of course I did, what did you expect me to leave you here all alone, defenceless with god knows creepy perverts walking near you. Hell no. And enough with the thanking, you don't need to thank me."
…
Lexa woke up startled. She took in the new surroundings; she was in bed in a room with squeaky white walls which smelled of roses. On the floor she saw her backpack and then all the memories came flooding back.
Abby sauntered into the room, "Good, you're awake."
"Hi?"
"Hello Lexa, consider this a new house warming greeting. This is your new room, you can decorate it however you want, you can paint it whatever colour you want, just try not to punch holes in the wall." Abby smiled warmly.
"Abby I-you don't know how much this means to me, thank you so much."
"Lexa you are too polite, and didn't Clarke tell you not to say thank you all the time, we are happy for you to be here. Oh and Clarke's room is on your right and Raven's on your left. You are welcome in this house indefinitely." Lexa's eyes started to water. Abby immediately pulled Lexa into another bone crushing hug, "Oh sweetie."
Abby scanned Lexa's face. "Oh my god. What happened to your face?" Lexa had forgotten about that, almost.
"Oh um, it was my mum." Lexa said, hanging her head in embarrassment. Abby gasped, "You poor poor thing."
….
"Raven?" Lexa knocked on her door 3 times. The door was badly painted red with a sign on the front stating "All ye that enter, shall suffer the Raven's wrath."
"Come in."
Lexa stepped into Raven's room, it had the same structure as hers but it was completely different at the same time. There were streaks of red and black paint on the walls with lots of posters hanging from them. Her room was a mess, clothes strewn everywhere, music booming from her massive stereo which had been taking up most of the space in the room.
"Hey Lexa, I mean hey roomie."
"I just wanna say thanks for helping me out, if it weren't for you telling Clarke, I would still be out there freezing my ass off." Lexa chuckled slightly.
"Are you sure you're okay, Anya's been texting me non stop ever since I told her that you were staying here with us, becoming part of the Griffin household."
"Yeah, tell her I'm fine and where's Clarke?"
"I don't know; this house is so big. Actually she's probably in the art studio, just turn left down the stairs and then left again."
Lexa gently shut the door behind her and started her trek downstairs. As she neared the art studio, she heard a voice singing along to music, Lexa thought the voice was heavenly. She peeped through the gap in the door and saw Clarke singing along to music as she painted on a canvas which was full of abstract swirls of green, it looked intense. She recognised the song, it was Hero by Enrique Inglesias.
"Would you dance if I asked you to dance?" Yes
"Would you run and never look back?" Never
"Would you cry if you saw me crying?" Probably
"Would you save my soul tonight?" I want to
"Would you tremble if I touched your lips?" Dear god yes
"Would you laugh? Oh, please tell me this." You can make me laugh any day Clarke
"Now would you die for the one you love?" I would
"Hold me in your arms, tonight." okay
"I can be your hero, baby.
I can kiss away the pain.
I will stand by you forever.
You can take my breath away." Clarke is so amazing
"Would you swear that you'll always be mine?" Yes
"Would you lie? Would you run and hide?" Never
"Am I in too deep? Have I lost my mind?" Please be
"I don't care. You're here tonight." I don't either
What am I thinking! Lexa chastised herself, smacking herself in the forehead with her palm, trying to get those thoughts away.
"Lexa?"
Oh shit, she heard me. I shouldn't have smacked my forehead so loudly. I need to stop being so dumb, it's not like Clarke Griffin will ever like me.
…
Clarke turned around when she heard a noise and saw Lexa in the background, peering at her. "Lexa?" Clarke internally smiled.
"Hi" She meekly whispered.
"You have a beautiful voice." Clarke blushed furiously, "Thanks."
Lexa awkwardly shuffled closer.
"You wanna talk about it?" Clarke asked.
"About everything or anything you want."
"okay." Lexa pulled up a stool to sit next to Clarke.
"Well, it wasn't always like this. My parents used to be much kinder and warmer but ever since Aden died…they have never been the same. I guess none of us have ever been the same."
"Who's Aden?" Clarke asked curiously.
"My little brother."
"Oh, may I ask how he, you know."
"2 years ago our whole family went out on a boating trip and we were all messing around and having fun. But I was being careless and stupid and I slipped and fell into the water." Clarke listened intently silently urging her to continue.
"Aden, always trying to be the hero he was, jumped into the water after me. He was 2 years younger than me but he was a champion swimmer at school. Anyways, when he pulled me back from the currents, his foot got caught in-between the rocks. I tried to save him, but I couldn't save him and he-he drowned." Lexa wiped her eyes as a few tears left her eyes.
"Oh Lexa, you know it wasn't your fault. There was nothing you could do." Clarke rubbed Lexa's back.
"Yes I could have, if I had watched more carefully, if I hadn't slipped, if I was a better swimmer. It should have been me."
Clarke held Lexa firmly until she looked her dead in the eyes.
"Don't you ever say that again. Do you hear me. You are special. Fate is fate, you can't control what happens. You can't always carry the weight of the world on your shoulders Lexa, you have to share it with someone."
"Who?"
"Share it with me Lexa, share with me your burdens and I will help to lift them from you."
"Thank you, I have never told that to anyone else. My parent's have always blamed me for his death, I guess they've never forgiven me. When he died, I felt so angry you know, so I got into so many street fights and accidents to try and take away the pain, it's become my default." Clarke soaked in the weight of Lexa's words before taking a deep breath.
"When my dad was killed in a car accident, we were in a bad shape. My mum would just drown herself in work, I would party away the pain and Raven helped us through it. Even though my dad wasn't Raven's father, he was more like a father than hers ever was. Ever since Raven was 5, he saw Raven as his own. Raven grieved in her own way I guess.
But when everything was going downhill, she was the one to pull us all out. Raven will always have my back, and I hers."
"Thank you for sharing this with me."
They both hugged longingly for a few minutes before they regained their composures and Abby called them to breakfast.
"BREAKFAST IN 5."
"COMING." Clarke screamed back.
Clarke turned to Lexa, "Um do you want to go to a party. It's Bellamy's, it will only be Bellamy, Octavia, Lincoln, Raven, me of course and I think Anya will come too because Raven has been nagging her ever since. Is that alright? It's tomorrow night, before school starts."
"Okay."
….
DING. DONG. Here we go. Lexa shuffled nervously before the door opened, only then realizing that she can't let the others see how vulnerable she was. Suddenly she stood up straight, broadened her shoulders, cracked her neck and strode into the house.
"Hey guys." Lexa flashed a smile and turned to see Bellamy and the others staring at her.
Then she saw Anya sitting next to Raven, cautiously watching her.
"Anya." She breathed.
At that moment not caring what they thought of her she ran to Anya and enveloped her into a hug. "I'm so sorry Lexa, I'm so sorry. I tried to tell them but they wouldn't listen."
"It's quite alright."
Raven waited a few seconds before changing the mood. "Guys, let's PARTAYYYY!"
"I got vodka!" Bellamy shouted from the kitchen.
Octavia nudged Lincoln, "What games should we play, there's truth or dare, 7 minutes in heaven or kings. Actually Bell, why don't we play them all."
"Whatever you want lil sis. Let's play Kings first, to get everyone to loosen up."
Everyone sat in a circle and Bellamy handed out the cups and filled them all to the brim.
"How do you play?" Lexa asked.
"Okay so the rules are, wait I have a list."
Bellamy picked it up shoving it towards Lexa.
Put a pack of cards in the middle of the circle.
If you pick up:
Ace = Waterfall drinking
1 = drink
2 = point at 2 people to drink
3 = take 3 drinks
4= choose someone to drink with you
5 = last to touch the ground
6= girls
7 = last to put their hands up (heaven)
8 = choose a mate to drink every time you drink
9 = have to rhyme
10 = guys
Jack = chug it all back
Queen = Become question asker
King = Make a new rule
"Got it?" Lincoln asked.
"Yep" Lexa said, popping the p.
"Let's go around in a circle."
Bellamy sat next to Octavia, then Lincoln, then Lexa, then Anya, then Raven, then Clarke and then back to Bellamy.
Bellamy picked up and put it on the ground, "Seven!"
Immediately everyone put their hands up in the air, but since Lexa hadn't really got the hang of the game yet, she was by far the slowest.
"Lexa, drink up." Anya called.
Lexa lifted her red cup and swallowed some down. "Go Lexa" Raven hollered.
Octavia then picked up a card, "Eight." She immediately stared at Lincoln who sighed knowing he was chosen. "Hey Matey! If I'm gonna have to drink, you will suffer too."
"Of course I will.." Lincoln sighed, he hoped that anyone else hadn't picked up that he was seriously crushing hard on Bellamy's little sister.
They both chugged it down and Lincoln's face contorted into a face of pain. "Wow, considering you're a guy of your size, I wouldn't have guessed that you were a lightweight." Clarke laughed.
Anya replied for him, "Our whole family is kinda lightweight actually, well except from our little Lexa here." She nudged Lexa who then glared at her for calling her little.
Lincoln then picked up a card, "4" who then pointed straight at Octavia, "Payback." Lincoln snarked.
Bellamy was seemingly oblivious to the constant back and forth flirting going on between his little sister and his best friend. Whereas Anya and Raven were currently sucking face until their go. Lexa was squashed between the two 'couples', finding herself sitting opposite Clarke, who was also squashed too.
Lexa and Clarke locked eyes and seemed to have a silent conversation with their eyes. Lexa complaining about being stuck in the middle and Clarke sympathising since she at least had Bellamy as a buffer.
"Lexxaaaaa, your go." Lincoln slurred.
"What the hell Linc, you only had one chug how are you so drunk already?"
"Told you, lightweight." Anya answered after she had parted from Raven's lips.
Lexa picked up a card, "Ace". "I forgot, what does this do."
Everyone groaned. "You have to start the waterfall, basically you chug and when the person before you have stopped, only then you can stop drinking, well until your cup is empty."
Lexa smirked, she could use her heavy weight-ness to her advantage after all.
"So like this?" Lexa picked up her red cup and started to drink from it.
Then Anya picked up her cup and so on. Luckily Lincoln was last, so he wouldn't get even more drunk then he already was.
Lexa held up her cup, still drinking, torturing the others until she finally put hers down.
As soon as Lexa put her cup down, Anya immediately followed but then Raven stayed strong. Slowly chugging from her cup, looking directly at Clarke who was struggling and groaning with all the alcohol being downed. When Clarke completely downed her cup, then Raven was forced to stop and like Anya, Bellamy, Octavia and Lincoln put down their cups.
Anya picked up her card, "10"
"Yesss." Raven pumps her fist out in the air.
"This is so unfair, there are 5 girls and only two of us guys." Bellamy muttered as he chugged his drink.
"My goooo" Raven states. She picks up a card and slams it on the ground, "9. Boom"
"Doom"
"Gloom"
"Tomb"
Lincoln looked petrified as his brain tried to rack up a word.
"Ughh, not again."
He downed his drink, finishing it completely.
"Clarkey, last but not least." Bellamy teased.
Clarke picked up her card and threw it down when she saw it. "Jack. You have got to be kidding me."
Since her cup was completely drained from the waterfall earlier on, Bellamy refilled her cup all the way to the brim. Then smirked.
"All yours princess, drink up."
Clarke gave one last look at Lexa and chugged the drink down in one go till it was all burning down her throat.
"Woahhh princess, didn't know you had it in you. Well I knew but since you aren't at a proper house party, I didn't expect you to."
Clarke shrugged, motioning to play a different game.
…..
Lincoln with a cheeky smile saying "truth" he answered taking a sip from his vodka "mhhhmm... if you had to be together with someone out of this group, who would it be?" Bellamy asked. There seems to be more behind the question Lexa noticed but she hadn't had time to think about it , she had her own problem ,and that problem had a name, it was Clarke, who was now staring at her. Can't she just stop confusing her? "Umm.. Octavia." Lincoln says jokingly throwing a kiss and hoping that Bellamy doesn't catch on to his true feelings. The whole group cheered except from Bellamy and Clarke who was of course trying to make her attempt of staring at Lexa a little bit less obvious. "Clarke, truth or dare?" the still flustered Lincoln asked. Clarke actually stops staring at Lexa and whips her head to turn and answer "dare",
"I dare you to kiss Lexa, with tongue for 1 minute". Octavia seems to be happy about it whilst muttering about payback, Lexa never understood why boys are so into two girls kissing as Bellamy was currently grinning, but as Clarke leant in and their lips touched she understood.
Fuck this is wonderful, her lips are so soft and amazing. I can get lost in your lips Clarke.
Clarke felt like so could explode, it seemed to feel like Lexa's lips were molded to fit hers. She saw fireworks and she loved it.
Holy shit, I'm kissing her, I'm kissing Lexa Woods! I'm so lucky I'm drunk or I wouldn't be able to do this. Thank god for Raven. Gotta thank her after this.
As their kiss sadly came to an end, Clarke locked eyes with Lexa before blushing furiously and looking away.
HEY READERS, THERE WILL BE A CONTINUATION OF THE DRINKING GAME/GAMES/PARTY ONLY IF YOU WANT IT. THANKS :)
