Lexa, who had chosen to wait for Clarke in the small alcove by the door, was still trying to calm herself down when Clarke walked over fully dressed looking very ready to walk out the door. "Clarke. I am the commander. They will wait for me. For both of us."

Clarke, taken aback by the bold statement, looked from Lexa to the door. She pulled open the heavy slab of wood. "We can't." Lexa watched the girl walk out of her room and begin to make her way down the hall with an air of confidence even the commander could hardly pull off. She walked quickly to catch up with Clarke.

"Don't say anything. Some already aren't happy with the addition of Skaikru and we don't need them using this against us." Clarke responded by keeping her eyes pointed directly down the hall. "Are you listening to me Clarke?"

"Lexa. What do you want me to say?" She stopped and turned to face the taller girl. "A minute ago you were ready to hop into bed and forget about the meet and now you expect me to hide our relationship - whatever it is - from everyone?"

"It's not what I want either, however with the Ice Nation beginning a war my people need to trust me. They must look at me with all the respect they always have."

"Of course. And they won't respect you if you're sleeping with me" Clarke said with mock understanding. Lexa opened her mouth to reply but before she could gather a thought Clarke had begun walking again. She reached out and joined her hand with that of the blonde leader of the Skaikru clan. Clarke allowed this until they reached the room where, evidently, everyone was waiting for them. Lexa felt a pang of guilt when Clarke's hand slid out of her own, but put it aside knowing that it was necessary, and led the way into the room.

Clarke looked around, her eyes nearly doubling when she saw the number of people in the room. She reminded herself that all any of them knew was that the two of them talked the night before in an attempt to calm her nerves. It didn't help.

She made her way to the empty seat near Lexa's that was clearly meant for her and sat. Lexa exchanged a glance with Clarke, took a shaky breath and said, "Let's begin."

After a moment of still silence, everyone began to talk at the same time. Lexa, who was generally very good at maintaining order, found herself ignoring the chatter in favor of watching Clarke. She was only moderately aware of the fact that half the people in the room were calling to her. "Commander! Heda please- Lexa." Clarke still looked frightened.

It finally registered that it had grown quiet and Indra was standing in the center of the room. "Isn't that right, Commander?" she asked expectantly. Clearly Indra read the look on Lexa's face because she quickly repeated the question. "There must be a satisfying explanation for this?"

"Of course" replied Lexa. Titus rolled his eyes.

"Heda," he said. "It was simply to gain her trust. Was it not?"

"It was," replied Lexa, vacantly.

"Nothing more, right Commander?" Clarke who had, until this point, still been lost in her own mind, suddenly snapped to attention.

Lexa felt the girl's attention without having to look. Keeping her eyes locked on Titus she responded with a simple, "Yes." Clarke stared at her.

Her attention, which remained on the other ambassadors, was stolen by the Broadleaf ambassador. "You are a child-" spat Uzac angrily. "You are liable to make bias decision with Clarke here." The look on his face made Lexa uneasy; something told her he could become dangerous. Luna stood and walked over to him and placed her hand on his shoulder.

"Uzac is correct, Commander" she began. "You are young. However you have proven to be a trustworthy leader. And," she turned to look at some of the other accusers, "you have always made the right decision for us. For example, Mount Weather-"

"Mount Weather?!" exclaimed Clarke, eyes wide.

Immediately Lexa said, "Does anyone else have concerns they would like to express?"

At that point everyone else decided to unleash their thoughts on the master. The room exploded in a chorus of "if she distracts you from this war- Azgeda will take advantage of every weakness! Do you not see the severity of our situation?"

"She will not distract me. She is not a weakness. This situation is my sole priority!" Lexa shouted at the room, jumping out of her chair. When she stood everyone else in the room did, as was customary. She looked at them. These people were getting to her. Their prying into her life, accusing her, the look Clarke was giving her.

Clarke hesitated a moment, stood, glanced at the others in the room. She turned away from Lexa. Making for the door, nobody noticed Clarke; they were too focused on incriminating the commander of whom they had previously been nothing but loyal.

"I am done discussing this." She walked out. By the time she got to the hall she couldn't tell which way Clarke had gone. Amazingly Lexa only allowed her composure to falter for a brief moment. She left the room behind her.