The Grounder's name was Isaiah. That's all I learned from the trip to Polis. He had taken both Octavia and me on his own because no one was supposed to leave the lines of the five miles but because of my name he had decided to guide us.

I think he also wanted credit for this, but who was I to judge?

All I wanted was to return to Lexa and have a sit down with Octavia so that we could plan our next move. There was no way that we could stay in Polis, we just needed safe passage.

No matter how much I wanted to believe that Lexa would let us stay, I knew it wasn't a good idea. Even though I'd stayed in Polis for a while, the people from the Ark messed up and everyone was paying for it.

So Octavia and I would have to leave Polis until our leader was dead and I wasn't planning on taking too long to figure out how to do it.

"Wait here. If you move, there will be at least a hundred warriors inside who also have the order to kill on sight. You were lucky." Isaiah glared at us as he backed away and then he turned and walked into the building.

I hadn't even noticed we were already there. Which was weird because it wasn't just any building, and it sure as hell wasn't quiet around us.

Octavia was tense as we waited but she kept quiet and I looked around the busy village. The people were happy and they were showing it, they felt safe there.

That's how life should be.

Isaiah didn't return. But Lexa came outside and the frown on her face was enough to set me on edge. She looked angry and when she stopped right in front of us, I could see she was worried.

"What are you doing here?"

"They were going to execute us for show. We weren't any safer there than we were here." I said, my voice just slightly shaking. I didn't know how she would react but I hadn't expected her to look like she wished we didn't come.

"Pike needs to die, Clarke and I are going to make sure of that. But we can't do it when we're locked up. We just need a way to move around camp without your people killing us on sight."

Octavia was braver than I was.

"Octavia. Go see Indra and tell her she needs to help you become one of us. Clarke...follow me." She didn't wait for a response but turned around and walked into Polis.

Octavia left me standing alone, while she went in search of Indra.

I knew where Lexa was going. So I followed her, my hands shaking even though I knew I didn't have to be afraid.

Lexa's room. It was at the top of the tower which meant a lot of steps had to be taken. I was in a state of mind to ask Raven to fix the damn elevator in this tower so it didn't take ages for me to get to her.

I had already wasted precious time with Lexa doubting my feelings and trying to figure out what to do with them, and now I had to waste even more time walking up those steps.

But it gave me time to think. Think about all the things that I wanted to say and everything that I needed to say so that she'd help me.

"Why'd you come here? Knowing I couldn't do anything to help?"

She sat at the foot of her bed with her eyes closed when I finally got to her room. She couldn't have been there much longer but she looked like she had been sitting there for ages.

I sounded like I had run a marathon, out of breath.

"Because you can help. You can make sure Octavia and I can roam around the Ark and form a plan, so that we can finally nail that bastard to the wall."

She opened her eyes after what seemed like an eternity but when she looked at me, she looked calm but determined.

I liked that look in her eyes.

"We want peace right? Peace between our clans and especially peace between us. How are you going to kill your commander?"

I shrugged because I didn't know. "Octavia and I will find a way."

"I don't trust Octavia." She stood to her feet and made her way over to me. "But you do. Right?"

I nodded. "Yes. She's just trying to do the right thing for her and her brother."

"I will see what I can do. Maybe...maybe I could let one of my warriors follow you for safety. But you do have to leave first thing in the morning. You understand, right?" She was trying to be both the commander and the woman she'd been with me before I left but it didn't work.

All I saw was the woman I loved.

When I realized what I had thought, I felt my heart skip a beat. Sure, I knew I liked her very much, but I never thought I would love her. But I did with all of my heart.

"Thank you." My voice was barely a whisper but she heard me. She seemed as tuned into me as I was into her.

"I should..." She blinked as if trying to shake herself out of a daze.

It was in that moment that I decided that I didn't want our first time to be the last. I wanted to spend every waking moment with her even if it was frowned upon.

"Can we just...stay here for a while?" I asked before she could say anything. She stared at me, as if looking for something she couldn't quite figure out.

But then she nodded.

And my heart skipped a beat, before I leaned forward and captured her lips.

Lexa hadn't expected it. I could feel it in the way she softened against me only seconds later. She still had those walls, but I hoped with time they would drop when she was around me.

Especially when we were alone.

I'm doing this here because I didn't want to spoil but I'm cutting this short here, shorter than the others because I want to not skip over anything and you know...