Lexa opens her eyes, and adjust them to the sunlight shining through Clarke's bedroom window. She groans, and then remembers the events of the previous night. Their study date turned into a sexual night. Lexa's legs are tangled together with Clarke's. Her feet poking out at the end of the bed. Clarke still dressed in her undergarments, as Lexa's clothes are scattered across the room.
"Clarke.." Lexa says slightly shaking the blonde's shoulder. Clarke groans and rubs her eyes slowly.
"I'm up. What is it?" She asks.
"Did last night really happen?" She asks. Clarke smiles and props herself up on her elbows.
"Yes, and it couldn't have been any better." Clarke says leaning forward and giving Lexa a small kiss on the nose. Lexa glances over at the time on the clock and her eyes grown wide.
"Shit!" She says throwing the covers off of her. She grabs her undergarments off the floor and puts them on the edge of the bed.
"What?" Clarke asks as Lexa dresses herself in her clothes she wore the night before.
"I completely forgot I have practice for tomorrow's game vs Maryland. If I'm late, I am toast." She says pulling on her jeans.
"Oh. Sorry." Clarke says swinging her legs off the side of the bed.
"It's not your fault." Lexa says pulling on her plaid shirt. She grabs her bag and shoves her laptop inside.
"I'll see you later?" Clarke asks.
"Yeah, I'll text you." Lexa says before leaving the room. She walks down the hallway and reaches her room. She opens the door, and sighs in relief. Octavia is sound asleep in her bed snuggled up with her boyfriend, Lincoln.
She opens a drawer, and pulls out blue and white athletic shorts, a blue tank top, her shooting sleeve, and her headband. She quickly changes clothes, and leaves the room. She puts her hair up in a quick ponytail. She walks out of her dorm building and quickly walks to the basketball performance center.
She enters the building, and walks into the locker room. No one on the team is in there, and she shivers. She pulls on her shooting sleeve, and her headband. She walks out into the gym, and sighs in relief. They are just shooting around, a tradition before practice starts.
"You're just in time Lexa." Coach Close says walking past her. Lexa joins her teammates just as practice starts. The practice consists of drills, sprints, and a 10 minute scrimmage. After the drills and 10 minutes of running sprints, a break is called. Lexa wipes the sweat off her forehead, and sits on the floor drowning some blue Gatorade. raven joins her, and gives her a questioned look.
"What?" Lexa aks screwing the top back on her bottled drink.
"You are doing a terrible job at hiding the fact that you and Clarke had sex." Raven says. Lexa smacks Raven in the shoulder.
"Shut up Raven." Lexa says.
"What, I'm just trying to help you hide it better. It's plastered all over your face. The I just had sex look." Raven says with a smile on her face.
"Raven. We didn't have full on sex okay? It was just her relieving sexual tension she thought I had. So, shut up." Lexa says. Before Raven can respond, Coach Close blows the whistle.
"Alright! Scrimmage time. Team A vs Team B." The scrimmage goes by quickly with Lexa's team winning. After practice, Lexa makes the quick walk back to her dorm.
She walks down the hall to her room, and she hears another woman's voice inside. One she doesn't recognize as any of Octavia's friends. She opens the door, and her eyes widen.
Standing beside her bed is her friend and former girlfriend, Costia Woods. She's wearing black denim jeans, a green blouse, a black track jacket, and hunting boots. Her hair is in a simple braid.
"Cos?" Lexa says. Costia turns her head and smiles at her friend.
"Hey Lex. What's shakin?" Costia says.
"What are you doing here?" Lexa asks sitting on the edge of her bed.
"I came to see you play. Plus, we haven't talked in a bit." Costia says.
"I meant to, I've just been busy." Lexa says setting her bag down on the floor.
"Understandable. I figured I'd surprise you." Costia says as Octavia exits the room.
"Well, consider me surprised." Lexa says letting her hair down.
"So, how have you been?" Costia asks running her fingers through her long, dirty blonde hair.
"Good. I was gonna introduce you to Clarke eventually, but she's not around." Lexa says.
"You don't have to. Your roommate couldn't keep her mouth shut." he says smiling.
"That's Octavia. She doesn't know how to shut it." Lexa says.
"She just wants your best interests. That's what friends are for. How long have you and Clarke been together?" Costia asks.
"Couple months." Lexa says rubbing her hands together. Having this conversation with her ex is the last thing she wants.
"That's good. Well, I gotta go. I'm staying with a friend off campus. I'll see you later, okay?" Costia says.
"Yeah, see you later Cos." Lexa says before Costia exits the room. Octavia walks back in seconds later and sits on her bed.
"She's pretty cute." Octavia says.
"Tave, quiet. She's a friend now." Lexa says.
"Mhmmm. You were looking at her the same way you look at Clarke. What exactly happened?" She asks.
"She's 22 now. She was 20 when we dated. I was 16. It was nice. We dated for just over a year, until she went off to college. We kind of just broke things off." Lexa says.
"Sounds like you're still not over her.." Octavia says.
"I wasn't for a while. Not until I met Clarke. She took me off of Cos." Lexa says.
"Good to hear. We're going out tonight. And, you're dressing up whether you like it or not. Come on." Octavia says pulling Lexa to her feet.
"Where we goin?" Lexa asks.
"To add to your tomboy wardrobe." Octavia says pulling Lexa out their bedroom door. Lexa shakes her head, and just thinks to herself.
