Time past with me drawing on the couch and waiting for Lexa. She was beginning to take a while and that was worrying me. Lexa would not be keeping me waiting unless it was something important. Or maybe she was just avoiding me. Lexa was not one to show her emotions easily, maybe after the night we had she may not have wanted to face me.

The door opened again and I looked up to see that Indra was back. Indra looked at me her face heavy. I usually did not get along with Indra but I felt myself feeling concern for her. It looked like a lot was on her mind. "Everything ok?" I asked and Indra walked over and sat down next to me on the couch.

"Not really." She said shortly not even looking at me. I felt my temper flare up.

"You know when someone expresses concern over you its usually polite to give a nicer response. At least a thank you even." I said my face heating up. Indra chuckled.

"Thank you." She said sarcastically, I could tell she did not really mean it.

"Fine don't tell me what is bothering you. Why did you even come in here anyway with that mopey look on your face if you did not even want to talk." I said crossing my legs on the couch in frustration. I was going to get back to my drawing if she was going to continue to be so stubborn.

I began drawing for a couple more minutes. "I just did not want to be alone after the news I received. Figured even Wanheda's company was better then no company." I looked up from my sketch book my brows scrunched together.

"Why what happened? Is that why Lexa is gone?" Indra laughed but this time a little harsher.

"As much as I love my commander not everything is about your precious Lexa. I got news from home. An old friend's fight ended last night. One of the village elders. Not that a Skaikru would even care." She said with venom to her voice. Even with her anger my face softened. Indra was obviously hurting. It was strange to see someone as tough as Indra to have a sensitive side.

"I'm sorry for your lose Indra. I have lost people too I know how you are feeling." I said reaching out to touch her shoulder. She shook me away.

"Skaikru knows nothing of what we feel." She said then looked at me sadly. "But thank you." She said and this time I could tell she was a little more sincere. I smiled at her and showed her my drawings, hoping they would cheer her up. "Wow, your actually ok at something." Indra said flipping threw the book. I could not help but laugh at that.

"I'm average." I said shrugging my shoulders and she got a good chuckle.

"Some of our elders always said its good to have more then one talent back in my village. I was mainly good at fighting though so I did not listen. But this is good I'll admit. Maybe the elders were right." She said and I was shocked that she was actually being nice for once. We sat on the couch for a while just making small talk and laughing it was strange. It had to be the first time I had sat with Indra for a long period of time where she was not constantly throwing insults at me.

After what felt like a eternity of getting to know one another a voice came from the door. "Is it safe to say you two have become friends?" Lexa's voice said and I felt some anger and worry return that I gotten distracted from. Where had she been all this time? And was that a cut on her face?

"Why would I ever be friends with Skaikru?" Indra said to Lexa making it obvious that she was joking. I could not help but laugh at her comment. She was not too bad to be around after all.

"Yeah Lex why would Trikru ever become Skaikru's friends. I think you're seeing what you want to see." I said, I felt out of breath from laughing too hard for too long. Indra echoed me by chuckling softly.

"I did take a sword to the head but I did not think it was making see things that are not here." Lexa said and I instantly stopped laughing. A sword to the head? What the hell had been going on this morning? Indra stopped laughing a stiffened looking ready to fight anyone who would come in to attack us.

"You got hurt? What were you thinking? You could have gotten your self killed." I yelled jumping up from the couch to inspect her injury. It did not look to bad. Just a couple of stitches but it scared me to think that it could have been much worse and I was not there to stop it.

"I am fine Clarke. I have had much worse then this. It will heal quickly." I put my hand to her face and lightly touched where the stitches were. It pained me to see Lexa hurt. I wanted to have the power to take all the pain away. I had never felt this much love towards someone. Not even towards Finn, and I wanted to keep her safe at all costs.

"Fine? Lexa you have stitches. How can you stand there and say you're fine?" I said feeling angry. Did she not realize that I would be lost if something more serious had happened.

"Clarke, look at me. I am still standing it is just a cut, a deep one but it will heal." She said and if she was not hurt I would have slapped her.

"How could you let your self get hurt again?" I said again feeling hurt with my anger. She thought this was not serious but it was to me.

"I did it to protect you. Indra, have all warriors prepare for war. Queen Nia will be here with her own warriors in a weeks time." She said the first part to me gently then turned and finished to Indra. Her face hard and serious. I felt a wave of fear then anger go threw me. I was unsure of what would have happened to have started a war.

"Lexa what did you do?" I asked feeling a mixture of concern and then anger. Queen Nia was responsible for the death of Lexa's first love Costia. So Lexa had already had a tense relationship with her. If there was now a war something else had to have happened.

"She wanted a war she got one. I want you to know that I am doing this to protect you and nothing more. She tried and succeed in killing one person I have loved. I am not about to let her take that from me again. Everything I do now I do to protect you, you may not like it but this is how it is going to be until the day my spirit leaves my body. If that day happens to be the day I fight Queen Nia then so be it, but I am not going to just sit back and let her take someone that I love from me again. She is to die and so are her people." She said tears beginning to run down her face. I pulled her into a embrace unable to see her cry. Then I let go of her quickly so I did not make her look weak in front of Indra.

"Hey, I understand where you're coming from. I just worry for you that you're going to get yourself seriously hurt one day." I whipped away Lexa's tears tenderly. Then I noticed indra was beginning to look uncomfortable with our exchange.

"Clarke, she's Heda she will not get seriously hurt, especially if I am with her." Indra had not used my actual name since I had come to the capital so this had shocked me beyond belief. I looked at her widening my eyes. "What? Did I say something offensive?" Indra said in a huff. I could not help but burst out into laughter which in return made Lexa laugh as well. Indra looked at us her face growing angry at our laughter. I could tell she still felt out of the loop.

"No, I'm just shocked you actually used my name." I was laughing so hard I had to wipe away some tears. Once it hit Indra why we were laughing she began laughing herself. It was nice to have all of us in one place actually getting along. That is before war began.

We had dinner together the three of us it was a happy time. Part of me wished it could always be like this. Yet, we could never fully be at peace until the Ice Nation is defeated. Then Lexa and I would finally be able to be with each other and have a life. At least I hoped that would be the case. Only time would. That night I made love to Lexa over and over again. Hoping that these next few nights together would not be our last.