Part 7
It was dark, hot and scary. Her breath was heavy. Her eyes were full of tears. Her heart was in pain. Her body was shivering. She was scared. She tried to keep her tears but couldn't. She was having difficulty to think. Those images kept passing themselves again and again in her head. All she could see was blood, bodies, and injuries. The worst, were their eyes. Those eyes that once looked at her with respect, compassion, kindness and were now looking at her in a guilty way.
"Lexa," She yelled her sheet wrapped tight around her. "Lexa!" She repeated with a croaky voice. "I need you…" She whispered this time.
The blonde put a hand on the brunette's shoulder and pressed it. The grounder opened her eyes as quickly as Clarke happened to have a dagger on her throat. It made the sky girl cry harder and louder. The commander pulled the weapon away before looking at the blonde.
"What happened?" Her voice was full of concern. Lexa pulled her blanket away and leaned her back against the wall, ready to listen to Clarke's explanation. "Are you alright?"
Clarke sitting on the edge of her mattress, waited until her respiration regulated herself. Of course, Lexa had been trained to react that way. It scared her. The girl brought her hand under her eyes and wiped her tears. "I… I'm sorry." She apologized, and stared at the ground.
"I did not want to scare you. It was not my intention." Lexa explained, seeing the girl wasn't looking confident, she got closer to her, sitting on the edge of her own bed. She managed to get Clarke's gaze and put a hand on one of the girl's knee. "You can speak to me, Clarke."
"I…had another nightmare." The sky princess admitted before looking elsewhere. "I'm scared."
"Fine, do you want to tell me about it?" How careful Lexa was surprised Clarke, it was… so different but so lovely to discover that side of the commander. The sky princess said no with the head, and hesitated for a moment before saying:
"I just want…a hug."
The warrior blushed but pulled Clarke into a tight hug. The blonde put her arms around the brunette's neck and every time she inhaled, her heart rate increased because of the girl's scent.
After some minutes, Clarke pulled away. Lexa stood and made her way to her mattress, which wasn't far, only two or three steps. She laid and watched Clarke staring at her.
"Have I done something wrong?" The commander asked worried.
"No…" Once again, Clarke looked somewhere else. The blonde didn't want to admit she actually wanted to stay close to Lexa. It was too soon to show Lexa her true feelings. Clarke didn't feel ready.
Lexa put a part of her blanket aside, and stretched out an arm. She took Clarke's wrist and pulled her into her bed this time. The sky girl closed her eyes and rested her forehead into the crook of the brunette's neck. Lexa didn't hesitate and put her hands on the girl's waist, making her come closer. She put one of her legs between Clarke's and felt the sky princess put her arms around her body.
When Clarke woke up, she was alone in Lexa's mattress. Although, she still could feel where Lexa laid, on her right, it still was warm. The blonde was too lazy to sit or to stretch. She closed her eyes again and sighed. It was time to get up. What time was it? She didn't even know. Clarke just lived with day and night. When it was night or when she would be tired she would go to sleep and she'll do whatever when she had strength to. If not, she would do nothing. Now, Lexa was here. She didn't realize how much she did since she found her. Her body did. It exhausted her physically.
The sky girl stood up sighing. She quickly changed clothes and made her way to the living room. Her eyes laid on a concentrated Lexa. The brunette was sitting on a couch with a book in her hands.
"You are up." The commander stated. She gazed Clarke smiling.
"I am."
"How are you?" The brunette stood and got closer to Clarke.
"Good. You?" The blonde responded.
"Fine."
Clarke took two biscuits on the table and looked at Lexa. "How do you feel about going hunting?"
"Good, do you want to look at my injuries before we go?"
Clarke nodded and checked Lexa's wounds. It was healing faster than she thought, also, faster than she wanted. Once she looked at Lexa's wound and changed the gazes, Clarke pushed herself to a sitting position as Lexa did.
"Is there something wrong?" The commander said worried. The blonde wasn't looking at her, she was, somehow, sad Lexa would be able to go back to her 'position'. Lexa wasn't an ordinary young woman. Clarke knew that. The brunette had duties to attend to.
"No, you're healing well." The sky girl answered, her gaze being caught by Lexa's.
"Then why are you making a face?"
"I'm not." Clarke lied. "It's just, will you be able to catch an animal? I'm not good at hunting."
"Are you questioning my skills, Clarke of the Sky People?" The brunette returned. Clarke chuckled and stood, she extended her hand to Lexa. The grounder took it and stood at her turn. Once Lexa was on her feet, Clarke let Lexa's hand and made her way to the scale.
"Let's go." The blonde said before pulling herself out of the underground shelter.
