The weekend passed faster than anyone could have imagined. The weekend at the nature reserved was filled with laughter, adventures such as kayaking & rock climbing, and a new found friend in Lexa. Clarke exchanged numbers with Lexa and they all packed their bags in the car.

"Looks like you had the best weekend rendezvous out of all of us Clarke " Wells joked as they drove.

"Please let's not mention this ever again. What happened at the nature preserve, stays at the nature preserve." Clarke said pulling her sunglasses down and leaning her head back on the seat with a hangover.

"You mean you're not going to talk to her again?" Octavia asked.

"I doubt it, this was just a one-time thing," Clarke said.

"Alright," Octavia said not convinced, giving it away in her voice.

Lexa hung out with the gang for most of the weekend and in particular, she hung around Clarke.

"Look, you got a text from Lexa already." Octavia teased, passing Clarke her phone.

Clarke raised up her sunglasses to read.

Lexa – 1:51pm: I had so much fun with you this weekend Clarke. Thanks for a great time.

Clarke – 1:52pm: No problem. I had a lot of fun too

When Octavia got home, she hopped straight into the shower. When she got out, she looked on her phone and she had one missed call from Raven. She immediately called back.

"Octavia, hey! How was your weekend?" Raven said when she picked up the call.

"It was awesome. If you ever get a chance, you should so check out the nature preserve, its like 30 minutes from here." Octavia said

"Oh yeah. I heard about that place. Maybe I'll check it out one of these days." Raven replied.

"What about you? How was your weekend?" Octavia asked

"Nothing too crazy, I just ended up working all weekend," Raven said.

"Work? That's it?"

"Yep. Pretty much" Raven replied.

"Well, what are you doing today? Octavia asked. You gotta do something this weekend that doesn't involve work" she urged

"Well, I don't really have anything planned"

"Awesome, let's meet up today then….If you want to." Octavia said.

"Sure, let's do it," Raven said smiling into the phone.

"Do you want to grab sushi?" Octavia asked.

"I've never had sushi but I'll try it," Raven said.

"Oh, we can go somewhere else. What about Italian food?" replied Octavia

"No, I'm good with sushi. I'm feeling adventurous today."

"Ok, let's meet at 4? At Koizis?"

"Yeah sounds good, it's a date."

Octavia hung up the phone and went straight to her closet to pick out an outfit. After throwing several options on the floor, she decided on a white dress with pink, green, and yellow flowers on it. She blow dryed her hair, quickly ran a flat iron through it and decided to wear her hair down. She found her favorite peach lip gloss and put it on. She found sandels that matched her dress perfectly. She grabbed her purse and headed to her car.

Octavia got there before Raven and grabbed a table near the middle of the restaurant. She ordered a raspberry lemonade as she waited for Raven.

"Hey Octavia," Raven said smiling as she sat down.

"Raven, you look really good," Octavia said

Raven was wearing a pair of black ripped skinny jeans with a white v neck shirt. Her hair was in a high pony tail.

"Thanks" Raven blushed. "You look really good yourself."

For the first time, Raven noticed how green Octavias eyes were.

"So since this is your first time here, let me order for you," Octavia said

Octavia motioned for the waiter and he quickly came over.

"Can we have 2 Koizi rolls, a tempura roll, and a dancing crab roll?"

"Sure, coming right up" the waiter said.

"So tell me about your camping trip? What all did you do?" Raven asked curiously.

"We literally did everything. And of course, I was the best at everything" Octavia joked. "But I was the first one to reach the top of the rock climbing wall with only a few minor scratches."

Raven looked at the knuckles from Octavias hands.

"Are those your battle scars from the rock wall?" Raven asked

"Yep, I've earned them," Octavia said putting her hand under the table feeling embarrassed.

"Now your hands have character," Raven said noticing that Octavia was embarrassed. "You're lucky, I only talk to people who like to get their hands dirty."

"Oh really" Octavia laughed

"Clean, dainty hands are a no-go for me" Raven teased.

Since Octavia had a leg brace on, her leg stuck out a bit from under the table. The waiter walking toward them with the drink that Octavia ordered earlier. As he was about to put the drink on the table, he tripped over Raven's leg brace and accidentally dropped the entire drink all over Octavia.

"Oh my gosh!" Octavia screamed. "It's so cold!" Octavia wiped her face with her hand as the drink was all over her face and clothes.

"I'm sooo sorry!" Raven screamed. "It's all my fault, he slipped on my leg brace." Raven grabbed a hand full of napkins and started wiping Octavia's clothes.

"No, no Madam! I sincerely apologize! Please let me grab a mop!" the waiter said. He ran to the kitchens to get the mop and quickly came back.

"I really didn't mean for this to happen!" Raven said hastily trying to clean of Octavia.

"Hey. It's ok. It's just a drink is all. It will dry in no time" Octavia said immediately. "Don't worry about it at all."

Shortly afterwards, the food came and the waiter announced that the food was on the house.

"So, what happened?" Octavia asked during their conversation. "I don't remember you having a leg brace when you were younger."

"Oh, well umm, about 2 years ago, I slipped at the top of the stairs of my apartment and fell all they way down. My leg broke in 4 places and this is the best they could do to fix it" Raven said. "So basically, I pretty much just slipped on my own two feet" Raven chuckled trying to take away the awkwardness that she felt.

"I'm so sorry to hear that" Octavia said sadly, regretting that she asked. "But you honestly have swagger in that brace. You make it look pretty badass."

"Thanks," Raven said. "It took me a long time to feel comfortable with it but it feels like it's a part of me now. I really want to open up some sort of fundraising organization to help children who are physically disabled. It's really tough when you don't have very much support."

"Wow that's awesome and so sweet," Octavia said impressed. "If you ever need help with that, let me know"

"Thanks, I'll be sure to let you know" Raven thankfully said. "So, I don't want to sound like a creeper, but I noticed that you've been to Havana's before. Do you like Cuban food?"

"Of course! I love it, Havana's is actually one of my favorite restaurants." Octavia said.

"You should let me cook for you one day. I can make any dish served at Havana's 10 times better. I'm originally from Cuba." Raven explained.

"I knew you were an exotic Latina." Octavia smiled. "Im actually in love with cuban culture. I love hearing salsa and Spanish music. Do you know Spanish?

"Sí Seńorita," Raven said

Octavia found it really sexy that Raven new another language.

"There's a Cuban festival coming up soon. Wanna come?" Raven asked

Octavia excitedly agreed and the two continued their conversation as they ate. Since this was Ravens first experience with sushi, she was unfamiliar with some of the ingredients. She grabbed a large piece of wasabi and spread it all over a piece of sushi and ate it.

Raven immediately started coughing uncontrollably and her eyes watered.

"Fuck! Raven! Are you choking?"

Octavia quickly got up from her chair and sat next to Raven patting her back and helping her to drink water. Raven was starting to feel extremely nauseated. All of a sudden, her body reacted and she puked in Octavia's lap. Octavia froze in her seat not knowing what to do.

"I'm so sorry!" Raven said woozily as she slowly raised her head. "Raven grabbed a napkin, and wiped the puke that was sitting in Octavias lap. Unfortunately, she wiped the puke right onto Octavias feet.

Raven had never felt so embarrassed in her life. She wanted to just run out of the restaurant and hide under a rock.

"I think its' time to go," Octavia said as she got up and headed toward the door trying not to slip on the slippery mess.

When they got outside Octavias luck went from bad to worse. Her left front tire was completely flat.

"I can drive you home Octavia," Raven said. "We can worry about the flat car tomorrow."

"No, I'll just call Clarke. She lives nearby. I don't want to get your car dirty." Octavia said. She quickly sent Clarke a text to come pick her up.

"It's my fault you're dirty in the first place. Please…"

"No, trust me, Clarkes car is already dirty as it is. It won't even make a difference in her car."

Within minutes, Clarke had arrived. Raven and Octavia said their goodbyes after Raven apologized a million times.

On the car ride home, Octavia explained to Clarke everything that happened.

"So was this a date?" Clarke asked

"Yeah, I think it was" Octavia replied.

"Wow. First, the waiter drops an entire raspberry lemonade on you, you get puked on, your dress is totally ruined, and to top it all off, you got a flat tire. That must have been the absolute worst date you have ever experienced."

"Yep," Octavia said

"Guess you'll never see her again. I'm sorry my friend. There's plenty of fish in the sea" Clarke said.

Octavia turned her head toward Clarke looking extremely confused.

"What are you talking about Clarke? She's ambitious, very giving, adventurous and not to mention gorgeous." Octavia said. "I'm going to marry that girl one day."

The brightest smile came across Octavias face. For all she could think about was how alive Raven made her feel and when would be the next time she would see her again.