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Chapter 8
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Once they got to the water they Clarke found a large rock and sat down on it motioning for Lexa to come sit down with her.

"How are you doing?"

"You mean after losing? I'm fine. I know I would've won if Raven didn't decide to play unfair and send you over." Lexa said with a quiet laugh.

"There's that over confidence again." Clarke teased.

"You think I would've lost regardless?" Lexa questioned as she furrowed her brow.

"Not at all." Clarke let out a soft laugh "Neither did Raven, which is why she sent me over in the first place."

"I think I should point out that you turned traitor against your girlfriend – well, fake girlfriend, technically – so that you could help Raven feel better about losing a game of Mario Cart." Lexa looked at her incredulously.

"She made a very compelling argument." Clarke informed her with a smile.

"Oh?" Lexa questioned, "What was her argument?"

"Well mostly it was that you looked pretty impressive up there and as your girlfriend I would be remiss if I didn't get my hands all over you in that state."

"Your hands were certainly all over me." Lexa pointed out.

"You did tell me to go for it." Clarke countered.

"Which was an oversight in judgement from me." Lexa said with a slight blush forming across her cheeks.

"I'm sorry, if I have made you feel awkward or embarrassed." Clarke apologised.

"No, don't be, it's fine. I'm not embarrassed exactly, just…" Lexa trailed off not really sure whether to continue to explain

"Just what?"

"I guess I am a little embarrassed, but only because of how I reacted." Lexa muttered avoiding eye contact with Clarke.

"You mean when you wrapped your legs around me and you whispered 'Yes. God yes.'?" Clarke teased lightly as she smiled at Lexa whose blush became more prominent and the tips of her ears went red.

Lexa put her head in her hands and sighed. "Yes, that." Lexa paused for a moment before continuing "I just don't want to make you feel awkward."

"Well, I can clear that up right now. You are not making me feel awkward at all." Clarke said honestly

"You don't feel weird bout it, at all?" Lexa asked with scepticism.

"What -about the fact that you're attracted to me? Why would I feel weird about that?" Clark asked seriously.

"Because we're fake dating – it's supposed to be fake." Lexa sighed out sadly.

"Supposed to be?"

"Yes, supposed to be. I shouldn't enjoy the fact that I woke up spooning you this morning, I should not have enjoyed you being cuddled up to me when my alarm went off, I really shouldn't have wanted to fight Finn because he hurt you and I really shouldn't be getting that turned on by you." Lexa blurted out "I should be faking all of that. But I'm not - and I completely understand if this has now gotten too weird for you."

"Lexa." Clarke said reaching her hand out to grab Lexa's

"Clarke…" She trailed off looking down at their hands.

"Maybe - maybe I'm glad you're not faking it." Lexa looked up hopefully at Clarke when she said this.

"Maybe?" Lexa asked quietly trying not to sound too hopeful.

"I'm definitely glad you're not faking it." Clarke assured her. "I am really glad you defended my honour against Finn because you actually wanted to, and not just because you felt like you had to play the part, and I came to look for you this morning because I missed you spooning me, and I was really glad you bought my excuse of being cold to get you to come back to bed, because – well – because I like you Lexa." Clarke looked at her with sincerity.

"Like?" Lexa said not sure if she had heard her right.

"Yes, like. Maybe I'm not faking it anymore either." Clarke told her and Lexa looked at her in surprise "I thought you should know that before we went back home. I thought maybe we could try doing this without the faking it part."

"I think I'd like that, Clarke." Lexa said with a small smile.

"Thank god." Clarke said moving into Lexa's personal space. "Because I really want to kiss you." Clarke finished before she moved her hand up to the back of Lexa's head running her fingers through her hair as she pulled Lexa into her as she kissed her deeply. Lexa responded by moving a hand to rest on Clarke's hip pulling her closer after she had gotten over the initial shock. When they pulled back they both had smiles on their faces and Lexa had her arms around Clarke's waist while Clarke had her arms draped around Lexa's neck.

"You know, you're going to have to deal with my mum for real now." Clarke teased Lexa lightly before kissing her again.

"Worth it." Lexa said with a smile, as they pulled apart again. "Besides. I don't think it can get any worse than her thinking I'm a street thug. So it can only get better from here, right?"

"Let's hope so." Clarke said with a chuckle as she ran her fingers through Lexa's hair.

"Maybe, when we get back we can have a dinner where I have not gotten into a fight with your ex boyfriend?" Lexa suggested.

"That's true, I mean we already have done the awkward meet my mum thing." Clarke pointed out with a smile as she moved her hands down to the bottom of Lexa's shirt, playing with it in her hands as she gave Lexa a quick kiss. "I really should've been doing this more often." Clarke joked as she slide her hand underneath Lexa's shirt.

"Yeah, I don't know if I would've survived the weekend if this was a more frequent occurrence than it already was." Lexa admitted sheepishly.

"Hey, keep it PG 13!" Raven called out to them and they both let out a sigh and Clarke slide her hands out from under Lexa's shirt. Their moment alone had ended as they looked up noticing they were joined by everyone else.

"Abby said that it looks like there's a storm coming in quick that's going to stick around for most of the day. So it looks like were here for another night." Raven informed them.

"I guess I should probably let Anya know I won't be back tonight." Lexa said quietly to Clarke who nodded.

"Oh no! Whatever will you do?" Raven teased looking over at the two of them who were now holding hands as they joined the group.

"I've got some ideas." Clarke said suggestively. Lexa reacted with wide eyes as she cleared her throat, her ears, again, going red. Lexa was surprised they hadn't just stayed that colour after the weekend she had had.

"Ugh." Bellamy groaned out. "I don't need to hear that."

"Agreed." Lincoln said with a laugh, but looked over in Octavia's direction with a questioning look.

"Yeah, Clarke. Gross." Raven teased with a smile as she nudged Clarke lightly.

"Ohhh, so, it's okay when it helps your plan." Clarke teased back.

"Exactly." Raven said in mock seriousness and Clarke rolled her eyes. "Do you think you could distract her next time she plays Mario Cart against me?" Raven asked.

"Sure, Raven." Clarke said with a laugh. "I'll see what I can do."

When they got inside the house the saw Abby and Marcus setting up the table with plates, knives and forks."We will probably have lunch ready in about 20 minutes." Abby told them as they walked into the kitchen.

"In that case, I might shower?" Lexa said as more of a question to Clarke.

"Probably a good idea." Clarke said "I'll show you where the towels are."

"And I'm going to use the bathroom." Octavia said as she joined the two of them and headed up the stairs.

"The towels are in this cupboard here." Clarke said as she opened the door "Pick whichever one you want. If you need anything else I'll be in my room so, just call out."

"Thanks." Lexa said as she headed into the bathroom. Once Octavia heard the shower running she turned to Clarke.

"I assume your walk was so you could talk about things? It looked like it went well." Octavia observed.

"It did. It went really well. She even offered to have a proper dinner with my mum when we get back."

"Wow. She must really like you if she's willing to go through the mess that that is probably going to be after this weekend." Octavia said with a short laugh.

"I might need to prep her for it." Clarke let out a chuckle.

"Plus side -" Octavia began "- you get an extra night with Lexa away from the 'real world' and hopefully your mum will not ask her too many questions tonight."

"I did ask her to give her a chance, so hopefully that means a little less interrogation. But I guess we will have to wait and see."

"I think as long as she doesn't beat up anymore people while were here you guys should be fine. I can imagine your mum stressing about it to Marcus though." Octavia joked.

"The dinner thing probably really isn't a bad idea. Might help mum see Lexa as more than the girl who beat up her daughters ex." Octavia nodded in response.

"On that note; I am actually going to use the toilet, because I really do need to go, then I'm going to go back downstairs to probably get my ass kicked by Raven at Mario Cart. So I'll see you down there later." She said before adding in a teasing tone "Have fun."

Clarke headed into her bedroom and grabbed her sketchpad before moving over to her bed and sat down on it and began to draw while she waited for Lexa to finish in the shower. She didn't have to wait too long but she had gotten out a rough black and white sketch of Lexa doing chin ups from earlier in the day.

"I'm pretty sure I was wearing a T–Shirt while I was doing chin ups, Clarke." Lexa teased as she sat down on the bed next to Clarke, looking over at the paper she was drawing on. This got a slight blush from Clarke.

"You weren't actually supposed to see that." Clarke informed her, looking lightly embarrassed as she put the sketchbook away.

"It was very good anyway. I've never actually had someone draw me before." Lexa admitted, "It's flattering." Lexa smiled and paused for moment looking at Clarke with uncertainty "Would you – I mean – do you mind if I keep it?"

"You want to keep my half undressed drawing of you?" Clarke asked raising an eyebrow at her.

"Like I said – It's very good and it is the first drawing I've ever had done of me. So, yeah. I would like to keep it, if you would be okay with that."

"You're getting sentimental about a picture I drew because of me feeling your abs." Clarke teased lightly and Lexa shrugged. "It's not really finished or anything. It was just a sketch, but yes, you can keep it." Clarke said as she grabbed her sketchbook back out and tore the page out, handing it to Lexa.

"Should you call Anya?" Clarke asked as Lexa put the drawing down on the bedside table next to her.

"I probably should." Lexa agreed and began calling Anya.

"You had better be calling me to tell me you spoke to Clarke and you're calling me for a pre-sex pump up talk. You got this Lex, just remember, you're The Commander." Anya teased over the phone. Lexa looked over at Clarke who let out a laugh. She hadn't realised how loud her phone was until right now as her ears went red again.

"Anya!" Lexa huffed out awkwardly.

"That was her laughing wasn't it?" Anya said and Lexa could tell she was trying hard not to laugh over the phone right now.

"Yes." Lexa grumbled out before turning her attention to Clarke who was now curled up right next to her.

"I take it the conversation did go well then."

"Yes, but that wasn't why I called." Lexa brushed off the first topic of conversation awkwardly. She didn't want to have the conversation with Clarke right next to her. She figured Clarke would probably end up hearing all about everything from Anya at some point anyway but it didn't have to be right now.

"Okay, then what's the call for?" as Anya spoke Lexa felt Clarke hands slide underneath her shirt again much like earlier when Lexa was doing chin ups. She let out what sounded like a cross between a gasp and a squeak as she went to respond to Anya.

"Lexa?" Anya asked sounding confused.

"I uhm…" She trailed off as she felt Clarke's lips against her neck before she began kissing down her neck softly. Lexa let out a moan at the contact.

"Seriously, why'd you call?"

"Uh well-" Lexa began, sounding very distracted "there's going to – Clarke." Lexa groaned out as Clarke began sucking on her pulse point while her hand continued to run up and down Lexa's stomach slowly her nails scratching lightly over her skin.

"Seriously. Hurry up and tell me. I do not need to hear what is happening right now." Anya said with a laugh.

"There's a storm rolling in really soon so were stuck here overnight. I wont be back until later tomorrow." She informed Anya, without taking a breath, before letting out a gasp as Clarke's hand moved down to her waistband and began fiddling with it lightly.

"You should've just text me. It would be been less incriminating than this phone call." Anya teased.

"Yes, well, this was not what I planned to happen during this phone call." Lexa said looking pointedly at Clarke who was now moving so that she was straddling Lexa's hips before she leant down so that she could kiss Lexa who, despite being in the middle of a phone call, kissed her back.

"Apparently your girlfriend had other ideas." Anya commented as she heard a muffled moan into the phone.

"Apparently." Lexa mumbled against Clarke's lips.

"And on that note, I'm going to go so that Blondie can have you all to herself." Anya let out a quiet laugh, hanging up on her end before Lexa could get out a goodbye. Lexa put her hand out with her phone in it feeling around for the bedside table before putting her phone down.

"So how did Anya take the news?" Clarke asked in between kisses.

"I think she was more worried about what was happening on this end of the phone call." Lexa hummed.

"I don't know if worried is the right word." Clarke joked.

"No, probably not, but I'm definitely going to get some good natured teasing when I get back." Lexa pointed out

"You've put up with Raven all weekend, I'm sure it wont be that bad." Clarke said as she moved down to trail kisses along Lexa's jaw line and ran her hands up underneath her shirt again.

"That's true." Lexa agreed distractedly "I mean it's not like it's a bad trade off." Lexa pointed out and Clarke hummed in response as she continued kissing slowly down Lexa's neck as her hands slowly made their way back down Lexa's stomach to the waistband of her pants before tugging lightly at them getting a groan in response out of Lexa.

"Clarke!" they both heard Abby call out from downstairs "Food is ready! Please don't make me send Raven up to get you!" Lexa let out a frustrated groan this time as Clarke pulled away from her.

"Unless you actually want Raven to walk in on anything, we should probably head down and get some food." Clarke pointed out to lexa who had moved her hands to Clarke's waist to stop her from getting off her. She let out a defeated sigh as she removed her hands so that Clarke could move.

"Well, that shower was a waste of time." Lexa joked.

"Not entirely. I mean you do smell very pretty." Clarke teased.

" I meant for me."

"It could be worse." Clarke noted as she stood up at the side of the bed and continued when Lexa looked up at her questioningly "You could've been about to get off and Raven or my mum could've walked in. I forgot to shut the door." Clarke said comically.

"Yeah, no, you're right. That would be worse." Lexa admitted, sitting up and swinging her legs off the side of the bed, before standing up to join Clarke before they headed downstairs to join the others.

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After they all finished eating dinner they had moved back into the lounge room and were sitting around the room without any power as it had all cut out as the storm had rolled in. They managed to find a few candles around the place and lit them so that they had a light source inside.

"So how long is it supposed to storm for?" Raven asked Octavia as they looked out at the dark clouds outside the window as the rain lashed against it.

"Only overnight. It should clear up tomorrow morning. Then I guess we can leave whenever we decide to." Octavia informed them.

"I mean I wouldn't mind a bit of a sleep in." Bellamy let them know "All those chin ups tired me out." He said with a laugh.

"Suck it up." Octavia said with a smile as she ruffled his hair. "It's not like you were the only one doing them."

"How are you holding up anyway?" Raven turned her attention to Lexa who was cuddled up on the couch with Clarke who had her arms wrapped around Lexa's waist as she rested her head against her chest.

"Fine, I mean I don't think I got as many done as Bellamy anyway, since someone decided distracting me was the only way to get me to lose." Raven put her hands up in mock defence in response to Lexa's comment.

"Hey, it worked, didn't it?" Raven pointed out with a smile as Lexa conceded with a nod at the comment. "Definitely using this plan the next time I play you at Mario Cart."

"I don't think it works as well if you tell the person your plan." Octavia pointed out.

"Yeah, I don't think It would matter how prepared she was -" Raven let out a laugh. "-our girl has some major pull with Lexa."

"You know we're right here, right?" Clarke said indignantly

"Of course – it wouldn't be any fun if you weren't." Raven joked.

"Of course it wouldn't." Clarke sighed.

"So what is the plan tonight anyway?" Lincoln asked "other than Raven teasing Clarke and Lexa." he added.

"Well since the power is out, that means there's no chance for Raven to win back her dignity in Mario Cart." Octavia said, teasing Raven.

"One day I will get my title back." Raven pouted for a moment before speaking again. "I'm sure I saw twister in one of the cupboards upstairs though. We could play that."

"If Bellamy thinks he can handle it after all of those chin ups." Octavia mocked him with a smile.

"I'm not that tired." He pouted.

"We will see when we start playing." Raven joined in on teasing him.

"Whatever." He said furrowing his brow.

"I'll go grab it. I'm pretty sure I remember which cupboard I saw it in." Raven said getting up and heading up stairs. After about 5 minutes Raven had found the game of twister and returned to the group.

"I think I'm going to be the spinner." Raven said as she grabbed out the mat and spinner from the box.

"No cheating!" Bellamy told her as they moved the furniture around a little so that they could fit the mat down in the middle of the room.

"How am I going to cheat at this?" Raven deadpanned.

"By picking the colours yourself." Bellamy advised her.

"You can all see the spinner. I think it would be a little hard to cheat." Raven let out a laugh "Now go get in your positions." Raven told them and they did as they were told.

After about 3 games (Octavia had won two while Lexa had won the one just before this) they were now nearing the end of the fourth game when Clarke spoke up.

"Seriously, Raven?" Clarke said shooting a look over her shoulder at Raven. By this stage Lincoln and Octavia were out as Lincoln had slipped while trying to move his right hand to blue earlier because he had not taken his socks off and taken Octavia down with him, Bellamy had almost went down with them as they fell but he had somehow managed to stay upright while it all unfolded.

"Yes, seriously." She said looking pointedly at the spinner "The board says left foot green. So get to it." Raven said with a laugh as Clarke moved her foot from its previous position and reaching over Lexa to the closest available green.

"I bet this is normally the other way around." Raven joked as Clarke was now leaning over Lexa who was in a position so that the two of them were face to face. "Seeing as though Lexa is 'The Commander' and all." As this comment Lexa's ears went red.

"Raven. just spin for Bellamy's turn." Clarke growled and Raven obliged.

"Okay Bell, Right hand blue."

"Are you kidding me?" Bellamy let out a frustrated sigh as he began to move himself around - by this stage he was beginning to look like a pretzel. " Clarke is practically just in a push up position and Lexa is in like a revere push up and I'm here practically contorted." He frowned as he finally got his hand onto the blue circle.

"Can't help it if the universe wants you to be a pretzel and wants the two of them on top of each other." Raven said with a wink.

"Raven. I swear to god." Clarke growled out as she dropped down a little because of her arms getting tired. "Okay, I don't know how much longer I can keep this up." Clarke said with her arms shaking underneath her before she collapsed on top of Lexa and took her down with her. "Sorry." She said apologetically to Lexa, lifting her head up to kiss her softly.

"It's okay." Lexa shrugged still underneath Clarke. "Not the worst way to lose a game of Twister."

"With all these candles everywhere this looks kind of romantic." Raven gestured towards Clarke and Lexa "You know, aside from Pretzel Boy on the floor over there." she noted as Bellamy stretched out his limbs.

"Pretzel Boy. Your new Superhero name." Octavia teased her brother and he shot her a glare in return.

"Need any help stretching out?" Lincoln offered to Bellamy and Octavia hit his shoulder.

"Don't help him." She laughed lightly as Bellamy continued to stretch on the ground.

"Are you just going to lay there all night?" Raven asked Clarke who was still lying on top of Lexa and now cuddled against her chest while Lexa had her arms wrapped around Clarke's waist keeping her stable. "And look at Lexa being a gentlewoman and keeping her hands above the waist at all times." Raven added, teasing Lexa.

"No." Clarke sighed "I can't imagine this is comfy for Lexa." Clarke said as she rolled off to the side so she was lying down next to her. "She is a very respectful girlfriend." Clarke agreed with Raven "Even when she doesn't have to be." she added, as she kissed Lexa on the cheek, before sitting up. Lexa followed suit, sitting up as well.

"Have I told you, you two are ridiculously cute together." Raven shared with them "Like almost vomit inducing levels of cute." She joked with a smile.

"You were doing so well until you mentioned vomit." Octavia teased Raven who shrugged in response.

"I tried." Raven said as the lights came back on.

"Looks like we've got power back. I vote we watch some cheesy rom-com." Bellamy offered as Clarke and Octavia moved to start blowing out the candles. "All those in favour say yes." And there was a chorus of yes's around the room.

"Now we just have to pick one." Octavia said opening up the DVD drawer.

"This is going to take a while…" Raven said as they all scanned over the DVDS in front of them.

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End Chapter 8
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I'm sorry this took so long but you know I wasn't really feeling like writing much after 3x07 and then life kind of got in the way. Hopefully the next chapter will be up a little quicker.

Hope you still enjoyed it.