Author's Note: I DO NOT own nor did I write any music mentioned in this chapter, however, for the story I had to have them write songs as most producers do actually write songs for artist.
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Chapter Ten: Scar
Clarke looked at Octavia dumbfounded, she wasn't sure what to say at this moment she knew what Nia had said was wrong, she knew every inch of Lexa's body like the back of her hand, every scar that was there, every mark, every dimple and every dip in her muscles and she knew Lexa didn't have a scar on her right hip. She found herself asking so many questions inside her head, too many questions for her to handle at the moment. She was thankful when Octavia reached over touching her arm, pulling her out of her daze shaking her head softly she looked at Octavia just in time to hear the brunette ask;
"Are you sure Lexa doesn't have a scar on her right hip?"
"Of course I'm sure Octavia, I know my wife's body better than anyone in this world…she USED to have a scar until our honeymoon when she got it covered up with the date we got married…I was there when she got it covered up Octavia I know she doesn't have it anymore"
"But she used too?"
"Yeah, she got it when her and Raven got into a competition about who was the better twin, the went rock climbing on a family holiday and they tried to race each other and both ended up falling, Lexa scarred her right hip and Raven scarred her left calf"
"I remember her telling me that story"
"Is that why you thought it was true?"
"What Clarke…are you saying that you think it was all a lie?"
"Of course it was O…Lexa had that tattoo done over eight years ago, the only person that would know she has it is someone she is intimate with, Nia didn't mention it and instead said Lexa had a scar there, she doesn't O you can't make that kind of mistake especially when apparently kissing on that body part"
"But why would Nia lie Clarke?"
"I don't know why that woman does anything Octavia, but now I know she was lying I can't sit back and not find out why" Clarke stood up reaching into her back pocket she stopped in her tracks when her eyes fell on the door to the café, seeing Lexa and Raven walking into the café she looked down at Octavia just as Octavia reached up placing her hand on Clarke's
"Clarke think this through…"
Before Octavia had a chance to continue her sentence Lexa's voice interrupted them both "I thought it was you two…. Everything ok here?" She asked looking concerned as she looked between Clarke and Octavia, as her and Raven had walked into the café she had noticed Clarke and Octavia sitting and chatting instantly noticing the blonde looked angry about something. Clarke's eyes landed on Lexa and instantly her anger was replaced by pure sadness and upset causing her eyes to glaze over slightly with tears "Clarke are you ok?"
"I am so far from ok right now I can't even explain it"
"Clarke what are you talking about? …." Turning her attention to her sister in law Lexa asked "What's going on Octavia?"
"Nothing we were talking about something and she got upset…she'll be fine"
Clarke's face completely fell as she watched her best friend flat out lie to Lexa about what they were talking about, after all the lies she'd heard she couldn't understand why Octavia would want to continue them on "Are you being serious?" She asked looking directly at Octavia who's face look slightly fearful of what Clarke might say
"Clarke please…you know the deal" Octavia almost begged hoping Clarke would keep down, looking around she noticed her wife was still in the queue waiting to buy coffees for herself and Lexa. "I told you she can't find out"
"Who can't find out what? …What the hell are you two talking about?" Lexa interrupted she hadn't intended to get involved in Clarke and Octavia's best friend issues, all she wanted to do was make sure the twins had been ok in the morning and now she wasn't really sure what she was involved in.
"Do you wanna tell her or should I?" Clarke remarked looking at Octavia who instantly looked back over to see where Raven was in the queue she was relieved when she noticed Raven was fifth in the line. Standing up she looked at Clarke softly saying "I'll tell her but not here…" Walking past Lexa she grabbed hold of her wrist pulling her in the direction of the outside seating area knowing Clarke would follow them, as they reached outside Lexa pulled her arm free of Octavia's grip:
"What the hell is going on? Why are you both being so weird?"
Clarke looked at Octavia waiting for the brunette to explain to Lexa what was going on, when Octavia didn't speak but just looked at them both nervously she shook her head looking at Lexa and saying "We just found out Nia was lying about you and her"
"Hang on what do you mean?" Lexa asked slightly dumbfounded, she wanted to hear Clarke say she knew Nia was lying for a long time and now she was finally hearing the words it didn't seem real
"I never asked for details before but today me and Octavia were talking about it and Nia mentioned a scar on your hip…" Clarke paused as Lexa naturally looked down at her hip "We both know you don't have that scar anymore…well it's not visible anymore..."
"I know I got it covered up on our honeymoon…. but what's that got to do with Nia lying"
"She didn't mention you having a tattoo, and from what Octavia told me she was detailed, like way too detailed…to the point Octavia believed it…. If you and her had slept together last year then she would know about the tattoo on her hip as well as the three stars you have on your other hip"
"Hang on this is insane right now….so your saying you believe me now?"
"I didn't until I heard that detail…Lexa there is no way she wouldn't find it humorous that you had the date we got married tattooed on your body and she was kissing all over it, we both know she'd make a point on mentioning that to anyone she told"
"Your right she would have enjoyed the irony of it…." Lexa paused for a second as her brain finally caught up with what was going on, looking to Octavia she asked "Where you the one that told Clarke?" Octavia's face told her everything that she needed to know, shaking her head softly and closing her eyes for a second she reopened them looking at Octavia "No wonder she didn't believe me" Pausing for a second Lexa thoughts instantly went to why Clarke never told her it was Octavia in the first place "Hang on, if it was Octavia that told you why didn't you just tell me that, why the big secret?"
Clarke looked at Octavia noticing her best friend's reluctance to tell Lexa the whole story, shaking her head she looked at Octavia "Fine I'll tell her, I don't know what the big issue is anyway" Turning her attention to Lexa she explained "Octavia was at Nia's restaurant having lunch with Monroe when she overheard Nia"
"You've got to be kidding me Octavia" Lexa shockingly asked looking down at Octavia, approaching her sister in law "What the hell are you playing at? You know how Raven feels about Monroe and you hanging out"
"Hang on, now I'm confused what is going on?" Clarke asked looking at Lexa her face a picture of confusion
"Raven doesn't like Monroe and Octavia hanging out alone"
"Why?"
"Monroe kissed Octavia"
"WHAT…When?"
"Remember that party we threw nearly two years ago to celebrate mine and Raven's birthday?"
"Yeah I remember it, Octavia went home to take over from the baby sitter…..." Clarke paused for a second as she remembered the rest of the night especially the ending "Raven stayed at ours after you and her went outside to talk"
"Yeah well we weren't having a great talk…. She told me she walked into the twin's bedroom and Monroe had Octavia pinned against the wall and was kissing her….and O was kissing her back"
"So that's why I couldn't tell Lexa you overheard Nia, because you've having an affair?"
"WHAT…NO" Octavia instantly responded jumping out of her seat "I'm not having an affair, me and Monroe kissing was a mistake, I was feeling like rubbish after giving birth and she made me feel like we were back in school and I was the picture of perfection. I was about to push her away when Raven walked in on us"
"So that's why I couldn't tell anyone I heard what I did from you and Monroe?"
"Yes…After that night me and Raven had a long talk and she told me that she believed me and she'd try harder to make me feel as special as I was to her but she had a condition, it was that I couldn't be alone with Monroe not until she was sure she could trust her and me together again"
"So I had to keep a secret to protect you instead of you just owning up to your wife?"
"It's not that simple Clarke, she was madder than I'd ever seen her before. And me and Monroe have been friends for a long time, I know Raven and she would have thought that me and Monroe hanging out was a sign I wanted her to kiss me when it wasn't, I just needed a friend that wasn't married to my wife's sister, my wife or my babysitter…I needed some normality and Monroe was that for me"
"That's beyond ridiculous Octavia, how do you think Raven is gonna react when she hears all of this? You can't ask Lexa to lie to her sister for you…. it's not fair Octavia on Raven or on Lexa…"
"I know ok…but I'm begging you Lexa please don't tell her…I'm going to tell her but I don't want Zachary in the middle of everything…I swear I will tell her just not right now please….we're finally back to normal and she's finally trusting me" Octavia looked hopefully at Lexa waiting for her to respond, before her sister in law could say a word the door to the outside eating area opening up and Raven walked through it holding two cups of coffee in her hands and a paper bag between one of her hands and one of the cups.
"Hey why are you all outside?" Raven curiously asked as she walked over to the three women handing a coffee to Lexa holding her hand out in the air until her twin sister removed five dollars from her pocket and slapped it playfully into Raven's open hand. Smirking at Lexa, Raven placed her coffee and the paper bag on the table quickly moving forward and wrapping her arms around her wife lifting her slightly off the floor for a second before placing her back on the ground, pulling back she leant forward capturing Octavia's lips feeling Octavia smiling into the kiss, pulling back she looked down at Octavia smiling softly "How's your day been?"
"It's been good until now…now it's great" Octavia responded leaning forward and kissing Raven again keeping their lips together for a few seconds before pulling back
"Are you ok baby?"
"Yeah, just not a good day…Zach had a bad morning"
"Is he ok?"
"Yeah he's fine, he just missed you this morning, when he woke up he was calling for you…and of course being the little drama king Woods he is when he didn't get his Mama he wasn't happy and kept screaming the house down until I put on Bing then…. then he was happy"
"I love that little man…he's got great priorities" Raven smirked peaking Octavia on the lips before reaching backwards onto the table picking up the paper bag she moved it in front of her and Octavia softly smiling "I got this for you…. you looked like you were having a bad day so I thought why not"
Octavia took the bag from Raven opening it up she looked inside seeing a chocolate covered doughnut with vanilla sprinkles on it. It was her favourite thing on the menu in the café and Raven knew that, smiling brightly she leant forward slowly kissing Raven their lips staying connected for a minute or so before Octavia slowly pulled back smiling at the slightly stunned look on Raven's face "Thank you"
"Um…yeah…your um welcome" Raven stuttered out smirking at Octavia before removing her arms from around Octavia's waist when Lexa coughed loudly, remembering they had a meeting with a client she grabbed her coffee pecking Octavia on the lips once before softly adding "We have to get back to the studio we have a meeting in 15..."
"13…" Lexa corrected raising an eyebrow at her twin who just raised her eyebrow at her and shook her head
"In 13 minutes…we need to be there before the clients…but I'll call you later on ok?" Octavia nodded her head at her, leaning in one final time Raven pecked Octavia on the lips before turning and walking towards her twin "Come on then grumpy" She let out as she walked past Lexa taping her on the arm gently "Bye babe…bye Clarke"
"Bye Rae" Clarke let out as she looked nervously at Lexa, quickly moving forward so she was standing next to Lexa the movement gained Lexa's attention making her keep her attention on the Blonde. "Can we meet up soon?"
"Sure…I take it; you wanna talk about what you just found out?"
"Yeah…I really need to talk to you about it...please?"
"Sure…I'll call you as soon as my meeting is over ok?"
"Ok thanks" Clarke kept a smile on her face watching as Lexa smiled back before turning around and walking into the café, she watched on tip toes as Lexa and Raven walked through the café Raven making a joke at something only to get shoved by her sister nearly spilling her coffee on the floor. Soon enough they were walking out of the entrance/exit of café talking about something else. Turning her attention back to Octavia she noticed the concerned look on her best friends face "Come on, let's go back to mine and we can talk more" Without another word to her best friend Clarke walked back inside to the table they were previously sat at grabbing her jacket and waiting for Octavia to return.
Heda Records Recording Studio-13:30
Raven and Lexa had just finished their meeting with their latest client, Reps from Warner Music Group, they were now waving them goodbye from the entrance of the building. Once the reps had pulled out of the car park, Lexa turned to her sister smirking at the look of concentration on her face, snapping her fingers in front of Raven's face snapping her out of the thoughts they both turned and walked back inside the building stopping for a second to speak to Maya before they walked towards the studio only they used on most days. Once inside Raven moved and sat down on the couch furthest into the room whilst Lexa sat on the couch right next to it. Both of them grabbing their notepads ready to attempt to write a chorus for the new song they were producing, as requested by the record company, both of them tried to concentrate on the words but without a beat they both knew it was near impossible. After a few minutes Raven softly bit down on the end of her pen as she looked over at her twin smirking keeping the pen in her mouth as she asked her sister;
"So what does Clarke want to talk to you about?"
"She found out something that basically confirms I wasn't lying to her about Nia"
"So she finally believes you?"
"I think so yeah"
"And are you going to forgive her?"
"I don't know…" Lexa honestly responded dropping her head back, leaning it on the edge of the cushions of the couch behind her "I want my family back, and ever since she asked me to leave I've wanted nothing more than to move back in and for her to believe me but now…I don't know if it's that simple, if she doesn't trust me then what else is there for us?"
"Lex, don't let your pride and your brain ruin this for you…. you could be back living with your kids Lexa…waking up to have breakfast with them every morning…and you know you miss it"
"Of course I miss it…I love my kids but if I move back in and another lie surfaces then what? …would Clarke believe me or would she believe someone else again?"
"You know there's only one person that can answer that question"
"I know and that's why I wanna talk to her…I need to know what's going on and where we go from here"
"Well then…the sooner we finish this song the sooner you can call her and find out what's going on"
"I know, but we're gonna need a beat because creating a chorus around a title like Shape of You is insane…" Lexa laughed out looking up at Raven seeing her sisters smirk she stood up walked over to the production panel, turning on the computer that attached to it she waited for it to come on, before she pulled up the music portal that allowed them to upload a song to the hard drive and through a password give access to the record company on the other side. Entering her password, she went into the new file marked Warner Music Group, double clicking the track they had sent over to her and Raven for them to come up with a chorus to the Ed Sheeran track they both listened to the track both of them starting to write down ideas for the chorus and additional verses as the company had told them they could.
They continued to write down ideas for the next hour until they both decided to stop listening to the track on a loop and instead to converse and see if one of them had come up with the perfect chorus for the song, after about a minute of looking over each other's notes they had found the chorus, high fiving each other they smirked before walking over to the production panel just as they were about to start the track there was a small knock on the door, raising her eyebrow at Raven, Lexa got up walking over to the door she opened it up standing to the side her eyes landing on Octavia carrying her son in her arms walking into the room Octavia looked over at Raven, seeing the massive smile spread across her wife's face, before either of them could get out a word Zachary noticed his Mama, wriggling in Octavia's arms until she put him down, as soon as his feet hit the floor he took off running towards his Mama full force;
"MAMA" He let out as ran, within a second Raven had stood up and stepped forward meeting her son lifting him into the air producing a giggle from him as he landed against her chest "Miss Mama"
"You missed me?" Zach nodded his head at her "Oh my baby boy…. I missed you too" She cooed leaning in and kissing him gently on the cheek before he turned his head pursing his lips, leaning in she kissed him quickly before his head quickly came to rest on her shoulder, turning her attention to her wife she softly asked "How comes you're here? Not that I'm not happy to see you or anything of course"
"Of course…" Octavia responded moving forward stopping in front of Raven she leant forward kissing her wife softly and lovingly before she pulled back smirking at Raven before she continued "To answer your question, once you left the café I went back to Clarke's and about an hour later I got a phone call saying that I had to pick up Zach because one of the kids had begun throwing up and they thought it best to have all the parents pick up the kids early…and when I picked him up he was only asking about one person weren't you handsome?" Zachary nodded his head at his Mommy holding onto Raven a little more "He wanted to see his Mama and so did I so I thought why not come and see you…. we aren't disturbing you are we?"
"No, we just finished the chorus for the new song we're need to come up with a hook and a verse to keep them sweet but our deadline isn't for a week so I think we'll be ok, right Lex?" Raven asked looking at her sister who smiled and nodded her head at her before adding
"Yeah we should be done with it by tomorrow I think, defiantly won't take us that long, you know us the infamous Woods' twins musically gifted" Seeing the happiness on her sisters face at being near her son, Lexa smiled at her twin before adding "Why don't you go home Rae, spend the day with Octavia and Zachary we can finish the track tomorrow. I'll come up with some verse's and hooks and we can try them out tomorrow"
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah I am, go spend the rest of the day with your family…"
"On one condition"
"What's that?"
"Call Clarke and sort things out like we said…ok?"
"Sure I'll call her in half an hour"
"Promise me?"
"I twin promise"
"Ok…." Looking down at Zachary she softly asked "You want Mama to come home with you right now?" Zachary excitedly nodded his head at his Mama's question not lifting it from on his Mama's shoulder "Ok then, it's settled I'll see you at the normal time tomorrow Lex yeah?"
"Sure thing Rae" Lexa smiled walking over and sitting back down in her chair at the production panel, she watched as her sister walked over to the door, she noticed Octavia looking at her and she knew exactly what it was about "Can I talk to you for a second O? I need some advice on Clarke" She asked seeing a small smile grace Raven's lips
"Sure…I'll meet you at the car babe" Octavia responded looking over at Raven before watching her wife remove her jacket from the peg on the wall then walked out of the studio carrying their son happily in her arms. Waiting until the door was completely shut once it was she turned back to Lexa looking at her expectantly "I know what your gonna say ok…and I know I need to tell her but I can't right now, everything is so perfect between us"
"This isn't about you anymore Octavia, my whole life got ruined and torn apart because you couldn't be honest with Raven, if you'd been honest I wouldn't have to wake up to an empty house without my wife or my kids…Nia ruined my life and you…you helped her"
"I didn't Lexa…. I swear on my life that I thought it was the truth I thought that she was telling the truth…I didn't realise she was lying Lexa…if I did I wouldn't have told Clarke what I heard"
"But your perfectly content in lying to my sister?"
"I'm not content Lexa, I hate lying to her but you know I'm right, you know she'd think I was having an affair that I wanted Monroe to kiss me, no matter what I said she wouldn't have believed me…I'd just had Zach I couldn't risk losing everything so quickly after all that we through to get to that point" Octavia looked at Lexa her eyes pleading with her for some form of mercy
"Look I can't lie to her ok it's different we're not just siblings we're twins, that bond is so much more intense and different than you can imagine…she can read me better than anyone in the world even Clarke, and I can't physically lie to her O…"
"Then just don't tell her please"
"That the same thing as lying Octavia"
"No, I mean just don't mention anything relating to me and Monroe or how Clarke found out…I will tell her I promise that I just need time…"
"Raven told me about the spa weekend she's sending you on, your taking Clarke right?"
"Yeah in a month or so"
"You have until you come back to tell her…and if she asks me about anything that requires me to bring up you seeing Monroe behind her back then I'm telling her as simple as that ok?"
"Ok" Octavia responded smiling softly at Lexa, she wanted to hug her sister in law but she knew Lexa wasn't very happy with her at the moment. So instead she stuck with the smile adding "Thank you, I can't even tell you how much I appreciate it…. I better catch up with Raven and Zach before she starts giving him sweets" Octavia softly smiled again before turning and walking out of the recording room walking to find her wife.
Once Octavia had let the room Lexa made sure the door was closed before she went back to the computer checking it for an update she found that their new clients, Warner Music Group, had sent over further tracks for them to write lyrics to and edit as they felt they should. Placing a set of headphones on she began listening to the plain tracks, her notepad under her right arm as she held the pen in her hand, as she went through the tracks she jotted down numerous versions of verses and chorus' as she continued to listen over the tracks and writing down lyrics she couldn't get her mind off of Clarke and the talk that Clarke wanted them to have. Soon enough she wasn't able to concentrate on lyrics or the track itself all she could think about was Clarke and their talk. Turning off the tracks and shutting down the computer she placed her notepad and her pen in the bag looking at the time noting it was 15:36, she carried into the studio and to meetings. Placing the bag on the couch she sat down next to it pulling her phone out of her pocket and bringing up Clarke's number wanting to talk to her about their talk along with wanting to find out if the twins were ok, pressing on Clarke's name her phone dialled the number placing the phone to her ear she listening to the ringing waiting for the phone to be answered and soon enough Clarke's voice filled her ears;
"Hello Lex?"
"Hey Clarke, this isn't a bad time is it?"
"Um no I'm just sitting on the couch in the living room watching Oscar play with his toys"
"Where's Olivia?"
"She's laying on the couch with her head on my lap…she isn't feeling too well at the moment"
"Poor Baby…was she ok for nursery this morning?"
"She was fine when she woke up full of happiness and sunshine…but when I picked her up she looked a little pale so she's just resting up now, her hair out and flowing just like a princess" Clarke explained as she ran her hand through Olivia's loose hair as the little girl softly rested her hand on her thigh her chest evenly rising and falling with every breath she took.
"Octavia told me one of the kids at pre-school was sick"
"Yeah they think that the bug the twins had is going around all the kids, they said they're closing the nursery until next Monday to be sure nobody else gets sick"
"They should have done that in the first place really"
"I know, I said that to the teacher Miss Eccles and she told me that they didn't believe it was going to affect so many of the kids…stupid really but they should have thought about the whole picture"
"That's schools for you"
"Yeah" Both sides of the phone call went silent as they both contemplated what to say to the other, Clarke was the first to speak "How did your meeting go?"
"It went really well actually, it was with Warner Music Group they basically offered us three songs, one is only a chorus and a verse but if we do well on those three and the artist is happy then we'll be given further albums and tracks...and we'll always be their first choice from then on they said"
"Lexa that's amazing…I'm sure you and Raven will nail it"
"Well we've already worked out the chorus and the verse for the first track but now we have to come up with two complete songs, one more up-tempo and the other slow and meaningful as they described it"
"Still, you and Raven are a good team you'll be able to come up with something without a problem and you know it"
"Maybe I do but it's nice to hear someone has confidence in me"
"Why wouldn't I? …You're an amazing producer and writer…the best I know"
"You only know two"
"But still your number one"
Lexa let out a small laugh at Clarke's comment before responding "Thanks" She paused for a second before asking the question that was hoovering in the back of her mind "So you wanted to talk"
"I did…I do but not over the phone I wanna do this is person Lex…" Clarke was about to continue her sentence when Olivia sat up moving onto her lap attempting to grab the phone having heard her Mama's first name being said by her Mommy "Olivia don't do that I'm talking...it's rude to grab from people"
"I wanna talk to Mama"
"I know baby but I'm talking to her right now so you have to wait" Clarke firmly let out looking down at her daughter's determined face as she moved the phone behind her head out of Olivia's reach, when Olivia gave her a sad face and her puppy dog eyes she raised her eyebrows at her daughter "Don't give me that look young lady, I'm having a conversation, once I'm done I'll let you talk to Mama"
"But..."
"No but's Olivia…Mommy said you have to wait so what does that mean?"
"I have to wait"
"Good girl…. now just sit as you are and soon you'll be talking to Mama ok?" Olivia nodded her head softly at her Mommy, Clarke placed the phone back to her ear smiling as Olivia leant forward resting her head against her chest "Sorry about that Lex, our princess had a moment"
"I heard…she doesn't sound happy"
"She isn't…she gave me a very Lexa-esk sad face"
"Hey I don't have a sad face"
"You do Lex, whenever I wouldn't pu…. whenever I wouldn't give you what you wanted you'd give me that look and I'd give in"
"I thought that was just my powers of persuasion"
"Nope just your good looks and sad face"
"Your breaking my heart here Clarke"
"Oh come on Lex, you're a big girl now you can take it"
Both women softly laughed at their small banter before Lexa's laugh died in her throat as she remembered that Clarke had actually broken her heart for real when she believed her best friend over her. Swallowing back a small amount of saliva she looked around the room she was sat in, her eyes settling on her feet and the trainers that covered them keeping her concentration on her trainers she seriously asked "So when are we going to have this talk Clarke?"
"Whenever you want Lex….as soon as possible, I need to tell you how I'm feeling and I wanna work this out between us before it's too late"
"What if it's already too late Clarke?"
"If it was already too late then you wouldn't have told me you love me the other day….and I wouldn't have told you I love you…we both want to work this out so why can't we?"
"It's not that simple Clarke and you know that"
"I do know that but I also know that what we have is worth fighting for…I have a lot to explain and to make up to you, but I can't start if you don't meet me half way…" After Clarke finished her sentence there was a prolonged silence before Lexa spoke asking;
"How about tomorrow?"
"Sorry?"
"This talk…. how about we meet up tomorrow?"
"Tomorrow sounds great" Clarke softly responded smiling softly, she looked down as Olivia looked up at her expectation and hope on her face as she looked up at her Mommy "I think Olivia really wants to talk to you now"
"Ok, Put her on"
"Ok one minute" Clarke let out bringing the phone to rest between her and Olivia before as her daughter went to hold the phone Clarke looked at her before softly adding "Remember the rules…. When Mommy says you have to say goodbye then no arguing, stay sitting down and calm, and finally No shouting ok?" Olivia nodded her head at her Mommy, smiling at her daughter Clarke released the phone watching as Olivia carefully moved the phone to her ear;
"Mama?"
"Hey baby girl"
"Hi Mama"
"How are you feeling? Mommy said you weren't very happy"
"I felt sick Mama"
"Do you still feel sick?"
"No I laid down with Mommy and I feel better now"
"That's good, did you feel sick this morning?"
"No…I felt sad"
"Why did you feel sad baby?"
"I miss you Mama"
"You do?"
"Yeah"
"I miss you too princess, but you'll see me in a few days and we're gonna talk later on aren't we?"
"Yeah" Olivia excitedly let out bouncing on the spot slightly "Mama can we Time call?"
"Time call? What do you mean baby?"
Olivia looked at Clarke slightly confused as she softly asked "Mommy, what is the call with pictures?"
"What do you mean Liv?" Clarke asked looking at her daughter slightly confused
"When Mama calls and see her"
"When Mama calls and we can see her?" Clarke asked guessing that was what her daughter meant "Do you mean FaceTime?"
"YES"
"Voice young lady"
"Sorry Mommy…" Olivia sweetly let out looking at her Mommy before turning her attention to her phone call again "Mama…"
"Yes princess"
"Can we…FaceTime?" Olivia asked looking up at Clarke for confirmation, she let out a massive smile when her Mommy confirmed she said the right word "Can we Mama?" She sweetly asked her Mama again having not heard an answer
"When do you wanna FaceTime Princess?"
"Now Mama"
"You have to ask Mommy, princess. Maybe we can FaceTime later before bedtime, then you can see me before you go to sleep"
Olivia let out a small gasp as she looked at her Mommy, whose face was contorted in amusement "That's the best idea ever Mama"
"You have to ask Mommy though"
"Can you?"
"Of course I can…why don't you put Mommy back on the phone and I'll talk to you later ok?"
"Ok Mama…I'll give you to mommy now" Olivia sweetly smiling before holding the phone in front of Clarke who smiled and took it from her leaning forward and kissing her gently on the cheek as Olivia giggled and wrapped her arms around her neck hugging her Mommy as tightly as she could. Releasing her hug Olivia jumped off of Clarke's lap talking over to Oscar and sitting down on the floor opposite her brother, who sweetly handed her his Supergirl figure silently inviting her to play with him. Watching the twin's Clarke placed the phone back to her ear;
"Lex…you still there?"
"Yeah I'm here…. Olivia was just asking if we could FaceTime later, would that be ok with you?"
"Yeah that'd be fine, as long as we're not interrupting you of course"
"Of course not, I'm usually just in the studio but I'm gonna head to the gym now and then go straight home"
"Ok great…What time tomorrow do you wanna meet up?"
"Umm, I'm not sure me and Raven should be in the studio at about 7 then we'll work straight through until about lunchtime so maybe we could meet about 1pm at Arcadia Café…is 1pm ok for you?"
"Yeah that should be fine, I'll ask my dad if he can look after Oscar and Olivia whilst we have lunch…and then maybe you can come over and see them after..."
"That'd be nice, though it all depends on whether we can come up with a track…but I'll work on it tonight to make sure that I can see my munchkins"
"Great…anyway I'll let you get on with recording and I will get back to the exciting task of cleaning the house"
"I'm sure we'll both have a fun afternoon"
"Of course, cleaning is so much fun I can't express it"
"Don't pretend you don't love it"
"Oh yeah I'm so in love with cleaning…. anyway We'll chat later yeah?"
"Definitely…speak to you soon Clarke"
"That you will Lexa…. bye"
"Bye"
And with that both sides of the call went dead both of them having quickly hung up to make sure they didn't continue to talk, because they both knew if they started then they would keep talking all afternoon and neither would get any work done. As Clarke placed her phone on the couch she looked over at Olivia and Oscar smiling at how they were happily playing action figures, Oscar was being his normal sweet self allowing Olivia to win their pretend fights, standing herself up with a massive smile on her face Clarke walked past the twins and into the kitchen telling them she was going to clean and they had to play nice, they sweetly responded with 'Ok Mommy' before going back to playing with their toys allowing Clarke to concentrate on cleaning the house as she needed to.
Octavia and Raven's House
Octavia was sat in the living room on the couch waiting for Raven to return from laying their son down in his bedroom, once they had left the studio they took Zachary to an ice cream bar down the road treating him to an ice cream, it was more of a test if they were honest they weren't sure if he was one hundred percent better from the bug he had caught but they knew if he was then eating ice cream wouldn't be a problem for him. Once they got their Raven ordered her usual triple stacked ice cream sundae with loads of chocolate and strawberry sauce, Octavia on the other hand had gone for a normal sized sundae only covering it in a small amount of chocolate sauce and a few peanuts. Zachary had eaten his kid sized portion with absolute ease before attempting to get some off his Mama's ice cream using his puppy eyes and a 'pwease mama' he was successful when Raven lifted him from the high chair sitting him on her lap allowing him to messily help himself to her sundae, both of them quickly finishing off the sundae. Once they were finished with the ice cream they got Zachary back into the car and decided to take him to the park to run around a bit and hopeful tire himself out so he'd nap.
Octavia had sat on the bench in the park watching as her wife played around with their son, lifting him in the air and playing rockets with him as they went from ride to ride, from the swing to the slide back to the swing, then to the jungle gym to the roundabout and on and on until they had been on every ride in the small playground. Once Zachary had finished on his final ride (The slide Again) he looked over at Octavia quickly running over to her stopping at her legs he looked up at her sweetly before saying 'Mommy swing' Octavia would have attempted to argue with her son but Raven was right behind him raising her eyebrows at her smiling and holding her hand out, accepting the hand she stood up walking over to the swings with Raven and a very excited Zachary, in all the times she'd taken him to this park she'd never been on the swings with him. She walked over to the swing and watched as Raven lifted their son onto her lap sitting on the swing and carefully swing herself and Zach backwards and forwards, slowly motioning with her head for Octavia to sit down on the swing next to them which Octavia complied with smiling and softly laughing at Raven's big kid rising to the surface. Sitting on the swing she carefully swung herself backwards and forwards whilst watching Raven and their son on the swing next to her, she smirked when Raven stopped and looked at her with a mischievous grin on her face, lifting Zachary into the air she held him in the air as she walked forward until she reached her, smiling brightly at her Raven placed Zachary on Octavia's lap allowing her time to wrap her arms around their son before she disappeared behind them both placing her hands gently on Octavia's lower back, as soon as Raven's hands landed on her lower back Octavia knew what she was going to do, wrapping her arms around the metal chains of the swing and back around Zachary who was excitedly wriggling and squealing on her lap, making sure she was secure on the swing and that Zach was secure on her lap she lifted her feet allowing Raven to push her on the swing.
Twenty Minutes later Octavia noticed Zachary was rubbing his eyes, leaning back she looked back at Raven stealing a kiss before suggesting that they should head home to allow their son to nap before it got too late. Raven agreed lifting Zachary from the Octavia's lap onto her chest holding out one of her hands waiting for Octavia to take hold of it, they slowly walked hand in hand towards the car getting in once Zachary was securely strapped into the car seat, Raven started up the car driving them home. They had been back now for about twenty minutes, Zachary had fallen asleep about five minutes into the twenty-five-minute drive, once they got home and the car was parked up in the driveway Raven carefully lifted him out of the car seat carrying him into the house and up to his bedroom. Octavia had entered the house after Raven closing the door opting to sit on the couch and wait for her wife. She'd been sat on the couch for about ten minutes now waiting for her wife to appear in the room. Soon enough Raven came down the stairs walking across the space in the room to the couch sitting herself down next to Octavia she leant against her wife kissing her gently on the cheek, smirking at Octavia she softly said;
"Did I mention you look amazing today?"
"No you didn't" Octavia smirked leaning into Raven connecting their lips together for a few seconds before pulling back and resting the side of her head against the back of the couch "How did the meeting go?"
"It went fine…all signs are leading to us being their first choice"
"That's awesome babe…congrats"
"Thank you… and I mean that for real"
"For real?"
"I wouldn't have been able to spend time working in the studio without you, I wouldn't have even been a producer or own half a record company if it wasn't for you"
"I haven't done anything"
"You have…. you've always supported my decision and choices, you never told me I was being stupid or that I was being unrealistic in what I wanted, you just supported me and told me that whatever I wanted to be I could"
"That because you can…. your smarter than you give yourself credit for Raven, and you did the same for me, do you think that I'd be a costume designer and a stylist now if it wasn't for you…"
"I think you would, your amazing you can do anything you set your mind too"
"And that's what I mean you were always telling me to follow my heart, making me draw designs for you….and when we were in college you always made sure I didn't get distracted from my work by anything…even you."
"You did the same thing for me"
"Not really you've always been the smarter one out of the both of us"
"No I'm not babe" Seeing the doubt in Octavia's eyes and her face, Raven softly said "Come over here" Wrapping her arms around Octavia's waist holding her close before moving her and lifting her onto her lap so they were face to face and Octavia's knees were bent on either side of Raven's thighs. Looking up into her wife's eyes she brought her hands up taking hold of Octavia's hands with her own, interlocking their fingers she leant up kissing Octavia on the cheek softly before she spoke again "You just said I'm smarter than I give myself credit for, well the same goes for you your so much smarter than you realise you aced your exams in college and not because I made sure that you didn't get distracted it's because you busted your ass to make sure that you knew the answer to every question. How many people do you think passed with a 98% pass rate? …I'll tell you None you were the only one that did and you scored the highest in all of the classes"
"That doesn't mean I'm smart Raven, it just means I'm fashion smart"
"It doesn't mean you're not smart either Babe, you know things that I would never in a million years know…I mean how many people know that Pteronophobia is the fear of being tickled by feathers or that when Hippos are upset their sweat turns red or that Cherophobia is the fear of fun…you're so amazing in so many ways…you need to give yourself more credit, I know that I don't say it often enough but the way you look after Zachary, manage a career and keep everything in the house in perfect condition blows me away…I know I don't tell you how much I truly love you, how much I appreciate that you let me go to the studio every day and do what I love, I know that I suck at letting you know all of this but I am so so so so so….so amazed by you every day and everything you do takes my breath away. And I know I need to step up for you more and I promise I will…."
"Rae…"
"No please let me finish…You don't have enough faith in yourself and I'm to blame for that I know that more than anything I need to do more for you and I think that starts with you accepting work again..."
"We talked about this babe…I love how passionate you were just now and I know that you love and appreciate me more than you say…...but we agreed I'd stay at home and look after Zachary, you earn more than I do so it makes sense…I'm ok with staying at home"
"Just because I earn more doesn't mean you mean less…. we can work something out…Like how long does it take for you come up with a design?"
"I don't know babe it depends on what the client wants from me and if I'm in the right frame of mind"
"Ok, so roughly how long does it take?"
"Maybe two days on average"
"So how about the next time you get offered a contract or whatever you wanna call it, you accept the offer and I'll look after Zachary…you know he loves the studio…Me and Lexa can arrange something she won't mind" Seeing the look of contemplation on Octavia's face Raven added "So what do you think?"
"It sounds good, I suppose we can give it a try... and I did get a phone call from an old client offering me a new job"
"Really?... When did that happen?"
"Yesterday evening, I told him I'd think about it and let him know"
"Well call him and let him know that your gonna do it"
"Raven we need to talk more about it, he said it's for a big company something to do with a MPP"
"You know what MPP means right babe?"
"Ummm No"
"It means Music Presentation Piece it basically means a music video which means they want you to design the costumes for a Music video….and back to what you said we did talk about it and we are deciding that your accepting the job…." When Octavia raised her eyebrows at her wife she added "It's either you call him or I call him and pretend to be you…I'll even use my posh voice for it…" Before Raven could say another word Octavia cut her off
"I'm not posh"
"I know you're not but I have to be posh if I'm pretending to be you"
"Why?"
"Just because"
"Whatever babe" Octavia paused for a second at her wife softly asking "Are you sure about this?"
"I'm One Million Percent sure…. but this isn't about me babe it's about you, do you want to go back?"
"Yeah I do…I think it'd be good for me to be more than just a wife and mother, not that I don't love being both but I miss it, I draw stuff all the time but it's not the same, you promise me you're ok with it?"
"I promise; I've been wanting to bring it up with you for a long time but I just couldn't find the right time until now, I know how much you love designing and just because we're married and have a child doesn't mean we can't still be us. I want you to enjoy the things that make you happy because when you're happy I'm happy…that's all I'm worried about right now…you being happy"
"Thank you" Octavia smiled brightly at Raven before leaning forward capturing Raven's lips with her own, keeping their lips connected Octavia untangled her and Raven's hands bringing her hands to Raven's neck gently placing her hands on Raven's skin she slowly moved her hands downwards grazing softly over Raven's breast as she kept their lips together, as Octavia's hands moved down Raven's hands moved around to Octavia's waist gently gripping onto the material of her shirt. Smiling into the kiss Octavia continued to move her hands downwards until they reached the bottom of Raven's shirt slowly she moved her hands underneath the material moving her hands over Ravens skin her fingers running over her wife's toned stomach, before her hands could move higher Raven broke the kiss looking up at Octavia slightly breathless she asked;
"What are you doing?"
"Your happy when I'm happy right?" Raven nodded her head at the question "Well we're making me happy" Octavia smirked out leaning forward recapturing her wife's lips continuing to move her hands underneath her wife's shirt, relishing the chance to be close to her wife in more than one way.
So what did we all think?...Couldn't resist putting in that part about Ed Sheeran lol I love his songs and they make me think of my story and actually help me write so why not place them in there…Did you guys enjoy the Raven and Octavia stuff or ney? Has anyone got any questions that were unanswered?...Let me know as all input helps me write :-). The next chapter should be up next Monday provided I can complete writing it this week, I have a few meetings this week and am away at the weekend for a family function :-( so if it does get delayed I will update this chapter with a note letting you all know...But alas I will stop talking and let you all get on with whatever you need to get on with lol and until next time Stay Safe Peeps and Peepettes and Keep Fanficing...