A/N: Two chapters in one day! So now you know about Raven's night, let's go back to entering the club and to Clarke. Last chapter we learned that Clarke had been texting all night, so let's find out to whom and what she was texting about.
Let me know what you think!
Disclaimer: I owe nothing.
Chapter 10
Clarke checked her phone for the first time after Lexa had left when she was standing with her friends in front of the entrance of the club.
One missed call and one new message.
The missed call was from her mum, being so confident about her influence on her daughter she didn't even bother to call more than once.
The new message was from Lexa.
L (20:02): Enjoy the party. Try not to forget me.
Clarke quickly composed a response.
C (22:36): As if I could.
She smiled, content of her message to Lexa, and started to type another one.
C (22:36): I'm celebrating Raven's birthday. Can't call right now.
The response followed quickly.
A(22:37): You know you're not allowed to fraternize with professors.
Clarke grinned reading her mother's response. Fraternize wasn't exactly the word I'd use, she thought.
C (22:38): Mother, we both know I was just asking a question about class. You promised you wouldn't meddle.
A (22:39): I intend to keep that promise.
A (22:39): But we both know you're already not leaving me much choice.
Clarke shook her head. Her mother was completely paranoia, although this time she was accidently onto something.
"I'm going to dance", Raven yelled in her ear.
Clarke just nodded and smiled in response.
Her mother had already ruined her party mood.
Lexa was already in bed when she got the text from Clarke.
She smiled.
I'm falling for her, she realized. This can only mean trouble.
The text was followed by another one.
C (22:42): My mother is completely paranoia.
L (22:43): Already?
C (22:44): Always been and always will be.
C (22:45): We're just screwed that this time she's actually onto something.
C (22:45): She is, isn't she?
Lexa was confused by Clarke's last text.
L (22:46): What is she? Completely paranoia?
Clarke fixed her confusion quickly with the answer.
C (22:47): No silly, onto something. :-)
Lexa smiled. This girl had her big time.
L (22:48): Am I not taking it slow by telling you I miss you? :-)
C (22:49): Barely.
L (22:49): Then I shouldn't finish that sentence by saying I miss you in my bed…
Clarke felt every nerve firing on all forces just reading that text. Even though Lexa was miles away, she could feel the pull growing inside of her.
She wondered how long she would be able to resist it.
To resist her.
Clarke smiled when she saw Raven starting up her game, together with Indra. Those two made a great team. She looked at Raven's target. The birthday girl had been bragging for over two hours while they were getting ready that she would pull someone even hotter than Lexa. She was getting damn close. That girl was all sorts of fine.
The buzz of her cell phone woke her up from her trains of thoughts.
A (22:53): Are you, Clarke?
C (22:53): You're seeing ghosts, mother, and it's not even midnight yet. Go to sleep.
Clarke went to get another gin and tonic, to get her mind of her mum and the consequences her finding out the truth would have on her and on Lexa.
Lexa was starting to worry she'd been too straightforward sending that last text. It had been at least an hour since she had pressed sent.
She couldn't sleep.
What if Clarke got scared again?
What if Lexa had scared her off?
What if she would never be able to look in those blue eyes again?
Her phone buzzed, rescuing her from an oncoming panic attack.
C (0:12): Sorry it took me so long to answer, Octavia keeps talking about this guy she met tonight.
C (0:12): Says he might be the one.
C (0:13): She can't seem to stop talking.
C (0:14): And maybe you shouldn't.
C (0:15): But then again, maybe I'm a little bit drunk by now.
C (0:15): And maybe I don't want to sleep alone tonight.
C (0:16): Maybe I don't want to sleep at all.
C (0:18): Maybe you're already asleep?
C (0:19): Okay, shutting up now.
Lexa couldn't help but smile at how adorably drunk Clarke was rambling in her texts. She decided to put the blonde out of her misery.
L (0:20): I think I might like you drunk. :-)
C (0:21): I hope you like me sober too.
L (0:21): I kind of do :-) How's the party?
C (0:22): Raven just pulled. Octavia's with Lincoln. I am bored. I think I'll head home.
L (0:23): Okay. Be safe, Clarke.
Clarke said goodbye to her friends and called a cab.
On the way back she started thinking again about what all this meant. About what Lexa started to mean to her. And what it would mean when her mum found out.
She decided she liked Lexa. A lot. Not just because of that crazy pull thing.
Clarke liked Lexa because she made her smile.
Because she made her feel like she was on top of the world, and at the same time she would make her the most insecure she had ever been.
She could make her body feel hot, and still get goosebumps all over.
Right there in that cab, Clarke decided Lexa was worth risking everything.
And she decided she would make a bold move to prove it.
Lexa woke up from her phone buzzing.
C (1:06): Hi stranger.
C (1:06): I kind of liked you missing me.
C (1:07): In your bed I mean.
C (1:07): But also out of your bed.
C (1:07): I hope.
C (1:08): Are you awake yet?
C (1:08): I'm on the other side of your door.
C (1:09): Please open up.
C (1:11): I've decided I'm not scared anymore.
C (1:13): I might be drunk.
C (1:15): I'm afraid to knock.
C (1:18): You awake yet?
C (1:19): I might have asked that already.
C (1:21): There has been a drunk person standing right outside your door for the last fifteen minutes.
C (1:21): Okay now I feel stupid.
Lexa smiled as her phone kept buzzing. Clarke obviously wasn't giving up.
C (1:22): I'm making a fool out of myself.
C (1:22): All for you.
C (1:23): Please let me in?
Clarke was just typing another message, when the door she had been standing in front of for over fifteen minutes, opened.
"What are you doing here, Clarke?" the brunette on the other side asked, whispering.
"I wanted to make you stop missing me", Clarke simply stated.
She saw Lexa smile.
The brunette was only wearing a tank top and panties.
The pull started to become irresistible.
"As much as I would love to be convinced of your noble intentions, how can I be sure you didn't just get turned down by the hottest chick in the club and I'm just a drunk plan B?"
Clarke couldn't resist the husky voice.
"I'll be good, Lexa, all I ask for is one little kiss and I'll be a good girl for the rest of the night. Sound asleep and all that", she pleaded.
Lexa doubted that if she gave Clarke the one kiss she asked for, she'd ever be able to stop kissing the blonde.
She looked stunning. Light grey jeans with a blue top, her blonde curls tucked back in a ponytail.
"You can't promise me that, drunk Clarke. What if you're mum finds out?"
"I don't care. I'll change schools. I'll find some work. I don't know. I just know I want to be close to you. I NEED to be close to you."
Clarke was almost begging Lexa to let her in.
Lexa sighed.
She pulled Clarke closer and gave her a light kiss on her lips. Clarke immediately put her arms around Lexa's neck and tried to deepen the kiss.
Lexa pulled away her head and laughed.
"Uh-uh, time to prove those good intentions of yours, Griffin. Get your fine ass in my bed. Sound asleep and all."