Chapter 10

A/N: Thanks for all the follows and favorites guys. And I always love when you review. By the way, our little story has a cover art now. I made Alycia's eyes extra green for the obvious reasons. Lol.. Enjoy the chapter :)

A quiet breeze drifted warmly across Octavia's face. Her eyes locked fiercely on the target. There was absolute silence in the stadium. Everyone watched as the scoreboard read 1-1. It was the last kick of the game. Octavia stepped up to take the free kick. By habit she glanced at the usual spot where Raven used to sit. She felt a slight pang in her heart as she found the seats empty. Clarke and Lexa sat right next to those seats. Clarke waved as Octavia's eyes found her. Octavia smiled a little. She looked back at the target goal and as the referee blew his whistle, with an incredible skill, she curled the ball into the top right corner. Entire stadium erupted in wild jubilation. Her teammates ran towards her and picked her up on their shoulders. Octavia laughed and shared their celebration but somewhere in her heart she couldn't really be completely happy. She missed Raven. She couldn't even remember any of her tournaments or practice matches that the brunette had missed before. As she heard the referee blew the final whistle, she decided that she was going to talk to Raven about it and in a civilized manner.

Raven cursed as she heard Clarke's phone buzz for the tenth time the next morning. She squirmed in her half awaken state and pulled a pillow over her head.

"Damn it Clarke.. Who the heck is messaging you at this ungodly hour? "

"Lexa…" Clarke replied. Her fingers still typing a reply to the said brunette.

Raven groaned. 'Can't you two wait at least for the sun to come up?"

As she thought about it a little more, she removed the pillow and looked at Clarke. "About what by the way? Is there something you haven't told me Clarke?" Raven used a stern, no nonsense voice and Clarke grinned in response.

"Mmhmm"

Raven got up and faced the blonde.

"Spill Clarke.. Now…"

Clarke smiled shyly and recanted the previous days events. Raven let out a deep breath as she listened to Clarke.

"Does that mean you both are an item now?"

Clarke scrunched her nose at the word. "We are taking things slow but I for one am very excited" Clarke could barely hide her grin. Raven smiled genuinely and crashed into Clarke's bed, giving her a high five. Raven settled down on the bed, resting her head on Clarke's lap, and casually said, "Great job landing the hot chick Clarke. Now don't let her go."

Clarke slapped Raven's arm lightly and laughed.

"Yep.. " she replied as she ran Raven's words in her mind.

"Where were you last evening by the way? You missed Octavia's match and the party."

Raven's eyes popped open in instance and bulged even bigger as she realized. She sat up so quickly, her head felt the rush.

"Shit.. I totally forgot.."

Clarke rolled her eyes. "That's not even an excuse Rave…"

Raven rubbed the back of her neck. "She must be pissed Clarke. I can almost feel her glares through these walls. Did you talk to her?"

"We talked a little after her match. She didn't come to the party. Which was odd because the party was thrown because of her. She was awarded player of the match."

Clarke described how it all went the previous evening and each moment made Raven feel more guilty.

"I'll talk to her…" Raven assured Clarke.

Later in the afternoon, Raven walked in class that she shared with Octavia. Her eyes scanned the room for the brunette and once spotted, Raven walked towards her and sat next to her. The professor was busy explaining some old literature but Raven's mind was completely elsewhere. She kept glancing towards Octavia, whispered some silly comment that would've made Octavia laugh on any other day. But Octavia simply wasn't interested and paid no attention. Rest of the afternoon went pretty much the same way. As their last class ended, Octavia started walking towards the gym. It took Raven a minute to gather her things and follow Octavia.

"O.. wait.. "

Octavia kept walking and turned around at the corner of the building where Raven caught up to her finally. She grabbed Octavia's arm and took a few breaths to stop the panting.

"God.. you walk so damn fast when you are avoiding people.."

"and why do you think I am avoiding you Reyes?"

Raven flinched at that. Octavia rarely called her by her surname. Only when she was mad.

"Look I am really sorry about yesterday. I was caught up in… something.. or someone, she thought to herself . This was the only time I missed it O.. I'm sorry..." Raven pouted some more in the cutest way she could.

Octavia sighed. It was true. She wanted to be mad at Raven but looking at her face, she caved in.

"Fine you are forgiven, I'll take extra chocolate in the Ice cream that you are buying me." Octavia smiled a little.

Raven sighed of relief and laughed as she teased Octavia, "Are you sure ice cream is good for you right now O? I mean looking at the extra flesh..." Raven couldn't complete her sentence as Octavia pounced on her and tickled her mercilessly. Raven was very very ticklish and soon was begging for Octavia to stop. They both laughed as Octavia slid her arm around Raven's neck. Her head resting on the brunette's shoulder as laughter died down slowly. She hesitated for a moment before softly speaking, "I haven't seen much of you lately Raven. You are always busy in one thing or another."

Raven caressed Octavia's shoulder as she whispered an apology. "I know, I just… I have so many things to tell you O.. I umm wanted to ask you a favor."

Octavia pulled her head back and looked in Raven's eyes. She could clearly see the hesitation and nervousness. She smiled and urged Raven to continue. "What is it Rave?"

"I umm was wondering if you could join me and Liv sometime.. to just hang out or do something together. She thinks I don't have any friends since none of you have met her. And I really want all you.. especially you to meet her."

Octavia had a really hard time hiding her emotions from appearing on her face but she did it. She smiled after a moment or two and nodded. Raven smiled back brightly.

"Oh thank you O.. We are going to have so much fun. I am telling you, you will love her."

Octavia felt her throat constricting. She was scared of the reaction this little piece of news was having on her. Her friend was happy, Raven had met someone special then why the hell she felt like all walls were closing in on her, Octavia had no idea. She stared at Raven's face and almost mumbled, "You really like this girl huh?"

Raven smiled and nodded. She took Octavia's arm and started walking towards the gym, telling her things about Liv. Little did she know that Octavia's thoughts centered on someone else entirely.

Anya was going through the case files again. Her mind wasn't at rest after the recent murder. What spooked her most was the method used to kill the old man. The gruesome killing method was used by an infamous serial killer, who was currently locked up in a high security prison two states away. She was checking if the said murderer came in contact with anyone suspicious in past few years. She went through visitor's log and the other methods used for corresponding. She rubbed her forehead as she couldn't find anything unusual. She was just about to close the log file as she heard a knock.

"Come in", she said looking up at the door to her office.

A tall, dark haired young man entered the room and saluted her.

"Captain said you needed a fresh pair of eyes?" He spoke confidently.

Anya smiled and nodded. "Yes I do… Officer..?"

The man smiled as he sat down in front of her desk, "Officer Blake Ma'am".

Anya nodded and after looking for a minute, pulled out a file from the pile on her desk and handed it over to the officer. "Here, go through this file and make yourself familiarize with all the details and MO. You will be assisting me in this case."

Officer Blake nodded, glad to have the opportunity to work with the most successful lieutenant in the precinct. He opened the file and instantly knew how important this case was. The name read, T. Jaha.

A/N 2: As you may have noticed there is a little side plot I have been developing which will come into play in the main story soon. :) And Clexa cuteness will be there in the next chapter. Please tell me what you think?