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"Why do we still have to go to Arcadia?" Clarke whined as she straddled her horse along with Octavia, Indra and six other warriors that Lexa had accompany them.
"Because you are still sick remember." Lexa said quietly as she pulled her horse closer to Clarke's trying to be discreet but failing as Octavia eyed them closely.
"Yeah thanks to you. What have you done to me..." Clarke said accusingly as she glared at her lover. Suddenly her face went extremely pale again and she moaned trying not to throw up again.
Lexa sighed, shook her head and smiled a little at her pregnant girlfriend's complaining. She also felt bad that she had ended up being so sick and it was, in fact, partly her fault. Lexa caught Octavia staring at the two of them suspiciously and quickly clicked her horse forward to
start their journey to Arcadia.
"Are you going to be okay, Wanheda?" Mikko asked worriedly the handsome young warrior who now had stopped along side Clarke for the 4th time for her to throw up.
"Mikko! Quit stopping when I stop. It's weird to have you watch me puke." Clarke said as she wiped her mouth with the back of her sleeve.
"Wanheda, the commander has made me swear with my life that I will not let you out of my site." Mikko said seriously as he handed her some water.
"I know. It's just weird." She said as she rinsed out her mouth and drank the water he had offered her. The to of them were now a ways behind the rest of the group since Clarke had stopped so many times.
"I'm sorry to say this Wanheda but I have never seen anyone as ill as you are." Mikko said while flinching away from the small blonde girl.
Clarke rolled her eyes at the young man and clicked her horse forward without another word.
By the time they arrived to Arcadia Clarke and Mikko had caught up with the group and Clarke was riding along side Lexa. She was actually more like leaning on Lexa's shoulder, looking like death it's self as they trotted into the camp.
Abby came running up to meet them with a huge smile but the closer she got the farther her smile fell.
"What happened to her? Clarke honey are you ok?" Abby spoke quickly and quietly as Lexa handed Clarke down to her mother.
Clarke moaned and looked at Lexa for some help explaining the crazy recent events that have taken place in their lives. Lexa quickly and to Clarke's side to help her mother get her to the med station.
"Woah. What the hell happened to you? You look terrible." Raven said loudly as she passed Clarke in between her mother and Lexa, her arms draped around their shoulders as they practically carried her to the med station.
"Nice to see you too Raven." Clarke said with a slight smirk, looking a little more like herself beneath her pale skin and faded blue eyes. Lexa had braided her hair down her back in an intricate braid making her resemble the grounders more than her own people.
"She's super 'sick'." Octavia said to Raven sarcastically as she put air quotations around the word "sick." Which caused her to receive a mix of confused stares to murderous glares from the people following the small group to the med station.
"How long has she been like this?" Abby asked Lexa. Lexa didn't reply for a few moments as she thought about what to give away.
"She has been vomitting profusely for about two or three weeks? " Lexa said questioningly as she looked at Clarke who nodded slightly in agreeance.
"Why didn't you bring her to me sooner? She looks like death warmed over." Abby spat out angrily at Lexa, who exchanged a nervous look with Clarke.
"What am I missing?" Abby said annoyed at the girls silent conversation they were sharing together.
"Abby I..." Lexa started but was stopped suddenly when Clarke turned and puked all over her.
"I...am so sorry." Clarke said in between dry heaving as she looked pleadingly at Lexa. But Lexa could see the small smile her girlfriend was holding back. This was pay back.
"Sure you are." Lexa said evenly as she tried to hold herself away from her clothes which just wasn't working.
"Come with me. I have some clothes you can change into. You look about my size." Raven said to Lexa, crinkling her nose in disgust at the smell.
"Thank you. Clarke I'll come find you later." Lexa said to her girlfriend who gave her a thumbs up as she continued to puke while her mother held her hair back and talked to her softly.
After a quick shower and throwing on the tight ripped jeans and low cut black V-neck shirt Raven had given her. Lexa exited the bathroom and found both Octavia and Raven eyeing her suspiciously. Arms crossed and eyes narrowed both girls stared hard at the commander who looked like a deer in headlights as she looked between the two.
"So what's really going on with Clarke?" Octavia said seriously as Lexa sighed and tried to get passed them.
"Nope. Just because you're the "commander" and you have a smokin hot body of a model, doesn't mean you can do whatever you want." Raven said seriously side stepping to block Lexa's exit as Octavia elbowed her hard in the ribs.
"Um ow. What was that for? " Raven breathed out harshly elbowing her back.
"Not the time for compliments." Octavia muttered quickly. Lexa tried not to smile at the two women in front of her who were acting like children but couldn't when she felt the sides of her mouth turn upward.
"So what's really wrong with Clarke? Is she going to be okay? You two have been acting so weird lately." Octavia said to the commander anxiously.
Lexa let out a long breath and gestured for them to sit on Raven's bed.
When she had both of their attention she realized that she was nervous to speak openly to the two women in front of her. Her mouth opened and closed a few times before Raven spoke up.
"Well... Is she dying or something?" She said impatiently as she glared at the older girl.
"No! Oh my god, no!" Lexa said quickly and both girls looked at each other and started laughing. "What is funny?" Lexa said seriously.
"You just sounded just like Clarke, commander that's all." Octavia said as she patted Lexa's arm lightly. Lexa rolled her eyes and continued slowly.
"Well I guess you will both find out sooner or later so here it goes." Lexa took a deep breath and said the sentence that still didn't seem real to her.
" Clarke is pregnant. With my child…."
Raven looked like she had just seem a ghost and Octavia had her hands cupped over her mouth as she stifled a scream as Lexa recalled her story to them for a second time.
"So you... With all of your womanly equipment... Got Clarke... Pregnant... Because of a creepy flame that is implanted in your neck that gave you like some mad stallion powers of some kind...? " Raven said slowly as Lexa rolled her eyes at her.
"Yes. Essentially." Lexa replied tiredly, getting sick of the same questions from her girlfriends friends.
"Do you really have black blood?" Raven asked again and Octavia nodded at her.
"She does I have seen it!" Octavia said excitedly,looking at Lexa like she was seeing the light for the first time.
Raven narrowed her eyes still unconvinced and Lexa sighed. She quickly pulled a knife from her boot and cupped the end of the knife in her hand causing the black liquid to fall in little droplets on the floor. She looked up at Raven to see if that satisfied her curiosity and found the girl wide-eyed and nodding.
"Ok I believe you." Raven said as if she were in a trance. She stared at Lexa like she was some kind of rare species that hadn't been identified as poisonous or not.
Lexa looked at them both, Octavia staring in utter awe and Raven cringing away like a single touch would somehow impregnate her at well. Lexa smirked at them before standing.
"Is your interrogation complete? Because now I must go face the wrath of Abby." Lexa said seriously as she stood up to leave.
"Ugh.. Good luck with that Hoo Dee nee." Raven snorted sarcastically. Lexa gave her a blank look.
"Thank you..?" Lexa said questioningly and the two girls laughed as she exited room of Raven Reyes.
When she got to the med Station she found Abby, Kane and Clarke talking lowly obviously in a heated discussion. Lexa was surprised when she took in Clarke's appearance, some color had returned to her face and she had the strength to sit up by herself as she fought with the two adults beside her. As Lexa entered the room the three of them stopped talking and turned to stare at Lexa. Clarke looked at her apologetically, Abby put her hands on her hips and gave her a cold stare and Kane looked like he was seeing her for the first time as some sort of mystical creature.
"What is the meaning of this?" Abby yelled at her as she stalked towards her holding up four pink sticks that all had two pink lines on them.
"I am not sure..." Lexa looked passed Abby at Clarke for clarification on what exactly those sticks meant.
"They're pregnancy tests Lex. One line means not pregnant and two lines mean pregnant." Clarke informed her a small smile lit up her face.
Lexa looked back at the sticks in Abby's hand and notice two perfect pink lines on each stick and she smiled. She side stepped a furious Abby and ran over to Clarke and hugged her fiercely. Clarke threw her arms around the taller girl's neck and laughed as Lexa lifted her up.
A miracle they never knew they would be happy about now grew between them.
"You're happy about this?! This odd pregnancy that this woman did to you?! Clarke you are still just a child yourself!" Abby yelled at Clarke as the two of the broke apart, smiles fading. "How is this even possible?" She said pointedly at Lexa.
"Mom I have explained it to you five times already. Lex show her your scar." Clarke said heatedly to her mother as Lexa turned and swooped her hair to the side to show Abby the scar of where the flame was inserted.
"But I don't understand.. You're still my little girl." Abby's tough charade slipping as her voice broke at the end. Tears welled up in her eyes and Clarke walked over and wrapped her arms around her mother.
"And I'll always be your little girl mom. Even if I have a child of my own." Clarke said reassuringly.
"When, you have a child of your own." Kane corrected her but still looked skeptically at the women in front of him.
"So how many moons until the baby arrives." Lexa asked looking at Clarke and Abby with a hint of worry in her voice. She knew the winter months could be harsh and child bearing and survival was extremely hard during those months. Clarke and her mother looked at each other, both trying to calculate the baby's arrival by moons instead of months. Clarke was quicker in her response.
"Six moons from now.." Clarke said as a terrified look crossed her face as she looked at Lexa. She reached for her hand as the tears started falling from her eyes and Lexa quickly grabbed her hand and knelt in front of her.
"What is it Clarke? Are you feeling sick again?" Lexa said, worry filling her voice as she gently ran her fingers through Clarke's hair.
"No it's just that..." Clarke glanced around the room at her mother and Kane.
"Abby, Chancellor, would you mind giving us a moment?" Lexa asked them politely and they both reluctantly left the two women to talk amongst themselves.
"Clarke. What's wrong?" Lexa asked starting to get panicked that maybe she was hurting or something was wrong with the baby. Clarke wrapped her arms around Lexa and sobbed even harder.
"Lex I don't know if I am ready for this, I mean I am only 19! What if I am not a good mom? What if something happens to you and I have to raise this baby by myself? Oh my god, what would I do without you Lex? YouralwaysrunningoffintobattleandyoucantdothattomeLex! This is the weirdest thing that has ever happened to me! " Clarke said so fast through her sobs that Lexa had a hard time deciphering what she had said but understood enough to respond.
"Clarke." Lexa said calmly as she pulled away from her girlfriend to look in her eyes. "I cannot promise you my life. I am the commander of the 12 clans and battle is always inevitable. But I can promise you that for as long as I live, I will give you and our child all of me. I will be by your side and our child's every step of the way, as long as my life allows it. " Clarke nodded knowing that Lexa's promise to her was genuine. She knew that Lexa would never make a promise she couldn't keep.
"Secondly, I know that you are young, as am I, but age is just a number. You are the strongest woman I have ever met and I love you more than I can express to you with just simple words. I know you can do this."
"And lastly..." Lexa said with a smile as she knelt before Clarke and grabbed both of her hands. "I know the events that have taken place in our lives have been anything but easy. We were enemies, friends, friend that almost got eaten by Paunau, more than friends, fought a battle together, won a battle together, I almost died and you saved me... " Lexa smiled up at Clarke who was now laughing through her tears as she recalled her relationship with Lexa.
"And now we get to experience something that has happened only one other time in the history of the universe. It is... A great honor and blessing to be able to have a child with you, Ai hodnes. And there's no one else I'd rather start a family with than you, Clarke Griffin." Lexa said softly as a fresh tears fell from Clarke's eyes as she smiled at the green-eyed beauty in front of her. Lexa took a deep breath and reached into the back of Raven's ripped jeans and pulled out a small wooden box. And when she opened it, Clarke gasped. A ring with a skinny golden band and a single diamond in the middle gleamed brightly against the hand carved wooden box that held its beauty.
"Clarke, I know we have done this a little of of order but considering the circumstances I wouldn't have my life any other way. So Clarke Griffin... Will you marry me?" Lexa said softly as she looked up into Clarke's wide surprised blue eyes.
Silence filled the room except for Clarke's constant sniffling from crying. Lexa shifted nervously as she watched Clarke who had an unreadable expression on her face. Suddenly Clarke burst into another fit of sobs surprising Lexa who was now seriously worried that she didn't want to marry her.
"Oh m-my g-god. Lexa! Of course I'll marry you!" She sobbed as she threw her arms around the very confused but very happy commander who hugged her back.
The women had not noticed the audience that had slipped into the room during Lexa's proposal and only looked over when they heard Abby sniffling, happy tears streaming down her face. Octavia gave them a thumbs up with Lincoln who had his arm around Octavia smiling and Raven limped over to them both and hugged them tightly.
"That was one of the sweetest things I have ever heard! Commander you're such a softy." Raven teased as she nudged Lexa who rolled her eyes at her.
"That's my babe! She's a big softy at heart." Clarke squeezed Lexa who now just looked annoyed as everyone laughed. But was being a good sport and taking the teasing to make Clarke happy.
"Congratulations you two." Abby said to the happy couple who beamed back at her. "Now would you like to see your baby's heartbeat?" She said excitedly as the two girl's looked at each other with excitement.
"Yes!" They both said simultaneously as Clarke's mother left to grab the portable ultrasound machine.
"I love you Lexa." Clarke said tiredly as she laid back against the taller woman lifting her shirt to get ready to hear their baby for he first time. She hummed happily as she twisted and admired the shining ring on her finger while Lexa played with her hair, watching her in total bliss.
Lexa kissed the top of her head and sat back as Abby brought a strange machine next to the bed they were on.
" I love you too, Clarke. Both of you." She whispered as she placed her hand on Clarke's exposed belly.
They both took a deep breath as Abby turned on the machine and rubbed a slimy blue goo over Clarke's abdomen. Moments passed and everyone held their breath as she moved a small cone shaped device over Clarke's belly. And then she found him, he was the only one that made a sound in the quiet medical room.
The sound of his strong heartbeat bounced off the walls and made its way into the hearts of those watching. And they all smiled.