Lexa and Raven stood outside the fence by third base watching Clarke and Octavia's game. It was the bottom of the seventh and Sheldon High was three outs away from moving on to the winners bracket of the tournament, which is where you wanted to because it meant you had less games to play to make it to the championship. "Let's go Princess!" Lexa yelled as Clarke took the field.
"Whoo!" Raven cheered beside her and Clarke shot a grateful smile towards them. "I can't believe she's three outs away from thowing a n-" She found a hand over her mouth, unable to finish the sentence.
"Don't jinks her." Raven removed the hand from her mouth.
"I'm not gonna ji-" Hand over mouth again. Lexa glared at her sister until she heard a muffled okay. She removed her hand. "Geez." Clarke had thrown a perfect game through six innings, she was three outs away from a no hitter. She had not allowed any hits or walks and had nine strikeouts-make that ten strikeouts. The sisters cheered for her again...two outs away.
She's gonna do it, she's going to do it. Lexa said in her mind. She was buzzing with excitement as she watched her blonde friend deliver a pitch. This one was hit into left and the fielder easily caught the fly ball. "Yes! Come on Clarke! One more!" She gripped the top of the fence tightly as she watched, hopefully the final batter step up to the plate.
Clarke tried to push down her nerves and just concentrate on the next pitch. Of course she knew she was one out from her first perfect game which happened to be at the state playoffs and in front of college scouts, no pressure. As she faced her last batter she quickly found herself behind in the count with two balls and no strikes. Shit. She took a deep breath, trying to calm her nerves when Octavia called time and jogged to the plate to talk to her pitcher. "Hey, what's up? You missed the call on that last pitch."
"I know, I'm sorry, my hands are all sweaty." She wiped them on her pants and Octavia went walked closer to the mound and picked up the rosin bag and handed to Clarke.
"Hey, you're good. Just take a deep breath." Clarke did as she was told. "Good, now this bitch hasn't had a decent swing all night. Hit her with the rise ball and the drop curve, and strike her out with a changeup. We got this, it's just another game." Octavia slapped her butt with her glove hand and ran back to the plate, putting her catcher's mask back on.
"You got this Princess!" She heard Lexa cheer and for some reason it gave Clarke a boost of confidence. You got this, Clarke. She repeated back to herself and readied her next pitch. The hitter swung and missed and Octavia stood up pointing to her in a 'way to go' manner before throwing the ball back to her. She heard the cheers from the crowd Lexa included, and she internally smiled for a second in celebration.
The hitter fouled off the next pitch and just like that the count was even at 2-2. One more Clarke. Once she got the ball she took another deep breath, and took a little bit more time than normal to shake her nerves. She glanced over at the third base line, connecting eyes with Lexa. The brunette gave a nod of encouragement and Clarke stood on the rubber and delivered the pitch. The batter swung threw, way ahead of the pitch. "Sriiiike thrreee!" She heard the ump yell and before she knew it Octavia had her in a bear hug picking her up off her feet.
"Yeah baby!" She celebrated and the rest of the team came to join, slapping her butt and back as a job well done, some even ruffled her hair. She took it all in stride with a large smile on her face, trying to keep her excitement in as they lined up to shake hands with the other team. After their small congratulatory speech from the coach Clarke found herself running towards a certain brunette who had a large smile on her face.
Lexa barely had time to realize Clarke wasn't slowing down and found the other girl jumping into her arms. The blonde squealed and wrapped her legs around Lexa's waist. "That was freaking awesome Clarke!" The brunette told her as she tried to quell the butterflies that erupted from holding Clarke so close. The blonde pulled back a bit and her heart skipped a beat when she realized how close Lexa's face was. Without thought, she glanced down at Lexa's lips-
"You guys were great!" Raven complimented as she and Octavia made their way closer carrying Clarke's stuff for her. She gasped and panicked when she realized the position she was in. She untwined her legs from around the brunette, setting herself back on the ground.
"Thanks," She smiled to Raven, then looked at Lexa a bit sheepishly. "Sorry I jumped on you like that, my adrenaline is shooting through the roof."
"You don't see me complaining, Princess." Lexa winked back, feigning confidence that she didn't feel. The blonde rolled her eyes.
"Whatever."
"I can't believe you threw a fucking perfect game against the tenth ranked team in the state." Octavia said, not only excited they won but she knew it was her best friend's first perfect game. "And there are tons of scouts here Clarke, do you even realize how awesome that is?"
"I hadn't thought about that yet." The blonde answered.
"That's for sure going to help with a scholarship." Lexa stated. "See you were all worried and then and go do that."
Clarke smiled and playfully pushed Lexa. "Now you better do the same. I want one-no two homers today."
Lexa quirked a brow. "Is that a challenge?"
"You bet it is. Think you're up for it, Commander?" Lexa knew it was a tall order but she wasn't about to back down from a challenge with her favorite blonde and she knew the Clarke was just encouraging and trying to support her.
"I think I'm up for it."
"Good, 'cause I'm staying to make sure of that." Clarke stated. "You better not disappoint."
"Oh, don't worry princess, I never disappoint." Lexa winked, she hoped Clarke got the innuendo, and wanted to make the blonde blush. Clarke didn't know whether it was the adrenaline still coursing through her system for she really just wanted to flirt with Lexa. Either way she took a step forward and eyed the other girl, letting her hand trail down Lexa's arm.
"Of that I had no doubt." She whispered in the brunette's ear seductively. She felt very proud of herself when she leaned back and looked at the bright red face of her friend. She laughed and her friend gave a glare and pushed her.
"Tease." She pouted.
"You love it." Clarke grinned and picked up Lexa's batting bag, handing it to her as Lawrence started filing in the dugout for their game. Lexa took it from her and slung it around her shoulder.
"Not really."
Clarke once again rolled her eyes. "Go play your game woman." Lexa started walking to the bench when Clarke yelled out. "Good luck!" Without looking back Lexa waved her thanks, her focus already on the game ahead. She had a game to win and a blonde to impress.
A/N: R&R