A/N: Hello everyone. I don't have much to say this time surprisingly. Anyway, I can't wait til Monday to post this so here it is, Sunday night (for me). But anyhow, I hope you like this chapter as much as me.
Disclaimer: Only mistakes belong to me
Warning: Mistakes ahead (maybe).
Update: I just read a review and realised I didn't see it before. Anyways, just to clarify, yes Clarke can't read Lexa's mind and now she can because yes, Lexa allowed her to. And the reason how Lexa did it would be explained in a later chapter, far far away (maybe, or I'm just lying and it will never be mentioned).
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Chapter 7: The Pages starting to Fall Together
It took them several hours to get to the hospital, when they finally arrived at the hospital and they got in hastily, Principal Jaha stopped at the reception to ask where Raven was being treated. After instructions were given, the Jaha's ran off in the direction to the emergency unit with Lexa following behind.
When they finally got there, Octavia was holding tightly onto Bellamy and crying brokenly into his shoulders. Bellamy had a sullen face both at seeing how miserable Octavia was and how they had been waiting for hours and still no news of Raven. Doctors had been coming in and out of the room in a rush and none of them had time enough to answer their questions and during all that time, Abby had never stepped out of the room yet. He could only hope that meant that Raven was still alive at this moment even if she might be in critical condition.
The moment Bellamy had rushed into the hospital, just slightly ahead of the ambulance, he watched the paramedics and Abby rushed Raven into the hospital and then Octavia following at a more subdued pace. When they had finally disappeared into the room, Octavia just stood right outside the door, with tears still running silently non-stop down her cheeks. The look on her face broke Bellamy's heart into millions of little pieces. Never once in his life had he ever seen her as devastated as that time. He walked behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist from behind.
The moment his arms encased her, her knees buckled and she would have dropped onto the floor in a heap if not for Bellamy holding her up. He carried her to sit on a chair in his lap like he used to when she was but an infant. He whispered and cooed words into her ears, telling her that it would be alright, that Raven would be fine, that it wasn't her fault. He spoke with more conviction than he felt, he couldn't promise Octavia that Raven would be safe. Just looking at her even a glimpse just now told him that she was on the verge of death.
He could only wish that Raven would be alive, if not safe, because he needed her to be. They were a group, they were a team, they all needed her and with how Octavia was mumbling with incoherent words into his shoulder about how this was all her fault, how she shouldn't have left Raven by herself, how she shouldn't have made her carry the bag and a lot of other how's she shouldn't have done this or that. He knew that Octavia and maybe Clarke too, would be the most devastated if that were to happen. They were a family of their own, however dysfunctional they might be together. He just continued to coo words of comfort and encouragement into Octavia's ears, one hand cradling her head protectively and another softly patting her back. When the Jaha's, Lexa and an asleep Clarke arrived, Octavia had no more tears to cry but was still desolately sobbing.
Wells moved to sit beside the sibling and asked about Raven. Bellamy just looked at him and shook his head and pointed to the door. Bellamy looked up to see the Commander standing to the side with Clarke in his arms. He had a small frown on his face, it wasn't that he didn't like or trust Lexa, it was just why was she carrying Clarke, was she injured too? He really wanted to ask, but since Clarke wasn't being rushed into a room too, he would assume he had more important matters now.
There was no news yet, Lexa wouldn't be able to reassure Clarke when she woke up, if she did. But since there was nothing about Raven yet, she thought that maybe she could take Clarke to look at an available doctor who wasn't busy at the moment. It shouldn't be urgent but she would still feel slightly better if someone told her whether Clarke was injured.
Just as she was about to go back to the reception, Clarke had already opened her eyes and asked, "Why does it smell so… hospital-y?"
"It's because we are at the hospital, Clarke."
"Huh? Why? I thought we were going to the beaches and watch the dolphins… You told me that!" Clarke huffed indignantly at being lied to and pouted.
Lexa was confused for a moment before she realized that whatever Clarke was talking about was probably in her dream-like world or state right now.
"We are here to see Ray-ray, I thought you wanted to see her? I promise I would take you to the beaches and watch the dolphins next time, ok?"
Clarke stuck her bottom lip out a little more, "Fine. You really promise?"
"Yes, I promise you, Clarke."
"Pinky swear?" Clarke wanted to lift her hand to bring her pinky up but couldn't, "Can't move my hand though."
"Pinky swear, Clarke. But not now, my hands are occupied."
"You're gonna lie to me again!"
"No, I'm not."
"Yes, you are. You always lied to me! Last time you told me we could get a kitten and name her Lexy! But you never got it for me!"
Lexa blinked a few times in confusion, what the hell?
"And now you're cursing! My never gotten dead kitten and now my promised trip to the beach and dolphins! Don't even mention our honeymoon, you brought me to a cheap motel out of town!" Clarke's voice was in a crescendo and drawing the attention of everyone nearby. Lexa's eyes widened and face reddened to the likes of tomatoes, actually, don't even compare. Her embarrassment could put the red of tomatoes to shame.
Bellamy was watching oddly too with a face like what the hell is she talking about. Well, Bellamy wasn't the only one, Principal Jaha and Wells had a similar look on their face. Octavia was in a world of her own, and didn't even hear a single thing.
"Clarke, please," Lexa tried to shush her.
"Don't shush me, Lex! You know what you did! How could you, you always do this to me, I wonder why I am still with you and loving you! I am so underappreciated. I work my ass off every day, cooking you three meals a day, clean the house, and this is what I get!" The thought at the back of Clarke's mind was telling her that she was making a scene and not even exactly making sense anymore, but she swatted it away again.
What? Lexa had no idea what Clarke was talking about anymore in her dream-like world, but she really needed to make Clarke stop.
"Clarke, I swear to the gods that I will take you to the beaches and watch the dolphins and get you a kitten named Lexy and bring you to another honeymoon to a better place or my name is not Alexandria Wild. Please just stop," Lexa promised Clarke everything just so she would keep quiet.
"Really? But I love your name."
"Really, I love my name too and wouldn't change it for the world so you can see how serious I am?" Lexa raised her eyebrow at Clarke who happily nodded.
"So, why are we here again, and not at the beach?"
"We're here to see Raven, Clarke."
"Ok, have we seen her yet? Can we go now?"
"Uh… we haven't seen her yet."
"Ok, get it over with quick, so I can go to the beach!"
In the back of her mind, she knew that what she had said was really insensitive and that she really needed to ask someone, ANYone to give her an answer, she needed to know if Raven was fine. If she had to, she would trade her life with Raven's just so she could live. Or if she had to, she would mind control Raven to MAKE her not die. It was asking her vehemently, 'please ask Lexa if Raven is okay, please ask Lexa if Raven is ok. ASK HER, ASK HER. NOW.
Lexa sighed, "Ok." She was sort of hoping that Clarke would go back to sleep again soon. Not saying that Clarke wasn't cute but she was definitely not as cute when she was making baseless accusations. Lexa was somehow wondering why the hell she was putting up with this girl. Then another realization came to her, oh yeah, it was because she sort of like the girl.
"And you better remember that, Lex. You love me too much," Clarke smiled cheekily up at her. Lexa raised another eyebrow at Clarke and huffed softly. And once again, the back of her mind just can't win whatever war there is in her mind. She almost felt like she wanted to tear herself apart, just so she could feel 'normal' again.
Lexa decided to just exit the scene and walked to the reception. As she walked off, three pairs of eyes were still eying them oddly.
Lexa talked to the nurse at the reception and asked about where she could find a doctor who's available to look at Clarke, who seemed to be out of sorts. The nurse directed her to a doctor who was available and could help her. She took Clarke to the fifth level of the hospital where the doctor was supposed to be.
Upon getting closer to the place, she could see a lot of people lined up to see him, it must be due to the reason that most doctors were busy with Raven's emergency case right now. Lexa inspected the people waiting to see the doctor, none of them seemed to be in too bad a shape, so she decided to knock on the doctor's door.
She heard a muffled voice, "In a moment, please."
When the door finally opened, it revealed two persons, a guy in a white coat – the doctor and another man who was wheezing badly.
"Hello, how may I help you, miss?" The doctor asked politely.
She looked at his name tag 'Chris'. She nodded to him, "Hello Dr. Chris, my friend here needs to be looked at."
"You mean wife, right?" Clarke mumbled softly
"I am afraid to tell you, miss, but you would have to wait in line with the others. I have a lot of patients to look at."
Lexa glared at the doctor, trying to intimidate him. He did flinch, but other than that he did not seem to falter at all so she finally decided to explain herself.
"Lex, it's bad to try to intimidate people into doing your biddings. I forbid it."
"Dr. Chris, I assure you that it would be in your best interest to look at my friend now. She fell from the top of a waterfall, she doesn't seem to have any physical injuries but I think she might have hit her head badly. She had been acting as if she was drunk ever since. And none of your patients now seem to be in a really bad shape, I'm sure this is reasonable."
"How many times do I have to tell you that I'm your wife? Did you happen to forget about our wedding too? It was one of the most memorable times in my life. I can't believe you, Lex!"
"Well, that does seem to be bad, but since she's not in immediate danger, I'm sure she could wait like everyone else. I have a lot of patients, I would be very grateful if you could let me get on with my job."
"Yeah, C'mon, Lex, I don't mind waiting. Be a good girl and go wait."
Lexa growled, both at the doctor and how Clarke kept putting her nose in and adding odd comments.
"By the way, we could go to the beaches and watch the dolphins while we wait, Lex."
Lexa felt like physically threatening the doctor, she could very well do it but that nagging and pouting voice that kept calling her "Lex, Lex, Lex, c'mon Lex, Lex, I love you, let's go" was really not helping her anger level. She could still be very scary without being angry, but with Clarke there who kept distracting her, it was making it very hard to be angry or scary in any way. She huffed irately "Fine" more at Clarke than at the doctor as she went to sit on one of the chairs.
As soon as the doctor disappeared into the room with another patient, Lexa turned to ask one of the patients what was wrong with him. He answered that he had been feeling sort of sick these past few days and she asked what he meant by sort of. He said like he was falling sick but not exactly sick yet. Lexa then threatened him to give her his number physically and he easily gave up and got a new number.
"That wasn't very nice, Lex." To which Lexa only responded by noisily breathing out her nose.
"It really wasn't."
"Drop it, Clarke. It made the waiting less and you could go to the beach sooner and watch the dolphins, ok?"
Clarke seemed to think about it and then she smiled and nodded happily.
"Take a rest while we wait, Clarke." Clarke mumbled her agreement before she closed her eyes to rest. Lexa released a sigh in relief when Clarke's breath evened out.
After a long moment of waiting, Lexa's number was finally called and she moved to the door and showed Doctor Chris her number. He looked at the number and then glanced at Lexa suspiciously but he finally relented and let her in.
"So, tell me what happened to your friend."
"Wife…" Clarke mumbled again in her sleep talk.
"Or wife," He corrected.
"Friend-" Lexa tried to reaffirm his statement when a voice cut her off with "wife…"
Lexa sighed tiredly, "It doesn't matter, please just check if she is alright."
The doctor nodded and then instructed Lexa to lay Clarke down onto the bed. He did a few examinations on her then he told Lexa that he would be using his x-ray vision to check if Clarke had any broken bones. After she agreed, he proceeded. He had done almost every test and she seemed to be perfectly fine and he informed Lexa of the results. She argued vehemently that there was definitely something wrong with her.
He did the last few test and found Clarke to be perfectly healthy and when Lexa still disagreed with him. He had no choice but to do one last test on her. When he got the results, he informed Lexa, "Miss Wild, your friend-wife is perfectly fine-"
Lexa started to argue but he raised one hand to stop her and then he continued, "Although she did reveal signs of extreme mental stress. She might have done some intensive mind work, be it mind reading, telekinesis, telepathy etc. Whatever it was that she did, she overused her power and exhausted her mind. She is now in recuperation and self-reparation. Along with this immense stress was her inability to command her own body to move accordingly and as you could also see, she had been talking in weird patterns and living in an alternate reality in her own dream. Waking up from her dream world and the reality is confusing her worn out mind. But do not worry, she would make a full recovery. She would be able to move her body willingly in a few more hours. And as for the entire recovery, it would take a longer time, depending on how strong her mind is. If she was strong enough, it could be better in days. If not, she would be living in her dream world for months, or otherwise years. For now, just let her rest as much as possible, she will be fine."
Lexa gaped, unable to form words. No, Clarke in this state for years! I don't know if I can deal with that.
What they hadn't noticed was that, during his explanation, Clarke had woken up and had thus heard everything. In the back of her mind, she knew that it was a bad thing and that she should be very worried right now and should probably freak out. All those odd stuffs she had said to Lexa was REALLY bad. She already knew that she had feelings for Lexa but if she kept acting the way that she was now, she was almost sure that she would scare Lexa running off into the hills and never returning, not even a single thought or glance would be spared to her. What with Lexa just thinking that she might not be able to deal with Clarke being the way she was now. It almost brought tears to her eyes. Then again, recently she can't seem to care about the back of her mind, she could only concentrate on stuffs in the MOST forefront of her mind.
"Why are we here again? I thought we went to the beach and watched the dolphins, and then you bought me a kitten and named her Lexy and you also brought me to a better honeymoon and we were home just now."
Lexa snapped out of her speechless state and looked to Clarke, "Hey Clarke, we're just leaving. Thank you doctor." Lexa went to pick Clarke up and carried her out of the room.
Even though Clarke couldn't concentrate on stuffs in the back of her mind, she would still try to make herself a little more tolerable. Maybe if she could walk then she wouldn't be dragging down her 'wife' more than she already was. When Lexa finally enter the elevator, Clarke's arms twitched slightly.
When Lexa returned to where Raven was being held, she could see a tired-looking female doctor finally emerging from Raven's room. When Lexa got closer, she could see that the woman held some resemblance to Clarke and briefly wondered if they were related. Although the woman looked as if she had been crying, with how red and puffy her eyes were. Then she felt arms snaking around her neck before a head nestled itself comfortingly into the crook of Lexa's neck.
"Abby, how's Ray?" Octavia was the first to jump out of her seat and her sound sounded really hoarse from all the crying and dehydration. Bellamy and the two Jaha's followed instantly and was surrounding Abby.
"She's still unstable and in critical state. We have lost her a few times throughout the procedure, but we managed to bring her back. She is a very strong girl, but I believe she would be fine," Abby informed them, then added, "Although I am not sure if she would ever be able to use her right leg again. We managed to attach it back on, but all the nerves and even the bone was cut straight through. But then again, we wouldn't know until she finally wake up and we can get a few more tests on her."
"Oh god," Octavia breathed half in relief and half in desperation, "It's all my fault, she told me that her leg would die if she was to carry the bag but I never listened to her."
"O, it's not your fault, you can't know that this would happen." Bellamy tried to reassure her but she shouted back at him, "Don't you understand?! This would have never even happened if I was just there with her, if only I didn't leave her to walk ahead. I could have protected her! I could have saved her! It should have been me who was hurt!"
"IDIOT!" Shouted a loud voice behind all of them. With fresh tears rolling out of her eyes, Octavia turned with the rest to see the source of the very familiar voice.
"Clarke?" Abby asked in a concerned and peeved tone. This was her sister and her best friends. How could she say something so insensitive at a time like this?
"See? IDIOTS! Things happen for a reason, O. You were meant to walk away, she was meant to carry the bag, she was meant to lose one leg and it was no one's fault… Wait, actually, it is only one person's fault! And who's that, you ask? It's Him, God. Yes, it is Him, He arranged everything. But He did it for a reason. You won't know it now, and you might never know why He did what He did, but it is predestined!" When Clarke made her point, she would point her index finger skywards whenever she mentioned Him.
Once again, Clarke received odd looks from all of them, except for Lexa.
When no one said anything for a while, Clarke turned to Lexa, "So, we're here to see Ray-ray, right? Can we see her now, Lex-baby?" With one eyebrow raised and face red, Lexa turned to the doctor with a questioning look.
Lex-baby? Who is this girl carrying my baby girl? And Ray-ray? She only used to call Raven that when they were kids. Is this girl looking like my Clarke actually my baby girl?
After she finished her thoughts, Clarke looked at her, "Mommy! Let me introduce you, this is Lex, my wife… but don't you already know her? You were at our wedding! And I was almost certain that you like Lex more than you like me." Clarke pouted, "Can we see Ray-ray now?"
Wedding? Wife? Lex? Ray? What?! Even with all her jumbled thoughts and confusion, she managed to nod her head with a few choice words, "Two Person. At a time. No noise."
As Lexa strode pass Abby, she nodded her head. All pairs of eyes trained on them as they disappeared into Raven's room.
When Clarke finally saw Raven, the thoughts at the back of her mind told her to panic, to break down and cry in Lexa's arms. She couldn't see the full extent of the damage on Raven but she could only imagine how bad it was, what with her mom saying that she might not be able to use her right leg ever again, nerves and bones cut straight through. And now with all these machines connected to her, needing them to keep her alive and breathing. She needed a touch of reality, to touch Raven's hand, or stroke her cheek. She needed to know Raven was still alive.
Although at the forefront of her mind, it told her to shriek loudly at the pale looking Ray-ray in front of her. She barely managed to control herself not to shriek, she turned to look at Lexa with unshed tears in her eyes, her voice barely audible as she whispered, "Please, Lex. Get me out of here, I can't see my Ray-ray like this." She sobbed softly into Lexa's shoulder, the noise almost broke Lexa's heart. She carried Clarke back outside like she was cradling a baby.
When they exited, Octavia's eyes widened at the sight of a crying Clarke. However weird she acted just now, a crying Clarke after seeing Raven was definitely not good. Octavia wanted to barge into the room and look at Raven herself as soon as she could but she knew that she had to allow Raven to rest in silence and peace so she restraint herself to go slowly and walked into the room with Bellamy.
When Octavia's eyes landed on Raven, millions of thoughts raced through her mind and none of them settled and she couldn't concentrate on any of them enough to know what they were. She stood petrified to her spot as she watched Raven laying there frozen in time with the beeping of machines connecting to her, keeping her in the realm of their world. Bellamy nudged her softly to try to bring her back but she didn't respond.
Until finally, nothing made sense and all she needed was to touch her. Just one touch and it would be enough, she needed to know that this was real that Raven was still here, alive and breathing. Her feet unknowingly carried her to Raven's side and she timidly reached out one hand to Raven's cheek.
Tears welled up in her eyes again, she couldn't believe that it was real, quiet hysterical chuckle escaped her lips before she could stop them.
She whispered softly, so softly that no one in the room heard it, "I'm sorry, Ray. I promise to you that I would never let you down again. I would be your rock, I would be your shield, I would be your knight. Please promise me one thing too, wake up. Maybe not now, but please wake up and look at me with your pretty eyes. Wake up, for me. I won't ever let you down again…"
One drop of her tears landed on Raven's cheek. Bellamy who was standing on the other side of Raven's bed just stood there watching both of them. Octavia tenderly wiped away her teardrop from Raven's cheek before she removed her hand and wiped her own cheeks of tears. Octavia gazed at her brother determinedly and nodded her head then both of them left the room. Finally Principal Jaha and Wells were the last to go inside to see Raven.
When Octavia and Bellamy had left the room, Clarke who was seated fully on Lexa's lap had calmed down considerably. Abby sat in the seat to the left of the two girls. Octavia sat to the other side of them with Bellamy beside her.
"Lex…" Clarke mumbled with her fingers softly playing and tugging at the small little hairs on Lexa's nape.
"Yeah?" Lexa replied tenderly.
"I wanna go home now. Can Ray-ray come with us?" Clarke pushed off of Lexa slightly and looking at her with teary big puppy eyes.
"I would love to, Clarke. But Raven needs to rest and stay at the hospital, ok?"
Her bottom lip stuck out but she nodded, "Can we go back home now then? Lexy should be hungry now."
Lexa almost wanted to laugh at their imaginary cat being hungry but she reeled herself back. She looked at Octavia concernedly with Octavia staring intensely at them too.
Lexa turned back to Clarke and gave her a soft peck on the top of her head and told her to sleep for now and they would be home soon. Clarke only nodded and rested her head on Lexa's collarbone, her breath evening out shortly after.
Lexa sighed in relief and turned to Octavia who had a questioning look in her eyes, along with Bellamy. What Lexa did not notice was the female doctor also held the same expression to the left side of her. Lexa went to explain how she brought Clarke to a doctor just now and all the things that he had told her after fully examining Clarke. At the beginning of the explanation, Principal Jaha and Wells had left the room and were also listening to Lexa about Clarke's current condition.
Octavia, Wells and Bellamy nodded in understanding, Abby did too (which Lexa did not see). Principal Jaha was the only one who didn't quite get it since he didn't know that Clarke had any power of any sort.
"That would explain the weird behavior Clarke had been exhibiting. Although I don't understand her dream world..." Octavia said with her expression screwed in deep thoughts.
"So, my daughter is married to you in her alternate dream world, which she might stay in for days, months or even years?" Abby asked on the other side of Lexa to which Lexa answered in a hesitant nod. That was when she realized that the doctor with many resemblance to Clarke was her mother.
"And you now have a cat named Lexy which you promised but never bought for her and then suddenly she had it now and was apparently hungry?" Bellamy was the one asking this time since he was one of the people who had heard Clarke's earlier outburst. Lexa nodded again hesitantly.
"This is so exciting," Getting back her normal vigor, Octavia said cheerily, "I could SO make fun of her about this when she gets her mind set back right." That earned a disapproving glare from Lexa.
Looking at Lexa's face, Octavia flinched back a little, "No?" Lexa shook her head resolutely. Octavia huffed indignantly and muttered how she wouldn't do it then even though she was actually thinking of all the ways she could embarrass Clarke in her mind.
A sleepy voice interrupted her musing, "I hate you, O."
Octavia laughed at that, "Yeah, I know how much you love me. I love you too but you'll never get a piece of my ass." Clarke cringed in her sleep and mumbled something that sounded vaguely like disgusting.
"No one wants a piece of your ass, not when I got my Commander." Lexa's face blushed deep red at that.
"Oohhhhh, what does big bad Commander do for you, Clarkey?" Octavia was obviously beside herself with giddiness.
"Everything." The answer sounded final and it answered nothing yet also answered everything.
"Does she make you see the heavens and stars, shouting for God at night?" Octavia laughed loudly. Abby gave her a disapproving look, Bellamy wasn't entirely happy with Octavia playing Clarke when she's out of her mind but he was also relieved that Octavia was finally able to smile and laugh again. Lexa looked like she wanted to strangle Octavia, and maybe bury her body where no one could find it. Or she could just chop her into pieces and feed her to the chimera. That sounded good and no one could put her into prison for murder because she's the Commander.
"Lexa, please stop thinking of ways to kill Octavia. However crazy she is, she is like a sister to me and I love her. And as for your question, O-" Clarke was cut off with her lips being covered by Lexa's hand.
Octavia pouted, that wasn't very fun. Everyone sat in silence after that.
When Octavia had gotten more control of herself, she decided to ask the serious question, Lexa might be the Commander but if she thought that would stop anyone from outright attacking her, she was absolutely wrong. No one could get away with hurting Clarke and not receive retribution for it.
Bellamy saw the change in his sister's face, he knew that she was going to do something that may or may not be bad. He just didn't know what it was, so he prepared himself to either stop or defend her depending on the situation.
Clarke could read both of their minds and was about to tell them that Lexa would never hurt her, she made an oath to always protect and love her in any condition after all. But before she could do it, Octavia already beat her to it.
"So… Commander."
Octavia turned to Lexa with a hard glare, looking for any sign that would give her a reason to punch Lexa. Even if she knew in her mind that she couldn't possibly win against Lexa in a fight, she would do whatever she could anyway… to protect her friends at all costs. She already failed once, and she wouldn't make the same mistake a second time.
Having noticed the change in Octavia's tone and the glare she was receiving, Lexa steeled her facial features, drained the emotions in her eyes and tensed her entire body. Lexa returned Octavia's stare and did not back down.
"Tell me, what happened to Clarke? Why? How did she come to 'this'?" Octavia gestured to the whole of Clarke.
After the question was out there, everyone else tensed and turned to stare at Lexa, expecting her answer.
Under all the accusing stares, Lexa's own eyes turned stony and just when she was about to snarl back a retort, Clarke spoke up.
"O! Lex would never hurt me, I am fine. Don't accuse my wife," Clarke made her first sort-of conscious motor function since she woke up in the forest that morning, her left hand reached up to the nape of Lexa's neck and softly massaged there. Sort-of conscious, because she was still sleep talking.
Lexa relaxed a little but she still didn't exactly know how she was going to explain it so she just told whatever she could. About how they encountered a chimera and ran, how Clarke pushed her off a cliff, how she tried getting back only to have Clarke fall off the cliff herself when she almost reached the top.
Lexa was only interrupted in her story when Octavia practically shrieked when Lexa told them how Clarke faced off with the chimera while she was free falling.
After she was finished, Octavia bombarded her with questions, "So… you have no idea what happened with the chimera? Where did it go? How did Clarke get out without a scratch? How did you manage to let Clarke and her weak limbs push YOU off a cliff?"
Lexa did not know how to answer all of Octavia's questions however she did especially catch the last one, "No, no, I don't know anything and Clarke caught me off guard before she pushed me off, or else she would never have succeeded."
It was at that moment, Clarke let out a giggle and mumbled, "A kiss upon the cheek and Lex is blown off the edge of the world."
Octavia quirked her eyebrow and Lexa's cheek tinted pink.
Then Clarke's eyes opened, although they were glazed over, as if she wasn't seeing anything at all. Clarke's left hand moved from Lexa's neck to her cheek. She traced her knuckles over Lexa's cheek bone and jaw line before finally cupping Lexa's cheek.
"I love you…" Clarke's eyes sparkled just a little before they disappeared behind her lids. Her hands dropped from Lexa's face right after her eyes were fully closed. Lexa couldn't do anything but watch this amazing girl in front of her, she knew that Clarke was merely 'hallucinating' but she couldn't help the skip of her heart at the three muttered dream words.
"Welps!" Abby jumped up and clapped her hands once, "It's getting late. Clarke will have some explaining to do when she's better. But now, we will be taking her home to rest." Abby then gestured for Bellamy to take Clarke.
Lexa's face blanched just slightly, but otherwise no one noticed. She knew she was being unreasonable, she couldn't possibly stay with Clarke or take Clarke to her place but she felt protective of Clarke, she had no idea where this streak of protectiveness came from. Maybe she did, but she wasn't willing to admit to anything just yet. Lexa relinquished her hold on Clarke when Bellamy moved in front of her to take Clarke in his arms instead.
Clarke nuzzled her face into Bellamy's chest, "Bell… Lexy had gone missing, you have got to find her with your super speed."
Lexa could almost feel the surge of jealousy pumping into her veins but she forced it down and looked away. Bellamy chuckled softly before he followed Abby as she led them away from Lexa. Bellamy turned back around in the last moment and Lexa had foolishly thought that maybe Clarke wanted to say something to her, anything. But then he just walked back to Octavia who was still lurking behind.
The siblings exchanged a few words quietly before Octavia's head hung down and listlessly followed him as he walked to catch up with Abby. Principal Jaha and Wells also left to return to their own car.
Once Abby had told the hospital that she needed to cut her shift short because both her daughters are in some sort of distress, and she needed to take one of them back to rest properly, she led the Blake siblings to her car. When they were seated, Bellamy held Octavia closely with Clarke leaning on his shoulder on his other side.
"It's ok, she will be fine," Bellamy tried to reassure his sister and whispering soothing words into her ears. Clarke awoke awhile into that and even in her dazed mind, she brought both siblings into her arms and hugged them with all that she was worth.
Having heard some of the words Bellamy had said, Clarke just repeated them even though the forefront of her mind couldn't quite comprehend why she was doing it. While at the back of her mind, she was mentally patting herself on her back for once doing the correct thing.
When they had driven up the Griffin's driveway, Bellamy carried Clarke into the house even though she insisted that she could walk by herself while Octavia just followed closely behind. Abby instructed him to take them to Clarke's bathroom and then he was told to clean himself in the guest bathroom. Abby had to help both girls to get cleaned up, Octavia was randomly and mostly uselessly scrubbing herself down and Clarke was protesting having her mother bathing her and how she should have her wife doing it instead yet she refused to do it herself, saying that her arms are too heavy to move.
Abby sighed tiredly when she finally tucked them into Clarke's bed, she hadn't felt so exhausted since Raven and Clarke were kids. Octavia was clutching onto Clarke as she closed her eyes and tried to block out all negative thoughts and tried to go to sleep. Before Abby could turn the lights off, Clarke groggily asked Abby, "Why is Lex not here?"
Abby didn't know what to say exactly so she made up an excuse on the spot.
"You girls had a divorce just a while ago," Abby answered nonchalantly, switched off the lights and shut the door.
Clarke lied on her bed, eyes wide open as she processed what she had just been told. What? When did it happen? How come I have no memories of such event? We annulled? Lex and I? No… nonono, no, no. No! I thought marriages were equal and permission from both parties was needed! I never agreed to that! But Lexa is the Commander, no one had ever approved of me and my relationship with her. People always told me that I was never good enough for her... They don't even know me!
After having processed her thoughts, Clarke broke out crying loudly. Octavia had finally dozed off but when she heard the loud noise, she jerked awake instantly, "Wha? Why are you crying, Clar-"
As she asked the question, all the memories of that afternoon came rushing back and she started sobbing too. Octavia and Clarke laid in bed that night, both clutching tightly to one another and crying their hearts out… unsurprisingly, for different reasons…
This day couldn't end soon enough. That was Abby's only thought as she heard both girls' cry from her bedroom.
And Bellamy, well he was sleeping in the guest bedroom, having exhausted himself mentally, he slept soundly even through the two girls' crying in the room beside his.
A/N: Is it evil? Am I evil? But every time I think of this chapter, I think of Clarke crying in the end because Clexa apparently had a divorce. And it just seemed especially funny to me. Can someone tell me if that's evil of me? Reviews and Favourites always welcomed by the way :)
Next chapter, what to expect: Funny Clarke dialogue. Clarke utter confusion. Everyone shocked because Clarke has... OMG! And most importantly, CLEXA!
BONUS BONUS (MUST READ unless you don't care): I REALLY REALLY want to post the next chapter, but I won't. But if I get maybe... 20 reviews from different readers for this chapter, I will release it this week. Right after I get the 20 reviews. If not, wait til next week.
