A/N: Hi beautiful people!
Sorry again the updates are so slow :( But this chapter is a longer one! I had fun writing it, hope you enjoy it as well.
Thanks again to BrittzandTana for editing this.
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"What finally convinced you to come to the game?" Raven asked Clarke on Friday evening, as they were making their way to where the game would take place. She smirked as she continued, "Or should I say, who?"
Clarke rolled her eyes, fully aware of who she was referencing. She tended to do that a lot around her best friend lately, roll her eyes. She briefly wondered if she should just admit her growing feelings for the brunette to Raven, but decided against it. Doing so would go against what she was trying to achieve – suppress said growing feelings.
"We made a deal. I come and support her at her game and I get my revenge at chess." Clarke tried to suppress her blush, but it was in vain.
"What? She actually beat you at chess?" Raven was incredulous. Nobody ever beat Clarke at chess, not even Wells, who previously claimed to be the master at that game. "I must say, I really like that girl."
So do I, the blonde thought.
Clarke smiled, happy that everyone got along so well. She was incredibly grateful to have friends like that, and if Bellamy admitting his secret to them the previous day was anything to go by, they were like family by now. She felt bad for Wells though, because if the party was at Octavia's house, that meant he couldn't go. She made a mental note to try and convince Bellamy to tell him, for she knew Wells would never betray his secret. Bellamy was his friend too after all.
"So it means you and I aren't on the same team then." Raven narrowed her eyes at her best friend.
Clarke rolled her eyes again. "You know I really couldn't care less about that stupid game."
"Why are you going then? Just to get your revenge at chess?" Raven asked playfully, turning Clarke's cheeks into a bright red.
Clarke let out a relieved breath when they arrived at the gymnasium. It was the same place that Lexa's team practiced in, which was very small, and there were very few bleachers, so people usually fought hard to have a seat. Luckily for them, they'd had the great idea to show up before most of the crowd would arrive, so they had plenty of seats left.
Bellamy's team was the first to arrive on the pitch, and Raven immediately got up to wish her boyfriend good luck with a kiss, which made Clarke fake disgust when Raven got back to her seat, her best friend sticking her tongue out in a very mature way as an answer.
When it was the opposite team's turn to get on the field though, Clarke couldn't contain her excitement. As much as she claimed finding every sport really dull, she couldn't help but feel excited about this one in particular. The supporters were all cheering from their seats, and waiting impatiently for the game to begin.
She quickly spotted Lexa, smiling at how adorable she was, focused on the other team with a small frown on her beautiful face. Raven noticed and smirked. "Oh my god, you're so whipped by this girl!"
Clarke chose to ignore her best friend, instead focusing on the brunette and smiling even wider when Lexa spotted her and smiled fondly at the blonde. She quickly waved her hand in their direction, and Clarke did the same. Raven only nodded at her with a somewhat threatening glare, reminding the brunette that she was here to support her boyfriend, and her boyfriend only. After all, her dignity was at stake after her bet with Anya.
The game soon started, and it went by pretty fast, much to Clarke's surprise. She found herself cheering a lot more than she thought she would, and even standing up in excitement with the others a couple of times. The truth was, Lexa's team was crushing Bellamy's. Anya and Lexa were obviously playing on the offensive, both girls perfectly in sync and almost always succeeding in their moves. Clarke had to admit that Bellamy's team wasn't that bad either though, but despite all of their efforts it just wasn't enough to keep up with the brunette's.
By the end of the game, half of the crowd was really disappointed in the result, while the other half – including Clarke – was actively cheering and beaming. Clarke saw Anya grabbing Lexa from behind to lift her up a bit in the air, which made the brunette laugh heartily. The winning team gathered and celebrated their victory for a minute before Lexa separated herself from the group to go to Bellamy. She offered her hand, which he grabbed without hesitation, smiling bitterly but still congratulating her on her team's victory.
Instead of going back to her team who was cheering for its captain, the brunette raised her hand to indicate she needed a minute, and to Clarke's surprise, she made her way toward her, while Raven went to see Bellamy.
"Glad you came." Lexa grinned at the blonde.
"Me too," Clarke replied with a smile of her own. "It was actually pretty great. And the look on Bellamy's face every time you scored was priceless. Congrats, your team was really impressive."
Lexa's grin turned into a cocky smirk and she glanced at her team, obviously very proud. Anya called after her, and Lexa turned back to Clarke. "I gotta go, but I'll see you later at Bellamy's?"
"Yep, you will."
"Great." Lexa smiled as she went back to Anya and the team.
Raven came back with Bellamy only a few minutes later, hand in hand, and Clarke offered a comforting smile to him. "Great game, Bell. It was tight."
"Are you kidding?" he asked with a bitter smile. "Lexa's team literally crushed mine."
"Looks like you can be proud of your girlfriend," Raven said with a smirk.
Clarke only rolled her eyes and put a comforting hand on Bellamy's shoulder. "Come on, at least we have a party tomorrow night to cheer you up."
Bellamy glanced around to make sure no one was listening before muttering, "O is so gonna make fun of me."
"That's what you get for being so cocky about your talent when you have none."
They all turned to see Anya standing behind them, a playful smirk on her lips.
"Came here to gloat?" Bellamy replied quietly.
"Nah." Anya's smirk turned into a genuine smile, which was rare for her. "It was a good game. Next time, you'll be more prepared, and maybe, just maybe, you'll actually have a chance to win."
Bellamy snorted, but he knew Anya was just being Anya, and she didn't mean any harm. He congratulated her, just like he did with Lexa. Anya gloated at Raven, because she had won her bet, and Raven attempted to back out of it, in vain. Everyone soon parted ways, because they each had a specific mission to accomplish before going to see Bellamy and Octavia's mom.
Clarke had told her mom that she would retrieve their rations for the night, so that's what she did after the game. She came back home to put a bit of her own ration aside, and went out again, finally heading to Bellamy's apartment.
They had all agreed to meet there an hour after the game, and Clarke really hoped Aurora Blake would see that they were trustworthy. Raven had told her that Aurora had flipped out when her children told her their friends knew, but apparently, she had calmed down and agreed to meet them.
On her way there, she ran into Jasper and Monty, who seemed as anxious as she was at the idea of meeting Bellamy's mom for the first time, especially considering that she was likely very angry at them and her own children.
"You have it?" Jasper asked, and Clarke nodded. "Good."
"Do you think she's going to slaughter us and that Octavia and Bell will have to cover up the murders?" Monty tried to joke, but failed as his voice sounded strained and nervous.
"I just hope she'll agree to let us see her daughter. I can't even begin to imagine how it must have felt like being trapped under the floor for sixteen years," Clarke whispered, even though nobody was around to eavesdrop.
"Yeah, me too," Jasper replied in the same tone. "She seems like a great girl."
"True," Monty agreed.
"Hopefully Tris doesn't feel just as lonely. Anya's mom works from home, right?" Jasper asked to no one in particular.
"Yes," Clarke answered with a nod, "she makes sure she's never alone. Sadly, Bellamy and his mom can't afford to do that with Octavia. Her mom has to take care of them on her own."
They finally reached the Blake's front door, and Jasper and Monty looked expectantly at Clarke, obviously too afraid to knock on the door themselves. Clarke rolled her eyes, though it brought a half smile to her face, and knocked on the door. It immediately swung open, to reveal a visibly nervous Bellamy, and he smiled a small, grateful smile at them.
"Thanks for coming. The others are already here, speaking with my mom."
He stepped aside to allow them to enter, and Clarke saw every single one of her friends – except for Wells of course – standing around the table, talking with a middle-aged brunette that looked a lot like Octavia. Clarke assumed it was Aurora. She looked at the three of them wearily, before getting up and offering her hand as a greeting.
They shook it one after the other, and introduced themselves. Jasper, Monty and Clarke joined the others around the table, and suddenly felt like they were going to be questioned by the head of security, Marcus Kane, himself.
Aurora turned to her children, and asked sarcastically, "Is everyone here, or did you tell the entire Ark?"
Octavia sighed. "Mom, please just hear them out."
Seeing as nobody was going to talk, Lincoln went first. "Like we said earlier, we'll never risk your daughter's safety. Your children trusted us with your secret, and we want to prove to you that they were right to do so."
Lexa searched through her pockets as she added, "That's why we came with this."
She presented part of her ration, and everyone put theirs on the table as well. Bellamy, Octavia and their mother stared at them in confusion.
Raven took on the explanation, "We figured that if everyone donated a small part of their rations every day, it would be easier for you. You wouldn't have to take three jobs to feed your family. And it wouldn't change anything for us, except for knowing we're helping you. Because that's what we want to do, help you. You can trust us."
Aurora stared at the food in shock, tears welling in her eyes. There was enough food for two people here, more than enough to give to Octavia. Maybe for once, her family would be satisfied with one meal.
"And we want to get to know your daughter, Ms. Blake," Lincoln added as he looked at Octavia, who smiled gratefully at him.
Aurora looked up, glancing skeptically at each of them. Clarke help her breath, because she felt like the older woman was gauging whether or not to trust them, and that whatever she decided now would be final.
Anya surprised everyone again when she told Aurora her own secret. "I have a sister too. And we're also hiding her. Thankfully, my family is doing fine so we don't have any trouble with rations or anything. But I wanted to let you know that I know what it feels like, and everyone here already swore to protect both our secrets."
That seemed to be the last thing Aurora needed to be convinced.
"Okay." Clarke let out a relived sigh. "Okay, I see you're all sincere and genuine. I'll give you a chance. But it's my daughter's life we're talking about here, plus your sister's and now yours as well. You'll be considered accomplices if she's ever found out. Are you really sure you want this?"
"Yes," Lincoln, Raven, Clarke and Lexa said, as the others nodded in agreement.
Octavia let out a single tear, which she quickly dried, and she gave her brother a side hug, beaming. "Thank you for doing this. I've only known you since yesterday, but you're part of my family now."
"Oh come on," Anya butted in. "Cut the sappy crap, and get to the part where we get drunk."
"Anya!" Lexa scowled her best friend.
Aurora let out an awkward laugh, and she stared at her son in confusion. "What's she talking about?"
"Uh," Bellamy cleared his throat. "We thought that maybe we could all hang out here tomorrow night. You know, so Octavia wouldn't be alone, and you could enjoy that time to hang out with your friends and something else than baby sit us."
Her mother narrowed her eyes and flashed her son a knowing smile. "Yes, I'm sure that's the reason." She paused before nodding. "Alright, minus the drunk part, it's fine by me."
Octavia clapped her hands enthusiastically before grabbing her mother into a tight hug. "Thanks mom, you're the best!"
After that, the atmosphere didn't seem as thick anymore, and they got more and more comfortable with Aurora. She was a great woman, and it was obvious she'd do anything to protect the loves of her life, her children.
Saturday went by pretty fast, and for once, Lexa stayed at home, not seeing anyone. Not because she wanted to be alone, but because she'd had a lot on her mind and wanted to focus on homework and writing. The brunette had spent a good part of Saturday morning out, however, because she had been planning to do something for quite some time already, and it had seemed like it was the perfect time to put her plan in motion.
It had felt weird, not seeing Clarke nor her friends all day – in her mind, Lexa always separated Clarke from her friends – because they had become accustomed to hanging out together all the time. Lexa had been really happy to see Abby again, and to get to know Clarke's father, Jake, who was a great man too. Clarke was lucky to have a family like them, and Lexa was grateful beyond words that they had welcomed her so easily into their happy family. She spent most of her time with them on Saturdays, and even on weekdays sometimes, but Saturday was reserved for her best friends only.
Lexa smiled as she was getting ready for the party. It was in less than an hour, and she had been looking forward to it since her game had ended the previous day. Their encounter with Aurora Blake had gone way better than anyone had expected, and she was excited at the idea of getting to know Octavia. She knew what loneliness felt like, and nobody should have to feel that. And even if Octavia had her mom and her brother, Lexa knew that she was yearning for more.
After she got ready, it was already time for her to get going. She was a bit proud to notice that, for once, she wasn't late. She even got to the Blake's a bit early, and she was surprised when Wells opened the door for her to enter.
"Wells? What are you doing here?" Lexa frowned as her eyes widened.
Raven heard the brunette's confused voice and went to the front door. "It's okay. He knows."
The brunette entered, looking puzzled, and closed the door behind her. She saw that Bellamy and Octavia were making food, while Clarke was standing beside them, not really helping but more making fun of how bad Bellamy was at cooking.
"If you want to help, be my guest," she heard the young boy say in exasperation. "Hey, Lexa." Bellamy turned around to greet her – choosing to ignore the blonde from now on – and Clarke immediately turned her head to make eye contact with her. She was grinning like an idiot, which was one of Lexa's favorite sights.
"Hey," Lexa greeted back, smiling at everyone – but mostly at Clarke, if she was being honest.
She snapped out of her reverie before it made everyone uncomfortable, though she was sure Raven's smirk was directed at them, and instead focused on Wells again. "What convinced Bell to tell you?"
"Not what, who," Raven said with a smug look on her face.
"Uh, you weren't alone, remember?" Clarke blinked.
Bellamy turned his face briefly to look at them. "My mom still doesn't know that he knows. You know, being the Chancellor's son and everything. But I trust you," he added, looking directly at Wells, who only smiled with a slight nod.
"Aw look at this developing bromance, it's so cute," Octavia commented with laughed, and everyone soon followed, Bellamy shoving his sister lightly in the arm.
"Monty should be here with Jasper by now," Raven said suddenly, frowning and worried that their friends had gotten caught.
"You want me to look for them?" Lexa offered, worried as well now. She didn't know them very well, but they were always nice to her. Plus, she knew too well the rules on the Ark. Brewing your own alcohol was considered illegal.
"If they're not here in an hour, we'll look for them together," Clarke decided.
"Yeah, they're just late, I'm sure they're fine," Bellamy added reassuringly.
Not even ten minutes later, someone knocked on the door, and Clarke went to answer. Much to everyone's relief, Jasper and Monty entered, beaming proudly.
"Hey," Jasper greeted enthusiastically. "Where is everyone else?"
"Late, just as you two are," Raven replied playfully.
"That's because someone was being freaking paranoid that a guard was following us at every corner," Monty explained, throwing a glare in Jasper's direction.
They made sure everything was ready, and even put some music on, though they kept it low because of the close proximity of the neighbors. Soon, everyone had arrived. They were all locked up in the small apartment, but they were used to the proximity, so they didn't mind. The party could finally begin. First, they mostly ate and chatted about everything and anything, but then Jasper claimed that it was time for a drinking game. And of course, everyone's choice landed on the inescapable 'Truth, Dare or Drink', because it would give everyone the chance to know each other even better.
"Okay, who's starting?" Lincoln asked.
"I am," Octavia instantly replied. "I'm the youngest one here."
"Fair enough," Anya agreed.
They all sat in a circle, filling their drinks with some alcohol mixed with some non-alcoholic drink before starting the game.
"Um," Octavia looked at each of them one by one, wondering who was going to be her victim. "Lincoln, truth, dare or drink?"
"Truth," he replied. "I've got nothing to hide."
"Okay, let me think of a question to ask." Octavia remembered that he'd been talking about the perks of living on his own the other day, and she had become curious as to why he wasn't leaving with his parents since she knew they were still alive. "I know." She made eye contact with him. "Why aren't you living with your parents?"
"Because we don't really get along. They never truly gave a crap about me, and as soon as I turned eighteen, I applied for my own place," he simply stated, not seeming phased at all by the question.
"You really don't get along with them?" Octavia didn't want to pry, but she was genuinely curious. Her own family was her rock, her everything, and without them, she'd be lost.
Lincoln took a sip of water, not touching the alcoholic drink since he had answered the question, and smiled as he put the glass down. "I believe that's another question for another turn. Now it's my turn." He turned to his left. "Anya. Truth, dare or drink?"
"Um, truth I guess," she replied hesitantly, not knowing where to stand.
"Crap. I suck at this," Lincoln grunted as Anya smiled, happy to have made the right choice. "Okay, who's the most annoying person you know?"
Anya snorted. "Lame, I already told you and Lex about him. John fucking Murphy."
"Why?" Raven asked, because she knew the guy, and as annoying as he was, she thought he was pretty funny.
"Ahah, the question was only about who, not why."
"That's not fair," Raven whined.
"My turn." Anya focused on every single one of them to find the next victim. They were all surprised when she said, "Clarke." She paused dramatically before asking the question, "Truth, dare or drink?"
Not really trusting Anya, the blonde chose the easy way out. "Drink."
Anya let out a disappointed sound as Clarke drank from her glass. After she had put it down, she briefly thought of who she could ask a question, before making the obvious choice. "Lexa."
"Oh boy." Lexa chuckled as had no idea what to pick.
"Truth, dare or drink?"
"Dare," Lexa replied after giving it some thought. Everyone cheered, because she was the first one to pick that option.
Clarke seemed to think for a minute. "I dare you to-"
"Kiss Anya," Raven cut her off, much to everyone's surprise.
Clarke and Lexa turned to look at her and said in unison, "What?"
"I dare you to kiss Anya," Raven simply stated, obviously enjoying the look on their friends' faces.
"You can't hijack my dare!" Clarke exclaimed in a huff.
"I just did," Raven raised a challenging eyebrow, and Anya chuckled, enjoying where the girl was going with this. She simply wanted Clarke to admit that she had feelings for Lexa, which everyone already noticed except for the two people it concerned.
Lexa looked at Anya in desperation. "I'm not kissing you."
"A dare is a dare," Anya replied with a knowing smirk.
"Wait a minute," Clarke tried, "It was my turn in the first place, and I didn't dare her to do that." She did not want to see the brunette kissing someone, especially Anya.
"She has a point," Wells stepped in.
Raven narrowed her eyes at him. "Whose side are you on?" She sighed, and finally gave up. "Okay, fine, do your own dare. But it's gonna be boring as fuck anyway."
Clarke chose to ignore the girl, like she did most of the time anyway, and instead announced, in an already drunk voice – though Clarke was never really drunk, "I dare you to put some lipstick on someone without using your hands."
Lexa stared at her, puzzled. "You know make up is rare on the Ark, right?"
"Yeah, but it will be fun so…" Clarke smiled.
"Okay," Lexa agreed, she'd rather do that than kiss Anya. "And who is it gonna be?"
"Me," Clarke said, her smile now turning into a smirk.
The blonde searched through the bag she had brought, and finally found her lipstick. She didn't use much of that, since it was indeed rare on the Ark, but tonight it seemed like she was gonna have some on. The end result would probably be catastrophic, but she didn't care in the slightest. She handed it to Lexa, who opened it and put the tube in her mouth. She approached Clarke and crouched down in front of her. The brunette remained focused on the blonde's lips the whole time, and she held her breath. She just wanted one thing, to let go of that stupid lipstick and instead crash her own lips on Clarke's. She didn't, of course. Instead, when she put it down, she stepped away from Clarke to look at the end result in a proud smile. She hadn't noticed Clarke had remained focused on her own lips the whole time, but everyone else had.
"It's not that bad," Jasper commented, tilting his head to the side.
"It's actually really well done," Octavia added, stunned to see that it wasn't smudged everywhere like she thought it would be. "Did you secretly practice before this?"
"Nope," Lexa replied, still smiling. "I'm just really good with my mouth."
She laughed as Clarke blushed a bright red, getting up quickly to take a look at herself in the mirror, but mostly because she was ashamed of her reaction to the brunette's words. Indeed, it wasn't so bad after all. She rearranged it just a little bit, and decided to keep the lipstick on. After all, she couldn't let it go to waste, right?
After that, they did a couple of rounds more, until it was Raven's turn for the third time. This time, she picked Lexa, and the brunette chose truth.
"Who's your secret crush?" Raven asked, but then realized that the brunette might escape with a lie, so she found another question instead. "No, wait! What's your type?"
Lexa gulped slightly, the alcohol making her feel dizzy and light headed. She was sitting next to Clarke, and the blonde had noticed she sought even more contact when the brunette was tipsy. She liked tipsy Lexa. But then again, she liked all versions of Lexa.
The brunette made eye contact with the blonde. They had grown significantly closer since the game had begun, and now their arms and legs were grazing against each other. She shivered a little and focused on Raven again. "I don't have a type."
Anya huffed. "Uh, yes you do."
Raven smirked. "You know what happens to liars, right?"
Lexa sighed and dropped her gaze to the floor. "Fine. Blondes."
Clarke blushed for what felt like the millionth time tonight, and she got up to grab some water. Raven smirked, obviously proud of herself. "I'll let you off the hook for now. But you know what happens if you lie again."
Lexa simply rolled her eyes, and she got up as well to follow the blonde to the small kitchen, which was barely one foot away since the apartment was so small. As she did, she almost tripped on her own feet, and she realized that she needed to maybe slow down on the alcohol for a bit. She put her hand on Clarke's back, careful not to place it too high, but not too low either. The blonde tilted her face slightly to look at her. "You okay?" Lexa asked.
"Yeah." Clarke nodded. "You?"
Lexa snorted. "Drunk. But apart from that, perfectly fine."
She put her arm around the blonde's waist, and put her head on the blonde's shoulder, happy to see that the blonde didn't seem to mind. She was dying to kiss her neck, but she knew that their friends were way too close. Plus, she was really drunk, and she didn't want the blonde to think she would kiss her just because she was drunk. If she had any chance with Clarke, the brunette wanted their first kiss to be meaningful, and a drunken kiss at a party obviously wasn't.
Clarke laughed a little, because yeah, Lexa was definitely cute when she was drunk. She finished her glass of water, and turned around, making Lexa let go of her. Clarke took the brunette's hand in her own, thinking that she would need some help to get back to the circle. They, somehow, managed to sit with everyone again without Lexa tripping on anything, and once they sat, the brunette didn't let go of the blonde's hand, much to Clarke's delight.
Clarke noticed Lincoln and Octavia in the corner of the room, seeming to be in deep conversation, and she smiled. She had noticed how Octavia looked at him, and Lincoln seemed to look at her the same way. Bellamy was too busy with his own girlfriend to notice. That left Anya, Jasper, Monty, Wells, Lexa and herself to play another game. Clarke removed the alcoholic drink from Lexa, deciding that as much as she loved drunk Lexa, she'd had enough to drink for the night.
At some point quite late in the night – or rather really early in the morning – Aurora Blake came back to find everyone asleep. She smiled, as she saw that her daughter had a big smile on her sleepy face, and she went to bed herself. She smirked as she noticed a bottle of alcohol they had obviously forgotten to hide. It would be a rough morning for them when she would wake them up.
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