A/N: sorry for the massive delay with this, the muse wasn't playing ball. Rating change with the next part. Read, review and enjoy.

A few days had passed since Lexa had driven Clarke home from the hospital. The blonde had been pretty quiet, deciding to spend most of her time while Lexa was working closed away in her loft painting. It had taken some convincing but she'd agreed to go to the end of summer break party that Octavia was throwing. Lexa and Lincoln both had the night off, Lexa having the following day off as well.

"We don't have to be here you know Clarke," Lexa said as she parked her car outside the Blake's house, "I can take you home if you want…"

"I promised O I'd come…" the blonde said with a sigh as she looked at the house, "it's just going to be weird to be around everyone… I wonder how many of them know what happened with Finn."

"You mean how he got drunk and drove his car into a wall with you in the passenger seat?" Lexa asked, mentally kicking herself for snapping at Clarke.

"I was talking about the fact he got arrested…" Clarke replied, moving to open the door and get out of the car.

"Clarke…" Lexa said, reaching over and softly taking hold of the other girl's wrist, stopping her getting out of the car, "I'm sorry… I didn't mean it to come out that way. You just seem to be more concerned about what is going to happen to him than you are about what he did. He could've killed you Clarke…"

"He's a good guy, Lexa, you didn't know him before all of this…" the blonde replied, sitting back in the seat.

"You mean when he was hitting on you when he was still with Raven?" Lexa asked, unable to stop herself, "yeah, seems like the perfect candidate for guy of the year…"

Lexa closed her eyes and rested her head against the seat, hearing the car door slam she opened her eyes to see Clarke walking towards the house.

"Oh this is going to be so much fun…" Lexa said to herself as she rolled her eyes and got out of the car.

Lexa walked into the house after Clarke, the music of the party already blaring out. She made her way through the small groups of people she didn't know and into the kitchen where Raven was sitting on the island, drink in hand, talking to Octavia, Bellamy and Lincoln.

"And here's the other half of my favourite couple," Raven said, raising her beer bottle as she saw Lexa, "what's going on with Clarke? She walked in here, picked up a drink and went and sat by the pool, on her own. You two fighting?"

"Minor disagreement," Lexa replied, getting herself a drink, "that offer of a room still open O?"

"Of course," Octavia said with a little smile, "I think most people who drove here are planning on crashing here anyway. Maybe you should go and talk to Clarke before you start drinking though."

"What was the argument about?" Bellamy asked, leaning back against the table as he looked at Lexa.

"Finn." Lexa replied, opening the bottle she had in her hand, "she's more worried about what's going to happen to him, than she is about what he actually did… She tried telling me he was a good guy before all this, and I pointed out to her that he had been hitting on her when he was still with Raven… That doesn't make someone a good guy, makes them a sleezebag…"

"He had some redeeming qualities." Bellamy said.

"Name one." Raven said to him with a laugh, "come on, he was never all there, not really… some of the shit he pulled when we were together…"

"What kind of shit?" Octavia asked, her face full of confusion.

"That's not important now…" Raven said with a shrug, before she looked at Lexa, "maybe you should go and talk to Clarke, I mean you two never fight, ever."

Lexa nodded and looked out of the huge double doors which lead to the pool area, she could see Clarke sitting on the edge of the pool by herself, she knew that she had to go and talk to her. Taking a deep breath she walked outside.

"Leave me alone…" Clarke said, before Lexa even reached her.

"Clarke…" Lexa said quietly, as she sat down next to the blonde, "I shouldn't have snapped like that, I'm sorry…"

"You think I'm an idiot don't you…" The blonde said with a sigh.

"No," Lexa replied, shaking he head a little, "I just think that you're trying to see good in a person where there isn't actually that much good. I know I didn't know him before, but from everything I've heard, and seen, the guy is a bit of a dick."

Clarke laughed a little.

"Even Raven thinks he doesn't have that many redeeming qualities," Lexa said, nudging Clarke a little, "that's got to tell you something right…"

"Lets make a deal," Clarke said, looking at Lexa, "let's not talk about him any more tonight."

"I can do that." Lexa replied with a small smile and a nod.

"As you're drinking, I guess we're staying here tonight." Clarke said as she rested her head on Lexa's shoulder.

"We can get a cab if you want to go home…" Lexa replied, "I wasn't really thinking, I just…"

"Hey guys," Octavia said, sticking her head outside, "Monty is starting a Quarters game, you in?"

"Hell yes," Clarke said, looking back at her friend, "I am unbeatable at that game."

"Lex?" Octavia said, "you up for it?"

"Why not." Lexa replied with a small smile as she turned her head and looked at the younger girl.

"They both said yes," Octavia said rather loudly as she walked back inside, "we might actually get to see Lexa drunk for once."

"You know how to play Quarters right?" Clarke asked Lexa.

"Pretty sure I remember how to play it," Lexa said with a laugh, "bounce a quarter off the table and try and get it in the glass, if it doesn't go in the glass you have to drink, if it does you pick someone else to drink."

"Yep," The blonde said with a smile, "that's pretty much it. You will lose by the way."

"That sounds like fighting talk Griffin." Lexa said with a smirk.

"Just a friendly warning in advance." Clarke said, kissing Lexa softly, "can we not fight anymore, about anything, I hate fighting with you."

"I'm not sure we can just agree to not fight about anything ever," Lexa replied with a laugh, "but how about we agree to talk about it before one of us storms off?"

"Deal." Clarke said.

x-x-x-x-x-x

Ten minutes into the game of Quarters, Lexa was regretting her decision to play. Clarke, Raven, Octavia and Bellamy were all good at it, and they all picked Lexa to drink. They obviously really wanted to see her drunk. A small crowd had gathered around the table to watch. Lincoln had just taken his turn, making it three in a row for him, meaning he got to make a new rule for the game.

"What's the new rule then Lincoln?" Clarke asked as she drank the drink.

"No one can make Lexa drink for the next 4 rounds." Lincoln said, looking over at Lexa.

"Awww, you worried about her?" Bellamy asked.

"Well she doesn't usually drink," Lincoln said, "and the fact that she's started sticking her tongue out a bit when she's concentrating means she wasted."

Everyone laughed as Lexa poked her tongue out at Lincoln.

"You're actually putting that back in your mouth?" Octavia asked, "I mean, with where it's been and everything are you sure that's hygienic?"

"Where do you think it's been O?" Lexa asked, arching her eyebrow a little, a smirk firmly on her lips.

"Well…" Octavia replied looking between Lexa and Clarke.

"You two haven't…?" Raven asked, the shock clearly written on her face.

"Nope." Clarke said with a little laugh.

"Seriously?" Raven asked again.

"Can we not talk about my sister's sex life please." Lincoln replied, scrunching his face up a little, "I mean I know we're close, but that's something I don't want to know about."

"Some things are worth waiting for…" Lexa said, her eyes locked with Clarke's, the blonde girl blushing a little as her heart started racing.

"Did it just get hot in here?" Monty asked with a laugh, "Lexa, it's your turn."

"Right…" Lexa replied, picking the quarter off the table.

Everyone watched as Lexa narrowed her eyes a little, and her tongue poked out from between her lips a little. Clarke couldn't stop the small laugh that escaped her, breaking Lexa's concentration, but also letting Lexa know that she had poked her tongue out again. She clamped her lips together and looked at the glasses in the middle of the table.

"She is so gonna miss…" Octavia muttered to Raven who laughed.

Lexa bounced the quarter and it landed in the glass. She looked at Octavia and smirked.

"Looks like you're drinking O…" she said.

x-x-x-x-x

After a few more rounds, Lexa excused herself from the game, she really couldn't play anymore, she could barely see the quarter, let alone the glass. She made her way to the kitchen and got herself some water. While she was having a drink she heard someone walking up behind her. She jumped a little as she felt arms going around her waist from behind. She knew who it was.

"Probably shouldn't do that," she said, "I've got a girlfriend, you know."

"Oh yeah?" Clarke asked, kissing Lexa's neck, "what's she like?"

"Stubborn as hell." Lexa replied with a slight laugh, "but she's really cute so she can get away with it."

"Really cute huh?" Clarke said, "that's the best you've got?"

"Really cute isn't enough?" Lexa asked as she turned and faced the blonde, "how about the most beautiful person I've ever met, both inside and out…"

"You get really soppy when you're drunk…" Clarke said with a smile as she closed the distance between them and kissed Lexa.

The kiss started of slow, but it didn't take long for it to start to build into something more. Lexa backed Clarke up to the island, her hands never straying from the other girls hips. Clarke jumped up onto the island, Lexa moving so she was standing between her legs, as the kiss continued. The brunette found that she couldn't get her brain to work properly, the alcohol clouding her mind and all she could think about was the blonde in front of her. She put her hands on Clarke's thighs and pushed herself away a little.

"Can't…" she said breathlessly.

"Damn right you can't," Octavia said from the doorway, "we have to eat breakfast off there. At least take it upstairs."

"What's going on?" Raven asked walking up behind Octavia.

Raven couldn't stop the laugh as she saw Clarke sitting on the island and Lexa looking like a kid who had just been caught with her hand in the cookie jar.

"Well it looks like alcohol loosens someone up huh?" Raven said continuing to laugh.

"Fuck you asshole." Lexa mumbled.

Clarke jumped down from the island and took Lexa's hand, leading her outside, they both needed some air. As they walked out Clarke flipped Octavia and Raven the finger.

"Classy Princess," Raven called after them, "real classy."

"And that…" Lexa grumbled as she dropped herself down onto one of the sun-loungers, "is another reason I don't like to drink…"

Clarke laughed a little as she sat down next to where Lexa was laying.

"It wasn't that bad." She said.

"Wasn't that bad?" Lexa asked, moving her arm from where it was rested across her eyes, "Clarke, I nearly fucked you on the island in Octavia's kitchen. I am never going to live that down…"

"Well I wasn't exactly trying to stop you was I…" the blonde said with a laugh as she leant down and kissed Lexa again.

"Not the point…" Lexa mumbled against Clarke's lips.

"No screwing on the sun-lounger either!" Bellamy shouted from the doorway.

"We were talking." Clarke shouted back.

"Right," the older Blake said, "talking… who knew I'd been talking wrong all these years. Take it upstairs Princess."

"That might not be a bad idea actually…" Clarke said quietly as she looked down at Lexa.

"Later…" Lexa replied with a smirk, "I wouldn't mind sobering up a little first."

"Coffee it is then." Clarke said with a smile as she pulled Lexa up from the sun-lounger.

"You know coffee doesn't actually work to sober people up," Lexa replied following after Clarke, "it's an urban myth…"

"Seriously?" Clarke asked, turning her head to look at the other girl.

"You're just adding liquid on top of liquid," Lexa replied with a nod, "basically you're just diluting the alcohol you already have in your stomach. Food is better, it soaks it up."

"Let me guess, you enjoy science?" the blonde asked with a laugh.

"I saw it on a documentary once." Lexa said with a laugh.

"Geek…" Clarke said, pulling Lexa closer to her.

Lexa nodded before their lips met again. She backed away before things got heated again.

"Food first…" she said, resting her forehead against Clarke's.

"Food first." Clarke said with a nod.

"Then gotta wait like 20 minutes…" the brunette said with a smirk, Clarke gave her a questioning look, "can't work out on a full stomach."

Clarke laughed as she shook her head.

"You really are an idiot." She said to Lexa.

"Yeah, but you love me." Lexa replied, blushing a little as she realised what she had said.

Before Clarke could say anything Octavia walked back into the kitchen.

"We're ordering pizza," she said, "you two horn-dogs want some."

"Pizza sounds good…" Lexa said with a nod as she walked past Clarke and back towards the living room area where everyone was hanging out.

"What was that all about?" Octavia asked Clarke.

"No idea…" the blonde replied shaking her head a little.

x-x-x-x-x

Lexa dropped herself down on the sofa next to Raven and Lincoln.

"What's the matter?" Raven asked, "you can't find any more surfaces to nearly screw Clarke on?"

"There are plenty more," Lexa said, looking at Raven, "the hood of your car for one."

"You wouldn't." Raven replied.

"Try me." Lexa said with a small laugh.

"Remind me not to piss you off," Raven said with a laugh of her own, "seriously though, what's up, you look like you want the ground to open up and swallow you."

"Figure of speech that was maybe more than a figure of speech, I don't know…" Lexa said with a shrug as she dropped her head against the back of the sofa.

"Explain." Raven replied.

"Clarke called me an idiot, and I said…" Lexa started to say.

"You said 'yeah, but you love me' didn't you…" the other girl said with a laugh, "god you two are so sweet it's hurting my teeth."

Lexa opened her eyes and looked at Raven.

"Not helping, got it." Raven said, "if you hadn't have freaked out about it, Clarke probably wouldn't have even given it another thought, you know that right…"

"Yeah, but I did…" Lexa said with a sigh, "whose idea was it for me to drink."

"Yours." Lincoln and Raven said at the same time.

"I'm just going to go home…" Lexa grumbled as she moved to stand up.

"Do you even know your way home from here?" Lincoln asked with a small smile.

"That way." Lexa said pointing to her left.

"Nope." Lincoln said with a laugh.

Lexa pointed to her right and Lincoln shook his head a little.

"Oh I've got it," Lexa said, "out to the road and call a cab… where do I live again?"

Lincoln and Raven both laughed as Lexa laid back against the sofa and closed her eyes, grumbling about being trapped in her own personal version of hell. At that moment Clarke and Octavia walked back in from the kitchen and Raven walked over to them.

"She's freaking…" Raven said, "if it wasn't so cute it'd be funny."

Clarke laughed a little and shook her head, walking over to the sofa, she sat in the spot that Raven had just vacated. She pulled her legs up under her and rested her arm on the back of the sofa. Leaning over a little she whispered in Lexa's ear.

"I kind of do…" she said quietly.

She saw a small smile playing on Lexa's lips as the other girl kept her eyes closed.

"Please don't let me drink again…" Lexa mumbled.

"But you're cute when you drink." Clarke said with a laugh, "you're a cute drunk."

"I'm a stupid drunk." Lexa replied, turning her head and looking at Clarke, "hi…"

"Hi…" Clarke said with a smile, softly kissing Lexa before backing away a little.

"You're really pretty…" Lexa said.

"And that is my cue to move." Lincoln said with a laugh as he stood up.

"Knew that would work." Lexa said with a laugh as she turned a little and lay her head on Clarke's legs and stretched her legs out over the sofa where Lincoln had been sitting.

Clarke couldn't stop the laugh that escaped her as she looked down at Lexa.

x-x-x-x-x-x

After the pizza had been delivered and eaten, people started to make their way home, or upstairs to one of the many spare rooms. Lexa, who had sobered up significantly, was helping Bellamy to tidy up as Raven, Octavia and Clarke danced around the living room, with Monty and Jasper picking out the songs.

"You really don't have to help you know." Bellamy said as he and Lexa took a pile of pizza boxes through to the kitchen.

"Least I can do considering how close I came to christening your breakfast area…" Lexa said with a laugh.

"Do you know something," he said, "I've known Clarke for years, nearly 10 years actually, and I don't think I've ever seen her smile as much as she does when she's around you… as much as I was… disappointed when she met you…"

"Disappointed?" Lexa asked with a laugh, as she and Bellamy stood in the kitchen.

"I was going to ask her out," he said, "kept putting it off and putting it off, then you show up…"

"Sorry?" Lexa said.

"No need to be," Bellamy replied, "it wasn't going to happen anyway. But, like I was saying, you make her happy, and when Clarke's happy, everyone is happy. Though if you hurt her…"

"You'll kill me?" The brunette asked.

"No, I'll set my sister on you." He replied, causing both of them to laugh.

Clarke walked into the kitchen hearing Lexa and Bellamy laughing.

"What's funny?" she asked, walking over to them.

"Nothing," Bellamy said, shaking his head a little before looking at Lexa, "I'll leave you to it…"

Lexa nodded and smiled as he walked back into the living room.

"What was that about?" Clarke asked, walking over to Lexa and putting her arms around her waist, pulling her closer.

"He was just telling me how he'll set Octavia on me if I hurt you," Lexa replied, putting her arms around Clarke, "and how he was building up to ask you out before I turned up."

"Seriously?" Clarke asked, shaking her head a little, "that would never have worked, I love him to bits, but he's like an older brother I never had."

"Yeah, he said it wouldn't have happened." Lexa said with a laugh.

"You feeling better?" Clarke asked.

"Yeah," Lexa said with a nod, "much… you're still the most beautiful person I've ever met though…"

Clarke smiled a little as she closed the distance between them and kissed Lexa softly.

"And I was thinking about what nearly happened earlier…" Lexa said, feeling her cheeks start to burn, "I'm usually a lot more in control of myself than that…"

"I like not in control you…" Clarke replied, biting her bottom lip a little, "it's hot…"

"Do you know which room we're staying in?" Lexa asked, her eyes flicking from Clarke's eyes to her lips.

"I do…" Clarke replied, taking both of Lexa's hands and leading her from the kitchen, and through the living room, "Night guys…"

"You two try and keep the noise down." Octavia said with a smirk.

"No promises." Lexa replied with a laugh as she and Clarke went upstairs.