HEELLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOO….Everyone…I apologise for the long Hello however I have been listening to Adele and that woman is in my brain in too many ways for me to ignore anymore hahaha. Anywho I shall continue writing as I continue to listen to the lovely Adele Firstly as always Thank You to: FrysDog, tcatch20, Guest (Mar 21st), Julia, Guest1 (Mar 23rd ), Guest2 (Mar 23rd) for leaving a review on Chapter 10, I'm not sure if the two guests on March 23rd are the same person but alas I thanked both just in case But Each review is greatly appreciated Secondly, Thank you to: Lucutada, NReaderM, Schay, kkovach2 & CreampuffLoverNekoLover for following and/or favouriting this story Thirdly, This chapter is about 8500+ words long and is a fluffy chapter…next chapter stuff gets real….Fourthly I um I don't have a Fourthly I just wanted to use that word haha…Enjoy the chapter….
Authors Note:
Julia-I just wanted to say Thank You personally to you for your review, your words meant a lot to me and gave me a massive boost. I originally started this story because I was sick of reading G!P or P!G Stories, whatever you wanna call them, I personally just got tired of reading them I don't have a problem with them I just wanted something different and decided to write one lol Anyways, I'm super happy your enjoying the story and love it as much as I love writing it. I'm glad you enjoy the Olivia and Oscar cuteness overload As for Clarke and Lexa time will tell and the next chapter will be a massive one for them and their relationship.
Aristodavinci- I just wanted to say THANK YOU for your kind kind kind review, I forgot to put a thank you in the last chapter as I was rushing to upload it without a delay. I am so happy that you love this story and enjoy my writing, I love that your always looking for an update BUT I ask please do it before or after school lol senior year is a massively important year and you need to stay focused But I still massively appreciate you and your thoughts, your words have been nothing but kind and you truly made my day with your review. I hope you get time to read this (Time I hope is not interfering with your studying or school lol) Anyway I hope you enjoy this chapter and please don't be afraid to say hello
ALSO Anyone who reads this that is in London, I hope your all ok and weren't involved in the Westminster attack. I also hope that your all OK even if you weren't involved I hope your all OK, I know personally I was shaken up watching the news and hearing what had happened…Just because we weren't there doesn't mean it didn't affect us and that's ok because we're human and caring when we are not directly involved or when we are told not too is what makes us truly unique….But anyway STAY SAFE EVERYONE
Chapter Eleven-Teach
The next day, Lexa walked into the studio with Raven having just returned from breakfast together with Zachary, Octavia had called back the gentleman that offered her the job, and he informed her that she still had the job if she wanted it but he needed the designs in the next two days. Octavia and Raven quickly discussed it before Raven called Lexa and asked if she could bring Zachary with her to work the next day, Lexa agreed it was ok as long as if Zachary got upset with being inside that Raven would take him home so as to not upset the little boy. Raven had gotten into the studio at 7am that morning and around 9:30am Zachary started to get a little niggly so Lexa suggested that they go and get some breakfast to cheer him up, just like her and Raven, Zachary was a foodie it didn't matter what mood he was in if you put food in front of him a massive smile would spread across his face and he'd be in an instant happy mood. It was now 10:30am and they had just got back to the studio.
Walking into their private studio Raven placed Zachary on the floor watching him run over to the play area he had set up, all his favourite toys laying in a circle for him to play with. Sitting in the middle of the make shift circle he began playing with his toys looking at his Mama and Auntie letting out a giggle before turning back to the toy he was laughing at. Raven smirked at her son in amusement before turning her attention to her sister, who was now sat at the production panel computer switched on with her notepad a few inches away from her as her pen swirled in her right hand, as her eyes looked down at the notepad Raven had given her hours before with lyrics written down on it, Raven walked over and took a seat in the chair next to Lexa's (Her own chair) moving closer to her sister she leant on the panel slightly before asking;
"So what do you think?"
"There are some really good lyrics here Rae"
"Really? …. you're not just winding me up?"
"I'm being serious; we may need to change some of the words to match the track but it's really good"
"Thanks Lex, Me and O had a talk last night and when she was making dinner she said something about me knowing so much it got me thinking about a few things and the words just came to me"
"The best ones always do" Lexa softly smile at her twin turning her attention back to the lyrics Raven had written on the notepad. Carefully making small notes over certain parts of the song. Leaning over to grab the mouse of the computer she carefully moved it on the screen until she came to the track Raven told her she wrote the song for. (What do I know? -Ed Sheeran) Pressing play they both listened to the track play out listening to it completely once before Lexa pressed play again, this time editing the words as she thought they needed to be as the song went on. She continued to do it, with Raven watching her every move, once she was finished she turned to her sister smirking before picking up the notepad and handing it to Raven "Not much had to be changed just a few here and there"
"So you really think this would work?"
"Yeah, the lyrics make sense they match with the backing track so yeah I can't see why not…" Lexa was about to continue talking when she felt her phone vibrating in her pocket, reaching down and pulling her phone out of her pocket she looked at the caller ID seeing it was Clarke calling she slowly stood up looking down at her twin "Good job Rae, I've gotta take this…" Raven nodded her head at Lexa's words looking over at her son before turning back to the notepad in front of her as her sister turned and walked out of the room. Once she was outside Lexa answered the call "Hey Clarke, everything ok?"
"Um not really…I'm gonna have rearrange our lunch today"
"Why? Do you not wanna talk things over anymore?"
"No…no it's not that, Olivia and Oscar are sick again my dad offered to take them but they won't let me go"
"What do you mean their sick again? How?"
"I don't know Lex, they woke up this morning at 4am and they were throwing up, I've only just got them to eat something…their not dressed either Oscar won't let me brush his hair or wash him, and when I try and get them dressed they start throwing up again"
"Are they running a high fever?"
"No higher than they had a few days ago but I'm low on Oscar's medicine and Olivia is refusing to take hers so they aren't feeling any better"
"Ok Clarke just stay calm…. your stressed and scared because you can't help them, are you sitting with them now?"
"No, they fell asleep after they ate"
"Ok that's a good sign we both know that…just take a deep breath in, take a seat and calm your mind"
Lexa heard a shuffling and a deep exhale of breath before the sound of Clarke sitting down filled the line, after a few seconds she heard Clarke speak "Thank you…. I just…"
"Hate seeing them like that"
"Yeah…so vulnerable and needing….and scared"
"I know Clarke, you just have to put on a brave face for them and let them know that they'll be ok"
"Thank you"
"You're welcome"
"I better hang up in case the talking wakes them up…...maybe I can call you later and we can arrange our lunch again"
"Sure…just call me if you need me"
"I will Thanks…bye Lex"
"Bye Clarke" Lexa softly responded, hearing the phone disconnect she looked at the screen as it locked again, placing the phone into her pocket her thoughts began to run wild, as she thought about her children being sick filled her mind. Pushing the door to the recording she walked back into the room her eyes falling instantly to her nephew who was now sat on the couch looking at the door, as his eyes fell on her a massive smile spread across his face as he held his arms up in the air towards her, walking over to him she quickly lifted him up onto her chest smiling when he hugged her tightly. She smiled as he reached up placing his hands on her face and gently moving them around, an amused giggle filling the room as Zachary laughed at his own actions, as he stopped his hands on Lexa's cheek she looked at him raising her eyebrows at him she gently blew in his face making him laugh loudly. She continued to play with him for a few minutes before he saw his Mama again and held his hands out in her direction, making Raven stand up and walk over to Lexa and Zachary reaching forward and lifting him from Lexa's chest onto her own.
"Mama" Zachary sweetly let out as he placed his hands on Raven's cheeks smiling then looking to Lexa and pointing at her giggling slightly "Not Mama…. Lexa" Raven and Lexa laughed at the little boy realising that he must have gotten slightly confused at the fact that they looked a lot alike, Raven placed an amused kiss on her son's cheek as he wrapped his arms around her neck
"That's my smart boy…..." Placing her hand on Zachary's chest gently gripping his shirt moving it under her hand she softly said "Just remember, Mama is the pretty one and Aunt Lexa is the smart one…" Raven finished looking at her twin smirking at the raised eyebrow her sister sent her before she notice Lexa looked like her mind was somewhere else. "What's wrong Lex?"
"Nothing just Clarke cancelled our lunch today"
"Why?"
"The twins are sick again"
"Is this the same thing as before?"
"I don't know Rae; I think it is…. But I do know that if the school had done the right thing and cancelled pre-school for the week this wouldn't be happening"
"Are they worse or better than before?"
"From what Clarke said worse…. Oscar's out of medicine and Olivia is refusing to take hers…I think it might be something to do with her allergic reaction…" Lexa stopped talking for a moment her attention brought to her nephew as he rested his head on her shoulder and began to play with her ponytail as he slowly breathed in and out. Smiling at the image she instantly and internally made up her mind "Will you be ok on your own?"
"Yeah of course I will why?"
"I'm gonna go check on the twin's, pick up some medicine for Oscar and some of that mango juice Olivia likes"
"Ok sis, no problem"
"Thanks Rae" Lexa softly responded smiling at her sister before reaching for her jacket and putting it on, turning around she waved at Raven and Zachary softly saying "Bye bye Zach" Turning she walked out of the door smiling when she heard her nephew respond;
"Bye smart Lexa"
Wood's House-11:15
Clarke was sat on the couch Oscar was lying next to her quietly watching the movie she had put on TV in hopes of calming the twins. Olivia was sat on Clarke's lap arguing with her about taking the spoonful of medicine that was on the spoon Clarke held in her hand, they had been arguing for the last ten minutes straight and now Olivia was starting to wriggle and push against Clarke in a violent manner, Clarke could feel herself going slowly insane she never liked disciplining the twin's but sometimes they had to and right now she was really close to losing her temper with Olivia, she understood her daughter not wanting to take the medicine but the pushing and the violent behaviour wasn't something she wanted them to think would be tolerated. She was about to verbalise her thoughts when the doorbell went, she tried to put Olivia down but the little girl wasn't having it and clung onto her Mommy like a Koala bear does to a tree. Holding Olivia against her chest Clarke stood up and walked to the door unlocking it and opening it revealing Lexa standing with a brown paper bag held against her chest.
"Hi Mama" Olivia sweetly let out waving at her Mama, instantly getting a wave back from Lexa who also sent her a massive smile, Clarke looked down at their daughter gently moving some hair from her face and placing it behind her ear. Placing a gentle kiss on Olivia's forehead she looked up at Lexa softly asking;
"Lex…what are you doing here?"
"Hey Princess…...Um Hey Clarke look I know I should have called first…But…you sounded really stressed out so I thought maybe you could use some back-up…. I also got supplies" She added pointing to the paper bag "I got Oscar some medicine as you said he was out, I got Olivia some juice to help her feel better and…. I also got two chicken Subs…one with extra chilli sauce, jalapenos, red onions, lettuce and all that crazy stuff you put on your Subs…." Not hearing a response from Clarke and seeing the blank look on her ex's face she continued "I can leave if you want…."
"No…. I just didn't expect you to do this that's all…"
"Expect the unexpected Clarke"
"If you say so…...um…anyway come in Lex…" Clarke softly said walking away from the door allowing Lexa to walk into the house. "Oscar, Mama is here….and she has some medicine for you" Clarke softly spoke as she walked back to the couch sitting down on the couch where she had been sat moments before. She watched as Oscar sat up on the couch looking over at his Mama a smile breaking out on his face, his arms instantly shooting into the air;
"Hi Mama"
"Hi Oz" Lexa responded quickly closing the door, placing the paper bag on the floor and moving across the room until she was leaning down in front of her son, lifting him off of the couch and onto her chest "Mommy said your sick again…" Oscar nodded his head at his Mama a sad frown gracing his face as he looked at her "Well I got you some medicine to make you feel better"
"Thank you Mama"
"Your so welcome my handsome prince…How about we go in the kitchen and take your medicine and then we can fix up this messy hair of yours" She let out running her hands through her son's hair earning a small giggle from him before he rested his head against her shoulder
"Ok Mama"
"Good boy…Olivia, would you like some medicine?" Olivia instantly shook her head attempting to push her Mommy away again, Lexa quickly moved forward sitting on the arm of the couch next to where Clarke was sitting "Hey young lady, you don't do that to Mommy ok?" Olivia nodded her head "If you don't want the medicine then you tell Mommy…and you tell her why you don't want it. We don't push or hit or be violent to each other do we?" Olivia shook her head again at her Mama looking to her Mommy sniffling back tears she leant forward resting her head on Clarke's shoulder while her right hand reached up grabbing hold of Clarke's loose hair "Tell Mommy what's wrong…me and Oscar are going to get his medicine then I'll bring you some juice ok?" Olivia nodded her head at her Mama's words, and without another word Lexa stood up walking over to the paper bag she held Oscar with one hand and lifted the back off of the ground with the other before walking off and into the kitchen leaving Olivia to tell her Mommy what was wrong;
"I'm scared Mommy"
"Why are you scared Princess?" Clarke softly asked turning her head slightly so she could see Olivia's face more, placing a gentle kiss on Olivia's forehead she waited for her daughter to answer
"Don't want a reaction Mommy"
"You don't want another allergic reaction?"
"It's scary Mommy…I don't like it"
"I know you don't princess, but remember what Mommy said I will protect you and make sure that you don't have another reaction again"
"Not forever Mommy"
"If you want me to protect you forever princess then I will..." Clarke looked down at Olivia awaiting a response, after a minute or so she still hadn't received one so she decided to ease her daughters fears she'd tell her a story "Do you know when me and Mama were younger, Mama was a silly billy…"
"Why Mommy?"
"Well Mama took me on a date but she didn't tell me that she didn't like strawberries because they made her sick…so me and Mama were eating our dessert and I offered Mama a strawberry…" Clarke couldn't supress the smile from forming on her face when her daughter gasped loudly at her words "Well Mama didn't take it, instead she got really angry at me because I wouldn't take no for an answer…and then Mama got up and walked out leaving Mommy all alone…"
"Bad Mama"
"I know baby….so I ran after Mama and I asked her why was she so angry, she didn't want to tell me BUT she wanted to walk me home, so I told her that unless she told me what was wrong then I wouldn't let her…so eventually Mama trusted me and told me why she didn't want the Strawberry…"
"Cause their bad Mommy"
"Exactly princess….and I told Mama that she shouldn't have got angry with me, because I didn't know I told her that she should have told me what was wrong, then I wouldn't have made Mama feel embarrassed or sad or angry at all…instead I could have helped her and made sure she didn't go anywhere near the bad Strawberries…" Clarke paused for a second looking down at her daughter trying to see if she had grasped what she was saying "So do you trust Mommy?"
"Yes"
"And you know Mommy would kil….do anything for you, anything in the whole wide world just to make you happy…so if you're scared or worried you have to tell me no matter what it is, promise?"
"I promise Mommy…I'm sorry I hit'ed you"
"It's ok baby I know you didn't mean it…and I promise you that no matter what I will make sure that we don't have ANYTHING strawberry related in this house ok?"
"Ok…. Thank you Mommy" Olivia sweetly smiled up at Clarke leaning up she kissed her Mommy on the cheek softly before returning her head to Clarke's shoulder her hands curled up between her chest and Clarke's chest. Clarke listened as Olivia's breathing remained level and steady, her daughter's chest rising and falling against her own calming her in a way even more. She continued to listen to her daughter's chest rising, she wasn't sure how much had passed when Lexa came back into the living room carrying Oscar in one arm whilst she carried a glass of Mango juice in her hand, once she reached Clarke she smiled softly at her before placing the glass on the table in front of the couch.
"Oscar has had his medicine like a big boy so we're going upstairs to sort out his hair"
"Ok, Thanks Lexa"
"No problem….do you want your sub now or not?"
"I'll wait for you…I think Oscar's hair is more important at the moment"
"Your right he looks a scruffy mess..." Lexa softly laughed ruffling her son's hair with her now free hand making him softly giggle against her shoulder gripping his hands onto her jacket which she was yet to remove. "If you need anything call out for me and I'll come down"
"Ok…oh Oscar's comb is in my bathroom, I left it in there earlier after our failed attempt to fix his hair"
"It hurt Mommy…I'm sorry…" Oscar responded looking at his Mommy from his spot on his Mama's shoulder
"It's ok Oz, I know you it was hurting you…so I forgive you"
"Thank you Mommy"
"Come on then Handsome let's get you looking even more handsome shall we?" Lexa softly said looking down at her son kissing him gently on the forehead after he softly nodded his head at her sentence "Ok then let's do it" Lexa smiled at Clarke one more time before turning and walking towards and then up the stairs with Oscar in her arms. Once they were on the landing she carried Oscar into the bedroom she once shared with Clarke walking quickly through the room until she was in the bathroom suite that again she used to share with Clarke, seeing the comb on the side she reached forward picking up the comb before going to turn around and walk out of the bathroom only to be stopped by Oscar's voice;
"Stay in here Mama"
"You want to do your hair in here?"
"Yes"
"But why in here?"
"Mirror is bigger Mama"
"You like the bigger mirror huh Oz?" Oscar softly nodded his head at his Mama before she looked down at him asking "Where would you like to sit?"
"There Mama"
Lexa smirked looking at the blank space on the counter the space used to hold all her body/beauty products long with her hair brush and toothbrush when she lived in the house, but now it was just an empty space on the right side next of the sink, Lexa noticed that all of Clarke's products were on the left hand side all placed neatly in order of size with her hairbrush laying in front of all the products. Shaking herself out of her thoughts she carefully placed Oscar on the spot he had pointed at, his legs crossing as he sat down on the counter his back straight waiting for his Mama to do his hair, smiling at her sons actions Lexa carefully removed her jacket throwing it through the door and into the bedroom, something she had done numerous times over the years when her and Clarke had gotten a little carried away with a make out session, as her jacket landed safely on the bed she turned back to Oscar: "Where is your conditioner Spray baby boy?"
"Mommy keeps it underneath Mama..."
"Is that so you don't grab it and use it huh?" Oscar let out a dirty giggle before a cough erupted in his chest, despite the cough Oscar continued to laugh his small hand covering his mouth as he nodded his head at his Mama. Lexa smiled at him keeping her hand behind Oscar's back in case he decided to lean backwards she leant down opening the cabinet door she was slightly taken back to see all of her products on a shelf in the cabinet, smiling at the sight she looked for Oscar's spray not seeing the one she had at her apartment for her son she leant down a little more seeing a spray bottle in with what used to be her products she leant forward picking it up and removing it from the cabinet holding it up feeling it wasn't full as she knew it would have been when she moved out, she held the bottle up so Oscar could see the item in the mirror "Is this your spray?" Oscar nodded his head making Lexa laugh softly, the laugh quickly died in her throat when she noticed Oscar's face was slightly paler and he looked as if he was about to be sick "Do you wanna vomit Oscar?" The little boy nodded his head at his Mama, causing her to instantly jump into action placing the bottle on the counter she quickly lifted her son off of the counter carrying him over to the toilet seat lifting up the cover she placed Oscar on the floor holding onto his chest with her right hand so he didn't fall she watched as her son threw up into toilet seat, feeling his body wrench and heave against her hand as he did so. Minutes passed by as Oscar continued to throw up into the toilet, after what felt like an eternity to Lexa, Oscar stopped throwing up and his body came to rest gently against his Mama's hand "All done?" Lexa calmly asked her son who softly nodded his head at her, using her hand she guided Oscar until he was laying against her chest, looking down at him she now noticed tears were running down Oscar's cheeks, bringing her hand up she wiped away the tears the action causing her son to look up at her with a sad face;
"Don't like it Mama….it hurts"
"I know it does baby, but sometimes when we get sick our body repairs itself by removing the bad stuff inside our stomach" Seeing the confused look on her son's face she continued "You see when we're sick our bodies don't want food because it uses energy so you get really thirsty and wanna drink loads, but then what happens is you have too much fluid in your stomach which makes your stomach react and make you sick…does that make any sense?" Oscar nodded his head slightly at his Mama "You wanna sit here for a bit or do you wanna fix your hair?"
"Wanna fix my hair Mama"
"Ok then" She softly said removing her son from her hold lifting him onto his feet, standing herself up she smiled when Oscar held his arms in the air, lifting him onto the counter so he was sitting where he was before she watched him cross his legs again sitting himself up straight, smiling she leant down into the cabinet again retrieving some mouthwash she poured a tiny amount of it into the cap holding it in front of her son "Remember what we do with Mouthwash?" Oscar nodded his head "Good so gargle this for ten seconds and it'll take the nasty vomit taste away" Oscar smiled at her taking the cap from his Mama and pouring the liquid into his mouth beginning to gargle as he had been taught, after about 5 seconds Lexa smiled down at her son softly speaking "Keep going Oz….5…..keep going cheeky….4…3…2…1 and a half…..1…..aaaannnnnd spit it out" Lexa laughed as Oscar gently spat the liquid into the sink next to him laughing as he watched his Mama turn on the tap and wash the used liquid away, as she turned the lap off Lexa looked to Oscar who was still laughing away "What is so funny Mister?"
"Mama is funny"
"Is she?"
"Yeah"
"And what is so funny about Mama huh?"
"You were speaking funny Mama"
"I was, wasn't I?"
"Yeah"
"Ok then, no more funny talking shall we sort out this hair of yours huh?" Oscar excitedly nodded his head at his Mama looking up and back at her
"I like when you do my hair Mama"
"And I like doing your hair…. what would you like today?"
"Normal please Mama"
"Ok then the normal handsome comb over it is" Lexa smiled placing a gentle kiss on Oscar's forehead before reaching over to her left and picking up the spray bottle, seeing what is Mama was doing Oscar lowered his head so he was again looking in the mirror a massive smile covering his face, picking up the comb she placed it in her right back pocket, holding the spray bottle in her hand Lexa moved so she was directly behind Oscar smiling into the mirror at her son she began to spray his hair wetting it, the smile on her face growing as she heard the excited giggles of Oscar as he clapped his hands and wriggled his crossed legs in excitement. Once Oscar's hair was wet enough she removed the comb from her back pocket beginning to sections as she always did, starting on the top of Oscar's head she sectioned the top part of his hair, she then sectioned the side and the back once that was done she began combing the sides and the back of Oscar's hair until the hair seamlessly flowed down and blended together, moving onto the top of Oscar's hair again she combed the top section forward, once she had completely combed the top section forward she looked at her son seeing him smiling back at her in the mirror she began to comb Oscar's hair to the side piece by piece, five minutes later and she had just finished and Oscar's hair was side comber to perfection, lowering herself so she was just above Oscar's shoulder she looked at her son smiling "How is that?"
Oscar excitedly clapped his hands uncrossing his legs he turned around onto his knees looking up at his Mama he happily let out "It's perfect Mama" Oscar leant forward wrapping his arms around his Mama's waist he quickly released the hug his face slightly nervous "Did I mess it up Mama?"
"No Oz you didn't mess it up…it still looks perfect" Lexa responded smiling at Oscar as he turned and looked in the mirror smiling and softly giggling as he looked at his hair, as Lexa looked at the mirror she noticed Olivia's reflection turning around she looked at the bathroom door seeing her daughter standing in the doorway her hands clasped together gripping onto her t-shirt as she looked at her Mama smiling "Hey Princess, are you ok? Where's Mommy?"
"Mommy is sleeping"
"Are you feeling better?" Olivia nodded her head slightly staring at her Mama "Do you like Oscars hair?" Olivia nodded her head at the question before holding her hand in the air for Olivia, seeing the hand Olivia quickly walked the space between her and her Mama, coming to stand next to Lexa her head resting on Lexa's outer thigh while her hand gripped gently onto her Mama's. Lexa watched as Oscar happily continued to look at his hair in the mirror, feeling Olivia tugging at her hand she looked down at her daughter "What's wrong princess?"
"Can you fix my hair Mama?"
Lexa smiled at Olivia now taking in the back of the braided ponytail she had, it wasn't neat and looked quite loose compared to how she knew Olivia liked it "Did Mommy leave it too loose?"
"Yeah, can you fix it please Mama?"
"Of course I can princess…. why don't you go grab your hairbrush" Lexa smiled as Olivia walked off in the direction of her and Oscar's bedroom, turning her attention to her son "Come on Oscar jump down" Oscar turned around and looked at his Mama smiling before he walked out of the bathroom, Lexa was about to ask where he was going when he jumped up onto Clarke's bed sitting sweetly on the bed looking at his Mama knowing she was about to do his sisters hair and would need the counter top
"Got it Mama" Olivia let out holding the brush up for her Mama, Lexa took the brush from her daughter placing it on the counter next to Oscar's comb holding her hands up for Olivia who walked forward letting her Mama lift her off of the floor and onto the counter, just as her brother had done she crossed her legs and sat up straight "Mama…."
"Yes princess"
"I'm sorry I hit Mommy"
"Did you tell Mommy you were sorry?"
"Yes"
"And did you tell Mommy why you hit her?"
"I did Mama… And Mommy said she will make sure no strawberries hurt me"
"And she will…. just like she did for Mama when we were younger" Lexa smiled into the mirror before taking Olivia's braid in her hand and beginning to undo it, continuing until her daughter's hair was completely loose "We're gonna have to get your hair cut soon princess"
"No Mama…I like it longer"
"Really and whys that?"
"Princesses have long hair"
"They do…but even princesses get their hair cut at some point"
"Even Rapunzel Mama?"
"Yep even Rapunzel"
"Ok then Mama…but can you come with me?"
"Of course I can princess" Lexa softly smiled reaching over she grabbed Olivia's hairbrush beginning to brush her daughter's hair, after a few minutes she placed the brush down reaching over and picking up the spray bottle she carefully began spraying her daughters hair until it was just wet enough, placing the bottle down she picked the brush back up and began to carefully brush Olivia's hair backwards continuing with what she was doing she continued talking to Olivia "So why didn't you tell Mommy your hair was too loose?" Lexa watched as Olivia brought her hand up to her mouth nervously
"Mommy was upset"
"She was…. how do you know that?"
"I heard Mommy crying"
"When was this?"
"I woke up because I felt sick, and I wanted Mommy cuddles but she was crying"
"Did you go back to sleep?"
"Yes"
"So you didn't want to upset Mommy in the morning?"
"We were sick Mama and Mommy was upset again, I was being a good girl"
"And you were a very good girl…come on then let's fix this hair" Lexa softly smiled at her daughter turning her attention back to Olivia's hair, carefully separating Olivia's hair into two separate sections placing a hairband on one section she began brushing through it before switching and doing the same with the other section before she began to braid the sections together to make the ponytail braid her daughter loved wearing. Once she was finished brushing through both sections she braided them together tight enough so that they wouldn't fall out during the day. Once she was finished she wrapped a hairband around the end making sure the hairband itself was tight. "All done princess"
"Thank you Mama" Olivia sweetly smiled turning around and hugging her Mama, she was about to show off her hair to her brother when she noticed that he wasn't sitting on the bed anymore "Where's Oscar Mama?" Lexa looked towards the bed seeing no sign of her son;
"I don't know baby, let's go find out" She smiled holding her arms out for her daughter Olivia accepted leaning forward a little for her Mama to lift her, which she did, Lexa lifted Olivia onto her chest walking out of the bathroom and walking out of the bedroom then down the stairs into the living room, she smiled brightly when her eyes landed on her son curled up on his Mommy's lap his head resting gently on her shoulder with her arms wrapped protectively around him. Looking at her daughter she softly asked "You wanna help Mama write some music?" Olivia nodded her head at the question leading Lexa to walk in the direction of the den she once used all the time to write music. Once there she tested the lock, to her surprise it was unlocked, sliding the door to the side she smiled when she noticed everything was where she left it months ago and apart from the picture Olivia had put in the twins' bedroom nothing had been disturbed or moved at all. Closing the door slightly she walked towards the desk sitting herself down on the chair adjusting Olivia so she was sat comfortably on her lap. Reaching into the top draw on her right hand side she pulled out a notepad which she was again slightly shocked were still there. Reaching for a pen she placed it on top of the notepad looking down at her daughter "Have your teachers taught you how to write your name yet?"
"No Mama…can you teach me?"
"Of course I can" Lexa smiled down at her daughter, teaching her daughter something she would use forever was way more important than forcing herself to write a song. Leaning forward slightly Lexa placed her left hand on the desk, internally smiling when Olivia leant forward leaning both her arms on the desk her attention now fully on the notepad, holding the pen in her right hand Lexa carefully wrote out Oliva's full name as few times before placing the pen down, and softly asked "Can you read that?"
"Yes Mama….it says Olivia Abigail Woods…." Olivia let out a small gasp looking up at her Mama "That's me Mama"
"It is indeed"
"What is Abigail Mama?"
"You don't remember me telling you before?" Olivia softly shook her head at her Mama "Let me remind you…. Abigail is Grandma's name, see you have Grandma's first name and Oscar has Grandpa's first name…"
"What about Nana's name Mama?"
"Well you and Oscar have my surname which was my daddy's Mama's name…so my Nana's name so you do have Nana's name"
"What's a surname Mama?"
"It's your last name, when your part of a family you all have the same name…you usually get it from your daddy..."
"But I don't have a daddy Mama"
"I know, that's why me and Mommy thought about it loads and loads and loads, until we both decided that you would have my last name because Mommy carried you in her tummy. We then decided to give you a name that had part of both of us in it….so we gave you Grandma's name and Oscar Grandpa's name and we gave you both Mama's surname…which my Mama and Papa gave me….is that ok?"
"YEAH" Olivia excitedly let out jumping up on Lexa's lap "It's great Mama"
"That's what I thought as well" Lexa softly smiled placing a gentle kiss on the top of her daughter's head "Ok so all you have to do is go over what Mama has written, then once you've done all of those we can try it without Mama's writing, sound good princess?"
"Yes Mama"
"Ok then let's start" Lexa smiled shuffling a little closer to the desk so Olivia could reach forward a little more, picking up the pen she handed it to Olivia before moving the notepad so it was closer to Olivia. She smiled as she watched her daughter adjust the pen in her hand until she was happy with its position, then leaning forward she placed her left arm right next to the notepad steadying herself on the desk pushing a little on her left arm so she could write properly. Lexa watched as Olivia struggled to go over her writing so reaching forward she placed her hand over her daughter's "Let Mama help you…"
"No Mama…I can do it" Olivia confidently said not shaking her Mama's hand away but instead waiting for her Mama to remove it. When Lexa removed her hand from Olivia's she broke into a massive smile as Olivia began to write over her name with the pen in her hand. Lexa watched on for about thirty minutes until Olivia completed the twentieth and final written version of her name. As she finished she turned around looking up at her Mama "Is that right Mama?" Her face was the picture of pure hopefulness, she watched as her Mama looked over what she had done
Lexa had to admit she was impressed she hadn't expected her daughter to get the writing perfect like she had, of the twenty times Olivia had written over her name she had only gone out of the lines on five of them, and Lexa knew for a four nearly five-year-old that was pretty impressive. Smiling down at Olivia she hugged her daughter tightly making the four-year-old burst into a fit of giggles "It's perfect princess….you think you can write it without Mama's writing there" Olivia nodded her head eagerly her attention turning back to the notepad, finding a space below where her Mama had written her name she placed her pen on the notepad her face the picture of concentration as she looked from the already written version of her name to the blank space she was writing her name on now.
Lexa continued to watch Olivia write only able to see her daughters hand moving and not see what she was actually writing due to Olivia concentrating so hard that almost her chest was almost pressed against the desk. After about ten minutes Olivia finally sat up sitting straight and resting against her Mama's chest again, as she dropped the pen she shook her hand looking up at her Mama "My hand hurts Mama"
"I know princess but you get used to it" Lexa soothingly responded reaching down picking up Olivia's hand and placing numerous kisses all over her daughter's hand, thankfully the kisses succeeded as Olivia chuckled softly at her Mama's actions "Let's see how you did" Lexa let out wrapping her arms around her daughter's chest holding her close, gently and softly shaking her daughter from side to side before stilling them both so she could look at the writing her daughter had just completed. Looking over the writing she was even more impressed, Olivia had written her name on her own five times, the writing wasn't too big and it began to go down the page as Lexa read on. Smiling as she looked at the final written version of the name she looked down at her daughter extremely proud of how her daughter had picked up writing her name so quickly, she knew it wasn't perfect by any means, and yes Olivia ha some work to do on writing some of the letters but for a first attempt it was massively impressive, she knew herself that she wasn't writing her name until she was five nearly six-years-old. Looking back down at her daughter she proudly said "It's perfect princess"
"Is it right Mama?"
"Yes…. you got every single one right"
"YEAH…I GOT IT RIGHT…." Olivia excitedly let out jumping up and down on the spot she stopped when she heard a voice fill the room
"What did you get right Princess?" Clarke amusingly asked looking over at her daughter and Lexa sat at the desk in the den. She could see the excitement flowing out of her daughter so she knew whatever it was she was extremely proud and happy about it, she smiled watching as Olivia turned around and looked up at her Mama;
"Can I show Mommy?"
"Of course you can" Lexa quickly responded "I think she's gonna be really proud of you" Lexa smiled out before pushing the chair back creating space between her, Olivia and the desk stopping the chair she lifted Olivia onto the floor reaching forward and grabbing the notepad handing it to Olivia, watching as Olivia ran around the desk excitedly across the room until she reached her Mommy.
"Look what I did Mommy" She excitedly let out almost jumping off of the floor trying to hand the notepad to Clarke. Seeing the excitement Clarke knelt down amused at her daughter's actions, once she was level she held out her hand for the notepad, within a second Olivia had handed the notepad to her but upside down, laughing softly and turning the notepad around she raised an eyebrow at Olivia watching as her daughter watched her every move. Turning the notepad completely she took in the writing on the page, knowing it was Lexa's from the neatness of it, she instantly noticed that there was writing over Lexa's writing, noticing it was Olivia's full name written on the paper she scanned the page her eyes going lower and lower until she reached the part of the page where Olivia had written her name, scanning over the writing her face fell slightly as she realised the handwriting didn't belong to Lexa, her eyes scanned over the writing noting how the name went down the page slightly with every letter written she noticed how the letters weren't written as small as Lexa would write, not wanting to jump to the conclusion she looked up at her daughter;
"Who wrote these one's baby?"
"I did Mommy" Olivia excitedly let out moving forward resting her hands on her Mommy's knees, Clarke felt completely dumbfounded she didn't know what to say, her baby girl had written her name, the pride inside her rose up instantly as she looked at her daughter. "Do you like it Mommy?" Clarke heard the words come from her daughter's mouth but for a few seconds she couldn't form a sentence, shaking her head slightly a massive smile broke out on her face
"Are you kidding…. I love it" She happily let out quickly placing the notepad on the floor she wrapped her arms around her daughter standing up and lifting her up off of the ground twirling her around. Stopping after a second so she didn't make Olivia throw up as she knew she was already sick. Placing kisses on her daughter's cheeks she leant down picking up the notepad holding it in one hand and looking at it she happily spoke looking down at her daughter "You're such a smart little girl…when did you learn this?"
"Mama taught me Mommy….and Look I written my surname"
"You wrote your surname baby"
"Wrote?"
"Yes"
"What does it mean Mommy?"
"It means that you have written something down"
"Ok…. I wrote my surname Mommy"
"Your surname?"
"Yeah…. It's our family name"
"It is…. but what is our family?"
Olivia paused for a second looking to her Mama who gave her a nod of encouragement "Woods" She let out with a small jerk of movement and a massive smile
"Well done…. ok then…. what is your full name? …. all your names together?"
Olivia paused for a second looking over at her Mama as her right hand came up to cover her mouth thoughtfully, when her Mama gave her another nod and smile of encouragement she smiled removing her hand from over her mouth looking at her Mommy she proudly and confidently spoke "Olivia Abigail Woods"
"That's perfect Princess" Clarke proudly beamed at her daughter hugging her tightly again placing a gentle kiss on her daughter's shoulder. Pulling back, she noticed the proud smile on Olivia's face leaning forward intended to kiss her daughter on the cheek, she laughed softly when Olivia placed her hands on her cheek leaning up and kissing her Mommy on the lips, as Olivia looked up at her giggling as she kept her hands on her Mommy's cheeks. Laughing at the action Clarke smiled softly leaning forward placing continuous kisses on her daughter's lips, continuing the action for about ten seconds before she pulled back smiling at her daughter "You are so smart…and I'm really proud of you"
"Really Mommy?"
"Of course really…. you know I couldn't write my name until I was 5…which means you may be smarter than Mommy"
"No I'm not Mommy…. you're really smart"
"Am I?"
"Yes…. you're the smartest Mommy ever"
"Thank you princess"
"Your welcome…." Olivia sweetly responded smiling brightly at her Mommy, leaning forward resting her head on her Mommy's shoulder looking over at her Mama smiling softly. Feeling the sleepiness and sickness inside her rising she looked up at her Mommy and softly asked "Can I have a nap Mommy?"
"Are you tired?"
"A little Mommy….my hand hurts a little"
"Ok then, how about you go take a nap for a few hours and I will wake you up when I make something to eat and some medicine, ok?"
"Ok Mommy…." Olivia paused as she looked over at her Mama then quickly back to her Mommy moving until her mouth was at her Mommy's right ear softly whispering "Don't let Mama leave Mommy…. please"
"I won't Princess I promise you….so why don't you go take your nap"
"Ok Mommy" Olivia sweetly responded as Clarke carefully placed her on the floor, as she landed she ran over to her Mama holding her arms out, Lexa leant down hugging her daughter gently smiling when Olivia released the hug and looked up at her pursing her lips slightly, leaning forward she pecked her daughter on the lips watching as Olivia smiled and turned around and ran out of the room making them both laugh at her actions.
The two women remained silent for a few minutes before Clarke moved a little closer to Lexa, still carrying the notepad in her hand, stopping in front of the desk she placed the notepad in front of Lexa smiling softly at her. "How did you manage to get her doing that?" She softly asked suddenly not able to think of anything but how long it'd been since she'd seen Lexa at this desk, along with thinking about the numerous naughty things they had done on that desk since they brought it.
"I did Oscar's hair and Olivia appeared asking me to do hers, when I finished Oscar was gone so we came looking for him…and found you and him fast asleep on the couch so I asked her if she wanted to help me write a song, when we got in here I asked her if her teachers had taught her to write her name yet and she said no…. she asked me to teach her so I did"
"And she got it that quick?"
"Yeah…. first I wrote out her name about twenty times…she wrote over all of them and then tried it on her own and nailed it"
"Now all we need to do is get Oscar doing the same…." Clarke softly said looking away for a second before looking back to Lexa unable to stop the smile spreading across her face "It's been a while since you've sat at this desk"
"Yeah it's been a while"
"So um…." Clarke stopped herself from asking Lexa if they should have their talk now, she knew they needed to but right now she was just enjoying having Lexa around, and right now she didn't want to hear Lexa telling her that they were over for good, instead she opted for a different subject "What was this you mentioned about an extra spicy sub"
"I put them in the microwave I put them on plates as well so all we have to do is heat them up"
"Great…. should we go eat then? I'll even throw in a green tea"
"You drive a hard bargain Clarke…but deal" Lexa responded, she knew Clarke all too well and she knew Clarke and she knew the Blonde was avoiding bringing up the talk they needed to have. Deciding not to push it at this moment in time she smiled at the blonde standing up pushing the chair back with the back of her knees, walking over to Clarke she motioned for the blonde to lead the way to the kitchen which she did. Walking through the living room they smiled when they came across the image of the twins laying on the couch their heads resting next to each other's as their bodies stretched out across the couch. Not stopping in case they woke the twins up both women continued to walk through the living room until they reached the kitchen, once inside the kitchen Clarke motioned to the table, following the motion knowing what it meant Lexa made her way over to the table sitting down at the table she waited patiently for Clarke and the food that awaited them.
Twenty Minutes passed by, Clarke and Lexa both ate their subs in silence Clarke made Lexa the green tea, the whole time they were eating both women were trying to think of a conversation starter neither of them coming up with anything they thought the other would answer. Eventually they both finished eating their subs, Clarke stood up picking up the plates without a word to Lexa and carried them over to the sink placing them inside it she nervously took a breath making herself a coffee she walked back over to the table sitting down at the table placing her hands on the table, her wedding finger absent of a ring as it had been for months now, her eyes were drawn to her finger and how bare it looked without the ring, hell even how bare it felt without the ring the question in the her mind completely disappearing with any thoughts she had, that was until she heard Lexa's voice saying what she herself had wanted to say moments beforehand:
"So should we have this talk then?"
"Yes"
YEAAAAHHHHH The next chapter will be THE TALK, I have been waiting since I started this story to write this chapter, however, I didn't wanna prewrite it as I feel writing as the story progresses is a better method as you have a better feel of the story and characters…Anyway, What did everybody think? …I needed a filler chapter and couldn't help but write in that Olivia writing section as I recently babysat my niece and was helping her learn her name lol Any who, as always please feel free to leave a review as each one is appreciated as always if you prefer to inbox/private message me then you're welcome to….but alas I must stop ranting as I have more Adele to listen too…But until next time Peeps and Peepettes Stay Safe and Keep Fanficing
