Hey guys sorry for the late update! I haven't been home over the weekend. I hope you like this chapter! Please comment and let me know what you think. As I have read back through some of my stories I realize that something just don't make sense lol. But I type all of these up on my phone because I'm always on the go! I am hoping to post another chapter tonight but I have a photoshoot so we will see. Thanks again for reading!
Lexa quickly exited her bedroom and was met once again by Raven and Octavia who squealed in delight when they saw her.
"Thank you so much for inviting us to the wedding today Commander." Octavia said respectfully, bowing slightly to Lexa.
"Yeah thanks that was really nice-" Raven started to say but stopped to gawk at Lexa's award winning bluish-purple hickies that now covered her neck. Octavia's eyes widened as she took in the commanders neck as well and Lexa rolled her eyes at the girls.
"Well is there anything you can do to fix these disasterous markings Clarke has created on me?" Lexa whispered frantically to the girls so Clarke wouldn't over-hear. "Or are you just going to stand there and keep staring at me!" Lexa continued giving them a glare that snapped them out of their trance. They both quickly moved into action and pulled Lexa into the guest room to get her ready for her wedding.
"So... What exactly happened here...?" Raven said tight lipped as she tried not to smile at Lexa glowering in the mirror. Lexa sat on a stool as Octavia stood behind her doing her hair and Raven was in front trying to cover up the bruising on her neck. Lexa looked up and saw Octavia smirking but the younger girl quickly frowned when she caught the eyes of her commander.
Lexa sighed and shook her head. "Clarke is..." Lexa tried to find a modest way to describe her girlfriend's behavior but could not find the words. "The second trimester has fortunately eased her nausea but has increased her sex-drive resulting in this..." Lexa gestured towards her neck that was looking considerably better thanks to Raven. "She wants to make love to me .TIME." Lexa exclaimed and yawned tiredly, Raven and Octavia couldn't hold their laughter back.
"Well I don't blame her I mean who wouldn't want to? You're hot." Raven stated with a laugh as if it was obvious. Lexa's eyebrow quirked up in amusement and Octavia's mouth fell open because she couldn't believe what she had just said.
Raven looked between the two women in surprise, "what? I'm not like saying I would do it but I mean come on.." She shrugged and gestured towards Lexa. "Look at her..." Raven argued at Octavia's surprised face that was contorting in embarrassment for her friend. Lexa laughed and shook her head at the two of them.
"My god, she's getting married today Raven! Not to mention having a baby with our friend!" Octavia exclaimed as she leaned over and punched Raven in the arm.
"Ow! I was just stating the obvious!" Raven exclaimed, baffled at her friends reaction. She punched her back lightly and scowled making Lexa laugh.
"So commander.. Second trimester huh? When did you become such an expert on pregnancy?" Octavia said quickly trying to change the subject and eyeing Raven accusingly.
Lexa rolled her eyes at the girls and sighed before replying. "Abby was gracious enough to lend me 7 different books on pregnancy and the various stages of childhood after." A small smile playing at the corners of Lexa's mouth. "Which I have all read as of yesterday."
"Seven books?" Raven raised her eyebrows in surprise.
Lexa nodded proudly. "Our baby is as big as a turnip this week." She replied holding her hands out to show them the size she had read about.
"Impressive, you'll be a great mom. Clarke on the other hand had a hard time keeping her goldfish alive." Raven said as her and Octavia laughed. Lexa looked at them with an unreadable expression and they instantly stopped laughing and started back-tracking. "But I'm sure she has improved her nurturing skills as of late, Now how does that look?" Raven ramble on quickly as she hobbled to stand to the side of Lexa so she could see herself in the mirror. Lexa gasped and reached up and brushed her neck lightly.
"What kind of magic did you use to make them go away?" Lexa said quietly in awe of her soft tanned skin returned to its natural color around her neck as well as hiding the circle that had taken up residence under her eyes.
"Honey, it's called concealer. And you just happen to be my type." Raven smiled and held up the small tube filled with an olive-toned liquid. But Octavia and Lexa both smirked and looked at her in amusement without saying a word.
"Come on guys, type as in makeup color!" Raven shouted as she caught on to the implications Lexa and Octavia were eyeing her for. The two women laughed delightfully making Raven scowl and blush a deep red. Octavia had braided Lexa's hair to the side in Trikru's traditional yet intricate fishtail braid making Lexa smile at her brightly.
"How did you know to do my hair like this?" Lexa said approvingly as she admired her hair.
"Indra taught me so that I could do your hair while she went over to help Clarke with hers." Octavia replied happily as she fixed a few loose strands in the front. Lexa grinned at the thought of Indra braiding Clarke's hair and she couldn't wait to see how beautiful her wife will look tonight.
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"So Indra do you have any family here in polis?" Abby asked the beautiful dark skinned warrior watching as her fingers moved elegantly through Clarke's blonde hair.
"Mom don't ask questions!" Clarke whispered quickly. "Sorry Indra you can just ignore her." Clarke said and was surprised to see Indra smiling, a rare occasion.
"It is ok Clarke. And yes, I have a son. His name is Isaac." Indra smiled at Abby and continued to braid Clarke's hair downward.
"What? You have a son?" Clarke replied suddenly surprised not knowing this about her very reserved friend. "Where is he?"
Indra sighed, realizing that now she had mentioned him, she had to talk about her personal life. Something she didn't do often.
"He lives in TonDC with Lexa's family." She said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world. Clarke's jaw dropped into her lap and Abby looked between both of them in surprised. Indra sighed again and actually laughed.
"Clarke close your mouth so I don't mess up your ceremonial tribal paint." Indra said still smiling. Clarke did as she was told but her eyes remained huge with wonder.
"Why didn't I know this? Why does your son live with Lexa's family? Did you know I haven't even met them yet? What are they like?" Clarke rambled on quickly without taking a breath. Abby and Indra eyed each other trying not to laugh at the pregnant bride who seemed to have gathered ALOT more energy since she entered the second trimester.
"Umm.. What question would you like me to answer first, Wanheda?" Indra asked as she concentrated on the paint she was smearing lightly around Clarke's eyes. Clarke laughed and thought for a moment.
"Ok why does your son live in TonDC and not here?" Clarke said softly to Indra who was putting the finishing touches on Clarke's makeup.
"I used to live in TonDC, I am a native to Trikru and had a wonderful life there. I watched and helped raise Lexa myself, her oldest sister is my age and Lexa was always pestering us." Indra smiled at the memories and Clarke was trying to imagine a young Lexa following around teenage Indra and her oldest sister, Indie.
Clarke recalled Lexa telling her about her family when they were only friends. It was right before they raided Mount Weather. The only time she spoke of them. Lexa had three older sisters, Indie, Mara and Talia. They all looked strikingly similar in the watercolor painting that Lexa had of the four of them that Clarke had accidentally found stashed away under Lexa's bed a few months ago. Strong, confident and beautiful is the only way to describe the tan skinned girls in the picture. Each of them with long brown wavy hair and dazzling smiles with their arms draped around each other. Lexa was the youngest of the girls and also shared her vivid green eyes with her eldest sister, indie, while the other two had a brilliant dark blue. Her parents were also captured in the painting. James and Samantha. Clarke couldn't help but notice how much Lexa and Indie looked like their father and Mara and Talia resembled their mother. As Clarke looked at the painting more closely she also couldn't help but notice how much 22 year old Lexa resembled 19 year old Indie. If you didn't know them one could mistake them for twins.
Clarke couldn't help but wonder if Lexa's family would somehow surprise her and show up but Clarke knew better than to rely on wishful thinking. They would not be coming. Clarke sighed sadly and instead tired to picture Indie and Indra, the best of friends, making her smile.
"I married young, I was 18 when I married and 19 when I gave birth to Isaac. That was right before the queen of Azgeda over threw their government and took the throne for herself. When the war started and the clans divided, my husband and Indie took off to war and never came back." Indra stated dryly pausing to clear her throat. Clarke and Abby were silent as they listened to the strong warriors story.
"Around the same time Lexa had just turned 9 and was eligible to go and trained with the rest of the nightbloods in Polis under Commander Ferris, a cruel but strong warrior. He was the most skilled warrior I had ever seen." Indra said. She was done with Clarke's makeup and now seemed to forget that the other women were in the room as she recalled the memory.
"Lexa was...afraid to say the least and with every passing night and Indie never coming home, at the age of 9, Lexa became the strong one in the family. Her parents went into some kind of stupor, unable to function and maybe even going a little mad as the days passed without Indie. Her older sisters were in their adolescents and acted out defiantly, running off with men and intoxicating themselves every night. I helped as much as I could but with Isaac and no husband, I could barely take care of the two of us. Little Lexa would go out with her little bow and arrows and a hunting knife everyday and come home with game for all of us to eat. She became very serious and quiet didn't say much during such a dark time as she took care of her sisters and parents all the while keeping me fed as well." Indra's voice was barely above a whisper by now and Clarke and Abby were hanging out to her every word. Clarke had silent tears streaming down her face as she heard about her fiancé's haunting past.
"Right before Commander Ferris came to take Lexa away, I remember walking to their house to get some meat for my son and I and hearing shouting from inside.
At nine years old I heard that little girl yelling at her parents telling them to get their life together so fiercely that I cringed myself. It was then that I knew Lexa was destined for greatness." Indra stared out the window and smiled slightly at the memory.
"After that, Lexa's parents snapped out of their stupor and became honorable citizens of TonDC but they were never really the same after losing Indie. I am not sure what became of her sisters, we left before I saw them again. The day the Commander came to get Lexa, I felt obligated to go with her as her second, she had done so much for my family and hers that it was my honor to follow her to the Capital. So I did and have been blessed to be her second ever since. It was hard for me to leave my son but I knew one day he would understand and be proud of the sacrifice his mother made for him and his people. "
Indra said with finality as silence filled the room as the women took in the magnitude of Indra's sacrifice. In Clarke's eyes Indra stood ten feet tall and she now understood the warrior more now than ever. Indra snapped out of her trance and quickly brushed herself off, embarrassed for getting too deep and personal with Clarke and her mother.
"Forgive me, Wanheda. Your dress is in the closet and I assume your mother can help you get into it?" Indra said quickly facing Clarke with slight bow.
"Of course." Clarke said softly and Indra turned to leave the room to go get ready herself.
"Indra?" Clarke called as the woman stuck her head back into the room. "Thank you for sharing your story with us. Your son is proud of you." Clarke said with a smile which Indra returned as she left.
Clarke took a deep breath and exhaled and her mom gave her head a slight shake as she pulled Clarke's dress from the closet.
"Well I feel like I understand Lexa and Indra a lot better now." Abby whispered and Clarke nodded her head in agreement. She was simply stunned after hearing about Lexa's childhood and she wondered why Lexa had never mentioned it to her. Probably the same reason why she had never really told Lexa the reason behind why she had fallen from the sky in the first place. It was too painful. Too much love lost and never found. Clarke shook the memories from her mind and stood to put on her dress.
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"Well...?" Lexa said as she twirled slowly for Octavia and Raven who's mouths were hanging open and eyes wide. Lexa wore a fitted white silk gown that fell to the floor and flowed into a beautiful train with intricate beading. The white beading swirled up the sides dress in a tribal pattern and stopped at just under Lexa's arm. After helping Clarke with her hair and makeup, without uttering a single word Indra came in and did Lexa's makeup similar to Clarke's. Lexa assessed Indra's mood and let her work in silence while Octavia and Raven were putting their dresses on in their room.
"You look..." Raven started,
"Beautiful!" Octavia finished raven's thought as she nodded quickly. Instead of the harsh war paint that Lexa usually wore, Indra had painted a mixture of green and dark brown paint, that had a sheen to it, around her eyes and on her temples making her green eyes pop even more than they already did. Lexa took a deep breath and looked at herself in the mirror. Today was the day she would be bonded to the mother of her child. Her best friend. The woman she loved, Clarke Griffin.
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Clarke's mother cried as she looked at her daughter in her wedding dress which looked absolutely stunning on her. The strapless dress was white and made of a lighter material that was fitted until it hit her rib cage then fell pleated over her growing belly. barely skimming the floor. Her makeup was done similar to Lexa's except instead of Browns and greens, her eyes were lined with dark grays and blues that matched her eyes perfectly. Her makeup swirled into an intricate pattern as it went past her eyes making her features look like that of an Egyptian queen or and elegant princess.
"Mom stop crying, I am the one who is supposed to be nervous remember?" Clarke laughed lightly and shook Abby's shoulders softly.
"I know, I just can't believe my baby girl is getting married. Your father would be proud." Abby said as she embraced her daughter.
"Thanks mom." Clarke patted her mom awkwardly before pulling away. Abby wiped her face quickly and smiled.
"Time for the finishing touches." Abby smiled and lifted a beautiful golden necklace with a pearl pendant swinging from the chain mesmerizingly and Clarke's eyes widened.
"That is beautiful! Where did you get it?" Clarke exclaimed as her mother clasped the beautiful piece of jewelry around her neck.
"It has been in our family for a long time. It was your grandmother Griffins necklace. I know your father would want you to have it. " Clarke's eyes glistened and she embraced her mother for the twentieth time today as her mother squeezed her back tightly.
"One more thing." Abby said with a grinned as she unfolded a piece of cloth that had an intricate bracelet inside made from tree bark and a soft bluish metal that twisted and turned in a pattern that took Clarke's breath away.
"Lexa made this for you. She explained that it was part of the Trikru culture for one to make their loved one something of meaning to them and that have representation of the clans both are from to wear for the ceremony. Clarke looked closer and noticed that the metal was the same as the metal on the drop ship and guess that the wood was from the woods by Lexa's home in TonDC. She smiled as she twirled the bracelet around her wrist admiringly.
Glancing up to get one last look in the mirror, she exhaled and sawed the sun getting closer to setting with each passing second.
"Are you ready?" Abby said softly as she locked arms with Clarke, leading her to the door.
Clarke smiled as a warm happy feeling exploded within her. She was marrying the most beautiful, strong and confident woman she had ever met. Not to mention the mother of her child. "Of course I'm ready." Clarke replied confidently as she headed down the tower, moments away from becoming Lexa Kom Trikru's wife forever.