"That's it?!" She waits for Lexa's confirming nod before adding: "Wow. That's one big house."
From the gate she can see a small path leading to the front door of the large house and a yard surrounding the whole building. She's never seen a place that big. Her whole life she's lived in a small room on the Ark, or in a tent or in a room of Polis tower.
"And you have yet to see the best part. Come on." Lexa smiles to her as she gestures for her to get inside the gate she's pushed open. And with that they walk together to the front door.
Once inside Clarke notices that this house looks a lot different from the others. It's nothing like the buildings in Polis and totally like the large houses from before the apocalypse that she's seen in pictures and videos on the Ark. Right by the entrance there's a big room that is both a kitchen and a dining room. There's a long corner counter against the walls on the left of the front door and a very long wooden table in he middle of the room. There are eight chairs around it, but Clarke is sure it could host much more people. A wall and a door separate this room from the next one, which is an enormous living room. Coming from the entrance you meet in front of you a large glass wall that shows the beautiful yard just outside, that can be reached by two large glass doors. There's a bookcase that covers the whole left wall of the room and that is so full of books it seems impossible some don't fall off. A big rectangular carpet is laid on the floor in the middle of the room and two long couches are placed along the door side of the carpet and the right wall side of the carpet. A square wooden table is in the centre of the carpet with a few books on it. On the right wall there's a big tapestry and that's about it for the furniture of this room. It's a very big living room, but it's also rather empty.
"Come. I'll show you the other rooms." Lexa takes her girlfriend by the hand to lead her back to the first room.
Somehow Clarke had missed it before, but to the right of the entrance, opposite to the kitchen, there's a flight of stairs that leads to the second floor. Here there are a couple of main bedrooms and three smaller guest rooms, plus two bathrooms. The same stairs also lead to a mansard. It's a small room that looks like a mini version of the living room, but, instead of opening to the yard, its glass doors open to the rest of the roof. Clarke can only imagine how beautiful it must be out there by night when the sky is full of stars.
"Remember that time we sat on the balcony of the throne room to gaze at the stars?" Lexa asks softly and when Clarke hums in affirmation she continues: "Ever since I got here I spent every night on this roof pretending you were by my side, star gazing with me."
"Maybe we can do it tonight. And many others to come." She turns to Lexa before continuing. "You can stop pretending, ai hodness." She whispers the last part against the girl's lips before kissing her lovingly.
When they part Lexa smiles widely at her before biting her lower lip in thought.
"Would you like to see the lake?"
"Lake?"
"Yeah. There's a small lake that can be reached by the yard. It reminded me of the one near Polis, that's why I chose to move in here."
"Well, in that case, I'd love to see the lake. But I have to warn you: I don't know how to swim, so you'd better not push me in the water if you don't want me to drown." She jokes, because, honestly, the whole world, or better all worlds, know Lexa would never do anything that could endanger Clarke.
"I make no promises. I'm pretty sure by the end of the night I will be able to get you wet." And, God, does the smirk that appears on her face mean that the pun was totally intended.
Clarke just shakes her head and follows her downstairs pretending her comment didn't affect her at all, though she might actually be a little turned on already. She'll never thank Jaha enough for this chip.
Note: I reposted this because there were some grammar errors.
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