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Chapter 14-Sleeping Beauty
Clarke froze on the spot she couldn't move, she tried forcing herself into action but the only thing she could think of was Roan hurting Olivia in some way. Trying to ignore the fear inside her, it instantly rose inside her as Roan began banging on the door shouting her name as he banged, physically shaking the door against her hand. Closing her eyes, she felt a sudden surge rush through her, an urge to protect her daughter from harm. Looking over to Olivia, she noticed her daughter's face was covered in complete fear, rushing over to Olivia, she knelt down in front of her, Olivia lunged forward wrapping her arms around her Mommy.
"It's gonna be ok princess…Mommy's got you" She soothed lifting Olivia off of the couch, feeling Olivia fearfully gripped onto her she kept herself as calm as possible, knowing that if Olivia could tell or sense she was scared herself that it would make the little girl more scared than she already was. Holding onto Olivia tightly she leant down and picked up the Hot Chocolate she had made for her daughter, carrying Olivia with her into the den, opening and closing the door, she walked into the den thankful that as soon as the door closed Roan's banging became muffled, making it harder for Olivia and herself to hear the knocks. Once the door was closed, she carried Olivia with her around the room until she found the spare key that was in the room. Placing the Hot Chocolate on the desk, she found the spare key hidden in one of the top drawers of Lexa's desk, she walked over to door locking it before returning to the desk, sitting down in the chair she felt Olivia still holding onto her tightly. Leaning back in the chair, she carefully made some space between them she smiled at her daughter:
"See all gone everything is ok"
"Are we safe Mommy?"
"You're always safe; as long as Mommy is here...you'll always be safe"
"Are you safe Mommy?"
"Mommy is safe"
"Promise?"
"I promise" Clarke responded knowing lying to her daughter wasn't a great idea, but she also knew that being honest with Olivia right now wasn't an option. She couldn't admit that she wasn't sure they were safe, she couldn't explain to Olivia that she wasn't sure what Roan was capable of or what he was going to do. Those were things that a four-year old wouldn't be able to understand. Looking around she tried to find something to distract Olivia from Roan being outside. Seeing the notepad from earlier on top of the desk she looked around for the pen not seeing it, seeing a pen in Lexa's stationary organiser she picked up a pencil, looking down at Olivia she softly asked, "You wanna see Mommy draw something?" Olivia softly nodded her head looking up at her Mommy "What should I draw?" Olivia shrugged her shoulders at the question "Anything in the whole world you want"
"Can you draw Mama?"
"Oooooooo…that's a difficult one but I think I can do it just for my princess"
"Can I watch Mommy?"
"Of course you can….that's the whole point, and you can drink your Hot Chocolate whilst you watch me"
"Yay" Clarke smiled at her daughter brining the cup of Hot Chocolate closer to her daughter, making it easier for Oliva to reach, she was about to start drawing when Olivia let out another gasp before pointing to something in front of her "Draw that picture Mommy"
Clarke turned her attention in the direction that her daughter was pointing in; her eyes instantly fell on a picture of their wedding day it was of her and Lexa at their reception. Lexa was wearing her simply cut straight lined white dress the dress loosened around Lexa's legs, she was sat next to Lexa her legs resting on Lexa's lap whilst the two women were in deep conversation. Clarke's dress was a traditional pure white Princess type dress, simple at the top covered in lace along the arms and neckline, the lace running down the front and back splitting and darting off into different directions rushing down the dress until it reached the bottom of the dress. Clarke's white high heel shoes were clear in the picture, due to her legs positioning on Lexa's legs. She remembered that exact moment; not because it was caught on camera but because she remembered Lexa pulling her to sit down after noticing she was in slight pain, Lexa went on to remind her that she shouldn't have worn heels all day. She remembered them sitting there for a while, talking about things that were to come for them, she remembered Lexa removing her heels and gently rubbing her feet to sooth the pain. The more she looked at the picture the more memories rushed forward, before she could latch on to any of them she felt Olivia tapping on her hand, the action brought Clarke out of her thoughts looking down at her daughter she smiled at Olivia as her daughter spoke:
"When was that Mommy?"
"When was the picture taken?" Olivia nodded her head at her Mommy's question "It was taken on mine and Mama's wedding day"
"What's a wedding day?"
"It's a day when two people who really love each other and want to spend the rest of their lives together. They bring all their families together and they stand in front of them all and tell each other how much they love each other, and that they wanna spend the rest of their lives together, then they give each other a ring that represents their endless love."
"What's a ring?"
"A ring is a piece of gold or some kind of metal that is shaped into a circle and the circle means no end and no beginning"
"Where's your ring Mommy?"
"It's here baby," She said moving her left arm a little closer to Olivia, bringing her hand in the air to show her. She watched as Olivia moved her hands to grip onto her left hand. She watched as Olivia ran her fingers over her Mommy's wedding ring, she couldn't see Olivia's face but she knew the little girls face was contorted with pure concentration. She could feel Olivia's fingers running over the finger that her wedding ring was placed on. Olivia's fingers stopped moving as she turned around and looked up at her Mommy:
"Mommy, what's this mean?"
"What does what mean baby?"
"It has numbers and L, what does it mean Mommy?"
"The numbers are the date me and Mama got married…and the letter is the first letter of Mama's name"
"Ok….when did you get married Mommy?"
"Me and Mama got married on 2nd September 2011, but we had the numbers rearranged"
"Why?"
"Well because Mama has something called Dyscalculia"
"What is it?"
"Dyscalculia means that Mama struggles with numbers and understanding numbers sometimes, and that's why Mama wears those special glasses when she reads numbers"
"Their red Mommy"
"I know they are princess, but that's why we rearranged the numbers, to make it easier for Mama to read the numbers"
"Ok Mommy" Olivia sweetly responded looking back to her Mommy's hand, which she was still holding onto with both hands, she began running her finger over the engraving of the ring "I like it Mommy, It's really pretty"
Leaning forward a little Clarke placed a small kiss on the side of Olivia's head, letting her daughter continue to play with the ring on her finger. Watching Olivia for a second, her attention went back to the pencil in her right hand, wanting to distract herself from the possibility of Roan breaking into the house or being violent to her in front of Olivia. Looking down at the notepad in front of her, she began to sketch out the picture her daughter had asked her too, hoping it would take her mind off Roan and the danger that might be ahead. Drawing the picture worked as she hoped as she became fixated on the drawing, knowing her daughter was still there and safe from the feeling of her continuing to play with her wedding ring.
Clarke wasn't sure how long she'd been drawing when she was pulled away from her drawing when she heard someone trying to open the door to the de. As the panic rose inside her instantly again, she felt her breathing sharpen slightly looking down at Olivia who hadn't heard the rattling of the door her attention still on her Mommy's wedding ring. All the options of thing she could do, and whether or not she could run, all raced through her mind. She was about to shout out to Roan, to tell him to leave her and Olivia alone, before she could get the words out she heard a voice shout her name:
"Clarke….are you in there?" She instantly recognised the voice as Lexa's, just the sound of her wife's voice sent a rush of relief travel through her body, the instant feeling of being safe filling up her body as she realised that Roan must have gone, and if not Lexa would have taken care of him before calling out for her. Standing up, she held onto Olivia carefully placing her onto the ground watching as she rushed over to the door eager to see her Mama. Grabbing the key, she walked over to the door as quick as she could placing the key in the door, unlocking the doors then opening them wide, seeing Lexa standing in front of the door.
"Where's Oscar? Is he safe?" She asked before she lunged forward wrapping her arms around Lexa and holding onto her tightly. Lexa instantly wrapped her arms around Clarke holding onto her tightly, sensing the fear and worry in the blonde.
"Oscar's fine Clarke…he's in the kitchen" Pulling herself back slightly so she could look at Clarke's face "What's wrong? What happened?"
"The bad man was here Mama" Olivia interjected squeezing between her Mama and Mommy, who let her squeeze in between them by stepping back a little, facing her Mama she wrapped her arms around her legs squeezing them tightly "But it's ok Mama, Mommy protected me…and now he's gone" Olivia happily beamed up still hugging her Mama's legs.
"Of course Mommy protected you…that's what Mommy does" She softly replied looking at her daughter, not saying what was on her mind, not wanting to worry or unsettle her daughter. "Why don't you go into the kitchen princess….Oscar has something to show you"
"Ok Mama" Olivia instantly responded releasing her hold on her Mama's legs, turning and happily skipping towards the kitchen to find her brother.
Once she was sure that Olivia was in the kitchen with Oscar, she looked at Clarke looking into her eyes seeing that pang of fear still there. She carefully placed her hand on Clarke's arm, pulling her gently into the den pushing her to the side so they were hidden by the sidewall that the doors slide into. Holding onto Clarke's hands, she looked into her eyes softly asking, "Clarke, what happened? Why was Roan here?"
"I don't know why he was here Lex….I just made Olivia her Hot Chocolate, and then he was banging on the door calling out my name"
"He didn't force himself in, did he?"
"No…well I don't think so. Olivia was scared by the banging so I picked her up and brought her in here, I locked the door and kept her occupied, I don't know how long ago that was, I thought you were him"
"Well I'm not….and he isn't here, I looked around the whole house for you and there was no sign of anyone else"
"Are you sure Lex?"
"I'm sure Clarke, but if you want I can do another check," Lexa suggested moving to turn around and leave the room. Before she could take even a step Clarke pulled on their still connected hands, keeping Lexa in place looking into her eyes.
"No stay here please"
Sensing the fear in Clarke's voice, Lexa wrapped her arms around Clarke holding onto her, feeling Clarke's arms wrap around her and her hands grip onto her shirt. Gently rubbing her hand up and down Clarke's back "It's ok Clarke, there's nobody here" Lexa didn't say another word, she didn't need to, her words had a calming effect on Clarke as she felt the blonde relax in her arms slightly. She let Clarke hold onto her a little longer not wanting to rush the blonde.
Ten minutes later, Lexa slowly released her hold on Clarke looking down at her and softly asking, "Feel better?" Clarke looked up at her nodding her head softly, smiling at the blonde she removed her arms from around Clarke looking into her eyes; she moved her hand down taking Clarke's left hand in her right hand. "Come on, I know what will make you feel better…Oscar has a surprise for you" Clarke smiled at the words letting Lexa pull her in the direction of the kitchen, as she entered Lexa stopped her, peaking into the room she softly spoke "Oscar, have you got Mommy's present ready?"
"Yes Mama" Smiling at Clarke, she pulled on Clarke's hand until they were inside the kitchen, motioning with her hand to the table. Clarke's eyes landed on Oscar and Olivia sweetly standing at the table their hands placed behind their backs as massive smiles filled their faces. Seeing something hidden behind Oscar's back she raised her eyebrows, seeing Lexa nodding at their son and daughter in the corner of her eye. She watched as Oscar removed something from behind his back, a massive smile broke onto her face, when Oscar moved a bouquet of different coloured roses, walking forward he held the bouquet in front of Clarke "This is for you Mommy"
"Really?" Clarke asked getting an instant nod from Oscar, a massive smile spread across her face as she leant forward taking the roses from her son "What's this for?" She asked looking to Lexa, who just nodded towards Oscar signalling it was all Oscar's work. Kneeling down in front of Oscar, she smiled at her son, gently tugging at her son's leather jacket "What did Mommy do to deserve these?"
"I got them because I love you lots and loads Mommy"
"You got me flowers because you love me, lots and loads?"
"Yeah, and as a present, for being an awesome Mommy"
"Thank you my awesome prince I love them…now come here" Clarke responded opening her arms wide for her son, who quickly moved forward wrapping his arms around her hugging her tightly. After a few seconds Clarke pulled back looking at her son "Did you have fun at the supermarket?"
"Yeah….me and Mama did loads of shopping, and we got loads of yoghurts"
"Oh you did huh?" Clarke asked turning and looking up at Lexa, raising her eyebrows at her.
"Hang on, we didn't get loads of yoghurts, we got like 3 each for us and the twin's got a pack each"
"Ok then, that's fine" Standing up she looked over at the island counter noticing the two brown bags on top of it she looked at Lexa softly saying "At least it's only two bags…" Hearing Oscar laugh seeing him looking at his Mama, she looked to Lexa seeing the 'UT oh' look on her face, raising her eyebrow she looked at Lexa firmly asking "What is that look for?"
"Um, so there may be like one or two more bags in the car"
"There may?"
"Ok there is, maybe one or two more bags in the car"
"How many more? Is it one or two?"
"I can't remember"
"Lexa…don't make me ask our little prince…because you know he won't lie to me"
Lexa released a massive mix of a sigh and a breath, looking to Oscar who smiled brightly at her, knowing he wouldn't lie to his Mommy. She took a breath before holding her hands in the air looking at Clarke "Ok, so maybe it's more like four bags"
"Four?" Clarke let out looking at Lexa unimpressed "Why four Lexa? I just needed some coffee and tea"
"And popcorn"
"Don't be smart"
"Ok, I'm sorry…" Lexa started moving forward she stopped in front of Clarke, looking into Clarke's eyes giving her a soft smile as she did so. "I just noticed that you needed a few things, and I thought that if I did the shop for you it'd take the ease off of you a little, then you wouldn't have to worry about going out tomorrow, especially if the twins' are still sick."
"You didn't need to do that Lex"
"I know I didn't but I wanted to"
Clarke couldn't help but smile at Lexa, leaning forward she hugged her wife holding onto her and whispering into her ear "Your making it really hard to not kiss you in front of the kids" As she pulled back she noticed the smile on Lexa's face, smiling herself she genuinely added "Thank you"
"Your welcome…it was nothing"
"It wasn't nothing, you didn't have to and I really appreciate it"
"Well, you can pay me back by letting me have some of your popcorn"
"Wow there Lex, you brought shopping you didn't save the world"
"You're so mean….it's a good thing me and Oscar got our own popcorn right Oz?"
"YES" Oscar excitedly shouting running over to his Mama stopping in front of her "Can I pick a movie Mama?"
"Olivia's already chosen one….but afterwards you can pick a movie to watch with dinner if you want?"
"Can I pick it now Mama?"
"If you want to"
"YES…Thank you Mama"
"Your welcome" Lexa responded watching as Oscar excitedly clapped before turning around and running out of the kitchen until he reached the living room. Looking to Olivia, she noticed her daughter standing a little oddly, "What's wrong Liv?"
"I need the toilet Mama"
"Why don't you go princess?"
"Don't want you to leave"
"I'm not going anywhere, I have to leave after you go to bed but not until then" Moving forward she leant down a little so she was face to face with her daughter "So you can go to the toilet, ok?"
"Ok Mama" Olivia went to walk out of the kitchen but stopped turning back to her Mama "Can you look after my yoghurts?"
"And make sure Mommy doesn't eat them all?"
"Yeah"
"I'll look after them, Mommy won't get near them."
"Thank you Mama"
"You better run to the toilet Missy, before I eat them all," Clarke added making Olivia laugh, she turned and ran out of the kitchen, Lexa and Clarke both heard Olivia's giggle fade away as she climbed the stairs. Looking at Lexa, Clarke smiled turning and beginning to unload the shopping that Lexa had brought.
"I'm gonna go get the other bags"
"Do you need a hand?"
"Actually yeah, there's four bags and I only have two hands"
"That you do Lexa" Clarke smirked before taking hold of Lexa's hand pulling her towards the door, as they walked into the living room they both smiled noticing Oscar sitting on the couch watching Sleeping Beauty, his attention solely on the movie in front of him. Both of them laughed softly as Clarke reached the front door, opening it ignoring the pang of fear inside herself, Clarke turned the handle opening the door pulling Lexa through it, knowing neither of the twins would walk out of the door. Stopping at the boot door, she waited for Lexa to unlock it, which she quickly did, she smiled as Lexa reached in front of her with her free hand opening the boot, revealing six bags of shopping, turning back she smirked at Lexa asking "Four bags huh?"
"Four are for you…and the two at the back are mine for my apartment"
"That's ok then"
"Sure it is" Lexa responded poking Clarke in the side softly making Clarke squirm under her hand slightly, turning around she sent Lexa a firm look. "Oh I forgot you don't like being tickled or poked…my bad" Lexa stated removing her hand from Clarke's holding her hands in the air, smirking brightly at Clarke.
"Just grab the bags Lexa"
"I love it when you're bossy"
Clarke couldn't help the smile that spread across her face as she pushed Lexa softly in the stomach, turning around she grabbed two bags holding them to her chest before turning and walking to carry them into the house. Looking back and smirking at Lexa, as Lexa picked up the other two bags closing the button, something made easier with the button of the boot. Laughing softly at Clarke's actions, she walked back to the house locking the car as she did so. Once she was inside, she closed the front door locking it behind her before carrying the bags into the kitchen placing them on the counter next to the one's Clarke had just brought in. As she looked at Clarke, noticing that Clarke was now unpacking the bags. Beginning to unload her bags, she looked over at Clarke softly saying:
"I got some chicken and a fajita kit; I thought I could make you and the twin's dinner, if you don't mind"
"That'd be great Lex"
"Great"
Before either of them could think of anything to say to the other, Oscar came running into the kitchen stopping in between them both, looking to the fridge he turned to his Mama, "Can I have a drink Mama?" Laughing and walking forward Lexa carefully placed her hand on her son's head walking past him
"What would you like my prince?"
"Can I have the drink the pretty lady picked for me?"
"Your milkshake?"
"Yes please Mama"
"Ok then." Lexa responded walking back over to the bags finding the one that contained her son's milkshake, lifting it out of the bag she shook it slightly before opening it for her son, handing the bottle and the cap to him, she smiled when he took a sip and let out a satisfied 'Ah'
"Thank you Mama"
"Your welcome baby boy" Without another word Oscar turned around, happily and carefully walking into the living room. Smiling as she watched her son disappear out of her sight. Turning back to the shopping she noticed Clarke was standing at one of the bags, absentmindedly looking through the bag. She realised quickly that Clarke must have heard Oscar mention a pretty lady, walking over to Clarke she stopped behind her placing either of her hands on the island on either side of Clarke, moving forward slightly so her chest was pressed slightly to Clarke's back, moving until her lips were near Clarke's ear, she softly said, "The pretty lady Oscar mentioned was Luna".
"I'm sorry Lex" Was all Clarke could manage as she let her head lean back resting her head against Lexa's shoulder "I don't know what's wrong with me"
"It's ok Clarke; just remember we agreed to talk about things"
"No it's not…..I promised I'd talk to you and I want to, it's just this really feels like it's too good to be true"
"Clarke..." Lexa softly said, using her hands she carefully turned Clarke around to face her. Looking into Clarke's eyes she softly continued "It's gonna take time for this to feel normal, and for you to trust yourself. But you have to start trusting me to deal with whatever you tell me. Even if you think, I'll get upset and angry about it. Give yourself time Clarke and don't be so hard on yourself. This is still fresh like four hours ago fresh, so I'm begging you to give yourself a break"
"Ok I'll try"
"Clarke, do I have to get on my knees?" Lexa smiled raising her eyebrow at Clarke, when Clarke didn't respond to her verbally she continued, "Ok, you leave me no choice" As Lexa finished speaking, she slowly began to lower herself onto the floor, before her knee could touch the floor, Clarke pulled her:
"Ok I get it….I'll give myself a break…just don't kneel on the floor ok"
"You promise?"
"I promise Lexa"
"And you'll talk to me if you're feeling worried about anything at all?"
"I will"
"Good, you better keep this promise because my knees are too precious to be kneeling on the floor, begging you to forgive yourself"
"They are nice knees"
"They are Clarke, and they don't need to be damaged"
"Well I will make sure I keep my promise then"
"Thank you" Lexa smirked looking at Clarke as a natural smile formed on the blonde's face, leaning forward she placed a gentle and loving kiss on Clarke's cheek, Clarke instantly moved her hands to rest on Lexa's lower neck, as Lexa pulled back they looked into each other's eyes. Before either of them could say anything, they heard footsteps coming towards them. Breaking apart and going back to putting the shopping away, exchanging a smirk and a flirty look as they did so. Within seconds of them breaking apart, Olivia came powdering into the room, running around the island until she was in front of her Mama "Hey Princess"
"Did you save my yoghurts Mama?"
"Of course, they are safely in the fridge"
"Thank you Mama"
"Your welcome princess…." Looking down at Olivia, she smiled when her daughter held her arms in the air, leaning down Lexa lifted the little girl into the air, carefully placing Olivia on the counter she smiled more when Olivia leant forward hugging her tightly "You wanna help me unpack?" Olivia nodded her head against her chest, wrapping her arms around Olivia she leant down placing a kiss on her forehead, looking over at Clarke both of them smiling at how clingy their daughter was. At the same time they both knew Olivia was always like this when she was sick, looking down at Olivia Lexa softly asked, "Are you feeling sick princess?" Olivia nodded her head again; looking to Clarke, she asked, "When did we give her, her medicine?"
"About two hours ago I think, maybe three"
"So we definitely can't give her more"
"No we can't, maybe some juice, that always makes her feel better"
"Yeah maybe" Looking back down at Olivia, Lexa softly asked her "Would you like some juice princess?" Olivia shook her head "How about a Hot Chocolate?" Olivia nodded her head softly
"She's got one in the den, I'll see if it's still drinkable"
"Ok…" Lexa softly responded not taking her eyes off of Olivia "Mommy's gonna get your other hot chocolate baby" Lexa soothingly began rubbing circles on Olivia's back, she continued to do so until a minute or so passed and Clarke returned to the room, looking up at Clarke she softly smiled asking "Is it drinkable?"
"No because it's all gone" Clarke responded walking past the sink, placing the item in the sink as she did so, walking over to Lexa and Olivia she naturally placed her hand on Lexa's lower back, leaning into the daughter a little more "Olivia, did you drink all the chocolate at once?" Olivia shook her head turning her head to look at her Mommy "Did you drink more than half of it at once?" Clarke noticed the look of slight fear on her daughters face, quickly she added, "You're not in trouble baby, I just need to know so I can make you feel better"
"I drank half Mommy"
"Ok, thank you for telling me princess" Looking to Lexa she softly said, "I think she just took in too much sugar at once…I'll get her some water, that should make her feel better"
Lexa smiled at her wife before looking down at their daughter "See princess, Mommy to the rescue again" Lexa felt Olivia laughing against her chest, her small hands gripping onto her Mama's top. Laughing softly, Lexa turned to see Clarke returning with a glass of water, placing it on the counter she smiled at Lexa before turning and returning to unpacking the bags knowing that Lexa could handle this situation. Looking down at Olivia, Lexa picked up the glass, carefully making some space between her and Olivia she brought the glass to her daughter's mouth, she smiled as Olivia brought one of her hands to the glass, holding onto the glass as she began drinking the contents of the glass. Lexa watched as Olivia drank half of the glass before pushing it back with her hand, placing the glass on the counter Lexa looked down at Olivia and asked "Better?" Olivia nodded her head "You need anything else princess?"
"Just you Mama"
"Ok then" Lexa responded trying to let the emotion seep into her voice at her daughters extremely sweet words. Looking to her right she noticed Clarke looking at her with an emotional smile on her face, obviously trying to hide her own emotions at Olivia's words. Taking a deep breath in she looked back to Olivia, lifting her from on the counter onto her chest. "Let's unpack shall we?" Olivia nodded her head softly before resting her head on Lexa's shoulder. Holding Olivia to her chest, she began carefully unpacking the rest of the bags.
Clarke and Lexa continued to pack away the shopping until all the bags were empty. Once they were done they both walked into the living room just as Sleeping Beauty was finishing, as they entered the room they came across Oscar sitting up on the couch holding the remote in his hand, his milkshake placed safely between his legs with the cap on. A look of pure frustration on his face as he pressed buttons on the remote, trying to get it to do something. As Lexa carried Olivia into the living room, Clarke moved forward sitting down, as she sat down her son looked up at her:
"Can you play it again Mommy?"
"Again, you already watched baby, why don't we watch something else?"
"I wanna watch this Mommy, I like it….the princess is like you Mommy"
"You think I'm a princess?"
"Yes, the bestest prettiest princess ever Mommy" Oscar started dropping the remote on the couch before carefully handing his Mommy his milkshake bottle, shuffling onto his knees she sat up straight on them, looking at his Mommy as her right hand came up to gentle stroke the side of his head "Can we watch it please Mommy?"
"How about we watch it later…because Olivia choose a film for us to watch now, but afterwards we can watch this one again…is that ok?"
Oscar paused for a second his hand coming to gently rub his chin, after a second or two he shuffled closer to his Mommy placing one hand on her shoulder and the other on her face, his finger gently stroking up and down Clarke's cheek much to her and Lexa's amusement. "Can I have Mommy cuddles and Popcorn when we watch it Mommy?"
"Mmmm I don't know….Mommy cuddles AND Popcorn…" Clarke exaggerated making Oscar laugh softly at her "Ok, you can have Mommy cuddles, but you can only have Popcorn if you eat all your dinner ok?"
"Ok Mommy" He let out happily before lowering himself back to the couch shuffling to sit against the pillow excitedly kicking his feet a few times, as he looked over at his sister "Are you ok Livi?"
When Olivia didn't answer but instead snuggled closer into her Mama's chest, looking over at Oscar Lexa softly explained "Olivia isn't feeling really well, but she'll be ok soon. But she still wants to watch the film, don't you Liv?" Olivia nodded her head at the question "See, she loves watching movies right Liv?" Olivia again nodded her head "See Oz Movie e on Mommy put the film on"
"Yeah Mommy" Oscar added letting out a massive giggle as he looked up at his Mommy, Clarke looked at him raising his eyebrows, sending Lexa an 'oh really' look getting a small smile and laugh in return. Leaning down Clarke tickled her son softly after a few minutes she stopped sitting up straight for a second looking down at Oscar as he giggled, bringing his wriggles to a stop, looking up at her he smiled innocently up at her. Looking away for a second Clarke quickly looked back leaning down holding her son gently down, quickly peppering kisses all over Oscar's face causing a dirty laugh to erupt from his chest.
Finally stopping her attack, she lifted her head up smiling as Oscar sat up and hugged her tightly, wrapping her left arm around Oscar she looked down at him "Should I put on this movie?" Oscar nodded his head at the question "Ok, you have to let me go for thirty seconds ok?" Oscar nodded his head releasing his hold on his Mommy before beginning a verbal countdown making Lexa and Clarke laugh softly. Crawling forward on the couch Clarke removed the Sleeping Beauty disc before placing the Tangled disc in to the player closing it and moving back to her spot next to Oscar. Shuffling further back on the couch bringing her feet onto the end of the couch, leaning forward she picked Oscar up lifting him backwards and onto her lap, wrapping her arms around him as she picked up the remote kissing Oscar's cheek before she pressed play.
Clarke smiled over at Lexa, as Olivia turned around on Lexa's lap so she could see the TV, as Olivia's back rested against her Mama's chest, she instantly turned herself to the side, resting her side against her Mama's chest, her hands curving around her own body, gripping onto her Mama's t-shirt as she rested her head against her Mama's shoulder. Bringing her hand up Lexa carefully and soothingly rubbed her hand through her daughter's hair, her attention turning to the movie as it began to play on the screen. The movie played on and soon enough it had finished, to Clarke and Lexa's surprise, the twin's didn't move an inch from the beginning of the movie until the end. They didn't fidget or need the toilet or even fall asleep, instead their attention was fully fixed on the film on the screen taking in every single movement and scene as it played out. Once the credits had finished rolling, Lexa softly spoke saying that she had to make dinner, looking down at Olivia seeing the sad pout, she agreed to let her daughter help her cook. That of course led to Oscar wanting to help as well, and soon enough all four of them were in the kitchen cooking the fajitas Lexa had brought earlier. Just like they used to, all together as a family. Once the dinner was cooked, they all sat at the table talking about the movie they had just watched.
As they ate on occasion, Oscar or Olivia would need help and of course, they would ask their Mama to help them, and obviously, she did. Oscar went in to full detail of his trip to the supermarket with his Mama, telling his sister and Mommy about the pretty lady he had met. Once Oscar was finished, Olivia told him all about her movie time with their Mommy, how she fell asleep during the film and then her Mommy protected her from the bad man, before she got to see their Mommy's wedding ring and then watched their Mommy draw a picture. Once both the twin's had finished explaining their stories to their Mommy and Mama, they had both finished their food and sweetly asked their Mommy if they could have ice cream. As soon as she reminded them that they had another movie to watch, and that they had popcorn waiting for them, they both asked if they could go watch the movie straight away. Clarke laughed telling them they could go and wait for her and their Mama in the front room, the twin's excitedly jumped down running off to wait patiently on the couch.
Clarke and Lexa proceeded to remove the plates from table before carrying them over to the sink where Clarke washed the dishes and Lexa dried them, seeing as there were only four plates they didn't see the point in put them into the dish washer. Seeing as Lexa had already washed up the items the four of them had used to cook the dinner. Once they had finished they grabbed the two bags of popcorn, making themselves drinks and grabbing themselves some chocolate, they made their way into the living room; they were met with the twin's looking excitedly at the door waiting for them to come through it. Walking into the room they were told that they had to sit on either side of them, Olivia and Oscar in the middle, Clarke on the Oscar's left and Lexa on Olivia's right. They both sat down in the spots they were told to by the twins. Pressing play on the film, Lexa placed her bag of popcorn in between the twins' lap, opening it for them watching as they excitedly began eating the popcorn.
As the movie continued to play on Lexa adjusted herself on the couch, her left arm stretched out across the back of the couch. Soon enough Oscar and Olivia had stuffed themselves with popcorn, dropping the half-empty bag onto the floor carefully, they both stretched out. Forcing Clarke and Lexa to shuffle to their sides a little. As Clarke had adjusted herself to make room for Oscar, whilst Lexa did the same for Olivia, once they had finished moving for the twins', Clarke and Lexa's hands had naturally found their way to each other's', interlocking their fingers so their palms where naturally resting on the top of the back cushion of the couch. The action felt completely naturally to Lexa, it felt like she was back home where she belonged, but she knew it wasn't going to last long. Her and Clarke had a long way to go until they were back to where they had been. Trying to calm her mind and stop herself thinking she couldn't as words began to rush into her head, words she knew would be perfect for one of the songs she had to write. Forcing herself out of her own mind she looked down at her twins' seeing the happiness on their faces, was something she couldn't ever get over seeing, she lived to put those smiles on their faces, and she couldn't wait to be back home permanently to make sure Clarke, Olivia and Oscar smiled every second of the day. Pushing all of her thoughts about the future to the side, she took the chance to enjoy the family time she was getting.
What does everyone think? …..So I didn't put the time jump into effect this chapter, however, the beginning of the next chapter will have the time jump, everything that happens in between will be explained as well as a CLEXA flashback….Next chapter will finish with an almost BANG if you will, if not an actual one but at least an emotional one I haven't decided yet haha… For those wondering about Jealous Clarke, she will show up very soon But anyways, until next time peeps and peepettes…Stay Safe and Keep Fanficing
