It's just a little crush
Chapter 25
* So here it is. The final chapter.
I dont know how many people will read this but I didn't want to leave the story incomplete.
I'm sorry its taken me so many months to complete it. But life has been difficult this past year and I haven't had the motivation to write.
Also, truth be told I lost my flow for this story. I didnt really know where else to go with it which is part of the reason that this chapter is the last. I am in no way a great writer but it has been fun to write this story albeit even if i did lose the flow and where to go with it.*
A sunny day in May:
Lexa was sleeping soundly when her alarm blared next to her waking her up instantly. She rolled over in bed and turned it off before a huge smile crept over her face.
"I'm getting married today!" she exclaimed at the top of her lungs. "Anya I'm getting married today!"
A few moments later Anya and Raven burst through the door, glasses of champagne in hand.
"Finally you're awake, we have been up for hours" Raven laughed.
"We've already had multiple messages from Clarke asking if you're awake yet" Anya smirked as she sat down on the bed next to Lexa and passed her a glass.
Lexa smiled as she looked through her phone reading the excited messages she had received from Clarke.
They had both decided that they wanted to spend the night before the wedding apart so that they could see each other in their dresses for the first time after walking down the aisle. Octavia, Raven and Anya had gone dress shopping with both girls separately so they ensured they didn't have the same dresses and that their dresses would complement each others. It had taken a lot of planning and saving but they had organised the perfect wedding and neither could wait to get married and spend the rest of their lives together.
Three hours later Lexa, Anya and Raven were pulling up to the wedding venue. It was a beautiful warm day, perfect for an outdoor wedding. The girls made their way inside the hotel and to the room that had been reserved for Lexa and Clarke to stay in that evening.
Lexa hung her dress up and started to get ready. Raven helped to style her hair, beautiful curls framed her face and Raven secured a flower crown made of fresh white roses into Lexa's hair. Once her hair was done Anya applied Lexa's makeup before doing her own and then Ravens.
Once all three girls hair and makeup was done Raven and Anya got into their bridesmaids dresses. The two of them along with Octavia had matching dark purple lace dresses that stopped just below the knee and flattered all three girls perfectly, they had all been given purple flowers to wear in their hair too. Lexa looked at the both for a moment and was speechless, tears started the form in the corners of her eyes and she tried desperately not to let them fall and ruin her makeup.
"You both look so beautiful" Lexa choked.
"Come on Lex you can't cry yet" Anya teased.
"Just wait until you see Clarke in her dress, you'll cry for certain then" Raven smiled.
"I still can't believe that I'm actually marrying Clarke today, my best friend, my soul mate. I honestly can't believe how lucky I am!" Lexa said thoughtfully.
"Clarke's the lucky one" Anya teased and poked Lexa in the stomach.
"Hey they are both as lucky as each other" Raven added. "Now come on and finish getting ready so you can walk down the aisle and marry your one true love"
Lexa put her dress on, which was a beautiful floor length white gown with lace sleeves and a train that reached the floor. Anya had commented that it was very much like Kate Middleton's wedding dress, and truth be told it was, and it suited Lexa perfectly. Once she was in her dress Lexa slipped her shoes on, and her locket that Anya had brought her. She opened it up and looked at the picture of her birth parents. Tears formed in her eyes and she tried hard to stop them falling, to no avail.
"They would be so proud of you Lex, and so happy for you both. They might not be here in person, but they are here in spirit" Anya soothed as she wiped the tears from Lexa's cheeks.
Lexa took a deep breath and looked at herself in the mirror checking everything was perfect, before she took the white and purple rose bouquet from Anya. She gave both her bridesmaids a smile before they heard a knock on the door; it was Lexa's parents asking if she was ready to go. She gave them a nod and a hug and they all headed outside to where the hotel had set up for the ceremony. There were rows of seats that lead to an archway that had been decorated with the same flowers in Lexa's bouquet. All their friends and family were already seated and the minister who was conducting the wedding was waiting under the arch way and gave Lexa a smile. Unconditionally by Katy Perry started to play and everyone stood up.
Anya and Raven walked down the aisle first followed by Lexa and her dad. Everyone turned to watch and several guests were crying. Once at the archway Lexa gave her dad a kiss on the cheek and he sat down in the front aisle with Raven and Anya. A few moments later Octavia walked down the aisle, followed by Clarke who was being given away by Abby.
Clarke had a stunning strapless ivory dress that flowed to the floor and was equally as beautiful as Lexa's. She had one single white rose in her hair that was perfectly curled around her face. She had the same bouquet as Lexa's in her hands, that unbeknownst to Lexa were shaking profusely.
Lexa started to cry as soon as she saw Clarke; the minister passed her a tissue and the guests laughed. Clarke finally made her way to the archway and was also crying by this time. The minister passed her a tissue which caused another round of laughter.
Lexa kissed Clarke on the cheek softly before they turned to the minister and the ceremony started.
An hour later and after a beautiful and emotional ceremony, Clarke and Lexa were finally married. The wedding party made their way inside the hotel to the function room that had been set up for the evening reception. Clarke and Lexa entered, and as they walked through the door they heard a familiar voice that sounded like a certain Miss Reyes exclaiming "Please welcome Mrs and Mrs Griffin-Woods" through the sound system. Both girls laughed as they made their way around the room to greet and thank everyone who was there. A while later they sat down for a beautiful meal and then it was time for the speeches.
Lexa, Clarke, Anya and the girl's parents all delivered incredible speeches that left the whole room in tears. The speeches were followed by champagne for everyone. Clarke and Lexa both noticed how Octavia had avoided any alcohol all day and wondered if there was a reason why, however after what had happened before they didn't want to ask or push her to tell them anything she wasn't ready to.
The DJ announced that it was time for the first dance, Clarke and Lexa walked hand in hand to the middle of the dance floor as 'A thousand years' by Christina Perri started to play. Lexa placed her hands around Clarke's waist, as Clarke placed hers around Lexa's neck as they swayed in time to the music. Towards the end of the song the DJ announced all the other couples in the room could join the newlyweds on the dance floor so soon Clarke and Lexa were joined by their friends and family who were also couples including Raven and Anya, Lincoln and Octavia, Bellamy and Gina, who all danced around the girls and couldn't help the huge smiles that spread across their faces.
Lexa looked into Clarke's eyes with the biggest smile the blonde had possibly ever seen and leaned in to give her wife a kiss. Clarke kissed her back softly before pulling her into a tight hug.
"I love you so much Mrs Griffin-Woods" Lexa whispered into Clarke's ear.
"I love you more, Mrs Griffin-Woods" Lexa replied with a small chuckle.
"I've had the best day of my life" Clarke added.
"As have I" Lexa agreed.
"Here's to the rest of our lives" Clarke smiled and kissed Lexa's lips softly.
"Lets make it incredible" Lexa concluded and returned the kiss.
The wedding reception carried on until the early hours of the morning and everyone had a wonderful time. Lexa couldn't believe that Clarke was finally her wife and how amazing their whole relationship had been up until that moment, and she was so excited for their future. She knew that it was going to be amazing with her wife by her side.
1 year later:
"Happy Anniversary Lex" Clarke whispered softly as she kissed Lexa on the cheek.
Lexa sleepily turned round in the bed moving carefully.
"Happy Anniversary babe" Lexa smiled back and returned the kiss before rubbing her stomach lovingly.
"Good morning to you too baby girl" Clarke smiled as she placed a kiss on Lexa's growing stomach.
Six months after Lexa and Clarke got married they had decided they wanted to try for a baby. After long talks about who would carry the baby and how they would conceive they settled on Lexa carrying first and going through the hospital Clarke worked at for fertility treatment. They were lucky that their first IVF cycle had worked and Lexa was now six months pregnant with a very healthy little girl.
For their anniversary Clarke and Lexa had decided to have everyone round for a cookout, seeing as Lexa was getting too big and uncomfortable to do much these days. Plus they wanted to spend their anniversary the same way they had spent their wedding day, with everyone they loved around them.
A few hours later the table was covered in food and their friends and family started arriving,including both girls parents, Lexa's grandma, Raven and Anya, Bellamy and Gina, Harper, Miller and Bryan. They had all turned up to celebrate the girl's special day. There were just a few important people missing...
"Bellamy, what time can we expect your sister?" Clarke shouted from the kitchen just as she heard the front door crash open.
The sound of crying coming from outside the front door ensured everyone knew that the youngest Blake and her little family had arrived.
"Hey guys" Octavia called over the sound of crying and made her way into the house.
Before she could even shut the front door Lexa was walking over to Octavia with her arms spread out wide.
"Give me my niece" Lexa said lovingly and scooped the little girl out of Octavia's arms before she could even protest. The brown haired and brown eyed seven month old girl stopped crying as soon as Lexa held her.
"I don't know how you do that Lexa. She's been crying all morning and neither me nor O could soothe her" Lincoln sighed.
"Luna just loves her Auntie Lexa, don't you beautiful girl?" Lexa cooed as she held baby Luna and rested her on top of her bump.
Clarke took the bags out of Lincoln's hands and went to get them both a drink.
"I swear she's a baby whisperer" Octavia laughed as she followed Clarke to the kitchen. "Nobody else can stop her crying as quickly as Lexa can"
"She's a natural" Clarke smiled in admiration as she watched her wife lovingly rocking Luna and stroking her belly with her free hand.
Unbeknownst to everyone except Octavia and Lincoln, Octavia had in fact been twelve weeks pregnant at Lexa and Clarkes wedding. They had kept it to themselves until they knew that everything was ok with the baby. It came as a shock to everyone and even Octavia herself that she had been able to conceive again easily after all the problems she'd had. It had been a nerve-wracking nine months given the couples previous loss, but thankfully this pregnancy had been text book perfect and baby Luna was born safely and healthy at thirty nine weeks gestation weighing seven pounds exactly. Octavia and Lincoln had taken to parenthood amazingly and loved every second with their miracle rainbow baby.
A little while later the food was served and everyone filled their plates and glasses and celebrated Clarke and Lexa. Conversation was flowing about anything and everything before Anya tapped a glass and stood up. She gave a devious smile to Raven and Raven nodded, Anya cleared her throat and started to talk.
"Raven and I have some exciting news!" Anya declared cheerfully.
Everyone went silent and several confused faces looked at the two brunettes.
"Don't tell me there's another baby joining the growing gang?" Bellamy laughed.
"No, definitely no babies yet!" Raven laughed.
"Well what is it then?" Anya's mom pushed.
"Well, uh. You know how me and Raven went on that trip to Vegas last week?" Anya said looking more sheepish than anyone had ever seen her before.
"Nooooooo" Lexa laughed as realisation hit here followed by multiple faces gazing at her.
"What?" Octavia asked in confusion.
"Well, we may have, kind of, gotten married" Raven finally confessed.
Exclamations of shock, happiness, excitement and confusion followed.
"You may be wondering why we decided to get married in Vegas with none of you there" Raven began "It wasn't planned at all, but once we were there it just felt right. We both agreed it felt the perfect moment and we didn't want to wait"
"Plus you all know stressed we would get planning a wedding like Clarke and Lexa's" Anya added.
"Good point, thank you for saving us all from having to deal with two bridezilla's" Lexa laughed.
Three months later:
"Come on Lexa, you're doing so well. One more push and our daughter will be here" Clarke said calmly.
"I can't do it" Lexa cried as the contraction took over her body.
"Lexa, you can do this. Just one more push, one more and she'll be here" Anya soothed as she rubbed Lexa's back.
With one more almighty push and a scream from Lexa a screaming, pink, wrinkly little girl was brought into the world perfectly healthy and absolutely beautiful.
"Time of birth, 8.40pm" The midwife said out loud as she wrapped the baby in a towel and placed her on Lexa's chest.
Clarke cut the cord as Lexa took in every detail of her daughters face. Just like Luna, as soon as she was placed in Lexa's arms she stopped crying.
"She's so beautiful Lexa" Anya said between tears.
"I'm so proud of you babe, you were incredible" Clarke said in admiration through her own tears. "I can't believe she's finally here"
"Does she have a name?" The midwife asked as she wrote down the babies details.
Lexa and Clarke both looked at each other and smiled.
"Her name is Hope".
Throughout Lexa's life, there had been hard times, times when she didn't know if she could carry on or make it through another day, times when she didn't think she would ever be happy again. But the one thing she always held onto no matter how hard life got was, hope.
* To those who have read my story since the beginning and left encouragement and comments, thank you so much!
I hope that you enjoyed the way I finished this story up. There were things I could've improved along the way but this is the first significant piece of writing I have done since i left school 10 years ago!
I have missed writing and plan to write more stories. I have a few ideas that im really excited about so im hoping ill be able to start them soon and that I can update weekly.
Once again thank you for following this story, and sticking with it even if I left months and months between updates!*