Music Never Sleeps

by SkylarMarie90

Clarke and Lexa were married since they were 19, they have twins together One girl and One Boy. Everything was fine until one year ago when they broke up after someone told Clarke that Lexa had cheated on her, when Lexa refused to admit to cheating Clarke began to believe what she was told and they feel apart...can they get back to where they used to be? Clexa AU (Non G!P)

34. MY Eternity & Forever

HELLLLOOOOO PEOPLEEEEEEEEE, Firstly I wanna say a MASSIVE SORRY for the VERY VERY VERY delayed posting on this final instalment of this Fanfic, If I'm honest life and just my general laziness got in the way of me finishing this story…but I can always rely on the English weather to snap me out of it with good old fashion boredom lol It snowed quite badly and that forced me to stay home and luckily helped me finish this story within a week. :-) Seoncdly, Whilst Ive not posted I've seen a massive boost in intreset and to those that have started ready the story since then I say a massive thank you and I also apologise for the wait in the final chapter lol Also Welcome and thank you for taking the time to read my fanfic :-) So THANK YOU to: , ryu252, livelove1334, , melanied1990, ginyoku, Couldfeelfree, ziska94, Schultzy94, , Farmergirl6, BatgirlPunked, sadieangel1, payankiki, Sammijc, Djayden, ClexaShipper4Ever, AsraiaySophira & Amelia242018 for favouriting and/or following this fanfic, I hope you all enjoy the final chapter ad have enjoyed the fanfic as a whole. Thirdly, Thank you to: Guest chapter 33 . Jan 23, swtid77, Cheekymadom & tcatch20 for your reviews on the last chapter :-) I enjoyed each and every one of them as always. A small THANK YOU to, swtid77 for your reviews on all the chapters as you went along with the story, I hope you enjoy this final instalment…FINALLY, I'll let you all get on with ready the final instalment of this fanfic, it is a total of 29,000 words so be prepared lol but anyways, I'll leave you all to it and I hope that each and every one of you enjoys it….

A/N: So there will be a lot in this chapter but I couldn't cut any of it as I thought it was all important, but don't be afraid to skip the flashbacks and some parts if you need to lol BUT I would say defo read the second flashback as it gives a small insight into what Raven and Lexa went through with their Mom in their childhood. But anyway I hope you all enjoy :-)

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Chapter Thirty-Final Part (My Forever and Eternity)

Monday 10th April 2017 12:30

Raven and Lexa sat on the hospital bed, Raven still had her left arm wrapped around her sister's shoulders holding onto her as she realised all her emotions. They must have been sat like that for about ten minutes before Raven looked down at her twin seeing the tears that now stained her cheeks, reaching up with her right hand she wiped at Lexa's cheeks then wiping the moisture onto her jeans. Still she didn't speak giving Lexa the time to process what she needed to, she listened, and she waited just like Lexa always did with her when they were younger. All those times their mother got so drunk she could barely see straight, yet was able to pick an argument with their father, accusing him of anything and everything she could, that would most of the time turn into a fight, a fight that would cause Raven to go into herself and not talk at all, and all Lexa would do was wrap her arm around her shoulders and hug her until she was ready to talk. So now that was what she was going to do for Lexa. She wasn't sure how much time had passed by since she'd climbed onto the hospital bed to comfort her twin sister, but the next voice that filled the room was Lexa's;

"I was scared" Raven looked down slightly at her twin, not speaking knowing Lexa needed to get things off her chest. "I thought…." Lexa stopped as she struggled to get the words out, holding in her emotions so much her face began to go red as if it was going explode "I thought I was gonna die Rae". Raven remained silent turning her head a little more placing a soothing kiss on her sister's forehead, slowly she removed her right arm from around Lexa's shoulders placing it between them and taking his sister's right hand in her left, just like Lexa used to do with her when they were younger, just as Lexa used to Raven interlocked their fingers as Lexa leant her head completely against her shoulder. "The whole time I was lying there on the floor all I could think of was that I was going to die…that I'd leave the twins and Clarke alone…I felt so helpless and weak, I've never felt that before….you know even when we were kids I never felt that helpless, I always had a means of controlling what I was feeling, I always knew that if we were together then we could survive anything…even our parents…but what he did to me…" Lexa paused as Raven heard the anger seeping into her voice, that was the scariest and saddest thing for Raven, she'd never heard that mix of emotion in Lexa's voice, not since they were in college. Still she kept quite pushing her own anger towards Roan as she let Lexa continue "I couldn't get up, or move….I couldn't do anything but lay there and hope someone saved me…It was like I wasn't in my body anymore, that nothing I tried mattered and I was just being forced to watch everything unfold without a choice in it what so ever, I think that was the worst part for me….it wasn't feeling the knife cut through my body or the punches he rained down on me…it was feeling helpless, I haven't felt that since Clarke kicked me out…and even then it wasn't that bad…it was like no matter how hard I tried to will myself to live, to stay awake…for the twins, for Clarke…for you, Cos and TJ…I just couldn't do it…It just makes me feel like one massive major fucking failure…"

"Lex…. you're not a failure…"

"I couldn't hold on Rae, what does that make me?"

"It doesn't make you anything Lex…. you tried, you held on for as long as you could…"

"But…"

"But nothing Alexa….your body gave up, you didn't…you fought for your family and for your life until your body went into shut down mode….and I'm glad it did…" Raven paused as she felt her sister's head move against her shoulder slightly "There isn't anything in the world I wouldn't do for you Lex, I promised that I'd look after Clarke and the twins if the unthinkable happened, and I meant every single word of what I said…because it wasn't the hardest thing….I could see how hard you were fighting to stay with me, how hard you were fighting not to fall asleep, not to give in to the pain and fear that you were feeling….and seeing that only made it worse, if I'd have lost you and the last thing I saw in your eyes was pain, I never would have been able to get over that…I can handle the waiting around and the possibility of you not remembering me or anyone else, I could handle every possible scenario as long as I didn't have to see that pain in your eyes again, as long as I didn't have to see you say goodbye to me in your head…" Raven stopped talking as tears ran down her cheeks as she re-felt the feelings she did as she was fighting to save her twin sisters life weeks ago. "I knew that as soon as you closed your eyes that you weren't in pain anymore, and it gave me some relief…it didn't stop me worrying about you being okay, or make anything any easier to handle but you weren't in pain anymore and that was more comfort than I can explain…" Raven smiled as Lexa squeezed the hand that was interlocked with her own, she felt her sister turn a little and the next thing she knew Lexa was slowly and carefully wiping away her tears, and placing a gentle kiss on her forehead just like when they were younger. The action caused Raven to let out a small laugh, as a questioning frown appeared on Lexa's face Raven explained "Even when you're in a hospital bed in pain you're still looking after me"

"Natural instinct I suppose" Lexa paused as Raven nodded her head in agreement at her words, both of them remaining silent for a second before Lexa rested her head as it was and held onto her sister a little more, seconds turned into minutes before Lexa decided to ask a question she'd wondered about since she woke up, in fact one of several questions she wondered about "I need to ask you something, and I need you to be honest…" Raven softly nodded her head in agreement "How has Clarke been handling all of this?"

"I don't know…Okay I suppose…she's been sketching a lot, I don't think she knows that I've seen her sketching… she mostly does it when I'm napping or when I would go get some fresh air or get us drinks… I think it's her way of processing things without blaming herself… when we were waiting outside the studio trying to get inside to see if you were okay she said that what happened to you was her fault, I told her it wasn't but I got a feeling that she still blamed herself even when we knew you had come through the surgery… she's only just started talking to me more over the last few days, I think maybe that's a sign that she's starting to understand that nothing Roan did was her fault…"

"Has she mentioned him since that day?"

"No, she just talks about you and the twins and everything but him and what he did really….I think she's still processing… we both know there's only one person she ever really talks to about her true feelings and that's you…and until today she's not been able to talk to you…"

"I'll talk to her and make sure she knows none of this was her fault…." There was another bout of silence between them before Lexa asked another question "Did they catch him?"

"No…Once he did his damage he escaped out the back entrance and managed to get to his car, since then the police have been keeping an eye out and actively looking for him but nothing, they have a police car outside Nia's house, they even searched it and the restaurant but nothing yet…they tried all three of his friends and every other place they could think of but they haven't found any sign of him…"

"Do they think he's dangerous to others?"

"No, the only person they think he's a danger to is you…so don't be surprised if once the police find out your awake you get an escort at your door 24/7"

"I'm slightly surprise there isn't one there already"

"well you have Abby to thank for that…she talked to the police and had them liaise with hospital security, they agreed no armed guard was needed and that they police would patrol the area of the hospital every hour to deter Roan if he was thinking of coming here, and along with that they have his picture plaster on every security check point around the hospital as well as wanted pictures on every notice board in the hospital, it doesn't say he's wanted for stabbing you but it says wanted so I think people get the message…and if they see him well he's gonna have a hell of a lot of problems on his hands…and that's just from me"

"Tell me you didn't go after him?"

"I didn't…Clarke wouldn't let me…"

"But you tried too?" When Raven didn't answer Lexa got the answer she needed "Raven…why would you try and go after him?"

"BECAUSE HE NEARLY KILLED YOU" Raven shouted out not releasing her hold on Lexa or moving an inch from her place on the bed, the only thing changing being more tears rushing down her cheeks as her right hand clenched in anger at the thought of Roan, as she gritted her teeth she explained "I was so angry at him…you nearly died, the one person in my life that has always been there when I was struggling or whenever for whatever I needed them for wasn't there…I didn't know how to control it Lexa, I just wanted to find him and beat the hell out of him for trying to take you away from me…."

"You know that's not how to deal with things Rae…how many times have I told you that?"

"I know Lex…and I get it but in that moment I couldn't control it, and once Clarke calmed me down I realised how stupid it was of me to fly off like that, I just couldn't stop myself, usually I have you to calm me back down but I didn't and I knew I didn't which made it a million times harder for me to calm down, everytime I thought about calming down I remembered you were lying in this hospital bed because of him and I just couldn't calm down…not until Clarke started talking about Zachary…."

"And you calmed down?"

"Yeah instantly almost…. I mean I was still angry and I still wanted to kill Roan, but I just couldn't imagine leaving Zachary…being away from him now is almost unbearable but not being able to see him whenever I wanted or even worse being taken away from him forever by Roan, it was unthinkable…I just couldn't do that to him…" Raven paused for a second before softly adding "Or Octavia"

"I know…I get it…all those years when we were younger I only really had one anchor holding me down, and that was you…when we got older that got stronger, yeah we had Cos and TJ, and Clarke and Octavia but there's something about the twins that anchors more than anything else ever has…its different and amazing…and great…and a whole bunch of other feelings that I can't even express…"

"I get it Lex…I know that feeling and it's pretty much indescribable…. all I know is that I'd die for him…and kill for him and do pretty much anything to make sure that he never has to feel what we did, or go through any pain or unhappiness…no matter what it takes I'll do it for him…"

"Yeah…it's amazing and terrifying all at the same time"

"It is…" Raven concurred moving her head slightly to look at her twin sister she gently kissed the top of Lexa's head, insanely happy just to be talking to her sister right now, but she couldn't help feeling worried for her sister slightly and she knew Lexa only needed one more person to say she didn't give up for Lexa to believe it, and that was Clarke. She knew that she had to make sure that her sister wouldn't back out of telling Clarke how she felt "Promise me something Lexa…."

"I'll promise depending on what I'm promising Rae"

"I want you to promise me that you'll tell Clarke how your feeling? Not now but you totally should…but I mean how you feel about what happened…I know you Lexa…and I know that sometimes you get lost in your head…I told you what I feel and I know you believe me but I also know your thinking about the possibility that I'm lying or just telling you what you want to hear…so I need you to promise me that you'll talk to Clarke and tell her what you felt in that moment and let her help you through it, because I'm sure that it'd help her as well, and maybe just maybe she'll talk to you too…maybe it'll be a little easier for you to talk to her…so do you promise me?"

"I promise you…"

"Twin promise me"

"Wow twin promise…bringing out the big guns…" Raven didn't speak but Lexa could tell from her slight tensing up and the feeling of her twins jaw clenching against the top of her head that Raven wasn't impressed with her answer "Okay…no joking at all…. I twin promise you that I will talk to Clarke about how I'm feeling and was feeling in that moment…"

"Thank you"

"Your welcome little sis"

Raven let out a small laugh at Lexa's words she was only 2 minutes younger but their whole lives Lexa had always been the big sister to her, and would always pull the big sister card on her when she was holding something back or hiding something from her. And it always brought her more comfort than anything else, it didn't upset her or make her angry it just made her feel safe and like she was somewhere she could never be hurt. As she got lost in her thoughts she felt Lexa sink into her a little more her arms holding onto her sister a little more, both enjoying their time alone before Clarke and the twins came back with Jake and Abby. Minutes passed by as they both kept their eyes closed relaxing the best they could, enjoying the silence until they both heard arguing in the distance, both of the opened their eyes at the same time looking in the direction the noise was coming from they listened as the voices got louder and closer, both of their faces contorted as the carefully manoeuvred themselves to look at each other in slight confusion as they both realised they knew the voices;

"I don't care"

"We have to go back Cos...Mom and Dad are gonna be really mad at us…"

"I SAID I DON'T CARE I WANNA SEE…" The voice stopped as Lexa and Raven's eyes landed on their younger siblings, Costia and TJ, both Costia and TJ stopped in their tracks as they'd entered the hospital room seeing their older siblings in front of them "Lexi" Costia softly let out a massive smile breaking onto her face as her and TJ rushed forward without thinking, engulfing Lexa and Raven a hug both being as careful as they knew they had to be.

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Hospital Canteen-12:43

Clarke slowly walked into the hospital canteen it'd been nearly twenty minutes since she'd left Lexa's hospital room, leaving the woods twins to talk over whatever they were going to talk over, she knew Lexa needed to unload her feelings and she also knew that Raven was most likely the only person that would be able to get Lexa to open up quickly. Once she'd left the hospital room she went outside for some fresh air before she called Octavia up telling her best friend how Lexa had woken up, they ended up talking about everything that had happened and how Clarke was feeling, Clarke lied saying she was fine and Octavia made her best friend promise to tell Lexa what she was really feeling. Clarke promised and they began talking about the twins and how happy they were when Lexa woke up, and how Oscar shouted at his Grandma before instantly apologising without being told, after a while they both agreed to end that call, with Octavia telling Clarke that she was going to get Zachary ready and head over to the hospital to see his Mama and Auntie Lexa, as well as his Auntie Clarke and his cousins. As she'd ended the call Clarke placed her phone back in her pocket heading back inside and walking to the canteen.

As she looked around trying to find her parents and her children she heard Olivia's voice loudly yell out "MOMMY" Making her smile instantly, she turned in the direction of the voice seeing her daughter running towards her, once Olivia was close enough she lifted her daughter of the floor hugging her tightly "Hi Mommy"

"Hi princess…so where are we sitting?"

"Over there, Mommy…" Olivia pointed in the direction she'd just come from, Clarke noticed Oscar and her parents sitting at a table, Oscar was sitting next to his Grandma excitedly waving at her with one chocolate covered hand as his other hand held a piece of chocolate cake in it, his face covered in the same chocolate cake he was holding. The image made her laugh softly as Olivia continued talking "Quick Mommy…before Oscar eats all the cake…" Clarke laughed placing her daughter on the ground she took her hand both of them rushing over to the table. Olivia walked around to the empty seat next to her Grandpa, but instead of sitting down she just waited next to the seat, looking at her mommy she softly and sweetly asked "Can you sit with me please Mommy?"

Clarke smiled at her daughter's utter cuteness right now moving over to Olivia she smiled back at her "Of course I can princess" Lifting her daughter in the air she sat down on the chair placing Olivia on her lap, she noticed the happy smile that appeared on her daughter's face as she leant back against her. As she hugged Olivia she noticed her Mom and Dad giving her a curious look "Lexa and Rae needed some alone time" She explained getting a small nod of understanding from them both. "So Dad, what sugary madness have you been feeding my babies?"

"Hey, I'm innocent this time…your mother was the one that got them all of this" Jake responded holding his hands in the air before motioning to the three chocolate cakes and two vanilla milkshakes along with the two bowls of apple slices and cherry yoghurts on the table, along with two coffees that were Jake and Abby's.

"My petal here was hungry and when we got here my little flower wanted something to eat as well…so I treated them because they've been really good for me and Grandpa…"

"Well they've been good for us not so much for the teachers" Jake responded not thinking through what he said

"What does that mean dad?" Clarke asked intrigued by her dad's words as Olivia leant forward and continued eating her cake

"Nothing just something their teacher said to me"

"What teacher?"

"Mrs Comb"

"And what exactly did she say?"

"She said that Oscar was being a little distracting in class…" Jake badly lied having received a death stare from his wife

"Your lying dad…even though Mom is giving you 'the stare' I need the true"

"Not right now Clarke…. I'll tell you later I promise but right now can you just enjoy that your wife is awake and you're having some quality eating time with the twins"

Clarke thought about it for a second, thinking to herself that no matter what it was it couldn't be that bad if the twins were still in school and if she hadn't been called herself about the incident. "Fine" She huffed out, she didn't have much chance to overthink it as Olivia moved against her chest turning and looking up at her smiling as she held her cake in the air

"Do you want some Mommy?"

"Its okay baby you have it"

"You can have some Mommy I don't minds…" Olivia sweetly smiled placing the cake back on the plate she carefully pulled a piece off holding it for her Mommy "Here Mommy…have this bit, cause I don't wants it…"

"Are you sure about that Princess? I know how much you love Chocolate Cake"

"I'm really sure Mommy…. you love chocolate cake too…and I want you to have some" Olivia smiled as she held the cake to her Mommy's face a little more

"Okay then…thank you princess" Clarke just managed to get her response out as Olivia held the cake to her mouth, smiling she gently held the piece of cake with one hand, carefully biting the cake in her daughter's hand, taking the piece completely she placed it in her mouth eating it with a loud mmmmm and a smile on her face, the noise making Olivia giggle softly at her. Once she finished chewing and swallowed the cake she placed a kiss on her daughter's cheek thanking her again "Thank you so much princess that was delicious"

"Your welcome Mommy"

"I'll get you a coffee" Jake softly added smiling at his family and mainly Clarke as he looked at her getting up and walking over to the counter to get a peace offering of sorts for his daughter. Clarke continued talking to Olivia until her dad returned a minute or so later with her coffee placing it in front of her but not close enough for Olivia to knock it over. As he placed the coffee, Abby picked up one of the yoghurts and one of the spoons placing it next to the coffee so Clarke knew it was for her

"Thank you" She softly said looking at them both gratefully, reaching forward she grabbed the spoon and yoghurt internally thankful for it, she had to admit it she was beyond starving right now. And she needed to eat now especially if she was going to pour her heart out to her wife later. Opening the yoghurt she began eating it noticing Olivia watching her every move almost longingly, looking down at the four-year-old she asked, "Would you like some princess?"

"Is it strawberries Mommy?"

"No baby it isn't…So would you like some?"

"Yes, please mommy…if that's okay"

"Of course, it is" She smiled carefully picking up some yoghurt on her spoon before feeding her daughter the spoonful carefully. As she did, she looked over at Oscar seeing her son's chocolate covered face she laughed "Did you enjoy that cake Oz?"

Oscar let out a laugh as he looked at his Mommy and nodded "It was delicious Mommy…grandma had two pieces"

"Oh, did she? Well Grandma loves chocolate cake, doesn't she?"

"Yeah…she loves it lots and lots…just like you Mommy"

"Well between us I think that's where I get my love of chocolate from?"

"What does that mean Mommy?"

"What does what mean my prince?"

"You said that was where you got your chocolate love from? What does that mean Mommy?"

"You didn't understand what Mommy said?"

"No I didn't…..sorry mommy"

"You don't need to be sorry baby boy…you want me to explain it?"

"Yes please"

"Well you see…" Clarke paused as she thought about the best way to explain what she meant to her son without confusing him "You are made up of two people"

"You and Mama?"

"Exactly…and as a result you are like me in some ways and like Mama in other ways…meaning you take after or get things from Mama and some from me…" Clarke continued explaining as her son nodded his head saying he understood as he continuing to intently listen to what she was saying. "Like Olivia gets her allergy of strawberries from Mama…and you both get your eye colour from Mama…and you both get that little blond tint in your hair from me…and you get your cute little snore from me according to Mama…and loads of other things to…so just like you get all those things from me and Mama…I got some of my habits and features from Grandma and Grandpa…so I was saying that I got my love for Chocolate Cake from Grandma, does that make sense?" She asked realising that she'd just said a whole bunch of things that her son may not have understood.

"Yeah…like how you really like yoghurts and I really like yoghurts Mommy?"

"Yeah"

"I understand" Oscar smiled brightly before turning his attention to his Grandma as he began eating one of the bowls of apple slices "Maybe I like Chocolate cake because you like it Grandma…Mommy got it from you and I gots it from Mommy…"

"That is very smart thinking petal"

"Mama says I'm really smart Grandma"

"And Mama is right…when we go back to see her you can tell her what you learned"

Oscar let out a massive gasp looking at his Grandma before launching himself at her "That's the best idea Grandma, thank you" The three adults laughed at the little boys words as Clarke continued to eat her yoghurt giving Olivia the occasional spoonful until there was nothing left, then turning her attention to her coffee on the table, the five of them falling into a conversation about who was alike in what way, with the twins asking loads of questions about who that got some of their traits from. The whole time they were talking, the same question was in the back of Clarke's mind, 'what hadn't her father told her?'

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Raven and Octavia January 2014

Raven and Octavia were laying in their bed together, wrapped in each other's arms after a few solid hours of love making. They'd spent the whole day with Clarke, Lexa and the twins and something about seeing Raven caring for her niece and nephew and being some maternal did something for Octavia, she wasn't sure what it was, maybe it was more about her being able to see them with children in the future, whatever it was it made her want to make love to Raven all night long. Once they were home it was game on and they made their way from the living room through the hallway until they finally reached their bedroom and after a session against the wall and then on the floor they finally made it to the bed itself. Hours later they were both naked and covered in sweat from head to toe with nothing more than a thin sheet of bedding covering their waists as they held onto each other.

"I can't believe how cute the twins are"

"Is it a little weird that we're talking about our one and a half year old niece and nephew whilst we're naked?" Raven asked causing them both to laugh a little

"No, I don't think it is…now if we were still going it would be very very weird….and insanely creepy and worrying…" Octavia responded leaning into Raven and capturing her lips, humming contently into the kiss. Pulling back she smiled up at her "I can't believe how grown up their getting"

"Its crazy…did you hear Olivia call my name out?"

"I did, she loves her Auntie Rae Rae…so does Oscar though…" She paused for a second as she thought to herself "In fact I'm sure all children love you…"

"Who doesn't love me though?"

"That's true…everyone loves you"

"So about children?"

"What about them exactly baby?"

"Do you want children…with me I mean…is that something you can see us doing in the future?"

"I don't know…you changed the way I see a lot of things, when I was younger I never wanted children, especially with everything my dad put me and Bellamy through, my parents' divorce, my Mom remarrying and having Ontari…I just never wanted my life to be that messy…but we're different, your different…I feel complete when I'm with you and I think I want children…not right now but in the future I can definitely see us with a little family of our own…what about you?"

"I one hundred percent want a family with you…I have since the first time we kissed probably even before that, I love everything about you…I know that you think your imperfect and that there are things you need to change about yourself but there honestly isn't one thing I'd change about you, the way you smile at me brightens up my day, and when you hug me after a bad day it makes everything okay like nothing that happened even mattered because I'm with you…I didn't think I could ever feel like that with someone…I didn't think I could trust someone with myself as much as I trust you…I know we've had good times as well as bad but I can't imagine being without you for a minute let alone any longer…you make me feel complete…"

Raven finished her words looking down at Octavia she could see the tears on her girlfriend's eyes "I don't even know what to say" Octavia managed to choke out as she bit her bottom lip releasing it as she leant up capturing Raven's lips with her own, as they broke apart Raven felt a flutter of butterflies in her stomach as she added on to her previous words;

"I mean every word O, you are the love of my life…I can't imagine being without you…" Then it hit her like a tonne of bricks, all the words she'd been trying to think of to say in her proposal were all falling from her lips, so naturally that she didn't have to think about it, she just opened up her heart and let those words come rushing through. "I don't ever wanna know what it feels like to lose you…I don't think I'd be able to cope physically or mentally…your like air to me Octavia…" As she looked down at Octavia she could see how intently and lovingly her girlfriend was looking at her. Before she changed her mind, she spoke "Close your eyes for me…" And just like that without even asking why Octavia did so, she closed her eyes like her girlfriend asked her and waited to see where it led, Raven reached into the drawer on her right hand side thankful she wasn't too far away from it, reaching inside it she quickly found the small box she'd hidden underneath a bunch of notepads and pens and a whole bunch of junk she kept in that drawer incase she got inspired in the night. Holding onto the box she lifted it out closing the drawer quietly she brought her arm to rest on her right thigh as she adjusted herself slightly "Open them…" She softly said, and before Octavia had a chance to process what was in Ravens hand she added "Will you marry me?" She saw the tears instantly began to rush from Octavia's eyes down her cheeks

"Are you being serious?" When Raven nodded her head Octavia leant forward crashing their lips passionately together pulling back she looked deep into Ravens eyes as she softly whispered against her lips "Yes I'll marry you" No further words we're needed as she crashed their lips together passionately rolling them until she was on top of Raven straddling her now Fiancée the box in Raven's hand falling to the side and completely forgotten about right now, all she was thinking about and all she cared about in this moment was showing Raven how much she loved her.

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Lexa's Hospital Room-12:58

Costia and TJ had been hugging their shocked sisters for over ten minutes none of them able to say a word or even think about what was going on. The main things Lexa and Raven were feeling were happiness and shock, they had no idea that their younger siblings were planning on coming to see Lexa in the hospital. Raven had spoken to them only a day before telling them any update she had on Lexa, which at the time was nothing that they hadn't already been told by their older sister. At first neither of the twins pushed their younger siblings to break their hug or to talk but now they were both wondering what was going on, and they had already heard a small bit of their conversation and it didn't sound good from what they heard. Exchanging a knowingly look, Lexa and Raven both nodded softly at each other before they both gently broke the hug, pushing TJ and Costia backwards so there was space between them that would allow them to see if they were being lied to. Raven decided to ask first clearing her throat she looked at her younger siblings and asked;

"So, what's going on you two?"

Costia and TJ looked at Raven and Lexa seeing the serious expressions that covered their faces, they looked nervously at each other until Costia stood up straight buffed her chest and with a determined look spoke "We wanted to see Lexa"

"And the rest of that explanation is?" Raven instantly asked knowing her little sister was hiding something

"Mom and dad wouldn't bring us…then they said that it wasn't our business and we shouldn't worry about it because it would all be okay"

"And how did you end up here then?" Raven closed her eyes and sighed, the look on Costia and TJ's face was pretty much all the explanation that she needed "Please tell me that you didn't come without their permission?"

"Okay"

"Okay what Costia?"

"You said not to tell you so I won't"

"Don't get smart with me Costia…tell us what happened now"

"I wanted to see Lexa, they wouldn't let me so I came on my own"

"From DC?"

"Yeah…I told TJ not to come with me but he didn't listen, then he spent the whole journey telling me how stupid I was and how much trouble I was gonna be in"

"Because you are you idiot, and now so am I" TJ interrupted his anger was clear but whether or not it was aimed at Costia or not neither Raven or Lexa could tell. "Now there's gonna be so much trouble…WHY DO YOU ALWAYS CAUSE TROUBLE?" He shouted at his older sister, his hands balling into fists as the 11-year-old's whole body stiffened and his face angerly looked at his sister, not one ounce of calm in him.

Seeing her little brother's anger Raven stepped forward grabbing his fists firmly and looking directly at him "Hey, this isn't the time or place to be losing control of your temper, our sister is in a hospital bed after a massive ordeal…she doesn't need this…" Looking to Lexa for a second seeing the thankful nod, she looked to Costia seeing the younger brunette was slightly shocked and scared "Your gonna come outside with me and we'll talk okay?" She said looking back at her little brother.

"Why am I being pulled aside why not her?"

"Because she isn't shouting and disturbing Lexa..."

"Well I don't want to go outside"

"Fine then we'll walk around the hospital and then go to the canteen when your calm enough…Lexa doesn't need this right now…so no more arguments, you're coming with me" Raven firmly told her younger brother, wrapping her arm around his shoulders using the arm to control her brother's body as they walked towards the door. Looking back she looked at Costia firmly saying "Keep an eye on Lexa and talk…it helps believe me" Without a further word she smiled at Lexa and turned back to TJ continuing to walk out of the hospital room turning left and beginning to walk with her younger brother.

After a few minutes of silence and Costia staring blankly at her, Lexa held her right arm in the air motioning her hand for her little sister to come and join her, when Costia didn't she softly added "Come give your big sister a proper hug before I change my mind and decide to grill you about all that…" Costia let out a small smile before moving forward and climbing onto the bed carefully hugging her sister, cuddling gently into her side as she closed her eyes to the feeling of Lexa running her fingers through her hair.

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Flashback-Saturday February 13th, 2011

Clarke and Lexa were in the bedroom Lexa and Raven shared at their Auntie Anya and their fathers house, to say the living situation was a little weird to explain to people was an understatement. Lexa and Raven had gotten used to it and would introduce Anya as their stepmom instead of their Aunt, it was just easier and involved less talking and explaining. And it especially made things easier at times like this week, when their mom and stepdad were in town and were spending loads of time at the house, their mom told them that it was because she wasn't to repair her relationship with Anya, her mom's half-sister, but she knew it was because they wanted to keep Anya and Gustus sweet for when they needed a babysitter, so they could go get drunk without having to pick up Costia and TJ. Her and Raven had taken to only spending time with their Mom when they were together, and their siblings were there, and their mom didn't seem to care anyway so everyone was pleased and somewhat happy. Especially her and Raven, they got to see their younger brother and sister, and they didn't have to spend time with someone who was never a mother to them anyway. And it allowed them both to still be able to spend time with their girlfriends, and thankfully today Raven was at Octavia's allowing her and Clarke to have the bedroom all to themselves. They had started off studying and completely homework that they needed, they managed to get through half of their homework before they looked at each other smirking, those smirks turned into a peck on the lips which almost instantly led to a full on make out session, that was almost thirty minutes ago and now things were starting to get a little more heated between them as Lexa's hands made their way underneath the shirt of the blonde underneath her, at the same time Clarke's hands found their way to Lexa's jeans waistband, her hands gripping onto the denim material, as the kiss deepened Lexa pushed against Clarke's chest creating space between them seeing the pout Clarke was giving her she looked down at the blonde in the eyes before continuing;

"Clarke, we're getting a little distracted from the task at hand"

"But it's been so long since we made love…"

"It's been two weeks"

Clarke let an almost devilish smirk as she quickly switched her and Lexa's positions, so she was straddling the brunette her hands resting firmly on Lexa's hips as she looked into her eyes lustfully "Exactly my point" She didn't miss the smirk that graced Lexa's face as she looked up at her "Are you saying you don't want to?"

"I didn't say that exactly, did I?"

"No, you didn't…. but you did say we were getting distracted"

"We are…we're meant to be completing our homework Clarke…Tomorrow is Valentine's Day babe are you seriously saying you can't wait another day"

"Well No I can't wait one more day, and as for our homework I am doing it…you see it's my Biology homework, and I'm researching the anatomy of a female teenager…"

"Research huh?"

"It's a very important thing to know about Lexa…" Clarke smirked leaning down until she was face to face with her girlfriend her lips hoovering over Lexa's "Do you really want me to stop? ….to get off you completely and go back to doing my school work? …"

"Well that depends…" Lexa responded her attention fully on Clarke's lips

"On?"

"How much you need to complete?"

"I've done three quarters of it…only a few more paragraphs and I'm done…but right now I can't think about anything but you…it's not my fault you distract me Lexa... If anyone is to blame, it's you…"

"Me?" Lexa asked amused at the sentence, seeing the flash of playfulness in Clarke's eyes, softly biting the right corner of her bottom lip she smiled up at Clarke responding, "Well I guess if I'm the reason your distracted I should really make up for it…right?" Clarke eagerly but softly nodded her head at Lexa, without another word or thought she meant up capturing Clarke's lips with her own, both of them falling back into the make out session they had been engaged in minutes before, their hands roaming all over each other's bodies, underneath clothing. Clarke's hands had just connected with the button of Lexa's jeans ready to unbutton them when there was a knock on the bedroom door that made them both jolt apart quickly "Who is it?" Lexa's shouted her mind focused only on reconnecting her lips with Clarke's

"IT'S ME" A small voice shouted through the door as a knock continued

"Costia?" Lexa cautiously asked her attention shifting from Clarke to the door back to Clarke then back to the door

"YES…ITS ME LEXI…"

Lexa looked up at her girlfriend smiling brightly as Clarke knowingly removed herself from her girlfriend's waist, laying on the bed and watching as Lexa excitedly jumped off the bed and jogged over to the door opening it wanting to see her little sister. As soon as the door opened Costia came running into the room jumping up onto her sister and hugging her tightly "I missed you loads Cos..." Lexa let out as she squeezed her little sister peppering kisses on Costia's face, hearing a giggle escape the 7-year olds mouth as she did, with her arms holding onto Costia firmly, Lexa adjusted herself and pulled Costia back slightly so they were looking at each other "What are you doing here?"

"Me, Tristan & Mommy came to see Auntie Anya"

"You did?

"Yeah and now they are talking loads and loads, I just wanted to see you Lexi...because I missed you lots and lots"

"You did?"

"Yeah...where's Rae Rae?"

"Am I not good enough for you now little one?"

"Noooooooooooo…" Costia responded laughing softly her head falling back in the air slightly as she laughed, lifting her head back up she looked at her older sister and continued "But I wanted to say goodbye…and I miss her loads too Lexi…"

"Okay then…well Rae is with her girlfriend today…"

"Octavia?"

"Yep that's the one…they are spending a little time together, but I can call her and ask her to come back to see you if you like?"

"Yes, please Lexi"

"Ok then you go sit on the bed whilst I call Rae…you can tell Clarke all about what you've been upto…"

Costia let out a small gasp as she looked over at the bed seeing the blonde sitting up crossed legged on the bed looking over at the two brunettes. Smiling brightly Costia shimmied down Lexa's chest a little before Lexa placed her carefully on the floor watching as Costia ran over to the bed, jumping up onto the bed with ease she sat next to Clarke giggling softly as she looked up at her "Hi Clarke…I'm sorry I didn't see you…"

"Its okay Cos…you were all excited and happy"

"I was…" Costia laughed out bouncing on the bed and jumping onto Clarke's lap sitting so she was facing the blonde. Clarke smiled watching as the little girls face filled with a smile and her hands found their way to her cheeks gently tapping on them as she smiled at her "What were you and Lexi doing Clarke?"

"We were studying loads and loads" She answered not missing the smirk on Lexa's face as she spoke on the phone "Then we got a little bored, so we had a little cuddle time…"

"Can I have a cuddle please?"

"Um of course you can munchkin" Clarke laughed out wrapping her arms around her girlfriend's little sister making the little girl giggle into the hug. As the little girl pulled back after a few minutes Clarke made a funny face at her before suddenly launching a tickle attack on the younger brunette, carefully rolling Costia onto the bed and continuing her attack as the little girl called out for her big sister to help her. Lexa just laughed on looking at her little sister and girlfriends interaction. Minutes passed by before she finally swooped forward lifting her little sister out of Clarke's grasp, lifting her onto her chest as the little girl gripped onto her tightly giggling the whole time, as she continued to laugh Costia softly laughed out;

"Yay Lexi…you saved me again" The words struck both Clarke and Lexa, they weren't meant in a serious way at all, they were completely playful and harmless but deep down they struck with Lexa most, the word again ringing in her mind meaning that Costia remembered all those times she protected the little girl from her drunken parents when they were fighting each other or someone else. Seeing the thoughts circling in Lexa's head Clarke stood from the bed and walked over to her girlfriend gently placing a kiss on her cheek bringing her out of those thoughts. Lexa sent her a thankful smile, which was returned with a small nod from the blonde, who moved and sat back on the bed looking at the two brunettes she was about to ask when Raven would be back when Costia beat her too it "When is Rae Rae getting here Lexi?"

"She should be here any minute Cos, she said she was gonna run all the way back"

"Yaaaaayyyyy I missed her loads….And I wanna give her the biggest hugs ever"

"Bigger than the ones you gave her last time?"

"Yeh loads more bigger" Costia brightly smiled at her big sister, she was about to say something else when a massive bang and a crash sound came from downstairs the sounds making Lexa head turn on a swivel and look towards the door. She had a feeling she knew what and who it was and she wasn't liking the possibility of her being right. Placing Costia on the ground she kneels in front of the little girl taking her hands seeing she was clearly scared she squeezed Costia's hands gently as she looked into her eyes and spoke;

"Don't be scared Cos, I'm not gonna let anything bad happen to you…you stay here with Clarke while I go see Auntie Anya is okay….Clarke will protect you just like I do I promise…"

"But am I safe?"

"Your really safe with Clarke, see she keeps me safe whenever we're together and she's gonna do the same for you okay?" Costia nodded her head sadly at her sister before moving forward and hugging her older sister tightly, pulling back after a few seconds Lexa softly spoke "Good girl, now run over to Clarke for me" She encouragingly smiled at her little sister watching a small unsure smile fill her face before she turned and ran as fast as she could to Clarke jumping onto the bed and into the blondes waiting arms. As Clarke held onto Costia she looked at Lexa mouthing a 'be careful' to her girlfriend who smiled winked and nodded before turning the the door pulling it open and walking down the stairs

Lexa closed the door firmly behind her letting her hand unclench the door handle as she took small steps forward until she was at the top of the stairs, the voices from downstairs clear for her to hear as she closed her eyes and summoned every ounce of energy she could find inside her. Opening her eyes, she took a breath before releasing it and walking down the stairs her face hiding any fear she may have been feeling at that moment. As she reached the living room she could instantly see broken glass on the floor and the coffee table had been turned over like someone had thrown it in a rage, she could see the signs of a small struggle. Looking around the room quickly she could still hear an argument coming from the next room. She was about to go into the kitchen and interject into whatever argument was ensuing in the kitchen, but before she could her attention was pulled to the sound of crying and snivelling coming from the corner of the room. Turning her attention to the corner of the room she slowly walked over to the corner the sounds were coming from, as she reached the corner of the couch she noticed there was a blanket covered over the where a small table was placed between the two couches in the room, slowly pulling the blanket from where it was she placed as she pulled the blanket back she could see someone crouched underneath the table. Kneeling down her eyes fell on her younger brother, TJ, crouched down underneath the table standing up she quickly removed the table from over him;

"Hey buddy it's only me…..it's only Lexi" She softly said, as the sentence left her lips she noticed her little brother's body stop shaking slightly as he slowly began to lift his head up, as his eyes peered over his small knees he saw that his sister was the only one in the room. After seconds had passed by, he jumped up from his crouched position standing up he climbed over the couch to his right and jumped off crashing into his sister full force wrapping his arms around her tightly. Lexa soothingly rubbed circles on her younger brothers back trying her best to calm the little boy, before she had a chance to ask him what had happened and why he had been hiding the front door opened and Raven and Octavia walked into the chaos that was now the living room.

As soon as she noticed the state of the room Raven released Octavia's hand looking around the room her eyes falling on her sister and their frightened younger brother. Quickly walking over to them both she knelt beside Lexa gently stroking Tristan's back as her and Lexa's eyes connected and she asked;

"What happened?"

"No idea, I was upstairs with Cos and Clarke when I heard a bang and smash and came down to all of this"

"Where's mom and Titus?"

"Titus wasn't here and Mom I think is in the kitchen with Aunt Anya"

"Okay I'll check it out" Raven let out standing up, she took two steps before Lexa grabbed her wrist forcing her to stop and turn around at the same time, looking at her twin questioningly "What Lex? I've got this"

"I know you do, but you know she won't stay calm and you can keep TJ and Costia calmer than I can"

"You don't have to keep protecting me Lex"

"Yes I do Rae….that's the deal, you know it, I'm older so it's my responsibility"

"Your only a minute older Alexa"

"That's still 60 seconds older than you Raven" Seeing the look of annoyance on Ravens face she placed her hands on her sister's cheeks looking into her eyes "I need you Rae….I need you to keep Costia and TJ safe….And I need you to protect Clarke as well….If things get crazy I need you to keep her safe…and more than that I trust you to keep them all safe, including Octavia as well…I know you'd never let anything happen to her or anyone else as long as you were there…"

"You promise you'll be careful?"

"I twin promise Rae"

"Okay, I'll take TJ upstairs but if your not there in twenty minutes lex…."

"It won't take th…."

"Twenty Minutes Alexa and I'm coming back down here…"

"Okay twenty minutes max I promise"

"Good" Raven let out moving her sister's hands and pulling her into a hug squeezing her as tightly as she could without hurting her, after a second or so she released her hold on Lexa and turned her attention to her little brother who was frowning heavily looking up at his older sisters. "Hey little man…I know everything is a little scary right now…" She softly said smiling brightly at her little brother, moving forward and kneeling down in front of him, taking his small hands in her own looking him in the eyes and making sure her smile never faltered. "Lexi is gonna go help Mommy…and me and you are going to go upstairs to play with Cos and Clarke…."

"And Tavia?" The little boy cutely asked as he looked up at his big sister, find courage in her smile.

"Yep and Octavia too…so are you ready?"

"Yeh" TJ excitedly replied, his fear seeming to disappear at Raven's words and smile. Excitedly jumping in the air a few times, he removed his hands from Raven's launching himself forward wrapping his arms around his sister and hugging her tightly.

"Come on then…how about we play snap….I bet I can beat you…"

"No….I'm gonna win"

Raven indulged her little brother in a small and joking argument as she lifted him up, carrying him up the stairs towards her and Lexa's bedroom, Octavia softly smiled at Lexa before following her girlfriend upstairs. Watching the three of them walking up the stairs, she waited until they were out of sight and she'd heard the sound of the bedroom door closing before she took a deep breath in and turned her attention to the kitchen, releasing the deep breath before beginning to walk towards the kitchen.

Step by step, she forced her body towards the kitchen until she was at the door, then forcing herself to walk through the door. She was meet with the image or her Aunt holding her mother against a wall, clearly restraining her stopping her from doing anymore damage than she'd already caused. Pushing down all the anger that instantly surfaced inside her she moved forward "I've got it from here Anya". Hearing Lexa's voice Anya turned around looking the teenager as she walked towards them, Anya's grip loosened as Lexa stopped at the side of them both.

"You shouldn't have to deal with her in this state"

Lexa shook her head at her Aunt's words as her mother slide down the wall she was previously being held against, clearly so intoxicated that standing was an impossible task at this moment in time. "But it was okay for me to deal with her for years before I came here right?"

"Lexa, we didn't know she was this bad….we thought you were exaggerating"

"And that makes it okay somehow right?"

"No, not by any means….but I want to help now…let me…"

"You really don't get it do you?" Lexa let out kneeling in front of her mother, smiling compassionately at her, as her mother looked up at her and smiled reaching up with her right hand and stroking her cheek as tears ran down her face as she looked up at her daughter, trying to speak, words that Lexa had heard all too many times 'sorry' a word that had little meaning to her whenever it came from her mother. Placing her arms underneath her mothers arms, just like she had done so many times before that she'd lost count, she lifted her mother off of the ground wrapping her arm around her waist so she didn't lose her balance and fall to the floor again. As she went to manoeuvre her mother through the kitchen and to the couch in the living room, her aunt stopped her looking her in her eyes and asking;

"What don't I get Lexa? Explain it to me"

"This is all because you wanted something you couldn't have"

"What do you mean Lexa?"

"She was never this bad, no matter what my father says….she only got bad when she found you and my father having sex in Raven's bed…when you decided that he meant more to you than your sister and your nieces…none of this would have happened if you'd been a true sister….and then to make things worse, he chose you as well….can you imagine what that does to a person, to have the only two people you love most, to have the two people that are meant to protect you and be there for you no matter what turn their backs on you because they couldn't control their sexual urges and impulses enough to wait…..enough to be honest"

"Things weren't that simple Lexa?"

"Yes they were…you loved him more than you cared and loved your sister….more than you loved me and Raven…you know I could never in a million years do that to Raven, I couldn't betray my sister like that….and now you've done the damage you wanna help….now that it's in front of you and you have no choice but to watch and to truly see it…you want to help….well its too late….the damage is already done and it isn't getting better, especially now you and my father are married and living your perfect life….the perfect life you keep rubbing in her face…until you leave her alone she wont ever be better….so please right now…just leave her alone…"

"It wasn't like that, me and your father never meant…."

"Never meant to hurt anyone yeah I've heard it all before…" Lexa paused as her mothers dead weight began to cause her grip to loosen as she held her up, readjusting her mother and her grip around her mother's waist she held her against her a little more making her weight a little easier to manage "You and my father are both as pathetic as each other, and I want you to know the only reason I came and lived here was because of Raven…she needed me more than I needed to stay away…that's what being a sister really is…being willing to do something you don't want to because they need it more than you need not to do it….but I couldn't expect you to get that…but you keep justifying your actions to yourself if it helps you sleep….now if you'll excuse me I need to take care of my mom" Lexa finished not giving her aunt the option to keep talking, instead she looked down at her mom and softly said "It's okay Ma…I've got you…" Holding onto her mother tightly so she didn't fall, Lexa half carried and half dragged her mother into the living room step by step moving to the couch until she was close enough to place her mother on it. Once she's laid her mother on the couch she walked back into the kitchen walking past her aunt who had tears covering her cheeks, tears that got no response or raise in emotion from Lexa as she retrieved a bowl from underneath the sink walking back to the living room until she knelt in front of her mother, placing the bowl on the floor in line with her mom's head knowing exactly what was coming next, her body went into auto pilot as she found a blanket in the corner of the room, placing it over her mom to keep her warm whilst her body recovered from yet another abusive session of alcohol consumption.

Turning herself around Lexa sat on the floor, her knees bent in front of her and her back pressed against the bottom of the couch, her mom's drunken body laying behind her on the couch, the bowl to her right and her eyes focused on the wall in front of her. Minutes must have passed by when Lexa was brought out of her haze by the sound of wrenching, quickly and instinctively turning herself around so she was on her knees she held her mom's hair back as the woman successfully empty the contents of her stomach into the bowl that had been expertly placed by Lexa. As the sound of vomiting quieting in the room Lexa could hear her mom trying to speak, 'I'm sor…' was all she would manage to get out before another spell of vomiting took over her body "Its okay Ma…I know your sorry…" Lexa robotically answered as she held her mom's hair back making sure she didn't get vomit in it. A minute passed by and her mom's vomiting ceased as she rolled onto her back, the smell of the vomit filling the room as Lexa's anger and frustration boiled to the surface. Standing up she took a breath in, making sure that the blanket was still covering her mom, seeing it was she took a deep breath in, she was about to lean down and pick up the bowl to empty it when she heard voices and the sound of footsteps descending the staircase that led to the living room.

"Clarke, I told you just leave Lexa to it…"

"No I wanna check she's okay, and I wont take no for an a…." Clarke's words died in her throat as her eyes fell on Lexa and Raven's mom laying on the couch, clearly drunk a bowl filled with vomit on the floor near her head, her eyes moved to Lexa, the brunette was clearly about to pick up the bowl and dispose of the vomit. As her eyes landed on Lexa she went to move forward a step stopping when she saw the shame quickly appear on her girlfriend's face "Lex…"

Before Clarke could say another word Raven rushed past her, rushing to her sisters side looking her in the eyes she knew what was looking back at her. It was pure shame at Clarke having to see this side of their life, sure Lexa had told Clarke about their mums problems and all the bad things that they'd experienced but Clarke seeing it in person was another thing, it made her feel ashamed of her family and how different their mom was from everyone else's. Placing her hands on her sister's shoulders Raven turned herself and her sister until Lexa's back was facing Clarke, moving her hands up to her sister's cheeks holding them so they were looking at each other she could see the tears building in Lexa's eyes, pulling her forward and into a hug she wrapped her arms around Lexa who instantly hugged her back, they held each other for a few minutes with the sound of their mom throwing up in the background ringing in both their ears. Minutes upon minutes passed before they both loosened their hold on each other removing themselves from the hug as they looked at each other, Raven looked at Lexa and softly smiled looking in her sister's eyes as she spoke;

"You don't have to do this anymore Lex….let me clean her up you go upstairs…"

"No Rae…and before you say it again, we'll do this together….just like we do with everything else" Lexa smiled at his twin who was smiling back at her, gently pulling Raven forward she placed a gentle and loving kiss on the side of her head before releasing her and turning around both of their attention returning to their drunk mom. As they both looked to the bowl they were meet with the image of just the floor, both of them curious for a second before Clarke came back into the room holding the bowl their mom had thrown up in on her hands, stopping in her tracks she looked at them both;

"Sorry I just wanted to help, you've both done this for too long and I wanted to show you that neither of you need to be ashamed it's not something either of us responsible for….so please don't be ashamed or embarrassed at all,…I just wanted to show you both that your not alone anymore, it's not just you two….you have me and Octavia now…." Clarke stopped herself speaking as she tried to gauge Lexa and Ravens reactions, she watched as Raven smiled at Lexa and walked forward taking the now empty bowl from Clarke's hand smiling brightly at the blonde before moving back over to her mom checking she was okay as she placed the bowl back where it had been before. Clarkes eyes moved from Raven to Lexa as the brunette moved towards her, her expression was blank and Clarke had no idea if she was happy, sad or angry with her. As Lexa stopped about a foot in front of her she nervously spoke "I really just wanted to help Lex…I wasn't trying to embarrass you or…" Clarke was cut off as Lexa's lips connected with hers and the brunette pulled her close wrapping her arms around Clarke's waist as the blonde instinctively kissed her back. Seconds passed by before they broke apart and Clarke looked at her girlfriend dumbfounded look covering her face as she looked at Lexa and breathlessly asked; "What was that for?"

Lexa could help the natural smile that graced her face as she lovingly looked at Clarke and replied "Thank you…sometimes I forget for a second just how amazing you are, and you just reminded me that I am the luckiest girl in the world" Lexa smiled leaning forward wrapping her arms around the blonde and holding onto her as Clarke wrapped her arms around the brunette returning the hug, as she thought about Lexa's worlds. Both of them thinking about how lucky they were to have each other and neither one of them wanted to lose the other ever.

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Lexa's Hospital Room-13:32

Lexa had been hugging her little sister for minutes on end before she finally pulled back looking at her little sister expecting an explanation but instead getting nothing but a pout. Sending her a firm look Lexa told her little sister she needed to tell her everything before her parents arrived. Costia instantly opened up and began telling her older sister about all the trouble she'd been in at school because of people picking on her for having alcoholics for parents. She told Lexa how she got into so many fights that she stopped going to school because she was tired of fighting people and not being able to learn anything no matter how hard she tried to ignore them. She told Lexa how she told their mom and her dad but they just told her to ignore it, that she'd been wanting to run away for a long time because she thought nobody cared, how she begged her parents to let her talk to her and Raven but they refused to tell her where they lived or to give their numbers, she went on to tell Lexa how she snuck into their room when they were passed out and stole their phones going through them trying to find her sisters' numbers but only finding old numbers that no longer worked when she tried calling them. Then she told Lexa how she heard from Raven telling them what had happened, how she thought it was a sigh that she was meant to run away and come visit her, because when things always got bad Lexa and Raven would look after her and protect and, and TJ as well. She told her older sister everything she had clearly been holding back, how she felt so unwanted by everyone in the world except her older sisters. As she finished tears ran down her cheeks and Lexa opened her arms again to her younger sister welcoming her into another hug letting her cry her heart out.

She wasn't sure how long had passed by when her little sister looked up at her with sad eyes and a scared and sad pout covering her face, she listened as Costia cleared her throat and softly spoke;

"I don't wanna go back there Lex"

"I know you don't but you have to…I know it's tough…"

"It's got worse….Mom doesn't drink as much as she used to but she still hates me"

"She doesn't hate you Cos"

"She does, nothing I do is right….TJ is perfect in her eyes he's never wrong or bad in her eyes…but me I do everything I'm told and I'm still wrong…I still get in trouble I hate it….I hate her"

"No, you don't…." Costia looked at Lexa challengingly before Lexa half smirked and explained "You hate that she doesn't see what pain she causes…. you hate that she loves drink more than she loves you….and that she can't just stop…I know it's hard Cos but I promise she loves you even though she never shows it…"

"I do hate her, she kept you and Rae away from us and whenever we ask about you she tells us that we don't need to know…she blames you for everything but that's not fair Lex you looked after her is when she didn't…"

"I know Cos…she's just upset that me and Rae chose to leave her…and she doesn't want to accept her part but that's okay because no matter what happens we're family and nothing can keep us apart"

"You promise?"

Lexa smiled softly gently rubbing her sister's back as she replied "I promise" Lexa smiled even more when she saw a small smile appear on her little sister's face. Nether of them had a chance to say a word as one of Lexa's favourite voices in the world filled the room;

"MAMA…." Olivia's voice filled the room as her and Oscar ran into the room both of them giggling softly as they stopped seeing someone they didn't know hugging their Mama, Oscar clasped his hands together seeing his Mama looking at him he smiled softly speaking

"We're back Mama"

Lexa let out a small laugh as Costia wiped her eyes and removed herself from her arms. Lifting herself slightly but not enough to cause herself any pain she sat up a little allowing to see her twins a little better. "I can see that my prince…where is Mommy? And grandma and grandpa?"

"Mommy is talking to grandma and grandpa outside Mama" Oscar responded not taking his eyes off the stranger near his Mama's bed.

"Okay" Seeing the curious look on her children's faces as they looked at Costia again she softly explained to them "You guys remember when I told you I have a sister and a brother?"

"Yes, other than Auntie Rae you said Mama" Olivia sweetly replied unknowingly impressing her Mama with her memory

"I did…. well do you remember my other sisters name?"

"I do Mama"

"And what was it princess?"

"Costia"

"That's right….and this is Costia" Lexa smiled pointing in Costia's direction as her sister stood nervously next to her

"Is she our Auntie as well Mama?" Oscar asked stepping a little closer to his Mama, the bed and Costia

"Yes… she is your auntie Costia"

Both the twins let out a small gasp before looking at each other and smiling running over to Costia and hugging her legs as they giggled softly. Costia smiled at her sister more tears surfacing in her eyes at the love the twins were showing her, she managed to contain the tears as Olivia and Oscar looked up at her "Hi Auntie Costia" They said at the same time making Costia laugh and smile at the same time, kneeling down she looked at her niece and nephew taking in every detail she could, before she could respond to their hello the twins spoke again;

"I'm Oscar…"

"And I'm Olivia…. but Mama calls me princess"

"Yeah and Mama calls me Prince as well but not all the times"

Costia couldn't help the smile that spread across her face at the two children "It is nice to finally meet you both, I've heard so much about you…"

"You have?" Olivia asked curiously

"Yeh I have…. your Mama talks about you all the time…she told me how you both love Disney movies and how The Jungle Book is your most favourite film in the whole world"

"IT IS" The twins responded jumping on the spot and smiling excitedly, as they excitedly looked at their auntie Oscar sweetly asked, "Did Mama tell you?"

"Yes, she did, and she's told me so much about you both, that's why I'm so happy to finally meet you both in person…. you guys look just like Mama and Mommy mixed together into complete cuteness…" The twins laughed at their Aunties funny words "But you have our family eyes…" Seeing the look of confusion on their faces she laughed explaining what she meant "You see all of the Woods family have green eyes…all of us…not a single person doesn't have green eyes on our family, me, TJ, Rae and Your Mama…all of us…"

"Is that true Mama?" Olivia asked pushing herself up onto her tip toes trying to see her Mama a little better. When her Mama nodded her head at her, Olivia looked back to Costia and asked, "What else did Mama say Aunt Costia?" Costia and Lexa smiled at the little girls easy pronouncing of her Aunts name, Costia smiled as Olivia moved until she was right in front of her whilst Oscar moved closer to his Mama his eyes looking up at her as his Aunt responded to his sister.

"She's told me everything about you, but I haven't spoken to your Mama in a few months, so I might have missed some new stuff…how about I tell you everything Mama has told me and then you can tell me anything that Mama didn't tell me or that I might have forgot…. does that sound like a good plan?"

Olivia rubbed her hands together and looked to her Mama her face showing she was slightly nervous, Lexa smiled at her daughter nodding her head softly as she smiled at her daughter, letting her know that it was okay and Costia wasn't someone she should be scared of at all. Smiling at her Mama, Olivia turned around to Costia and looked up at her nodding her head before she sweetly spoke "We can sit on that chair Auntie Costia…you can sit on it and I can sit on your legs like I do with Auntie Rae….and with Mama and Mommy…" Olivia finished giggling as Costia smiled softly nodding her head and carefully lifted the her niece off the ground carrying her over to the chair in question sitting her niece on her lap carefully before she began telling her everything Lexa had told her about them.

In her hospital bed, Lexa sat watching her not so little sister and her daughter together seeing how easily Olivia took to her sister made a smile spread across her face. Watching the two of them for a second her attention went to her son, who was still stood next to her bed looking up at her with sad eyes and a sadder pout. She could see his hands were holding onto the lowered rail of the bed. As he looked down at his feet Lexa realised he must have wanted to cuddle with her but couldn't work out how to get onto the bed without being lifted up by someone else. Smiling at her son she softly spoke, "You wanna get up here with Mama?" Oscar sadly nodded his head at his Mama "Why don't you push that chair to Mama's bed then carefully climb onto it, Mama will hold your hand and make sure that you don't fall…. Think you can do that?"

"Yes Mama" Oscar excitedly let out jumping up and down on the spot as he continued "Can I mama? Cause I think I can Mama…. But don't let go of my hand though Mama"

"Of course, you can and I won't let go I promise….do you think that you can push that chair by yourself?" She softly asked her son looking over at the chair Abby had been sitting on before they went to the canteen. Oscar looked at her proudly standing up tall and nodding his head, turning and rushing around the bed to the chair in question grabbing hold of either side of the chair he pushed it along the floor until it was right next to his Mama's bed. Looking up at her, he flashed a toothy grin at his Mama as she softly laughed forcing herself to stop laughing so she didn't pop her stitches or open her wounds on her back and stomach. Slowly taking small breaths in and out she held her left hand in the air for her son, lowering it so she wasn't in pain but also so that Oscar could reach her hand. As soon as his Mama was close enough Oscar reached up placing his left hand in his Mama's hand grabbing and squeezing it as hard as he could in case he fell at any moment. Using his right hand he grabbed hold o the back of the chair, bending his knee onto the chair and using his hand on the back of the chair to pull and jump at the same time onto the chair, once both his knees where safely on the chair he tightened his grip on the back of the chair, at the same time tightening his grip on his Mama's hand before he slowly stood himself up one foot at a time, once both his feet were firmly planted he looked at his Mama both nervously and proudly, smiling at her son Lexa softly spoke "Come on Oz, only a little further and we can cuddle….you can do it my prince" Oscar smiled brightly at his Mama, his smile the brightest she'd seen it in the last few hours. Without another word, Oscar moved his hand from the back of the chair to the bed gripping onto the bedding that covered his Mama's body, using his Mama's hand and his grip on the bedding material he quickly hopped up and forward climbing onto the edge of the bed with ease, quickly turning and sitting on his butt so he didn't fall off as he looked at his Mama and proudly said;

"I did it Mama"

"I told you, you could do it baby boy…" Lexa proudly beamed down at Oscar as he leant forward hugging her gently knowing she still wasn't better, wrapping her arms around her son gently she let a small breath of relief thankful her son hadn't fallen from the chair. Looking down at Oscar, she could see him looking up at her smiling contently his small features fixed completely on his Mama's as he opened his mouth to speak

"I love you Mama"

"I love you too baby…and I'm really proud of you…" Lexa responded placing a gentle and loving kiss on her son's forehead wrapping her arms around him a little tighter. As she did she heard footsteps coming into the room, looking towards the door she smiled when she saw Clarke walking into the room "Hey" She smiled uncontrollably, even though Clarke responded with a smile of her own there was something missing from it, something that told Lexa that the blonde had something on her mind that she was sure about sharing. "You okay babe?" She asked curious as to whether there had been a development in Roan being caught.

"Yeah…I just found out something that might reduce your pride in our son" Before Lexa could respond to her, Clarke looked around the room for her daughter, her eyes falling on someone she hadn't seen in years "Costia?" She shockingly let out, the young brunette looked up from her place on the chair with her niece smiling at the blonde carefully lifting her niece onto her chest before standing up and walking over to Clarke, the two women embracing each other lovingly after so many years, both being careful not to squeeze or squash Olivia. After a few minutes had passed by, Clarke pulled back releasing her sister in law from the embrace looking at the younger girl smiling she asked, "What are you doing here?"

"It's a long story Clarke" Lexa interrupted, she knew how happy Clarke must be to see Costia, but she couldn't stop the intrigue at Clarke's comment about Oscar rising inside her. Looking directly at Clarke making sure the Blonde knew she wanted to know exactly what she meant as she asked, "What might reduce my pride exactly?"

"I'm sorry I shouldn't have said that, you've only been awake for a few hours you don't need to be worrying about all this…...it can wait" Clarke answered placing a gentle kiss on Olivia's forehead before watching Costia take Olivia to sit down in the chair they were previously in. Walking forward she stopped next to the hospital bed, on Lexa's right side taking her wife's hand in both of hers, relishing in the moment as Lexa wrapped her hand gently and softly around both of hers as she looked up at Clarke smiling warmly.

"I'm hurt Clarke…. not dumb…. I know your trying to protect me, but I don't need that. I need you to tell me what you were talking about, please?"

"It's honestly nothing Lexa"

"Clarke"

Clarke looked down defeatedly at Lexa, she knew that the brunette wasn't going to give up until she found out what she was talking about. And right now, she was kicking herself for even saying what she had, Lexa needed her rest, not to have to punish their son in a hospital after only just waking up. But she also knew it wasn't right to keep anything from Lexa, not after she came so close to never being able to tell her anything ever again. Taking a small breath in, she gently exhaled holding onto Lexa's hand a little tighter before she explained "I was talking to dad earlier and he made a comment about the twin's misbehaving for the teachers, he wouldn't tell me what it meant…but I found out anyway…"

"And what was it about? Have they been misbehaving?"

"Yes they have…and a lot worse…" Seeing the confused look on Lexa's face Clarke continuing, seeing Oscar's face fill with a guilty but at the same time stubborn look. "I decided to check my emails whilst the twins had a few minutes alone with you…I found out that I had an email from the nursery, Oscar has been suspended for two weeks and Olivia for one week…That's not the worse part"

"Really? What is the worse part then?"

"Oscar was suspended for hitting Ms Cartwright in the face"

"WHAT?" Lexa let out visibly wincing as a result of her tensing her stomach muscles and trying to sit up straighter, within a second Clarke's hand was on her chest holding her back, stopping her from moving forward at all

"Lexa calm down, you can't make any sudden moves like that, the doctor already told you that…please I don't want you to pop your stitches or make your injuries worse than they are"

Seeing the pure worry in Clarke's eyes, Lexa closed her eyes calming herself as she brought her now free right hand up to rest on top of Clarke's, exhaling she opened her eyes softly smiling at her wife; "Your right, I'm sorry...it was just the shock that's all…I won't move anymore…I promise" She finished squeezing Clarke's hand softly. Clarke smiled thankfully at her, before looking to Oscar who was still wearing the same look on his face as he looked at his Mama and Mommy. Lexa turned her attention to their son, wetting her lips quickly she swallowed back the saliva in her mouth she kept her face as soft as possible, as she opened her mouth and asked him "Is that true Oscar? Did you hit your teacher?" Oscar guiltily nodded his head at his Mama, his hands nervously moving, one to his chest and the other to his chin/mouth. "Why did you hit Ms Cartwright?" She was shocked at first but now she looked at her son, she knew there had to be more to it than she or Clarke knew.

"It doesn't matter why he hit her Lexa…. he hit her so first thing tomorrow I'm taking him to the school and he IS going to apologise to her"

"NO…. I'M NOT POLOGSING" Oscar loudly shouted, his small face now contorted and filled with anger as he looked at his Mommy and Mama, leaning up on his knees and straightening his back in anger.

"Oscar, don't you dare speak to me like that" Clarke instantly snapped back looking at her son's angry face and body language. She was slightly shocked at his response, Oscar was always so calm and very rarely got angry with anyone, not even Olivia when she would take his toys. He was more likely to get upset and cry than to get angry about something, so this was a massive shock to her.

"Clarke"

"Don't Clarke me Lexa, he is going to apologise to his teacher whether he wants to or not…"

"NO MOMMY…Don't shout at Oscar…" Olivia's voice came from behind Clarke, turning around Clarke saw that Costia was physically holding Olivia on her lap, stopping the little girl from running over to protect her brother and stop their Mommy shouting at him.

"Olivia, stop struggling and sit there, Mommy is talking to Oscar right now…he did a bad thing, he needs to know that…"

"Clarke" Lexa interrupted seeing that Clarke was shocked and clearly upset at how their children were talking to her right now.

"WHAT LEXA?" Clarke snapped, the anger inside suddenly boiling over as it mixed with the upset of her children being so rude to her. Closing her eyes instantly, she opened them within a second looking at Lexa, bringing her free hand to cover her mouth she looked at her wife "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to shout at you"

"It's fine Clarke, just take a breath okay?" Clarke nodded her head, taking a deep breath in holding it for a few seconds and then exhaling as tears began spilling down her cheeks as the emotions she was holding in bubbled over, wiping the tears from her cheeks she looked at her wife softly smiling "Better?" Clarke nodded her head softly. "Good…" Lexa smiled bringing the hand that was holding Clarke's to her lips, placing a gentle kiss on her wife's hand as it held onto hers tightly. Lowering them to her thigh she rested them there before she turned her attention Olivia, as her eyes landed on Olivia she could see her daughter was no longer fighting Costia, happy that issue was solved, she looked back to Oscar and softly spoke, her face remaining stern and firm as she looked at him, "Oscar, you can never ever talk to Mommy like that, you understand?" Oscar nodded his head softly, the anger seeming to disappear from his face, tears beginning to fill his eyes, his bottom lipped quivered softly as he looked at Clarke, before she had a chance to tell him to apologise, Oscar pushed himself up a little more on his knees looking at his Mommy as he cleared his throat and spoke, his voice shaking slightly as he did so;

"I'm sorry Mommy…I didn't mean to shout at you…I just got angry…. I didn't means it" Before he could speak further tears began to fall from his eyes and he softly began sobbing as he looked at his Mommy.

Reaching over Lexa's legs, Clarke lifted her son over Lexa's legs, so he was in front of her as soon as he was close enough to his Mommy, Oscar wrapped his arms around his Mommy sobbing softly into her chest as he buried his head in it. Clarke let him cry for a minute or two before she placed her hands under his arms lifting him backwards forcing him to break the hug and look at her. "You promise Mommy you won't shout again?" Oscar nodded his head sniffling back more tears as he looked up at his Mommy with a sad frown on his face. "Okay, I forgive you baby" She softly responded removing one of her hands from under his arms, using it to wipe the tears from his cheeks. Once the tears were all gone, she removed both her arms seeing in the corner of her eye that Lexa had her eyes completely on their son, obviously still wanting to know why he would hit his teacher.

"Oscar, look at me now" Oscar obliged and looked to his Mama his cheeks slightly red from crying, seeing the firm and stern look on her face, he shuffled slightly turning so he was facing her, his attention fully on her. "Why did you hit your teacher?"

"I was protecting Olivia Mama"

"Protecting her how?"

"Teacher was being bad Mama, you're not meant to be bad or mean Mama but she was"

"The teacher was mean to Olivia?" Oscar nodded his head firmly in confirmation as he looked at her "What was she saying that was mean or bad?"

"Not saying Mama…Doing?"

Lexa instantly felt the anger rise inside her, the thought of someone doing something bad to her daughter rising inside her, whilst at the same time her mind began to race a million miles per hour, there was an endless number of things that her son could be talking about. Even though deep down she didn't want to ask, she knew as a good parent she had to ask her son "What was the teacher doing Oscar?"

"Trying to give Olivia strawberries Mama"

"Strawberries?" Lexa asked softly, looking at Clarke, relief covering their faces and filling their bodies as they looked at each other. Quickly looking back down to their son, seeing the upset on Oscar's face she let her son continue talking. "Are you sure Oz?"

"I'm really sure Mama…. we all had strawberries with ice cream…but Livy didn't eat them because she can't Mama, cause if she does then she gets really sick…" Oscar paused looking between his Mommy and Mama he moved his left hand to grip his Mommy's shirt while his right hand moved and rested on his Mama's right thigh as he looked back to her. "Ms told Livy that she was a bad girl, and Livy said she wasn't, but Ms got mad and said Livy would have to eat it otherwise she was in big big trouble, she grabbed Livy Mama"

"Grabbed her how?"

"By the arm"

"Show me how" When Oscar looked at her slightly scared, Lexa held her right arm in the air softly nodding and smiling at him before encouragingly saying "Its okay Oz, show me and Mommy"

Oscar looked again to both his Mommies, seeing them both smiling encouragingly at him he carefully reached forward grabbing his Mama's forearm just like he'd seen his teacher do to his sister. As his hand firmly grabbed his Mama's wrist he looked up at her nervously, seeing his Mama smiling down at him encouragingly he spoke "Olivia said No, Mommy said if someone says no you have to listen…. but she didn't listen Mama, Mommy said that's bad…"

"It is baby, very bad"

"Ms didn't let go and Livy was saying no, and I got really angry because Livy started crying loads… and I shouted really loudly but she didn't get off so I hitted her, I know it was bad Mama, but I wanted to protect Livy"

"Did you tell anyone why you hit your teacher?"

"Nu huh"

"Why not?"

"I wanted to tell you and Mommy first"

"Why?"

"Because Mama…. I always tell you first…cause your my Mama, and you always believe me"

"That's because you promised me not to lie to me ever….didn't you?"

"I did Mama" Oscar responded nodding his head as he released his grip on his Mama's wrist not wanting to hurt her. Moving his hand to rest on her thigh he smiled up at her "I'm not supposed to lie to you or Mommy, it's really bad"

"Its is baby….so tell me, are you lying to me now?"

"No Mama" Oscar responded moving onto his knees and removing his hand from his Mommy's shirt, allowing him to move so he was more face on with his Mama, leaning forward a little he placed his left hand on his Mama's right arm gently caressing it as he looked at her, letting her know that he wasn't lying at all. "Do you lieve me Mama?"

"I believe you my prince"

Oscar smiled at his Mama leaning forward and gently hugging her, his arms wrapping his arms around her as much as he could do the way they were positioned on the bed. "Thank you, Mama," Oscar softly whispering against his Mama his small hands gently gripping what material they could find.

Clarke watch her wife and sons interaction and smiled as she saw how content and pure happy Oscar looked hugging his Mama, it looked as if nothing else in the world mattered to him, that everything he know and every toy he loved could disappear and he wouldn't care because he was with his Mama. As she looked on her thoughts were pulled to a small tugging coming from her left thigh, looking down she saw her daughter tugging on her jeans trying to gain her attention, as she looked down at her baby girl she smiled as Olivia spoke, tears brimming in the little girls eyes;

"I'm sorry I shouted Mommy…. I didn't means to be mean to you"

Clarke smiled down at her daughter, the apology meaning a million times more than a 4-year-old could ever understand, and what meant more to her at this moment was that she didn't have to tell her daughter to apologise and neither did Lexa, Olivia had apologised on her own which meant a million times more to her. Smiling at her daughter she reached down lifting her daughter up in the air, Olivia instantly wrapped her arms around her Mommy's neck her legs wrapping around Clarke's waist as she leant against her Mommy's chest and hugged her tightly. "It's okay baby" She softly whispered into her daughter's hair as Olivia held onto her tightly.

"It's not okay Mommy…I'm not supposed to shouted at you"

Clarke smiled into her daughter's hair bringing her right hand up and running it slowly through her daughter's hair, bringing her left hand up to the opposite side of her right hand, she brushed them both through Olivia's hair before bringing her hands to the top of her hair, she pulled back softly, the action causing her daughter to look up at her with a small frown on her face. Smiling down at her daughter Clarke softly asked, "Are you sorry that you shouted at me?" Olivia nodded her head softly, pouting a little more it almost made Clarke laugh. "Are you gonna shout at me again?"

"No Mommy, never"

"And why did you shout at me?"

"Because you said Oscar was bad, but he was protecting me"

"I know he was"

"And I was trying to tell you is all Mommy"

"I know baby….did the teacher hurt your arm?"

Olivia nodded her head sadly at her Mommy "It really hurt Mommy"

"Oh my baby girl….let me see…" She asked looking down at the arm her daughter removed from around her neck and held in between them. She couldn't see a bruise or anything that indicated a lot of damage, still she leant forward and placed a gentle kiss on her daughter wrist and forearm before returning to her daughter some what telling off. "So next time you want to tell me something to help your brother, are you going to shout at me?"

"No Mommy, I wont I promise…I just got a little angry"

"I think you got a lot angry, didn't you?" Olivia nodded her head at her mommy, a small but sad pout covering her face. "So, are you going to get angry at Mommy again?" Olivia shook her head vigorously at her Mommy. "What are you going to do instead?"

"I'm gonna talk to you Mommy, and I won't shout either"

"You won't? Then what are you gonna do?"

"I'll talk normal Mommy, I wont shout and I won't get angry"

"Ok, you promise me?"

"I promise Mommy, I won't get angry"

Clarke smiled at her daughter unable to stop the smile spreading as she heard her daughter's word, she knew the 4-year-old meant every word she also knew if her daughter did go against those words it wouldn't be because she didn't love her Mommy enough. Clarke removed her hands from Olivia's hair, lifting her daughter up onto her chest kissing her cheek softly. "I forgive you princess okay…"

"Are you sure Mommy?"

"I'm one hundred percent sure" Clarke smiled placing another kiss on Olivia's cheek, looking on as her daughter's face stayed unsure and slightly sad. "Come on princess, smile for Mommy" Clarke watched as Olivia shook her head, a soft smile almost appearing on her face. Laughing softly to herself she leant forward and began peppering kisses on her daughter's cheek making Olivia burst into a fit of laughter, wriggling and giggling in her Mommy's arms. After a minute or two passed by Clarke ceased her action looking down at Olivia and seeing the smile was now completely covering her daughter's face. "Better now?" She asked, Olivia smiled brighter and nodded her head at her "Good no more being sad my most favouritest prettiest smartest princess in the whole world" Olivia let out a giggle and wrapped her arms around her Mommy's neck, Clarke's arms instantly wrapped around her daughter's back as Olivia hugged her as tightly as she could. As Clarke looked over her daughter's shoulder her eyes fell on Oscar and Lexa, Oscar was still carefully laying on his Mama's chest, as she looked up Clarke's eyes found Lexa's, their eyes locking instantly as Lexa carefully moved her hand to rest on the outside of Clarke's left thigh both of them sharing a smile as they enjoyed a moment with their twins. Suddenly they were both completely ready for the weeks to come, they knew those weeks weren't going to be easy but they also knew that it was going to be worth because at the end of it all Lexa would be home soon and they could get back to normal.

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11 Days Later-Friday 21st April 2017

Lexa's Hospital Room- 11:24am

Clarke was laying against Lexa's chest her wife's arms carefully wrapped around her upper body, with Clarke's right leg gently laying over Lexa's legs. Since Lexa had woken up, the two had talked things through, Clarke told Lexa everything that she'd felt whilst her wife was unconscious, every emotion that she'd gone through over that time, Lexa listened as Clarke told her everything and anything that she'd felt, thought and done. How she'd sketched her a few times, as well as sketching Raven when the brunette would fall asleep sometimes. She told Lexa how scared she was that she was going to lose her, how she blamed herself for what happened and feared that Roan would come back. Lexa let Clarke finish before one sentence at a time she squashed every piece of blame that Clarke was feeling, before she soothed Clarke's mind on every single thing that Clarke had told her about. Making sure that Clarke's mind was at ease, she could visibly see her wife's shoulders relax with her whole body, like a load had been lifted from her. Since their talk everything felt great between them, at times they would both get a little stressed with things, they'd talk things over and ease each other's mind. Lexa's main stress came from trying to move about day to day without feeling an insane explosion of pain in her abdomen. But when she'd get too stressed or down on herself she'd open up to Clarke, telling her wife all about her fears and worries, Clarke would let her talk and then ease Lexa's mind by telling her that she just needed to get relax and give herself more time to heal. But as they days had gone by, they could both see the progress Lexa was making, the pain was decreasing, and her movement was becoming a lot easier, she was now able to walk, with some small assistance from Clarke, to the hospital canteen. It wasn't where Lexa wanted to be, but it was better than not being able to walk anywhere like 11 days ago. And more than anything she was over the moon that she was able to wear jogging bottoms and a t-shirt, as soon as the doctor confirmed it wouldn't be an issue, Lexa had given her a list of the clothes she wanted, and Clarke had happily brought them in for her the next morning. As soon as Clarke gave her the clothes, Lexa changed instantly changed into them feeling a little better just being in her own clothes. And when it came to walking around and being more mobile wearing her own clothes, clothes that covered her body completely, gave her a little more confidence, and that was something she needed, especially after she wasn't able to stop her mother taking TJ and Costia back to Washington with them.

Two days after she'd woken up, Bellamy came to the hospital with Raven and Octavia, intent on giving Lexa an update and also getting her official statement for the case that would be placed against Roan once he was caught. Bellamy went on to ask Lexa if she knew anything about Roan or where he could be hiding. She answered all the questions the best she could, giving Bellamy every single detail that she could remember, every word that Roan said to her whilst they were in that studio together, Clarke held onto her hand squeezing it a little tighter everytime Lexa would describe something a little more graphically than she was prepared for. Repeating almost every single word that Roan had said to her exactly that same as he had said it to here. As she relived the moment she was nearly taken away from her wife, children and her family tears ran down her cheeks as the emotions she felt at that moment resurfaced, feeling as fresh and real as they were the first time. Forty minutes after Bellamy had entered the room Lexa finished giving her statement, he didn't stay for much longer after that, instead he got a small update on Lexa's progress and how everyone was doing, just as Lexa was telling him about her progress in moving around his phone rang and he was called out to an incident in the area. They all quickly said their goodbyes and he left. Leaving the two women alone in the hospital room, both enjoying the peace before Raven came in for her daily visit to talk business with her sister, letting her listen to some tracks she'd worked on, though Clarke thought Lexa should be relaxing she could see the enjoyment on her wife's face as she listened to the music Raven brought in and began compiling lyrics as she sat with Raven both sitting on the hospital bed getting completely lost in their work. Since Lexa had woken up she'd told Raven everything that had happened, and how Monroe was a part of Roan and Nia's plan to get what they wanted, at first Raven was angry and wanted to storm out and find Monroe and make her pay, along with finding Nia and Roan, but once Lexa grabbed her wrist and forced her to look at her, the younger of the twin sisters calmed down, her and Lexa had a massive talk about everything and Raven left that night seeming a little lighter and calmer than when she'd first arrived. Since that day, Lexa and Raven would talk every day about Octavia and Zachary and although Raven hadn't told them, both Clarke and Lexa were sure that things between Raven and Octavia were getting better by the day. And everytime the two women were in the room with Clarke and Lexa their actions just confirmed it, they would hold hands and look at each other for minutes on end before looking away, something they hadn't done since Octavia confessed to Raven. Whatever was going on it seemed to be helping Raven, everytime she'd come to see Lexa she was happier and that was the only thing that Lexa cared about. Clarke would sit and watch them both writing music or just joking with each other and she could tell how much lighter the two of them were when they were together. The only other time she saw Lexa so carefree and relaxed was when the twins were visiting, other than those two times she always felt like Lexa was nervous or on edge as if she was waiting for something to happen, what that something was she had no idea, but she had a feeling it had something to do with Roan. But she decided not to ask, she knew that when Lexa was ready she'd talk. The days had flown by, and everyday Clarke noticed Lexa was a little more relaxed and a little less anxious, and every day it felt like they were more connected than the last.

And, Today Clarke had gotten to the hospital at 9:30 that morning after attending a meeting with Oscar and Olivia's principal. She'd informed Mr Kane of everything that Oscar had told her and Lexa, and just as she and Lexa thought he told her he would look into it and contact her. He also told her that he would more than likely need to talk to Oscar and Olivia and hear their side of the story once he had investigated himself and spoken to the teacher. Once she got to the hospital she told Lexa everything, they talked about it for a little while before they agreed not to worry too much until they heard back from Mr Kane, they also agreed that no matter what happened they would stand up for their son and daughter, and also make sure that the teacher was pulled up for her actions, even if they needed to make a formal complaint of some form. The next conversation they fell into was Lexa's progress over the last 11 days since she'd woken up, how much she'd improved and whether she'd be able to be home for the twins' birthday in two weeks time.

"Maybe we can ask the doctor what he thinks?" Clarke softly whispered not moving from her place against Lexa, shifting slightly to look up at Lexa's face.

"Already ahead of you babe... he's impressed with my progress but can't promise me anything right now"

"But your healing fine, right?"

"As fine as can be expected I suppose, the skins still a little sensitive but the wound itself is healing and the fact I can move about without as much pain as before is apparently a sign that the muscles are healing as well" Lexa looked down at Clarke a smile still plastered on both their faces as they looked into each other's eyes. "So hopefully all the positives will add up and I'll be back home next week…"

"That would be amazing, the twins would be over the moon…"

"And you wouldn't, no?" Lexa teased softly a smirk on her face as Clarke looked down at her unimpressed. Clarke gently slapped her on the arm laughing a little as sat herself up creating some space between them. Turning herself so she was sitting facing Lexa, Clarke responded with a smirk of her own;

"Of course, I would…I mean I'll miss the tidiness and silence…oh and having a full fridge…you know the small things really…but I suppose having you laying next to me every night would be enough to make up for all those things…I suppose…"

"Please babe, we both know I'm the tidiest out of the both of us, and I'm quieter than you…you got me on the full fridge though…I eat a lot more than you…but I am definitely looking forward to being back in our bed, laying next to you or maybe doing other things"

Clarke pulled back slightly a smirk covering her face as she raised her eyebrow at her wife "Alexa Woods are you thinking dirty thoughts?"

"Always when your around"

"Oh yeah" Clarke asked smirking more, both her eyebrows raising up as Lexa nodded down at her, leaning up she smiled closing the gap between them until they were a mere inch away from each other's face. Lexa smiled brightly before closing the space between their lips, not giving Clarke a chance to talk or pull away. Clarke smiled into the kiss pressing herself against Lexa's chest a little more, still cautious not to hurt her wife. Within a minute or two, Lexa deepened the kiss making Clarke smile into the kiss a little more. Lexa's hands rested gently on Clarke's hips, staying there for minutes on end until the kiss deepened even more, then Lexa's hands found their way from Clarke's hips to her lower back, her fingertips edging closer to Clarke jeans waistband as they started to move slowly under the waistband Clarke broke the kiss pulling back so their was half an inch of space between her lips and Lexa's, looking into her wife's eyes she softly spoke "I think you need to cool down"

"I don't think I do" Lexa whispered back, leaning forward capturing Clarke's lips again, but again Clarke broke the kiss, laughing softly Lexa continued "Don't worry we have a least twenty minutes until the Doc comes back"

"How would you know that?"

"I'm resourceful"

"Have you been taking notes, so we can have heavy make out sessions?"

"Well I was hoping for more than a heavy make out session" Lexa huskily let her right hand slipping underneath Clarke's jeans and coming to rest on Clarke's ass.

"Lexa" Clarke scolded reaching her hand backwards and pulling Lexa's hand up, effectively removing it from underneath her jeans. "What if someone walks in?"

"Then they walk in"

"Because that wouldn't be embarrassing at all, would it?"

"There's nothing embarrassing in the fact that you still turn me on…and that I like to get to grips with your assets"

"My assets?"

"Yep…your smile…your eyes…" Lexa softly spoke leaning forward again trying to capture Clarke's lips only for the blonde to pull back.

"You were so not talking about my eyes or my smile…" Clarke responded unable to stop a smile spreading across her face as she looked at Lexa. "But seeing as we're on the subject…are you sure you'd be healthy enough to do more than make out?"

"I'm more than heathy enough to do more than make out Mrs Woods"

"Is that right, Mrs Woods?" Clarke asked leaning forward as Lexa nodded her head softly, she leant forward until her lips brushed against Lexa's for a split second before she moved back, repositioning herself as she swing her right leg over both of Lexa's legs, so she was straddling the brunette's lower thighs, Lexa's hand instantly moving to caress Clarkes thighs as the blonde took Lexa's hands in her own, interlocking their fingers so their hands were palm to palm. "What exactly would you class as a heavy make out session?" Clarke wickedly smiled down at Lexa, biting the right corner of her bottom lip as she felt Lexa's hands beginning to travel upward to her hips, almost as if she was urging Clarke to move closer.

"I'll show it if you like" Lexa smirked back electing a small giggle from Clarke as the blonde leant forward. Their lips connected effortlessly as Clarke's hand gently rested underneath Lexa's breast, instinctively being careful not to land on Lexa's still healing wounds on her abdomen. As Clarke's hands rested gently in their place Lexa's hands moved around to rest gently at the very top of the back of Clarke's thighs, and just at the very bottom of Clarke's ass her hands ever so slightly squeezing Clarke's ass making the Blonde's hips naturally roll forward against Lexa's thighs causing them both to gasp slightly into the kiss. The continued kissing on for a minute or two before the sound of footsteps coming from the hallway made them reluctantly pull apart, Clarke quickly jumped off Lexa's thighs climbing off the right hand side of the bed, quickly she moved over to Lexa's bag in the corner looking for a mirror to check her lightly applied make up wasn't ruined by her and Lexa's make out session, as she did so she heard her wife talking in the background "When this nurse leaves we are continuing where we le…."

Clarke smirked at her wife's sudden loose of words figuring that the nurse must have entered the room, "We're continuing what exactly babe?" She asked placing the mirror back in the bag she'd found it in, after successfully checking her make up was still perfect as when she had applied it, smirking softly she turned around intending to fully tease her wife. But as she turned back she saw the exact reason Lexa had stopped talking standing in the doorway, every single word ceasing up and freezing in her throat, her vocal chords suddenly unable to form and actual sound as every single bit of anger she'd felt over the last month since Lexa was stabbed rose to the surface, her hands balling into fist as she looked at the person standing in front of her, her vocal chords finally forming one name "Nia…" Of all the people in the world that Clarke and expected to see standing in that doorway Nia was the least likely, beaten only by her brother. She was there when Lexa told Bellamy about what Roan had done, she heard Lexa describe Roan's conversation with his sister in length she heard how this was all Nia's plan to get Lexa and her to break up so she could have Lexa. She knew that none of the this would have happened if it was for the evil woman standing in front of her now, and as much as she wanted to remain came, a larger part of her wanted to beat the living hell out of Nia for all the pain she put Lexa and their children through. "What the HELL are you doing here?" Clarke angering let out moving forward stopped almost instantly by the sound of Lexa's voice

"Clarke don't"

"Please tell me you're not going to defend her"

"Clarke…" Lexa softly said gaining Clarke's attention looking over at her wife, Clarke saw Lexa's left hand stretched out in the air towards her, the light hitting her wedding ring and glistening off it. Looking at her wife and looking into her eyes she could see the anger shining back at her. Reaching her hand up in the air she took Lexa's hand in hers squeezing it softly she stepped forward, so she was at the side of Lexa's bed, her eyes softening slightly as she looked at her wife realising this must have been a million times harder for Lexa than her. Both her hands came to rest on top of Lexa's left hand hoping it would help her a little in controlling her anger. They both watched as Nia stood at the door not speaking, her face blank not giving off any emotions. "You heard Clarke, What the hell are you doing here?"

Nia looked at them both something flashing over her face that for a second Clarke thought was nervousness or perhaps remorse, but the look latest a second and no longer so Clarke pushed it aside, she wanted to know what Nia wanted and no look on that woman's face was going to give her that. She watched closer as Nia took a few steps forward, placing her hands in her pockets almost as if she was trying to let them know she wasn't intending to cause them any harm. "I wanted to come and apologise for my brother's actions" Lexa squeezed Clarke's hands letting her know to just let Nia keep talking for now. "He's completely lost the plot, I didn't know how crazy he'd become I swear…I didn't think he would ever do something like this to you Lexa, I know you wont believe me but I didn't think he was willing to kill you to be with Clarke, he's always been a little unhinged but he's never wanted to hurt someone to that degree…he was always the one out of us that would walk away from fights, he always hated violence ever since we were kids…I knew my brother was an idiot but I didn't know he was a violent one…if I knew I would have stopped him…"

"So, your saying you had no part in any of it?" Lexa asked her eyes narrowing, as Clarke looked at her wife she could see the anger slowly seeping into the brunette's features as she looked at Nia. Squeezing Lexa's hands, a little tighter she listened to Nia continue her speech.

"Of course not, I heard that he called CPS..I would never ever let him do that Lexa, I know what you and Raven went through when you were younger I'd never want to put your kids through that…not in a million years…yes he told me….but only after he called them and made the complaint, I told him he was an idiot for doing it and that it was one step too far but he wouldn't listen to me, he kept saying that Clarke was his…that she was the love of his life and he wouldn't stop until she was with him…he had this deluded vision in his mind that him and Clarke were a couple over the last few months…I told him that it wasn't like that, that Clarke was into women and that it was all in his mind… I told him that Clarke letting him be around was because she needed a friend, but he was convinced that it was because she was in love with him…" Nia paused looking at Clarke and Lexa's faces trying to judge whether they were taking in what she was saying or not. "Lexa, you know me, we've known each since before you knew Clarke…we knew each other in DC…you know I would never do this to you…"

"So you didn't know he was gonna stab me?"

"Hell no…I wouldn't let him do that to you not in a million years…"

Lexa looked at Nia for a moment taking a minute to think, she took a breath and looked back to the dirty blonde, and spoke "That's the only thing you've said today that I believe…"

"Lexa…"

"No Nia…don't Lexa me…you think that I'm some kind of idiot, that for one second I'd believe anything your saying, that I'd believe nothing that happened was to do with you at all…you said it yourself your brother is an idiot, the only thing he's ever done his whole life is listen to you…I do know you, and that's why I know that he wasn't the master mind behind all this, your brother isn't smart enough to know how to avoid a security system, not like the one we have…he isn't smart enough to follow me or to swoop in and help Clarke…he isn't smart enough to make sure that Monroe and Octavia happen to be in your parents restaurant at the exact same time on the exact same day that you happen to be telling your friends about us 'sleeping' together…your brother isn't smart enough to think of getting Monroe involved…he isn't smart enough to plan something that long and winded…but you…you are…your that smart, that forethinking, that obsessive, conniving and vindictive…your smart enough and patient enough to get your brother and Monroe to do all the dirty work for you, you could easily pull all the strings until you got what you wanted…and we both know what you wanted…even though I don't want you back, and I haven't in years you still thought you could control my emotions and my future…what about my kids? Did you think about what this would do to them…did you think about what I want?"

"You don't know what's good for you Lexa" Nia responded her facial features changing as she looked at Lexa. The anger appearing in her face as she looked at Clarke "She changed you…you weren't heartless when you were with me…what we had, it was the real deal, it was meant to be forever but as soon as you moved you changed completely…you didn't answer my calls…and when you did you would tell me to leave you alone like we didn't share a bond…like we didn't have something special and that was all because of that bitch…" Nia let out her words getting louder as she spoke on, her finger coming up to point harshly in Clarke's direction "She changed you, she made you hate me…and even when I moved for you it wasn't enough, she still controlled you…and then she worked on my brother…he was innocent until she started using him for her own benefit…"

"Your brother was never innocent…and Clarke certainly didn't use him for anything…"

"Yes she did…she used him to get her grades up…whenever she wanted a ride she'd ask him…whenever she wanted someone to talk to she used him…she knew exactly what she was doing and what he felt for her…" Nia continued moving closer and closer to the bed "She used my brother and when she found someone new to play with she threw him in the trash without a single thought for what he felt…I meant what I said I'm sorry for what Roan did to you but I'm NOT sorry for everything she went through…" Nia changed her line of sight looking directly at Clarke "I hope that you didn't sleep for days on end…I hope you had nightmares so scary that they felt real, I hope that you felt every ounce of pain that you deserve…I hope that the thought of your wife dying turned your stomach inside out and drove you mad…I hope that you thought about ending it if she died…I don't care about your life you don't mean a damn thing to me…you never have and you never will, I don't care about any pain I caused you, and I sure as hell don't give a damn about your kids…"

"Watch your mouth" Lexa instinctively let out, her anger instantly bubbling to the surface as she listened to Nia's harsh nasty words.

"No, I won't…she didn't watch hers when she first met me…what was it you called me? Oh yeah a deranged stalker… like I wasn't the one that had her first…YOU STOLE HER FROM ME…Nobody every saw it my way though no they always sided with perfect Clarke….Niylah was right to sleep around behind your back and believe me you deserved what you felt…your poison Clarke, you're the sole reason that Lexa is in that bed right now…because you weren't even woman enough to believe your wife over your stupid best friend…you know what I thought of that plan a part of me…a small part thought there was no way you would believe Octavia over Lexa…but yet again you proved me right and you fell for it….you put all blondes to shame Clarke you really do…the thing I love the most was watching you with my brother, looking so heartbroken and lost…it always made my day…" Nia paused for a second her face scrunching up in anger, distain and disgust as she looked at Clarke. "If I was smart I would have told my brother to attack you…to hire someone and make them take a beating but no that wasn't enough for me, I wanted you to suffer, so I told him to beat up Lexa and tell him you told him to do it but my stupid oath of a brother couldn't never get anything right…he even messed up calling CPS…I should have stopped then but NOPE stupid me I gave my brother another chance…and then something changed and he snapped…My ONLY regret is Lexa getting hurt…"

"I don't know what the hell your talking about Nia…Clarke never stole me from you or anyone….I'm not a piece of property that you can own…I'm a person with feelings…and I didn't love you, I told you that, I told you I didn't love and that I was moving away because I loved my sister and she needed me…"

"I know what you really meant Lexa…you can stop pretending…"

"Pretending? What are you talking about? I'm not pretending about anything"

"I know that you pretended not to love me, so that when you left I wouldn't be heartbroken…you don't have to lie anymore Lexa…Clarke will understand…"

"Have you completely lost your mind….I broke up with you because I didn't love you, I knew you felt more for me than I did for you, and I knew I was moving so I broke up with you…it wasn't because I was trying to spare your feelings, I didn't give a damn about your feelings…I cared about my sister…"

"You can deny it all you like but I know that if she wasn't such a loser you would have never broken up with me to move here to be closer to her…"

"Is that why you brought Monroe into this whole stupid idiotic, moronic and vile plan of yours?"

"Your sister is the sole reason you had to leave…the whole reason this thing began, she deserved every bit of pain I could cause her…and unfortunately for her I ran into Monroe and after some alcoholic persuasion she began telling me all about her woes and history with Raven…turns out she hates your sister almost as much as I do, in fact I think she might hate her more…she has this theory that if Raven hadn't banned Octavia from being alone with her, then her and Octavia would have had some wild affair that ended with Octavia dumping Raven for her…you know she's a little bit obsessed if you ask me…"

"You're hardly coming across as sane right now Nia"

"I'm perfectly sane, I wanted you back and I'm getting you back…"

"No, you're not Nia, I don't know how many ways I have to say this but there is no us, there is no future us…there's nothing…"

"I get it…she's brainwashed you…"

"OH FOR GOD SAKE NIA….What do I have to say to get it into you, I don't love you…Hell I don't even like you, if anything I hate you, you tried to get my kids taken from me, you tried to ruin me and Clarke…you tried to ruin my life…and then your brother tried to take it completely…What EXACTLY do I have to say for you to get it?"

Lexa and Clarke watched as something in Nia's face changed, the dirty blonde's facial features changing, her eyebrows raising and twitching. Her eyes darkened, her lips formed into a smirk, her nose scrunched up and her body started shaking as a laugh took over her body, it was deep and dark, and sent chills up Clarke and Lexa's spines as they watched the transformation in front of their eyes. Seconds passed by before Nia stopped laughing and slowly moved forward, "Now now now Lexa…that's not very nice is it…I mean speaking to me like that when your not really in a position to defend yourself…" Nia started moving forward slowly and methodically towards Lexa and Clarke. Her eyes scanning from Clarke to Lexa and began again, before they settled on Lexa and an evil almost sadistic smile covered her lips, replacing the just as evil smirk that was there moments ago. "You know you got me there Lexa…I thought I'd be able to pull it off but fuck it…none of this was about getting you back, it was about revenge…one hundred percent revenge…even though I do actually care for you, Clarke isn't the only one I wanted revenge against, nor was Raven…"

"Revenge for what exactly?" Clarke asked, holding onto Lexa's hands resisting the temptation to slap Nia across the face, and beat the hell out of her for everything she put us through.

"Oh she speaks…" Nia let out another evil laugh before shaking her head and continuing, "See Clarke, this wasn't about just you…I wanted to ruin Lexa's life just like she ruined mine…"

"By breaking up with you? That's a little extreme don't you think, even for a mad woman"

"You know your not as stupid as you look Clarke, it's not just about her breaking up with me Clarke….its about her ruining my life, I lost my friends, my family and everything I had because of her…she broke a promise to me, you promised she wouldn't hurt me and she did…she's a liar…and when I came here to this god forsaken place, you could have mended that fence, not my being with me but just being nice…but no not you Lexa, you let your little blonde dog rip into me, you let your sister attack me physically and emotionally, and you ruined my brother's life…"

"Nothing your saying makes sense Nia, Lexa didn't ruin your life…"

"She did, by not sticking to her word…but you see I got over it, I went years without thinking about her and then boom there she was again ruining my life one more time because once just wasn't enough, but she had to do it again…"

"Okay, and how the hell did she do it again then Nia?"

"My brother was always an idiot, but he was back on track until he ran into you and Lexa again, you and him talked and caught up and he was instantly back to square one again, he got it into his head that he wanted to be with you again, Lexa didn't mistreat him at all, even though we both know she didn't like him, but now he wanted you and he went off the rails because he couldn't have you….and who do you think it was that had to pull him back all the time, because you couldn't just admit you two aren't meant to be, I had to lose my life….I needed to get something from all this rubbish and I decided revenge on Raven…and getting you back was enough…"

"Literally nothing you said makes any sense Nia, you wanted revenge on Lexa but you wanted her back…we're meant to believe that all of this was because Raven was mean to you and Lexa broke a promise…"

"I don't give a god damn if you believe me or not, I could care less…the truth is I should have made sure that I got back with Lexa, and that I got what I wanted years ago, but I let my kindness rule me….never again…I should have made you all pay in high school but I was a child…foolish, weak and unbelievably hopeful that she'd see the light…but now I see it…I don't need to make her love me, I just need to get the revenge and justice I should have gotten years ago…and I really didn't mean for you to get hurt Lexa, but this whole thing has been a lot of fun for me…especially watching your sister fall apart the way she did….all for nothing…It was hilarious…"

Clarke held onto Lexa's hands even tighter seeing Lexa go to physically move off the bed. She could see the anger in Lexa's eyes and as much as Nia deserved it she didn't want Lexa to reinjure herself. "Okay Nia, we've heard you out so you can leave now…"

"Leave…why would I leave Clarke, that means you won…I'm here to make sure that Lexa understands why I did it…"

Letting go of Lexa's hand her straightening her body as her face filled with anger and she answered Nia "You know what I'm sick and tired of listening to your delusional bullshit, you and your brother are both psychopaths that deserve to be locked away for as long as humanly possible, the fact that you came here to try and explain yourself with riddles and complete rubbish just proves how insane you are…so get out before I call the police and get you sent to exactly where you deserve to be…"

Nia's face almost lit up at Clarke's words, a smirk spreading across her face as she reached the edge of Lexa's hospital bed, leaning against the metal frame to Lexa's right, she leant over Lexa looking deep into Clarke's eyes as she viciously spoke: "If you're not carefully about how you speak to me Clarke, you'll end up just like Lexa, you and your pathetic children"

Before Clarke had a chance to react to the vile comment Nia had made, Lexa sat up straight her hand flying to Nia's throat and gripping it tightly, Clarke looked at Lexa's face seeing only pure rage in her wife's face, the same rage Lexa had been holding in since Nia entered the room had seemingly erupted and took over the brunette. Looking at Nia's face she could see the dirty blonde was struggling to breath, both her hands holding onto Lexa's wrist trying to get her to release the grip. As much as she wanted Nia to suffer and get everything she deserved she didn't want Lexa to hurt herself or even cause harm that would no doubt allow Nia to get her arrested.

"DON'T EVER THREATEN MY KIDS" Lexa angrily let out her whole arm visible contracting pushing her muscles against her skin, her veins squeezed between the both. Her eyes were completely tunnelled in on the dirty blonde that had moments ago threatened her children. All the rage boiling through her veins and into her eyes, her eyes turning a darker shade of green. A shade that had only ever coloured Lexa's eyes a few times in her life. As she looked into the cold eyes of Nia, she could see that there was nothing but coldness looking back at her, and for some reason it made her ten times angrier. The anger causing her hand to contract and squeeze harder around Nia's throat.

Clarke could only watch on in shock and some what satisfaction as Lexa's hand tightened around Nia's neck, as she looked at Nia's face she could see the colour fading away, as the fear finally started to fill Nia's face almost making her look somewhat human. The change in expression seemed to snap Clarke out of the shock she was stuck in, surging forward reaching over the bed and her wife's legs, her hand pulling at Lexa's right arm trying to get her to release her grip, "Lexa, let go of her…your hurt she couldn't be doing this…" Clarke desperately pleaded with her wife, she knew what happened when Lexa lost control of her anger and she knew she had to try and get through to her wife, even though the idea of seeing Nia get choked to death was slightly appealing. As she pulled at Lexa's arm, it didn't budge one bit, the desperation seeped into her voice as she desperately asked "Please Lex, let her go she isn't worth this"

The words fell flat as Lexa's focus remained solely on Nia and her facial expressions, as the dirty blonde again began to slap her hands against Lexa's wrists trying to get her to release her grip, mumbling a pathetic apology to get Lexa's hand off her throat. Clarke tried to think of what to do but her mind was a blank, until she heard someone's voice fill the room, "LEXA?" Looking in the direction of the voice, Clarke saw Raven stand in the doorway looking at her sister and the dirty blonde in complete shock, without thinking Clarke spoke;

"Raven, get her off her please"

Raven didn't think about asking why she just surged forward, grabbing her sisters arm and trying to remove it from Nia's throat, as she pulled on Lexa's arm she felt the amount of strength her sister was using at that moment. Unable to remove Lexa's arm she looked at Clarke, "What's going on?" not waiting for an answer she looked back to Lexa's arm continuing to pull at it as Clarke explained;

"Long story short she threatened the twins"

"FUCK" Raven let out, using all her strength not to punch Nia herself. Ignoring Nia's clawing and motioning at her, Raven turned to her twin, looking at Lexa she spoke "Lex, you have to let go of her…Now" Lexa's face only clenched more at her twin's words. Turning her back to Nia, she removed her hands from her sisters arm, moving them sharply to Lexa's face grabbing her face with her hands, using all her strength to force her sister's head to turn and look at her, forcing their eyes to connect "Lex, this isn't you…I know your angry and you should be, but this is just gonna end in disaster, please let her go before you cause some serious damage…" Lexa's breathing slowed down slightly and her jawline clenched tightly, releasing and clenching over again and again "Lex…Look at me…" Raven let out, the tone of her voice, the almost desperation in her sisters voice seeming to break through the fog of anger "I know your angry and she deserves to be strangled to death for what she said, but I cant lose you Lex…they lock you away and I'll lose you…Clarke will lose you, the twins will lose you…and you'll lose them…and I know you don't want that so let go NOW…" Raven watched as the anger seemed to dissolve in her twins eyes, taking the opportunity she turned back to face Nia, grabbing her sisters arm she gripped onto it pulling Lexa's arm from Nia's throat, this time successfully keeping a hold of her sisters arm she turned back to her seeing Lexa leaning up and forward she placed her hand on her sisters chest pushing against it stopping her from moving any further, as Nia leant forward coughing and gasping for breath.

Clarke watched as Nia gasped for oxygen for a few seconds before standing up and turning to look at Lexa, she saw the look of evil fill her eyes again this time she could see it was masking fear and relief. As Nia moved a step forward, Raven instinctively felt what Nia was doing and removed her hands from holding Lexa turning around she placed a firm hand on the dirty blondes' chest and pushed her as hard as she could without causing any real damage. The push did as intended and sent Nia stumbling backwards towards the door creating some space between Lexa and Raven, and Nia. Once she regained her footing Nia looked at Raven and viciously said;

"Your gonna pay for that"

Raven's face scrunched up in anger, looking back at Lexa giving her twin a look that told her to stay where she was, she looked back Nia, Raven looked Nia in the eyes and spoke "No she isn't, what's going to happen is your going to turn around and walk out of here before something seriously bad happens to you"

"Are you seriously threatening me Raven? I ruined your relationship without breaking a sweat, imagine what I could do if I actually put some effort into it…"

Raven's facial expression hardened and her back turned completely to Lexa as she walked forward, her eyes filled with anger towards the dirty blonde that had ruined her and her sister's lives, or at least had tried to ruin their lives. Her fist clenched by her side as she slowly moved forward. She watched as Nia smirked at her before holding her hands up. "I know when I'm not wanted" She smugly and amusingly said as she smirked at Raven. Turning around her head whiplashed back as she was met with the palm of Octavia's right hand as it connected hard against her cheek. Raven couldn't help but smile and laugh at her wife's actions as she watched Nia react in complete shock to the slap. As Nia regained her composure she moved menacingly towards Octavia, instantly Raven grabbed her arm stopping her moving, turning her around so she was facing them again.

"Don't even think about it, because Lexa will be the least of your worries" She firmly stated, letting go of Nia's arm she added "If your smart you'll walk away and tell Bellamy where your brother is…before I find out and get my hands on him" Nia didn't respond she just smirked and turned herself towards the door, just as Octavia moved so she was just to Raven's right, no longer in the doorway or blocking Nia's exit path. Nia stopped herself turning as if she was about to speak again "Don't think about it, keep walking…" Nia seemed to take the advice, taking a few steps forward before she stopped again, smirking she looked at Raven then to Octavia then to Lexa.

"You should watch your back Raven, or you'll end up in a bed just like your sister…. if your lucky enough to survive"

Raven didn't have a chance to respond verbally or physically as she instinctively knew her sister was moving behind her, turning around she stopped on the spot just in time to see Lexa attempting to get out of her hospital bed, all the threats that Nia was throwing her way obviously being too much for her to handle. Before Lexa's foot could hit the ground, Raven lunged forward grabbing her sister as gently as she could by the hips, stopping her from moving any further and potentially causing herself any injuries. As Nia laughed and smirked at Lexa's reaction to her words she muttered out a almost sadistic "So easy and worth every single minute…" Clearing her throat and smirking even wider she said "Enjoy your family while you can…" Turning around she was stopped in her tracks by Octavia who had moved herself at Nia's latest comment, "What are you going to slap me again Octavia?"

"No, I'm not…" A smile spread across Octavia's face as she looked over Nia's face, peaking the dirty blonde's interest as to what was behind her. "But she is…and something tells me it won't be a slap…" Nia's intrigue peaked, and she turned around as she turned she was met with a fist in the stomach, quickly and solidly followed up with punch to her jaw, sending her to the floor a cough erupting from her throat. Nia took a breath turning and struggling back to her feet, seeing a very angry looking Clarke standing about a foot away from her, her face scrunched in anger her fists still clenched tightly at her side. As Nia stood up she looked at Clarke, smirking before turning and walking out the door, walking as if she was a wounded animal retreating from its attempted prey.

The room remained silent as Clarke calmed herself down, her fist slowly unclenching as her breathing returned to normal. As she calmed down Lexa's eyes remained on her completely a look of awe and shock covering her face as she slowly moved herself back into her bed. Raven looked from Clarke to her sister, then to her wife studying Octavia's body, the way she was stood almost defensively her eyes scanning from the door of the room to the windows, looking through them obviously keeping an eye out for Nia, in case the psychotic dirty blonde decided to return to exact some sort of twisted revenge. As the twin's sisters both looked at their wife's in awe, shock, amazement and a whole bunch of other things, they both wet their lips, cleared their throats and spoke, unintentionally, at the same time;

"That was hot"

Raven and Lexa said at the same time, looking at each other laughing as Clarke and Octavia both let out a laugh in relief, their bodies visibly relaxing as they made their way over to their respective wives. Once they both reached them, they engulfed them in a hug, one that said they were both relieved and fearful of what had happened and what may come in the future. But an embrace that also told each other that no matter what happened, as long as they had each other they'd be okay.

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3rd May 2017- The Twins 5th Birthday

Olivia and Oscar were waiting happily in the living room, waiting to open their presents, they'd woken up at 6am ready for their birthday but at the same time wanting the day to go on so they could go see their Mama in the hospital, over the weeks that followed Lexa waking up things had improved a massive amount, but not enough for the doctors to think Lexa was okay to come home, and as much as they missed their Mama being at home the twins seemed to be copying with it. Everyday in the morning they would video chat with their Mama, eating breakfast whilst their Mama did on their tablet and their Mommy sat beside them making sure the tablet didn't fall over. They would tell her about what they were excited about that day, every single day the first thing they would say is they were excited the most about seeing their Mama after they finished at nursery. Today they seemed to be a little more eager to see their Mama than normal, Clarke placed it down to it being their birthday, even talking to Lexa on video chat only seemed to make them more anguish and eager to see their Mama. Luckily, she'd managed to convince them to get dressed and ready for their birthday party that afternoon. She ended up spending an hour going through the twins' clothes until the found something they wanted to wear. To her surprise the twins had come across a set of t-shirts that Octavia and Raven had brought for the twins last year, t-shirts that must have been at Lexa's apartment when she was living alone, because Clarke couldn't ever remember coming across the t-shirts since the first time she saw them. Once the twins had decided what t-shirts they were wearing, the very quickly decided what jeans and underwear they wanted to wear.

Oscar had opted for a black t-shirt that had three words written on it in bold white lettering, a thin white lined box around each word, the words on the t-shirt read 'Cool Like Mama', along with the t-shirt Oscar had gone for a pair of light blue denim jeans, the jeans had a series of rips on the right leg from the middle of the thigh down over the knee and stopping at just after the knee. Along with his jeans he had decided to go with dinosaur boxers and socks. Olivia was dressed almost identically to her brother; her jeans were exactly the same only they had a small daisy on the left leg just under the pocket. Her t-shirt was the same design and make as Oscar's but hers was light pink and had 'Cool Like Mommy' in bold white lettering, a thin white lined box around each word as well. Along with her jeans and t-shirt, Olivia had decided to wear Princess panties and socks. Once they were dressed the twin's excitement at getting dressed quickly disappeared as they told Clarke they didn't want to style their hair with their Mama, not arguing they headed downstairs and Clarke moved around the house finishing the final touches of the living room, kitchen and garden, the small things her, Raven and Octavia never got around to sorting the day before. She used every opportunity she had to get the twins to help her to try and stop them thinking about their Mama more than they were. Once she was finished with placing out the food (cakes, sandwiches, all that usual party food) she opened the back door making sure it was held open, so nobody broke it during the party.

Thankfully the twins didn't have long to be upset or to think about their Mama, as ten minutes later the first guests arrived. After the first few guests the rest of the guest started to arrive quickly, the twins seemed to get a little more distracted with every arrival, and when Raven, Octavia and Zachary arrived the twins seemed to completely distract them as they both ran to their aunties and cousin, both of them switching between Raven and Octavia telling them all about what they'd done since they last saw them, whilst they spoke to Raven and Octavia, Zachary was sitting on Clarke's lap telling her about his week the best he could. Once he finished telling her everything he kissed her gently on the cheek, jumping down from her lap a running over to his cousins asking them to play with him. Oscar ad Olivia looked at each other and smiled brightly at him telling their aunties that they would be back later, before they happily ran off and started playing 'it' with their cousin. Seeing the twins playing happily with their cousin instantly made Clarke relax, she'd been messaging Lexa on occasion letting her know how the party was going, and so far she'd had to avoid mentioning the twins were sad a few times. She didn't want to upset or stress her wife out at all especially considering she was still recovering from severe injuries.

Over the last month, Lexa had massively improved and was barely experiencing pain when she was moving around, sometimes she'd feel jolts of pain when she overexerted herself but mostly she was pain free. As well as physically Lexa was improving mentally as well, hours after Nia's visit Bellamy arrested the dirty blonde after her followed her from her restaurant to an old house where she met with Roan, they discovered that it was in fact Nia and Roan's parents' house, it had been left to them both but neither wanted it and it had been left empty for years, even being left in their parents name. Once Nia and Roan were arrested, Roan started talking instantly letting the police know everything and anything they wanted, especially making sure they knew that Nia was the person leading the charge, the one telling him what to do, he also made sure that Monroe's name was mention to the police and they knew she knew everything that was going on. Though nobody expected charges to be filed on Monroe, they were more than happy when she was charged with aiding and abetting a criminal act with intent. Roan was charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, criminal harassment and intentionally evading arrest. Nia was charged with inciting a criminal act, aiding and abetting (a crime and criminal), assisting evasion of capture, aiding criminal harassment and aggravated assault. The final charge had come as a surprise to everyone, but Bellamy explained to them that Nia was implicate in Roan committing the crime and as a result they believed that Roan would not have committed the crime without Nia's involvement, and had therefore charged her with the crime itself.

Thankfully, Nia hadn't tried to press charges against Clarke, Octavia or Lexa for their physical outbursts when she came to the hospital, and the more Lexa thought about it the more she thought that maybe Nia wanted them to do much worse than they did to her, either way knowing that Nia and Roan were doing to prison made recovering a lot easier for her, she felt ten times lighter, like their wasn't someone watching her every move. But now Lexa and Clarke both felt like they were able to move on, yes might have to go to court but right now, they knew that the future was bright, soon they would be home together, and they would be a family again, and they could look forward without a second thought. Today though Clarke wasn't thinking about anything but the twins and Lexa, and at the moment she was hating having to avoid telling Lexa the twins were upset, but she knew her wife would just work herself up and that wasn't something any of them needed, not on a day that was meant to be about celebrating the twins 5th birthday. Today was about celebrating 5 years since their family became complete. As her mind filled with moments of the twins' lives over the last five years, she was stopped and brought from her thoughts when she caught sight of her daughter walking over to her. Smiling brightly at the now 5-year-old she noticed the sad look on Olivia's face. As Olivia reached her she lifted her onto her lap, Olivia instantly held onto her chest hugging her gently almost draping herself against Clarke's chest, brushing her daughters lose hair back she looked down at the side of her daughter's face softly asking;

"What's wrong princess?"

Olivia shifted slightly looking up at her Mommy as Clarke glanced towards Oscar seeing the little boy was still playing with his younger cousin. As she quickly looked back to Olivia her daughter softly spoke "I want Mama"

"I know baby, we're gonna see Mama in a few hours"

"Can I stay with you until then?"

"Until you see Mama?" Olivia nodded her head at the question a sad pout on her face resembling one of Clarke's own "Don't you want to play with Oz and Zac?" Olivia shook her head "What about opening some of your presents?" Again, Olivia shook her head "What about Auntie Rae, don't you wanna play with her?"

Olivia again shook her head this time a little more aggressively, her pout thickening as she firmly said "I don't want to play, I want to see my Mama"

Clarke was stuck for what to say, but just when she was about to open her mouth and hope for the best, she noticed her Mom coming through the back door "Look Grandma is here…lets go say hello, shall we?" Olivia looked at her unsure before she softly nodded her head jumping down from her Mommy's legs, quickly jogging over to her grandma who lifted her in the air hugging her tightly, placing a kiss on the side on her head before looking at her granddaughter and asking, "What's wrong, Petal?"

"I miss my Mama, Grandma"

"You do?" Olivia pouted again nodding her head at her Grandma "Oh Petal, did you speak to her this morning?" Olivia nodded her head again still pouting "But you still miss her?" Olivia nodded her head at her Grandma "Oh Petal, how about when Grandpa gets here you tell him all about it and he can video call Mama for you maybe?"

Olivia wriggled down from her Grandma's chest turning and looking to her Mommy, reaching up and holding her hand as she looked up at her and asked, "Can I Mommy?"

"Of course, you can baby girl" Clarke smiled running her hand through her daughter's hair as Olivia smiled softly, wrapping her left arm around her Mommy's right leg as she leant against it, her cheek gently resting against her Mommy's thigh as her Mommy began talking to her Grandma "Why isn't Dad here? I thought he had the day off?"

"He did, but some intern managed to cause a high alert, so he had to drive down to reset the system"

"Wasn't anyone else free?"

"Unfortunately, your dad was the closest person to the site…he won't be long, I believe he's on his way back now"

"How did you get here then?"

"I can drive Clarke, as well as owning my own car" Abby laughed at the expression on her daughter's face, her laugh instantly seemed to relax Clarke as the blonde laughed along looking down at her daughter whose face was half buried in her outer thigh as her arm stayed wrapped around her thigh completely. Clarke and Abby continued to stand where they were, Clarke quickly filled her mom in on everything that had happened today including the twins missing their Mama, the whole time Olivia stayed where she was. Ten minutes later Clarke smiled down at her daughter, as she did so she noticed Raven approaching them in the corner of her eye, as Raven reached her she said hello to Abby, sending a smile to Clarke before kneeling down and looking at her niece;

"Hey Livy Liv, wanna come play with me? …I've got a surprise for you…" Olivia peaked her head past her Mommy's thigh slightly, obviously seeing her Auntie was making her second guess whether she wanted to play or stay with her Mommy and Grandma. "Mmmm, let me guess your missing Mama?" Olivia peaked her head out a little more and nodded her head at her Auntie Rae. "I think I can fix that…. here…" Olivia watched as Raven reached behind her removing her phone from her pocket, carefully turning it so that the screen was facing Olivia, before Clarke had a chance to question what was on the phone or to look at it herself, Olivia jumped forward instantly removing herself from her Mommy's thigh as she jumped towards the screen loudly shouting;

"MAMA" Clarke laughed at the excitement and happiness in her daughter's face, as she heard Oscar shouting 'MAMA' as he ran over to his sister stopping next to her, both of them laughing as they began talking to their Mama on Raven's phone. "Hi Mama" They both smiled out as Clarke watched them walk with Raven to the stairs of the back porch, sitting down on the porch with their Auntie Rae they moved so Raven was holding the phone in front of them as the twins stood in front of them both. Clarke smiled brightly watching the twins and how happy they were. By time she refocused on the conversation she wasn't sure how much she'd missed out on, but she guessed it was about two or three minutes.

"Your telling me you haven't opened any presents today?"

"No, we're waiting for you Mama" Olivia firmly said to her Mama, looking at her brother who sweetly added

"We always open our presents with you Mama…all the time…"

"I know you do…all the time…. but you could have opened them with Mommy and recorded it for me to see"

"No Mama…. that's not the same"

"No, it's not is it babies"

"No Mama" They twins laughed out at the same time, their attention not falling from the screen of their Aunties phone.

"So, I know why you didn't open your presents but why are my prince and princess all messy haired today huh?"

"We missed you Mama…" Oscar started looking to his sister who nodded her head instantly, clasping her hands and continuing for him

"So, we didn't want our hair done without you Mama…"

"Yeah because you fix our hair the bestest Mama" Oscar added on, him and Olivia sharing a giggle as they continued to talk with their Mama.

"Well I guess I'm gonna have to fix your hair myself, aren't I?"

Clarke looked at the twins as confusion filled their faces as they looked at the screen, continuing to watch the twins, she became slightly confused herself as Oscar spoke;

"I can see me, Olivia and Rae Rae…where'd you go Mama?"

"Guess" The voice snapped Clarke out of her thoughts as she looked up to see Lexa walking slowly through the back door, she wanted to run over there and hug her wife, then slap her for not being in the hospital like she was supposed to do. But as she looked at the twins she realised they hadn't realised their Mama was standing behind them yet. Instead of spoiling the moment but shouting at her wife, she decided to watch the twins and wait for them to realise.

"We can't see you Mama" Olivia let out standing up looking at the screen and pouting. Oscar followed suit standing next to his sister. "Where are you Mama?" Oscar asked as they again as the screen went blank and the call closed only showing the skype app that Raven was using. Oscar and Olivia both pouted heavily as they sadly asked, "Where'd Mama go?"

"I'm right here" Lexa let out a massive smile on her face, as the twins finally realised that the voice was one hundred percent not coming from the phone. Their small heads snapped up to the porch where the voice came from. Massive smiles covered their faces as they saw their Mama standing on the porch in front of them, as they took of running as fast as they could, their small legs carrying them up the four steps, as they both cleared the last step the ran full force at their Mama, Lexa just managed to kneel down on the porch as they both crashed into her chest, their arms wrapping around her tightly as they both held on for dear life.

All the guests of the party slowly went back to talking amongst each other not wanting to interrupt the family's special reunion. Lexa held onto her twins for at least ten minutes before she felt their grip loosen every so slightly, she gave them a few more minutes, she couldn't imagine what they must have been feeling, she knew herself that she was ready to cry, but thankfully she was able to hold all her tears in, she didn't want them to see her crying and think she was upset. Because she was anything but upset, she was so happy and grateful to be home that she couldn't even express in words what she was feeling. A few minutes passed by and she gently pulled back looking down at the twins seeing smiles covering their faces she softly spoke;

"Happy now?"

"Yeah Mama, really really really happy…"

"This is the best prise ever Mama"

"The best surprise ever?" Lexa asked, getting a small and eager nod from the twins "Good, so your happy Mama is back home?" They both nodded their head before their faces fell for a second, seeing the look Lexa quickly asked, "What's wrong?"

Oscar and Olivia looked at each other before Oscar quickly looked to his Mama and asked, "Are you staying Mama?"

"You mean do I have go back to the hospital?" They both nodded their head at the question "Yes I'm staying"

"Forever?" Olivia softly asked, looking up at her Mama, hope so clear in her and her brother's eyes

"Forever and ever"

"YES" The twins let out jumping forward and hugging their Mama again tightly. As they pulled back they turned around and looked at their Mommy, who was now on the porch not far from them, running over to her they hugged her, as they pulled back Olivia asked, "Did you know about the prise Mommy?"

"No, I didn't baby…. Mama and Auntie Rae hid it from me" Clarke let out, looking at them both completely unimpressed, as she looked at her wife, her father came walking through the back door, feeling his daughters eyes on him Jake stopped walking completely "I guess you were in on this as well?" Clarke watched as her father held his hands up walking across the porch and stopping next to Raven;

"I only did as I was asked….as a good Grandpa and Father in Law it was my duty…."

"Sure Dad"

"In my defence these two were the master minds" He added pointing to Lexa and Raven before giving his daughter his best smile.

"If you say so Dad…. you know what?" Clarke devilishly smiled looking down at her children "I think we need to get Mama, Auntie Rae and Grandpa back for not telling us the secret…. don't you two?" Oscar and Olivia laughed loudly nodding their head at their Mommy. Clarke nodded her head kneeling down in front of them "So here's the plan…you two tickle Grandpa and Auntie Rae….and I'll get Mama…how's that sound? …. Good"

"YEAH" The both let out jumping in the air slightly before laughing at their Mommy and waiting for her to tell them when to go.

"Ready…." Clarke let out watching as Raven and her dad played along pretending to be scared, both of them getting ready to run. "Annnndddd…. GO GO GO…" The twins took off running as did Raven and Jake, both of them letting the twins catch upto them before sprinting away again, the sound of the twin's laughter filling the back garden as Clarke slowly walked over to her wife, who was now leaning on the wall near the back door. As she got closer to Lexa her wife held her hands up and spoke;

"In my defence I'm not able to run away so you got me trapped"

"Oh, I know…. that was the plan…" Clarke let out, stopping in front of her wife she felt Lexa's hands come to rest on her waist, gently pulling her forward until Lexa's arms were wrapped around her waist, pulling them close until she was leaning on Lexa's hips, Clarke couldn't help the smile that covered her face as she leant forward lovingly and gently connecting her lips to Lexa's, she only let them stay connected for a few seconds before she pulled back, pushing against the wall to create some space between her and Lexa, seeing the smirk on her wife's face she unamusingly looked at her shaking her head before she pushed hard against Lexa's uninjured shoulder;

"OW…what was that for?"

"You know exactly what that was for?"

"Ok, in my defence, this wasn't exactly a long drawn out plan"

"It wasn't?"

"No, I've only known I'd be released today for a week" Again Clarke pushed hard on Lexa's uninjured shoulder again electing a 'OW' from Lexa "Hey…. okay okay I get it…"

"Do you Alexa…...do you really?"

"I do babe I swear…. But I have a good reason…" Seeing the look on Clarke's face Lexa quickly spoke "I'll explain just don't hit me again…as sexy as you look it still hurts…"

"Flattery wont work…tell me this good reason…"

"You had enough on your plate to deal with Clarke…and I know that we agreed no secrets, but this is more a small white lie that a secret, when the doctors told me they said that it might change, it might be earlier or later…but they didn't know….and then today after out video call they came by and said I could go home today as long as someone picked me up…."

"And you thought your father in law was a better option than your wife?"

"No…I called Raven, she was already on her way so then I asked your dad….it wasn't about hiding anything I promise…I just wanted you and the twins to enjoy your day without worrying about me….I know how stressed you've been organising this, and I know I helped where I could but you pretty much did this all on your own…I didn't want to add to it….and I honestly thought you deserved the surprise as well…."

"You wanted to surprise me as well?"

"Of course I did…You've been busting your amazingly perfect behind since I've been in hospital…you'd come see me everyday whilst still looking after the twins, taking them to school, making sure that situation got dealt with, as well as making sure all the utilities bills are paid on time, that the house is clean…and the whole time your doing all that, your painting, making sure the gallery is still thriving and organising events at your work…you've been so amazing and I thought you deserved to not worry about one more thing…"

"Your making it hard to stay mad at you"

"I'm sorry…."

"Don't be…I'm really glad your home…" Clarke smiled out leaning forward, stopping short of Lexa's lips, she looked into her wife's eyes as Lexa tightened her arms around her waist "But no more hiding stuff from me…deal?"

"Deal" Lexa smiled closing the gap between her and Clarke's lips. Both of them getting lost in the moment as they finally had what they'd been waiting months for, their family was finally complete again, Lexa was home and that was the best part of this day. The best part of the last few months, the months that had been hell for them all. From nights alone, wide awake in bed missing the others presence, to just missing being able to walk around the house knowing that all four of them were in the same house. It was the new beginning that they had been delayed, that they had been robbed off months ago by Roan, but now nothing could stop them, there was nothing and nobody that could get in the way of their family and their happiness. Lexa was home and that was all her and Clarke had ever wanted and needed. All they'd both been hoping for, for over a year and a half, they and their family were finally whole again.

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Sooooo what did we all think of the final instalment? Feel free to let me know what your all thought as always, all I ask if you be considerate of my feelings as I am human as well lol So I didn't end it the way I originally planned to but I'm happy enough with the way it ended, what do we all think?

So this fanfic has come to an end :-( I am going to be going a follow up on this fanfic and my previous CLEXA Fanfic but it wont be straight away as I have work and life and all that rubbish stuff that I have to put first, I plan on writing a few chapters then posting every four days, but at present I just need to find the time to sit down and really concentrate on writing. But I also want to write an OCTAVEN Fanfic, I'm toying with it being either a Modern AU or a Ark AU, as of yet I haven't decided so if you wanna give me your thoughts on that I am more than welcome to hear them :-) I might be looking for a co-author for this site and for Archive of Our Own so if anyone's interested inbox me and we can talk further but again if not then hey ho lol

Anyway I am again wanna say THANK YOU SO MUCH to EVERYONE that took the time to read this or comment or favourite or follow this story, I am so thankful for every single one of you that has taken the time. It has made writing this Fanfic an even more enjoyable experience, So thank you all and I hope you've enjoyed it as much as I have. Thank you all and Hopefully you'll hear from me soon….and Until then…

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