Chapter 35: Lexa

Everything seemed to be going great except the fact that Clarke hadn't made it back and it was after one. I was beginning to get a little worried that something might have happened. Luckily, I had Asher to keep my mind off of it. According to him, I was his best friend and that was fine with me. He was fun to be around even if he was only seven. It is nice to see what a normal childhood looks like after living through mine. It only made me realize more that I wanted to help people in need anyway I could.

I started getting a bad feeling and decided that I needed to go find Clarke. I don't know why but something just felt off. I took Asher back to the boat and told Ash I had to go. I didn't bother changing clothes just grabbed a t-shirt and my helmet. Once on my bike, I sped off to Clarke's.

When I arrived, I found the neighbor standing on the sidewalk in front of Clarke's house on the phone looking toward the garage. I heard the person say, "He has been here for a while making all kinds of noise and shouting…" That is all I needed to hear. I threw my helmet off and sprinted down the drive and into the garage.

What I found was Finn and some other guy. Finn was yelling and screaming at Clarke who was in her car terrified and crying. He had parked his car behind her so that she couldn't leave, and it looked like she was scared to get out of the car. As I took in the scene, the neighbor walked up and said, "I called the police, and they are on the way. I'm not sure what is going on here, but it has been going on for almost an hour and I…"

I interrupt her, "Thank you. Is it possible for you to do me one more favor? Could you possibly video what is about to happen so that the cops can see what actually happened, please."

"Um, sure but what is about to happen?"

I don't answer I just step into the garage in front of Finn's car and yell, "What the fuck to you think you are doing?"

He looks up and laughs at me, "This is none of your business, dyke! You can just turn around and leave now. This is between me and my girlfriend."

"Yeah, that doesn't work for me. She looks terrified of you and if you don't back away from the car so that I can check on her, I will remove you myself."

"Ha, not going to happen, not until she and I talk things out." He looks over at the other guy and says, "George if she tries anything take care of her."

I look over at George, he is taller than me and muscular. He probably outweighs me by at least fifty pounds but that doesn't worry me. "Look, all I want to do is check on Clarke. It is obvious that she doesn't want to talk to you so just get out of the way and everything will be fine. Plus, there is the issue of the restraining order and the cops are already on the way so maybe you should just leave."

"I told you, I'm not leaving. Especially after what she did to me last night. I had to spend the night in the hospital and might still have to have one of my balls removed."

I can't help but laugh at that, which pisses him off even more. "Oh, so you think that's funny do you. How about I have George teach you a lesson on manners."

"Fine, I tried to be nice, but I'm done. I need to see if she is okay. Now get the fuck out of my way!" He just laughs at me and picks up something off the workbench behind him and raises it in the air like he is about to hit the car window. I yell, "NO!" as I launch myself at him, but George blocks me, and he breaks the window sending glass all over Clarke.

George and I land hard with me on top of him. I look down at him trying to catch his breath and say, "I'm going to get up and check on Clarke, please don't do anything stupid." I can hear the police sirens in the distance, so I breathe a sigh of relief. I get up and go to the car and see Clarke gripping the steering wheel so tightly that her knuckles are white, and she has some scratches on her from the broken glass. I say, "Hey, Clarke it's me. Are you okay? Can you open the door for me?"

She looks up at me tears streaming down her cheeks, "Is…is he gone?" Then her eyes widen in fear, I spin around in time to dodge the bat that Finn is swinging at me. He hits the top of the car with the bat and I hit him with a left hook to the temple that knocks him out just as the cop car pulls up. By now George is also back on his feet and rushes at me like a linebacker going after the quarterback. I sidestep him and he runs into the side of the car. When he turns around, I catch him with a roundhouse kick to the temple knocking him out. I turn back to Clarke, "Hey Ya Amar, it's okay now unlock the door, please. He is out cold, and the cops are here."

Just as she unlocks the door and I reach for the handle, I hear, "Freeze, put your hands in the air and turn around slowly."

All I can think is seriously? All I want to do is make sure Clarke is okay and wrap my arms around her, but as I turn around, I see two cops with their guns drawn. I have my hands in the air and say, "Whoa, guys! They are the ones you want. I just need to make sure Clarke is alright, please."

The neighbor speaks up, "She's telling the truth. I'm the one who called you and I have everything recorded on my phone here. She came and tried to talk him down but well it didn't work. Here take a look."

The cops holster their guns and say, "Okay, you can lower your hands but don't make any sudden moves while we take a look at the video."

"Yes, sir. Is it okay if I open the car door and check on Clarke?"

"If she is willing to open the door that's fine."

I turn and reach for the handle, but before I can she has the door open and launches herself into my arms. I wrap my arms around her waist and hold her tightly saying, "It's okay now. I've got you, your safe." I can feel her sobbing against me and now that the situation is under control, I become extremely angry. I pull back from her and start checking her to make sure she isn't hurt. "Baby, are you okay? Did he hurt you?" She shakes her head no, as the cops approach.

The officer looks from Clarke to me to Finn and George laying on the ground. He says, "I'm officer Booth, Landon Booth and this is my partner officer Jennie Holland. What exactly happened here?"

I speak up, "I'm Lexa Trikru and this is Clarke Griffin." I hand him Officer Allison's business card and say, "If you call her, she can explain what happened the other night, but the guy over there is Finn, Clarke's ex-boyfriend and all I know about the other one is that his name is George. All I can tell you is that when I arrived, the neighbor was on the phone with you all and said that he had been here for a long time yelling and screaming. When I approached, I could see Clarke in the car scared to death. I tried to talk to Finn, but he broke the window. He then swung a bat at my head, so I knocked him out with a left hook."

"Yes, we saw that on the video, but what happened before that?"

I look at Clarke and raise an eyebrow at her. She glances over my shoulder at Finn, and then starts to back away. When I turn to look, I can see that he is coming to. I pull Clarke behind me. The cop sees my reaction and takes out his handcuffs and puts them on Finn and George as soon as they get up. Finn starts shouting, "Why are you cuffing me? She is the one who assaulted me, and I want to press charges."

Officer Booth tries to explain that he isn't under arrest. He is just being detained until they can sort out what happened. Finn continues yelling and finally the officer tells him that if he doesn't shut up, he is going to place him under arrest for undermining a police investigation. Once he finally shuts up, Clarke starts to explain, and I wrap my arms around her from behind. I just need to hold her. I want her to feel safe. She says, "When I got home today, he was waiting parked across the street. I tried to pull into the garage and shut it, but he parked his car behind me so the door wouldn't shut. Before I could get out of the car, he was trying to open the door, but I locked it so that he couldn't. He started banging on the window and door telling me to get out so that he could talk to me, but I was scared. He was so angry! He just kept yelling all sorts of things and…I just froze. I couldn't move. I couldn't call for help or anything. That is when Lexa showed up."

She turned in my arms and looked me in the eyes, "How did you know…how did you know that I needed you?"

I smiled and kissed her forehead, "Does it matter? I just had a feeling that something was wrong and when you hadn't shown back up at the boat…I just came."

Finn laughs, "Oh how sweet, now arrest her for hitting me. None of what she said is true. I came over to talk to her and she wouldn't get out of the car. Then the Amazon over there came in and knocked me out. That's all that happened. Do you know who I am? No one is going to believe her over me. My dad is the mayor, and he will have your badges for the way you are treating me."

Officer Holland walks over and whispers something in Officer Booth's ear. I'm assuming she has talked to Officer Allison. Officer Booth says, "Son, I don't care who you are. We have video proof of everything that happened from the time Lexa got here until now, so yeah, we will believe them over you. Clarke, do you want us to charge him with trespassing and violation of his restraining order?"

She looks at me and I just shrug and say, "Ya Amar, that is up to you."

"Yes, I do!"

"Lexa do you want to press charges for attempted assault?"

I look at Clarke and ask, "What do you want me to do?"

"It's up to you, but…well I would rather you did."

"Okay, then yes I do want press charges. Finn you may want to put some ice on that eye. It is starting to swell. Oh, and I hope they do have to cut your balls off." This gets a chuckle out of the two officers.

Finn gives me a death stare as he is being loaded into the back of the police car. Officer Booth asks if we will be alright if they leave. I tell him we will be fine, that Clarke is just going to grab some clothes and then she will be staying with me for a while. He nods and gives me his card in case Finn comes back. I thank him and then they leave.

As soon as they were gone, I closed the garage and ask, "Seriously Clarke are you sure that you are okay? Some of those cuts look deep. I can get Lo to look at them when we get back if you want."

She sniffled and gave me a weak smile, "I fine now. Thank you for coming. I don't know what would have happened if…if he had. Never mind, just thank you."

"You don't have to thank me. I will always be here when you need me. I should have never let you come alone after…well, you know but after this morning…I thought you were mad at me. But that is in the past, let's go inside." I take her hand and we walk into the house. "Just throw your necessities in a backpack. I brought the bike so there isn't much room. We can either come back later or better yet, we will just buy you some clothes in LA tomorrow. All you need right now is a swimsuit, some underwear and your helmet."

"No, I will pack my stuff and then follow you in my car. You don't have to buy me new clothes when I have plenty here."

"Ya Amar, please don't argue with me on this. I don't want you driving right now, you are still upset, plus your window is broken. Just grab what I said and let's go have fun. I think you need some fun, unless you just want to chill in my room, which is fine too."

She leans in and touches her lips to mine and I immediately feel the fireworks start. I run my hand along her neck and pull her closer before I know it her tongue is inside of my mouth. The kiss, which started out gentle and sweet, slowly deepened as it went on like two lovers who had known each other before and were reluctant to pull away. I only wish that I didn't need to breath so that I could stay in this moment forever. Unfortunately, I had to pull away. I couldn't help but smile as I stared into her beautiful eyes.

"If you continue to do that, we will not make it back to my place. That was…well, that was utterly amazing."

Her cheeks turn red, "Yes, yes it was."

She turns and walks away. I'm assuming to pack her bag. I stand there for a few minutes thinking about how different kissing her is from anyone else. I can't figure out why it is so different, but I can't get enough. I just wish she would trust me enough to give me a chance. Once she was ready, we headed back to mine. By the time we made it back, Clarke looked as though she was feeling a little better. We stopped by my room to throw her stuff down and I pulled out a couple of shot glasses and the tequila. She smiled and said, "How do you always know what I need?"

I just shrugged and poured the shots. We then went up to join the group and had at least a little bit of fun. After an amazing dinner, those that weren't going to the fights headed home and the rest of us sat around the fire pit talking and having a few drinks. Once the cleanup from dinner was finished, Reed and Jose joined us along with Stefania, Logan, Lo, and Morrigan. Of course, this led to a conversation on how Reed, Jose, Ash, and I knew each other and how they managed to be working on the Untouchable. I just sat back and let them tell the story because I don't like to talk about myself.

Ash

Eventually while Lexa was out on the jet ski with Asher, I finally had a chance to talk to Clarke alone. I know that she told me not to, but I feel like maybe if I can have a conversation with her it will help her realize that I am with Callie.

Clarke was sitting on the deck watching Lexa and Asher out on the jet ski. I walked over and took a seat beside her. She looked over at me and smiled before looking down at the water. I clear my throat and say, "Hey, are you okay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine now. Thanks for asking."

"No problem. I was wondering if I could maybe talk to you for a bit about Lexa?"

"Um…sure, but you don't have to. Lexa already told me that you and Callie were back together."

"Yeah, we are, and Lexa and I had a really good conversation about everything. Actually, that's what I wanted to talk to you about."

"Ashley it is okay. Really, you don't need to…"

I interrupt her, "I know that I don't need to, but I want to. I'm sure she didn't tell you everything because she doesn't like to talk about herself. She probably didn't tell you that she was the one who said that she thought it was better if her and I were just friends. She said that Jose and she had had a conversation and she realized that the reason we were together was because of what we went through together. We made each other feel safe and…things just went from there, but now she told me that I feel like home to her. The way she explained it was that I was the first place she felt safe and like she belonged. She said that after she kissed you the other night, she knew that you were different. She said that is when she knew without a doubt that even though she and I would always have a bond because of what we survived together; we were better off as friends. What I'm trying to say is that she wants to be with you, and you don't have to worry about her feelings for me. Do you understand?"

Before she can answer, Callie walks up and asks, "Ashley, what are you doing?"

I say, "Well…um…I'm just trying to explain to Clarke about Lexa and my relationship and how Lexa really wants to be with her not me."

"Oh lord, Ashley. Please tell me you are explaining things to her better than you did to me and I thought you said that she didn't want you to talk to Clarke, that she wanted to give her space to come around on her own."

"Yeah, well…I am just trying to help. I mean I just feel like…I don't know I just want Clarke to know that Lexa really wants to be with her and it's not just because you and I are back together. I also want her to know that Lexa and I are just friends."

Clarke speaks up, "Look, I really appreciate the fact that you told me all of this but…I just don't know. I mean she would probably not like the fact that I'm telling you this, but I really don't have anyone else to talk to right now."

Callie says, "Oh, I'm sure that Lexa doesn't want Ashley talking to you either, but that ship has already sailed so you might as well spit it out before she sees us sitting here talking."

Clarke laughs, "I'm scared shitless about starting a relationship with her. Don't get me wrong, she is an amazing, caring, selfless, and patient person, but…well I've only ever been with Finn and never once thought about being with another woman until I met her. And once we kissed…I can't even explain it, but it scares me."

I look at Callie before I say, "I know putting your heart on the line can be scary, but when you find the right person it is worth it. I can tell you from experience that you are the only one who can decide if you want to give her a chance. It took me a long time to realize that I wasn't giving Callie a chance, that I was running back to Lexa because she was safe to me and I knew that she would never hurt or leave me. I was scared to give Callie a second chance because she had hurt me in the past. What I'm trying to say is that if you never give her a chance you will never know. Lexa is an amazing person who is loyal to a fault and will never break a promise."

About this time, Lexa comes hauling in straight for the boat on the jet ski and at the last-minute turns and sprays us with water before circling around and coming to a stop in front of us with Asher just laughing at the fact that the three of us are now soaking wet. I wait until Asher is on the swim deck before I launch myself at Lexa tackling her off the ski and into the water. Next thing I know, Asher has jumped in and is attacking me saying leave Xa alone. Now everyone was laughing.

Clarke

Today has been exhausting emotionally. I still have no idea how Lexa knew that I needed her, but I'm glad she did. The way she handled the situation was amazing and I knew once she was there, that I was safe, and he couldn't hurt me. It felt so good to be in her arms and that kiss…was amazing. Then there was the conversation with Ashley and Callie, I still don't know what to think about that. I think…well, maybe I should just say the hell with my fear and give a relationship with her a go. I mean after all she somehow knew to come to my rescue without me even calling her and she has been nothing but patient and caring from the start. I think I will tell her after the fights. I don't want anything to take her attention off of the fight. Yeah, I think that's what I will do. Now all I need to do is just relax by the fire with everyone and listen to their stories. Everything is going to work out, I can feel it.