Lexa

After Clarke rebandages my back, we take a shower together and then go to bed. She wouldn't let me do anything more than snuggle with her because she said that I needed to rest. Sometimes dating a doctor can suck!

I woke up around ten the next morning with Clarke laying halfway on top of me. Her head was on my chest and she had one arm and leg thrown across my body. I couldn't help but smile as we lay here completely naked. I kiss the top of her head and run my fingers down her back, as I did goosebumps popped up wherever I touch. I am amazed at how her body responds to my touch. She lets out a soft moan while still sleeping. I shifted my body so that I could kiss her shoulder as I continued to draw circles on her back with my fingers. I move from her shoulder up to kiss her neck and then nibble her ear. She lets out another moan and I can feel her getting wet on my leg.

I kiss her neck again and her eyes flutter open. I smile down at her, "Good morning beautiful."

She looks up at me with darkened green eyes, "What do you think you are doing. Cielo?"

"Um…I-I…well I woke up with this beautiful naked woman draped across my body and my lips and hands have a mind of their own. They just sort of gravitated toward your body and…"

I don't get to finish my statement because her lips brush on mine in a soft kiss. My heart begin to race but at the same time I was content, but a fire began to build in my soul. Clarke sank into the kiss and slightly parted her lips asking for more as her hands, now on my hips, pulled me closer. I obliged and she slips her tongue inside and I melt into her. After several moments we pull back, both breathing hard.

Clarke looks me in the eyes and says, "I could really get used to being woken up like that every morning, but I think that we should slow down. You need to take it easy with your back and hand."

"I promise I'm fine. Last night was amazing and I-I just want to repeat it as much as possible. I-I mean…if that's something that you-you would like. If-if not…"

"Babe last night was mind blowing and of course I want to do it again. I just…I just don't won't you to hurt yourself anymore and we have plenty of time."

"Fine, then let's go up for breakfast and then we can come back and get ready to go with Ash."

On the flight to the base, Abby decided that while Ash gave Asher a tour of the base that I needed to go and have my hand x-rayed and the ortho on the base would look at it and let us know if I needed surgery. Then we could all meet up and say our goodbyes.

Once we landed, we went our separate ways. Abby, Clarke, and I headed to the base hospital while Callie, Ash and Asher headed for a tour of the base. The x-ray didn't take long, and the orthopedic doctor said everything was healing fine and that I didn't require surgery. He also said that the cast could probably come off next week. Once he left the room, Clarke looked at Abby and ask, "How is it possible that her hand and wrist are healing so fast. She should be in the cast for at least six weeks not just a week."

Abby replies, "All I can say is that she heals fast and it is probably due in part to the mutations in her DNA."

I speak up, "About that, while Julian was giving Ash and I the run down on her upcoming mission he said some things about the blood sample of mine that you had given them."

Clarke says, "Mom, you gave the military and CIA Lexa's blood. That isn't good, when they find out about the mutations, they will want to use her as a pin cushion for all kinds of tests. How could you do that?"

Abby replies, "Calm down, I didn't give them the name of the person the sample came from. Ash and I told them that the paperwork and blood sample was found when raiding Ahmed's bunker so that no one would be able to trace it back to Lexa. Lexa what did Julian say about the results of the tests he ran on your blood?"

"Something about not only having wolf DNA but also DNA from an ancient warrior society. I think he said Amazonian or something. I will see if Ash can get me a print up with all the information so that you and Clarke can analyze it."

She replies, "Alright, let's go find the rest of the group. It should be about time for Fletch to have to board her plane for DC."

When we do finally meet up with them, Asher comes running to me and says, "Look at all the cool things mommy got me."

He has on a Navy Seal hat and is carrying a backpack like we carried our gear in while we were on missions and it was full of clothes and toys. After he shows me what's in his bag, he looks up at me and says, "Mommy says that while she is away on her mission that you are going to help mom take care of me. Does that mean I can stay with you some and we can play video games?"

I laugh and look over at Ash and Callie, both of them are smiling and nodding yes. "As long as it is okay with your mom, you can come hang out with me anytime especially when you are missing you mommy. Plus, if you or your mom ever need anything all you have to do is give me a call."

"Thanks, Xa. I love you."

"I love you too, little man."

Ash says, "Lexa, Julian would like to see you and I really quick to go over a few last-minute details before I leave."

"Sure, no problem. Clarke do you mind if I…"

She interrupts me, "Cielo, I will be fine. We are on a military base, no one can get to me here. Go and take care of whatever you need and don't worry about me."

I smile and give her a quick kiss before following Ash into an office building. As we walk Ash looks at me with a raised eyebrow and says, "Cielo, as in Spanish for sky?"

I smile and nod, "Clarke said if she was my moon, Ya Amar, then I was her sky, Cielo, because the sky holds up the moon and that's what I do for her, hold her up when she needs it."

Before we go into the office, Ash stops and looks at me, "Aww, that's so sweet. I'm glad she finally decided to give you a chance. I want you to be as happy as I am and I just want you to know that it means everything to me that you are willing to look after them while I am gone. Knowing that will give me a little piece of mind so that I can concentrate on the task at hand."

"Ash, you know I've got your six and that includes taking care of your family. I just need you to be careful and come back in one piece. Oh, and do you think that you can get me the info on my blood tests so that I can let Abby evaluate it and explain it."

"That shouldn't be a problem. Come on and let's get this over with."

We walk into Julian's office and he throws me some sort of electronic device that I have never seen before. I look at him and ask, "What is this?"

He looks at me confused and Ash says, "It's a pager. It has its own phone number that people can call and leave you their phone number. It is what came before cell phones. If someone needed to get a hold of you, they would call the number and then put their number in so that you would know to call them. This one is for me to check in with you. Pagers are harder to trace than cell phones and text messages so once a week, I will send you the numbers 08222020. This message means everything is okay. If I need to tell you anything else, those numbers will be followed by more numbers that spell out the message using numbers corresponding to letters on the phone. Do you understand?"

"Yep, I got it." Next, Julian hands me a laptop and a simple flip phone.

He says, "This is a highly encrypted laptop that is virtually un-hackable, and the phone is a burner phone to use when I need to contact you, or you need to contact me. My number is the only one programed into the phone. All the information we have right now about the mission is on the laptop, including the info you saw at the cookout. I will email you any new information as Fletch relays it to me, that way you are kept up to date on what we find in case you need to perform a rescue mission. If Fletch misses two consecutive check-ins with you, you call me using that phone. I will do the same if she misses them with me. Now do you have the names of your team so that I can get the paperwork in order just in case."

"I know three for sure and the other two I just need to double check with first. I will email you all the names tomorrow."

He looks at Ash and then me and says, "Well, that's all I have for you. Fletch good luck and be safe. Your plane leaves in a half hour."

As we walk back to where we left everyone, I grab Ash's wrist and stop her. She looks at me confused and I say, "I need you to be careful. I need you to get as much detailed information as you can and send to me in case, I have to come get you. Please don't do anything stupid and make sure you come back to me…I mean us."

She pulls me in for a hug and says, "I promise to do everything within my power to get back as soon as possible. Oh, and I am having a surprise loaded onto the chopper for you. It is all your equipment from Afghanistan. Your guns, knives, and armor. Everything you will need in an emergency."

Twenty minutes later, we had said our goodbyes and watched as Ash said bye to Callie and Asher. As I watched her squat down to talk to Asher, I could see he was crying, and he captured her in a big hug. Then he came running over to me and I scooped him up as he buried his head in my neck while he continued to cry. "Hey little man, mommy will be back soon. It's going to be alright."

He sniffles and says, "But last time she was gone for years and I just got her back. Now she is leaving again, and she can't tell me for how long."

"I promise it won't be for as long as last time. If I have to, I will go and get her myself. She isn't running from you buddy; she is just doing her job. Besides, last time you didn't have your best friend, now you do. We will have all sorts of fun while your mommy is working, okay. How about you make a list of things you would like to do, and we will put them in a jar and every weekend we will pull one out and do it. It will be called Asher's adventure jar. How does that sound?"

He pulls back and looks at me, "Really, we can do that?"

"As long as your mom says it is okay, we will do it."

"Okay, put me down. I go ask."

I put him down and before I can say we can ask later, he is gone. He looks up at Callie and Ash says something and then points to me. I just shrug my shoulders as Ash waves me over to them. She smiles and says, "So, Asher says that you have a plan to keep him occupied while I'm gone and that if I stay to long you will come get me. What is this plan of yours?"

I look between the three of them and say, "Well…he is really upset so I told him to make a list of things he would like to do and then we would put them in a jar and call it Asher's adventure jar, and he could pull one out on the weekend and we could to it. That is as long as it is okay with Callie."

Callie smiles at me with tears in her eyes, "I think that is a great idea. Thank you, Lexa."

Ash pulls me into a hug and says, "You are amazing, and I love you."

I just smirk and say, "I thought everyone knew how amazing I was, but I love you too. Be safe and we will see you soon. Come on Asher, let's let your mommies say their goodbyes and then we can go home and either play in the pool or play some video games. As a matter of fact, Callie why don't you and Asher stay with me tonight. I'm sure Clarke is going to want to spend time with her mom and I need some company."

Asher looks up and says, "Can we please mom?"

Callie smiles and says, "I actually think that is a great idea."