Chapter 65: Lexa

After Abby leaves, I look at Clarke and ask, "What do you feel like doing? Do you want to go shopping or sightseeing or just take a nap?"

"What time is it?"

"Almost 11:30."

"Do you mind if I take a hot shower, and then we go get lunch? Then we can see what we feel like doing after that."

"Not at all. That sounds good to me. I'll unpack our things while you shower."

Two hours later, we're finishing up a late lunch, and Clarke says, "So what are you thinking for your tattoo?"

"Well, I want to get one that represents us. So I thought that I would get a tree with an orange sky representing the sunset giving way to the night with a moon, since you are the moon, and I am the sky. Under the tree will sit a Griffin. The tree is for my last name, Trikru, and the Griffin for you. What do you think?"

"I think that is amazing! Would you mind if I were to get a matching one?"

"Of course not. That would be awesome!"

"Alright then, let's do it."

We head over to the tattoo studio only to find that Indra isn't working today. However, the dude said she would be in on Wednesday, so we made an appointment for that evening. Since we're so close to the mall, we decided to look around until time to meet everyone for dinner. Clarke seemed to be feeling a little better and enjoying herself as we walked around.

As we walked, we passed the jewelry store where I assume Ash bought our necklaces when we were here last. I took Clarke's hand and pulling her inside. "Lexa, what are we doing in here?"

"I need to buy you a charm for your bracelet so, I thought I would let you pick it out."

"Babe, you don't need to buy me anything. I have you, and that is all I need."

"Nope, the point of the bracelet is to collect charms that mean something to you or us. This is our first trip together as a couple, so you need to pick one out. If you won't, then I will just do it for you. Plus, I'm thinking about getting myself a necklace. I miss wearing one, but I don't want to wear the one I have."

"Fine, I'll look at charms. You go look at necklaces."

I kiss her cheek and walk over to the chains and browse around. I pick out one and notice that they have a few charms over here as well. As I'm looking, I see a griffin charm and can't resist getting it for my necklace. I glance over to Clarke and see she has moved away from the charms and is now looking at rings.

I start to walk over there, but then I see her glance around like she is trying to make sure I don't see her. I turn around quickly, so she doesn't see me watching. When I look back around, she is trying one on. I give her a few minutes, and when I see her hand it back to the saleswoman, I walk over. I sneak up behind her resting my head on her shoulder while hugging her from behind.

That's when I notice she is looking at engagement rings. I can't help but smile, "See anything you like, Ya Amar?"

"Um…huh…yes, I found a charm of Yas Island. Did you find something?"

"Yes, but I meant did you see a ring?"

"What? No-no, I was just about to come to find you. The charms are right here by the rings, that's all."

I look at the saleswoman, and she is smirking, so I know something is up. The girl rings up our purchases, and as we head out, I let Clarke get ahead of me. I get the saleswoman's attention and whisper, "Did she see something that she liked?" The woman nodded yes. "Box it up, and I will be back in a few minutes to get it." She just smiled.

We shopped for a while longer, and when Clarke went to the bathroom, I slipped back to the store and bought her the ring. It was a platinum two-carat heart-cut diamond solitaire. The side of the band has a unique leaf pattern on tree branches. On one side, there was a crescent moon woven into the branches. Each leaf had a black diamond in the middle of them. It was one of a kind, and it was very unique. I asked if a band went with it, and she showed me a black platinum band that had the same leaf pattern except that the diamonds on it were regular ones making the two rings combine into an awesomely unique set. The band also had a black diamond on one side that perfectly fits into the crescent moon, making it a full moon. It was perfect. "I'll take them both!"

The saleswoman looked at me like I was insane and said, "You realize that the pair is one of a kind and costs $250,000, right?"

"Yes, I'm aware of the price. Please just ring them up quickly before she comes looking for me."

"Alright."

I think she's surprised when the purchase goes through because she has a strange look on her face, but she just hands me the boxes and the receipt, which I tuck into my bag with my necklace. I hurry out of the store and back towards the restrooms, where I find Clarke look around for me. "Where did you go?"

"I just went down that way a bit. I was looking for a toy store to get Asher something, but I didn't see one. You ready to head back for dinner?"

"Sure."

Clarke

Lexa took me to a nice lunch, and then we decided to get tattoos. Unfortunately, the artist wasn't in today, so we made appointments for later in the week. We ended up going shopping instead, which took my mind off of everything for a while. After shopping, we went back to the hotel to get ready for dinner with the group.

Everyone met downstairs in the hotel lobby, and our driver Ali drove us to a nice restaurant where he had reserved us a room to ourselves. Dinner was excellent, and it was nice to be around everyone talking about their day. Asher and Sabrina talked ninety miles a minute about their day on the beach and how warm the ocean was. Then Asher came over to Lexa and said, "Xa, today was Saturday, and we didn't draw an Asher adventure from the jar. Why?"

Lexa chuckles at him and says, "Buddy, is flying on a plane to a foreign country not a big enough adventure for you?"

Everyone laughs, and Callie says, "Ash, did you not have an adventure with Sabrina at the beach today?"

"Yeah, but it wasn't an adventure with Xa, and she promised to take me on one every Saturday until mommy got back."

Lexa frowns, "I'm sorry, buddy. How about you pick something out and tomorrow after my meeting we will go on an adventure. How does that sound?"

"Great! Can Brina and Clarke come? I already know what I want to do."

"Sure, what do you have in mind?"

"I saw a mercial on tv for dune buggy rides in the desert. I want to do that!"

O speaks up and says, "That sounds like fun. Asher, do you mind if everyone goes on your adventure?"

Asher says, "Nope, that would be even more awesome."

Lexa looks at me, and I say, "That sounds like a lot of fun. I'm in."

Lexa smiles takes my hand, and brings it to her lips for a kiss. "Alright then, I will call and book it for tomorrow afternoon after my meeting. I will text everyone later with the time."

A few hours later, Lexa and I were snuggled in bed watching a movie while the rest of the group went out drinking and dancing. She had set up the dune buggy tour for tomorrow at 3, and the meeting with mom and the doctor was at 9. So we had decided to just take it easy tonight and watch TV. I tried to tell her that we could go out, but she said she wanted to snuggle with me instead, which I am grateful for.