A/N: Hey guys, sorry for slightly shorter updates lately, I'm in the last two months of college and so I have tons of work piling up so really I think a thousand word chapter a day isn't too bad haha. I've been reading a lot of reviews and I'm really sorry that I have little to no time to reply to them, but I do take everything into consideration and I'm already thinking off how to piece things together for future chapters. This one is actually based off something someone said a while ago actually. But yeah, thank you all for your continued patience and support, and please keep letting me know what you think. Love you all xxx
With how late their night had been, Clarke and Lexa didn't wake up until the middle of the afternoon, even then they layed in bed for a long time in a comfortable silence before Lexa eventually sighed and sat up.
"Come on Clarke, it is too beautiful a day to spend it cooped up inside."
"What did you have in mind?" Clarke grinned, as she watched Lexa get dressed and pull on her shoes.
Lexa smiled at her, "Remember the day we took Aden to the lake?"
"I remember the unwanted dip in the lake I got." Clarke pouted as Lexa laughed, pulling on her leg to prompt her to get up and dressed herself.
Clarke quickly pulled on fresh clothes and then held out her arms to show Lexa that she was done. "Ok, what now?"
"Today I'm going to teach you how to swim."
"I promise you it isn't as difficult as you believe it to be." Lexa assured, as Clarke stood on the wooden decking with her arms crossed in front of her.
"Lexa I can't swim, how am I meant to jump in the lake and not sink to the bottom."
Lexa clenched her jaw slightly in frustration, having already said the same thing ten times over, Clarke was proving to be a more difficult student than any night blood she had ever trained. "Clarke, I promise you that you're not going to sink. As I said, the lake here is only chest high, you'll be fine."
"You go in first." Clarke said quickly, after glancing over the edge into the water.
Lexa looked at her carefully, before shrugging off her coat and folding it neatly before leaving it on the floor, "Ok then, but if you make me jump in there for nothing I will not be impressed."
Clarke grinned at her but didn't say anything. Lexa rolled her eyes before taking a quick run up and pushing off from the edge of the decking, diving straight into the lake and travelling a while underwater before the need for air brought her to the surface.
"How am I meant to compete with a fish?!" Clarke called to her, from where she was still standing about a thirty meters from where Lexa was now treading water.
"You aren't meant to compete with me." Lexa said before quickly swimming back to where Clarke was waiting, "And I'm not a fish. You should see the boat people swim, I'll get Luna to race me when she next visits the capitol and you will be able to see for yourself how they are born to live in the water."
Clarke smiled, "I'd like that."
Gesturing for her to sit on the edge, Lexa placed her hands on Clarke's knees, waiting for her to slip her jacket off and place it behind her out of the way.
"Ok Clarke, all you need to do is slide of the edge and I will catch you and then lower you down so your feet are firmly on the bottom. All you have to do is stand still, ok?"
Nodding, Clarke held out her arms for Lexa to take, before letting herself slip off the edge. True to her word, Lexa caught her around the waist and placed her next to her in the water, letting go once Clarke told her that she had found her footing.
"What now?" Clarke asked as Lexa stared down at her as they stood face to face, the water gently lapping against their ribs.
"Now I want to kiss you, but I doubt that that's an appropriate teaching method." Lexa joked, before pulling away as Clarke attempted to reach up and touch their lips together. "Do well in our lesson today and then you have complete control of what we do for the remainder of our day and our evening, deal?"
"Deal." Clarke whispered, before bouncing up and sneaking a kiss in anyway, "I promise I'm done now, over to you." She laughed as Lexa shook her head, mock disapprovingly.
Lexa quickly guided her out a little deeper and further towards the center away from the bank. She had already decided that for a first swimming lesson it was probably unwise to overload Clarke's head with information, so she stuck to the very simple first lesson she had been given as a child, she taught Clarke to simply float on her back.
Surprisingly, Clarke picked the technique up quickly, allowing herself to relax back and let the water carry her gently back and forth. Even with her apparent innate ability, Lexa still stayed close, arms poised to catch her in case of a falter.
They were in the water for an hour before Lexa started pulling her back to the side, keeping a firm grip until the water was shallow enough for Clarke to walk easily.
"Why do we have to leave?" Clarke asked, having been enjoying the relaxing repetitive motions of the water.
Lexa pointed at the sky, "It's getting dark, and with the dark comes the cold. I don't want you to get sick Clarke."
Pulling herself up onto the decking she offered an arm down and pulled Clarke up to set her beside her.
"I want to do this again." Clarke admitted easily, taking the blanket Lexa offered to her and wrapping it round her shoulders, "Only if you'll keep teaching me though."
Lexa wrapped an arm around Clarke's shoulders and pulled her closer into her side, placing a tender kiss on the top of her head, "Of course I will Clarke, whatever makes you happy."