A/N: Hey guys :) This is nice lighthearted chapter for you guys which went to over 2000 words which I was pleasantly surprised at haha. Also, one or two people have mentioned that some chapters are Clexa light so I wanted to get your opinion. This did all start out as a solely Clexa thing, but at some point it just turned into a happy place for me to go instead of the show, and now I have fallen in love with all the characters all over again. Lexa is still the main character, and holds them all together, but it has evened out to show all of them rather than just our otp. Basically, what I wanted to ask is what you guys like? Because for me, I enjoy writing them all, giving everyone their happy ending. As always, I love hearing your opinions so feel free to let me know and thank you for the lovely reviews on last chapter! Love you guys! xxx
It had been three days since Ontari's injury and the Azgeda was driving everyone insane in her boredom and frustration at being on bed rest. Raven was doing her best to alleviate her girlfriends boredom and keep her entertained but it was a trying task.
In the mean time, Clarke and Lexa had decided to redecorate their bedroom together and so now everyone living in the tower were staying away from that corridor to avoid the feuding couple. The one exception being Octavia, who was highly amused by the fact that such a trivial subject was causing their lovers spat.
"Clarke this is ridiculous, what are you doing?" Lexa groaned as she woke up to Clarke hanging off her balcony.
"You said you didn't like this colour when I suggested it for our walls and it was already on your balcony so I'm repainting it so you don't ever have to look at it because I love you so much." Clarke answered, her knuckles white from clinging onto the wall to avoid falling.
"Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit Clarke." Lexa smiled sweetly as Clarke just frowned at her.
"You're not funny Lexa, and you're more sarcastic than all of our friends put together."
Lexa rolled her eyes, "You just like being angry Clarke. I will leave and you can paint our room however you want." Walking over, she gently pulled Clarke away from the balcony before placing a kiss on her cheek, "But please avoid falling to your death today."
Clarke growled under her breath as she shook Lexa's hands off her shoulder, "Two days of arguing constantly, and now you give up and give me what I want."
Smiling, Lexa nodded, "I never truly cared, but fighting with me distracted you from your fears over Ontari's health."
Leaning against Lexa, Clarke nodded her head against Lexa's chest, "I did wonder when you were going to admit to that being what you were doing."
Lexa chuckled, "Now, now that you don't need it anymore. You're releasing her today right?"
"Yes I am, but if she isn't careful I'll have to bring her right back again."
Grinning, Lexa laughed, "Ontari is not as impulsive as Octavia, she will be just fine, you however? You realize how high the tower is don't you? Because you were very close to falling to your death just then."
Shrugging Clarke pulled away slightly, "I was fine, I'm not brave enough to hang any further over the edge than I already was."
Luna slipped into the room as she saw Clarke leaving, smiling at Lexa who was sat on the couch with a book in her hand.
"So, I think we need to talk more about your ideas for the new Conclave." Luna said, before Lexa held up a hand to stop her.
"Tomorrow we will talk Luna, but for today we are all going to have some fun, Ontari is now healthy enough that Clarke doesn't fear for her life so our entire little family is going down to the lake. I would love for you to join us."
Nodding, Luna smiled in thanks for the invitation, "I would love to."
Lexa waved her hand, inviting her friend to walk ahead of her through the door.
"Clarke went ahead to free Ontari from the healers, and Raven was in earlier to see Clarke so she promised to fetch the others before heading down to the lake." Lexa explained, as they walked out into the market.
Luna watched Lexa as she walked through the city, taking note of the close interest she payed to her people as they walked through, "I would never have been half the Commander you are Lex."
"That's not true." Lexa smiled, before kneeling down to address a young boy who had ran up and tugged on her sleeve to get her attention, she greeted him by name as he started excitedly babbling in Trigedasleng. After he finished speaking, she gently ruffled his hair and handed him a small piece of woven green cloth, telling him to trade it for something special for his breakfast. "The boy was six today." Lexa said in explanation as she stood back up.
"This is what I mean, you know them all, and you treat each and everyone of them with as much respect as they owe you." Luna said, waving her hand towards where the boy was trading for a special honey cake at a vendor just down the street. "You give so much to your people, and still manage to stay you, I don't know how you do it."
Lexa hummed in the back of her throat as they continued walking, "I love each and every one of my people Luna, and I would die for just a single one of them. Keeping a life for myself is difficult but not impossible, although Clarke is still unaware of just how late I stay up some night to finish the work I must do."
"She would help you if you asked." Luna commented, as the lake shore came into view, everyone else already waiting.
Shaking her head, Lexa paused and faced her, "I need Clarke to keep Lexa and Heda separate. She holds my heart whilst my head must lead."
"Sounds exhausting."
Lexa laughed, "You have no idea."
They started walking again, quickly crossing over to their friends who were sat on the fishermen's decking, Ontari settled on a chair and the rest sat on the floor.
"I was beginning to think you weren't coming." Clarke grinned as she wrapped her arm around Lexa's waist before lazily pressing a kiss against her mouth.
"Yeah Commander," Raven drawled as she leaned against Ontari's legs, "Clarke was about to cry."
Aden giggled slightly from where he was sitting with Cal with their legs swinging over the edge, but Clarke's warning glare soon shut him up.
"I was not about to cry."
Octavia held her hand to her head dramatically before putting on a higher voice in a terrible imitation of Clarke, "Guy, I do so hope Lexa gets here. How will I survive for even five minutes without her beautiful eyes staring back at me!"
Clarke growled at her, "Octavia! Someone get her for me before I strangle her."
Ontari didn't waste a second, striking immediately with her right leg, her kick caught Octavia firmly in the ribs which sent her flying off the edge into the decking.
They all burst out laughing as she clawed her way back up looking like a drowned rat, "Big mistake Ontari, remember last time something like this happened? You ended up just as wet and miserable as me."
Raven stood in front of her girlfriend protectively as Ontari just grinned smugly at Octavia over her shoulder, "Don't you dare Octavia, she's still healing."
"She was well enough to kick me into the lake." Octavia grumbled.
Clarke sighed, waving her hand to get their attention, "Would you both just sit down? Octavia, throw Ontari in if you really want to, but it will be Raven you answer to when her stitches split and she bleeds out."
Luna watched them with interest as she stood just apart from the little group, who all laughed as Octavia huffed and threw herself down next to Lincoln before softening as he chuckled and drew her onto his lap, not seeming to mind the water dripping off of her.
Octavia was silent for a moment before she grinned slightly, looking up at Luna, "You're the leader of the Boat Clan right? So you do a lot of swimming?"
Luna nodded, curious as to where she was going with it.
"You and Lexa should race then, I'm sure everyone else would love to see if the perfect Commander can be beaten at something." Octavia's grin was sly as she addressed the last part to Lexa, who she had realized really hated backing down from a challenge.
Looking across at Lexa, Luna slowly nodded as Lexa dipped her chin slightly to indicate her own willingness to do the challenge.
"Fine, ok then." Luna replied, as she shrugged off her coat, followed by the weapons she had around her body. Lexa did the same next to her, handing off her outer clothing to Clarke as well as her own sword and knife.
Clarke rolled her eyes humorously as she folded Lexa's long coat over her arms.
Walking to the edge, Lexa kicked off her boots, Aden quickly grabbing them and putting them to the side. Luna followed her example, placing her own next to Lexa's out of the way.
They placed their feet on the edge, looking out to the opposite side of the lake.
"Are we going to the tree and back?" Lexa asked quietly, suddenly remembering just how wide the lake actually was, a good two hundred meters across at least.
"Scared?" Luna teased, as she fixed her eyes ahead to where they would be going.
Lexa smiled, "Just remembering the last time we did this, Anya nearly drowned us both."
Luna laughed aloud as she remembered, "Well we had missed the hunt she was sending us on. If Costia hadn't of been there to divert her attention, I think she might have really killed us."
Clarke smiled at them, gently touching their shoulders, "Ready?"
They both nodded firmly, "Ok then, three, two, one...go!"
They dived at once, each of their bodies entering the water with barely the whisper of a splash. The people watching from the decking could see them gliding underneath the surface before suddenly Lexa burst upwards, going into a flawless forward crawl as her powerful arms cut through the water at an astonishing pace.
Luna stayed under longer, before coming up on level with Lexa, her own strokes less precise but far more elegant looking. As Luna swam it was clear just how much of her life she had spent in the water.
Surprisingly, Lexa more than held her own, keeping pace with Luna as they raced through the water, reaching the opposite bank in record time. Both of them slapped their hands against the base of the tree that was half submerged in water before spinning around and darting back towards where the others were waiting.
It was on the return journey that a gap finally opened up between the two competitors as Luna's superior stamina began to prevail over Lexa's. On solid ground, Lexa may be able to outlast any opponent, but in the water she was using different muscles that she hadn't trained intensely from when she was six.
Luna caught hold of the edge of the decking, pulling herself up onto the surface, Lexa following only moments later.
Running a hand over her head, Luna pushed her dripping hair away from her face before offering a hand to Lexa to pull her up out of the water.
"Almost Lexa, but you never could beat me in water."
Lexa grinned slightly, gratefully accepting her coat off Clarke who draped it over her shoulders to start warming her up, "When the day comes that I have to have a sword fight in water then that may come to be a problem, but for now I am perfectly content with just beating you at everything else."
Clarke laughed as she wrapped her arms around Lexa, "Careful, that will be the next thing Octavia tries to challenge you too."
Lexa twisted round to fix her with a hard look, "Listen to me carefully Octavia, don't even think about it."
They all laughed again, enjoying the uncharacteristically warm afternoon together.