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Clarke had been one more remark from banishing both Octavia and Lexa from the table when her mother walked over. Since Lexa had wholeheartedly embraced the Trikru girl as a member of her family, Octavia had truly become her best friend, and with the constant back and forth between them, Lexa was far more aware of Skaikru slang than anyone imagined or realized.

"Lexa." Abby said politely as she reached them, "After you have finished breakfast can you please come and see me in the med bay so I can have a look at how you're healing?"

Lexa shot Clarke a pleading look who shook her head with a smug grin, "I'm not getting you out of this, you need to take better care of yourself, you're not immortal."

Octavia laughed at her friends expense, prompting Lexa to turn a glare on her.

"I wouldn't laugh Octavia, you took another wound in the battle that I know for a fact you haven't had treated yet. So you need to come and see me along with Lexa." Abby smiled at her sweetly, as Lexa grinned at the dismayed look on Octavia's face.

Once Abby had excused herself, Raven just rolled her eyes, looking between the two of them, "Really? Do you both have a death wish?"

Lincoln attempted to hide a smile, "Most likely."

Lexa scowled at him, "I preferred it better when you were just another of my warriors who had to follow orders unquestioningly. Then I could tell you to just shut up and you might listen."

Octavia nodded along with her, "You still like me though right Lexa?"

"Of course Octavia, you share many of my philosophies in life." She replied softly.

Clarke patted Lexa's arm lightly, "Yeah, like how wounds don't affect you if you just close your eyes and pretend they aren't there."

Lexa shrugged her off, "The method served me well for the first twenty years of my life."

They laughed as Clarke just shook her head, Octavia grinned as well, standing up to offer her arm to Lexa to escort her to the med bay seeing as how they were both going anyway.

"I love you." Lexa smiled as she leaned down to press her lips to Clarke's.

"I love you too." Clarke grinned, "Try not to antagonize my mother."

"I make no promises." Lexa threw back over her shoulder as they walked away.

Clarke had begun to worry, it had been over four hours since Lexa and Octavia left to see Abby and she had still heard nothing from Abby.

Eventually Raven ran into her and shook her arm to catch Clarke's attention, telling her to pull herself together and just go back to their room to wait for Lexa there.

She listened for a while, but quickly grew restless again, storming out of the living quarters to head over to the council room to find a task, any task, to occupy her mind until her girlfriend resurfaced.

As the door to the council room, Clarke was shocked out of her irritated mental state when she saw Lexa sat at the table, practically buried beneath stacks of papers. Octavia was sat beside her, passing the piles of paper back and forth between the two of them and talking very seriously to Lexa as they worked.

"Kane, is that the trade route report from the Plains Clan?" Lexa asked distractedly, mistaking Clarke's identity as she stared intensely at the paper in her hand.

"It's me." Clarke said softly.

Lexa's eyes snapped up to meet her, visibly distressed that Clarke had walked in. "Clarke, why are you here? You're not meant to be here."

"Lexa what are you doing?" Clarke asked helplessly, walking closer to take a look at the mounds of reports that covered everything from construction plans to slyly worded threats of war.

Sighing, Lexa shared a defeated look with Octavia before waving her hand over the papers, "I am the Commander Clarke, just because I am not in Polis does not mean I get to abandon my duties. The coalition must be maintained."

"Why is Octavia helping though, when I wasn't even allowed to know that you were doing all this work?"

Lexa sighed and beckoned her over, jerking her head at Octavia to get her to leave as Clarke sat down.

"I didn't want to tell you about this Clarke, because I didn't want to be Heda with you, I just wanted to be me."

Clarke's eyes widened slightly before she let out a soft laugh, leaning her head against Lexa's shoulder. "You're an idiot Lexa. I chose to be with you, all of you, not just the best parts. You never need to hide anything from me ok? Let me help you, we'll do it twice as fast and then we can go back to bed."

Lexa looked like she was about to argue for a moment, but eventually she nodded, "Ok then."

"Alright then," Clarke nodded, motioning towards the table, "Just tell me where to start."