"Clarke, Clarke, Clarke!"

Sighing, Clarke turned round to see Raven hurrying towards her, dragging a put out looking Ontari after her, "What is it Raven? Because I'm really tired."

"Then stop having sex with Lexa all night long." Raven rolled her eyes, "Besides, do you know what day it was yesterday?"

Clarke shook her head, "I don't know, I just thought it was any other normal day."

Ontari grinned as Raven groaned, "Bloody hell Clarke, you just married to woman. Yesterday was July 1st by our calendar. And for everyone else? It was the birthday of Heda Lexa kom Trikru."

Eyes widening, Clarke stared at Ontari, "Really? Why wouldn't she tell me?"

"Lexa has never celebrated her birthday, it's not our peoples way like it is yours."

Growling under her breath in frustration, Clarke placed a hand to her head, her mind racing before she turned to Raven and nodded, "Go find Octavia, you know what to do?"

"Of course." Raven grinned. "How will you get her to us?"

Clarke grinned, "Send Ontari when your ready, you're both intelligent people, I'm sure you can come up with something."

Raven laughed as Clarke winked and walked past them, heading back towards her room, where Lexa was painstakingly trying to braid her hair without help.

Placing her hands over Lexa's to still them, Clarke deftly took control of the task. Twisting the strands together expertly before placing a kiss on her shoulder and stepping away. "I still don't know why you insist on trying to do that yourself."

"It's impractical to require someone else to do my hair every day." Lexa sighed, looking at her war paint thoughtfully before opening a drawer on her desk and dropping the small pot into it.

"I thought that was the whole reason you married me. And you don't need your paint anymore?" Clarke asked curiously.

Lexa twisted round to smile at her, pulling her in so that Clarke was standing between her legs, "There was a lot more that I married you for." She winked slyly, "And I'm living in a land of eternal optimism." Lexa grinned sarcastically, "You don't believe we have eliminated war?"

"I believe you've made people very reluctant to challenge you." Clarke smiled evasively.

"Yes well, if only that was enough. No matter, we are at peace currently and that's what matters."

Clarke took hold of her hand and tugged her to her feet, "Come on then, seeing as how we are at peace, you don't get to use excuses to delegate your paperwork."

Lexa groaned as she allowed Clarke to pull her to her feet and out of the room, leading her to her empty throne room where her table was set up with papers spread across the surface. "I changed my mind, let's provoke a war Clarke."

"Keep complaining," Clarke laughed, "We both know that you actually enjoy doing paperwork, as much as you may try and deny it."

Rolling her eyes at Clarke, Lexa slipped into her seat at the table, reaching for the first stack of papers, "Whatever you say Clarke."

"Heda, Clarke." Ontari said breathlessly, rushing into the room and leaning against the table, breathing heavily, "We need your help out in the woods. Octavia decided to climb a tree, and let's just say that she doesn't have the Trikru ability or grace."

"Is she ok?" Lexa asked, setting the papers she was working on to the side as she stood up and walked around the table.

Ontari raised her hands helplessly, "I have no idea, there's not much blood but she cried out when we tried to move her."

Clarke jumped up, grabbing hold of Lexa's hand as they quickly followed Lexa out of the building and down into the town, taking the side streets to avoid being slowed down by Lexa's people.

As soon as they hit the woods it got harder to see where they were going, as they seemed to be walking through the thickest groups of trees and taking a path which was constantly crossing over streams.

Clarke was breathing hard with ten minutes of entering the forest, but Lexa was still flawless, moving through the woods with a grace and so light footed that Clarke couldn't help but stare at her.

"Ontari how much further is it?" Lexa asked as they crossed a third stream. Lexa and Ontari leaping across to the opposite bank with ease but Clarke struggled and nearly slipped as she landed but Lexa quickly caught hold of her arm and steadied her as she spoke to Ontari.

"Not far." Ontari answered, "Just through those trees." She pointed ahead of them, to where vines were obscuring the view of a small clearing.

As soon as Ontari had answered her, Lexa quickened her pace, following the gesture and brushing past the hanging vines where she immediately came to face with a grinning Octavia who held her arms out wide. "Happy Birthday Lexa!" She grinned, holding her arms out wide.

Taken aback by what she had said, Lexa turned round to see Clarke and Ontari grinning. "You planned this?" She asked Clarke.

"Well it would have been on the right day, but your not exactly forthcoming about things." Clarke laughed.

With a small smile, Lexa looked around properly to see the lanterns they had strung from the trees and the impressive picnic that had been laid out for them.

All three couples were present, and Cal and Aden who were sat together grinning happily, Cal lying across Aden's legs.

Her smile widening into a grin, Lexa gripped the front of Clarke's jacket and pulled her close, pressing their lips together sweetly as she smiled against her mouth. "It never seemed important before, I haven't had anyone to really share things with for a very long time."

"Well now you do." Clarke said quietly, her warm breath tickling Lexa's neck as she spoke.

As they pulled apart Raven smiled and waved them towards the blanket she had put down on the floor for them to sit on, "Come on then guys, your moment is really beautiful, but some of us have been working really hard on this today and now we're starving."

Laughing, Lexa looked at Clarke, "Maybe we should make them wait for a while then."

Clarke grinned, "We could, but then they might try and gnaw each others legs off or something."

"Ew no." Octavia shuddered, "I don't think I could ever be that hungry Clarke."

Lexa smiled as she pulled Clarke down to sit next to her, "Thank you everyone."

"You're welcome Lexa." Lincoln said softly to her as they all started eating.

"Hey." Clarke murmured quietly once all the others were preoccupied with food. "Ontari said that birthdays are treated differently by your people, but for us it is customary to give a gift. Usually quite small but something with sentimental value."

Lexa looked at her with interest, "Oh?"

Smiling almost nervously, Clarke pulled out a small wooden box handing it to Lexa. "I made the box myself, the carpenter in town gave me a few tips, it's not very good but the real present is inside anyway."

Handling the wooden container carefully, Lexa gently cracked open the lid, opening it so she could see what was inside. "Clarke it's beautiful." She breathed, lifting out the silver chain with a locket dangling from the end.

"It gets better." Clarke leaned in, taking hold of the delicate piece of jewellery and opening it to show Lexa what was inside. "I usually hate drawing myself but I figured that if there was any time to make an exception, this was it."

Lexa traced her fingers over the tiny portraits of the two of them the locket held, Lexa in the left space and Clarke in the right. Even though each image was tiny it was clear that hours of work had gone into each of them.

"I didn't know it was your birthday yesterday until a few hours ago." Clarke explained to her, "But I've been planning to give you this for a while, I was just waiting for some time special, or when you were angry with me to calm you down."

Laughing, Lexa wrapped her arms around Clarke, "Well it would have definitely worked, but now you're going to have to find something else."

"I guess I will." Clarke grinned, slipping the chain from Lexa's fingers to clasp it around her neck.

Touching the locket as it lay over her heart, Lexa shifted so she was half lying down, her back pressed to Clarke's chest as they laughed and talked with their family.