Raven groaned loudly as she opened her eyes, the sun cutting through the trees nearly blinding her. Trying to sit up, she realized that there was a solid weight pressing against her stomach and when she looked down Ontari was practically lying on top of her, looking younger than ever as the light danced across her face.
Turning to the side she noticed Lexa looking straight back at her, nearly buried under the combined weight of Octavia and Clarke who seemed to have tangled themselves up before draping themselves across the Commander.
"How long have you been awake?" She whispered quietly, absentmindedly reaching down to run her fingers through Ontari's hair, gently rubbing circles across her head.
Lexa's eyes flicked up towards the sky as she shifted slightly so that she could roll out from under the other two, leaving them sleeping beside her as she sat cross legged next to Raven, "Since dawn, so perhaps an hour."
"Did we do anything embarrassing last night?" Raven asked hesitantly, unsure if she even wanted to know.
An amused smile played across Lexa's face as she lightly shrugged her shoulders, "I don't know. Honestly, my memories are a little blurred. How is your head?"
"Not to bad." Raven smiled, grinning when she looked down at her sleeping girlfriend again, "But Ontari's going to feel like she's been kicked in the head by a horse when she wakes up, she did last time."
Nodding, Lexa's smiled widened, "Of course, the week of our wedding when you four decided to see if you could drown yourselves in the lake? Clarke would have been very annoyed if you had missed our wedding because of accidental death through your own stupidity."
Raven laughed, "Thanks, and you wouldn't?"
"Everyone dies at some point or another." She grinned at Raven jokingly.
"Words I've heard you use both to threaten and comfort, and now tease." Clarke interjected as she woke up herself, pushing Octavia off her roughly, who only rolled to the side and grunted before continuing to sleep, "Where are we? I don't recognize this part of the woods."
"Luckily I do." Lexa smiled, "Although we're about two miles out from Polis so we're going to have to walk a fair amount to get home."
Clarke sighed and shuffled closer so she could sit between Lexa's legs and lean back against her chest, "Why did we decide to come all the way out here? My head is aching, I just want to go to bed."
"Well that isn't happening, Clarke you have a meeting with the ambassadors from Floukru this morning to discuss a trade agreement between Skaikru and Luna's people." Lexa grinned, delighted when a horrified look appeared on Clarke's face.
"I forgot all about that, are we going to be able to get back in time?" Clarke asked, panicked as she looked up to try and calculate what time it was.
Placing a hand on her shoulder, Lexa rubbed slow circles in the material of her shirt, "Relax, as long as we leave soon then you will have more than enough time to return to the city and freshen up."
Pressing a hand to the side of her head, Clarke shot Lexa a look out of the corner of her eye, "Hey, how come you seem to be feeling just fine today?" She asked accusingly, as if Lexa had somehow transferred her hangover to Clarke.
Lexa just smirked and waved her hand in front of Clarke's face, "Natblida remember Clarke, headaches have never afflicted me."
"Then why doesn't it help me?" Came a soft, heartbroken sounding moan from Ontari, who's face was still pressed against Raven's stomach in an attempt to block out the sunlight.
"It probably does a little, but this is your second time ever being drunk, you're simply not used to it." Lexa answered patiently, finding it slightly strange to just be talking to the back of Ontari's head.
Clarke's eyes widened slightly as she looked back at where Octavia was sleeping, "Well this is interesting, I didn't expect Octavia to be the last to wake up."
"What time did she even stop drinking?" Raven asked curiously, "She was still clutching that bottle as I was falling asleep."
"Well that explains it then." Clarke laughed, before reaching over so she could get a firm grip on Octavia's arm before yanking her towards them, which jolted her awake.
Crying out in pain, she snatched her arm back from Clarke and glared at them as she sat up, "Was that really necessary?"
"Of course not." Lexa answered for Clarke, laughing at the affronted look Octavia was wearing, "But we need to get moving and that was the funniest way for Clarke to wake you."
"Fine." Octavia groaned, staggering to feet, "Let's go, the sooner we get back, the sooner I can curl up in bed."
"Don't say a word." Clarke warned Lexa as she followed suit, standing up and trailing after Octavia as she started walking back towards the city.
Biting back a teasing remark at Clarke's expense, Lexa turned to look at Raven and Ontari sympathetically, "We really need to start going back now." She prompted, as Ontari stubbornly refused to move.
"Come on." Raven smiled, patting her shoulder before slipping out from under her to stand up, pulling Ontari along with her, who just let Raven direct her, keeping her eyes shut to block out the sun.
"I feel unwell." Ontari complained as they started walking, Lexa on one side of her and Raven on the other, their other two friends less than twenty meters ahead of them and not managing to walk much faster than the three of them were.
Reaching into a small pouch she wore on her belt, covered by her shirt, Lexa pulled out a small piece of fabric and unwrapped it before passing over the leaves that had been carefully stored, "Here, chew on these, it will help to settle your stomach."
"What is it?" Raven asked, as Ontari just took the leaves and placed them in her mouth, not bothering to question what it was she was actually eating.
"Peppermint." Lexa smiled, "It can be hard to get hold of, but it's one of the things I make sure is on my trade orders during the yearly meetings."
"Mochof." Ontari mumbled around the leaves that were already in her mouth.
"Pro." Lexa replied softly, before jogging ahead to catch up with Clarke.
"Never again." Clarke complained, slamming the door behind her as she walked into their bedroom, before throwing herself down onto the bed beside Lexa, who smiled and carefully placed a bookmark to mark her page before setting her book on the bedside table.
"So the meeting went well?" She asked, smiling in amusement at the miserable look on Clarke's face.
Sighing impatiently, Clarke kicked off her shoes and wriggled under the covers before pulling Lexa close to her so she would wrap her arms round Clarke's waist. "The meeting itself went great, and we hashed out the beginnings of a solid trade agreement. But the entire way through it felt as though someone was trying to split my skull open with a rock."
Lexa hummed in the back of her throat as she shuffled down slightly until she was on eye level with Clarke, the two of them millimeters apart as they lay face to face, "Take it as a lesson, don't consume alcohol the night before an important meeting."
"Hey! That's not fair, I'd forgotten and it's not as though you couldn't have reminded me."
"It isn't my responsibility to make sure that you don't miss your meetings Clarke. As a Clan Leader, that should be a task that you're more than capable of." She grinned, pressing her face against Clarke's shoulder and closing her eyes.
Rolling her own eyes, Clarke shifted slightly so she could drape her own arm across Lexa's waist, "It's not fair when you're teasing me and right at the same time."
"It's a gift." Lexa chuckled before Clarke pressed a kiss against her temple.
"Goodnight Lexa, I love you." She whispered softly.
Lexa's grip tightened as she held Clarke close, "Ai hod yu in Clarke."