A/N: Ok guys, so the last week has been crazy which is why no updates, university is AMAZING! Lots has happened and long story short I haven't have an amazing amount of time to myself, but I'm back and my batteries are fully recharged so I mean it this time, we are going back to regular updates because I have never felt better. To all of you that are so patient and so amazing, I love you so much, to Realakru, you are the best, you are my best friends in the entire world and I adore you all. To anyone else you wishes to add me on fb, once again, you are all more than welcome, just pm me and I'll send my username to you. Now, I am tired, and I have to walk into the city tomorrow to get in to uni so I am going to bed, but enjoy this chapter, please review, I love hearing your thoughts! And I'm also doing another send me your requests drive! I want to hear what you want to happen in this fic, so let me know! Love you guys xxxxx
"Lexa?" Clarke called curiously, as she followed her, far more adventurous than her, girlfriend through the trees.
"Yes Clarke?" Lexa smiled back at her over her shoulders.
Clarke ducked under a branch before catching Lexa's arm to bring her to a halt, "I thought you said we'd be back at Polis in a week, how are we going to do that if we're constantly heading further and further away."
It was clear from Lexa's answering smirk that Clarke had missed something along the way, "We're the same distance from Polis now as we were two days ago Clarke." Lexa laughed, "Why, feeling homesick?"
"Honestly, a little." Clarke admitted with a chuckle, "But there's no way that's right, we've been walking away from the city."
Lexa looked into her eyes thoughtfully before nodding as she came to a decision, "Ok then, I'll prove it to you, and we'll even go home, but we're not going in the main gate, I wanted a week just to ourselves and we're going to get it."
"Ok then, how are you going to prove it?" Clarke challenged, gesturing for her to go ahead.
Gripping Clarke by the shoulder's, Lexa quickly glanced up at the sky before spinning her girlfriend to face West. "Walk in a straight line Clarke, do your best not to stray but I'll correct you if you do."
Clarke just rolled her eyes but did as she said, starting in the direction Lexa had pointed her in, convinced that Lexa had decided to mess with her.
They walked in a comfortable silence for just under an hour when Clarke stepped through a particularly dense group of trees and found her boots hitting the surface of the Commander's road that ran parallel to Polis wall, which suddenly swam into view.
Jaw dropping, she looked over at Lexa, who was laughing at Clarke's stunned reaction, "How the hell have we been this close and I didn't know?! We've barely stopped walking since we left Floukru!"
Lexa shrugged, "There's lots of paths surrounding the capitol, depending on which you take it can take days to walk around the perimeter of the city."
"We've been walking in circles?" Clarke asked her disbelievingly, "I don't know whether I think this is amazing or I want to kill you myself right now."
Draping her arm across Clarke's shoulders as she started guiding her in towards the cities wall, Lexa laughed lightly, "Most likely you feel both Clarke, but not killing me would be nice, I already have enough people trying to do that without adding my wife to the list."
"Ok then." Clarke laughed with her, as Lexa tugged her forwards faster, until they were at the base of a towering wall, "Why is this so tall, I didn't think any of the city walls were this big."
Lexa nodded, "Some are, this is the quickest way into the city without being seen."
"You're hiding from your people now?" Clarke grinned at her.
"I'm not meant to be back until the end of the week, if they find out I'm here I'll be pulled back into the middle of meetings and paperwork. All I'm doing is not moving my schedule forwards Clarke."
"Ok fine," Clarke nodded at her, "But please tell me you don't expect me to climb that, followed immediately by telling me you're not going to climb that."
Lexa rolled her eyes, "Don't worry, I remember your ruling on high places, Heda."
"Cute." Clarke stuck her tongue out at her, "But if you didn't risk your life I wouldn't have to tell you not to."
A smirk playing across her lips, Lexa just shrugged her shoulders lightly before pushing aside a section of grate that had been leaning up against the wall, revealing a tunnel that went underneath and emerged in the city, close the base of the Commander's tower. "This is how we enter the city ai hodnes."
"And then what? This is the heart of your kingdom, people are going to recognize you straight away."
"This isn't the first time I've done this." Lexa laughed, as Clarke let out a low whistle.
"I'm seeing a whole new side of you today."
Lexa's eyes sparkled as she grinned at Clarke, before pulling on her arm and tugging her into the tunnel, where they scurried along, before slipping out and into the city.
Holding her hand up to tell Clarke to stay silent, Lexa led her down tiny alleyways and back passages until they came to a door set into the wall of a small house.
Applying a small amount of pressure to the window beside the door caused it to give, and then Lexa reached in so she could turn the lock on the inside of the door to the side to let them in.
Clarke was about to protest about breaking into one of Lexa's people's houses when she saw the way the inside was furnished, in colours very similar to those adorning Lexa's room in the tower and with drawings of the people Lexa valued most pinned up around the small room.
Clarke was surprised to see that at some point she had had drawings done of all the members of their little family and those too were around the room, with the drawing of Clarke taking a special place at the side of the bed.
"When do you come here?" She asked curiously, looking around as Lexa watched her from where she was still standing at the door.
"As often as I can, no one else knows about this, I never told anyone I kept it after they were taken." Lexa replied softly, crossing the room to sit on the edge of the bed as Clarke took in what she had said.
Her eyes widening, Clarke looked across to Lexa as it clicked, "This was your parents house?"
Lexa nodded with a sad smile, "Yes, we lived in a village like most Trikru, but we had a home in the city, when they died the house was left empty until I was old enough to decide what to do with it. I never told anyone that I just couldn't let it go."
"Then these…" Clarke trailed off, as she pointed to a drawing on the wall above the hearth.
"Yes Clarke, that is my mother and father."
There was silence as Clarke stared at the picture. Eventually her eyes slid across and she saw that next to it was the drawing of Costia that she herself had drawn.
Lexa shifted uncomfortably as she watched Clarke notice that, unsure what her reaction would be to Lexa displaying that picture in the best spot in the house beside her parents.
She was relieved, although on reflection not very surprised, when Clarke came to sit next to her and took her hand with a soft smile, "I think it's nice that you have them there together, it means you'll never forget them."
"I love you." She breathed, as Clarke traced circles across the back of her hand with her thumb.
"I know." Clarke grinned, before kicking off her shoes and shuffling back onto the bed properly, "And I love you, now come on, we're both tired, so let's get some sleep and in the morning we can have some fun."
Lexa chuckled before following suit, climbing into the bed and draping her arm over Clarke as she snuggled into her side.