"Are you sure?" Lexa asked softly, her eyes flitting down to Octavia's flat stomach.
Octavia shook her head quickly, "No but there are a lot of things that are making me pretty convinced."
"Like what?" Lexa prompted gently, shifting from the floor to the bed so they were sat cross legged facing each other.
"I haven't…you know, bled this month." Octavia mumbled, "And I feel so tired, my head's been killing me for days and on top of that, I've been eating honey cakes constantly. I don't even like them that much."
Lexa nodded slowly, "So now what are you going to do?"
Staring down at her hands that were clasped in front of her, Octavia sighed, "I was trying to think of a way I could go to Arcadia without anyone noticing me going missing so I can see Abby. She'll be able to tell me for sure."
"I'll go with you." Lexa offered quickly, "No one besides Clarke has any idea where we have gone and they certainly couldn't find us even if she told them. So we can be there and back without anyone having any idea."
"And when we get back to Polis?" Octavia asked quietly.
"I'm almost hurt you feel the need to ask." Lexa chuckled softly, "No matter what Abby says, I won't speak a word of any of this to anyone. You are my family Octavia, you can trust me with anything."
Unaware of the tears slipping down her face, Octavia threw herself forwards into Lexa's arms, who caught her and help them close, shifting their positions until they were lying on the bed, her arms still wrapped around Octavia, who's face was buried in her chest.
"Octavia," Lexa murmured after a while, "Will you tell me why you're so upset now?"
She waited patiently until Octavia eventually pulled away so they were lying face to face, although Lexa didn't remove her arm which was still wrapped around Octavia's waist.
"I'm scared." She admitted quietly, before trailing off. Lexa watched her face carefully, waiting until Octavia met her gaze again, "If I'm right then everything's going to change, my whole life's going to change. And I'm ok with that. I am. Even though I won't be able to be a warrior anymore. I love Lincoln and I want to have his children. But Lexa, I'm so scared for the safety of the poor kid I'm going to bring into this world. How many times have we almost died? This year alone! How can I keep a child safe when I can barely do the same for myself."
Lexa watched her calmly, running her fingernails over the back of Octavia's hand, "If you are indeed pregnant, then you will not be doing this alone Octavia. We are a family, and all of us will be there for you, Lincoln and your child. They will be protected by the full might of the Trikru, because our clan protects it's own. And you are not the first warrior to have a child, nor will you be the last. You will not lose that part of yourself I promise you that, instead you will fight harder than you ever have before because of the knowledge for what is waiting for you when you return home."
Octavia stared at her, attempting to see whether Lexa was lying to make her feel better.
"I promise you Octavia." Lexa repeated, "You are not alone in this, and I will do everything in my power to keep our family safe, you do not have to worry. Trikru, Skaikru, Floukru, Azgeda. The strongest of all the clans in the coalition respect you and believe in your strength, if anyone was to ever threaten your child, they would face the largest, most deadly army ever raised in our history."
Octavia finally gave a small smile, "I can just imagine that war council, you, Luna, Roan and Clarke all marching on one person that simply said something without thinking about my kid. No offense, but you tend to overreact to things."
Lexa rolled her eyes, but smiled anyway, "Yes well, the point still stands, anyone looking to harm either of you will have to go through the four of us."
"Thank you." Octavia whispered quietly.
"Anytime," Lexa grinned, "Now go to sleep, tomorrow we'll go see Abby and then you can decide where you want to go from there."