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Clarke felt bad for Lexa. "She won't be. You can spend it with me and my family" Clarke offered. Squeezing Lexa's hand, they hadn't let go of each other yet. Lexa looked surprised at Clarke. Wondering if she did it because she felt bad for Lexa or if she really wanted Lexa to spend Christmas with her family.
Angelica clapped her hands together and thanked Clarke. Angelica already liked her. Lexa told her mother that she loved her but she wanted to continue her lunch with Clarke. Anya left the room, still video chatting with her mom and sent a quick wink with a smirk on her face to her sister before she closed the door.
"Do you really want be to spend Christmas with you and your family?" Lexa asked quickly after Anya had closed the door behind her. Clarke gave Lexa a sweet smile. "yes, I have to check if it's okay for the others, but I think they are pretty cool with having their boss over for Christmas" Clarke laughed, and Lexa rolled her eyes as she let out a short laugh.
After lunch time was over, Lexa followed Clarke to the parking lot and kissed her cheek. Waving goodbye and waited to the car disappeared behind the building. She tried to warm herself while she was standing a little longer outside. Kicked in the snow, trying to dig a hole. She missed her parents so much. But she knew she had to stay here and work, even though she had three days off. Her mood turned to be sad. Now she had to act bold, like she didn't have feelings, like she didn't care.
"Lexa!" someone yelled from the across the parking lot, holding the door up. It was Costia. She ignored her, digging a little more on the whole she had made from the snow brown snow the machine had pushed to the edge of the parking lot. "What are you doing out here? Let's go inside" Costia crossed her arms, trying to get Lexa to look at her but she was only looking at the snow. "Lexa? Will you come inside, please?" Costia frowned when Lexa didn't want to look at her and didn't say a word. Not even nodding or shaking her head.
"Lexa, what is wrong? Have something happened?" Costia asked, still not getting Lexa to answer. "Lexa, did Clarke do something to you?"
"No!" Lexa finally said. Looking angry at Costia. "She hasn't done anything wrong! Can't you just go?! Like, do you even care, Costia? Do you want me to come inside so I can do fucking paper work or do-" She sighed and looked away when small tears had gathered in Costia's eyes. She continued digging on the hole. "just let me be alone… I can't have privacy in my own office… can't even have it outside either…" Costia sighed with sadness. A little hurt by Lexa's words. "Fine…" Costia whispered. She took of her coat and put in on Lexa, then hurried inside. Lexa looked down and sighed with regret. She had hurt Costia.
"Thanks" Clarke smiled at her mother as she had handed her the coffee. Abby exhaled as she sat across Clarke on an armchair. "How's things going?" She asked her daughter. "Fine" Clarke smiled. "How was lunch? Wait, who do you ate lunch with again?" Abby asked her daughter randomly.
Clarke took a sip of her coffee. "Lunch was great… I ate with Lexa" she mumbled at the last sentence. "Lexa Woods?" Abby gaped. "Yes. But mom, did you invite me over to tell me something special?"
Abby put the cup on the table and Clarke did the same. "Okay honey. Promise me you won't get mad" Abby linked her fingers together, in the hand position of praying or begging. Clarke already looked a little mad, because when her mother said that she wouldn't get mad at her, it was always something big that she would get extremely mad for. "When I was sixteen, I got pregnant" she could see Clarke widened her eyes and got curious. "Your father and I decide to have this baby… but give it up for adoption…" Abby met Clarke's confused eyes. "Honey, we were too young to take care of a baby. We had school and all that…"
"What are you saying, mother" Clarke asked her mother calmly but was upset. Abby cried, her voice broke. "You have a sister" she whispered. For this, Clarke had to lean against the sofa. She didn't want to blink because her tears would fall and she didn't want to cry in front of her mother, at least not now. "Why… why have you kept it a secret all these years?!" Clarke got up, bending a little over the table.
"Clarke, please sit down" Abby cried. "Your sister had never been adopted. She had lived in some foster homes but none of them were good. When she got old enough, she had been able to save up money to have her own apartment. She had given up on family because it all seemed so hopeless… that's what I heard"
"Yes, because her biological parents were too selfish to have her. They only thought about themselves" Abby actually agreed on what Clarke had said, even if it hurt. "Yes, we were selfish…"
"Anyways, when I heard that she never got adopted and that she lived nearby… I reached out to her" Clarke was waiting for her mother to finish and stayed quiet. "As I showed up on her door we greeted, she introduced herself as Emma Wallace Griffin, she of course didn't recognize me… but Clarke… she looks so much like you. And on her leg, she had this beautiful little girl that hugged her… I think it was her daughter. I couldn't wait any longer and the words flew out of me, I told her that I was Abby Griffin and that I was her biological mother"
"Then what happened?" Clarke asked curiously as her mother took a long pause. "I could see she was in shock, she frowned and told me to leave. She told me that she didn't want anything to do with me. She picked up her daughter like she was afraid I was going to do something to her. When I didn't leave she just closed the door in front of me. I was standing there for like a minute and had to leave when she told me she would call the police if I didn't leave her property"
"Where does she live" Clarke asked her mother. Abby walked to find a paper and pen to write down the address and handed the note to Clarke. She got up as soon as she got her sister's address in her hand and slammed the door behind her. Her heart was racing. She couldn't show up at her sister's house like this. She drove over to Octavia's to tell her about her sister.
"What, you have a sister?" Octavia hugged Clarke as she noticed tears were streaming down. She felt betrayed by her own mom. She had kept it a secret Clarke's whole life. She had never mentioned that she had another daughter a few years back. After ten minutes, she had been able to calm herself down.
"Hey, Clarke" Lincoln greeted as he came up from the basement. He was standing in his shorts and didn't have a t-shirt on, only a towel around his neck. He had probably been working out. Lincoln and Octavia were a sporty couple, they work out a lot and ran together almost every day. Lincoln was a professional MMA fighter. He had won gold medal and trophies in fights. He was a big man with a lot of muscles. He is very good looking.
"Hey, Linc"
Clarke nervously looked down on the piece of paper. Her sister's house was just a few minutes from here. Octavia hugged her good luck.
"I can do this" Clarke kept saying to herself as she drove. She was going to talk to her sister for the first time. Now the time had come. She couldn't believe that for like an hour ago she got to know that she had a sister. She was standing outside her house, slowly walking to the door. Exhaled deep and managed to knock on the door. She could hear the funny and cute sound of a girl running towards the door, laughing.
The woman opened the door and smiled at Clarke. Clarke smiled at the little girl who was shyly hiding behind her mother's legs, and beamed when she saw her sister. She looked so much like her! Her hair was blonde, she had clear blue eyes and almost same face shape as Clarke.
"Hello" her sister greeted. "Can I help you?"
"No, no- I was just in the neighborhood… I-I heard you moved here so I thought I might welcome you" Clarke smiled. "oh, how nice of you. I'm Emma Wallace Griffin by the way" She reached out her hand for Clarke. "Clarke G- I mean Woods. Clarke Woods" Clarke panicked. She thought about when her mother had told Emma that she was her biological mother, Emma shut the door and didn't want anything to do with her.
Yes, lying for her sister was one of the first things she did, but what had happened if Clarke had told her who she really was? She could have shut the door on Clarke, too. She didn't want to take that risk.
"And this is Isabella" Emma lifted her child up so she could be on the same height as Clarke. "Hey gorgeous" Clarke carefully touched her nose, the girl giggled. "Do you want to come in? We just finished packing out" Emma offered. "I'd love to" Clarke stepped inside the big house. "So, you live in the neighborhood?" Emma asked as she sat down on the large couch. "No, my best friend and mom live nearby, I often visit them. I know this neighborhood very well, I love it. I know a few people who lives here, too" Clarke explained. "I see. Then it's very generous of you to welcome me. I see why you love this neighborhood, people are really nice"
Clarke nodded in full agreement. "oh, this is my husband" Emma got up and laid a hand on his chest as he grabbed her carefully by her waist. "Hi, Cage Wallace. Nice to meet you" he offered her his hand. "Clarke woods" Clarke shook it with pleasure. "So, have long have you been married?" Clarke asked as the couple sat back on the couch. The happy couple looked at each other. "Two years" Emma rested her head on his shoulder. "The best two years of my life" Cage kissed his wife's hand. He looked like the kind of man who would treat her sister right.
"What about you? Do you have a boyfriend, maybe even a husband?" Emma asked, laughing a little. Clarke chuckled. "I'm single, and no. I'm not planning on getting married. I'm only 25, I want to live my life and explore the world a little before I settle down"
"Got it" Emma nodded. "This may not be anything I should have ask about, but are you seeing someone? Like dating or something?" Clarke chuckled at her curious sister. It wasn't weird telling about her life to her sister. "Excuse my curious wife, she's just so interested in love stories and all that. She loves romance! She's actually writing a roman about two people who are in love, I only got to read a few sides before she chased be away from the computer" Emma laughed at her husband, getting a little flashback.
"A roman, huh? So, you're a writer" Clarke asked. "Yes, I'm actually an author. I have published two successful books, or at least that's what I like to think. What do you do for living?" Clarke chuckled a little at her sister who was full of questions. She wanted to tell her so bad. I'm your little sister, I'm your little sister! Why was It so hard to say! Maybe she should wait, get to know each other a little better. Then when she tells Emma the news, maybe Emma won't reject her as she did to her mom.
The three adults had been talking and talking, questions after questions. Clarke even got to play a little with Isabella while Emma and Cage made some tea and brought some cookies. Isabella seemed to have a good time with this stranger. It was like she knew it was her aunt. Isabella were only two years, but she seemed to be a few years older. She was smart, she could talk and walk and the whole package. "Aren't you a cutie pie?" Clarke carefully tickled Isabella on the stomach side. Isabella giggled.
"Got a new friend over there?" Cage laughed when he was Clarke sitting on the floor, playing with a Barbie doll. "Seems like it" Clarke got up, waving goodbye to Isabella. The two adults started talking. "Have I seen you before? You seem so much familiar"
Clarke smiled. It was probably a little like this Emma looked like a few years back. "I don't think so" Clarke shrugged, taking a sip of the good smelling tea.
"Have you guys checked out the café Niy?" Clarke asked as Emma entered the room. "They are putting up a smoothie menu later, you should stop by"
"It's 25 minutes away from here, but I promise it will be worth it" Clarke chuckled. "Yeah, maybe we should stop by later" Emma thought about it. "Oh, I can't. But you two go" Cage suggested. They went with it. Emma and Clarke gave each other their numbers. Clarke texted her the address and which time to meet up.
A few hours had passed and Lexa was ready to go home. She hadn't seen Costia since they were outside. Costia was probably avoiding her. Lexa knocked on Costia's door and pushed it open. Costia wasn't here, but she walked inside the room to drop off Costia's coat. "What are you doing in here?" Costia asked Lexa as she caught her in her office. "just dropped off your coat" Lexa smiled thankfully at Costia, but Costia just threw a quick look at her and back at her computer. She picked it up and walked over to her coat, ignoring Lexa who was standing behind it. "Do you mind locking the door after yourself?" Costia asked as she walked towards the door. Lexa had an extra key to everyone's office. "Costia wait" Lexa walked over to Costia. "Look, I'm sorry I snapped at you, I didn't mean to…"
Costia sighed. She didn't like to see Lexa apologize and couldn't handle her sad green eyes. "Whatever, let's go" Costia said after a while, rolled her eyes with a smile and forgave her friend. They walked together to each their apartment. Lexa changed from her working outfit to her casual clothes, thinking she would facetime with her parents.
"Hello, mom" Lexa sadly said, showing her mom, she was feeling down. Angelica had an idea of what it was. "Hey, you…? What's wrong honey?" Angelica's face changed to the face every loving mother got when their child was sad. It was a little heartbreaking, she had to admit. "I want to see you again…" tears already gathered up in Lexa's eyes, making Angelica know for sure she meant what she said. "Hon- "Angelica started but was cut off by Lexa. "I just feel so selfish you know, it's like I put work before my family…" Tears ran down her cheeks but Lexa wiped it off before it hit the floor. "Lexa, we know how important your job is. We have to make sacrifices sometimes, and we know you miss us, there's nothing to be sorry about honey!" Angelica tried to encourage her. "this was going to be a surprise but we are coming to you on new years eve. We are staying there a whole month!"
Lexa's eyes widened. "a whole month! Mom, that's great!" Lexa was sure as hell happy now. "Mom, I'm so happy!" Lexa excitedly clapped her hands. "Mom, where is dad? I have tried to call him but he never answers"
"oh, his busy with work. All he does is work, work, work… sometimes I eat alone, sleep alone and do a lot of stuff alone, because he's always in his little office room and working" Angelica informed Lexa. The brunette nodded in acknowledge, pressing her lips to a thin line.
"Hey, honey" A man popped up on the screen and kissed Angelica on the cheek. Lexa brightened up. "Hey, dad!" Lexa tried to get his attention. He startled a little when Lexa's voice came out of the phone. "Lexa!" He happily raised his brows with a big smile on his face. "oh, I've missed you!" Roger came a little closer to the camera and stopped as he noticed how close he was.
"I've missed you too, I've tried calling you a few times but you never picked up" Lexa shrugged. Roger placed a hand on his forehead. "I'm sorry, lot of work to do. You understand that, right?" Lexa nodded her head, she was pretty busy herself. But now she has more time to family and friends. "I can't wait to new year's!" Lexa excitedly smiled at her father. She laughed at the way her father was looking at her mother, he gave her the 'you told her?' look.
The three of them talked for a moment, catched up. Angelica and Roger had told Lexa about how lovely people are in Paris. "A few days ago, I was sitting by this beautiful fountain. A young boy walked towards me and gave me a rose, giving me this gentle smile before he walked away" Roger was frowning at his wife. He was maybe a little jealous. Lexa only 'awwed' and chuckled.
"We actually have to go now, we are going to feed the birds some bread" Lexa smiled with a little frown. "Okay, have fun" she waved. Angelica kissed her hand waved, then they hang up. Lexa smiled to herself. Happy she had talked to her parents and was overjoyed that they were going to be staying here for a whole month. They were probably renting a hotel, but Lexa was more than happy to let them stay here.
She looked up at the ceiling, relaxing her head on the couch back. She closed her eyes for a few seconds but was interrupted by a buzzing sound from her phone.
Blondie: Hey
Brunette: Hey, you
Blondie: What are you doing?
Brunette: I'm trying to relax, I'm a little tired
Blondie: oh, do you maybe want to cancel our smoothie thing later?
Brunette: no, no, I think I'm just going to take a quick nap and grab an apple then leave for the café.
Blondie: Okay :) Bye
Brunette: Bye :)
Lexa sat the alarm on 5.30 pm. Hoping she would wake up right away, and drive to the café. She curled up in the couch and slowly closed her eyes. Damn, how tired she was. After a quick couple of minutes, she fell asleep.
Clarke had just got home from Emma's. She threw her keys and hang her coat in the walk-in closet in frustration. "Why the fuck did I lie?!" she walked back and forth in the hall. Thinking how it would end and how hurt Emma could have been when she found out. But she couldn't just tell her, what If she lost her? It was a better chance she would lose her after lying to her. According to what Emma know, Clarke is Clarke Woods.
An: Was that drama? Idk, but next chapter I promise you it will be more drama! ;) I can be a little "drama queen" sometimes, but this time I didn't overreact. I may write a drama scene in the next chapter :) Thanks for following, reviewing and favoriting, it means a lot to me.