AN: I'm sorry for not publishing in a while. I've had a hell of a week with headache's. I've felt nauseous… and something else happened. It's too personal, but I hope it's okay. Here you go, chapter 21. Enjoy!

"Of course, mom. As long as you behave" Clarke joked and pretended she was the mother. The two of them were enjoying each other's company for a while before they went back to the others. It was only a few minutes till Finn and Bellamy were supposed to come.

All of them had gathered in the living room. It was a huge living room, so there was more than enough space for everyone. Clarke also had three large couches, armchairs too. They talked and laughed, it was just lovely.

All of a sudden, everyone got quiet and had this stupid smirk on their face. Clarke frowned and asked them what it was, but before she got to finish her sentence. Bellamy had touched her shoulders and shouted "BOO!"

Clarke startled and screamed. Everyone laughed but Clarke was mad as fuck. Everyone could tell. She slapped Bellamy's shoulder. "Bellamy! Idiot! Why would you do that? You know I get easily scared"

"I know, Princess. And I'm sorry" he put his hands in the air. Everyone laughed once again. Bellamy was kind of a little frightened of Clarke. She was terrifying, he admitted that. He hugged everyone and thanked them for coming. Finn sat on the edge of the couch, next to Clarke, even though there was a lot of available places.

"Well this is nice. I want to thank you all for coming, it means a lot to me. Having my mom, sister, best friends… yeah, my family…" Bellamy started.

"Woah, going soft there, brother" Octavia chortled, it made the others laugh because Bellamy usually wasn't this soft on people.

"I'm sorry. And by the way, I'm not soft. I'm grateful. Okay" Bellamy tried to cover the fact that he was actually going a little soft. "Anyways, what are we having?" he asked, and rubbed his stomach. He was clearly hungry.

"You'll see. Okay, dinner is almost ready. You can go and sit by the table" she pointed on the other side of the living room. It was dining table enough for them and more. There were also a lot of space between the couches and the dining table. It was a lot of space here and there. The penthouse was indeed huge.

All of them sat down on their seats and waited for Clarke to return with the food. "Is it done yet?" Octavia asked as she went to her friend.

"almost, just a few minutes left"

"Nice roses!" Octavia complimented. Clarke's smile grew bigger. Not again. She was thinking about Lexa. "yeah, they are"

"Hey, here you are" Raven smiled at her best friends. "I can't wait till Christmas!" Raven walked up between her friends and grabbed them both by their waist. Octavia turned to face Raven. "Hey, I brought the cookies by the way. They are in my handbag"

Raven gaped of happiness and let go of her friends and immediately ran to the Octavia's handbag. The two friends chuckled by Raven's need for cookies.

The oven let them know the dinner was ready. Clarke put on her pot mittens and carried the form out. "get the wine, beers and sodas" Clarke said to Octavia. The girl did what Clarke wanted her to do and brought it to the dining tables. As she went back, she helped Clarke with the salad.

"It smells delicious!" Indra said as Clarke put down the form on the table. It really did smell delicious spiced chicken and vegetables. The salad looked green and healthy and the glasses were filled.

"They didn't have other than sandwiches, donuts, cake, cookies and buns. But if you'd like, there's a restaurant nearby?" Lexa suggested.

"nah, let's just eat here. Those sandwiches do looks delicious, and I would kill for some cheese cake" Anya sat down and took off her coat, so did Lexa.

"Hey, Lexa. Do you want the usual? And let me guess. You want green smoothie?" Niylah asked the brunette. "Hey, Niylah. Yes, I want the usual, and oh my god how did you know?" Lexa let out a short laugh.

"I had a feeling. And who is this?" Niylah turned around and faced Anya.

"This is my sister, Anya. She works for me. That's right, I'm my sister's boss" Lexa laughed as Anya rolled her eyes. "And this is Niylah, Clarke's friend. They were… what can I say, pretty close?" Lexa pressed her lips to a thin line.

Niylah nodded and shook hands with Anya. Anya seemed to be smiling a lot. She didn't say anything but her smile told more than enough. "And what would you like?" Niylah asked after the two of them were done smiling to each other.

"I don't know" Anya shrugged, she still smiled. "do you have any suggestions?"

Niylah walked beside Anya. "You should try this one" Niylah pointed at a sandwich. Under the picture it said what the sandwich contained.

"Looks good, I'll take it. And the green smoothie too" she smiled at Niylah, and tried not to look at her ass, but she failed.

"Maybe I should leave you guys alone" Lexa joked. "you were totally into her". Anya made those. 'shut up now' eyes. It just made Lexa laugh more. Lexa knew Anya was into Niylah. That would have been a little weird. Imagining her sister is together with Niylah, who is Clarke's ex.

"Is she a lesbian tho?"

Lexa laughed. She knew well that Anya would melt every time she saw Niylah if she knew Niylah was gay. "Yes, she is"

Lexa could see the big smile that grew on her sister's face. "Lexa, you have to set me up on a date with her" Anya bend over the table.

"Anya. You can't use her as a one night stand, this is Niylah" Lexa said with her serious voice.

"are you close friends of what? Come on Lex, she looks good, tough, someone that could really beat some ass, you know? It's like she's perfect for me! Well, from what I could see" Anya waited for Lexa's respond.

"She's Clarke's ex. They were really serious… sure, they weren't speaking in months but they just got friends again. And I don't want my sister to screw my girlfriend's ex! Please, Anya. If you're not serious about her, then stay away" Lexa said with a louder voice, yet still calm.

"Oh, Lexa I didn't know. I'm sorry. I won't see her if it makes you feel uncomfortable" Anya forced a smile, but she really meant it. She would never do anything Lexa disapproved. The brunette sighed to herself.

"Anya. I won't stop you from seeing her. I just want you to think it through. Take is slow, just to see if she may be the one. And not to be rude, but you are 27 after all. You are a successful business woman, you have a big apartment, and money. Wont you maybe try to find someone? Someone you can have a long relationship with and maybe settle down?" Lexa suggested. She thought, and was actually agreeing on it.

Anya nodded. "You're right. Slow. Got it"

They talked about work, and how excited Anya was to see Paris and her parents again. Some time had passed and Niylah had come back with their food.

"I'm sorry for the delay, but hope it's all worth it. Everything is fresh" Niylah nodded at Lexa, then was caught in Niylah's eyes. "No, it's okay. I'm sure it tastes delicious"

"oh my god, I forgot your smoothie, let me go and pick them up" Niylah embarrassedly bit her lip. "I'll come with you" Anya offered.

The two of them walked to the counter where the two green smoothies were. "Hey, Anya?" Niylah asked as Anya grabbed the smoothies.

"Yes?"

"Do you maybe want to hang out sometime?" Niylah asked the smiling girl in front of her.

"Yeah" Anya happily nodded and tried to act a little more discreet. They switched phone numbers and waved each other goodbye.

"oh my god, I got Niylah's number!" Anya excitedly shook her phone in front of Lexa's face.

"Good for you!" Lexa blissfully smiled. The two sisters ate their sandwiches. After they had finished their meal and dessert, they ordered a cheesecake to go. Then they headed home to Anya's apartment. She packed the rest of her stuff and threw herself on the couch beside Lexa.

"I'm going to Clarke's later. She's throwing Bellamy a party. A lot of people will be there. Indra, her mother and step father included. I know Indra very well, Lincoln too. And I think I have worked with Abby and Kane before. I have to admit, I was a bitch to them. But that was my job"

Anya sighed. "That was a long time ago. And I'm sure they understand. You were just doing your job" she tried calm her sister down. "just focus on Clarke. Don't worry about the others. Have fun, okay?"

Lexa smiled at her sister. «yeah, I will. Can we watch orange is the new black?"

"of course" Anya laughed.

The family had finished their meal.

"Clarke, I'm so stuffed. This was delicious!" Bellamy drew circles on his stomach with his palm. The others were nodding and threw comments about how good the food was.

"Hey, I made the damn salad!" Raven threw her hands in the air and waited for someone to praise her.

"The salad was good too, Rae" Finn laughed.

Clarke started cleaning, and Abby helped her. The others went to the couch to talk. They heard Bellamy had found the speaker and put on loud music. Bellamy had a taste for a darker music. He had put on Machine Gun Kelly Rehab, Clarke chuckled and sang along.

She sang with her deep voice, it was fluent. "What do you see, when you look at me? Don't cover my scars, let them bleed" she could feel her mother's eyes dart at her.

"That's how the song goes, relax" Clarke continued to clean.

"It's a gloomy song" Abby said as she put the plates in the dishwasher. "How are you? Like, how are you feeling?" her mother asked.

"I'm fine" Clarke simply responded.

"are you sure? You know you can talk to me?" her mother carefully laid a hand on her shoulder.

"Yes, I know"

"I will always be here for you, no matter what. I will support all of your decisions, even if I'm not happy with them. I will always be happy for you"

Clarke embraced her mom. She always cried when there were emotional moments like this. "Thank you. I love you, mom"

"I love you too" Abby whispered.

"Everything okay?" Finn asked as he entered the kitchen. He always helped Clarke clean up after they had dinner or guests over.

The blonde wiped away her tears and removed herself from her loving mother.

"Yeah"

"I'll help her" Finn offered, so Abby could sit down. Abby gave Finn a thankful smile before she walked over to the others.

"You don't need to help, I'm almost done" Clarke said without looking at him.

"You can't even look at me, can you?" Finn swallowed. He knew Clarke knew that Becca was coming soon, and that she also knew he had slept with her best friend's sister. The worst part was that Finn and Raven were still together when he did it.

Clarke looked at Finn. "I feel terrible for not telling her. I feel so fucking awful for keeping a secret this big from my best friend! She will never forgive me" Clarke bursted out it tears, but tried not to sob. She didn't want the others to hear her. She quickly wiped away her tears and put on a tough face.

"I'm sorry Clarke. I promise I will tell her after the party" Finn grabbed Clarke's hands. He waited for her to nod. After a little moment, Clarke finally nodded.

The two of them went back to the others. Laughter and jokes started. It was only a few minutes till the others were supposed to come and surprise him. If everything went as planned, most of them were standing in front of Clarke door at the moment.

Octavia nodded at the direction of the watch, and told her with her eyes that she had to take Bellamy upstairs to distract him. Clarke got it.

"Bellamy, I have to show you something upstairs!" Clarke reached out her hand and Bellamy took it. She leads the way to the living room upstairs.

"Okay, I'll let them in" Octavia walked over to the door. She tried to get everyone to shut up. "Shut up!" she whispered. Monty and Jasper had bear. The others some chips, fruits and other snacks.

They dragged in helium balloons and neon sticks. A few minutes after, Octavia texted Clarke that she could bring him down again. They immediately shouted. "HAPPY BIRTHDAY!" as soon as they saw Bellamy walked down the stairs. He gaped of happiness and went down to greet everyone.

Monty put on some pop music on the speaker and handed out the neon sticks. Harper had neon paint to everyone so they could paint their face and glow in the dark. People had already dragged out big glass bowls from Clarke's cabinet and poured chips in it.

The table were full of snacks and on the floor, was a tray of beers. Everyone had painted themselves with neon paint and danced with their neon sticks. Clarke turned down the light a little, so they could glow in the dark but still be able to see.

Indra, Kane and Abby on the other hand couldn't handle all the noise. So they moved to the dining tables and talked there instead. Clarke told them that they could go upstairs, but they refused.

The doorbell was a little hard to hear over the loud music, but she still managed to hear it. And she knew exactly who it was.

"Hey, Lexa!" Clarke hugged her girlfriend and looked at her. Damn she was hot. She wore white tight jeans with a white crop top and a black cardigan that reached to her butt.

"Hey"

"You look amazing" Clarke bit her lip and leaned closer to Lexa. "so hot" the blonde whispered and leaned in for a kiss.

The brunette chuckled and kissed her back. She ran her hands through Clarke's hair, and just followed Clarke as the girl was pulling her hand. As the couple entered the living room, eyes were looked at them, and smiles were thrown at them.

The couple were holding hands. And Abby on the other side of the room could only smile to them. She was indeed happy for Clarke.

"Wait! Are you two together now?" Octavia asked as she walked over to them immediately.

"Yes"

"OH MY GOD! When did this happen? Why didn't you tell me?" Octavia asked a little frustrated Clarke had kept this away from her. "Screw it! I'm so happy for you guys, congratulations!" Octavia hugged both of them.

"Thank you" both smiled. She walked away as Abby was head to the couple.

"Hey, Lexa"

"Hey, Mrs. Griffin" Lexa greeted.

"You can still call me Abby" she laughed. "We've met before, as work persons, but how about dinner tomorrow at my place?" Abby suggested, she ignored the stupidly big smile on Clarke's face.

"Yeah, as long as it's after work time"

They planned a time that worked for both. This was going to be nice. Abby, Kane, Clarke and Lexa. Sure, both couples were a little nervous about the dinner. But if you want to get to know your daughter's girlfriend, you must start acting.

Clarke smiled at her mother. Said thank you with her eyes. "Dinner tomorrow" Clarke grabbed both Lexa's hands and looked straight in her eyes. Lexa smiled back and kissed Clarke. She knew well that the others looked at them, but didn't care.

Clarke was happy Lexa wasn't afraid to kiss her in front of her friends. The blonde pulled Lexa's hand to the table where the neon paint was. Lexa sat down on the couch and was ready to be painted. She had agreed on letting Clarke paint her.

Clarke gently drew on Lexa's face. She drew around Lexa's eyes. Lexa almost looked like a racoon, only it had a dripping affect from her eyes. Green neon really looked good on her. The brunette did have lime green eyes after all.

"It looks amazing!" Lexa gaped as Clarke opened the camera on her phone so Lexa could use it as a mirror. Clarke chuckled. "I know, it really fits you"

Now they could start dancing. Lexa got up and danced to the music, Clarke laughed and joined her girlfriend. After they had danced through three songs, they had thrown themselves on the couch. Clarke leaned on Lexa's shoulder, and the brunette held the Blonde's hand. Harper was the one in charge over the music now.

"I love this song!" Clarke gaped and sang along. "All I need is a little love in my life. All I need is a little love in the dark" she started.

"A little but I'm hoping it might kick start" Lexa sang. Clarke removed her head from Lexa's shoulder and had her eyes on Lexa. She admired the beautiful voice that was coming out of her girlfriend's mouth. "Me and my broken heart" both sang, and just smiled to each other while they fell deeper in love with each other.

"I need a little loving tonight. Hold me so I'm not falling apart. A little but I'm hoping it might kick start. Me and my broken heart…" Lexa made the move. She leaned in for another kiss. Clarke kissed her back and gently touched Lexa's cheek. Lexa's hand was on the back on Clarke's head. The kiss became intense.