Abby, Kane, Angelica and Roger had arrived a few minutes ago. They were in the kitchen and caught up with Clarke and Lexa. It was really lovely having all of them here. There has been a long time ago since all of them were together. Now Clarke and Lexa's parents were eager to meet Aden. But Clarke suggested it was best if Lexa took Angelica and Roger to see Aden first, just in case it gets too much for Aden when four strangers are surrounding him with smiles and questions. In the meantime, Abby and Kane went upstairs to say hi to Madi.
Before Lexa and Clarke's parents came Lexa got a call from the child services. Or Child welfare. It was about Aden. They apologized for not making it to their home to tell them the news, but they wanted Aden to have a permanent home. And that home would be Lexa and Clarke's. If the couple approved. Clarke and Lexa were, of course, thrilled to have Aden stay here with them. Lexa and Clarke told their parents the news and even they were thrilled. And they haven't even met Aden.
Lexa leads the way to the living room and sat beside Aden. "Hi buddy" Lexa tickled his stomach. He giggled and tried to push Lexa's hand away. Angelica and Roger smiled at the little boy as they walked closer to Lexa. "This is my parents" Lexa smiled and introduced them for Aden. "This is my mother Angelica, but you can call her Granny. And this is my father, Roger, but you can call him Gramps. Only if you want to" Lexa smiled. It looked like Aden was a little shy. "Hi…" Aden slowly waved his hand, then he grabbed Lexa's shirt and hid behind her.
"Aaaawe how cute" Angelica placed her hand in front of her chest. Aden was adorable. Lexa placed her warm soft hand on Aden's back and drew circles on him with her palm. She leaned to kiss the top of his head and whispered. "It's okay".
Angelica sat beside Aden on the couch and lifted her purse up. She started looking in her purse and pulled out something. "Lexa told me your favorite show is Gumballs, right?" she pulled out the main character named Gumball, which was a teddy bear, out of her purse. Aden's face lit up and a big smile appeared. "It's from us, Granny and Gramps" Angelica looked at Roger before she gently placed Gumball, the teddy bear toy, in Aden's little hands. He smiled at little Gumball. "Thanks" he smiled and gently wrapped his arms around Angelica, in a form of a hug.
"We are going upstairs to say hi to Madi now. Clarke will be here in just a minute okay bud?" Aden nodded at Lexa as he snuggled under a cozy blanket. Lexa leads the way up to Madi's room. Angelica and Rogers breath got taken away. "Isn't this room a little small?" Roger joked sarcastically. Madi's room was enormous and modern. "A little" Madi looked around and chuckled. Kane, Abby, and Clarke laughed. Madi opened her arms and half-ran to Angelica and roger. She hugged them both at the same time. "Hey, Granny and Gramps"
"Hello, beautiful" Angelica kissed Madi's cheek. "Want a kiss from me too?" Roger closed his eyes and formed his lips. "no!" Madi laughed and ran back to Clarke. Clarke embraced Madi. "But you want a kiss from me?" Clarke chuckled as she felt Madi was trying to get away. But she didn't let go before she had kissed Madi a few times on the cheek. When Clarke let go of Madi everyone shared a good laugh.
"This is indeed a big room," Abby said as she looked around. Lexa and Clarke nodded. "She even has her own bathroom. Clarke pointed at a door that was across the room. "They spoil you too much" Abby chuckled. Madi chuckled with her. "I know"
"Your birthday is in one week" Roger remembered. "Correct" Madi nodded. Clarke took a few steps away from her parents and closer to Lexa. "We are planning on throwing two birthdays for her. One where she invites her friends and another where you guys are invited plus a few more" Clarke informed. "Like aunty Octavia and Raven?" Madi wondered. Clarke nodded at the little brunette. "Great. Can't wait!" Kane smiled.
"Well if you want me to introduce you to Aden we better get down now before the food gets cold" Clarke tilted her head in the direction of the door and walked out. Abby and Kane followed her. Lexa left the room too, but she didn't follow Clarke. She went to their bedroom and came back a minute later with a paper bag and gently shut the door.
"Come sit on the couch," Lexa said to her parents and Madi. They followed her and sat down. "What is in there? Wait is that what you snuck in an hour ago?" Madi wondered. Lexa nodded. She opened the paper bag and pulled out a box. Everyone gaped. Even though they didn't see the ring they saw that it was the box.
"omg, is it what I think it is?" Madi knit her fists and beamed. Lexa opened the box and inside was the most beautiful ring. "Wow" Angelica breathed. Roger didn't have any words. "Our ten months anniversary is coming up in two days. I don't exactly know what I'm going to do or say… but what I do know is that I want to spend the rest of my life with her…" Lexa looked at her parents. Angelica's eyes were glossy. "I'm so proud of you" Angelica embraced her girl. Roger placed a hand on Lexa's shoulder. "I'm proud of you too, Lexa" The second Angelica let go of Lexa, Madi opened her arms and hugged the brunette. "I'm so happy" Madi whispered. Lexa smiled. "Me too"
Abby and Kane gently smiled at the little boy who played with a blue teddy bear. He was so tiny and cute. "Clarke! Look what I got" Aden beamed and showed Clarke his new teddy bear. He looked so happy. "Woah. It's cute" Clarke smiled and tapped the teddy bear's head, Gumball's head. Aden pulled the teddy bear close to his chest and studied Gumball. "He's not cute… he's cool…"
Kane let out a short laugh and sat beside Aden. "I agree. It's super cool" he nodded. Aden smiled at him and nodded in agreement. "Aden. These are my parents. If you're comfortable with it, you can call them Grandma and Granpa" Clarke sat beside Aden and put her arm around him. "okay" Aden smiled at Abby and Kane. Clarke didn't notice this, but Kane was smiling so widely. Abby noticed it and she knew why. Clarke didn't introduce them as "mom and stepfather" no, she introduced them as her parents.
Kane asked Aden if he liked soccer. And Aden nodded his head. "Yes. I really want to play soccer. Today when Madi picked me up she was with a boy named Cameron. He's going to show me some tricks!" Aden beamed. Clarke chuckled at the way he said "really". "a boy?" Abby whispered at Clarke. The blonde nodded and shot her mother a look that said: "I'll tell you later".
"Well, I actually brought a ball. Do you want to go outside and play soccer later?" Kane wondered. Aden jumped on the couch. "yes, yes, yes!". He looked so happy. Clarke was glad to see that Aden wasn't so shy after all. "Dinner is ready. Aden, could you go with Grandma and Grandpa to the kitchen while I go and get the others?" Clarke smiled as she wondered. Aden nodded and grabbed Abby's hand while trying to drag her to the kitchen. Abby turned her head and faces Clarke and pouted with her lips because Aden was so cute.
The blonde went upstairs. "Hey, ready for dinner?" Clarke entered Madi's room. Finding Madi wrapping her arms around Lexa, and Angelica calmly crying. "Angelica is everything alright?" Clarke walked towards Angelica. Lexa hurried and put the box inside the paper bag and hid it behind her back. Clarke shot a curious look at Lexa. Madi understood that Clarke wanted answers, so she just came up with something. "I was just telling Granny and Gramps how much I love them" Madi explained. Everyone went along and nodded.
"Yes, that's right. This is tears of joy" Angelica said, and it was actually true. It was tears of joy. "Did you say dinner? I'm starving" Roger rose to his feet and smiled at Clarke. "Yes, dinner is ready" Clarke rose to her feet as well and started walking toward the door. Angelica followed. Lexa and Madi waited a few seconds after the others left the room to talk. "I really am happy for you" Madi smiled at Lexa. "I know" Lexa smiled back and hugged Madi. After that, both went down to eat dinner with the others.
And here they were. Lexa and Clarke's family, together like one big family. In their new enormous house. Laughter was filling up the whole house. And all Lexa could do was just smile at her beautiful girlfriend, soon to be her fiancé. If she says yes. She's going to say yes. Clarke absolutely loves Lexa. And she's not afraid of commitment? They have two kids now and live together in a big house… and they've only been dating for nine months, almost ten. She must be ready to get married. Right?
It was late. Abby, Kane, Roger, and Angelica had just gone home. They thanked Lexa and Clarke for a lovely afternoon and wished for more days like this one. They said their goodbyes to each other and hug and kisses were involved. Madi and Aden got a whole bunch of them. After seeing their cars disappearing behind the neighbor's bushes, all four of them went inside.
Lexa helped Clarke clean while Madi took Aden to watch some TV before he had to brush his teeth and go to bed. "Nice day," Clarke said. Lexa smiled at hugged Clarke from behind. She kissed the blonde's cheek and whispered into her ear. "yeah". Clarke smiled to herself. The kitchen was all clean. The love of her life was embracing her. Madi and Aden were in the living room together. Together like siblings. This is what she had always dreamt about. A family.
Clarke removed herself from the hug and faced Lexa while she grabbed her hands. "Hey, our ten-month anniversary is coming up this Friday. Do you want to do something special?" The blonde wondered. Lexa wanted to tell her what 'special' was, but she couldn't share this with Clarke yet. Lexa smiled and nodded at the blonde. "what do you want to do?" the blonde wondered once again. Lexa just smiled let out a short chuckle with her breath. "It's a surprise" Lexa whispered, she carefully dropped Clarke's hands and left the kitchen with a smile. Clarke followed her into the living room.
"now I'm curious," Clarke said as she sat down next to Madi. Lexa sat beside Aden. Lexa let out a short chuckle. "Curious about what?" Madi asked Clarke. Clarke sighed. "Our ten months anniversary is coming up. And I wondered if Lexa and I were going to do something special on that day. And Lexa says it's a surprise!" Clarke folded her arms in front of her chest. Madi let out a laugh. "Two more days, Clarke. Two more days" Madi smiled. "do you know what the 'surprise' is?" Clarke looked at Madi with a curious look. Madi widened her eyes a little. "uhm…" Madi started but before she got to talk Clarke gaped. "oh my god, you know!" Clarke grabbed Madi's hand. "You have to tell me!"
Lexa rolled her eyes with a smile. Clarke was so curious. Madi didn't know what to say. "I-I really don't know" she shrugged. Clarke let go of Madi's hand. "Madi, I know when your lying" the blonde leaned back on the couch. Madi let out another laugh. "Clarke, stop. It's only two more days till our anniversary. You'll survive" Lexa smiled at Clarke. The blonde let out a sigh. "Can you guys be quiet, please? I can't hear what they are saying" Aden pouted. "of course, buddy. We're sorry" Lexa apologized and caressed his arm.
"Maybe it's time to go to bed?" Lexa looked at Aden. At first, he didn't want to, but Madi reminded him that he had to get enough sleep for tomorrow. Cameron was going to teach him some tricks. And with that, Aden jumped out of the couch and hurried to the stairs, and Lexa followed him.
Madi grabbed Clarke's hand. The blonde smiled at the little brunette. Madi's hand grabbed Clarke's, while her thumb was gently feelings Clarke's wrist. Clarke didn't do anything even when she knew she had a scar there. Madi needed to know this. After a few seconds, Madi's thump stopped. Clarke carefully turned her head to look at Madi, but she did it in a quiet way because she didn't want to make it too obvious. It looks like Madi was frowning to herself. Clarke pulled up her sleeve and sighed.
It went silent. A few seconds later, Madi asked with a low voice. "how did you get this scar" she asked. The little brunette only had her eyes on that scar. It was so visible; how could she not have noticed it before. Clarke sighed once more. "There is no easy way to tell or explain this to you…" Clarke started. Madi looked up and locked eyes with Clarke. "I went through a really rough time. I felt like everything and everyone were against me… and one day I just couldn't take the pain anymore. I was sick of struggling with suicidal thoughts, depression, and anxiety every day. I wanted to end my suffering. And I did, or, I tried" Clarke to a moment to breath normally to avoid tears.
Madi was unusually quiet. Normally she would have thousands of questions and she would throw comments at Clarke every ten seconds, but now she was just staring at Clarke. Being a good listener and just listened. "I went to my bathroom and slit my wrist. Lucky for me, your aunt Raven found me before it was too late. She saved my life. And I'm happy she did. Because if I succeeded that day, I wouldn't be here today"
Clarke and Madi kept looking at each other. The blonde wasn't so sure it was a great idea telling Madi about this after all. "I'm sorry…" Clarke burst out in tears. Madi exhaled out her pain, tears started streaming down her face as she saw Clarke, her mother figure, crying her heart out after sharing a very personal story. "No, no… It's okay…" Madi cried and hugged Clarke. "I'm just… I…" Madi tried but she didn't know how to ask. Madi slowly pulled out of the hug. She swallowed. "Do you still want to… kill yo-"Madi started but before she got to finish the sentence Clarke interrupted her. "no! I could never. I love you, and everyone else too much to do that" Clarke said.
"W-what about your depression? Is it still that bad?" Madi wondered. "I take antidepressants, it's medication that helps me with my depression and anxiety" Clarke tried to explain shortly and simple as possible. Clarke could tell that Madi was thinking about asking another question. "Do you … still, have suicidal thoughts?" she wondered. Clarke's heart ached as she heard those words come out of Madi. Clarke shook her head. "no, not as long as I take my medication. Suicidal thoughts only come when I'm depressed" The blonde embraced Madi. "And I would never leave you guys. I love you with all my heart" Clarke's voice cracked. Madi started sobbing. It really hurt to hear that Clarke went through all of this. But it gave her hope. You can come out of the darkest time of your life and achieve something bright and beautiful.
"Is everything okay?" Lexa sat beside Madi and looked at Clarke and Madi. It was hard to tell who this was really about because both were crying. Clarke smiled and nodded. Clarke embraced Madi and Lexa did the same. "I don't think I could ever leave you" Clarke whispered but Lexa heard it. And her heart hurt. Clarke and Lexa had only talked about this once. They didn't really talk much about Clarke's past and what she used to struggle with. Lexa has tried to talk about it with Clarke a couple of times when she has noticed that Clarke looked like she was sad, but Clarke just changed the subject.
"I think I'm going to go upstairs. Is that okay?" Madi asked carefully. "yeah, of course," Clarke smiled and wiped away a tear. Madi gave Clarke a long hug. "I love you" Clarke whispered and kissed Madi's cheek. The little brunette smiled at Clarke. "I love you too" Madi smiled and made her way upstairs. Lexa pulled Clarke into her arms and kissed the top of her head. "Wanna talk about it?" The brunette asked with a low voice. Even though she knew what the answer was. But to her surprise, Clarke didn't say no. "I just told Madi about the time I almost killed myself…" Clarke's eyes filled with heavy tears that threatened to escape her eyes. "And I know we've never actually talked so much about my depression… but there is really not much to talk about" Clarke explained. Lexa nodded. "It's not that I don't feel comfortable talking to you, or don't trust you or anything… It's just that I don't even know what's happening to me… what happened" Clarke corrected herself.
A few moments passed with nothing but silence. But they looked so deeply into each other's eyes with love and pain at the same time. "But… there is something I need to tell you" Clarke started. She grabbed Lexa's hand. "I haven't been taking my medication lately… I just want to know If I still need them…-"Clarke began but Lexa interrupted her. "Clarke! Why didn't you tell me?" the brunette squeezed Clarke's hand. "I'm sorry! … but I don't think I need them anymore… I feel fine" Clarke smiled at the brunette.
"… well yeah… you may feel fine now… but what if-" Lexa started. Clarke leaned on Lexa's shoulder. "I promise I will tell you right away if I'm feeling really down" Clarke whispered. Lexa sighed. She wanted Clarke to take her medication, but it was Clarke's life… she couldn't do anything but to support her decision. So, she went along with it.
"Promise?" The brunette whispered. Clarke removed her head off Lexa's shoulder and looked deeply into her eyes. The blonde leaned into a kiss. "I promise"