The whole thing with Ontari was still buzzing around Clarke's brain as she lifted the mattress off of Raven's bed. It was movie night tradition that they set the mattresses on the floor and pushed them together up against the wall. Octavia helped her get the mattresses in position. When finished, Octavia plopped down on Raven's mattress, and Raven set her crutch aside and sat next to her. Clarke crawled on Octavia's mattress to sit next to Octavia and motioned for Lexa to sit down next to her.

The other girl shyly looked down at the empty spot before sitting down and stretching her legs out. Clarke attributed her nervousness to the Ontari situation. Hopefully, a movie night would be just what Lexa needed to get out of her head. Clarke smiled at her roommate, who returned the smile.

"Ready to watch The Others?" Raven asked, putting the DVD in her laptop.

"What's it about?" Lexa asked.

"Ghosts," Raven answered. "It's the perfect combination between creepy and cool."

Raven started up the movie, and Octavia placed the laptop where all the girls could see it. The lights had been turned off, setting the atmosphere. The movie started, and Clarke felt her heartbeat rise in anticipation. Before coming here, she had never seen any horror movies, but Raven loved them and wasted no time in fixing that.

As the movie played, Clarke settled into the serenity of that moment. Ontari had been pushed from her mind, and the only thing she was concerned with was spending quality time with her friends. As the movie dragged on, it got creepier, and Clarke felt the adrenaline buzzing through her veins. It wasn't an unpleasant feeling. She had grown to like the excitement.

There was a jump scare, and Clarke flinched, grabbed Lexa's hand, and squeezed. The other girl let out a gasp of surprise. Clarke looked over at her to see her face was bright red. "Sorry," Clarke whispered, letting go of Lexa's hand.

"I-i-it's fine," Lexa stuttered, flustered.

At the next jump scare, Clarke flinched again. This time, Lexa grabbed her hand and squeezed. "It's okay," she whispered, still blushing furiously.

There was something about Lexa's blush that made Clarke's stomach flip. Her first instinct was that Lexa had been disgusted by the touch, but that didn't explain why she was holding her hand now. A minute passed. Neither girl made a move to break the contact. Clarke tried to catch Lexa's eyes, but they were glued firmly to the computer screen.

Deciding that she was definitely overthinking the whole thing, Clarke leaned back and simply allowed her hand to be held. Lexa was still blushing, but that could be easily explained by her natural shyness. It was kinda cute, Clarke thought.

By the time the movie ended, Clarke and Lexa were still holding hands. As Octavia moved to retrieve the computer, Clarke slipped out of the grip, not wanting Lexa to feel more awkward than she already did.

"That was a good movie, Raven," Clarke said. "What did you think, Lexa?"

Lexa blushed again and cast her gaze to the floor. "I liked it," she said softly.

"Good," Raven said. "Have you seen many horror movies, Lexa?"

Clarke figured much of Lexa's life had been like a horror movie, but she said nothing.

"I haven't," Lexa admitted.

"Well, there's much more where that came from," Raven replied with a grin. Using her crutch, she stood up and walked to her desk. She pulled Halloween out from her drawer. "An oldie but goody," Raven explained. "We'll watch this one next time."

Octavia had already managed to lift her mattress back onto the bed frame and get her bed situated. "I dunno about you guys, but I'm exhausted," she said with a yawn, stretching her arms out above her head.

"Same," Clarke replied. "Lexa, can you help me lift Raven's mattress back onto her bed?"

Lexa agreed, and working together, the two girls were able to quickly get the mattress back onto Raven's bed frame. Clarke's hand brushed up against Lexa's, and she saw the other girl blush again. Clarke hoped she wasn't making her roommate uncomfortable. She was naturally affectionate, and obviously Lexa wasn't used to that.

Clarke didn't know her full story, but she knew Lexa had lost a lot of people. Perhaps what her roommate needed now was for someone to stay.