A/N: Sorry it's a short chapter. Also there's a little smut.

Chapter 16

This was killing her.

Clarke felt her stomach churning unpleasantly as she watched the exchange between her ex-boyfriend and her current girlfriend, who are also famously known to be arch enemies.

It was difficult to see how their conversation was going. Lexa was standing with her back towards her, directly in front of Finn, blocking her view of both their faces. Preventing her from detecting any warning signs if the situation was going to escalate into something disastrous.

Glancing at the time on the dashboard, only five minutes has passed and it was the longest five minutes of her life just sitting in Lexa's car.

Waiting.

Her frustration level was high and she hated the feeling of nervousness as the blood pumping through her veins increases.

All she wanted was to go back to the hotel and be with Lexa but something or someone always came in the way.

"Let's call it a truce. Both of our careers are over. I think it's wise for us to move on with our lives." Lexa sticks her hand out attempting to make peace with him once and for all.

A sudden confusion washes over his face as Finn was taken aback not expecting Lexa looking to end their rivalry by a simple handshake. He was expected her to gloat in his face.

He looks warily of the sincerity of her offer before slapping her hand away, not wanting to be a fool in one of her evil games. He knew she would stop at nothing just to humiliate him.

"That''s all you have to say? You've ruined my career." He spat out venomously.

A hard expression came over her face and Lexa had to bite her lip from immediately reacting with her fist. She counted down from ten in her head to force her anger down.

"And you're manipulating Clarke." He added firmly.

"Clarke is none of your business anymore." Lexa almost growled out, hated him even mentioning her name.

"I still care for her. What you're doing is wrong. Clarke is innocent and I'm not going to stand by and allow you to play with her emotions just so you can have your revenge on me." His nostril flare, sounding livid and indignant that Lexa had the audacity to hurt him by going after someone he loved again. He was completely blind-sided when he saw pictures of them together. He knew at that moment that Lexa wouldn't hesitate to stoop so low for her own amusement.

"Move your car." Lexa demanded in a low and threatening voice.

It would be a waste of time to defend her relationship with the blonde. Finn would never believe her.

"No." Finn said getting right in her face not willing to surrender. "Tell me where she is."

Lexa stared at him the urge to punch him almost overcame her when he stepped in her personal space in a threatening stance.

"Just leave Finn. I'm warning you." Lexa crossed her arms across her chest mostly to keep them from strangling his neck.

"I love Clarke and you're just using her. Tell me where she is and I'll leave." Finn replied.

He refused to believed that it was over between him and Clarke. He was still trying to win her back. They belong together. She was the one for him.

"Clarke doesn't love you. And I believe she's already told you that she wanted nothing to do with you before she gave you a hard slap in face." Lexa counters strongly.

It immediately clicked in his head that Lexa knows about his encounter with Clarke in the dressing room. He peeks past her shoulder to her car and faintly sees someone sitting in the passenger seat.

"Clarke! Clarke!" He walked past her to stand in front of her car to get a closer look.

Lexa couldn't help but roll her eyes at the sounds of his desperate cries for Clarke as if she was holding the blonde against her will. She wanted to push him back but she thought twice about it, thinking that maybe if Clarke told him herself that he would realize he has no chance with her.

"Come on Clarke. I know you're in there. I just want to talk." Finn calls out.

A few seconds passed before the passenger door opened and Clarke stepped out.

The instant smile that Lexa sees on Finn's face when he sees Clarke makes her eyes turn dark with vehemence.

"Finn, move your car." Clarke sighed tiredly wanting nothing more then to get back to the hotel with Lexa.

"Clarke, you're okay." He said with relief.

"Of course I'm okay." She answered rolling her eyes at the insinuation that Lexa would ever hurt her.

"Look I know what happen to us was kind of my fault..." He started taking steps closer to her.

Clarke's eyebrow rose high when Finn couldn't admit that their failed relationship was entirely his fault.

"...but I still love you. I can understand you wanting to hurt me by being seen with my worst enemy. And I forgive you for that. Let's start with a clean slate. I want us to be together again." Finn said with hope in his eyes trying to grasp her blue ones.

Only Clarke's eyes were focused on the frigid silent rage she saw on Lexa's face and did not hesitate making her way over to stand next to her hoping her close proximity would calm Lexa down.

"Finn..." She sighed trying to find it within her not to lash out in anger. "I honestly can't find any redeeming qualities in you after everything you've done. You need to move on."

To emphasize her point and because Finn's world revolves around himself making him dense to everything else, she entwines her fingers with Lexa's. "I've moved on."

Finn froze eyeing intensively when Clarke's hands was literally in the hands of his enemy. He looked up at Clarke's face with a betrayed expression on his face.

"Clarke, you've made your point." He gritted through his teeth still believing that this was a ploy against him. There was no way Clarke was in love with someone as evil and conniving as Lexa. "I hurt you and now you hurt me. We're even. Now let's go." Finn extended his hand for her to take eager for her to step away from Lexa.

Clarke looked at him with an incredulous look on her face hearing his demanding voice and decided that she needed to be harsh and blunt with him so she would get through his thick skull. "You are delusional. We broke up almost five months ago. I'm in love with Lexa and our relationship has nothing to do with you."

"Her?" Finn snarled taking a step forward causing Lexa to immediately step in front of Clarke pulling her behind. "You choose her?!"

"Are you surprised?" Lexa mocked.

"Not helping, Lexa." Clarke hissed behind her.

"Listen to me Clarke, she's done this before. She slept with Raven to hurt me. It's just a way for her to play her sick little mind games. It runs in her family. They're very manipulative. They're ruthless and they don't care about anyone except for themselves. They'll toss you aside like garbage when they are done with you. They're horrible people." Finn tried to get through to Clarke thinking that she has fallen for the Wood's family trap. And he cares to much for her to see her be deceived by them.

Lexa's hand that was not holding Clarke's, clenched into fist at her side. Her anger was rising by the attacks against her family's integrity but before she could lash out Clarke was there to ground her, tightening her grip on her hand receding her violent urge.

"Finn, I'm not your concern. Whatever your opinion is on Lexa or her family doesn't matter. I can take care of myself."

"Clarke..."

Lexa losing her patience and clearly having enough of trying to reason with Finn as nothing they were saying was getting through to him.

"She doesn't want you Finn. Mount Weather dumped you and you're out of the racing circuit. Just admit defeat. Now do yourself a favor and save any dignity you still might have and leave." Lexa told him.

Finn sneered at her. "You want to end this, right now? Leave Clarke alone. Break up with her and you will never have to see my face again."

"Excuse me?" Clarke asked, outraged that he thought she could be used as a bargaining tool.

"Clarke is not negotiable." Lexa's voice was low and dangerous. "Now move your car."

"Make me." Finn shot back menacingly before stepping in so he was almost an inch away from her face.

Lexa felt her muscles tense in anger locking eyes with him for a long moment. She was finding it hard to keep her promise to Clarke about keeping things non-violent.

The staring match lasted for a couple more minutes, neither showing any signs of standing down. The only time Lexa takes her eye off Finn was when she caught the slight movement of Finn's hand towards his hip. She felt her heart begin to race in fear and almost pushed Clarke to the ground but suddenly an arm shot out of nowhere creeping over Finn's shoulders causing him to drop his hands to his side.

Lexa refused to let the desperation to get Clarke out of this garage register to her face. It was clear that Finn was unstable, dangerous and possibly armed but she had to try her best to contain herself not wanting to trigger a reaction from Finn.

"Nothing holds you back from showing up to an event uninvited." Murphy told him trying to break the tension between the two.

Clarke sighed in relief and in the first time in her life she was happy to see Murphy.

When Finn didn't replied and was still staring at Lexa, Murphy lightly shook his shoulders to loosen them up. "Come on, Finn. Let's get out of here before the wrong person sees that you're here."

Lexa frown internally, confused of Murphy's intention for the second time tonight.

Why was he helping them?

Finn was still not budging, so Murphy whispered something in his ear. When he was finished, she saw Finn slightly nods his head.

"Yeah. Let's go." He finally agrees stepping back. "This isn't over."

Lexa didn't respond and just stood with Clarke and watched as Murphy leads Finn back to his car before finally driving out of the parking garage.

"What do you think Murphy said to him?" Clarke asked.

"I don't know." Lexa replied also curious of what he said that made Finn back off so easily. But she's sure that it won't be for long.

A couple days have past and yet that night still laid heavily on her mind. Disturbing thoughts were running nonstop since then. Her main thought was that she need to try her best to keep Clarke safe.

She wasn't a hundred percent certain that Finn had a weapon that night but she knows that she hadn't prepare herself if he did.

A part of her wanted to call Gustus and give him is job back. She wanted to keep Lincoln and assign him to protect Clarke but she knows the blonde would argue with her rejecting the idea of having a bodyguard. And she would also have to explain to Clarke her fears she had yet to mention to her. She didn't want to worry the blonde.

She needed to figure what to do soon before Finn does something horrible but she had to be discrete and without alarming Clarke.

"Lexa? Lexa?"

Lexa was brought out of her private thoughts when Octavia was waving a hand in her face trying to get her attention. They were going over a few detail about their trip to Canada.

"You weren't just daydreaming about Clarke, were you?" Octavia joked trying to lighten the atmosphere when she notice the serious look on Lexa's face.

"I been having trouble sleeping." Lexa has been having nightmare about the worst scenario that could have played out that night. What if Finn had a gun? She wouldn't be able to live with herself if something horrible had happen to Clarke.

Clarke had filled Octavia in on their encounter with Finn. The blonde also mentioned that she was worried about Lexa who has seem to be out of it ever since. Hopefully their trip would be good for the heiress. She needed to get away from all the craziness. Lexa seemed to have a lot on her plate lately.

Octavia sympathized with Lexa and planned to play her role as her good friend and help distract her from her troubles.

"So you're leaving a day earlier and I'm leaving a day later than originally planned? I understand that you and Clarke are sexually frustrated but I can always stay in a different villa." Octavia was not happy that their trip to Canada was going have a small delay.

Well the delay was just for her.

"I don't think that I making this clear to you. I don't even want you in the same country." Lexa smirked.

Lexa knew Octavia wouldn't be happy when she told her about the change in their plans but Clarke and herself really needed a small break from everything. Works was began to pile up quickly and this was probably the last opportunity for the both of them to get away for awhile.

"Very funny." Octavia replied sarcastically sitting on the stool in Lexa's kitchen area.

"It's not like you're going to miss any of the activities."

"I guess." Octavia shrugs. "So anything special planned for Clarke?"

"I find it disturbing how deeply interested you are in our relationship." Lexa stated.

"I don't want the detail about the sex part, which by the way won't be hard to do. I've never seen Clarke so ready to jump someone. And I hope you guys finally release all that tension because she's a pain to be around."

"See! That!" Lexa pointed at her emphasizing her point. "You basically told me to have sex with your best friend. That's weird to me."

Octavia waved her off. "Clarke and I share everything. We are very open with each other. Have you never had a best friend before?"

Lexa stopped and pondered for a moment at her question. She never allowed anybody to get close to her in the past, always had a wall of fear that she would get hurt. Clarke was the only person she has willingly open her heart to. Clarke basically teared down her walls not only letting her in but allowing others the chance to get to know her. Before Clarke, there was no way she would even let someone like Octavia in her suite, talking about something that doesn't involve sex or business.

"Best friend? No. Friends? Yes, but not anyone I felt like I can tell my secrets to. That I can be hundred percent open with." Lexa replied honestly.

"I'm glad you found Clarke." Octavia told her sincerely.

She didn't know Lexa before her relationship with Clarke but she could tell her blonde friend had made a positive change in the other brunette. And she knows for certain that Lexa makes Clarke happier than she's ever seen her.

Lexa felt a genuine smile curve her lip. It was nice to hear someone supportive of their relationship when she sometimes felt like she wasn't good enough for Clarke.

It was the final lap and she can taste the finish line. Finn was on her tail but there was no way he could pass her despite his many attempts. There were no words to describe the exhilarating feeling of driving over 200 miles per hour. The smell of burning rubber. The vibration of the car buzzing through her entire body. She felt like she was a part of this car and she was unstoppable.

Halfway to the end, she glances to her right to find Finn coming up slowly next to her. He had a mischievous look on his face before closing the gap between them bringing his car dangerously close to her.

Her car jerks to left but she manages to regain control. She snarled at Finn's dirty antics. She was surprised that he had caught up to her. But lucky for her, she was the better driver and was able to anticipate his next move. She successful dodge his hit causing him to lose control of his vehicle swerving in a full circle and landing on the grass and off the track to a complete stop making it impossible for him to beat her.

Lexa smiled as she caught the angry look on his face in her rear view mirror.

The cheering grew louder as she near the finish line. This would usually fill her with an immense sense of joy and fulfillment but the only thing she wanted to see was her beautiful girlfriend.

After crossing the finish line, Lexa pulled into to her pitstop and quickly climbed out of her car. She was immediately greeted by her crew, all offering their congratulating praises and pats on her back.

Once she makes her way through the sea of people, she finds Clarke standing away from the crowd looking radiant as ever. Her beauty never fails to take her breath away.

When Clarke sees her, her face beamed with pride making Lexa pick up her pace which turns into a full out run. She scooped the blonde up in her arms, playfully twirling her around enjoying the sweet sound of laughter in her ears before setting Clarke back down.

"Congratulations! You were amazing out there, Lexa." Clarke smiled with her eyes gleaming with happiness.

"Thanks. It was all because of you. I was thinking about you the whole time. I was racing to see that beautiful smile on your face." Lexa runs her hand through Clarke's soft blonde locks, tangling in it as she pulls her in for a fierce and passionate kiss. Clarke was panting in her mouth as she slides her tongue against hers teasingly before capturing her bottom lip.

"Lexa!"

Finn's voice makes her blood run cold. She lets go of Clarke before turning around to face him.

"It's not fair that-"

"Oh come on Finn, I won. Again. Better luck next time." Lexa cut him off tried of hearing his lame excuse. It was so like him to ruin her victory. He was a sore loser. He always hated losing to her specifically.

Lexa turned away from him and guides Clarke out of the race track area until suddenly she was pushed hard falling down to the ground. A shot was fire and chaos erupted.

Panic arises when she darts her eyes around to find Clarke, who somehow got separated from her. There were people running everywhere blocking her view. She manages to pull herself up and frantically starts searching for the blonde.

"Clarke! Clarke!"

With a horrified look on her face, she finally spots blonde hair on the ground as the track area starts to clear up. She rushes to her, drops heavily next to her as she was met with a terrifying sight. Clarke had a gun shot wound to her chest and the blood was seeping out rapidly.

"No! Clarke, stay with me." Lexa covers the wound with her hands while tears starts flowing uncontrollably. "Please. No."

Clarke's eyes were closed and she wasn't responding at all.

"Clarke, come on." Lexa cries not knowing what else to do. "Please. I can't live without you."

A sadistic evil laugh hits her ear and she snaps her head towards Finn who was standing a few feet away from them with the gun still in his hand.

"You made me do this, Lexa. You don't deserve her. If I can't have her than neither should you. I hope you suffer." He said before pointing the gun towards her.

"Lexa! Lexa, wake up!"

Lexa's eyes snapped open with sweat dripping down her face. She looked around disoriented for a moment until she realized she was on a private plane taking herself and Clarke to Canada. The blonde was currently hovered over her with a concern expression on her face.

"Did I fall asleep?" She asked trying to control her breathing as her heart rate slow down with the realization that it was all a dream and that Clarke was alive in front of her.

"Yeah." Clarke dapped her face with a cloth. "You had a nightmare. Have you been having them often?"

Lexa sighed sitting up in her seat. The last thing she wanted was Clarke to witness her having these awful dreams.

"And don't lie to me." Clarke added setting the towel down.

"I didn't want to worry you Clarke. They're just dreams. It must be from the heavy work schedule. I haven't been sleeping well." Lexa was angry at herself for falling asleep and falling to hide her nightmares from Clarke.

"Do you want to talk about it?"

Lexa looks over at Clarke, taking a moment to reel in the fact that Clarke was okay. That she was here and everything was fine. She intertwined their fingers together wanting to feel the warmth of her skin to erase the coldness she felt in her dream.

"I was thinking about rehiring Gustus." Lexa said in a soft voice.

"Oh?" Clarke wasn't expecting that. "That's sounds...why? And may I remind you that he's not quite fond of me. I don't imagine his opinion has changed since I was part of the reason he was fired."

"He's smart enough to know never to cross me again. I'll make him understand how much you mean to me. If he hurts you, he hurts me." Lexa said with determination in her eyes.

Clarke smiles sadly knowing that Gustus was one of the few people that Lexa trusted. But she was worry Gustus would get in the way of all the progress they made and she had to admit that he kind of scared of her a little.

"I don't know, Lexa."

"Hey." Lexa brings her hands to gently cup the blonde's face. "He's not going to come between us again. I'm on your side. You come first. Always."

Clarke smiled sweetly at her resting her forehead against Lexa's, her heart swooned by the brunette's sweet words and she believed her.

"What are you going to do with Lincoln?" Clarke asked curiously.

"There's plenty of job opportunities within the business I'm sure he'll be happy with. Maybe something where he can spend more time with Octavia or maybe something else." Lexa shrugged her shoulders.

This was the first time Lexa has talked about Gustus since she fired him. Clarke didn't think about how his absence might affected Lexa, she never outwardly shown any doubt in her decision to fire him.

"Lets enjoy our trip okay. No more worrying about anything. No more interruptions. It's just us." Clarke whispers softly against her lips before leaning forward to capture them in a soft tender kiss.

Clarke was the first to pull away only to move herself so she was straddling Lexa's lap.

"On the plane?" Lexa raises her eyebrows playfully placing her hands on the blonde's hips helping her getting situated.

"Are you complaining?" Clarke asked her challengingly.

Lexa ran her hands from the blonde's waist sneaking slowly under her top. She watched as Clarke bits her lip to keep her from moaning as her fingers grazes across her stomach making their way towards her breast.

"No." Lexa answers giving the breast her hands a firm squeeze.

Clarke tangles her hands into Lexa's soft brown lock before leaning down to bring their lips together. The blonde leads them into a slow languid kiss. Their tongues lazy stroking against each others exploring ever inch. She feels Lexa's hand wrapping around her lower back tighten their embrace when she gently suck on her bottom lip.

When they finally pulled apart only for the lack of oxygen in their lungs, Lexa started nipping and sucking on the blonde's exposed neck finding her pulse.

"Mmm...Lexa." Clarke moans lowly, her eyes closed throwing her head back giving the brunette better access while her nails gently scratches the nape of her neck.

Without removing her lips from Clarke's soft skin, Lexa blindly moves her hands to undo the blonde's pants until she feels Clarke's hands stop her.

Pulling back from her neck, Lexa looks up at her with confusion.

"I want to taste you first." Clarke's eyes locked onto a rapidly darken green eyes. She licks her lips before leaning down once again. She passionately kissed the brunette's lips with more fever and hunger.

Releasing her lips, Clarke trailed her lips across the brunette's chin to her throat making her way lower while sliding off Lexa's lap getting on her knees and settling herself between Lexa's leg.

"We have to be quick." Lexa told her out of breath.

"Is that a challenge?" Clarke smirks at her as she works on undoing the heiress pants.

"Are you up to it?" Lexa retorts while lifting herself slightly off the seat allow Clarke to completely remove her pants alongs with her drench underwear.

"Let's find out." Clarke whispers before her head disappears from Lexa's sight. A shot of arousal ran through Lexa as Clarke places small teasing kisses on the inside of her thigh.

"Please Clarke." Lexa begged lifting her hips desperate for some release.

Clarke brushes her finger towards Lexa's throbbing clit as she hears the brunette inhale deeply. She pushed one finger into the wet fold gather some of Lexa's sweet juices on her finger wanting a taste before she dived in.

"You taste so good." Clarke said making eye contact as she licked her fingers seductively.

"Fuck that's hot." Lexa moaned.

Lexa let out a satisfied groan when she felt Clarke finally slide her tongue inside her and licking up her wet folds.

Threading her fingers through blonde's locks, Lexa sighs leaning her head back getting lost of the feeling of Clarke.

Clarke continued forcefully flicking her tongue over Lexa's moist length feeling the grip on her hair tighten and Lexa's breathing increasing. Knowing that they didn't have much time Clarke added her fingers into the mix, thrusting two into Lexa knuckle deep in an attempt to bring the brunette quicker to orgasm.

Lexa gasp at the sudden intrusion though her hips were meeting every thrust. As her walls clenched tightly around Clarke's fingers, the blonde started to pump her fingers harder and faster. Before she knows Clarke curls her fingers while sucking eagerly on her sensitive nub sending her body over the edge.

Lexa bit her fingers to keep her from scream as her orgasm hits her hard, coming all over Clarke's finger. When Lexa's body relaxes, Clarke was still between her leg making sure to lap up all of the brunette's juices.

"Come here." Lexa commanded softly helping her up by her arms. She quickly attaches her mouth on Clarke's, their tongues dancing with each other as she was eagerly wanting to taste herself on Clarke's lips.

"That was amazing." Lexa whispered when she pulled away, staring lovingly into Clarke's eyes.

Despite the many lovers she had in the past, Clarke was the only one that succeeded in bringing her to a satisfying climactic state. Lexa knew it was because the level of love and emotional connection she had for Clarke.

"Lets get your pants make on. Don't want anyone catching the heiress to TonDC International in such a compromising position." Clarke told her playfully while helping Lexa get presentable again.

Just as Clarke finish buttoning up Lexa's pants, the pilot announced over the intercom that they were descending soon and landing in approximately fifteen minutes.

When Clarke returned from the bathroom after cleaning herself up, she reclaimed her seat and grabbing her magazine. She was casually flipping through the pages as if she wasn't just on her knees giving Lexa an amazing orgasm.

It made Lexa smile.

"What?" Clarke asked noticing the grin on Lexa's face out of the corner of her eye.

Lexa shrugged. "I'm happy."

Clarke rolled her eyes.

"Not because of that." Lexa grabs her hand and place a gentle kiss on the back. "I mean I am but mostly because of you. Being with you is the happiest I've ever been."

Lexa never fails to make Clarke's heart flutters uncontrollable. She knows it's not the brunette's nature to be so open and it always made her feel special that Lexa was so comfortable with her.

She was looking forward to the 24 hours of alone time that had before Octavia and Lincoln showed up.

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