Lexa's shift finally ended. She had to work from 8 in the morning to 5 and she was pretty exhausted, but she promised Gustus to show up for some family time. The brunette knew that his uncle wasn't going to get better and that was scaring her as hell. Even though she knew he would take care of a lot of things before losing his battle against cancer, but Lexa will still have to deal with the rest of it after. The funeral, her cousins, their house…

"Hey, sweetheart." Clarke hugged her, seeing how deep in her thoughts she was. Lexa gave her a small smile, trying to cover the sadness that she was feeling, thinking about her uncle's fate.

They were in the changing room, with their casual clothing, ready to leave. Clarke would probably stay home while Lexa would go see Gustus. The brunette took her stuff and gave a little peck on Clarke's lips. "It's been a long day and I can't wait to get back in your arms tonight." She said, leaving the changing room with the blonde behind her.

"You're still going at your uncle's later?" Clarke asked, gently rubbing Lexa's back and Lexa nodded. "Do you want me to drive you there?"

"Actually…" She took a deep breath. "I know this is selfish of me to ask you this, according to the situation, but… would you like to come with me?" They got into Clarke's car and Lexa grabbed the blonde's hand. "You don't have to come if you don't want to, but I'll feel stronger at your sides."

"I will be there, then." Clarke said, lacing her fingers with Lexa's. "I will always be there when you need me."

"Thank you. I really don't know what I'd do without you."

It was around 7 o'clock when Clarke parked her car in Gustus' driveway. They had the time to take a shower and grab a cake – Clarke's idea, because everyone loves cake. Lexa took a deep breath and the blonde knew her girlfriend was nervous about this. She told her uncle that she was bringing someone over and he seemed happy about it. "Let's do this." Lexa said, grabbing the desert and going out of the car.

Clarke was confident about all this. She loved that Lexa asked her to be there with her at this family dinner. It was another step in their relationship, sort of. She would have liked that it was not under certain circumstances, but she was glad to be at her sides when Gustus opened the door. He was a tall and large man, with long hair that could almost compete with Lexa's. Clarke was no doctor, but she knew at first sight that he was sick and weakened by the disease.

At the moment he saw Clarke, Gustus smiled and let them inside of the house. It was a bit messy and the blonde knew it was probably because of Lexa's cousins.

"I'm glad you brought someone here, Lexa." He said, leaning towards her to hug the brunette. Clarke never saw Lexa so close to anyone else, except herself, so she was surprised. "And she should be the girl you can't stop speaking of." He continued, making Lexa blush and look at him with a serious look.

"The one and only. Clarke, nice to meet you." They shook hands firmly. "Lexa speaks highly of you too."

It made Gustus smile. "Oh, cake!" He exclaimed himself, taking the desert from Lexa's hands. "I hope you like pastas, Clarke?"

"His pastas are to die for." Lexa added, grabbing Clarke's hand and dragging her in the kitchen. "Where are my two favourite cousins?" The brunette asked her uncle.

"Their rooms." He answered, pointing the ceiling, meaning that the boys were upstairs.

"I'm going to be right back, okay?" She said to Clarke. The blonde nodded and give her a chaste kiss on the lips, then Lexa disappeared, letting her alone with the tall man.

"She's happy." He looked at Clarke and smiled at her. "You love her?"

"With all my heart." Was Clarke's answer.

"Can I ask you to take care of her? I don't want her to be broody of push people away while I'm gone." She was surprised by the way he requested it, because it seemed like he was fully aware that he was about to die from cancer and that he accepted it.

"I will, sir." She agreed.

"Also, I feel the need to give you 'the talk', because you know, you're seeing her and all." He gave Clarke a serious look. "Don't break her heart, she had a rough life, travelling here and there and I've never seen her so relaxed. Even when she was seeing Costia. If you hurt her –"

"Gustus, I hope you're not giving Clarke 'the talk'." Lexa interrupted her uncle. She entered the kitchen, a smirk on her lips, dragging two boys with her. Clarke assumed it was her younger cousins. "This is Artigas and Quint."

Clarke and the tall man chuckled. "No, we were just talking." The blonde said, lowering a bit herself to talk to the boys. "Hey you two, I'm Clarke."

"Clarke, as in Lexa's girlfriend?" One of them asked, looking at Lexa.

"Yep, I'm the lucky one." Clarke answered.

The dinner was really good and Clarke was impressed of Gustus' cooking skills. Lexa was right, his pastas were amazing. It was thirty pass ten when Lexa decided it was time to go home. Her uncle seemed exhausted, yet he wanted to keep talking with his niece and her girlfriend. They both gave him a hug and entered Clarke's car.

"I had a good time." The blonde admitted, starting the car.

"Thank you for being there, tonight." Lexa said to her. "I can't stand seeing him like that… sick and I can't do nothing about it. Nothing."

"I know and I wish I could help too."

"I don't even know what I'll do with Artigas and Quint when…" She stopped, because she knew she was getting emotional and she had to be stronger than this, at least for Gustus. "I don't want them to end up in the foster system."

"Me neither, they'll probably need to stick together as much as they can." Clarke continued, grabbing the brunette's hand to reassure her. "I can help you through this, you know? I don't mind."

"Yes… but for now, let's go home and sleep. I could really use a good night of sleep."

"Okay, sweetheart. Whatever you need." Clarke answered, caressing the top of her hand with her thumb.

Hi everyone! Thanks for the comments and all. I'm back from vacation, yay! This chapter is small, but I think it was a good thing for Clarke to meet a part of Lexa's family. I'll work with that later ;) Hope you enjoyed!