Disclaimer: I do not own The 100. If I did, I would have put Anna Kendrick somewhere in there by now.

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"... Where is she?"

"Right next to you."

Are you serious? I'm literally in a crowd of kids. Every kid is "right next to me". Hesitantly, I scan each kid and ask, "Emma? Is Emma here?"

It takes forever, but eventually a little blonde girl comes up to me and grabs my sleeve.

"Here," she hums with a smile. I return the gesture and nod, "hey girlie. Your mom is here to pick you up. Ready to go?"

After a few moments of absent glances, she nods and drags me with her. "You come with," she orders. Where, home? Or to the front? I find myself not asking these questions aloud due to the fear of her impending answer. "I'm sorry, I can't. I've gotta stay here with everyone else."

She huffs and puffs, but eventually lets go.

"Next time," she offers.

"Probably not," I return.

Lexa shoots me a look of… Well, I can't decipher, so I turn my attention back to Emma. "Later, tater."

"Bye," she yells before scuttling off.

I watch her leave before turning to Lexa again, "actually being with the kids is different than dealing with their paperwork, huh?"

Lexa gives me a faltering smile, "out of your element?"

"Extremely. You?"

"I'm neutral either way."

I've noticed.

"I wish I was the same," I sigh; earning a smile from Lexa once more.

"I'm going back to front."

"Alright. I'll be… Here," my hands drop to my sides, only to be taken by a chubby child named Timmy. "Miss Clarke," he starts in his slight accent, "Charles took my ball."

I sigh and drag my attention from Lexa to Timmy. Part of me wishes that she wasn't leaving. I like having someone capable of normal conversation by my side. Only four more days until training is over, I tell myself. Then everything will go back to normal. My desk, papers, all of it.

"Camp's ball, or yours?"

"I had it first."

I sigh. Four more days.

Grudgingly, I drag my attention back to where Lexa had previously stood. Though, much to my surprise, she is still there; watching. A sense of both flattery and discomfort wash over me simultaneously, and I try my best to ignore her.

"Timmy, we need Timmy to the front." Bellamy's voice rings out like a sweet honey, dripping from the piece of plastic at my side.

"He'll be on his way," I promise into the radio.

Timmy gives a little bit of protest before stumbling over to Lexa's side, who takes him to the front. And for some unspeakable reason, I find myself watching her leave. She always looks so confident with what she's doing, no matter what it happens to be. Walking away, or filtering through paperwork: she's got that shit down on lock.

(Woah, not a reason I would usually swear for.)

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"What are your plans for tonight?" Lexa's melodic voice rings out next to me in a way that catches me off-guard.

"Um…" My brows knit together as I swipe my card to sign out. "I don't think I have anything planned. Sleep. Why?"

"I wanted to go shopping for some supplies. Would you be interested in coming with?" She swipes her card now, too.

"Yeah, of course. Where were you planning-?"

"Target. It's the closest."

I nod, understanding. "Perfect. Wanna meet up there? Or…?"

The brunette purses her lips and flicks her card. "I can drive you. I'm the one asking, anyways. Is that alright?"

"Yep. Car-pooling is always…" I shuffle my feet, "...a smart decision."

She nods and I follow her out the door.

And then, for some unspeakable, un-understandable reason... it hits me.

Lexa is perfect, and I'm finding that I'm becoming increasingly nervous in her presence. At first, I thought little to nothing about her.

But now I'm captivated. To the point where I screw up continuously…

Example(s):

Slammed into a kid that spilled crayons everywhere because I was distracted by her.

Tripped up the stairs twice because I was paying more attention to her footing rather than my own

Literally looked at her and said "wow" after listening to whatever she had previously said… (I couldn't really pay attention, god knows why.) Only, It wasn't a normal "wow". It was a "wow, you're really attractive" wow. She almost caught me, but I (somehow) managed to cover it up.

All in all, I've become a hot mess around her. And I'm only now realizing why.

So when I trip while getting into her car, I make sure to add it to the mental list.

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My hands trace a red binder as I try to resist the urge to impulse-buy it.

"This was a bad idea," I murmur.

"Why?"

"I'm going to spend a month's worth of earnings on a ton of office supplies I won't use."

"Treat yo' self," I hear her whisper.

I smile immediately. So, the Raccoon does have a sense of humor. and a rather geeky one, at that. "You watch Parks?"

"Whenever it's on."

I nod, not knowing what else to say. "Well, I'll take your copyrighted advice," I promise; grabbing the binder and some dividers. She gives me a smile and I return it.

Further down the aisle, Lexa and I pick up some craft supplies for the kids as well as some new office supplies for ourselves.

"Should I go all the way and get a new chair?"

"Why not? I'll probably get one, too."

The chairs we have in the office now are cheap. Probably pulled from a garage sale somewhere. I know for a fact that hers has two broken wheels, and the whole back had come off of mine last year. A new set was a very very good idea.

In no time at all, Lexa and I were exiting Target with new (and stylish) chairs and a cart of supplies. Overall, it was a good run.

"Thanks for taking me," I said.

"My pleasure. Thanks for taking the offer."

The air was quickly filled with a thick silence. Not uncomfortable by any means, just quiet. I felt like I should offer something up as thanks, but what?

"Um," I feigned looking at my FitBit for the time, "It's past six. Are you hungry?"

Lexa twiddled her keys and fingers, refusing to make direct eye-contact. "Yes, I am."

"There's a Noodles and Company around the corner. Would you like to go?" My thumb jabbed in the direction behind me.

Finally, the brunette looked up. "Yeah, sure. That'd be great."

I nodded and shut her car door. "Its not far, would you be okay with walking?"

"Of course." She smiled and mocked what I had done before, "walking saves gas money, so…"

I grinned and shook my head. "Right. That it does."

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AN: That's all for now! Please review, and all of that fun stuff!