The following morning Raven was up the earliest as usual. The original group had all slept at the house while the rest of the party goers either stayed in hotels or drove home for the night. Being up first had its perks, she could decide what was for breakfast, plus get the first cup of coffee. She turned on the coffee maker and decided she'd make omelets for breakfast knowing they were Octavia's favorite and wanting to celebrate the girl even more. She chopped up her ingredients and mixed the eggs. As soon as she was done she heard tiny feet behind her.
"Hey babe." Raven said looking at the sleepy girl. "How'd you sleep?"
"Good." The girl responded quietly with a sleepy voice.
"You want some scrambled eggs?" Raven asked her, knowing the girl didn't like omelets.
"And milk?" Lily questioned.
"Coming right up." Raven responded filling a sippy cup with milk for the girl.
"Thanks RaeRae." Lily responded between gulps.
A few moments later the rest of the group started waking up. Bellamy and Echo came down with Aden hanging from Bell's arm, all three wanting omelets. A bit later Clarke and Lexa made their way to the kitchen, kissing both of their children as they made their way to the coffee pot. Anya made her way down as well being stopped at the kitchen door by Aden who wanted to do 'the thing'. And finally Octavia and Lincoln rolled out to the kitchen nearing 11am.
"So what's the plan for the day?" Lexa asked between bites.
"Can we go swimming Uncle Bell?" Aden asked.
"We don't have to leave til about 4 so, yeah, that should be fine budd." Bellamy responded. "You gonna come, princess?" Bellamy asked Lily. Lily nodded excitedly. Both children were like fish in the water. They loved it.
"Yaya come too?" Lily asked. "And Tavi?"
"Yeah, we'll all come babe." Anya responded for them. "Maybe we'll even get RaeRae to take you on the jetskii." Anya spoke to which Lily nodded even more excitedly. "But what's the rule..?"
"Gotta eat my breakfast." Lily said trying to clean her plate.
"Hey Bubs, did Rae tell you the news last night?" Lexa asked her son.
"No?" He looked to Raven for clarification.
"Oh shoot, I forgot with all the proposals and stuff. Guess who's coming to spend the week with Anya and I next week?" Raven asked to the group.
"Us?" Aden asked his moms excitedly to which they nodded in approval. "Really?! Can we go to the lab? And can I help you walk Sinclair and Murphy?" Aden asked referring to the two girl's dogs.
"You sure can buddy. Lil can help too, right?" She questioned the young girl.
"Yes!" Lily responded with a mouth full of food.
"Chew with your mouth closed babe." Octavia was the first to reprimand her. Lily chewed her food then corrected herself.
"Yes. Sorry, Tavi." Lily smiled weakly.
They all finished their breakfast while Aden helped Raven dry the dishes. After completing his chore Aden ran upstairs to change into his bathing suit and Clarke took Lily to do the same. Lexa, Anya, Raven, Echo and Octavia were seated in the living room while the boys were looking at the Jetskiis.
"So...? When you gonna ask her?" Raven nudged Lexa.
"Yeah, really Lex, I mean you already have two kids basically.." Octavia chimed in.
"It's only been a few months guys.. I don't know if she's ready. Plus I mean we jumped right into having a family like literally a week after we started dating again." Lexa explained doubtfully.
"Please, that girl was ready to marry you a week after she met you!" Anya replied. "Plus, she's completely in love with you, and you are with her."
"Well... I was looking at rings the other day. I mean, not in depth or anything but, I took Lily to the store and we ended up at the jeweler in town." Lexa admitted.
"So, when you are planning on asking her?" Octavia questioned.
"I'm not planning on anything yet..."
"Fine, we'll let you off the hook... For now..." Raven joked. "By the way, Anya and I were planning on asking the kids to be part of the wedding when we have them next week. Is that cool?"
"Yeah, I'm sure they'll both be excited, especially Aden, you know how much he loves you guys." Lexa responded.
"Perfect, we're thinking of ideas to surprise them." Anya said.
"I'm sure they'll love whatever it is." Lexa responded simply. "Hey, O, did you guys talk about a date at all last night? I mean if you talked at all.."
"Hell no, there was definitely no talking going on in that room, Lincoln had me-"
"Children entering the room, O!" Clarke yelled from the stairs.
A bounding Lily came skipping into the room with her towel jumping on Octavia's lap. "Ha ha you got in trouble Tavi!" Lily joked.
"Me? In trouble? Never." Octavia chided. "But you know who is going to be in trouble?!" Octavia shrieked starting a tickle attack on the small girl.
"Momma help me!" Lily called to Lexa laughing.
"You got yourself into it babe..." Lexa said to the girl.
"Hey Rae, could you check on Aden? He was being kinda weird when I went to get him, I think he needs a RaeRae talk." Clarke asked the brunette.
"Will do boss. Hey baby can you dig my suit out of my bag while I'm gone please?" Raven asked Anya sweetly before giving her a kiss and heading upstairs.
"What did I miss?" Clarke asked plopping herself next to Lexa giving her a sweet kiss.
"Oh... Nothing. Just hearing of Octavia's escapades last night." Lexa responded.
"Yaya! Are you coming swimming with us?" Lily asked sweetly grabbing her aunt's hand. "You're the bessttt at swimming."
"Who taught this kid the puppy dog eyes?" Anya laughed. "I'll come swimming with you Lil. Let me go change."
"Yessss!"
"Hey babe, you want to go play for a bit? I have to talk to Lexa for a second." Clarke asked her daughter.
"Yes, momma..." Lily responded deflated.
"It's okay Sweets, just a few minutes. Go draw us a picture, we'll be right in to see it." Lexa told her. Lily ran off to the play room before Lexa questioned Clarke. "What's up baby?"
"Well, I was going to tell you last night, but I got a really strange email yesterday morning I want you to look at." Clarke said while she opened her phone. "The email address is just numbers and letters I can't make anything out of them, but look at the message."
'To bad your bastard kids will never get a real family' was all the email said.
"What the fuck...? Who would say something like that?" Octavia asked reading over Lexa's shoulder. "Who even knows about them really besides us?"
"I have no idea... Let me have Lincoln look into it. Maybe Rae can trace the email address back to something. I don't want to jump to conclusions, but I have a few suspects..." Lexa said concerned. "It doesn't seem like a threat, more so a statement about us being gay maybe? I'm not sure. Don't worry about it baby, I'll figure it out."
"You don't think it could be Nia do you?" Clarke asked concerned.
"Eh, probably not Nia, she's more straightforward, she'd want you to know it was her. This is more a Finn type thing..." Lexa said simply.
"Don't worry C, you know Lincoln is the best at his job, plus, he'd die for those kids, or any of us. This won't be a repeat of last time." Octavia said comforting the girl.
"Okay, let's just worry when we need to. I don't want to ruin all the big celebrations." Clarke said.
"Yeah, let's just have fun today." Lexa reinforced.
Clarke and Lexa made their way into the playroom to find their daughter. Lily loved drawing and doing crafts which obviously made both girls extremely happy. The young girl could draw for hours next to Clarke painting which was where a lot of the bonding between the two came from. Lexa and Lily however just bonded over the comfort Lexa gave off, if Lexa was anything, she was a caretaker.
"How's my girl?" Lexa asked Lily kissing the top of her head before sitting down next to her.
"Look momma. I drew us, me, you, mommy and Aden." Lily pointed to each person as she named them.
"And who is that babe?" Clarke asked pointing to the black squiggle on the page.
"Uh... That's rocky." Lily spoke simply.
"Who's Rocky?" Lexa asked.
"Our future doggy." Lily smiled wide.
"You want us to get a puppy someday, Lil?" Clarke asked the young girl.
"Yeah... They're cute and fluffy."
"They are, but their also a lot of work too." Lexa explained. "Are you ready for that babe?" Lily nodded. "We'll see okay babe?" Lily nodded happily. "I bet Yaya is changed, you wanna go find her?"
"Yes, please!" Lily nodded reaching her arms out for Lexa who picked up the girl putting her on her shoulders.
"Can I get some sugar before you go?" Clarke asked the girl who leaned over kissing Clarke on the lips.
"I love you mommy." Lily said sweetly.
"I love you too baby." Clarke responded.
"Can I get some sugar, too?" Lexa asked with fake jealousy.
"Of course honey." Clarke said kissing Lexa sweetly. Lily kissed Lexa's head at the same time.
"Love you too momma." Lily said resting her head on the top of Lexa's head.
"You're so sweet baby girl. I love you too. Let's go find Yaya, okay?"
"Yeah, yeah, yeah! Marcoooooo!" Lily yelled. They waited a while not hearing the response. Lexa walked out of the room with her daughter on her shoulders. "Marcoooo!" Lily tried again.
"Polo!" They heard from the top of the stairs.
"Marco!"
"Polo!" The voice was closer. Lily saw Anya before Lexa.
"Yaya! Swim please?" Lily said nearly jumping off Lexa's shoulders.
"Of course munchkin. Come on."
Anya and Lily made their way out to the lake ahead of everyone else. Clarke and Lexa hadn't seen or heard from Raven in almost an hour so they made their way up to Aden's room. Knocking on the door first, the girls entered the young boys room seeing Aden sitting next to Raven at his desk.
"I think it's done, what do you think kid?" Raven whispered loud enough for the girls to hear.
"Yeah, can I show them now?" Aden asked enthusiastically to which Raven nodded. "I have a surprise for you." Aden said now addressing Lexa and Clarke.
"What is it bubs?" Lexa asked her arm wrapped around Clarke now.
Aden pulled out an iPad most likely loaned from Raven and handed it to Clarke, Raven watched on from Aden's desk chair smiling big. "Press play." Aden said with a smile. Clarke pressed play as a slideshow started and the song 'You are my sunshine'. The slideshow had pictures of the four of them, Lexa, Clarke, Aden and Lily. Some were newer, some even from last night while others were from a few months ago. The song and slideshow came to a close and the last screen stayed steady reading 'Thank you!'.
"That was awesome buddy. Thank you so much!" Clarke responded hugging the boy tears starting to brim her eyes at the thoughtful moment.
"That's not all. I wanted to say something else..." Aden paused clearly nervous, he walked closer to Lexa and Clarke and they reached out for his little hands to hold. "Um.. Thank you for taking care of me and Lily.. And um.. for all of my new aunts and uncles.." Aden paused again. "My friend Jack from my old school told me how he had foster parents and then he got adopted and they turned into his real parents.. And I-um.. You are like Lily and my moms... So maybe you could adopt us? I um-if you wanted to?"
Raven was crying in the corner, Clarke crying now as well, and Lexa smiling widely with tears in her eyes.
"I mean if you don't want us you don't have to, please don't cry. I-I just uhm, I love you and Lily loves you... And I want to call you moms. I'm sorry you're crying. Did I do something wrong?"
"No baby, come here." Clarke said picking him up and sitting him between her and Lexa. "These are happy tears Bub. We love you too, and we would love to adopt you, even though we already see you as our children."
"Clarke is right Aden, we are a family no matter what. We love you and Lily so very much, that's why we're crying, because we are so happy and so full of love for you two." Lexa added.
"Can I call you mom?" Aden asked to the girls. "I mean, I know my real mom went to heaven and RaeRae told me how not to forget her, but I think she'd be happy too if I called you mom..." Clarke's tears falling faster now after the boys admission.
"You can call us whatever you're comfortable with Aden. I love you so much buddy." Lexa said hugging the boy.
"Okay, good." Aden said clearly done with the emotional talk. "Oh, and this was the project Rae helped me with, I wanted to get it done before Lily and I left, so she helped me."
"Thank you so much for this Aden, you are such an amazing young man." Clarke said. "And thank you Aunt Rae.." Clarke said not smirking at the girl with tears in her eyes.
"Can we go swimming now momma?" Aden asked Clarke.
"Hah of course we can son."
"You're coming too right mom?" Aden asked Lexa.
"I sure will, only if you promise me a jetskii ride."
"Heck yeah! Let's go" Aden said tugging the girl from the bed.
"You guys go on.. We'll be right down." Clarke said to the two. Lexa and Aden made their way downstairs and Clarke stopped Raven with a hug.
"Thank you Rae. You don't know how much that meant to me and Lex." Clarke confessed.
"He's been waiting almost a month for it. He really does love and appreciate you both Clarke. Are you guys really planning on officially adopting them?"
"Yeah, Lexa already got the paperwork filed. Technically, she'll be adopting them since the whole marriage/single parent adoption thing, but we'll still be a family. If Lex and I ever get married I'll be able to adopt them then officially." Clarke explained.
"Come on, enough of the sappy stuff. I owe the man of the house a jetskii race." Raven laughed heading downstairs.
Once they were back to the main floor, Raven went to change into her bathing suit as well as Clarke. They made their way to the back patio to find that everyone was already on the lake. Anya was playing with Lily, Lexa and Aden were getting on one of the Jetskiis and Lincoln and Bellamy were already on ones of their own. Octavia, Rave and Echo were sun bathing on the dock. Everything just felt so right, they had their family all together again. Clarke made her way to her daughter who was playing with Anya in the shallow water.
"Momma!" Lily said trying to swim her way in the 6 inch deep water. Clarke picked her up and gave her a big kiss, still full of emotions from Aden's recent admission.
"Lil here wanted to show you a trick." Anya said walking up to Clarke.
"Yeah! Watch Momma!" Lily said wiggling out of Clarke's arms and into the water. Anya went out to about knee deep water holdin hands with her niece who now was walking through water up to her shoulders. Anya allowed Lily to float on her back, one hand underneath helping her float. "Got it" Lily whispered to Anya who removed her hand allowing the girl to float on her own. "Look Look!" Lily said floating on her own now.
"Wow! Great job babe!" Clarke said wading out to where the girl was.
"Thank you." The girl said standing up now.
"You want to show her our other trick?" Anya asked. Lily nodded and got back in the floating positing and started kicking her legs moving across the shallow water.
"Holy cow Lil! You're swimming! Great job baby!" Clarke was extremely proud of the young girl who couldn't swim before. She walked over to where Lily had swam to and gave her a high five.
"RaeRae! Did you see?!" Lily yelled to her aunt.
"Yeah babe! That was awesome!" Raven yelled from the dock. "Wanna ride with me?" Raven said making her way to the last jetskii.
"Can I momma?" Lily asked nicely.
"Sure baby, make sure you walk though." Clarke said as the girl made her way from the shallow water to the dock. "Please be careful Rae!"
"All over it C man!" Raven yelled from the watercraft. Lily took her seat behind Raven after putting on her life jacket and wrapped her arms around her aunt. "Let's show these guys who's boss. Right babe?"
"Right!" Lily said enthusiastically.
They went on like that for an hour or so, all four Jetskiis racing and doing tricks. It was nearly 2 o'clock so they brought everyone in to get dressed and packed for their drives back to the city. Lexa packed Aden's bag and Clarke Lily's. Everyone was ready to go saying their goodbyes to each other. Lexa left all the keys to the lake house for Raven and Anya and said her goodbyes. Lexa, Clarke and the children loaded into the Jeep and made their way back to the city. They had to stop and pick up Raven's dogs from the dog sitter then they'd back back to Lexa's former home. The drive was long but the kids slept most of the way, being worn out from their time on the lake. Once they got to the penthouse Lexa parked in her usual parking space and unloaded the Jeep. Clarke carried a sleeping Lily inside while Lexa woke Aden not able to carry him along with the bags and the dogs leashes. It was only 7 o'clock but they hadn't had dinner yet. Lexa ordered pizza for the four of them before finding her place on the couch next to her girlfriend and son.
"What movie are we watching?" Lexa asked the two. Aden had Sinclair's head on his lap with Murphy laying on his opposite side. Raven had two Rottweilers that Aden adored, though most people made fun of the small girl who had dogs that weighed more than her.
"Incredibles" Aden said still entranced by the movie.
"He's focused.." Lexa joked to her girlfriend.
"Yeah, Lil is still sleeping in our bed. I think her and Aden can share Raven's bed while their here." Clarke commented.
"Should be fine. Just so you know, I talked to Linc about the email before we left. He said he'll look into it tomorrow when he gets back to the office."
"Okay, great." Clarke said sliding her hand onto Lexa's thigh. Lexa smirked at the girl, knowing full well it had been almost a week since they were intimate due to the planning of Anya's party and the children.
"Babe..." Lexa scolded as Clarke's hand moved further north. "Don't start something you don't plan on finishing..." Lexa smirked at her girlfriend.
"Oh I plan on it.." Clarke smiled sweetly.
"Plan on what?" A small voice came from the hallway.
"Plan on giving you a big, big hug." Clarke picked up the girl into a bear hug covering herself. She started tickling Lily til they were scolded by Aden for interrupting the movie.
Pizza finally came about 20 minutes later. The four of them cuddled on the couch with the two giant dogs near both children after dinner. Neither were tired mainly because of their naps during the day so Lexa and Clarke let them stay up a little later for one more movie. Lily of course chose Frozen which the family had watched nearly 200 times. Clarke and Lexa continued to tease each other hoping for an easy night with the bedtime routine to be able to be close again.
"That's a wrap kids, Aden please brush and floss your teeth, we'll be right in to say good night, okay?"
"Okay.." Aden said deflated as he made his way to what was Raven's bathroom.
"Come on babe, time to get your teeth brushed and jammied." Lexa said picking up the little girl.
"But I'm not... Tired" Lily said with a yawn.
"Of course you're not.." Clarke giggled at the girl. Clarke went to fetch jammies for the girl while Lexa helped brushing and flossing teeth. They finally got Lily to bed with Aden about 10 minutes later.
"Let me see." Clarke said, waiting for Aden to open his mouth to check for clean teeth. "Good job Bubs."
"See momma." Lily opened her mouth too to show her teeth.
"Very good Lil." Clarke responded.
Lexa and Clarke tucked both children in to their respective sides of the king bed before kissing each on their forehead.
"Goodnight my beautiful babies." Clarke said to the two. "We love you both so much."
"Night Momma. Love you too." Aden smiled sleepily to his mothers.
"Night night mommy." Lily followed. "Love you."
Lexa and Clarke were finally alone for the first time in a few days. They took an innocent shower together then made their way back into the bedroom. Lexa had just a towel wrapped around her, and Clarke was naked looking for her sleeping attire.
"God, you're so beautiful." Lexa smiled into Clarke's neck. Her hands at the other's waist pulling her in closer. "I am so in love with you, Clarke." She softly began kissing her neck. "You are so good with the kids." Her kisses moving up to Clarke's jawline. "You make me so incredibly happy." She moved to kiss Clarke on her lips.
"I'm in love with you too." Clarke broke the kiss to say. Her hands now removing Lexa's towel to remove the barrier of skin. "You are my world Lex. I can't imagine my life without you, without our kids, without this.." Clarke moved her hands to Lexa's neck to deepen the kiss, their tongues slowly tangling together.
"Come to bed with me..." Lexa moaned out, pulling Clarke by her hand now. Lexa laid Clarke on the bed, her body molding on top of her. They continued their kisses, deepening gradually until hands started roaming. Lexa's hand was now between Clarke's leg, slowly caressing the wet folds, while Clarke's hand held the same position on Lexa. Both girl's moaning for one another, finally begging for more as they slipped two fingers into each other, kiss never breaking. Slowly they began to pump in and out of one another, Clarke gave in first with moans of pleasure, followed shortly by Lexa. Both girl's on their way to their climax. "Open your eyes baby, I want to see you." Lexa spoke gruffly through her moans.
Clarke followed her lead looking deeply into Lexa's eyes for only a second until she was coming around the tanned fingers, it took everything in her to keep her eyes open. Lexa's climax peaked right after Clarke's and they came together, moaning out each other's names into their mouths. Their kisses getting sloppier as each orgasm tore through the other. They finally stilled and just held one another. Clarke's head on Lexa's chest, breathing in her scent. This was peace, this was happiness for them, right here in each other's arms.
Lexa moved first to grab sleep clothes for the two. An oversized shirt and underwear for Clarke and a tank top and shorts for Lexa. They cuddled in bed until both of them fell asleep wrapped in each other's arms.
About an hour later Lexa woke to a nudge on her shoulder. She opened her eyes to find Aden in front of her crying. Sat up quickly grabbing the boy and just holding him. Aden was prone to nightmares, while he had shielded Lily from the sight of his father, the boy had seen it all and had recurring nightmares for the last 4 months.
"Bad dream again, Bubs?" Lexa whispered trying not to wake Clarke. Aden only nodded with his head into Lexa's shoulder. She carried the young boy out to the living room where the two dogs were sleeping on the couch. "Do you want to talk about it?" Lexa questioned, still holding the boy against her chest. Aden shook his head no as usual. Sinclair came over and nudged Aden with his big nose. Aden giggled at the dog, and slowly released his hold of Lexa after about 10 minutes to lay down next to the giant dog still holding Lexa's hand as his crying settled. "You want to come back to bed with us?" Lexa questioned. Aden had slept in Lexa and Clarke's bed after almost every nightmare just to feel safe. He nodded his head yes and Lexa swooped him up again after he said goodbye to his canine companion. Lexa settled Aden in between him and Clarke who was now slightly awake enough to realize Aden was in the bed with them. She kissed him on the forehead before falling back asleep.
Around 3am Clarke too was awoken by a moving weight on her chest, she awoke to find Lily crawling over her and trying to get underneath the covers.
"Did you have a nightmare, Lil?" Clarke whispered as to not wake the rest of the family. Lily nodded no.
"Aden needs friends." Lily said simply before cuddling under Clarke's chin and falling asleep. If it wasn't the middle of the night Clarke would have said something about the adorable thought from Lily, but instead she just held the girl closer and fell back asleep.