So excited for this chapter. We will see some of the trip that was talked about in the last chapter. Also I will write in a cameo for a couple reviewers who have been consistently reviewing. So to those who want to be written in, keep up those reviews! Shout out to soulterror.
I wrote most of this chapter before Season three aired so at first most of it will seem outdated. But Wick will be high-tailing it out of here soon and Echo will just be left out until further notice.
A U-Haul sits in the street in front of Clarke's house, steadily filling up with her's and Lexa's belongings they would be taking to Storr, Connecticut.
"Clarke, honey, are you taking this box too?" Abby calls through the house to her daughter.
Clarke runs up the stairs to her room where her mother is to find her holding the box that held Lexa's Christmas present to her. "Of course I'm taking this." Clarke takes the box from her mother and retreats down the stairs, seemingly offended.
Abby continues searching her daughter's room for things she may want to bring. She opens a drawer in her daughter's dresser to find all the medical textbooks that were originally a part of Lexa's christmas present. Up until this point Abby always thought her daughter wanted to be a doctor, just like her.
"Mom." Clarke says from her doorway, seeing the book Abby is holding.
"Are you taking this too?" Abby says, not looking up from the book.
"I was going to tell you."
"I can't believe you lead me on like this. You let me believe you were going to med school."
"Mom, please-"
" I thought that was what you wanted. To go to medical school and be a doctor-"
"No, Mom! That's what you wanted!" Clarke yells through the tears streaming down her face. She turns and runs down the stairs.
She runs out the front door to see her girlfriend sitting on the back of the u-haul.
Lexa envelopes her in a hug gently cooing in her ear.
"You know you can back out at any time, it won't hurt my feelings." Lexa says.
"No, I want to go." Clarke looks up at her girlfriend with sad eyes. "I want to be with you. Its just...my mom is…"
"Being your mom." Lexa finishes for her. "She wouldn't be your mom if she didn't want you to follow your dreams."
"But being a doctor isn't my dream."
"She didn't know that." Lexa says and bringing the blonde's head to rest against her heartbeat.
"You're so lucky you don't have this problem." Clarke laughs lightly thinking about how Lexa's parents have been so eager to have their daughter out of the house that they almost hired a moving company to help her pack.
"Do you need any help packing the rest? I'm done for the most part."
"Just the box in my room and that's it." Clarke says.
"Do you want me to get it so you don't have to go up there and see her?"
"Will you?"
"Of course, my darling" Lexa smirks and turns to go in the house.
Abby hears footsteps coming up the stairs and runs through everything she wants to say to her daughter.
The footsteps stop just outside Clarke's bedroom door as it opens.
"Clarke, I-" Abby begins but doesn't finish because the teenage girl standing in the doorway isn't her daughter.
"Mrs. Griffin." Lexa nods a silent greeting. To Abby it stings because Lexa hasn't called her 'Mrs. Griffin' since she and Clarke's first date. But Lexa doesn't take notice because she quickly goes to work and picks up the only box Clarke has left to pack. She picks it up and walks to the door.
"Lexa, wait" Abby says softly.
Lexa stops but doesn't turn around.
"I just need to know that you won't let anything happen to her up there." Abby says.
Now Lexa has turned around and is looking Abby in the eyes intimidatingly. "I wouldn't dare allow any harm to come to her. I love her." Lexa remains stoic, but inside she is just itching to scream at the woman.
"I know that, which is why I am counting on you to protect her."
"I won't be the only one there. Octavia, Lincoln, Jasper, Monty, Harper, and Bellamy is transferring to Uconn. She won't ever be alone." Lexa deadpans.
Abby sighs and runs a hand through her hair. She knows everyone will be there but she hopes to hell that if there is only one relationship that lasts for her daughter it's this one. Abby knows better than most that friendships can come and go but everyone deserves someone who will always be there for them, Abby prays that that someone is Lexa.
"What took you so long?" Clarke asks, seeing her girlfriend exit the house, box in hand.
"I had a nice conversation with Momma G." Lexa smirks as she puts the box in the back of the u-haul.
"Define nice?" Clarke asks.
"I'll tell you later." Lexa says and kisses the blonde's cheek.
Clarke grins widely as another car pulls up in her driveway.
"Wait! Wait!" He yells running down the driveway. He scoops Clarke up into a big hug. "You're not going to run away to another state without saying goodbye to your old man, are you?" Jake says.
Clarke giggles uncontrollably as Jake sets her down.
"And how 'bout you, huh? Are you going to leave without saying goodbye to your favorite old person?" He says looking to Lexa and sweeping her into a big hug as well.
"You're not old, Jake. And you know it too, you're just looking for attention." She says holding back as much laughter as she can.
Jake sets her down too and takes a step back, looking at the two teenagers in front of him.
"Wow. Look at you two." He says tearing up a little. "Moving forward in life, taking on the world together."
Lexa spares a glance at her girlfriend and knows that Jake is right.
"Hold on." He says quickly and runs back to his car. He returns with a camera. "Just let me capture this moment. One day when we're having family Christmas, we can look at this picture."
Clarke looks to Lexa for permission and the brunette quickly nods.
Lexa loops her arm around Clarke's lower back and pulls her closer. Clarke looks up at the brunette, smiling happily. Lexa does the same and kisses her cheek.
And that's how Jake wants to remember this moment. His daughter standing, joyfully next to woman she would likely spend her life with, in front of a u-haul. This is the beginning of the rest of their lives.
He quickly snaps the picture.
Abby stands in the window of Clarke's (old) bedroom. She watches as her husband pulls up in the driveway and hugs both teenagers. She sighs knowing she won't ever have a relationship with her daughter (or her daughter's significant other) like that. She watches as Lexa kisses her daughter's cheek and Clarke smiles for the photo. Tears stream down her face and she watches her only daughter climb into the passenger side of her girlfriend's truck and drive away. She looks down to see Jake standing in the driveway, looking in the same direction she was. He turns and they briefly make eye contact before he goes into the house and she breaks away from the window.
Lexa and Clarke pull up at a gas station just outside of town and quickly spot their friends. Raven, Wick, Octavia, Lincoln, Harper, Bellamy, Jasper, and Monty are all sitting in the back of Lincoln's truck. Bellamy's Camaro isn't too far.
"Where have you been? We've been waiting for you." Octavia says, jumping down from the truck.
"Well, we're here now, lets get this show on the road!" Clarke says.
"Alright then, everybody in." Raven says, gathering the group together.
They all form a huddle and put their hands in the middle
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"GO BULLDOGS!"
And with that they all pile into their respective cars and drive away from the gas station.
An hour later Clarke is asleep and Lexa is driving down the interstate.
Lexa looks over at the blonde and realizes something.
One day, I am going to marry this woman.
This is the beginning of the rest of our lives.
Yeahh! Soooo glad that the journey to college has begun. So what did you guys think? What should transpire between Abby and Clarke? Abby and Lexa? And what about Lexa parents? Should they make an appearance or should we just forget them?
I am also making a plan to exclude Wick from further chapters mostly because Steve Talley got fired and isn't on the show anymore. So my idea was to have Raven and Wick break up after little Alex is born and Raven starts dating a girl. I have no idea who that girl is yet but I'm getting there. I really need help on this part of the story so please GIVE ME FEEDBACK! Also thank you to soulterror, your reviews inspire me.
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-a.s.