Lexa was over Clarke, looking at her. She was trying to keep her emotions to herself, but it was hard. She felt that the blonde woman needed her more than ever, but she was the Commander. She cannot let herself distracted by this. She forced Clarke to stop fighting.

"I had to make a choice, Clarke. Emerson didn't gave me hours to think. More blood would have been spilled without this deal." She explained, looking at Clarke. "I tried to figure out a way out of this without having to leave your people behind."

"Fuck off, Lexa! You are the great Commander of Trikru, you could have done anything." She tried to escape from Lexa's grab without anything conclusive. "Get off me!"

Lexa knew that Clarke was right at some point. She could have commanded to kill Emerson and saved the Sky people from the Mountain Men. But not without blood being spilled. Grounder's blood. Her warriors. "Listen, Clarke. Don't do something you'll regret, you know my guards are outside and they'll come if they hear you attacking me."

"I don't care!" She replied. If a look could kill…

Lexa couldn't think of hurting her. She specified that anyone attacking Clarke was attacking her and nobody wants to attack the Commander. The blonde girl was still fighting to escape her opponent, avoiding Lexa's gaze.

"Fighting me will fix anything. Also, you know I am stronger than you, I could stay in this position forever."

"Whatever"

"Get it together, Clarke." The Commander begged. It was unusual for her to beg for something, but she didn't wanted to use her power over the Sky girl. They were equals. Clarke sighed loudly and stopped fighting, finally hearing the desperation into Lexa's voice. "Fine" She replied.

The grounder stood up, letting go of Clarke. She offered her hand to help her get up, but she refused. She was being childish. She crossed her arms over her breast and Lexa looked down at herself. She was looking awful, thanks to Clarke. She sighed and the Sky girl wiped the last tear of her face. The situation was very awkward.

"Better?" Asked Lexa, slowly.

Clarke didn't wanted to answer that question, Lexa already knew she was not. She stepped closer and put her hands around the Commander's waist. It was unusual for both of them to be that close, but all Clarke needed was a hug from someone. Lexa got stiff for a moment, unable to know how to react to this. Her heart was beating fast and all she could think of was Clarke's face close to hers. Clarke sighed again. "Hug me, you idiot." Lexa immediately obeys, forgetting that nobody was supposed to speak to her that way, wrapping the girl's body with her arms. This was weird, yet feeling good.

"I'm sorry, Lexa."

"What for?" She asked.

"Blaming you for everything. I pretend to hate you so I could put the blame on you. You're a great Commander, you did what you had to do."

"Well, Clarke, I do share the blame with you. I may be a good Commander to my people, I was an awful person with you."

"You did hurt me. But without that, my people would either still be in Mount Weather or be dead." She said.

The Commander stepped back and looked at Clarke, her eyes still red from her beak down. The shadow of a smile covered Lexa's lipss she touched the girl's cheek with her hand. "I never intended to hurt you, Clarke of the Sky People."

"I know," She whispered, looking her beautiful green eyes.

They stood there, close to each other into an awkward pose. Indra walked in at this moment and stopped walking, a bit shocked by the scene. The general never thought she'd see the Commander close to another human being, since Costia's death. She cleared her throat and said: "Heda, the feast is ready."

Interrupted by her general, Lexa sighed and nodded to the black woman. "Of course. We'll be there in five minutes." She looked at her and commanded: "Now, let us."

Indra vanished in seconds and the two young leaders were alone again. Clarke could still feel Lexa's hand on her face. She blushed when the Commander looked her in the eyes. "A feast? What for?"

"To celebrate the falling of Mount Weather, the rebuilding of Tondc. We have our people back Clarke, this is a good day to celebrate." She said with a small smile.

"Our people?" She noticed.

"I know I should have told you before, but some of your friends insisted to see you. Especially the one named Bellamy." She replied, still smiling.

"What? They are here?" She asked.

She didn't know how to feel about that. Last time they saw them, it was on their way back to Camp Jaha. Right after, Clarke left them without saying goodbye to anyone but Bellamy. She didn't even saw her mother. Abby must really be worried about her. Or angry. She didn't had news from her daughter for several months.

"Is my mom here?" She wondered.

"No, Clarke. The ones who are here are Bellamy, Octavia, Monty, and Raven. Would you like to meet them now?"

"Yes!" Clarke answered without hesitation.

She lean her body against Lexa's and softly kissed her cheek. The Commander blushed a bit before putting on her no emotion's mask.

Clarke had butterflies in her stomach. She was both excited and scared to see her friends. Only four of them moved to Polis from Camp Jaha, only to see her. She couldn't say she wasn't happy. She felt very alone out there, in the woods.

She joined the feast with Lexa and two of her warriors, excluding Indra. At the moment she saw her friends, Clarke smiled and ran towards them. They hugged her one at the time, Lexa observing them. It was good to finally see the sky girl with a large smile on her face. It made Lexa's heart melt.

"You care a lot about her" Indra pointed.

Since there was no more war to fight, Lexa dropped her barriers. It was a good evening and everyone was enjoying the feast. If everyone was happy, the Commander was. She glanced at her general.

"Yes, of course. She is a precious ally." She responded.

"But the way you look at her…" The general started, but got interrupted by the Commander.

"Indra, the way I look at her doesn't concern you." She said.

"I understand, Heda." She walked away, joining a group of grounders to have a bite of cooked meat.