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The day has finally arrived, the day that Lexa and Lincoln have been dreading since they found out that they would be attending at the same school their dad would be teaching at; their first history lesson with their dad as teacher. It's not like their dad is bad teacher or anything, quite the opposite, he really knows how to bring history to life; if he wasn't their dad, they'd both be super excited about this lesson. But deep down they both know that their dad loves nothing more than to embarrass them.
So here they are as far at the back of the classroom as is physically possible. Octavia, Clarke and Raven had immediately joined them at the back of the class, and in fairness the three of them can tell immediately that there's something not quite right with the siblings. The nervousness is pouring off of both of them. Octavia is a little put out that Lincoln isn't being his usual flirty self, but a look from Clarke who is more worried about Lexa than anything else made Octavia bite her lip.
Both Lincoln and Lexa exhale loudly at the sight of their dad striding into the classroom, their hearts sink at the cheeky smirk he gives them both as he throws his bag onto the table, and rubs his hands together. The huge sighs were not unnoticed by their three new friends. The penny drops for Clarke who recognises Gustus straight away, Mr Woods she guesses is his official title now; for the next hour, at least. Octavia and Raven have had no such clarity within their own thoughts, yet.
"Good morning class." Booming is the best way to describe the voice of their new teacher.
"My name is Mr Woods. I will be guiding you through the wonders of world history." He smiles, at the rolled eyes and tuts that he receives from the majority of the kids in his class; however, it's the looks of pure terror of the faces of his own kids that nearly has him doubled over in laughter.
"As you intuitive bunch have probably realised; I'm new. I'm moving here from Ton DC High." This gets a few of the student's attention, Ton DC is a pretty massive school compared to this one, they are probably wondering why he took a job here. Anyway, now to his favourite pastime.
"You've also probably noticed, that I'm not the only newbie in the class today."
Lexa head drops so much she almost knocks herself out on her desk, she really doesn't know why she or Lincoln retained any hope that their dad wouldn't embarrass them; it is totally his bag. Gustus continues. "Leksa, Linkon. Men op." He grins as he speaks.
Lexa and Lincoln, know that this will be less painful if they do as he says, so knowing that he wants them to head to the front of the class, they slowly make their way up.
Clarke, Octavia and Raven are all watching with great interest; of course, Octavia had Raven had clicked once their new teacher introduced himself as Mr Woods. Clarke is currently mulling over the last few words Gustus said to Lexa and Lincoln, it was clearly in some sort of different language, but not one that Clarke had ever heard before; and it's totally hot that Lexa clearly knows it, Clarke really hopes that she speaks it.
Gustus waits for his children to join him at the head of the classroom, and again almost loses it at the petulant looks on both their faces.
"Heya children." He smirks. "Introduce yourselves gon de rest kom de class."
Lexa gives her father her best death stare, before looking out amongst her peers. This is either going to impress them greatly, or it's going to be the reason she's bullied for the rest of the year.
"Ai liak Leksa kom de trikru, disha is my bro Linkon. En osir don gada in recently moved hir kom Ton DC. My father Gustus in de brana history teacher."
The class seems rather impressed which Lexa is really glad about. She chances a glance over at Clarke, who looks particularly enamoured. Lexa can't help the huge grin that hits her face, at the awestruck look on the Blondes face. Lincoln decides to do his duty and translate for the rest of the class.
"I am Lincoln, this is my sister Lexa, we moved here from Ton DC and our father Gustus..." he quickly corrects himself. "Sorry Mr Woods, is the new history teacher."
The class is obviously intrigued, and a boy at the front decides he needs to know more. "What language is that you're speaking."
Gustus is happy, his little introduction session has had the desired effect. He fills his new student in. "That was the ancient language of Trisdasleng, it was spoken by ancient tribes right here in the USA, and it one of the many interesting things that history has to offer."
"That's so cool." The young man is genuinely impressed. "Will we get to learn it as part of the lesson?"
Gustus smirks. "Well it's not part of the curriculum, but I'm sure we can learn a few words and phrases along the way."
He turns back to his two children who are still standing awkwardly at his side. "Bak op."
Lexa and Lincoln take their fathers cue immediately, and re-join their friends at the back of the class. Lexa slides back into her seat next to Clarke, who is still beaming from ear to ear. The blonde leans into Lexa and whispers. "That, was so hot."
Lexa thinks she actually melts a little at Clarke's words. She knows for a fact that her cheeks have turned a nice rosy shade of red. Clarke Griffin certainly knows how to reduce her to a flustered idiot; and Lexa doesn't mind it one bit.
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Clarke is excited. A little nervous, but really more than anything genuinely excited. She takes one last look at herself in the mirror that hangs in the entrance hallway of her home; she knows she looks good, she just hopes Lexa shares the sentiment. One last deep breath, and she heads for the exit. She is now officially on her way to pick up Lexa for their first official date.
She doesn't have too long to dwell on it, it's a short walk only five doors down the street from her own house. She gently knocks on the door, and takes a final deep breath, swallowing the nerves and the excitement that she feels.
Lexa answers the door quickly, and Clarke instantly knows that she had no need whatsoever to be nervous. Lexa gives her the most brilliant smile as she greets her at the door, Clarke sees her own excitement echoed in the eyes of the taller girl. Clarke can't help but reciprocate her smile.
"Hey." Lexa smiles as she's speaks; she can't help as she lets her eyes wander down Clarke's torso, and then back up again to meet smiling eyes.
"You look great."
Clarke is delighted at the reaction she gets from Lexa. "Thanks. You look pretty great yourself."
Lexa grins, she can't help it, she wonders how Clarke has managed to turn her into a massive dork, back in Ton DC she was much more cool calm and collected; but apparently, here in Polis, a hot girl telling her she looks great reduces her to a big pile of mush.
Lexa quickly regains her composure. "You ready to go?"
Clarke nods and they settle into a comfortable stride next to each other. The field where the fair has been set up, is only about a 5-minute walk from their street. Clarke had filled Lexa in on the venue previously, Lexa had been particularly excited to hear that the field backs out onto the sand dunes and the beach. Lexa loves the beach, and she hasn't had a chance to sample what Polis has to offer just yet.
The closer they get the more Lexa gets a sense of just how many people are in attendance.
"Wow you weren't kidding when you said the whole school would be here."
Clarke smiles as they step over the threshold and into the noise. Lexa takes in her surroundings, this is a proper old school fair, there's stalls everywhere, coconut sty's, hook a duck, waltzes, fun houses, a Ferris wheel, it's like she's stepped back in time. She takes in another of the games stalls, with all the oversized stuffed animals hanging from the rafters, she has an evil thought.
"You're not expecting this to be one of those cheesy dates where I have to show off my skills and win you a massive teddy bear is it?"
Clarke can see the amusement in Lexa's eyes. "What makes you think I want you to win me one? Maybe it was my plan all along to impress you, by winning you something."
Lexa sniggers. "Your previous comment about unnecessary exercise for one."
Clarke smirks. "Wow Lexa, I don't know whether to be offended; or impressed that you actually remembered that I said that."
Lexa flushes a little, and stops herself from telling Clarke that she remembers everything she's said. Clarke decides to take pity on her. "Besides, I would hardly call throwing a beanbag at a stack of tins exercise."
"That sounds like a challenge to me Clarke." Lexa wiggles her eyebrows as she speaks, and Clarke can't help but laugh out loud at the gesture.
"Ok Commander, you're on. Whoever wins the other an oversized stuffed toy, is queen of the date."
"And what do I claim as my prize when I'm elected queen of the date?" Lexa exudes confidence.
Clarke loves it. She decides to throw a little of her own in. "I think a kiss would be the appropriate reward, although if you're not interested in that I'm sure we could come up with something else." Her smile literally screams 'as if you wouldn't be interested in that' at Lexa, and the slightly older girl has no problem voicing exactly what Clarke is thinking.
"Oh, I'm interested." It's all she can manage before her throat goes completely dry at the sight of the smile that erupts into Clarke's face. The blonde excitedly runs off into the direction of one of the stalls, when Lexa suddenly realises something.
"Hey, what did you just call me?" Lexa chases after Clarke, and she grins back over her shoulder at her, she wondered when she was going to catch on that she called her by the nickname Octavia rustled up for her, which she clearly hadn't heard yet.
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They have had an amazing evening at the fair so far, Lexa can't help the smug grin she's currently sporting as Clarke struggles to hold on to the slightly large unicorn stuffed toy that Lexa had of course won for her.
Both completely lose it however when they see Octavia heading towards them, with a beaming smile, followed by a less than enthusiastic Lincoln carrying what can only be described as a gigantic pink gorilla, the thing is literally the same size as Lincoln.
Lexa is about 3 milliseconds from making fun of her brother, when out of nowhere, a guy with longish brown hair, grabs Clarke and pulls her into a kiss. Everyone stops in their tracks. Clarke although it takes her a second to realise what the hell is going on, when her brain does eventually catch up she pushes Finn violently away. Of course, it was Finn, unfortunately she recognises those lips.
She wipes her mouth, she can taste the alcohol, he must be smashed. He's wearing a smarmy grin. She hates it when he gets like this, but at the same time she's worried about him, she hates that she still cares about him, but they have been friends forever; well until he turned into a massive letch.
Anya had Raven had also approached the group as Finn assaulted Clarke's lips, Raven looks at Octavia knowingly, here they go again, they have no doubt that for the thousandth time in recent history, they are going to be the ones to have to sort Finn out.
"What the hell Finn?" Clarke has finally regained the ability to speak.
"You look stunning." He lunges forward again, but Clarke sidesteps him, such is his momentum that he actually falls flat on his face. He laughs, like it's the funniest thing that's ever happened. Clarke sighs and looks over to Octavia and Raven, who both simply just nod.
She then turns to Lexa, who looks absolutely fuming, she can understand it, she has essentially just kissed someone else on their first date.
"I am so sorry, but I'm going to have to take care of this."
Lexa just nods, she's too angry to speak; she's not sure who she's mad at more, this boy for kissing her date, or her date for ditching her to look after him. "I'll be as quick as I can."
Clarke, Octavia and Raven set about getting Finn up from the floor. Lexa heads towards the back of the fair, as she knows that the entrance to the sand dunes and the beach is there. Anya gives Lincoln a worried look before quickly following her younger sister.
Lincoln glances to Octavia. "Will you be okay?"
She smiles appreciatively. "We'll be fine. I'll come find you when we're done."
He smiles at Octavia, but then looks to Finn and the Clarke and fixes them with a less than friendly stare. Clarke's heart sinks, she hopes she hasn't ruined things with Lexa before they've really started.
Lexa hits the beach, there are a number of students from school already there. She assumes this must be where Finn just emerged from, there are clearly more than a couple of groups of teenagers drinking something other than soda. The water soothes her, she can already feel herself calming down.
"The beach around here is pretty great huh?"
The voice startles Lexa, she doesn't recognise it, she glances to her left and notes that the owner of the voice, is a rather attractive brunette with deep hazel eyes. The stranger smiles at the confusion on Lexa's face.
"I'm Costia." She introduces herself. "I believe we're on the same soccer team."
This confuses Lexa further. "I don't remember seeing you at training." Lexa definitely would have remembered.
"I missed training this week. But if I'd known you were there I wouldn't have skipped it." Costia's flirting is obvious. Lexa just smiles politely.
"You came here with Clarke Griffin, right?" Lexa just nods. "That sucks. Her and Finn have been on and off for years."
All of a sudden Lexa isn't really enjoying this conversation anymore. Anya rescues her at just the right time.
"Hey Lex, you want to head home?" Anya looks up and sees that her sister isn't alone. "Oh sorry."
"Don't be, we were just finished here." Lexa smiles at Costia, hoping that it didn't come across too harsh.
See doesn't appear to have been offended. "See you at school Monday Lexa."
Lexa smiles as she and Anya head for the exits. As far as first dates go, this has to be one of the worst on record.
It was a little over an hour later when Clarke, Octavia and Raven arrived back at the fair after getting Finn safely home. Octavia had called Lincoln on the way and is delighted to see him waiting for her at the entrance to the fair, so much so that she actually jumps into his arms. Clarke looks past him, and is pretty devastated that Lexa hasn't hung around, not that she can really blame her. Raven slides an arm around her best friend.
"Just explain everything to her tomorrow when's she's had a chance to cool off. If she won't let you explain, then maybe she's not as great as you think she is."
Clarke knows that Raven's right, but she really doesn't feel like socialising right now. "You're right. But I'm going to head home."
Raven can see how upset Clarke is so she doesn't argue, and in fairness she has somewhere to be herself. "I have to head to work now anyways. Come on I'll walk you home on the way."
Clarke smiles and links arms with her best friend, before they both head back out into the street.
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Saturday morning, Clarke was up early, she really wanted to see Lexa and straighten things out; however, she had the feeling that the rest of the Woods clan probably wouldn't have appreciated her rocking up at 8am. As such she had managed to keep herself occupied until a more respectable 9.37am, at which point she had headed over to casa Woods; only to find that Lexa was already out. Indra, Lexa's Mom had sympathetically told Clarke that Lexa had headed over to her new coffee shop, to start painting the base coat onto the walls, Indra provided her with the address, together with a reassuring hug.
Clarke had arrived at what will eventually be Trikru a few seconds ago; she glances through the window and smiles at the sight before her. Lexa with her hair pulled up into a loose bun, in her scruffs, headphones in, doing what Clarke can only describe as dance painting the wall. The brunette is gliding and dipping to the music.
Clarke gently pushes on the door and quietly walks in, Lexa still engrossed in the music obviously hasn't noticed. Clarke decides to watch the stunning girl for a few moments longer. Lexa is getting lost in the music, she often finds this happening to her. She can feel eyes on her, she eventually turns around and realises why, Clarke Griffin is standing there watching her dance, and has been for god knows how long.
Her first feeling is embarrassment, but she quickly remembers last night's events, and embarrassment is quickly replaced by anger; Clarke sees Lexa's walls go up, and dies a little bit inside; but she's here to put this right, and that is exactly what she intends to do.
"Hey." Clarke starts simple.
"Hey." Lexa takes pity on the blonde, she looks so sheepish right now. However, when Clarke still hasn't spoken a few minutes later, she has to speak again. "What are you doing here Clarke?"
"Well I was hoping that you wouldn't turn out to be a massive douchebag, and would give me the chance to explain what happened last night." Clarke fixes Lexa with a stare that leaves the brunette in no uncertain terms that she means business.
"Proceed." Lexa can see Clarke isn't going to let her get away with being uptight about last night so she figures she may as well let the blonde explain; she hopes it's a good one, because she would truly like to get to know Clarke better.
Clarke sighs. "So, the guy was Finn."
"Yeah I heard." Lexa puts down her paint brush, and jumps up onto the counter, she encourages Clarke to continue as she takes a swig of her orange juice.
"He's my ex-boyfriend." Clarke ignores Lexa's eye roll. "He also one of my best friends in the world; or he was at least."
No going back now, honesty is the best policy after all. "Me, Raven, Finn, Octavia and Bellamy have all been friends since like pre-school."
She notes the brunette's confusion. "Bellamy is Octavia's older brother, he's in the same grade as Anya." Lexa nods, confusion explained.
"Anyway." Clarke continues. "The five of us all grew up together and have always been pretty close. But a year or so ago, Finn and I started to become more that just friends.
Lexa swallows the bile she feels rising at the thought of Clarke and Finn together, she can see that Clarke is fully concentrated on the story now. "He was really weird about the others finding out, I figured it was just because we all grew up as friends." She shrugs her shoulders. "Turns out it was because he'd also started seeing Raven at around the same time he started things up with me."
Lexa is appalled. "What a jackass."
"Exactly. Turns out he'd manipulated us both into keeping quiet, so the other wouldn't find out." Clarke takes a deep breath, she's not sure that Lexa really needs to know this next part, but she decides wholesale honesty is the best policy.
"Anyway, Raven and I both lost our virginity to him within the same week; I guess he didn't account for the urge to share huge life events with your girlfriends; so, this whole explosion happened in our friendship group."
"I can't believe he would do that to you guys when you were all such good friends."
"Well it took us a few months for it to sink in. But he seemed to realise the just how abhorrently he'd acted, and he went completely off the rails; and as you can tell from last night he's still going."
"I can't believe that you would care." Lexa actually hears the petulance in her own tone.
"It took a while; but at the end of the day, he's been a really good friend of mine for like 11 years, and a complete idiot for 12 months. I just couldn't leave him in the state he was in."
"You're a good person Clarke, better than me." Lexa smirks. "But listen I don't want to get involved in a messy situation if things aren't over between the two of you." She checks herself. "The three of you?"
Now Clarke smirks. "I promise you neither me or Raven have any interest in Finn Collins, past potentially getting our friendship back on track." Clarke decides to be bold, and steps into Lexa's personal space where she's seated on the counter. "And the only lips I wanted on mine last night were yours."
Lexa grins, turns out Griffin has game, just a little, but game all the same. She leans in and meets Clarke's lips, this is much closer to what she had in mind last night. The kiss is amazing. Much better than either anticipated, they both get lost in it. It's only when they hear the sound of someone clearing their throat that they pull apart both confused and annoyed.
It quickly turns into embarrassment when they see a grinning Anya, and a similarly amused looking Raven.
"I take it you two have made up then?" Anya chuckles.
Lexa jumps down from the counter. "I hate you." But her feign hate is quickly replaced by a Cheshire Cat like grin; leaving Anya in no doubt that her little sister is extremely happy. "What are you two doing here anyway?"
"Well mom said you left the house in a terrible mood this morning, so we thought we'd come cheer you up." Anya shrugs. "Looks like we needn't have bothered. I guess as we're here, we can help with the painting."
"I'm an excellent wall painter." Raven enthusiastically grabs one of a number of paint brushes lying around.
Lexa smiles. "I guess we're painting then."
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More Drama to come...Finn, Costia and Nia Queen to be introduced shortly...