CHAPTER 16

Clarke's POV

When I walked back into Lexa's room after my shower, I saw Lexa in a beautiful outfit. She was wearing a black tank top with a dark gold high low skirt pulled to her midsection. She was also wearing a gold bracelet and gold sandals. Her hair was in loose curls and she was wearing make up. She had dark intense lines on her eyes, blushed cheeks and a bright and strong red color on her lips. She was so sexy, hot, and elegant. I wet my lips. I was so busy staring at all of her beauty that I accidentally dropped my towel on the floor, causing Lexa to look up at me. This time her mouth dropped down. She walked over. She gave me a once over and then met my eyes. She gently rolled both my nipples with her hands a little before bending down and giving me a soft kiss between my breasts. She left a lip stain there. She gave me a peck on the lips after.

"Just a little mark for everyone to know you're mine." She said with a smile.

Lexa's POV

Everything about the dance slipped my mind when Clarke's towel slipped. My wife has the best curves in the world, and I just wanted to be lost in them and her embrace. But my promise with Raven stopped me.

"I went over to Marny's and did my make up while you were in the shower already. Come Clarke I picked clothes for you." I said bringing her clothes that would fit her curves. I picked a dark blue dress that hugged her skin. I dried her hair and styled it so that it came down in light ruffles. Afterwards we headed over to Marny's room. Marny was doing Raven's makeup. Octavia was already doing her own. That girl learned fast with everything it seemed. I sat Clarke down and started her makeup. I gave her a light blush and put mascara and eyeliner on her. I gave her eyes a little color and her lips a light red color. She didn't need that much makeup because she was a natural beauty.

"Done." I said as I kissed her lips. I didn't care if the other girls saw since they already knew.

"You looked really girly doing my make up, you know." Clarke whispered.

"Shut up. I love you." I said playfully. We headed to the main hall in Polis hand in hand. Before we went in, Clarke stopped me and pulled her hand from mine.

"Guys you go in first." I told Marny, Octavia, and Raven. I turned to Clarke.

"What? Something wrong?" I said.

"We shouldn't flaunt our relationship to everyone." Clarke said.

"Why not?" I said.

"Your mom doesn't know. You're the commander of these people. We need to act accordingly." Clarke said.

"Yea. But I'm a person too and I'm trying to have a nice night with my family, friends, and wife. I don't care what people think, love. Hold my hand if you love me, if not, then don't." I said holding out my hand.

"I'm sorry I'm just not use to showing public displays of affection. You use to not show any affection in front of anyone and now it's a different I'm sorry." Clarke said reaching over and grabbing my hand. Oh man I'm stupid. Dating in 2000s were super open and public. I forgot what period I was in. I forgot Clarke's not use to this. I lightly cupped Clarke's cheek with my hand and gave her a sympathetic sorry look.

"Sorry Clarke I forgot this is Lexa's time and not Alicia's. I just wanted to show everyone that you're mine. I guess I just got carried away. My mom will love you. And if not, too bad, cause I love you and that's all that matters." I said giving her a peck on the cheek and circling our arms. We walked in and it was awesome. It was just the start of the party so people were getting drinks and conversing. The vibe was being established. The "The Sound" by The 1975 was playing. I picked the music playlist for tonight and everyone was here. I already started getting the good party jitters. I walked over to my family with Clarke.

"Alicia I was just telling Abby about Donny and you. As I was saying they were the cutest kids. I was so happy when they started dating. I knew he would protect her when he started teaching her how to fight. Best friends dating, I approved. Clarke why are you holding onto my daughter like that." My mom asked. The entire time my mom was talking about Donny I felt Clarke's muscles tense. Abby looked like she was about to walk out on this awkward situation.

"Well... Umm... Madison..." Clarke stuttered. I cut her off.

"Because I'm her wife." I said.

"What? You... And Clarke... When? You just met her." My mom said.

"Mom isn't it enough that I love her and we're married. She's your daughter in law. And I'm going to dance with her now. Talk to you later mom." I said. I gave my mom the biggest smile and dragged a speechless Clarke behind me.

"Your freaking amazing. I love you, you know." Clarke said. "Kiss Me" by Ed Sheeran started playing.

"I know love. I know love. Let's slow dance now." I said.

"I can't dance." Clarke said. I gave her a look and moved her arms and placed them on my shoulders. I moved my arms and circled her waist and rested my head on her shoulder. I could feel her start to relax into the swaying and the music. We held each other so close that I could her heartbeat. It was fast. I loved that we were always still both so nervous when we were intimate. The excitement was always there for us. I moved my head and rested it on her forehead. I never would get sick of those blues. I kissed her on the cheek.

After the dance, I left Clarke with my friends and her friends. I went to go get us drinks, when I bumped into Nick.

"So you and Clarke, huh?" Nick said.

"Yea bro." I said.

"Just be careful sis. If she breaks your heart, I don't care that she's a girl. I'll break her." Nick said honestly. I knew he was just being my protective older brother.

"Thanks for always looking out for me." I said cheekily.

"Sis I think you should know… ughh? How should I say this in the nicest way?" Nick said.

"What. Nick I won't judge." I said. I wanted my brother to know if it was anything serious or something he had trouble with he could come to me and talk about it. We were siblings. I'd do anything for my big brother. Nick looked confused.

"Actually I was just going to say that Nate is flirting with Clarke." Nick said. WHAT!

I looked over to a flustered Nate talking to a politely responding Clarke. I downed the Monty's drink I had gotten for Clarke and I and walked over to the two of them. I grabbed Clarke by the waist and gripped her cheek in my other hand and kissed her in front of everyone. She was hesitant at first but quickly found a rhythm with my lips. The alcohol made her lips so much more kissable that I didn't want to stop. I may have been a little rougher than usual because of my jealousy. Clarke was the one that pulled away first. Mmm... I whined.

"You just kissed me in front of everyone." She said.

"Nate was flirting with you." I said.

"Jealous?" She said.

"Always." I said.

"Didn't it feel exhilarating. To kiss in front of everyone?" Clarke asked.

"Yes that's why I quite like PDA," I said.

"Let's get some drinks," I said walking back to Octavia, Raven, and Marny and leaving a lonely Nate behind.

"Okay here's to friendship." I said and we took shots. We kept taking them, until I heard Clarke gag a little.

"Clarke's not much of a drinker." Raven said.

"Well, Alicia is. We partied so hard in the past, but this stuff Monty made is real strong so we may not survive it either." Marny said. Monty, Jasper, Mary, Nate, Octavia, Donny, Raven, Clarke, and I sat outside after a couple more dances. Monty and Jasper had weed on them. We took some booze and sat in a circle. Nate rolled the joint and we passed it around in a circle. I taught everyone how to take it in and took the first draw. I already started feeling relax. I passed it to Clarke. She coughed a little, but I could tell it wouldn't take much for her to get high seeing that she was a lightweight with alcohol.

"I feel so good. Everything is so much sharper. Like my love for you." Clarke slurred out as she burrowed under my arm. She was gone I thought. We passed the joint a few more times and got to know each other more. I drank too. The atmosphere was so nice. Looking around the circle, I just kept thinking about how lucky I was. I smiled so much.

I felt a little buzzed. I felt Clarke shift her weight on me. I looked into those blues which were a little bit in a daze right now. I trailed my fingers up and down her arm.

"I wanna dance." Clarke slurred out with a pout. She was so cute and smiley as a high drunk I couldn't help but laugh. I took another shot before pulling Clarke to the side. I told Marny to play a song. Everyone in the circle joined in and all the moves were thrown out. The song Ignition started and I couldn't help but stand in front of Clarke and grind a little. A drunk Clarke swayed a lot more to the music and got into the dance. I was having so much fun until I started to feel the alcohol now. It finally kicked in. Woo. I guess it was time for Clarke and I to go. I wrapped my arm around her and started to lead her back to my room.

Once we got to my bed Clarke dragged me down onto the bed when I tried to lay him down. I was laying on top of a passed out Clarke. I didn't even try to get off her. I was way too tired. I just snuggled into Clarke and closed my eyes. That night I dreamed for the first time since the merge. It was the answer to my worries. It was the answer to our troubles with Alie. I knew what we had to do. What I had to do. Boy was Clarke gonna hate it.