Clarke throws herself on her bed and lets out a deep breath of relief. It's Friday and finals are over. Summer is officially here and she gets to kick it off with her date with Lexa tonight. In between studying for all her finals she was planning the perfect (or what she hoped would be) date. Right now, she felt confident and excited but she knew it was only a matter of time before the nerves in her stomach escalated. Her thoughts are interrupted by her message alert tone.

Raven: O & I expect a FULL report after your date tonight! No details spared Griffin! ;)

Clarke laughs and types out a quick response before plugging her phone into the charger and heading to the bathroom to begin getting ready.

When Clarke makes her way down stairs, she finds her parents sitting in the living room. They both look up to her when she enters and smile.

"You look beautiful."

"Thanks dad."

"How are you feeling?" her mother asks.

"Excited… nervous. Really nervous now, actually."

"Everything will perfect honey. You two hang out all the time."

"Yeah, I know but… I just really like her. And tonight… tonight isn't just us hanging out. It's… different."

Abby gets up off the sofa and makes her way over to Clarke, gently putting her hands on her daughter's shoulders. "Sometimes, different is good."

"I hope so" she pauses and notices the time "ok, I need to go."

Her mother pulls her into a comforting hug and then she quickly finds herself wrapped her father's arms. Her father pulls away, keeping his hands on her shoulders.

"Hurt her, I hurt you." He warns with smirk.

Clarke lightly hits his arm and laughs. "Wow, thanks dad. I am your actual daughter. You know that right?"

"Yeah, I know. Doesn't mean I didn't mean what I said." after a quick wink he adds "Have a good time kid."

Clarke is standing nervously outside of Lexa's apartment door. The butterflies in her stomach multiplied greatly on the drive over here and now she's second guessing every plan she made for tonight. "Pull yourself together Clarke" she whispers to herself. With a deep breath, she raises her shaking hand to the door and knocks.

As soon as the door swings open Clarke's jaw hits the floor and she's sure she's forgotten how to breathe. She takes in the sight of the girl in front of her, memorizing everything. Her brown locks pulled to the left, flowing gracefully onto her exposed shoulder thanks to the off the shoulder black top she's wearing. Her light blue jeans are hugging her form perfectly causing the blonde to gulp. Clarke's eyes travel back up to the brunette's face where her eyeliner is a little darker than usual highlighting her beautiful eyes and she swears they're sparkling.

"Damn." it's barely a whisper but Lexa hears it and lets out a small laugh.

"I'll take that as a compliment… you too by the way." Lexa smiles as she glances up and down the blonde's body causing Clarke to instantly blush. "So, do you want to come in or shall we get going to wherever it is we're going?"

Silence envelopes them as Clarke's eyes begin to travel down the brunette's body again. Lexa laughs again. "Clarke?"

The sound of the girl's voice snaps Clarke out of her daze. When she looks up at the girl she's met with a smirk her blush is back. "Sorry… Um… yeah, let's get going, shall we?"

Lexa nods and giggles before she briefly walks back inside her apartment to grab her bag and keys. After locking the door, Clarke takes her hand and they walk out of the apartment building, hand in hand.

"Are you going to tell me where we're going?" Lexa asks while looking over to the blonde in the driver's seat.

"You'll find out momentarily, we're almost there."

Lexa nods and returns her gaze to the window, taking in the surroundings trying to figure out where the blonde is taking her. A few moments later, a sign comes into view:

ARKADIA PEAK OBSERVATORY

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Lexa gasps and turns back to Clarke. "Really?! I've always wanted to come here, Clarke!"

Clarke can't help but smile at the girl's reaction. "I know, you mentioned it once."

Lexa smiles at the girl and squeezes her hand. A moment later though, her eyes narrow in confusion. "Wait a second. Aren't they only open to the public on Saturday though?"

"That is correct." The blonde replies simply as she parks the car and unbuckles her seat belt. She gets out of the car and makes her way to the passenger side door, opening it for the brunette.

"But it's Friday Clarke." Clarke takes the girl's hand and helps her out of the car.

"Correct again. Dang Lex, nothing gets passed you. I bet you aced all your finals." She smirks and Lexa rolls her eyes at her.

"I really don't want to get arrested for breaking and entering."

Clarke laughs while she grabs a tote bag out of the backseat before turning back to Lexa and flashes a set of keys in front of her. "We're not breaking any laws."

Lexa's eyes narrow again. "I don't understand."

Clarke takes Lexa's hand and leads her towards the front entrance, explaining on the way. "Sinclair, the director of the observatory, is a close family friend. He grew up with my dad and is basically an uncle to me. I asked him if I could bring someone special here tonight. After a lot of embarrassing questions about who my special someone was and a very intensive lecture on how not to break any of the multi-million dollar equipment, he gave me the keys."

Lexa stares at the girl in amazement. "Really?"

Clarke laughs and opens the doors. "Yes really. Now come on beautiful."

"That was so amazing. I can't believe how huge that telescope is. And the pictures it's able to take? Those were incredible." Lexa is rambling excitedly and Clarke was beaming.

Lexa seemed to be having a good time and was as giddy as Clarke had ever seen her. They had just left the main observation room with the largest telescope. Unfortunately, they couldn't operate it but Sinclair left a slideshow of images on the computer for them to look through. The slideshow seemed to be more than enough for Lexa who went through the photos 3 times. Clarke had spent the last 2 times watching nothing but the brunette.

Now, the blonde was leading the brunette to a small area outside where a smaller, personal telescope was set up.

"Oh fun!" Lexa exclaimed as she skipped, yes skipped, towards the telescope and immediately placed her eye to the viewfinder. Clarke smiled at the girl and while she was distracted begin placing her tote bag down and begin emptying its contents. First, she laid out a blanket, quickly followed by a picnic basket and a camping lantern. Once everything was set to her liking, she made her way over to the brunette.

"What do you see?" she whispers in her ear.

Lexa jumps a little, startled by the interruption but quickly recovers and puts her eye back on the scope. "Everything. I see everything Clarke. It's beautiful."

"Yeah it is" Clarke replies, her eyes on the girl and not the sky.

"I think I see Venus Clarke… here look." She steps aside to let the blonde take a look.

"Wow. That really is amazing."

They take turns looking into the telescope for a bit. Eventually, Clarke grabs Lexa's hand and turns the girl to face her.

"Hungry?" she asks.

Lexa nods and allows herself to be led towards the blanket. Her mouth drops open. "Where'd all this come from?"

Clarke lets out a small laugh. "See what you miss when you have your head in the stars."

"Very funny. Well, this looks great." Lexa replies, taking a seat beside the girl on the blanket.

Clarke begins to pull out a bottle of sparkling water, containers of fruit, cheese and crackers from the picnic basket. "I hope this is okay. We can get something more substantial later if you want."

Lexa takes the girl's hand and looks into blue eyes. "This is perfect Clarke."

After enjoying their snacks, the two girls lay down side by side and stare up at the sky. Clarke scoots closer to the brunette and takes her hand.

"Are you having fun?" She asks nervously. She immediately feels the girl next to her sit up and look down at her. She quickly sits up as well, meeting the girls eyes.

"Are you kidding?" Lexa smiles gently at the blonde. "Clarke, this has been the best night I've ever had. And I don't mean just as a date, but in general. You know… I say this a lot but you continue to surprise me… in the best ways possible." She brings the blonde's hand up to her lips and lays a gentle kiss upon it. "Tonight is perfect. I love looking at the stars with you Clarke Griffin."

Clarke takes her turn to kiss the brunette's hand. "Me too, Lex."

Clarke can suddenly feel her hand trembling for the second time that evening. Her blue eyes lock onto green as she reaches up and tucks a strand of hair behind the brunette's ear. While leaving her hand resting on the girl's cheek her eyes glance down towards her lips. She sees the brunette unconsciously lick her lips and the blonde breath hitches in her throat. She locks her eyes back onto Lexa's, silently asking for permission before she closes her eyes and leans in.

It's careful and gentle. Two pairs of lips perfectly molding and moving together as if they were made specifically for each other. It only lasts a few seconds and when they pull away from one another, their foreheads automatically come to rest upon each other, their eyes still closed.

"I've been wanting to do that for so long." Clarke whispers. She feels Lexa nod in agreement against her forehead and just as quickly feels lips on her own again. Clarke quickly reciprocates the kiss.

Soon, a hand is in her hair and a tongue is running cautiously along her bottom lip. She doesn't hesitate allowing it access and when her tongue meets Lexa's a moan escapes. She's not sure if it's hers or Lexa's but the sound makes her want more. She holds the brunette's face in her hands, pulling her in as close as possible.

When breathing becomes an issue, she reluctantly pulls away, both gasp for air. As their breathing steadies, green eyes slowly open to meet blue.

"Damn."

Clarke laughs. "Hey, that's my line."

Lexa lightly laughs and places a kiss on the blonde's forehead.

Best. Date. Ever.