A/N: In this one we have the dinner, and also the 'after dinner' bit. Be sure to let me know what you think, reviews feed the muse remember. Thanks for all the reviews so far, I love reading what you all think about where this is going. Read, review and enjoy!

Chapter Five

As Abby wanted to keep things as informal as possible, instead of sitting at the kitchen table while eating, she had put the pizza on the breakfast bar. She knew how nervous Clarke was, not only when it came to the dinner, but also when it came to absolutely anything about Lexa. While she was sorting everything out in the kitchen she could hear Clarke, Jake and Lexa all laughing. Jake was probably telling one of the many funny stories from when Clarke was a lot younger.

"Okay guys," Abby called, "dinner's ready."

As the three of them walked into the kitchen, they were still laughing.

"I was just telling Lexa what happened the first time Clarke took the subway by herself." Jake said as he sat down.

"That was the time you ended up in Brooklyn right?" Abby asked as the two girls sat down opposite her and Jake.

"No…" Clarke said with a shake of the head, "Brooklyn was another time…"

"How many times have you got lost on the subway?" Lexa asked with a laugh.

"Not enough times for my parents to agree on getting me a car." Clarke replied, looking over at her parents, both of whom just laughed.

"I just don't think a car in a city like New York is necessary," Abby said, "there are good transport links, you've got the subway, the bus…"

"Do you have any idea how many rapes take place on the subway each year?" Clarke asked, "If that's what you want for me then…"

Both Jake and Lexa were trying not to laugh by this point.

"You don't need your own car," Abby replied, "Bellamy has a car, Raven has a car…"

"I have a car…" Lexa said with a laugh.

"You drive a Mustang right?" Jake asked as he looked at Lexa.

"I do," the brunette replied with a nod, "it was a present for my 18th birthday from Lincoln, my brother."

"It's a very… masculine car." Abby said, trying to think of the right words so not to offend anyone.

"It's also a classic," Lexa replied, "I love classic cars. It's also reliable, and not a car that people would expect a girl to drive, so it's also safer."

Clarke couldn't stop the smile as she saw how Lexa had stood up to something that her mother had said, most people found her mother to be intimidating, obviously Lexa didn't.

"And I think the term is muscle car," Jake said as he looked at Lexa, "am I right?"

Lexa simply nodded in reply as she reached for another slice of pizza.

"Raven drives something similar doesn't she?" Abby asked.

"Raven drives a beast of a car." Clarke replied with a laugh.

"1967 Shelby Mustang GT500…" Lexa said, blushing slightly when everyone looked at her, "I like cars…"

"I remember when she got that car," Clarke said with a laugh, "it was a rusty banged up hunk of junk, it didn't run, the engine literally fell out of the bottom when she started it up the first time…"

"I remember her mentioning she'd done it up, but she rebuilt the whole thing?" Lexa asked, turning on the stool slightly, tucking her right leg under her as she looked at Clarke.

"Yeah," Clarke replied with a nod, "took her all of last summer."

Clarke glanced down at Lexa's leg, when the other girl turned on the stool it brought them even closer together, Lexa's right knee now resting against Clarke's leg.

"That was when her mother took off again right?" Jake asked.

"Yeah," Clarke replied, "she does that a lot."

"It's almost like she doesn't remember that she actually has a daughter," Abby said with a sigh, "Raven is a great kid, and her mother is really missing out."

"Why does her mom take off?" Lexa asked, not knowing the full story.

"She's a drug addict," Abby said, "more concerned about where her next hit comes from than she is about whether her daughter has food to eat. Though Raven is a survivor, you won't hear her complain about it."

"She works," Clarke said, "there's a garage down the street from her house, the guy there noticed that she would go there a lot when she was a kid, taking a real interest in cars and all things mechanical. She's got an awesome mind, so intelligent. He let her help out while her mom was on one of her missions, she even slept there in the office sometimes when her mom took another random guy back to the house. Now she's his best mechanic."

"Why doesn't she just move out?" Jake asked, "She knows she's always welcome here."

"I know dad," Clarke said, "but she doesn't like to feel that she's a burden on anyone."

"So, Lexa," Abby said, changing the subject as it was getting a little too heavy, "you mentioned your brother, Lincoln, do you have any other siblings?"

"Yeah," Lexa said with a smile, "I have an older sister, Anya. She and Lincoln pretty much manage Ark Station. Obviously it's my mom's business, but she likes to have us all involved as much as possible."

"Where did you move here from?" Jake asked, smiling a little as he looked at the brunette girl.

"Vegas," Lexa replied, "my mom had a bar there, a pretty successful one, but it isn't what she really wanted to do. She was born and raised here in New York, it was always her dream to come back here one day."

"Do you miss Vegas?" Abby asked, "New York is very different, and obviously it's a long way from the friends you had there."

Clarke noticed as Lexa's jaw clenched, she was obviously thinking about Costia.

"Maybe a different subject…" Clarke said, looking at her mother, but resting her hand on Lexa's leg, letting the other girl know she was there.

"No…" Lexa said, looking at Clarke and smiling softly as she linked their fingers together, "its fine… I do miss it, but in some ways I don't… it holds too many bad memories for me now. I was in a relationship for a long time, and she… she died. I closed myself off after that, closing out all my friends and everything, so New York was a fresh start."

"I'm really sorry to hear that," Abby said, her eyes softening as she looked at the young girl opposite her, "that must have been hard."

"Yeah," Lexa said with a nod, "it was… but in the last few days I've realised that it's okay to live my life, it's not something I should feel guilty about…"

Abby and Jake shared a small smile, in the small amount of time they had been talking to Lexa they could see why Clarke liked her.

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After dinner was finished and the dishwasher loaded, Abby had suggested that Clarke give Lexa a tour of the house. The girls ending up in the den. It was somewhere that Clarke and her friends had spent many a night.

"I should probably apologise for my mom…" Clarke said as she and Lexa sat on the sofa in the den.

"Nothing to apologise for," Lexa replied as she put her arm around Clarke, kissing the blonde girls temple as she felt Clarke relax into her, "it's natural for her to have questions, I'm just surprised there wasn't more."

Clarke laughed a little as she put her legs up on the sofa, leaning more into Lexa, her head resting on the girl shoulder.

"There'll be more questions coming at some point," she said, "I can pretty much guarantee it."

"I was tempted to ask her about her med-school days…" Lexa replied, causing Clarke to laugh, a lot.

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As Clarke's laughter filtered down from the den Abby and Jake shared yet another smile.

"She's a nice girl," Abby said, "I like her."

"You actually like someone who is interested in our daughter?" Jake asked, a mock shocked expression on his face, "That's a turn out for the books."

"And what's that supposed to mean?" Abby asked, throwing a cushion at his head.

"You always find something wrong with the people that Clarke chooses to date," Jake said with a shrug, "they're either too old, too wild… no idea's for their future. But this one you like."

"You don't?" Abby asked.

"Oh I do," Jake said with a laugh, "and so does Clarke, which is the important thing here."

"We might have to talk about sleepovers though…" Abby said, "From the way they were looking at each other earlier I don't think it's going to be long…"

"Let's just see what happens," Jake replied with a nod, "I totally agree, but I'd like to think that Clarke will talk to us about that when she's ready. She isn't going to go behind our backs with that, you know that."

Abby nodded, she knew that he was right.

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"Do you have anything to do in the morning?" Clarke asked Lexa as they sat watching some crappy movie on the television in the den.

"Nope," Lexa replied, "I have the afternoon shift at Ark Station."

"Okay…" Clarke said, turning her attention back to the television, "what's this movie about?"

"I have no idea," Lexa replied with a laugh, "from what I can tell, the girl likes the boy, but the boy likes another girl…something tells me it isn't going to end well."

"Want to pick a movie?" Clarke asked, "There's a huge collection in the cabinet over there."

"That means moving right...?" Lexa asked in reply.

Clarke nodded in reply, smiling a little as Lexa placed yet another kiss on her head.

"Then I think I'll pass…" the brunette said.

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The time passed a little too quickly for Lexa's liking, when she checked her phone she saw that it was nearly 11pm. Sighing, she looked at the blonde currently asleep in her arms, she couldn't help but think how everything had been this easy with Clarke. 8 months ago she couldn't see herself having any kind of future with anyone, losing Costia had been the hardest thing she had ever had to go through, and without Lincoln, Anya and Indra she didn't think she would've ever been able to survive it. They had done literally everything together, there wasn't a moment of the day they weren't with the other person, or texting them. When Costia died, it was like part of Lexa had died along with her. The part that cared. She had closed herself off to everyone and everything. Her life had pretty much stopped, it was like she was treading water, not going anywhere. But Clarke had changed all that. Although she had only known the other girl for a few days, Lexa had found herself looking forward to getting out of bed in the morning, a feeling that she hadn't had for a while, and one that she hadn't been sure she would ever have again. Things were easy with Clarke, there was no pressure. She accepted Lexa for who and what she was, never trying to push things too far, too fast. Lexa found herself interested once again in the world around her, feeling that she may actually enjoying living in it again, rather than just existing.

Her phone vibrating pulled her from her thoughts. She had put it on vibrate so it hadn't interrupted dinner. Her mom always had a rule through dinner, phones either went on vibrate or they went off.

Linc (22:58) : Closing up Ark Station, mom wants to know whether to expect you home or not.

Smiling to herself, Lexa couldn't help but think if it was Indra who wondered that, or if it was Lincoln and Anya. She typed out her reply 'tell Anya that I'm on my way' before hitting send. It didn't take Lincoln long to reply.

Linc (22:58) : I told her you wouldn't fall for that. See you soon kid.

She put her phone back on the arm of the sofa while thinking about the best way to wake Clarke.

"Clarke…" She said softly, the blonde girl shifting in her arms a little, "come on Princess, wake up…"

She softly kissed Clarke's head and was sure that the blonde girl actually sighed a little. It was probably the cutest thing that Lexa had ever seen. It didn't take much longer for the other girl to open her eyes.

"What time is it…?" Clarke asked, her fingers softly tracing a pattern on Lexa's leg.

"11…" Lexa replied, "I should probably get going…"

Clarke nodded a little as she sat up.

"Is it wrong that I don't want you to go…?" Clarke said quietly, as she blushed a little.

"No…" Lexa replied, "But I probably should, not sure your mom would agree to me spending the night right now. Not that I don't want to…"

She closed the distance between them, kissing Clarke softly, before the blonde girl deepened the kiss. Her hands moving to Lexa's hips as she moved herself forward, never breaking the kiss. Lexa felt a fire burning in the pit of her stomach as Clarke moved so she was sitting on her lap, Lexa's hands going to the small of Clarke's back as she held the girl closer, felling the blonde's fingers in her hair. She backed away first.

"Wait…" she said, trying to catch her breath as she looked into Clarke's eyes, "I…"

"I really don't want you to go…" Clarke said with a laugh.

"And I really don't want to, trust me on that." Lexa said with a laugh of her own, before she placed another kiss on Clarke's lips, "I just…I think we should wait."

Clarke nodded a little, nearly jumping out of her skin when she heard her mother clearing her throat from the doorway.

"I was just leaving…" Lexa said as Clarke moved so she was sitting on the sofa again.

Abby couldn't help but smile a little as her daughter turned the brightest shade of red she had ever seen. Lexa stood up and put her jacket on before walking to the door.

"Oh, Abby," she said, "I'm still curious about your med-school days by the way."

"And one day I might tell you," Abby replied with a small laugh, "Clarke, are you going to show Lexa out…?"

"Oh yeah, right," Clarke said, standing up and walking towards where Lexa was standing.

"Thanks for dinner." Lexa said to Abby.

"Anytime, Lexa." She replied, shaking her head a little as Clarke followed Lexa down the stairs and to the door.

"Text me when you get home?" Clarke asked as Lexa opened the front door.

"I will." Lexa replied with a small smile, placing a soft kiss on Clarke's lips, "goodnight Princess."

Clarke stood and watched as Lexa got into her car and drove away. When she turned back around her mother was standing at the living room door, her eyebrow arched slightly.

"What?" Clarke asked as she closed the door.

"Maybe you should close the door to the den next time." Abby said with a smirk.

"I didn't exactly plan it…" Clarke replied, "It just kind of happened…"

"Looks like we're going to have to set out some ground rules for you two." Abby said, motioning for Clarke to follow her into the living room.

"Ground rules?" Clarke asked as she followed her mom, "Seriously mom, we're not kids."

"I know that," Abby replied as she sat on the sofa next to Jake, "your father and I were talking earlier…"

"Oh great…" Clarke replied as she dropped herself down on one of the chairs.

"We just don't want you rushing into anything and regretting it," Abby said, "we both like Lexa, and it's pretty obvious how you feel about her. We just want you to know, that when the time is right, we have no objections. Just make sure that you're sure about it."

"Well it's not like I can get knocked up right…" Clarke said with a little laugh, causing both her parents to laugh.

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As soon as Lexa got home to the loft apartment she shared with her family, she knew it was going to be a long night. Lincoln and Anya both turned to look at her as she took her jacket off and hung it up.

"So," Anya said as Lexa walked through to the living room area of the open plan apartment, "how was it?"

"Give your sister a chance to sit down Anya." Indra said with a laugh from the kitchen area.

"Thanks mom…" Lexa said with a laugh of her own as she sat sideways on one of the chairs, her legs hanging over the arm, as she looked at the television which was currently showing the latest MMA fight live from Vegas, "why didn't you remind me this was on tonight Lincoln?"

"Because you had more important things to think about." Lincoln replied with a laugh, "you haven't missed much, it's just started."

"Awesome." Lexa replied, reaching over to the table and grabbing a bowl of popcorn that Indra had just put down.

"How's Clarke?" Indra asked as she sat on the sofa with Lincoln and Anya.

"She's good." Lexa replied, not taking her eyes off the television, "oh come on, seriously, even I could've got out of that hold."

Out of the corner of her eye she could see Anya looking at her, her older sister looking like she was going to throw something at her if she didn't spill about the dinner soon.

"Something on your mind there Anya?" she asked with a smile.

"Oh come on Lex," Anya replied, "you just had dinner with your girlfriend's parents, and if this was the other way around you'd be grilling me for information."

"It was good," Lexa said, looking over at her, "they're nice people. Anything else you want to know?"

"Seriously?" Anya said with a dramatic sigh, "that's all you're giving me?"

"Pretty much." Lexa said with a laugh as she turned her attention back to the television.

"What is it that her parents do?" Indra asked.

"Her mom is the head of the ER at the hospital where she works," Lexa replied, knowing that her mom was just curious, "and her dad is an engineer of some kind with a big company, I didn't really ask too many questions…"

"We should probably invite them round," Indra said, thinking out loud, "I mean it's only polite after they invited you round for dinner."

"How about we ask Clarke to come round for game night," Lincoln replied, "I've already asked Bellamy and a few of the others."

Game night was a weekly occurrence in their house, it was a night where Indra would go out with her friends and the kids had the run of the loft. It was usually a night where a football or basketball game was on, and Lincoln, Anya and Lexa would all just hang out.

"Have you talked to Octavia yet?" Lexa asked, looking over at Lincoln.

"That's gotta suck dude," Anya said, patting her brother on the head, "I mean you start crushing on this girl just to find out she's actually crushing on another girl. It's like some really bad romantic comedy without the laughs."

"She's going to come to Ark Station tomorrow so we can talk," Lincoln said to Lexa, completely ignoring what Anya had just said, "I'm not sure that she's made up her mind though."

"Have you ever thought about…" Lexa started to say.

"Don't say threesome, please don't say threesome…" Anya said.

"I was going to say an open relationship," Lexa said, throwing popcorn at her sister, "I seriously wonder if you're actually the eldest here."

"An open relationship might work," Indra said, "I mean, if you think you could deal with that."

"I don't know," Lincoln replied, "I probably could, though I'm not sure if Raven could."

"If you care about Octavia, then you might have to," Lexa said, "I don't envy you with that choice big brother."

As they sat there in a very comfortable silence while watching the fight on the television Lexa's phone started to vibrate in the pocket of her jacket, she had totally forgot to take it out, she had also forgotten to text Clarke. Anya stood up and walked towards the bathroom, passing Lexa's jacket she took the phone out.

"You actually have her as Princess in your phone?" Anya asked as she looked down at the screen.

"Anya…" Lexa said, putting the popcorn down and jumping off the chair, "don't you dare."

She jumped over the sofa, trying to get to her sister before she answered her phone. Anya just smiled at her and hit answer.

"Hey Clarke," she said, as Lexa reached her, putting her hand on Lexa's forehead and holding her off, "yeah, she made it home okay, how was dinner…? And your mom caught you, seriously bad luck…"

"Anya…" Lexa said, sounding like a little kid who wasn't getting their own way.

"Yeah, hold on, Lexa wants to talk to you." Anya laughed a little as she handed Lexa her phone.

"Oh you are so dead…" Lexa said to Anya before putting the phone to her ear and walking into the kitchen area, "hey Clarke…"

"Hey," Clarke replied with a laugh, "you didn't text and I got a little worried."

"Yeah, sorry about that," Lexa said, "got the third degree when I got home, some people are a little too curious for their own good. Do you want to meet up at Ark Station tomorrow? Lincoln is meeting Octavia and I think he may need a little moral support."

"Sure," Clarke replied, "I need to go shopping for some more art supplies in the morning, so I could meet you there afterwards, I think Octavia is coming with me anyway."

"That'd be great…" Lexa said, "what happened with your mom after I left?"

"She mentioned something about ground rules," Clarke replied with a sigh, "then actually didn't set any."

"Ask her about game night." Lincoln called from the living room area.

"Right," Lexa said, "so, every week we have game night, basically it's just an excuse for me, Lincoln and Anya to hang out while mom goes out… anyway, we were wondering if you wanted to come, Lincoln already asked Bellamy and a few of the others if they wanted to come…"

"Sounds like fun." Clarke said.

"Great," Lexa replied with a smile, "I'll fill you in on the rest of it tomorrow…"

She heard Clarke yawning on the other end of the phone.

"Get some sleep and I'll see you tomorrow." Lexa said.

"I'm not tired…" Clarke replied.

"So that wasn't a yawn I heard?" Lexa asked with a little laugh.

"Maybe…" Clarke said with a small laugh of her own, "okay, I'll talk to you tomorrow."

"Sweet dreams." Lexa replied.

"Yeah, sweet dreams Princess." Anya yelled, earning herself a smack round the head from Indra, "ow."

Lexa hung up the phone, laughing as Anya rubbed her head.

"You really are a child sometimes." Lexa said to her sister as she sat back down.

"Oh you love me." Anya said as she smiled.

"Sometimes…" Lexa replied with a nod.