A/N: So, no rating change just yet, but it will be coming soon, it just didn't seem to fit right in this part, as you read it you'll understand. Don't forget to review, it feeds the muse. Read, review and enjoy!

Chapter Seven

After arguing about whether to order pizza or Chinese, they agreed on a compromise and ordered both. Clarke was pretty sure that Octavia would eat most it, that girl had a seemingly never ending apatite.

"Wouldn't it be cool if you could just get a Chinese pizza," Octavia said as she finished what was in her cup, tipping it upside down with a pout, "I'm empty."

Raven and Lincoln exchanged a look, both of them rolling their eyes before Lincoln stood up to get Octavia a refill.

"But what would you put on the pizza," Lexa asked with a smile, finding herself more than a little amused with the drunken Octavia, "you couldn't have noodles on it, that would just make it taste like crap…"

"Please don't encourage her…" Clarke said, realising that her own cup was empty, "you need a refill?"

"No thanks," Lexa replied with a smile, "I don't actually drink that much, not really a big fan of alcohol."

"How can you not be a big fan of alcohol?" Raven asked, having overheard what Lexa said, "it just leaves everyone totally open to what they're thinking."

"It also makes people think they can get into cars and drive." Lexa replied, "I personally like to be in control of what I'm doing, and I like to remember what I've done the next day."

"Only idiots get in cars and drive when they're drunk," Raven said, not noticing Clarke, Octavia, Lincoln and Anya all begging her to shut up with their eyes, "I mean what kind of idiot thinks they can control a car when they can't even walk in a straight line… What…?"

"You really need to learn when to close that pretty mouth of yours Raven…" Octavia said.

"Did I miss something?" Raven asked, looking at Clarke and Lexa.

"Whatever you missed, we missed." Bellamy said, "but things have turned slightly tense in here."

"That would be my fault," Lexa replied with a sigh, "sorry… my ex was killed by a drunk driver 8 months ago. It's why I'm not a fan of alcohol and I'm certainly not letting any of you drive home later. So, car keys on the table."

Raven, Bellamy and Monty all put their keys on the table.

"Lexa, I'm sorry," Raven said honestly, "if I'd have known…"

"It's okay…" Lexa replied, "really…"

Raven nodded a little.

"Still gotta suck though…" Raven said quietly.

"It wasn't the best time of my life." Lexa replied with an uncomfortable laugh, running her hand through her hair.

"How about we talk about something else." Clarke said, knowing that Lexa wasn't really comfortable talking about Costia.

"I think I'd like to have crispy duck on a Chinese pizza…" Octavia said seriously, causing everyone to laugh.

Clarke looked back at Lexa as the conversation picked up again.

"You okay?" she asked quietly.

Lexa just nodded in reply, Clarke could tell from that action alone that she wasn't okay.

"Want to help me refill my drink?" the blonde asked.

As Clarke stood up, Lexa followed, both of them walking through to the kitchen area.

"You know," Clarke said, as she grabbed herself another beer, deciding it was probably safer than whatever Jasper had created this time, "as you've just taken the keys from my designated driver, I have no way of getting home…"

"I think everyone was planning on crashing here anyway…" Lexa replied, leaning against the kitchen unit with her arms folded across her stomach, her attention obviously elsewhere.

"What time is your mom getting back?" Clarke asked.

"Tomorrow morning probably," Lexa replied, her eyes still focused on a point on the floor, "her and her friends tend to party pretty hard, and she doesn't like us seeing her that wasted. She thinks it sets a bad example."

"Bet she has no idea how much drinking is going on here tonight then." The blonde said with a laugh.

"Probably not…" Lexa said.

"Hey…" Clarke said, putting her drink down on the side and moving to stand in front of Lexa.

"Sorry…" Lexa replied, shaking her head a little, before putting her hands on Clarke's hips, pulling her closer, "it's just… it's still difficult to talk about…"

Clarke put her arms over Lexa's shoulders, her hands meeting behind the girl's neck.

"You never have to be sorry about that," she said, "you know that right…"

"It's just weird…" Lexa said with a sigh, "missing her while you're standing right here…"

"You're always going to miss her Lex," Clarke said with a soft smile, "it's only natural, and there's no way I can replace what you had with her, I know that…"

"I'm not asking you to…" Lexa replied, "what I have with you is different… she would've liked you, you know…"

"You think?" Clarke asked.

"Yeah…" Lexa said with a little nod, "she'd have kicked your ass about your lack of confidence with your art though…"

"Did she like art?" Clarke asked.

"She loved it," Lexa replied with a smile, "I actually have one of her pieces in my room… you wanna see it?"

"Sure." The blonde girl replied with a small smile as Lexa softly kissed her.

Lexa took Clarke's hand and lead her in the direction of her bedroom.

"And just where do you think you're going?" Anya asked.

"Just going to show Clarke the painting…" Lexa replied, "we'll be back out in a minute."

"Sure you will." Octavia said with a laugh.

As she opened the door to her room and hit the light switch, Lexa turned to Clarke.

"You'll have to excuse the mess…" she said.

"What mess?" Clarke asked, looking around the room.

There was a pair of jeans on the floor and a couple of books on the floor near the bed, other than that there wasn't a thing out of place. She noticed that Lexa's room was pretty empty. Other than a big old style four-poster bed, a large window seat next to the massive window on one side of the room, a huge bookcase, a desk and a walk-in wardrobe, there was nothing. On the wall she caught sight of the painting that Lexa had been talking about. It was a forest scene, amazing shades of green, moonlight coming in through the gaps in the branches and bright blue butterflies flying around that just seemed to glow.

"Wow…" Clarke said as she walked over to it, "this is amazing…"

"She painted it for my 18th…" Lexa replied, walking over to where Clarke was standing, putting her arms around the blonde's waist from behind, resting her chin on Clarke's shoulder, "I actually had no idea she was doing it, which was odd cause she could never keep anything from me…"

"When was your 18th," Clarke asked, really curious about the answer, "I mean, if she painted this for your 18th and… well that was 8 months ago…"

"Her parents gave it to me…" Lexa said, swallowing hard, "she had left it in their loft after she'd finished it. It was only my birthday 3 months ago…"

"That must have been weird…" Clarke replied, her eyes still locked on the painting in front of her.

"Yeah…" Lexa said, "it was. She'd already written out the card to go with it… It was the strangest feeling in the world… Her mom said that maybe Costia knew she wouldn't be here… I don't know…"

"Do you still talk to her parents?" Clarke asked.

"I do…" Lexa said, Clarke knew she was smiling a little, "and her brother… I don't talk to her sister that much though, it's too… it's hard."

"Why?" Clarke asked, turning her head a little to look at Lexa.

"They were identical twins…" Lexa replied, "perfectly identical… it's just too hard for me to look at her and see Costia… She gets it though, we write and email but we never talk…"

"Shit that's tough…" Clarke said quietly.

"You're telling me…" Lexa said with a little laugh, "her mom actually mentioned something about them coming out here soon, they haven't been away as a family since… and my mom was always really close to them, so you might actually get to meet them. All of them…"

"You think you can deal with that?" Clarke asked.

"If you're with me, yes." Lexa replied honestly.

"I'm not going anywhere Lexa," Clarke said, "I promise…"

She slowly turned to face the other girl, Lexa not moving her arms from around her waist. Clarke's heart was pounding in her chest as she noticed Lexa's gaze flick down to her lips before moving back to her eyes. She noticed that Lexa's eyes seemed darker. Slowly she closed the distance between them. The kiss was soft to start with, Lexa running her tongue over Clarke's lower lip, requesting access, access which Clarke gladly gave her. The kiss deepened, yet it was still slow. Clarke was pretty sure she had never felt the way she did when she was kissing Lexa, with anyone else. There was just something different about her. About them together. She nearly came undone on the spot as Lexa moaned into her mouth a little, before backing away. Resting her forehead against Clarke's as she tried to catch her breath.

"We should get back out there…" Lexa said quietly, "food will be here soon…"

"I'm suddenly not hungry…" Clarke replied with a small smile.

"I know the feeling," Lexa said with a smile of her own, "but you have been drinking, if you don't eat something then you'll probably feel really shit in the morning…"

"Where am I sleeping by the way?" Clarke asked as Lexa took her hand and walked them both back towards the door.

"If you have to ask that then you really don't know me at all…" Lexa said, leaning in to kiss Clarke softly, before she moved to open the door.

As she opened the door Octavia and Raven both fell inside the room, landing in a heap on the floor.

"Something we can help you with?" Lexa asked as Clarke fought to stop the laugh from escaping her.

"Food's here…" Octavia said as she and Raven stood up.

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Raven and Octavia had already made their way to the spare room, Bellamy, Monty and Jasper were getting ready to sleep in the living room area. Anya had already gone to bed as she didn't want to make too much of an ass of herself while she was drunk. Lincoln was grabbing the spare blankets and sleeping bags for the boys as Clarke and Lexa were in the kitchen area.

"Might want to drink this before we go to bed…" Lexa said, handing Clarke a glass of water.

"I didn't drink that much." Clarke replied, taking the glass from Lexa, their fingers brushing a little as she did.

"Better to be safe rather than sorry," Lexa replied with a laugh, "I do not want to deal with a hung-over you in the morning…"

"I'm usually a terrible morning person anyway." Clarke said with a laugh of her own.

"Great…" Lexa said sarcastically.

"You're not usually that bad," Bellamy said as he walked in to get himself a glass of water, "I've seen worse."

"When did you see Clarke first thing in the morning?" Lexa asked, looking between the two.

"Wow," Bellamy said as he looked from Lexa to Clarke, "remind me not to get on the wrong side of your girl, Princess, that's one scary look… and before you grab a knife and gut me open, it wasn't like that. Everyone spent the night at my house, it was O's birthday."

"That was the night where O was so drunk she ended up sleeping in the bathtub right?" Clarke asked with a laugh.

"Oh god really?" Lexa asked with a laugh.

"I still have the pictures on my phone…" Clarke said, "let me grab it and I'll show you."

"Did you text your mom yet Clarke?" Bellamy asked.

"Oh shit…" Clarke replied, rushing over to get her phone.

"Abby is officially going to kill me." Lexa said.

"It's not like it's that late…" Bellamy said, "I think you'll be okay."

"Bellamy," Lexa said, "it's nearly 3am."

"Oh wow," the boy said with a laugh, "yep, you're so dead. And she's a doctor, she could poison you and no one would ever know it."

"Remind me not to eat anything next time I go over there." Lexa replied with a laugh of her own as Clarke walked back over to them.

"Yes, mom… I know," Clarke said talking to her mother, rolling her eyes at Lexa, which caused the other girl to laugh, "I'm sorry, I know… everyone is staying over, as everyone was drinking… what? Why is that important… no, Lexa's not drunk… don't worry mom, seriously… yes, I'll see you tomorrow… night mom…"

Clarke hung up and let out a very dramatic sigh.

"Lecture?" Bellamy asked.

"Lecture." Clarke replied with a nod, "I said I'd text them if I was staying out…"

"Why did she ask if I was drunk?" Lexa asked, noticing Clarke blush a little, "never mind…"

Lincoln walked back through with the blankets and sleeping bags for the boys.

"This should be enough," Lincoln said, dumping everything on the floor, "it doesn't get that cold in here."

"Thanks dude." Bellamy said as he walked over to the pile, throwing things at Monty and Jasper, "here you go drunkards, get some sleep."

"Night guys…" Lexa said, as she took Clarke's hand.

"You two try and keep the noise down." Bellamy said with a laugh.

"Seriously Blake, you're as bad as my mother." Clarke said with a laugh as she and Lexa walked towards Lexa's room.

As Lexa opened the door to her room, Raven stuck her head out of the room she was sharing with Octavia.

"Remember to close the door this time Princess…" she said with a smirk, ducking back into the room before either Lexa or Clarke could hit her.

Clarke shook her head as Lexa closed the door, she could hear Raven and Octavia both laughing.

"Let me find you something to sleep in…" Lexa said as she walked over to her wardrobe.

Clarke sat on the end of the bed as Lexa tried to find something for her to sleep in. Falling back on the bed she finally noticed the ceiling of the room. Small tiny lights that looked like stars.

"You really have a thing for stars don't you…" she said as Lexa came back carrying a t-shirt and shorts for Clarke.

"Would you believe it actually helps me sleep…" Lexa said, handing Clarke the clothes, "door there leads to my bathroom…"

Clarke groaned as she sat up, really not wanting to move. Lexa took her hand and pulled her up so she was standing, swallowing hard as she hadn't considered how close they would end up with that one movement.

"Hey…" Clarke said, with a small smile.

"Hey…" Lexa replied with a smile of her own, "I need to say something before anything happens here…"

"You don't need to say it Lexa…" Clarke said, kissing her softly, "I don't think either of us are really ready to take it there yet…"

Lexa nodded, letting out the breath she was holding.

"I wish someone would tell my body that…" Lexa said with a laugh, "but I don't want to rush this with you… I want it to be special, and I really don't want a house full of people when it does happen."

"Afraid you won't be able to keep quiet?" Clarke asked with a smirk.

"Oh it was you I was worried about." Lexa replied with a laugh, placing a soft kiss on Clarke's lips, "go get changed, I want to sleep…"

Clarke laughed as she walked through to the bathroom. It wasn't long before Clarke was finished getting changed and made her way back into the bedroom. Lexa was already changed and sitting on the bed, her hair hanging loose as she sat looking down at her phone.

"Which side of the bed do you want?" Lexa asked, putting her phone back down on the bedside table as she heard Clarke walk into the room.

"Either is fine…" Clarke replied.

Lex stood up and pulled the duvet back, climbing into bed she motioned for Clarke to join her, Clarke didn't need telling twice. She felt like her heart was going to burst right out of her chest as Lexa moved closer to her, putting her head on her shoulder as she drew little patterns on her stomach.

"I never pictured myself being like this with anyone again…" Lexa said quietly, so quietly that Clarke almost missed it, "but it just feels right with you…"

Clarke didn't know what to say, so she just held Lexa closer to her and softly kissed her on her head.

"Goodnight Princess…" Lexa said sleepily.

"Sweet dreams…" Clarke replied as they both drifted off to sleep.