Lexa unlocked the door to Clarke's apartment after a long day of work and immediately headed upstairs to Clarke's bedroom to change out of her work clothes and have a quick shower. It had been a long couple of days and all she wanted to do before the crazy weekend that was fast approaching was cook dinner and hopefully get to eat it with her girlfriend.
When she came back downstairs she turned the stereo on and picked the play list she wanted. Walking into the kitchen she sorted through the bag of groceries she had brought with her. It had been to long since she had been able to cook a nice dinner that consisted of more than warmed up left overs and macaroni and cheese. Not that there was anything wrong with a little kraft dinner. Instead she opted to make a nice pasta dinner with her special rose sauce.
An hour later she was so consumed with cooking that she hadn't heard the door open. "I got sunshine, on a cloudy day. When it's cold outside I got the month May. I guess you say what can make me feel this way. My girl." She continued to sing without turning around.
"Holy shit!" She jumped once she saw Costia suddenly standing on the other side of the kitchen counter. Grabbing the remote she turned the stereo down. "I'm sorry I keep forgetting you're staying with Clarke."
Costia could only laugh. "It's fine, interesting way to end a day though. It's only after staying with Clarke that I've realized how crazy you two are."
"She's been singing around the house after hasn't she?"
"I don't think she's ever stopped. I swear every time I walk in the door and she's here, she's singing. Which isn't that often but still, every time."
Lexa smiled. "She does that a lot."
Costia nodded. "Look at you being all domestic though."
"She's had a long week, I figured she needed a proper meal." Lexa held up the bottle of wine to Costia but the woman shook her head no.
"I've been telling her that but like you she doesn't listen and no thanks I just came in to change. I have a dinner meeting that I'm actually going to go and get ready for."
xoxo
Not long after Costia went upstairs Lexa felt arms wrap around her waist. "As pretty as you are you know you could have been a flower." Lexa sang as she leaned her head back to kiss her girlfriend.
"If good looks was a minute, you know that you could be an hour." Clarke sang back as Lexa set the spoon down and turned around.
"The way you stole my heart you know you could have been a cool crook. And baby you're so smart, you know you could have been a school book." They danced around the kitchen for a couple minutes before Lexa stopped to stir her sauce.
"I'm going to go change, I'll be back." Clarke winked before tapping Lexa's butt with a laugh.
Twenty minutes later Clarke came back downstairs, freshly showered and in a pair of sweat pants.
"I know you wanna leave me, but I refuse to let you go. If I have to beg, plead for your sympathy I don't mind 'cause you mean that much to me. Ain't to proud to beg."
Clarke could only shake her head as she sat on the counter and watched Lexa finish cooking. "You should really stick to rapping."
They heard a laugh coming from down the hall. "Yeah and you should definitely leave the singing to Clarke."
Clarke laughed with a nod as she gave Costia a high-five. "Rude. This is to awkward for me, maybe I should leave and let you two have dinner." Lexa joked as she sipped on her glass of wine.
"Bye babe." Clarke laughed before the song changed and both women started singing. "Cause you make me feel so brand newwww. I want to spend my life with youuuu."
"Nope I'll definitely be the one leaving because I have no idea what you two are singing. Octavia is right, you two should have been in one of those cheesy rom-coms of the 90's. I'll see you kids later, don't have to much fun." With that Costia left.
"What's with the look on your face?" Clarke asked as Lexa poured her a glass on wine.
"She has a crush on you."
Clarke shook her head. "Who? Costia? No, last time I checked she was your ex."
"Maybe so but she definitely has a crush on you. Now I see what you were talking about way back when."
Clarke rolled her eyes. "You're crazy."
"She told you she thinks you look hot in a lab coat."
"She was kidding." Lexa shook her head no. "She wasn't kidding."
"Nope, she meant it but I can't blame her, you do look hot in your scrubs and lab coat."
"Whatever, is dinner ready yet?"
Lexa laughed." Always so impatient my love but yes, dinner is ready."
"I should have given you a key a long time ago, if I'm going to come home to dinner."
"God I forgot how cute you can be." Lexa grinned and kissed Clarke on the forehead.
XOXOLater that night Lexa heard the door open and close quietly. She was lying on the couch with a sleeping Clarke in her lap. A minute later the light in the kitchen turned on.
"Hey sorry, I figured you two would be asleep by now."
"It's okay, she's out like a light."
Costia smiled as she got a bottle of water out of the fridge as Lexa gently got off the couch without waking the blonde. "I always thought you were the worst sleeper, until I met her."
"She's never slept much. Just got to put on a horror movie, let her get comfortable and she's out. Good thing is, she sleeps like the dead." Lexa smiled as she looked over her shoulder at a still sleeping Clarke.
"I've never seen you this happy, I like it." Costia admitted as she watched Lexa look over Clarke.
"Thank you, I appreciate that and I hope this isn't to hard for you."
Costia shook her head. "Not at all. You're both with the people you should be with and I think we're all happier because of it. I know me staying here is awkward and weird but it does beat a hotel room."
"It is, but that's Clarke. I'm actually surprised she doesn't have twenty stray cats and fifteen homeless puppies running around here."
"Are you calling me a homeless puppy?"
Lexa laughed quietly. "No, you're more of a stray cat but even if I really didn't like it there's no stopping her once she sets her mind to something."
"I've seen that about her. I've been at the hospital a lot because of work, she's incredible at what she does and everyone seems to respect her."
"She has that affect on people. You know she made the company charities almost two million dollars." Costia's eyes widened slightly. "Yeah but I should go take Cinderella to bed, have a good night. And Costia?" The woman looked up at her. "Thank you for seeing what I didn't want to."
XOXO"Why is it you have to use my place for your birthday?" Clarke asked as she and Lincoln tried to spread the balloons around the apartment while Octavia sat on the counter eating nachos.
"We always have your birthday at my place so that you don't have to clean up. Same rules apply."
"Fine." Clarke huffed. "But Linc has to clean."
"Deal."
"Hey!" They heard him yell from across the room as he threw his hands up in the air while shaking his head.
"Woah, balloons." Costia said as she opened the front door to see the apartment unexpectedly full.
Octavia laughed at seeing the other woman jump slightly. "It's this ones birthday. Sorry I forgot to warn you." Clarke rolled her eyes.
"Happy birthday Octavia. I won't be here long, I just need to change."
"You should come out tonight. All you've been doing is working. Plus I don't think you've really gotten to experience New York. I mean I know you and Clarke went shopping the other day but that hardly counts." Clarke wasn't sure that the words hadn't come out of her own mouth but judging by the expression on Costia's face the words had definitely come from Octavia.
"Um," Costia was still in shock."
"I insist plus it's my birthday. I get whatever I want!"
"And what you want is to go to a club we haven't been to in ages! Aren't we to old for that?"
Octavia shook her head. "Negative, you're too old but I'm only 28, still in my prime. Besides it's been forever and I want to go dancing like we used to post breakup when I got crazy Clarke."
"Crazy Clarke?" Costia dared to ask.
"Don't go there, it was a rough time. Let's just say I didn't sleep much because there was a lot of 4 a.m. drunk calls to pick these two up."
"It was a great time! I had always known Clarke to be in a relationship. I had heard many stories of crazy Griffin but never witnessed her until I did and it was magicial." Octavia smiled with complete sincerity.
"I'm not sure I'll be able to keep up then." Costia admittedly honestly. She had heard stories of crazy Clarke but never had she seen any proof. She had always figured it was Anya and Echo talking the blonde woman up.
"We'll teach you, don't worry. No more work for you tonight." Octavia grinned as she sipped from the champagne bottle that was in her hand. "When are my other bitches getting here?" Both Clarke and Lincoln gave each other matching looks as they shook their heads.
XOXO"It's about time you bitches showed up! Where's Echo?" Octavia questioned as she was engulfed in hugs by Raven and Anya.
"So I'm just useless now that they're here?" Lexa questioned as she walked through the door, with suitcases in either hand.
"No you're a very good mule." Octavia grinned.
"Leave my girlfriend alone." Clarke said nonchalantly as she moved forward to help Lexa.
She was mid-kiss when she felt someone pull on her arm. "The fuck did you just say Griff?"
Clarke shook her head at her best friend. "What?"
"What nothing, the fuck did you just call her." Anya pointed towards her best friend who had finally set the suitcases down.
"I think they're referring to the fact you called me your girlfriend my love."
"Oh that." Clarke started to blush slightly. "It just came out."
"You guys are late to the party, that happened like a week ago and they haven't shut up about it ever since."
Anya looked royally pissed off, so pissed off that it made Costia almost want to walk back up the stairs she had just walked down. "It happened a week ago and I didn't get a phone call, a text, not even a damn email? Lexa you may be a world class CEO but that will not stop me from beating the shit out of you like we're five years old again."
"Please don't hurt her, at least not today." Clarke grinned as she finally gave Anya a hug.
"She's dead to me." Anya tried not to laugh. "But I'm glad you two have finally made things official."
"Great now that that's out of the way and half the gang is here, would you all shut up and drink so that I'm not the only one that's drunk?"
XOXOClarke had somehow convinced Octavia that they should all have dinner before getting completely intoxicated. The only issue was that dinner ended hours ago and everyone was certainly starting to feel the drinks Raven and Clarke had been making.
"I didn't realize how good you were at this." Lexa grinned as she kissed Clarke's shoulder while she made Anya another shot.
"I had a lot of practice plus I love science, it's a good mix."
Lexa shook her head as Clarke handed her and Anya shots. "I thought this was just for her? Are you trying to take advantage of me Griffin."
"You wish Callaway. I just know you're going to need to be extremely drunk to be where we're going."
Before Lexa could ask if she should be scared the doorbell rang and Clarke went off to answer it. Coming back into the kitchen a few minutes later with a bunch of burley guys.
"Where's our little trouble maker?" Ryder grinned as she looked around Clarke's apartment for Octavia.
"My boys!" Octavia screamed from the second floor balcony of Clarke's apartment that over looked the living room. A minute later she was running down the stairs and jumping into Ryder's hug.
"Ladies, the boys, boys, the ladies."
"Hi there boys, Raven Reyes, the only single one of these ladies. Nice to see you all again."
Costia shook her head and threw her hand in the air. "I'm single too."
"Yeah except you prefer a different menu." Thinking about it for a minute Costia nodded her head before going back to sipping on her drink. "I take it you all work together?"
"Yes we do, it's nice to meet you Raven, I'm Leo and if memory serves me right, you're the princess's best friend? I don't believe we've met before." He moved closer to her and took her hand before kissing the back of it.
"Smart man, that is correct and no I don't think we have."
"Keep it in your pants Ray Rey." Clarke shook her head from the kitchen as she started to make another round of shots. "Where are our other ladies? I haven't seen them in forever." Clarke pouted.
"Not to worry my friend. Emori is meeting us there and Niylah is working so she'll be there and I think Kelly is going to try and stop by."
The boys all groaned at Octavia's statement. "Does this mean we're going to be carrying you all home again?" Ryder asked with a hint of a smile on his face.
"Damn what did I miss Griffster?" Lexa asked as she put her arm around her girlfriends shoulder.
Clarke and Octavia shared a look before laughing. "A lot but we promise to behave tonight." The house erupted in laughter. "Okay we promise to try to, it's been awhile. I can't remember the last time we all went out like this, add in these crazy party animals and I'll need to have us all hooked up to IV's in the morning."
"Who's Niylah?" Costia asked, the name sparking some interest.
Octavia let out a loud laugh and only partially because she was getting drunk. "One of my best friends growing up and Clarke's dime piece."
"I'm sorry, Clarke's what?" Anya asked.
"You don't know what a dime piece is?" Raven responded with the shake of her head. "Here I thought you were some cool bad ass cop."
"I know what a dime piece is, why's the supposed hottie Clarke's dime piece is what I want to know?"
"Where's my uber?" Octavia shouted, interrupting before anyone else could speak.
Lexa shook her head. She really wanted to know about this mysterious Niylah but it was Octavia's day after all. "Do you really think I'd let you take an uber on your birthday?"
Octavia raised an eyebrow causing Lexa to laugh. "Okay, yeah I would but my mother wouldn't so the limo is already waiting downstairs."
"This is going to be awesome!" Octavia yelled as she grabbed her coat and smiled at Lincoln before heading towards the door. "Let's move people, I need to get my dance on!"
Five minutes later Clarke was locking her door as everyone else was waiting downstairs. "So how many times have you two hooked up?"
"What?" Clarke asked as she turned to find Anya leaning against the wall next to her.
"How many times Griffin."
Clarke shook her head with a laugh. "A few, I had my share of fun. I was in a relationship for a long time, I had a lot to get out of my system. Especially after I found out she was with Costia."
"I better approve." Anya laughed as they got closer to the limo.
"Of which one?" Clarke grinned before getting into the limo, leaving Anya standing outside for a moment shaking her head,
"What did I miss." She asked once she finally got into the limo.
"A lot." Raven joked, having an idea of what the two women had been talking about.
"I don't want to know, do I?"
"Probably not baby." Clarke grinned as she kissed Lexa's cheek.
"Woah, hold on." Everyone looked up at Raven who was looking at something on her phone. "You two are dating but you aren't facebook friends and you don't even follow each other on instagram."
Both Lexa and Clarke laughed. In truth they hadn't really thought about it since they spent quite a bit of time together. "Those are the things that concern you?" Clarke rolled her eyes at her best friend before taking out her phone. "Happy now?" Clarke showed her phone to Raven.
"Yes."
"Good, now can we party?" Octavia asked from the other side of the limo.
"Let's do this!" Clarke grinned.
XOXO"The line is huge, please tell me we're on the guestlist." Raven grumbled between Ryder and Leo.
Octavia grinned. "We don't need a guestlist. Clarke, do you."
Letting go of Lexa's hand Clarke moved around to the front of the line. "So are you guys just letting anyone in here nowadays?"
Lexa was about to make a comment about the look on the bouncers face until he smiled. "Clarke." He grinned as he picked her up. "It's been to long. How's the doctor stuff going?"
"Oh you know, bloody." They both laughed as he opened undid the chain. "It's Octavia's birthday, Niylah here?"
"You know it, go on in." She thanked him before taking Octavia's hand and walking in. "You're all with Clarke?" He asked looking at Lexa and Anya who both nodded. "Right this way then."
"We sure missed a lot." Anya whispered to Lexa as they made their way into the club as the loud house music took over.
Following the guys through the hall the room finally opened up to a giant dance floor, the walls were lined with bars where the bartenders wore all black, barely there outfits but even Anya had to admit they looked good and not trashy. The music wasn't exactly their scene but it looked like everyone else was enjoying themselves. "Looks like we're getting the VIP treatment." Raven laughed as she put her arms around Anya and Lexa and led them towards the booths that the boys were now sitting at.
"Where did those crazy kids get off to?" Anya asked as they looked around the crowded club for Octavia and Clarke.
"By the bar." Ryder pointed out causing everyone to look try and follow his pointed finger.
Lexa smiled as she saw what looked like Clarke, Octavia and Costia taking shots with a couple of the bartenders. "What have I missed in the last few years?" Lexa asked Raven as they sat down on the couch.
"She worked her for a little bit. She had to keep herself busy and I think eventually she got to really enjoy it so she stayed." Lexa nodded in understanding.
"Come on, lets go dance."
Lexa nodded at Raven and nodded for Anya to come with them. "Damn you're girlfriend is hot." Anya spoke into Lexa's ear, barely audible over the music.
"Everyone else seems to think so too." Lexa smiled as they made their way through the crowd to where Raven had spotted the other ladies dancing. When they got close enough Lexa had to shake her head and focus her eyes. Her ex-fiance was dancing mighty close with her girlfriend. Hands were in the air and hips were moving in rhythm with the music. Even though she didn't want to admit it, Lexa was a little jealous, even though she knew she shouldn't be.
Moving closer she saw the blonde smile at her and give her an eager expression. Reaching a hand out to her, one that Lexa gladly accepted. As Clarke pulled her forward a taller woman, brought them over shots and handed one to each of them. They all held the glasses up before taking the shot and setting them on a nearby table. The woman gave Clarke a hug before they kissed each others cheeks and in that moment Lexa knew who this mystery woman was.
"Babe, this is Niylah." She heard Clarke speak into her ear, breaking her from her trance. All Lexa could do was smile and even then she wasn't sure the woman had seen it with the strobe lights going.
As if on cue as the bass dropped, Clarke, Octavia, Costia, Niylah and even Raven started pumping their fists in the air.
XOXOFifteen minutes later they were all sitting back on the couch in their VIP booth when Niylah walked over with another tray of drinks. Setting the tray down she started dancing with Octavia before turning her attention towards Clarke. With a smirk the blonde got up off the couch and started dancing. It didn't take long for Octavia to drag them back out onto the dance floor.
"Am I sensing a little jealousy?" Anya joked as she nudged her best friend.
"Hmm? No, I'm never jealous."
Anya raised an eyebrow. "Except that you are right now."
"She's just mesmerizing." Lexa spoke softly as her eyes connected with her girlfriends across the room. "I don't deserve her."
"Go get your girl Commander and show this place how to really dance." Smiling Lexa stood up and made her way through the crowd. Once she got close enough Clarke moved away from the other ladies and wrapped an arm around Lexa's neck.
"I love you." Clarke slurred with a smile on her face.
"I love you too."
XOXOThe limo ride home had been entertaining but once they got back to Clarke's the boys all decided to head home, leaving the ladies alone to have their own after party.
"Give the person to your right a lap dance." Raven read the playing card of the drinking game they were playing out loud for Costia.
Looking next to her Costia smiled at Clarke. "Are you sure?"
"Rules are rules." Clarke grinned.
Chugging the rest of her drink, as if she wasn't already drunk enough Costia put a hand on Clarke's shoulder before gyrating her hips over the blonde. The dance lasted almost a full song until the chorus of laughter started.
Ten minutes later Lexa was standing in the kitchen grabbing the ice cream cake out of the freezer when she turned around to see Costia sitting on the counter behind her. "Don't even try and tell me to get off the counter." She grinned as she sipped her drink.
"You're having fun."
"I get it now. Why you missed her so much, it was never the same. You're all different around her and I completely get why."
"Does she know you have a crush on her?" Lexa asked, a smile still on her face.
Costia shook her head. "How did you know?" Lexa raised an eyebrow. "Fair but no and it's completely innocent I promise but she's an amazing person. I'm sorry I could never see that before. You two are meant to be though, the way you look at each other is electric, don't fuck it up or I'll have to come in for the steal." Costia winked which only made Lexa roll her eyes.
"Whatever, grab some forks."
XOXO
They had destroyed Octavia's ice cream cake. Following tradition they ate each dug in with their own forks, never bothering to cut the cake up. It was clear they were all extremely intoxicated and maybe that's what led to Lexa dancing on Clarke's lap.
Her hips rolled with the beat and the way her eyes connected with Clarke's. She let her hands drag up and down Clarke's legs as the blonde rested her arms on Lexa's shoulders. "Would you two get a room." Lexa looked over at her best friend as if to ask her why the fuck she had interrupted her. "We all know you can dance Commander."
"Actually I didn't know she could do that." Costia laughed as she sat back on the couch.
"Where do you think the birthday lap dance tradition started." Octavia joked. "But I am officially to drunk to function so I'm going to bed! G'night my beautiful people."
XOXO"I hate that there are so many people asleep in my house right now." Clarke husked into Lexa's ear as they stood in Clarke's bathroom brushing their teeth.
"Mm, and why's that?"
"Because you're incredibly hot when you get jealous."
Lexa shook her head. "I wasn't jealous."
Clarke gave her a look. "Yes you were, but it's okay because at the end of the day it's you and only you that's in my bed. No one has anything on you baby."
"I believe that's the other way around but I can't help it, Octavia was right, Niylah is attractive."
"Her and I are friends and were just friends who had some fun." Clarke ran her fingertips along Lexa's stomach under her shirt before they made their way back into Clarke's room.
Lexa nodded before Clarke pushed her down onto the bed and straddled her lap. Kissing her neck she smiled before getting up and grabbing her phone. She hit the play button and quietly started playing a song she knew Lexa loved. "My turn." Clarke grinned as she took her shirt off and threw it across the room before she started dancing in front of her girlfriend. Lexa's breath hitched as Clarke ground her hips down on top of Lexa who was leaning back on the bed on her forearms. It didn't take much longer for Clarke to lose her pants. Her hips still moved with the beat as she sat down on Lexa's lap and started kissing up and down her neck. She softly bit the brunette's ear lobe as she body rolled from where she sat on her lap.
Lexa's hands made their way to Clarke's hips and with one final move she rolled them both over. Leaning back slightly she pulled her shirt over her head and tossed it on the floor with Clarke's.
"I hope you know as soon as we aren't in a house full of people you are all mine Griffin."
Clarke grinned devilishly. "I look forward to it, now take these off and come cuddle." She said, referring to the pants Lexa was still wearing.
"Whatever you want pretty girl."
TBC…