Here's a short chapter! It's a little on the bleh side but it's a little bit inside Clarke's head as a med student and we get a little bit of Clarke being a comforting girlfriend. I will hopefully have another chapter out tomorrow as well!
As always, enjoy and please review! :)
Chapter 5: Clarke's Hibernating Habits
This was it. My final written exam. I have been working my ass off for years for this. The midterm was coming up. Just one week. After this test, I would go full as an intern at the Lenox Hill Hospital, where my mother was head surgeon. I was in my final year of med school, and I was so close. And I was studying hardcore. I was wrapped in my fleece throw blanket in the study, swirling slightly in Lexa's very comfy leather chair, with notebooks, textbooks, and dozens of pens and pencils scattered all over the big oak desk. The overhead light off, lamp on. I spent every waking moment that I wasn't at the hospital studying when it came to studying for tests. Lexa called it "hibernating." She said the term even fit because I was a bear when it came to getting me to do anything. According to Octavia I was moody as hell, which I'm not. I might be a bit grumpy, but not moody. And Lexa would hesitate when I asked her if I was. I love that my girlfriend and friend have become besties, don't get me wrong, but I hate it as well especially when they gang up on me. At least I always have Raven on my side.
"Clarke, I'm home!" Lexa's voice startled me. I glanced at the clock, not realizing that I've been studying for several hours. I smiled, when Lexa poked her head into the study. She frowned slightly, seeing me in the same position I was in when she left around noon. "Have you eaten at all today?" her frown deepened when I shook my head sheepishly. She sighed. "Klark, you need to take care of yourself."
She walked away, presumably to make dinner. I tossed the blanket off of me and followed her briskly. "Lex!" I felt bad, I know she worries when I hole up and forget about my bodily needs.
She shook her head, yanking a pan from the cabinet with such force that they all tumbled out. She sighed in frustration, running a hand through her hair. I studied her face, she was upset that much was clear. But I doubted it was because I forgot to eaten. "Lex." I rubbed my hands up and down her arms. "Go sit, I'll make dinner?"
"What about your hibernation habits?"
I fought a grin. "I've studied enough for one day, ai hodnes. Go, you've been working all day honey."
She nodded numbly, socked feet dragging on the floor as she left the room. I shuddered, filling the pot with water as I wondered what got her so upset. Once the water was boiling, I broke some spaghetti up and tossed it in the water. Absentmindedly, I finished preparing the dinner. I made up our plates and headed to the living room, where Lexa was curled up on the couch. I gently sat next to her, rubbing her back, and she took her food with just a ghost a smile.
My hibernating habits were forgotten.