A/N #1: Well this took forever...life really kinda gave me a big middle finger lately but yeah I wont bore you with that. I will try and finish the last chapter soon.
Chapter Eighteen – Get Back Up
Chloe
Chloe had never felt this good! Her first performance post nodes removal was by far the best performance she had ever been a part of, yes Lexa was in the spotlight but that was kind of what the Bellas needed, the chance to work as a team on the same level and let someone lead them through it. Being a unit focused on one goal and being there to help someone important to them all through a hard point in their life, that is what it means to be sisters. Lexa had gotten Clarke back, granted Clarke showed up just to try and get her back too but that's beside the point, and she had gotten back Beca.
The "After Party" was great. They danced and sang and had just a fun time mixing the two friend groups together. It was natural and she had never been happier. Beca spent the whole evening hanging on her (no complaints at all) and when Chloe heard that Lexa was staying with Clarke that night she about drug Beca back to her dorm right then. But she kept her cool and waited it out. Sure she and Beca had done some…stuff…and it was all fantastic, but they hadn't fully given themselves over to the other yet. Chloe for one was totes ready for it, she loved Beca and she wanted no one but Beca to be with her. Right now though was about Lexa and Clarke and Chloe could wait until after this whole thing to have Beca…okay so she could wait another couple hours but then she was going for it.
The whole group had basically taken over the main dance floor and the Bellas were requesting songs right and left. Beca hadn't danced with anyone else and Chloe wouldn't let her if she tried either, so that would be why when Stacie and Aubrey came to try and break them apart it failed epically and ended with Chloe and Beca making out on the dance floor. Lexa and Clarke had found their place by their sides dancing away the night wrapped in each other's arms and holding on for dear life. Eventually people from their group had started to file out in pairs or sets of fours.
Raven, Anya, Octavia, and Lincoln had all said goodbye to Clarke and Lexa and Clarke's two best friends finally shared their part in the plan with her, earning themselves each a glare. Stacie forcibly pulled Aubrey out the door when she heard that Chloe wasn't going back to the Bellas house tonight. Cynthia Rose, Lily, Denise, and Amy all filed out after a couple hours, with an unknown guy and girl following them. Bellamy showed up next to Clarke to say goodbye followed by Ontari and some guy named Roan who was hanging on both of them sexually (those three looked like they were planning a fun night). Jessica and Ashley finally got too tired to stand anymore and made their exit followed closely by Nate and Bryan who had shown up at Beca's request. Samm and Cam made their exit after Samm and Lexa did some crazy handshake thing, Murphy and Emori weren't far behind them. Jasper, Maya, Harper, Monty, Monroe, and Drew all headed out together as well. Basically it was down to just the four of them and Chloe was more than ready to get Beca alone for at least an hour, but she was going to beg for longer.
After making sure Lexa and Clarke were really going to be okay for the night and will forever basically, Beca had agreed to take Chloe home. The second that Beca locked her dorm room door behind her they pounced on each other. Chloe couldn't tell which one of them stepped in first, it happened to fast. But their kiss was passionate and slow, conveying all of their emotions and feelings for each other. Chloe's hands found purchase on Beca's shoulders and moved up her neck to cup her face and thread her fingers through her hair. Beca was gripping into her waist on either side then her fingers started to slowly track down to her hips and around her back. Chloe pulled back first once she knew they both needed oxygen and rested her forehead with Beca's.
She searched Beca's face for any sign of hesitation but those perfect eyes were still closed and it caused her to worry slightly. "Bex? Bec, babe, look at me. Please, I need to see you." Slowly they fluttered open and Chloe saw slight hesitation in them and pulled back with a small smile to her face. "I love you, we don't have to do anything you don't want, but I want you to know that I'm ready whenever you are. I will wait as long as you need, Bex. I love you." She kissed her softly once she had finished and felt the fingers flex against her back.
"I'm ready Chlo, I want to do this. With you. I love you and I want this, I want you. I just…I don't really…" Beca was biting her bottom lip and raking her eyes over Chloe's body. Chloe let out a light chuckle and started playing with the tiny hairs at the base of Beca's skull waiting for her to finish. "Fuck Chlo, I just don't really know where to start! I want to tear into you and just do everything right fucking now, like fuck, I just…can't make up my mind about what to do first!" They both laughed and Chloe dove back in to kiss her.
"How about we start by taking this off?" Chloe tugged at the top button of Beca's flannel that she was so happy she wore. Chloe kicked off her heels as she slowly and carefully undid one button at a time, she felt Beca's body shift from side to side as she too kicked off her shoes and quickly pulled off her socks. "You know those are the most common articles of clothing left on during sex?" Why that came out right then Chloe will never know.
"Seriously you are going to spout off Trivial Pursuit answers while we are basically in the middle of foreplay right now?" Beca gave her a look that only made her smile.
"Oh is that what this is?" Beca nodded. "Well then I guess I need to step up my game a little." Chloe teased as she popped the last button on Beca's shirt and noticed there was nothing but a black satin bra underneath. She ran her hands up Beca's torso feeling goosebumps erupt across her skin and pushed the shirt from her shoulders. As her hands rounded the back of them she pulled her lips to the newly exposed collar bone and started kissing her way up her neck, forcing the shirt down Beca's arms. Beca ripped the shirt completely off at her hands and flung it back behind her while tilting her head to give Chloe more access, feeling this she took it as a sing to do what she wanted and Chloe bit down slightly on her pulse point. That was the first time Beca moaned that night and Chloe smirked right into her skin.
"God, I can feel that smug look Chloe." Then small fingers were at the hem of her own top. "Time to even the playing field babe." As Chloe faltered at the new tone in Beca's voice her top was ripped over her head and thrown back to join the flannel on the ground. Beca took her shock as a chance to make her own move, kissing and licking at Chloe's neck electing a sigh and small moan from her girlfriend as well. Chloe's hands were still trailing over Beca's arms and around her back as her assault on her neck continued. Chloe tilted more and threaded on hand through Beca's hair effectively pulling her in tighter. There was a deep intake of air through her nose as Beca used her mouth to search for that one spot on Chloe's neck. She knew where it was, they had found each other's spot a while ago during their not so innocent make out sessions, Chloe could feel her getting close and let out another long moan.
"God, Bec!" Chloe sighed as she drifted her hands to Beca's sides and felt those small talented fingers wind their way toward the clasp on her bra. Teeth grazed that spot on her neck and red locks were tossed back as she let the feeling take her over. Chloe loved when Beca did this, but lately she just wanted her to do it harder. "Bex, please," she breathed out trying to convey her want. "God, just do it!" With that Beca bit down harder and Chloe winced in pleasure then felt a soft tongue sooth over the spot before Beca sucked on it, finally Chloe sighed as Beca left a very visible mark that Chloe would wear like a badge of honor.
Chloe couldn't wait any longer. She pushed against the body in her hands until they were backing up toward Beca's bed. Beca sat back on it and tossed her hands behind her to brace herself from falling. Chloe took the open vulnerability of her girlfriend and ran her hands up her sides to cup her over her bra. Beca's head fell back as she bit her bottom lip and sighed. Chloe didn't waste time, there was no reason to anymore, they both knew what was about to happen and they both wanted it. As soon as Beca righted her head Chloe was kissing her, somehow Beca's hands were now on her body mirroring her. Chloe snaked on hand around Beca's back and with a flick of her fingers snapped the clasp open and with her other hand ripped the garment away and across the room.
"I still don't know how you do that." Beca let out and she moved both her hands behind Chloe to undo hers as well. That was the moment that Chloe decided to channel her inner Stacie.
"Don't worry," she started with a smirk as she moved to straddle Beca, "you can practice on me any time you want, babe." Beca grinned and her eyes sparkled slightly. Chloe leaned back in to kiss her, both of them let out a sharp intake of breath as their bodies came in full contact with each other. Beca wormed a hand in between them to kneed Chloe's breast and start pinching and rolling her nipple until it hardened. With that Chloe forced Beca onto her back and started moving her mouth down her body again. As she moved from the hollow of her throat down her chest Beca became more vocal.
"Jesus Chlo!" She sucked and bit a mark not only on Beca's neck but another on her chest just above her left breast and didn't plan on stopping there. Chloe looked up through her eyelashes to see stormy blue…well mostly black with lust…eyes watching her. She smirked as she used her hand to bring a nipple to her mouth, with the first lick Beca snapped her eyes shut. When Chloe sucked in it Beca dropped her head back on the pillow with a groan. Then Chloe noticed that Beca had been moving her hands the whole time and one was currently in her back pocket and the other was now working its way into her now open jeans.
As quickly as Chloe figured out what was happening she latched her own hand around that wrist and pulled the arm back beside Beca's head and released her attack on her chest. "Oh no you don't." Beca let out a whine in answer. Chloe smirked and trailed her fingers from Beca's wrist all the way to the button of her jeans and tugged at the waistband. "I get to go first." The sound that her line pulled from Beca's chest was by far the sexiest thing Chloe had ever heard, and she could no longer deny the hunger in her heart.
She popped the button and ripped the zipper down before forcing herself off of Beca's body long enough to pull all of the clothing from the lower half of Beca's body. Then the world slowed again. She marveled at the sight that was a naked Beca Mitchell. She forced herself to do a complete once over before locking her eyes on the one part she had yet to study. As soon as she let her eyes subtle there her breath hitched…audibly.
"See something you like, Beale?" Chloe snapped her eyes quickly up to see that signature smirk then right back down again. Two can play at this game.
"You are so beautiful Beca," she pushed her own jeans from her hips slowly, giving Beca a short show. "Not to mention soaked for me." She heard Beca moan as she crawled back up her body. Chloe wasted no time in cupping Beca causing her to flinch and snap her eyes closed at the contact. "And no I don't see anything I like." Beca's eyes flew open and locked on her own. "I only see the woman I love."
It was cheesy and she knew it but that was totally Chloe's style and who was she to change that. "Fuck, I love you Chloe!" And apparently Beca loved that.
"I love you too Beca." With that Chloe let herself finally go and make Beca feel all of her emotions in her actions. It was amazing feeling the way Beca's body responded to her touches, the different ways her face changed when something was new but definitely not unwelcome, the curses that flew from her mouth with every change Chloe came up with, those were all enough to have Chloe craving contact herself. Just as she could feel Beca teetering on the edge of her first orgasm, she felt those fingers closing in on her again and had no time to react when they finally reached their desired destination.
"Jesus fucking Christ, Chloe!" Beca moaned out, "you are so wet babe." Chloe no longer had control, she finally had sweet pressure bringing her that long wanted amount of relief.
"Shit Beca, just fuck me already!" Chloe practically screamed as she continued trying to push Beca over the edge, but in that moment the small body under hers went still and those eyes were staring at her in shock. "Bec? Are you okay? What is wrong?" Chloe started to pull back but Beca dug in harder where she had been gripping her hip and there would surely be bruises in the morning.
"Don't you fucking dare stop!" Beca groaned. "I've just never heard you cuss like that before and it was fucking hot as hell!" Beca used Chloe's moment of panic to flip them over so she was on top now. Chloe grinned and let more swears fly from her lips as Beca ground down into her hand that was now trapped between them on her own thigh.
Beca didn't stop her own assault on Chloe either and she felt herself creeping very close to that edge with her girlfriend. Chloe lifted her leg adding more pressure to her hand on Beca's center, lifting the heel of her palm to press directly on her swollen bundle of nerves. Beca of course swore and tossed her head back again. Chloe felt her tighten and flutter around her, they were both close. Chloe used her free hand to pull Beca into a searing kiss by the back of her neck. When she pulled back they locked eyes. "Cum with me, Bec." That was all it took for Beca to fall and Chloe to go right along with her, both of them screaming the other's name.
It was utterly perfect, their first time with each other and they did it completely together. They slowly worked each other down from their highs and Beca flopped down beside her and instantly wrapped their bodies together. They were both panting, trying to catch their breath, never breaking eye contact. "I love you so much, you are so perfect and that was better than anything I have ever done before." Beca spoke while running her fingers through Chloe's hair moving it from around her face. Now it was Chloe's turn to be smug and she was taking it full force.
"I love you too, so much. Just wait a few more minutes. I'm far from done with you tonight." The only reply she got was a smile and a heated kiss to her lips.
Lexa
"What do I have to do to get you to stay with Chloe for the night?" Lexa had barged into her dorm room where she knew her sister was working on their set list for Nationals.
"Seriously? Don't you two take a break?" Beca spun on her still seated in her chair. "I mean I know you guys are taking things a step at a time still but I also know you have already done basically all the 'sex' things that are expected dude." Beca wasn't wrong there.
That night after Lexa's performance she did go back to Clarke's dorm with her but they didn't exactly have sex that night. They both wanted to and they both knew it but in true Lexa fashion she stopped Clarke before she could do anything to fast. She had promised to take things slow with Clarke and she was going to keep that. Her first time, their first time, wasn't something that should be rushed into. So that night they took their relationship a step farther than it had been before they fought. Then they discussed how to keep moving forward at this new pace because, "I'm getting a little antsy here Lex, I love you but seriously a girl has needs and she wants them fulfilled by you!" So that is where they started and they moved up from there and now those needs were being met…on a regular basis.
"Isn't this the reason you guys memorized Kimmy Jin's schedule? So that you could steal time together when she wasn't there?" Beca half asked half mocked her.
"Yes you asshole! Tonight is kind of our anniversary and I wanted it to last all night." Lexa relented and let her gaze fall to her feet where she kicked the toe of her boot at the ground. "I wanted to hold her all night." She mumbled because she knew Beca would laugh, though she didn't. Beca stood and made her way over to her sister.
"Which anniversary?"
"Six months."
"What exactly are you planning for tonight?"
"Anything she wants. So it could be nothing at all, I just want to be with her and alone. I honestly don't even know if she considers this our anniversary anymore, but I do." She looked up and was met with understanding eyes. Beca nodded and started to round up her things.
"No problem, tell her I said 'hi' and stay on your own bed no matter what happens!" Beca laughed.
"Hey I made this night worth your while too!" Lexa confessed trying to ease the tension she knew was building in Beca's mind. She spun on her again.
"What did you do?" She growled out.
"Oh nothing," Lexa faked innocence, "just convinced Aubrey to spend the night with Stacie at her private dorm so you and Chloe have the house to yourselves tonight is all." Lexa let the shit eating grin stretch across her face and watched Beca's eyes widen. She was packed and gone within minutes and Lexa was pacing the room. She and Clarke had been in a great place since that night at Arkadia and she was scared this was about to ruin it. She really didn't have a reason to worry, this night could always just be another night for them.
"You are cute when you are nervous." The voice, though angelic in her mind, made her jump. She hadn't even heard the door open. Clarke laughed as she made her way toward Lexa and wrapped her arms around her waist and pulled them together. "Hey babe." She leaned up and kissed her firmly.
"Mmmm, Happy Anni…I mean hey Clarke." Lexa panicked at the look of shock that crossed Clarke's features slightly. She should have just kept her mouth shut, but then Clarke was starting to smile.
"God I was hoping you thought this was today! Happy Anniversary Lexa, I love you." Clarke kissed her again, lacing her fingers against Lexa's scalp.
"Happy Anniversary Clarke, I love you too." Lexa closed the gap between them this time, pulling Clarke closer by her hips. "I might have something for you."
"What really?" Clarke pulled back with a huge smile on her face. "I have something for you too!" With that Clarke pulled herself from Lexa's hold and crossed back to the door where she picked up a couple small packages. "Well one of them is from me the other is from Raven and Anya and I'm partially terrified to open it." They both laughed as Lexa grabbed her own gifts and headed to her bed to sit with Clarke.
"You go first. Open this one." Lexa handed her the box first and let her unwrap it. As she opened the box she let out a laugh and pulled out the t-shirt. "The whole team had them made for their significant other. It took us forever to figure out what to put on the front." Clarke was holding green t-shirt with Woods and the number 12 on the back. The front was printed with the saying "A Knight Guards My Heart" with the word Knight in the Barden logo text. Clarke smiled and placed a kiss on Lexa's cheek and pulled out the second t-shirt. It was light blue and just said Barden Bellas on it. "I kinda like it when you wear things to support me, it's a huge turn on."
"Who knew you were such a fucking sap!" Clarke giggled at the blush Lexa could feel creeping up her face. "Here your turn!" Clarke handed Lexa a brown paper wrapped package. Lexa pulled at the tied twine bow in the middle of the package and slowly peeled back the paper. Under it was a large leather bound book. Lexa flipped the over open and was met with a picture of two vibrant green eyes surrounded by a mask of black charcoal that looked strangely like her face paint from her lacrosse games. Her breath caught in her throat and she saw Clarke watching her out of the corner of her eye.
"Clarke…" she breathed out in a whisper. "This is beautiful! You are so damn talented!"
"Keep going. The whole book might be full of pictures of you…oh my god I actually just said that out loud! Now I'm officially a creep!" Clarke dropped her face into her hands and tried to hide herself from Lexa's view. Lexa was flipping through pages to see sketches of herself. There were ones of her playing lacrosse or softball, a few of just her eyes, some that looked like her sitting in class, a few of her lounging from their study dates, and her favorite was one of her where looked like she had been sleeping but it captured all of her features in the perfect amount of detail.
"Clarke, you are not a creep! These are great and I love them, you seriously need to think about becoming an art major or minor, because I know you actually do want to become a doctor. But seriously these are amazing, babe! I love you Clarke." Lexa kissed her again and handed her a large envelope with her last gift in it.
"Lex, what is this?"
"Just open it, you will see." Clarke ran her finger under the seal across the back and pulled out five plane tickets and two hotel room reservations. All of them were for New York.
"Lexa I don't understand."
"Well I guess this is not really subtle but I wanted you to come and watch the Bellas in New York at Nationals and I didn't want you to have to sit with my aunt and uncle by yourself so I may have gotten a few people to agree to go with you. Specifically Raven, Anya, Lincoln, Octavia and your mom. I got your mom her own hotel room and one for our friends. Your plane ticket is with mine, we will be flying with the Bellas, you are also sharing the hotel room with me that I'm in with Bex and Chlo." There was a long pause where Clarke just stared at the papers in her hands. "Unless of course you don't want to go then just completely forget you opened that envelope and we can go back to you only getting the t-shirts."
"No Lexa, it's not like that…I mean…of course I want to go watch you guys in New York, I wouldn't miss it! But this had to have cost a lot of money on your part Lex, I'm not sure how I feel about that!" Lexa just laughed at her a little.
"Clarke I only paid for the envelope that I handed you. It was my idea for them all to come but they all bought their own plane tickets and your mom helped out with the hotel reservations. Everyone thought it was a great idea so I just made sure they were in the same hotel as us Bellas would be. I paid for your ticket so it would be seated next to mine and our portion of the hotel room because it was part of my registration fee for the Bellas. It's all good Clarke! We are going to New York and I want you with me, well I always want you with me but you know what I mean." Clarke dropped everything she was holding and scrambled into Lexa's lap to straddle her.
"I fucking love you!" Instantly Clarke closed the space between them and started with a heated kiss.
"I love you too Clarke. I'm never letting you go!" They were making out when Clarke pressed into Lexa to lay her down and they landed on the second package Clarke had brought with her. "Guess we should open that now huh?" Lexa nodded and they ripped the paper off and opened the cardboard box to find nothing but exactly something that would of course come from Raven.
"Oh my god, sometimes I wonder why I am friends with her!"
"It's okay Clarke. I'm sure they meant it at a joke, not that I'm a stranger to those anyway."
"Wait! What?"
"I told you I have done a few stereotypical lesbian sex things babe. Using that is one of them."
"Did you like it? Did you wear it or….?"
"Yes I liked it, and both. I've done both."
"Do you think we could…" Clarke looked down at their laps and tried to shy away from her question that Lexa knew exactly what she wanted to ask.
"If you want to do it Clarke, we can. I'm okay with that." Clarke snapped her eyes up and locked with Lexa who gave her a small smile and a nod. They joined in another heated kiss and just as Lexa was inching her hands up under Clarke's top she pulled back.
"You meant now right? Because I want to do it now!"
Clarke
About three weeks after they celebrated their anniversary Clarke found herself on the back of Lexa's motorcycle in her custom made t-shirt headed to the State Championship softball game. It didn't take much convincing to get Lexa to drive them on the bike, just a couple well placed puppy dog eyes and some extra kisses and Lexa was putty in her hands. So here they were Clarke with Lexa's softball bag strapped to her back and her front flush against her girlfriend with her hands gripping into her not so innocently at times. Whenever Clarke's hands would wander the engine would rev suddenly and Lexa would squeak at her through the Bluetooth to keep herself under control until after the game, (like that was going to be possible).
As they arrived to the field Clarke made a show of flaunting her girlfriend as they got off the bike and headed toward their friends and family. Lexa gave her one last kiss after hugging Beca and Chloe and ran off to the locker room to join her team. Clarke of course spent a few minutes getting teased about her shirt until Raven, Cam, Drew, and the others showed up in theirs. "So did Lexa like the anniversary gift you gave her?" Raven asked with a knowing smirk.
"Yeah Rae, she loved my drawings of her." Clarke answered with an exaggerated eye roll.
"You know that is not what I meant Clarkey!" Raven groaned.
"Did you really want me to sit here and tell you how much sex we had that night? How neither of us could walk the next morning?"
"NO CLARKE NO!" Beca screamed covering her ears. "No one needs to know about your sex life with my sister that's just wrong on so many accounts!" Everyone laughed as Chloe tried to sooth her. That was when the Bellas showed up to support their newest member. Soon the stands were filled with fans from both teams, turns out that they were again playing the Reapers in this championship game (weird right). Upon seeing the other school's logo and colors across the diamond on the other side, Clarke got a weird feeling and was suddenly relieved that this was a non-contact sport. The teams took the field for warm ups both greeted with a loud round of applause. That was when Clarke noticed all of their friends were wearing some form of Barden Knights Softball gear.
Beca was in one of Lexa's jackets (with the sleeves pulled up to her elbows and it was still long on her), Chloe was in a softball t-shirt that was tied at the side (also more than likely Lexa's that Beca stole for her), Lincoln and Octavia were in matching Barden Knight tank tops, Harper had on one of Zoe's t-shirts, it was basically that all the way around. Raven, Cam and Clarke were all seated across the top row of the bleachers on the end between first base and outfield where they could easily see the whole game. Drew had joined their row when he showed up in his shirt too. Soon all of the significant others joined in and made a big line with their matching shirts. There were two moms sitting side by side at the opposite end of the row from Clarke in their daughters' shirts.
"I thought these shirts were for significant others?" She asked Cam quietly. "Are those two girls single?" Cam followed as she motioned toward the moms.
"No, they are actually dating each other." Cam informed her, she knew everything because Samm made it her mission to know it all. "That is why their moms have them on, they are switching them after the game." Clarke nodded, it made sense and was super sweet of the moms to give up the shirts like that.
The game was in the top of the ninth with the Knights up by one run. Lexa had been playing up a storm, the whole team had, but she was definitely a force to be dealt with tonight. She had hit a home run and hit a triple to land two run in from girls on base, then Samm hit Lexa in but then got caught when she tried to steal third base after that. Now the Reapers had a runner on third and first with one out on the board, just two more and they would be champs. Before Callie made the pitch she looked to Lexa, who had moved to right field behind Samm who was at first now (Reapers were good hitters), and she gave her a nod. Monroe shouted "Rolling six!" and all of the girls replied back confirming.
"What is happening Cam?" Raven asked from the other side of Clarke.
"Honestly I don't know." Cam looked confused. "I guess Samm doesn't tell me everything, we will need to have a talk about that." They laughed slightly and went back to watching the game. As Callie threw a perfect strike down the middle the batter didn't swing, as soon as the ball cross the plate the runner on first took off toward second, Monroe pulled the ball from her glove and launched it at Kayla who was playing shortstop. The motion of Monroe throwing the ball caused the runner on third to take off toward home to try and score, but with Kayla standing so much closer to home than second she turned right around and threw the ball back to Monroe, who tagged out the runner headed toward her and got their second out. "Okay that was cool!" Cam said once the cheering died down in their stands.
Their last batter strode up to the plate ready to either get them their win or lose the game. Clarke was watching as Lexa moved closer to the base line on her side of the field and moved in a bit toward the batter, she must have known her style. The first pitch was a ball, the second was a strike, the third was fouled out in the infield, the fourth was another ball. They were nearing full count and Clarke could see Lexa getting restless. She knew something was coming. The next pitch flew and as the bat connected the ball pulled toward their stands a little too much, it was definitely foul. Though the ball was still in the air and head toward the short fence around the outfield.
Clarke watched Lexa take off toward the fence watching the ball carefully. It's going over the fence she can't catch it. Just as Lexa neared the fence the ball started to fall and Lexa jumped, reaching over to try and get her glove under the ball. As she went to go over the fence her legs caught just under her knee and she went down on their side of the fence, hitting the ground hard.
"LEXA!" Both Clarke and Beca shot to their feet as Lexa laid still on the ground for a few seconds before pulling herself up. She thrust her glove in the air and the ball could be seen securely in her grasp. The stand erupted in shouts and Samm was jumping on the other side of the fence near Lexa. Clarke smiled at her and watched as her eyes closed and her body went limp and she fell to the ground again in a heap.
Beca screamed her name again and they both took off for her. Clarke (kicking into doctor mode) tried to wake her, as did Beca, but nothing worked. Noticing the distress they were both in Stacie came down and knelt next to Lexa going over all the things she had recently learned in her shared classes with Clarke. "Damn it Lexa, please wake up!" Beca was in tears shaking Lexa by the shoulders. "Someone call 911!" Beca went back to Lexa and pulled at the collar of her shirt. "Fuck, where did she put them?" Clarke was holding Lexa's head in her lap and her hand was grasping onto hers, silently praying she would wake up.
Clarke new she was okay currently because she was still breathing on her own but nothing could get her to open her eyes. "What are you talking about Beca?" Her voice cracked with her own sobs.
"Her good luck charms, I have to take them off if she is going to the hospital." Beca stammered while trying to rack her brain. Clarke though back to the first game they were all at, Lexa had told Beca where they were but Clarke didn't know what they were.
"Her right ankle, she told you at her scrimmage game remember?" Beca's eyes shot to her then to Lexa's feet. Clarke could hear the sirens getting closer now, Beca pulled down the sock and Clarke saw a silver chain wrapped twice around Lexa's ankle. Beca took it off and redid the clasp and thrusted her hand at Clarke.
"Don't let these out of your sight she will kill me if anything happens to them, but she will trust you with them." Beca dropped the chain into her hand, Clarke didn't have time to study the object before the paramedics were there to load Lexa up. Recounting the incident to them was easy but when the words started to flow from their mouths, both Beca and Clarke lost their composure for a short time. Being family Beca jumped in the back of the ambulance with her and they were gone.
Clarke looked up to see that the team was now lining the fence Lexa had jumped and the coach was calling them back for the handshake and trophy ceremony. All of their friends in the stands were in some state of shock or fear. Clarke was breaking quickly and she was to open right now to do that. Stacie had put a hand on her shoulder and Raven and Octavia were making their way to her but she didn't want to look at any of them. She had no idea what was happening and all she wanted was to hold Lexa in her arms and feel the comfort of her embrace and let herself cry.
"Come on Clarke, let's go." Chloe was wrapping her arms around her shoulders pulling her toward the parking lot away from her friends. Chloe was looking at her with understanding eyes, she had been there when Lexa went to the hospital from her lacrosse game too. Chloe had seen part of this before but she could tell it was much worse with the fact that Lexa was unconscious. "We need to get you to the hospital. I think you should call your mom on the way. I need to call Beca's parents." Chloe got her in the car and they headed toward the hospital.
Clarke called her mom and she wasn't working but was at the hospital and would figure out what was going on as soon as she could. Once Chloe hung up with Sheila she reached over and took one of Clarke's hands in her own and Clarke finally let herself break down. She looked at the object clutched in her hand and noticed the chain held two rings, one just a silver band, the other with lots of small diamonds around a much larger center set stone. Clarke felt her heart clench knowing they were Lexa's parent's wedding rings, she slipped the chain over her head and they hung low on her chest near her heart. She found herself running her fingers over them as they pulled into the parking lot and headed toward the emergency room.
Beca
As Beca followed the medics in the hospital Lexa was taken into a room and Beca was lead to a large private waiting room. She paced up and down because Lexa still hadn't woken up on their way here. The paramedic told her that all of Lexa's vitals were stable which was a good thing and asked about her medical history. Beca tried to answer but she spent a lot of time just staring at her sister trying to get her to wake up. She never did.
Ten minutes of pacing, and trying not to cry, later a girl she had seen through the door in Lexa's room was opening the door to the waiting room she had been shown to. Beca froze where she was and the girl stepped aside and Clarke and Chloe came in. The second Beca saw Clarke's red and puffy eyes she couldn't hold it anymore. Beca will always be badass but her sister was one of the most important things to her and Clarke was the only other person in this world who knew how she felt at this very moment. They both started crying and moved to each other. Beca could feel Clarke latching into her trying to convey some sort of support and Beca was doing the same thing, they needed each other right now because they were Lexa's heart.
Beca had squeezed her eyes closed trying to keep some of the tears at bay but it was no use. Once she opened her eyes she noticed that she couldn't see Chloe anymore. She pulled back from Clarke but didn't dare let her go, she was the only thing keeping her grounded. Beca found Chloe sitting on one of the couches in the room just silently watching the two of them comfort each other. Beca started toward her pulling Clarke by the hand, she sat down beside Chloe and Clarke sat on her other side. She leaned herself into Clarke but reached over and held tightly to Chloe's thigh and felt her had be covered by another.
None of them said anything, they just sat there together and waited, Beca hadn't been told anything since she got here anyway. Shortly after they got comfortable and their tears had stopped for the time being the door opened again to reveal Sheila.
"Beca, I'm so sorry! Your dad is on his way back from his conference he just got on a plane, he should be here soon. I know I'm not exactly him but…" Beca cut her off by springing up from the couch to hug her tightly.
"Thank you for coming." Beca mumbled into her shoulder.
"Of course." Shelia whispered back while rubbing her hands up and down her back. Right as Beca was letting go of Sheila, there was a knock at the door and Abby came in.
"Mom!" Clarke shot up to her with tears running down her face again. "Please, tell us she is okay. Do you know anything? Where is she? What is going on?" Clarke's words were broken by sobs.
"Clam down Clarke. I don't know much but there is a huge group of people trying to get in this room so let me tell you all what I know before they barge in alright?" Clarke nodded at her mother's words. Beca moved back to the couch and wrapped herself around Chloe needing that level of contact that only came from the redhead. "Dr. Marcus Kane is taking care of her, he is a very good friend of mine and does his job extremely well. They are getting her prepped for CT right now and following that they are planning an MRI. They did some x-rays on her left side but nothing is broken, she is really bruised again but she won't have any lasting injuries beyond that. I don't know what he suspects from her condition because he legally can't tell me those things. She is stable but still unconscious for now though."
The hand that Sheila had rested on Beca's shoulder squeezed lightly drawing her attention to her. "I'm going to see if I can't update your father, Beca. I'll be right back." She stood and made her way to the door. "Thank you Dr. Griffin for all your information." With a nod from Abby she left.
"Did you girls want me to let your friends in or would you rather be alone? It's going to be awhile before you will be able to go back to see Lexa." Abby looked from Clarke to Beca and back as she spoke. Then Beca locked eyes with Clarke.
"If it is your friends and the Bellas we will never get them to leave until they see us. We may as well let them back here, don't want them causing trouble out there." Clarke nodded in agreement with Beca and Chloe gave them both a smile. Abby left to let the others know they could come back and Clarke moved to sit with the couple again.
Their friends were a welcome distraction. Raven and Octavia burst into the room first and warped themselves around Clarke in a protective embrace effectively causing Clarke to start crying…again. Anya and Lincoln hugged her too and then all four of them flipped on Beca. Surprisingly none of them actually went to hug her, just a hand on her shoulder or her knee with a sad smile and kind words, Beca was grateful for everything they gave her. Samm and Cam were really the only others to make sure they did more than smile from across the room. All of those people that Clarke was close too and the entire softball team were all seated in the room mostly discussing the game while Beca and Clarke were wrapped in each other's arms and Beca clung to Chloe's hand like a lifeline. The Bellas came in after that, Stacie hugging all of them and Aubrey hugging Chloe because she wanted to hug Beca but knew better so Chloe would just have to pass it on. Fat Amy made a show of her support by threatening to drag the doctor in here by the collar of his lab coat to answer questions. That was the first time any of them laughed.
Sheila came back about a half hour later with coffee for the three girls and herself saying she had gotten ahold of Rick but he had just landed and it would be awhile before he could get there. Beca nodded and rested her head on Chloe's shoulder, suddenly tired from everything that took place today. She glanced over at Clarke to see her holding Lexa's rings in her fingers, watching them with sad and worried eyes. It warmed Beca's heart to know that Clarke was so worried and cared so much for her sister, Lexa deserved someone like that in her life. "Did she ever tell you about them?" Clarke's eyes snapped to her own and she dropped the rings instantly.
"No," she shook her head, "but I never asked either. I figured if she wanted me to know then she would tell me when she was ready." Clarke looked back down at the rings again. "I know what they are though, it wasn't hard to figure out."
"It's not that she didn't want you to know, Clarke. It's that she forgets that people around here don't know what happened." Beca lifted her head from Chloe shoulder and captured Clarke's gaze. "When they died everyone in our town knew about it. Everyone we went to school with, all of our family friends, our neighbors, everyone. Coming here and not having people know was and is hard. For once she actually had to tell people the story of how her parents died and why she is my sister. I had to do the same thing with my mom for Chloe. It hurt so bad to have to relive all of those memories because someone didn't know the story. But she just looked at me with those damn baby blue eyes and smiled softly at me and the pain was gone. You did the same for her, she came home that night after your date and she was thrilled that she told you because you actually understood her in a way. You were exactly what she needed and you always will be." Beca didn't know when she had started crying but Chloe had started rubbing her back and she snapped back to reality.
Clarke hugged her tighter and whispered a 'thank you' in her ear before letting her go. Abby came to sit beside her then and held her close, Clarke didn't let go of the rings again after that. At some point the Bellas started singing together and started a mini riff-off of their own. "Songs from movies!" Was the category that Chloe threw out there. Instantly Ashley and Jessica broke into "A Whole New World" from Aladdin. It was a lot of Disney songs with a few from other movies thrown in there and when Chloe started in with "Don't You Forget About Me" from The Breakfast Club they all started in together. Right as they ended the song though the door came open again.
"Lexa Woods?" The tall man with black hair that was graying at the temples asked in a gentle tone. His white lab coat was embroidered over the left chest with Dr. Marcus Kane. Beca, Sheila, Clarke and Chloe shot to their feet the second they knew who he was. He didn't say anything though after they had answered him.
"Marcus, is she okay?" Abby spoke up as she came to stand behind Clarke. Their eyes locked together and Dr. Kane cleared his throat before speaking again.
"All of her scans were clear and her vitals are all stable and basically perfect. We are thinking concussion at this point, she is still asleep and we would like to keep her overnight for observation. At this time though we can only allow family in the room with her." His words lifted part of Beca's heart. Lexa was going to be fine, she just needed to wake her ass up! Then the reality of what he said sank in, only Sheila and Beca were family, Clarke was not.
"If people are going back to her room then Clarke and Chloe will be going back to her room with us." Sheila spoke with a small bite to her tone.
"Are you her mother?" Dr. Kane asked, Beca was starting to wonder how exactly he got his degree if he things a blonde woman with brown eyes can have a child with dark brown hair and green eyes, that just doesn't calculate for her.
"No I am one of her legal guardians, my husband has legal custody of her." Sheila seemed to be a little upset with the good doctor at this point.
"I'm sorry but hospital policy states that…"
"It states that Clarke and Chloe will be going back to Lexa's room with me, my wife, and daughter. I believe that it is my decision who gets to go if she cannot make the decision herself." Beca had never been happier to see her father than in this moment. She ran to him and wrapped her arms around his torso. "I'm sorry I wasn't there Bec. I'm so sorry." Beca just nodded against him and let him hold her for a moment.
Dr. Kane finally went to lead them back to Lexa's room. On their way out the door Aubrey grabbed Chloe and said she and Stacie would bring back some things for her and Beca if she wanted. Chloe nodded and handed over Beca's dorm key. Raven and Anya took it upon themselves to go with and get a bag for Lexa and Clarke as well. The five of them made their way into Lexa's room to find her laying on her right side with pillows propped behind her back. The nurse had explained that her bruises were pretty bad and they didn't want her to lay on them, then she showed them the purple spots that had shown up on Lexa's left side. One just below her knee where the fence had caught her, her whole hip, her shoulder, and even one on the side of her head could be seen.
Beca and Clarke moved to the side of the bed Lexa was facing and they each took one of her hands in their own and of course started crying again. They were warned that it could take a long time before she woke up. So for hours they sat there. Every other hour the nurse would come back and check Lexa's vitals and give them the same line everything, "everything is still perfect, she should wake soon". When 'soon' was they had no clue. Aubrey, Stacie, Raven, and Anya had showed about two hours after they went in and handed over the bags they pack for each girl. That was three hours go, Beca was getting sleepy but didn't want to fall asleep.
Both her and Clarke had taken to talking to or about Lexa trying to get her to wake at all. Nothing was working. Eventually they both laid their heads down on the edge of the hospital beds to rest while they sat in their chairs still holding Lexa's hands. Beca had no clue how long they had been asleep or if they had at all when she thought she felt Lexa's hand move.
"Clarke did you feel that?"
"What?" Then her eyes snapped down to the hand she was holding and back to Beca. "Did she squeeze your hand too?" Just then Beca felt a light tightening of the hand around hers and nodded.
"Lex? Sis, can you hear us?" The hand just got tighter and never loosened.
"Lexa babe please open your eyes." Clarke tried, and the lashes fluttered on the sleeping girl in front of them. "Oh my god, Lexa." Clarke had moved to run her finger through Lexa's hair trying to sooth her awake. That was when they saw them, those forest green eyes slowly blink open and take them in.
"Clarke? Beca?" Lexa looked at them in turn then tried to lift her head only to drop it back to the pillow. "Ow." Chloe and Beca's parents had come up behind them when they heard Lexa's voice and all five of them laughed a little at Lexa's comment.
"If you think you hurt now just wait until you are better and I kick your ass for that stupid move you pulled!" Clarke chastised her before leaning down and kissing her.
The family got the nurse and Dr. Kane after Lexa woke up. They did a check over everything and asked her a few questions. Then they left saying she would be released around nine o'clock tomorrow morning. Of course there was only one thing Lexa wanted to know.
"Did we win the game?"
A/N #2: Thanks for sticking with me through all of this!