"You're sure this is what you want to do?"
"Is this your way of telling me it's a bad idea?" Lexa asked, a concerned look on her face as she nervously switched her weight from one leg to the other.
"Are you kidding? I've been trying to get you to do it for years."
Lexa's heart felt warm as she hugged her best friend. "Harper and I are going to look today, I'll tell you if I find anything."
"About that, between you and me…"
"We're not a thing, we're friends. We've been friends for a long time now so it's just nice to hang out with someone other than you and Gus when I'm in town."
Anya rolled her eyes and thought about smacking her friend but decided against it. "You could hang out with Octavia and Lincoln, O is always bitching about how you never see them enough. I'm just saying for the record, I wouldn't mind it you know, you two would be good together."
"She's not wrong, I really do need to stop in there more I'm always just worried…"
"…that Clarke will be there. I know but chances are she's at the hospital, she's always at the hospital. I thought her finally settling down again would mean I would get to see her more but no, she's always so damn busy." Lexa raised an eyebrow. "Sorry but it's true. Speaking of hospitals though, your nephew is insisting that you be the one to take him to get his cast off."
"That means I'll have to see Clarke and I really don't want to get in her way."
"I don't think he cares, he said something about you were the one to take him to get it so you should be the one to take him to get it off. Something about good luck, don't ask me I'm well aware it doesn't make sense, I just told him that I would ask you."
Lexa smiled, she couldn't help it when it came to Aden. "Of course I'll take him but please warn Clarke so she doesn't cut me with something."
"I will, now go meet Harper, I expect good news upon your return!"
"Yes captain." Lexa snarked as she put her motorcycle helmet on and walked towards her bike.
XOXO
Two days later Aden happily made his way through the hospital. "Are you just a little bit happy buddy?"
He turned around to look at his aunt with a face that could only be described as 'of freaking course'. "I'm so pumped Auntie Lex, you have no idea!" He said as he walked right up to the check in desk. "Hi, my names Aden I'm here to see my aunt." He paused and watched how the nurse looked Lexa over. "This is my other aunt, we're looking for my Aunt Clarke." Lexa politely smiled at the woman sitting at the desk.
"Of course, I'll page her for you."
"I thought you were supposed to be my wingman? You're supposed to help me get the ladies, not scare them away." Lexa joked as she and Aden sat down in the waiting area, a large grin plastered on his face.
He shrugged. "A good wingman knows when to step in and shoo them away."
"I see you've been hanging out with your aunt Octavia again." He grinned far too happily causing Lexa to laugh. "If your aunt Octavia had it her way…" Before Lexa could finish what she was going to say Harper came over a large smile on her face.
"I have been instructed to take a very special patient up to see his equally special aunt."
Looking between Lexa and Harper, Aden grinned a smile that Lexa was all too familiar with, a smile that was all too Anya. "Isn't my aunt Lexa very special?" He winked as he got up, giving Lexa a thumbs up as he did so.
"She definitely is but, she's not the one taking that thing off your arm." He laughed as Harper messed up his hair and Lexa could tell why he liked Harper so much.
All three got into the elevator in a fit of laughter as Harper pushed the button for the right floor. "Clarke should be ready now, her surgery took a little longer than expected. You ready to finally get that thing off?" She asked Aden as he looked up at her with a shy smile. Something about Harper always seemed to make him nervous but Lexa couldn't help but find it adorable. She'd also be lying if she didn't admit that there were moments she wondered if she and Harper could actually work as a couple. She was gorgeous, fit and intelligent but they had been friends for too long. It also didn't help that Harper had been long time friends with her ex.
Before Lexa could say anything they heard a voice coming from down the hall. Turning her head Lexa saw a wave of blonde curls and a smile that could light even the darkest room.
"Hey, sorry I'm late we had some complications in surgery but everything turned out well. How's my favourite guy in all the land?" Clarke asked as she leaned down and high fived her nephew.
"Are you sure you and Auntie Lex aren't writing fairy tales together because that's what she always says." He rolled his eyes, a smile still on his face, "but I'm better now that you're here I was scared Harper was going to let Auntie Lex try and cut this thing off without adult supervision."
Lexa jokingly scoffed as she gave her nephew an offended look. "I fly in from Europe and this is the treatment I get? Not fair I can't compete with a nurse and a surgeon."
"A world class surgeon," Aden corrected her as he received another hug from Clarke.
Harper laughed before excusing herself. "I'll see you later Lex, bye handsome, make sure your aunt takes you out for ice cream when you're finished." She winked at him as she disappeared down the hall.
"You know I'm a pretty good lawyer right?"
Aden huffed. "You're a lawyer? I thought you just ran a company?" Both Clarke and Lexa both laughed a little at the way he made the company sound like it was your run of the mill family convenient store.
"Come on you two clowns lets get this circus act on the road." Clarke laughed as she watched Aden and Lexa stare each other down.
XOXO
"I'm sorry for being all up in your space, he insisted I bring him and he's really hard to say no to." Lexa apologized as Aden used the washroom.
Clarke nodded as she got the tools ready that she was going to need. "It's okay, really and you didn't have to have Anya call and warn me either, it's a small town we're bound to run into each other when you visit."
"How did you…" Lexa trailed off as Clarke gave her a knowing look.
"As if Anya would ever call to warn me of anything. That has you written all over it."
Lexa laughed and played with a strand of her hair, something Clarke knew she did whenever she was nervous. "I suppose you're right, pretty sure Anya and Gus use it as their entertainment."
"Wouldn't surprise me." They both laughed knowing all too well how true Lexa's statement was.
XOXO
"So how does it feel being free?" Clarke asked once she finally got the cast off Aden's arm.
It took him a minute to answer as he made a fist and flexed his fingers the way Clarke instructed him too. "Good, weird, kind of like jell-o." Reaching out Clarke took his wrist gently in her hand and started pressing around on it to see if there was any discomfort.
"It looks good kiddo but I want to take another x-ray of it just to be positive and if it's clear, you'll officially be cast free."
"Sweet!"
Lexa got up to go with him until Aden turned to look at her with a bit of a mischievous grin on his face. Sometimes he was far too much like his mother. "It's okay auntie Lex I think I'll be okay."
"I'll be in the waiting room, don't try and hook your aunt up with every other doctor you see."
XOXO
"Just hold your arm still squirt and it'll be done in like two point five seconds." Aden shot Clarke a look over his shoulder as if to say 'yeah right'. "What's with the look?"
"I don't know, thought it would take longer, I wanted to talk to you about something?"
Clarke couldn't help but think about the worst case scenario of things Aden would want to talk to her about. She was sure Anya and Gus would have had the birds and the bees talk with him by now and even though she was a medical professional that was not the kind of conversation she wanted to have with her nephew. Not now and certainly not ever. "What is it you wanted to talk about? We can act like it takes longer." Clarke smiled at him as she came back into the room and pulled the chair up next to where Aden sat on the table.
"Aunt Tavia said you and Aunt Lexa used to be friends but it doesn't really seem like you're friends now."
Clarke's heart dropped as she looked at the sad expression on her nephews face. Even though she worked with kids all day she forgot how perceptive they could be, especially when it was about things or people they cared about. "We were all friends a long time ago, and sometimes time can change things. Your aunt and I fell out of touch when I went to Los Angeles for school and she went back to New York."
"I see the way you look at each other though, you could be friends again. Like you and mom or you and aunt Tavia, maybe you need to sit down and talk it out. That's what mom always tells me and Tris to do when we aren't getting along. It'd be nice to have the whole family together sometimes."
"What do you mean buddy?" Clarke couldn't help but feel saddened by the look on Aden's face. She knew he was just as close to Lexa as he was to her but seeing how it affected him was something she hadn't expected.
"It always seems that when auntie Lex is around you aren't and when you're around she isn't."
"I think that's mostly because we're both so busy. For awhile we were both traveling and now we both work a lot and she's in New York most of the time."
Aden shook his short blonde curls. "Auntie Lex never comes to family dinners even when she is in town. She must feel lonely when she's here and we're all at dinner, that's why I've been trying to set her up with Harper."
Clarke gave him a smile and a narrowed look. "I thought you were trying to set her up with Harper so you could be around her more?"
He grinned shyly as his cheeks went a rosey colour. "Okay maybe that too but don't tell it's kind of a secret."
"Secret's safe with me, pinky swear?" He nodded before putting out his pinky to hook on to Clarke's.
"Pinky promise, but just think about what I said 'kay?"
"You're testimony will be thoroughly taken into consideration." He gave her look before shaking his head and jumping off the table. "What?"
"Stick to medicine auntie C, stick to medicine." He laughed as he gently rubber her shoulder the way Anya does to him. "Did we get the all clear? No more cast?"
"No more cast, you're nice and healed and ready to rough it up again." He gave Clarke a high five before she opened the door for him. "Come on lets go give your aunt the good news and convince her to take you for ice cream."
"Like that'll be hard, she loves ice cream."
Clarke laughed and tried to stop the million memories she had of 'trying' to convince Lexa to go for ice cream, or stay in for ice cream. Aden was right Lexa never needed much convincing when it came to that. When they made their way back out into the waiting room a part of Clarke expected to see Lexa waiting with Harper, instead she found the woman sitting by herself in the corner, ideally playing with her fingers nervously.
"Guess what? Docs given me the all clear, I'm ready to rumble again and take out those jerks that took me down." Aden clenched his fists as he stood in front of Lexa. "Why do you look so nervous? Not like it's broken this time, this time it's healed." He laughed and Lexa couldn't help but mess up his hair.
"We're having ice cream to celebrate then right?" She asked and noticed the way Clarke and Aden smiled at each other. "What did I miss?"
Aden laughed and Lexa noticed the way it made the corner of Clarke's lips turn up. "You're so predictable." He rolled his eyes and Lexa could only continue to laugh with him,
"Told ya squirt, never doubt the power of the doc, and that's aunt doc to you, just to be clear." Clarke stuck her tongue out at him.
It was then that Lexa could have sworn she saw a light bulb go off in his head. "Can you come with us? If it's okay?" He looked at Lexa who could only nod, she really did have such a hard time saying no to him.
"I wish I could but I have another surgery but next week, ice cream on me?" He looked sad for half a second before smiling politely and giving Clarke a hug. "I'm sorry I can't make it but I promise to make it up to you." He nodded and Clarke knew it was more than her not being able to go with them right now. "Truth please."
"It's nothing, I'll make sure to make time for you next week." He smiled and it was all Clarke needed, at least for now but she knew her nephew and that meant she knew something was bothering him.
"Lexa?" Saying her name in a way positive way felt odd and she wasn't sure quite what had come upon her. She watched as Lexa turned around to face her as they got closer to the elevators. "Have a safe flight home." Part of her expected Lexa to give her a dirty look and shoot her the middle finger but neither of those happened. Instead she got a polite smile, one she knew Lexa reserved for business partners that she had to be nice to but she'd take it. It was better than them yelling at each other.
XOXO
"How'd it go today dweeb?" Tris asked as she barged into Aden's room.
He shrugged his shoulders and held up his arm. "Cast is off but I didn't get much outta Auntie Clarke or Auntie Lex. Maybe you're right, they are just stupid stories."
Tris sat down on the edge of her brother's bed. "Lucky for you I'm clearly better at this than you are."
"You got something out of Aunt Tavia?" He finally grinned as he sat up and waited for his sister to speak.
"It wasn't much but she showed me pictures of all of them in college, mom and dad and aunt Raven. A lot of pictures of her and uncle Lincoln."
Aden stuck his tongue out and made a gagging sound. "Get to the good stuff."
"This fell out of the album when I was putting it away. I don't think she even knew it was in there." She held out the picture for him to look at.
"Is that aunt Clarke?" Tris nodded as Aden looked at the frosted pink tips of hair his aunt once had. "She's not even looking at the camera."
Tris grinned widely, knowing this was the best part. "Look closer." Aden squinted his eyes and brought the picture closer not knowing what he was looking for causing Tris to groan. "Dork, she's looking at sexy Lexie, glasses and all."
"That is not our aunt?!"
She laughed. "It definitely is, look at the back of the picture."
'The first look.' He read out before looking even more confused at before. "What does that even mean?"
"I'm not sure exactly but that look means something. Come on nerd our parents are detectives, it's in our blood to solve the mystery of auntie Lex's princess." They shook hands before Tris quietly left his room, the picture still in his hands. He stared at it for a long time before he got up and put it into a box in his closet for safekeeping.
XOXO
One Month Later – North Carolina
"Who in the hell is that? Clarke come here, who is this hotty?"
Clarke ran out onto her front porch at the yell that came from outside. "What are you freaking about?"
"Who is the hotty on the motorcyle?"
"No idea, just moved in a week or so ago. Barely ever home, always up at weird hours."
"Guy, or girl? Have you tapped it yet? Have you tried? Can I try?"
Clarke rolled her eyes as she leaned against the post of her front porch. "You don't get out much do you Rae? Are they keeping you chained like a monkey down in Texas? Should I call PETA?"
Her best friend gave her a nasty look before shaking her head. "Answer the question. Oh wait, definitely a woman, a very sexy woman at that from what I'm seeing."
"No I have not tried, I'm sort of seeing Niylah remember?" Clarke would be lying if she said she hadn't noticed her new neighbors appeal but she was seriously giving the Niylah thing a try. "I haven't even seen her face yet but she does have a nice body."
"Also the only reason you know her schedule is because you have a messed up schedule like that."
"Yeah but who knows what she does, she's not a doctor at the hospital, I would definitely know. Everyone would be talking about it."
"Maybe she runs a brothel or something, with a bike like that, she has to be making a fair bit of coin if you know what I mean."
Clarke rolled her eyes before taking a final look at her new neighbour as the woman walked out of view before she took her helmet off. "Raven stop, she's going to notice and call the cops on us." She laughed as she watched her best friend crane her neck around the post of her fence to try and see the woman's face.
"We'll have to keep watching, I need to see more." Raven determined as she finally sat back down in her chair.
"You're such a creeper." Clarke laughed as she sipped on her drink, secretly hoping that they did see more of her new neighbour.
XOXO
A week later Clarke yawned as she sat on the beach behind her house. The morning sun was finally awakening and it left her wanting to see a little more of it. Being on nights was sometimes fun, but sometimes she just missed waking up to a bright blue sky, the reflection of the sun trickling over the water. The only other problem with nights was that it left her very little time to do anything else because she was either at work or trying to catch up on sleep in a room covered by blackout blinds.
She sat with her sketchbook, something she hadn't done in what felt like forever and carefully sketched out the light from the sun bouncing off the waves. In the distance she saw someone out in the water. Her pencil immediately hit the paper as the person got closer and without realizing it she had the outlines of a stunning woman with curves in all the right places. With the sun shining in her eyes she couldn't see the woman's face as she surfed almost to shore and set her board in the stand. A part of her felt like she was intruding on the woman's privacy but the artist in her couldn't stop herself from finishing the sketch. The way the sun glistened off her skin and the way the droplets of water fell from her hair, the woman really was a masterpiece and Clarke saw it as her duty to put it on paper. Once she was finally done she snapped back into reality, only to realize that her mystery woman was walking down the beach. Sighing she got up and headed inside to finally take a much needed nap.
"What had your eye out there?" Clarke jumped as she closed her back door and turned around to see Raven standing at the window over the sink that over looked the beach.
"Huh? Nothing, stop scaring me."
Raven raised her eyebrows as she continued to sip on her coffee. "Care to show me what you were sketching then?"
Rolling her eyes Clarke relented and tossed her sketchbook down onto the kitchen island. "Happy now?"
"Damn, this is has got to be that hot new neighbour of yours."
"No, it's probably someone renting for a week because I've definitely never seen this person before."
"It's your new neighbour she walked about the right distance down the beach before disappearing."
Shaking her head Clarke closed the book. "Sometimes you're a little creepy. I'm going to try and get some sleep, stop stalking people."
"Says the woman that just creeped on a poor girl trying to get her surf on." Raven let out a laugh as she saw Clarke flip her the middle finger before walking the rest of the way up the stairs.
XOXO
"I'm leaving for work Ray, please don't spend the whole day stalking the hot neighbour."
Raven rolled her eyes as she watched Clarke grab her keys. "I promise not to spend my whole day stalking the sexy surfer."
Clarke turned back with a raised eyebrow. "Is that what we're calling her now?"
"It has a better ring to it than 'hot neighbour' don't you think?"
The blonde could only shake her head with a laugh as she opened the front door. "I'm going to save lives now." She called over her shoulder.
Later that day Raven was sitting out on a café patio with Octavia enjoying a nice hot coffee when a bike pulled up and stopped at the light beside them. "Isn't that Clarke's hot neighbour?" Octavia asked causing Raven to turn her head.
She hadn't gotten close enough to the bike to see the detail that Octavia was now drooling over. "We've started calling her the sexy surfer but yeah I think that is her."
"I can see why you guys are on an almost stalker level, that bike is sexy as fuck."
"From what we've seen the woman riding it is too, until I get my hands on her." Raven let out causing Octavia to look at her questioningly. "Didn't mean it like that but speaking of sexy have you heard from Lexa at all?"
Octavia shook her head. "No she was in town a couple weeks ago but I haven't heard much from her since, she's probably in some foreign country."
"Mhmm." Raven squinted as the light turned green and the 'sexy surfer' took off again.
"You have that look on your face? What is it you're trying to mastermind?"
"Nothing, just sad I won't get to see her while I'm in town."
Octavia took a deep breath in and sipped her drink. "Whatever you say Ray, but we both know you're full of shit."
XOXO
The next evening once Raven was sure Clarke was heading to work she grabbed her drink and headed outside to sit on the porch. An hour went by before she heard the familiar sounds of a motorcycle coming down the street. Looking down at her watch she shook her head as the motorcycle came into view and pulled into the driveway a few houses down. Standing up she walked back inside to put her glass down before grabbing her keys and heading back out the door.
Without any hesitation she walked right up to Clarke's new neighbours door and twisted the doorknob. She smiled once she realized it wasn't locked, not that she was opposed to picking it but she was on vacation after all. Once the door was open she shook her head as the sound of tropical house music filled her ears. The further she walked into the house the more she wondered if anyone even truly lived in it because of how clinically clean it was. It was then that she knew without a shadow of a doubt that her hunch had been correct. Finally she found herself standing near the entrance to the kitchen but was surprised when no one was there. Shrugging she opened the fridge and was thankful to find her favourite beer was perfectly chilling. Taking it out she went and sat down at the kitchen table and waited.
Twenty minutes and a beer later Raven finally smiled when she heard someone coming down the stairs through the music. The house was still dimly light so she was positive she wouldn't be seen right away. The woman finally came into view, Raven tried to stifle her laugh as best she could as the woman started dancing and singing around the kitchen.
"Having fun over there?" She asked loud enough to be heard over the music.
"Holy fuck!" The woman caught her breath and put down the knife she had instinctively grabbed. "What in the actual hell! Did you leave any beer for me or have you had it all?"
Raven shrugged as she stood up. "What are you going to do about it? Call the cops? Anya and Gus both love me more. Maybe I should call them for you. Besides it should be me saying what the fuck, does anyone know you're here?" No response. Grabbing the remote off the counter Raven turned the music off. "Lexa, does anyone know you've moved back to North Carolina?"
"No?" She tried with a shrug as she turned back around to stir her food. "How long have you been sitting in my house for anyways? You could have at least started dinner."
"You could at least tell people you're back. Like I don't know, like um, your best friends!"
"I'm definitely going to need a drink for this conversation after the heart attack you've given me." She rolled her eyes and opened her fridge before grabbing a beer.
"Thought you were all wine and prestige these days?" Lexa gave her friend the finger as she leaned back against her counter, taking a long sip of her drink.
"Funny, and you should know me better than that." Raven was about to speak when Lexa held up her hand. "Yeah, except you just stalked my house blah blah. How did you find out anyways?"
Raven grinned. "I helped you pick out that bike and all its custom parts. I know my own handiwork when I see it Callaway. You didn't answer my question though, what the hell are you doing here and why does no one know?"
"I'm trying to move part of the company back here so that my parents can finally fully retire. My father and grandfather always talked about it but it never worked. So once dad got sick and I took over it was something I knew needed to happen. I'm not entirely sure how it's going to work yet but we're in the process of uniting the company if you will. I'm not here full time, which is why no one knows. I don't want to get their hopes up only to crash them, especially the kids…" they looked at each other with a laugh "… and Octavia," they said in unison.
"Take it I'm not allowed to tell anyone about my discovery?"
"I promise I'll tell them soon, if it sticks."
"Can you fake a trip then so we can all hangout while I'm home?"
Lexa smiled as she finally set her beer down and hugged her friend. "Of course, I would have if I knew you had been here."
"Wait so does that mean you're selling my Manhattan place because I will be crushed!"
"It holds too many memories for me to sell besides I'll still have business there and you can use it whenever you're in town just please…"
"No sex on the counters, I know. Ruin all my fun. So you got some time to hang out?"
"Won't anyone notice you're gone?"
Raven shook her head as Lexa started to give her a brief tour of the house. "Nah, Clarke is at work all night, she won't be back until the morning. She acts like saving lives is such hard work? I am literally a rocket scientist, she's just a pediatric surgeon. Don't give me that look Callaway, you're supposed to be on my side and not hers.
"How close is my place to hers that you were able to spot my bike?" Lexa finally asked, scared to know the answer.
"Who says her place is close by and I didn't just follow you home, it is a small town after all. Octavia and I saw you earlier when we had brunch." Lexa raised her eyebrow and gave her a knowing look. "Shit you really don't know?"
Lexa shook her head. "How would I? We try and avoid each other when I visit and she hasn't been back for too long. I know next to nothing about her, I barely knew that she chose pedatric surgery."
"Except when you two bang all across the world." Lexa's jaw fell open and it only made the grin on Raven's face grow bigger. "Please as if I didn't know who she was getting some from. She tried to tell me that it was just some beautiful woman but I knew better, she had that I just banged Lexa glow."
"Really Rae? Banged Lexa glow?"
"It's true, just ask O, Anya and even Lincoln, actually probably Gustus too."
Lexa rolled her eyes. "That was still years ago and we really weren't doing a whole lot of talkin'."
"You two are probably the weirdest humans ever, and you're both idiots but to answer your question she lives on this street and that's all I'll say so you may want to tell them all sooner rather than later."
"I will I promise, I take it you're staying for dinner since Clarke isn't home to feed you?" Raven nodded as they settled down on the large comfy couch in the living room. "Some things will never change." Lexa let out in a sigh as she took another sip of her drink. Of course she would fall in love with a house that was close to her ex girlfriend. What Raven failed to tell her was just how close.
XOXO
"Raven's home and throwing a party next month, if you aren't there she will kill you."
Lexa scoffed as Anya shrugged, not really caring about whether or not her best friend was murdered at the hands of a scientist. "Gee Anya, thanks, I love you too."
"I love you sexy Lexie." Tris laughed as she skated by on her heely's, a piece of licorice sticking out of her mouth.
"What did I tell you about heely's in the house and while you're eating. For Christ's sake." Anya rolled her eyes as Lexa tried to stifle a laugh. "Excuse you?" Anya looked at her with her signature evil glare but it only had the adverse affect and caused Lexa to nearly spit out her drink in laughter. "Why's that so funny to you exactly?"
Lexa pointed her finger at her niece as they watched her roll down the hall. "Seriously? She's all you, it's hilarious to see you try and deal with it. Now you know how the rest of us have felt your entire life."
"Shut up sexy Lexie." Anya grumbled as she rolled her eyes and finished cleaning up the kitchen. "Speaking of you though, you've been around a lot lately, trying to rack up those frequent flyer miles?"
"She complains when I'm not here and now she's complaining when I am. Women." Lexa threw her hands in the air, trying to stall as she found the words to tell her best friend that she had moved back to North Carolina.
"I'm not complaining asshole, I'm simply making an observation. Are you secretly dating someone, is it Harper because as weird as that may still be for me, I think you'd make a cute couple."
"We aren't dating, we're just friends and no there is no other woman either. What time does Gus get home, I'll take you for a quick drive and show you."
As if on que Gustus walked through the door only to be tackled by his two children. "Why are you two so happy?" He paused a moment and looked between both kids. "Which one of your aunts is here?"
"Auntie Lexa." Aden grinned as he high-fived his father.
"Hi Lex." Gustus smiled as he saw Lexa walk out of the kitchen, jacket in hand. "Leaving already? Do I smell that bad?" He pretended to smell himself only to listen to his daughter groan and go upstairs.
"You're disgusting dad, that's why she's leaving," Tris threw over her shoulder as she reached the top of the stairs.
Gustus shook his head, his grin growing wider as his wife followed behind Lexa, coat in hand.
"We're going out, Lexa has something to show me, if it's too crazy I'll call for backup." Anya laughed as she finished putting her coat on and kissed her husbands cheek.
"That's no fun for me though, Octavia is your backup call."
Anya simply shrugged, a slight chuckle leaving her lips. "You get to take care of the kids so you're my first backup."
"I thought I was your first back up?" Lexa asked as she opened the door to Anya's SUV.
"How can you be back up if we're attached at the hip? Besides when you aren't around I need someone who is capable of getting our asses out of anything. Stick to lawyering people."
"That's fair." Lexa beamed as she got back into the car with a wave at her nephew and Gustus.
They drove for about fifteen minutes before Anya finally clued into where they were headed. "Why are we going to Wrightsville?"
"Who says we are?" Lexa countered. Anya raised an eyebrow and Lexa was sure being a mother only made her evil looks worse. "Okay we're going to Wrightsville but you'll see once we get there."
"Are you having a secret affair with Clarke that I don't know about? Cause the last time I checked she was still seeing Niylah and you aren't a home wrecker."
Lexa nearly choked at her best friends comments, her heart dropped in her chest slightly at the mention of her and Clarke but somethings were meant to be kept private. As they got closer to Lexa's new home, she could see the wheels starting to turn in Anya's head. "You can park in the garage." Lexa instructed her as she hit a button on her phone, opening the door.
"Why is your bike here?" Shaking her head Lexa got out of Anya's SUV and made her way inside, waiting for Anya to join her. "Why is all your shit here? Lexa does this mean what I think it does because if this is a sick joke I will kill you myself." Without waiting for Lexa to respond Anya started checking out the rest of the house. "Literally all your shit is here."
"Don't people usually bring all their shit with them when they move?" Lexa laughed as she felt her best friend wrap her arms around her and give her a good squeeze. "Ow!" She groaned once Anya pulled back and punched her arm. "What the fuck?"
"How long have you been living here?"
Lexa shrugged. "A little while, not too long I just wanted to make sure it was permanent before I told anyone. The only people that know are Harper and Raven, I needed some help which is why Harper knows. As for Raven, before you kill me, she figured it out all on her own, apparently my bike was a bit of a give away."
"You don't say?" Anya shook her head a large smile finally appearing on her face as she hugged her friend again. "You do realize you're practically neighbours with Griffin right?"
Lexa exhaled deeply, she still didn't understand why the world had to be so cruel sometimes. "Raven pointed that out but wouldn't tell me which house is hers which I suspect you won't either since I withheld information from you."
"They get so smart so quickly." Anya laughed as she pinched Lexa's cheeks. "The kids are going to love this you know? You may never be allowed to leave again."
"I'm okay with that, though I will still have to leave on business. My parents are planning on spending more time here too."
Anya rolled her eyes. "Great I'm going to need one of their houses to store all the crap they buy my kids. Hurry up and have kids of your own so they can spoil them."
"As if that would stop them from spoiling yours."
XOXO
Two weeks later almost everyone sat outside on Clarke's deck, the kids were running around trying to tackle Lincoln, with Octavia's help and everyone else was sipping on drinks.
"Hey look Clarkey, you're lady crush is out on the water and damn, it's a good thing I'm married." Octavia roared from the middle of Clarke's backyard with Tris slung over her shoulder.
Clarke waited until the kids weren't looking before she gave her friend the middle finger. "One of us would have to approach her for that to happen and I called dibs."
"Yeah you did." Anya and Raven said in unison before looking at each other and bursting out into a fit of laughter.
"I hate you both." Everyone except for Clarke started laughing causing the blonde to roll her eyes and head inside to get another beer.
A few hours later they all sat by the fire, telling stories of old Sunday family dinners. Aden sat on Clarke's lap listening to all the stories and when he was sure no one else was really paying attention he sat up a little and looked at his aunt. "How come you never invite Auntie Lexie to family dinners anymore, from the sounds of it you all used to be friends."
Clarke was taken back to say the least. She hadn't really expected him to ask that and so she fumbled over her words slightly. "Your aunt lives in another state buddy, otherwise I'm sure she'd be here."
"Because we're all family right?."
A part of Clarke's heart broke all over again because she wished his words were true. "Of course we are."
XOXO
"Your son asked me why his aunt doesn't get invited to family dinners anymore." Clarke let out as she and Anya stood in the kitchen tidying up.
Anya raised an eyebrow before smiling softly. "He's perceptive like his mother, he also loves you both immensely."
"I know, I just never thought he'd ask that, but I guess it's because she's been here more often than she ever has."
"Yeah she hasn't been traveling over seas as much, I'm sure it has something to do with the fact that she broke up with whatever model she was hooking up with while she was gone."
Clarke nearly choked on her drink. "As if Lexa would ever date a model." Anya didn't intentionally remain quiet but she wasn't expecting Clarke to react the way she had.
"I don't know the tabloids seem to think she was, either a model or some princess from some far off country." Anya shook her head with a slight eye off. "Lifestyles of the rich and famous. Speaking of, you haven't been travelling too much lately either."
Clarke turned her back to the counter so she could lean against it as she took a drink of her beer. "Yeah, taking of as chief of pediatric surgery doesn't leave me as much time as I'd like to travel with doctors without borders. Besides I kind of like being able to be here and stable for you guys and the kids. It's nice to just be..home."
"It's nice having you around more. I love having a babysitter on speed dial." Anya laughed as Gus walked in an gave her a high-five.
"I hate you both, but I love those kids so consider yourselves lucky."
"I've been meaning to ask. How are things with Niylah?"
Clarke finished the rest of her beer before grabbing another one out of the fridge. "Good I guess, steady. I feel bad because I don't see her much with my schedule but she's always been supportive and that hasn't changed." Clarke looked up from her beer and held her arms out. "What? Why are you looking at me like that?"
"Hmm, nothing, I'm not looking at you like anything." Anya shrugged, finishing her beer and setting the empty bottle down on the counter. "Okay, fine, I was looking at you like something. I just don't see the spark, I can see you're content but is it so wrong for me to want more from my best friend? The other one dates models, so I need more from you."
Clarke rolled her eyes. "She didn't date a model, but I am content and for right now that is more than enough for me."
"Okay, whatever you say. I just don't want you to look back ten years from now and realize you settled because it was easy. Oh and she definitely dated a model, and I believe a Macedonian princess but you didn't hear it from me and I wasn't really paying attention." With Clarke's mouth now agape Anya smirked and left the kitchen to round up the rest of her family.
XOXO
"You really need to tell Octavia because it's really hard for me to explain why I have secret meetings at diners so early in the morning, and why I sometimes miss our workout sessions."
Lexa rolled her eyes. "She's in the car right now isn't she?"
Anya shook her head. "No she isn't, this time but please tell her. You know she won't tell Clarke. Besides the longer you wait and she finds out Raven knew, you're going to end up dead and I may help hide the body."
"Okay, fine as long as you're sure she won't tell Clarke. I should probably be the one to tell her."
Nodding, Anya reached across the table and took a french fry off of Lexa's plate. "She won't. She's going to be so happy to have a work out buddy that she won't say anything. Speaking of Clarke though, how are you two? Last time you were together it seemed civil."
"I know where you're going with this and don't. We're civil for the kids and you guys outside of that I really don't have much to say. What's done is done, we've moved on, I just want to be here with my family and try to have it be an normal as possible."
"Not trying to do anything sexy Lexie, but I'll let you go back to work. Call Octavia and stop being a dipshit." With that Anya stood up, took one last fry and left with a smug grin on her face. One that Lexa knew well and hated.
"Anya?" Lexa called after her friend causing her to turn around just before she left the restaurant. "I'll talk to her as soon as I get back from Berlin."
XOXO
"Why are you so grumpy? Is it because your hot neighbour has been missing in action?" Octavia laughed as she sat on Clarke's deck with the blonde and Raven.
Clarke turned her head and rolled her eyes. "Can't I sit on my damn deck and enjoy the peace and quiet?"
"She's definitely been super grumpy, partially because the hottie hasn't been around, partially because her and Niylah have the lamest sex imaginable and she was yammering on about something at the hospital but I wasn't listening to that." Raven chimed in causing Octavia to spit her mouthful of beer out.
"What's wrong with you and Niylah's sex life Clarkey?"
"Seriously? That's all you took from that? Our sex life is perfect healthy, thank you."
Raven rolled her eyes. "It's lame, I don't even think you two get it on because it's so quiet, in college we could hear you and…" Raven stopped before the words came out of her mouth. "Nevermind, I'm just saying there's no spark so what the hell are you doing wasting time especially since sexy Lexie has been around more?"
"First off, no! That's not happening again, we clearly don't work and we aren't in college anymore. As I've told you we agreed to get along for our family, simple as that. Also I'm not wasting my time with Niylah, I really like her. For the record I'm not grumpy because the sexy as hell neighbour has been gone, I'm grumpy because of the shit going on at work and that a lot of people I care about might lose their jobs. This company is threatening to take over and cut funding. Mostly for the nurses and we don't really know how to stop it, we're trying to get in touch with some lawyers but I don't understand the legal mumbo jumbo."
"So you're fine with Harper dating Lexa then?" Raven asked, blatantly ignoring the rest of what Clarke had said.
"Harper and Lexa are not dating, Harper and I already had that conversation. I gave her my blessing but she said that's not what it is, they're adults they can do as they please. Plus Lexa lives four states away. Seriously, do you ever listen to me?"
Raven shrugged. "I listen when you go on and on about the sexy surfer's totally amazing tattoo that you keep drawing."
"We'll come back to the work thing but sexy back tattoo? Is that to match the sexy as hell motorcycle she rides around on?" Octavia asked with raised eyebrows. "I need the receipts."
Before Clarke could even budge Raven jumped out of her chair and ran inside. "Is it time for her to go back to Texas yet?" Clarke groaned downing the rest of her drink.
No more than a minute later Raven tossed Clarke's sketchbook at Octavia who quickly opened it and flipped through to find what she was looking for.
"Holy shit! Holy shit!" Both Raven and Clarke gave her an odd expression not exactly understanding her freakout.
"I told you it was sexy but two holy shits in a row. Should we warn Lincoln that you might be hiding something about your sexuality?"
Octavia rolled her eyes and flipped Raven off. "No fucker, I don't want to bone her like you and Clarke seem to want to. I just wasn't expecting it to be this intricate."
"Now that you can understand why I like to draw it can we move on to why I'm actually grumpy before I fall asleep sitting up?"
"Fine, fine go ahead, we'll actually listen." Octavia said turning her full attention towards Clarke.
Two hours later Clarke excused herself to go to bed after filling her best friends in on what was really going on at work. Corpoarte take overs never seemed fun on tv and they were clearly less fun in real life. Now Raven was finally left alone with Octavia and she was slightly scared with the look the cop had on her face.
"Where does this sexy neighbour live exactly?"
"Roughly 7 doors down." Raven answered, still slightly afraid.
"Roughly? Or Is it exactly 7 doors down."
"Exactly. Why?" Before Raven could ask anything else Octavia was out the front door and stomping down the street with Raven chasing after her.
Raven watched as Octavia burst through the front door of the house as she sprinted to catch up. "Oh shit." She mumbled as she finally made her way inside behind Octavia.
"Alexandra Callaway you better bring you ass down into this kitchen before I come and find you and murder you before you can even think to call Anya for back up!"
The shout made even Raven pale as she looked at the expression on Octavia's face. "How did you…"
"You will get a talking to later for breaking best friend code. I swear to god Lexa don't make me come and find you."
"I'm coming can't a girl even pack in peace anymore!" A minute later Lexa walked down the stairs and slowed her pace once she saw the look on Octavia's face. "Shit."
"Shit is right, you better sit down and explain your damn self real fast."
"Which one of them told you?"
Octavia raised an eyebrow. "Well I'm assuming you know it wasn't Clarke since she is far more clueless than I and neither of the other two told me. I've had my suspicions for the past little while and was waiting for one of you to slip up. Your bike isn't exactly inconspicuous and I knew I had seen it before. Anya running off in the middle of the night to check on the kids and not complaining about being hungry was another tip but the real kicker is that lovely back tattoo of yours. You know the one I went with you to get after you had a near mental breakdown and I flew to New York so that you wouldn't worry Anya."
"Wait, you knew about the tattoo and flew to New York and didn't tell me? Oh this relationship needs counselling." Raven piped in earning a look from both Lexa and Octavia.
"I'm sorry, I was going to tell you as soon as I got back from Berlin, which I'm currently trying to pack for so can you please scold me upstairs?" Octavia nodded and followed Lexa up the stairs to her bedroom.
"I'm so pissed you didn't tell me, you know I wouldn't tell Clarke."
"You're pissed you missed out on late night pancakes! And work out sessions!"
"That too!" Before Lexa could say anything else Octavia wrapped her arms around the other brunettes shoulders and pulled her in for a tight hug. "I've missed you. Does this mean you're here to stay or part time?"
"For now a little more than part time but in the future potentially to stay. That's the plan. Wait how did you see my tattoo?"
It was Octavia and Raven's turn to look at each other as if they'd seen a ghost. "I just did and you can't question me on it because you're still in the shit book."
Lexa nodded. "Can you at least pass me that shirt though so I can pack it. I need to be at the airport in two hours."
Over the next two hours Octavia grilled Lexa, before finally agreeing to drive her to the airport mostly to grill her a little more.
"So you're going to be home for Raven's party right?"
"Yes Octavia."
"And we're going to eat pancakes and then work out in the morning?"
"Yes Octavia," Lexa smiled as her friend passed her the luggage out of the trunk.
"Please tell Clarke, it's shitty not knowing something everyone else around you does." Lexa nodded after swallowing the lump in her throat. "That's the real reason you didn't want to tell me isn't it? That I'd make you realize you need to tell her," again Lexa nodded. "You also should tell her about LA and how you thought she was screwing around with my brother. I'm not saying it to try and get you two back together, I'm saying it because it's a weight you've been carrying around for far too long. Just think about it okay? Especially if you're going to be back here."
"I promise I will, thank you, for everything."
Octavia smiled and gave Lexa another hug. "Easy on the models in Berlin killer, save some of that Callaway charm for the rest of us and we'll see you when you get back. Lincoln is going to be ecstatic."
"I'll text you when I land." Lexa grinned as she gave Octavia a final wave.
XOXO
North Carolina – Two Weeks Later
"Oh my god I swear Lexa Callaway gets hotter and hotter. How is that even legal or fair for the rest of us. If I was this chick I'd be hanging off her too." Fox whined as she plopped down onto the couch next to Clarke in the breakroom.
"What is with your obsession?" Clarke asked as she tried her best to not look at the magazine cover her friend was holding.
She didn't need to turn her head away from the tv to know the look she was currently getting. "Have you seen her? Not only is she stunningly gorgeous but she's uber intelligent and is the youngest woman ever to run a fortune 500 company. Need I say more?"
"No, no you've said enough."
Just as Fox was going to say something else her pager went off, causing her to leap up from her seat. "Shit I gotta go, later Griffin."
Once Fox left she went back to trying to watch tv to rest her brain for at least a half hour but as hard as she tried she couldn't focus. Sighing she picked up the magazine and looked at it briefly. Fox wasn't entirely wrong, Lexa did look good in her dress, a goofy smile on her face which told Clarke that the paparazzi had taken the photo from a distance. Sure enough like Fox had said there was an attractive, presumably, model hanging off her shoulder. Clarke couldn't see the woman's face but she was positive it would match the rest of her. Annoyed at herself for being annoyed she tossed the magazine down onto the table and left the room.
"What's gonna your panties in a bunch?" Raven asked as Clarke moved about the house with a bit of a chip on her shoulder the next morning after her shift.
"Nothing, it's nothing." Clarke sighed as she looked out the window above the sink hoping to catch a glimpse of her attractive neighbour to make her feel better.
Raven got up, and moved to standing beside her friend. "What is it?" She asked gentler.
"It's stupid. It's so stupid, I shouldn't even be annoyed but I am and that's making me even more annoyed."
"I love you but even I can not make sense of what you just said?"
Clarke shook her head and took a deep breathe. "It's fine, I promise I'll be good after I eat something and sleep."
Nodding Raven kissed her friends temple before making her way outside knowing the Clarke needed a little sleep.
XOXO
"Clarke, get your ass up. I'm throwing a fucking party tonight and you're sitting on the couch!"
"Rae, I love you, I do but I really do not want to go to a party tonight, I'm tired."
Raven raised an eyebrow as she shut off the tv, finally getting her best friends full attention. "Says the girl who works 72 hours straight, get up and get ready before I call Anya over here. You know Anya our friend who hasn't had a proper night out in forever because she has two children."
"Even better, she needs a baby sitter then." Clarke grinned as she sat up and grabbed her cell phone to call Anya.
"Put it on speaker then hot shot."
"Your asses better be ready to go? Gus is picking you up in an hour, what are you doing calling me?" Anya answered with a huff, clearly getting ready on the other side of the phone.
Clarke rolled her eyes as Raven continued to stand looking at her as if she had just won the lottery. "I was calling to see if you needed a baby sitter, I'm not in a partying mood."
Once again they heard Anya huff. "Get up and get dressed, I have not been out in forever which means you have to come. If you do not come it defeats the purpose of a reunion and I need to drink. I have two kids who are miniature versions of me and my husband. Do you understand how much I need to drink, dance and not give a flying fuck about being hung over tomorrow?"
"Fine, I'm going to get ready." It was Clarke's turn to huff as she ended the call and sluggishly climbed the stairs.
XOXO
"Look at that the whole crew is here." Raven beamed as she looked at all her friends standing by the bar. "Wait, where the fuck is Lexa? Her flight was supposed to land exactly 4 hours and 23 minutes ago." She looked over at Anya who was downing her drink.
"I'm not her damn keeper, I'm surprised she even agreed to this. I know she's working on some big something. I tune it out the minute she starts talking about the business."
"You never told me Lexa was supposed to be here." Clarke glared at her best friend.
Raven shrugged. "It's me you should have known."
"She lives in New York how was I possibly going to know that?"
"Again, it's me." Was all Raven said before she pointed at Harper. "You! Where is she? This isn't a proper reunion unless she's here."
"You mean you really want to get her drunk." Octavia cut in with a laugh to which Raven agreed and nodded.
"Despite popular belief we aren't attached at the hip I don't have special Lexa senses. She probably got held up on the runway or something."
Raven huffed before making the bartender pour her another drink. "No only Clarke has those senses, so are your Lexa senses tingling?"
Clarke rolled her eyes. "For starters, no and I do not have special Lexa senses either. End of subject."
xoxo
Two hours into the night and still no one had heard from Lexa. Raven was really starting to get pissed, Anya was slightly starting to worry and Clarke was on edge waiting on whether or not her girlfriend was going to show up. Which ended up leaving them all on the brink of being very drunk.
Clarke was finally starting to ease up and let loose when a weird feeling over came her. Turning towards the entrance of the room her heart fell into her stomach and her breath hitched in her chest.
Fuck. Was the only word that came to mind in her fuzzy haze. She wasn't she if it was because Lexa had actually shown up looking incredibly attractive, the idea that she still had special Lexa senses and lastly because she had what looked to be a model hanging off her arm. The same model that had been hanging off her on the magazine cover, as if that wasn't bad enough. Before she could process the thought anymore she saw Raven throw her hands up in the air getting Lexa's attention.
Thankfully in Raven's excitement it allowed Clarke to escape back to the bar and away from her incoming ex-girlfriend. "I thought you two were somewhat okay?" She heard in her ear as she got her drink. A strong double shot of whiskey. Taking the shot she finally turned to face Octavia.
"I don't know how we are, we just don't talk about anything but the kids and an environment like this just brings a lot back. We've thrown all our shit into a closet and I guess I'm just waiting for it to spill out. It also doesn't help that she rolls in here with a damn model or heiress or god only knows who and I left Niylah at home because this was supposed to be a reunion."
"Tell you what, we'll go over there, we'll say hi. I'll give the bitch a death glare and she'll probably run out of here faster than she flew okay."
"Thanks O, you're the best."
"Don't let Anya hear you say that. Now buy we a shot before we get this rumble started."
Clarke signaled the bartender as she looked at her group of friends share a round of hugs on the dance floor. "I don't think she'd agree with us right now." Clarke nodded in their direction leaving Octavia with a perplexed expression.
"What in the real fuck." Octavia mumbled before she downed her shot and made a beeline for their friends with Clarke close behind her.
"Looking for me?" Octavia said in Lexa's ear causing the other brunette to turn around and give her a hug. "Not cool Lex, not cool." Was all she said before they pulled apart only to see a smile on Lexa's face.
Lexa stepped out of the way and Octavia nearly knocked everyone over as she practically jumped on the woman standing next to Anya.
"Hi." Lexa mouthed to Clarke before her attention was taken in another direction.
"What, no love Griffster?" Clarke barely heard over the sound of the music. Once the lights changed and she got a glimpse of those cheek bones she couldn't help but grin and follow Octavia's reaction by throwing her arms around the woman standing in front of her.
"Echo, what the hell are you doing here?! I thought you were in Europe?"
Echo grinned, "I was. I was but Raven wouldn't stop spamming my email and then this one happened to be in Berlin so I got a free flight home. I've missed you little assholes. Besides would it really be a reunion without me?"
"No, it really wouldn't."
xoxo
A couple hours later Clarke made her way outside onto the back patio and breathed deeply, taking in the cooler air. She was certainly starting to feel too old to be in a club, let alone out so late but on the flip side it was nice to be back with everyone. It felt exactly like it used to, like family that had never really been apart. It was almost a little to much like it used to be, especially where Lexa was concerned. The atmosphere was far more laid back than Octavia's wedding, with drinks flowing and everyone on the same page it was hard for her to look at Lexa and not feel anything. She was still angry and disappointed and a million other emotions but seeing her smile the way she was topped all of the negativity.
As if the universe wanted to drive the point home a little harder she looked over and saw the woman of her current thoughts over looking the water below the patio. "You're just everywhere aren't you?" Once she heard the words out loud Clarke clasped her hand over her mouth. She definitely had not meant to say that for all to hear, especially not Lexa.
"Sorry," Lexa spoke softly as she turned around and went to move past Clarke, "and I'm sorry you thought I'd parade my girlfriend around your home. I'm a lot of things Clarke but I would never do that to anyone, especially not you." With that Lexa walked back inside.
"Shit, good job Griffin." She berated herself as she leaned back against the railing.
xoxo
"I wasn't jealous by the way, I was just I don't know…" Clarke let out as everyone was saying their goodbyes, the alcohol now taking over her ability to keep her mouth shut.
"You don't have to explain yourself to me Clarke. Have a good night." With that Lexa gave her a weak smile and made her way outside.
"Hey, you okay? I just saw that little exchange?" Octavia asked as she slung her arm over Clarke's shoulder as they watched Lexa say goodbye to Monty and Jasper outside.
Clarke closed her eyes for a moment and took a deep breath. "Yeah I just want to get home, I'm exhausted."
"Okay, home we go."
Xoxo
It took them awhile to actually leave the bar but Octavia finally managed to wrangle both Raven and Echo into the cab. Once they got back to Clarke's it was a free for all of changing into the comfiest sweats they could find.
"This reminds me way too much like our college days." Echo grinned as she sat sideways on the chair in Clarke's living room. Legs having off of one side, head barely on resting on the back of it.
"Except this pizza isn't as good as the one we used to get from that place next to Shooters." Octavia replied, mouth full of pizza and all.
Raven started giggling from where her head rested in Clarke's lap on the couch. "Clarke was even still giving one Lexa Callaway the heart eyes."
"I was not giving her heart eyes, I just wasn't expecting to see her."
Raven opened her eyes and looked straight into Clarke's. "I was being nice they were actually jealous eyes, that is until you realized she was with this bitch over here."
"I wasn't jealous either. It's just…I don't know."
Echo snorted from laughter. "It's okay Clarkey, I'd be jealous of me too and I only ever got drunk enough to kiss her once."
"You kissed sexy Lexie?" Octavia beamed while Clarke tried to act like it didn't phase her."
"Yeah like a year ago, we were in Barcelona walking down cobblestone streets, drinks in hand, trying to unwind, ya know enjoying life. We were laughing and I just stopped her dead in her tracks and planted one on her." Echo stopped to take a laugh break. "Caught her super off guard."
Raven piped up at that point. "Wait a second, did that make the tabloids?"
Echo grinned even wider. "That it did but thankfully they didn't realize who I was since my back was turned. We laugh about it now." Echo shrugged, clearly not affected by the memory.
"I have questions." Octavia sat up from where she was sitting on the floor and put the pizza down.
"Me too!" Raven grinned as she turned and faced Echo fully.
"Hit me." Echo wiggled her eyebrows as Clarke rolled her eyes and pretended to be enamored by the slice of pizza in her hand to care about talk of Lexa Callaway.
"I just need confirmation that she is, how do I put this again Rave?" She grinned up at her best friend. "The most fabulous, amazing, world altering, mind shattering kisser ever to walk this galaxy." They both said unison causing Clarke to almost choke on her bite of pizza.
Rolling her eyes once again Clarke finally managed to cough the piece down. "You're all assholes."
"I can definitely confirm that and she wasn't even trying. We giggled through the whole thing once she came to her senses anyway. You get one question Raven, make it a good one." The model leaned forward and snagged another slice of pizza out of the box.
Raven took a minute to think about where she wanted to take this question. "So I really want to ask if you two banged but I feel like with the giggling that wouldn't have happened and your bitchy ass loves Clarke too much so…Did you have a crush on our resident hottie?"
"I'm only admitting this because I'm drunk but yeah I guess I sort of did but not in an overly romantic way. She's just so captivating sometimes, it makes you question everything. I don't know how Clarke and her were 'friends' for so long. To be clear though nothing more has ever happened more than some cuddling and that one kiss."
"Damn, guess we'll never know how good she really is in bed."
Clarke huffed, this was not helping. "Really Raven? Why are we Lexa obsessed again?"
"I'm on vacation, this is good entertainment for me."
"You want your question Clarkey?" Echo asked, following the rules they had all set back in college.
"I don't have one, I just thought she was dating Costia again around that time."
Echo shrugged. "I cannot validate that, I honestly have no idea but Lexa is definitely not a cheater and we all know that. If they were together it wasn't exclusive besides it was one kiss."
"Side bar question," Raven cut in, her mind clearly racing, "that picture she posted in the floral dress, wine glass in hand, was that the same night?"
"I believe it was if we're thinking about the same one."
"Oh hell ya I def would have made out with her too with that wild hair." Octavia mumbled through a bite of her pizza. Clarke once again rolled her eyes before Raven fumbled for her phone and with one eye closed scrolled through her Instagram to find the picture in question. A minute later she was shoving the phone in Clarke's face.
They all watched her reaction. "Mhmm, that's what I thought." Raven laughed as she almost dropped her phone.
"It's just too hard to be around her, too much has happened between us. Distance from her is good and besides I'm happy with Niylah but I'm not blind. She somehow manages to get better looking the older she gets, it's not fair." Clarke huffed causing Raven to laugh and almost fall off the couch.
All three of the other women in the room shared a look that thankfully went unnoticed by Clarke as silence fell upon. It didn't take much longer for all of them to slowly head to bed, leaving Clarke sitting on the couch staring out the window at the waves crashing onto shore.
Xoxo
Two weeks after the night at the club Clarke had thankfully been able to avoid Lexa. She presumed the woman had gone back to New York a day or two after Raven's party which she was more than thankful for. Seeing her was hard for more than one reason and it was just easier to not deal with if she wasn't around.
It also didn't help that she had been spending longer days than usual at the hospital. There was a take over brewing and it was causing an enormous uproar within the staff. There was talk of planned cuts of the non-contracted staff, both doctors, nurses and maintenance personnel alike. Leaving Clarke far more extra work to do but she was glad to do it if it meant her friends and colleagues could fight for their jobs.
Finally after a fifteen hour surgery on a preemie baby Clarke managed to find a quite room to lay down in. However, once her head hit the side cushion of the couch she was out. She wasn't sure how much later it was when her phone started ringing causing her to nearly fall off the couch in a panic. Taking a breath she tried to shake her head awake before answering what she recognized as one of the nurses station numbers in the emergency room.
"Hello?" Clarke couldn't explain why but she suddenly felt her stomach flip flopped and she knew something was wrong. Usually the nurses stations paged doctors, it was rare for them to actually get ahold of their cell numbers.
"Is this Ms. Griffin?" She couldn't recognize the nurse by her voice but she knew that tone all too well, she had to use it more often than she liked and it was not good.
"Ms. Griffin this is Chantel calling from New Polis Medical Center do you have a minute?"
Clarke thought about sitting down to figure out why she would be getting a call like this but something told her she needed to go and she needed to do it fast.
"Yes of course, what's this about?" She asked as she threw the room door open and sped down the hallway towards the elevator.
"We're calling because we need for you to come down to the hospital as soon as possible, there's a been an accident with Lexa Callaway…" Clarke threw her phone in her pocket and banged on the elevator button to no avail. Her heart was racing, she felt like she was going to be sick and all she could think about was that this had to be some sort of mistake. Waiting another second for the elevator she looked around to see what floor she was on and bolted for the staircase.
She wasn't sure if she flew down the stairs or fell but she finally made her way around the corner of the emergency room and started surveying it, looking for any indication that this was a mistake. She checked two rooms but found them empty, it wasn't until she heard the commotion at the end of the hall that she found the right room. Bursting through the door her blood immediately ran cold.
There lying on the stretcher was a woman the same height and build as Lexa. No this couldn't be right, why would they call her, how would they know to call her. She looked back and forth from the stretcher to the doctors, there was too much blood to see anything but there lying on the ground was a leather jacket she knew all too well.
Lexa Callaway was lying lifeless on a stretcher infront of her and all she could do was let out a small cry as she stood frozen watching the doctors work around her.
TBC