Sabotage
Lexa sat in the cold plastic chair in the hospital waiting room with her head in her hands as she waited for any news of Anya’s condition. After Clarke had said Anya and accident in the same sentence Lexa had hung up the phone and was at the hospital in record time. Now here she sat nervous as hell waiting for someone, anyone, to come and tell her everything was going to be just fine.
As Lexa took a deep breath to try and calm her racing mind she felt a hand place itself on her shoulder. Looking up she stared into the brown eyes of Raven who gave her a sad smile and behind her stood Octavia, Bellamy, and Lincoln.
“Hey, Lexa. Clarke called and told us what happened before she went into the surgery. Have you heard any news?”
Lexa shook her head gently as they sat in the chairs around her,“No, it’s been almost an hour since I got here and no ones come out to say anything. I’m starting to get worried.”
“Just because someone hasn’t come out doesn’t mean it’s a bad thing. Trust me when I say Mama G and Clarke are the best doctors for Anya to have working on her right now. I wouldn’t trust anyone more than them,” Octavia said, trying to comfort the detective.
As Lexa gave them all a thankful smile Clarke walked through the threshold of the waiting room and looked towards all her friends. Lexa was the first one up and had practically ran over to the blonde doctor before throwing her arms around her in a fierce hug.
“Please tell me she’s okay, Clarke.”
Lexa felt Clarke’s arms wrap around her waist,“She did amazing. We’re getting her set up in her room now. She’ll be in here for a few days but she’ll make a full recovery.”
Lexa heard a collection of ‘thank gods’ and relieved sighs behind her as she pulled away from Clarke to look into her sky blue eyes,“Can I see her? Is she awake yet?”
“Even though the surgery was pretty short she’s still got a lot of anesthesia and pain medication running through her system so she’ll more than likely sleep for the rest of the day. Only family is allowed in right now so you can see her.”
Everyone gave Lexa a reassuring nod as she looked back at them with questioning eyes. Throwing them a grateful smile Lexa quickly followed Clarke out the waiting room and down the hallway towards the patient rooms. Lexa could feel her heart try to beat out of her chest as Clarke came to a stop in front of a large wooden door with Anya’s name labeled on the front.
“Lexa, I want you to know that she is perfectly fine. All the machines she’s connected to are just to monitor her condition, okay?”
Lexa, feeling her words catch in her throat, could only nod her had as Clarke pushed open the door. Following Clarke inside Lexa felt her chest tighten as she caught sight of Anya laying on the bed as the beep of the heart monitor filled the silent room. Walking ahead of Clarke she sat in the chair next to the bed and took a hold of her sister’s hand as she looked over her pale face.
“God, Anya. What the hell did you get yourself into this time?”
Lexa heard Clarke let out a small sigh as she came to stand next to her,“From what Anya was able to tell Harper and Miller before she passed out her brakes had apparently failed. She swerved to avoid hitting another car which caused her to ram into a telephone pole. Her airbag deployed and the impact caused some of her blood vessels to tear which lead to the internal bleeding.”
“Brakes failing? That doesn’t seem possible. Anya always keeps her car in perfect condition. She gets antsy if her windshield wiper fluid is low, there’s no way she would let her brakes go bad,” Lexa said as she looked up to Clarke.
“Well, hopefully we’ll get some more details after the car is examined to see if that’s what really caused the accident. For now though, let’s just focus on Anya healing. She’s going to be in some pain from the surgery for a few weeks but my mother and I will make sure she’s well taken care of while she’s here.”
Lexa let go of Anya’s hand and stood up to face Clarke before pulling her close and placing her lips over Clarke’s in a quick kiss before pulling back,“Thank you for everything, Clarke. I’m truly lucky to have you here with me.”
“No thanks needed, Lexa. I’ll be here for you no matter what. Your sisters accident just so happened to fall into my area of expertise,” Clarke said as she tried to lighten the mood.
Lexa let a small laugh pass through her lips,“Well lucky for Anya I’ve heard some good things about you and your mother. So I know she’s in good hands.”
“These things you’ve heard wouldn’t have happened to come from the mouth’s of our dear friends sitting in the waiting room, would they?”
“Who else?” Lexa looked to Clarke with a wide smile until her eyes caught the time on the clock hanging up on the wall behind Clarke’s head and she let a frown take over,“Shit. With all this going on I completely forgot.”
“Forgot about what, Lexa?”
Lexa looked to the questioning blue eyes that stared into her own emerald ones,“I actually had something special planned for us tonight. With Aaron escaping I completely forgot about our first date that we should have had yesterday and planned a nice night for us, but that’s clearly not going to happen now. And that’s no one’s fault.”
“Lexa, listen to me carefully,” Clarke stepped in closer to the brunette and snaked her arms around her neck,“A date isn’t going to change what I know I already feel for you. The only reason I wanted us to go on a date was to see if we had more between us than just amazing sex. Today when I was with Octavia and Raven for lunch I couldn’t help but look at my phone every two minutes to see if you had texted me. It was then that I realized just how much I love being with you and talking to you. I feel complete when we’re together.”
Lexa felt her chest swell with warmth at Clarke’s words and leaned in to brush her lips across her neck,“You have no idea how just hearing you say that has made me feel. When you say I make you feel complete it’s the exact same with me. Like a hole as been filled deep in my chest and it’s flooding with heat…with-,” Before Lexa could complete her sentence a groan was let out behind her.
Swiftly pulling away from Clarke Lexa rushed over to Anya who was currently trying to let her eyes adjust to the dimly lit room. Lexa took Anya’s hand in her once again as Clarke moved to the other side of the bed to check over the older woman.
“Anya, it’s okay. You’re in the hospital. Do you remember what happened?” Clarke said soothingly.
Anya groaned once again before looking up at Clarke,“Holy fuck. What the hell did I hit?”
Lexa let a small laugh fall through her lips before squeezing her sister’s hand,“You hit a telephone pole, idiot. What the hell happened?”
“The last thing I remember was the idiot ahead of me going too slow and when I tried to press on my brakes they wouldn’t work. I swerved to avoid hitting him in the ass end and then nothing," Anya groaned out.
Lexa nodded her head before watching Clarke run through a routine of making sure all of Anya’s vitals were fine before moving to check on the stitching from the surgery,“Well, Anya. All your vitals are looking good. I’m surprised your even awake already. If you do what the doctor, and by doctor I mean me, tells you then you’ll be out of here in no time.”
“Thanks, blondie,” Anya all but slurred.
Clarke and Lexa watched as Anya’s eyes dropped closed and her head rolled to the side signaling that she had drifted back off to sleep. Both women laughed softly as Anya’s soft snores filtered through the room. Lexa took the chance to glance up at Clarke to see the blonde shaking her head slightly.
“Nows the perfect time to get blackmail on her. She swears up and down that she doesn’t snore.”
Clarke threw her head back with a laugh,“Well, I’ll try to remember that the next time she’s snoring and I have my phone handy.”
“I guess now’s as good a time as any to go ahead and go back to the waiting room and tell everyone how she’s doing.”
Clarke nodded in agreement and checked over Anya’s vitals one last time before following Lexa out the door. After giving the nurse currently on duty an update on Anya’s condition both women made their way down back over to the waiting room. Upon entering the waiting area they could see Octavia, Raven, and Lincoln watching some soap opera before turning towards the sound of their footsteps.
Raven was the first one out of her seat as she walked to stand in front of Clarke and Lexa,“How is she? Is she okay? Did she wake up?”
“Slow down, Raven,” Clarke laughed out,“She’s doing just fine. She woke up for a few minutes which, being how she just got out of surgery not too long ago, is a really good sign. We’ll know more tomorrow so for now we all go home and get a goodnight’s sleep.”
As Raven physically relaxed at the blonde’s words Lexa took the time to look around the waiting room,“Where did Bellamy go?”
“He got a phone call and stepped out for a minute,” Lincoln said.
Right on cue Bellamy walked back into the room, phone in hand, and looked towards Lexa,“Hey, I need to talk to you for a minute.”
Confused, Lexa nodded before following Bellamy through the threshold and down the hallway only for him to open the door to the stairwell and usher her inside. After the door had fully closed Bellamy came to stand in front of Lexa with a serious expression.
“I just got off the phone with the Captain. She had someone personally examine Anya’s car right after the accident, and…” Bellamy trailed off as he looked to the side.
“And what? What did they find, Bellamy?”
Bellamy’s eyes held her’s in a steely glance,“Someone sabotaged her breaks. They were cut just enough that if she put the right amount of force on them they would fail.”
Lexa felt her blood boil in rage as she took in exactly what he was saying,“Do we know who did this? Was there any evidence at all to lead us to who did this?”
“No, they found nothing. Captains going over the security footage of the parking lot to see if whoever did this was stupid enough to do it while her car was at the precinct.”
“Bellamy, do my a favor. Don’t tell anyone else about this until we know who did this, okay?”
Bellamy’s eyebrows knitted together as she spoke,“Why? I think everyone deserves to know what happened.”
“I just don’t want anyone to worry over this right now, especially Anya. She needs to focus on healing and trying to find who she’s going to kill for making her wreck her car.” Bellamy sighed in agreement before they both made their way out the stairwell and back to the waiting room.
After saying goodbye to everyone Lexa let Clarke lead her back to Anya’s room once more to check on the woman before they both left for the night. After making sure everything was fine Lexa waited for Clarke to gather her things before walking her to her car.
After making sure Clarke got safely into her car and promised to see her back at the apartments Lexa made her way through the parking lot towards her truck. Sliding into her truck and starting the engine Lexa threw it into reverse and backed out her parking spot and proceeded to pull out onto the highway, completely unaware of the black SUV that slowly followed in the shadows of the night.