Niylah
After another amazing night with Lexa, Clarke watched as the detective shuffled around her apartment early the next morning getting ready for work. Clarke lazily lounged back on the bed in contentment as Lexa tucked in her button down shirt and attached her gun holster to the waistband of her pants before smoothly sliding her gun into it.
“I never realized just how sexy it was to watch you get ready for work. You holstering your gun is by far the sexiest thing I’ve ever seen.”
Lexa walked towards Clarke while giving her a smug smile,“And you saving someone else’s life in that lab coat of yours is by far the sexiest thing I’ve ever seen.”
Clarke giggled as Lexa straddled her hips and leaned down to place sloppy kisses around her face. Lexa pulled back with a wide grin before leaning back to press her lips fully against Clarke’s. Clarke let out a soft moan as Lexa gently bit down on her bottom lip and pulled away. After she released her lip Lexa removed herself from her position over Clarke and sat at the edge of the bed to put her shoes on.
Clarke pouted a little before shifting from her spot on the bed to place herself behind Lexa. Clarke pulled the brown curly mass of Lexa’s hair from her shoulder and began to place kisses along her neck. She could feel the involuntary shiver Lexa’s body released as she reached a particularly sensitive spot and began to gently suck on it.
“Clarke, as much as I would love to stay in bed with all morning I have to get to work,” Lexa said as she turned to look at Clarke over her shoulder.
“What harm could being a few hours late for work cause?”
Lexa chuckled as Clarke rested her chin on her shoulder and looked into her emerald eyes,“It could harm my job. Indra won’t be very pleased with me.”
“Fine. Go catch bad guys and whatever else you do,”Clarke moved away from Lexa stood from the bed while keeping the sheet wrapped around her body,“But just remember what you’ll be missing while you’re at work.”
Clarke watched as Lexa visibly gulped as the cotton sheet that was once wrapped around her fell to the ground. Lexa’s mouth dropped open as Clarke walked to stand in front of her before bending at the waist to give her a long passionate kiss. When she pulled away Clarke smirked at seeing Lexa’s eyes still open and taking in every inch of her body.
“Have fun at work, Lexa.”
And with that being said Clarke made her way towards the bathroom, swaying her hips to give Lexa an even better show, and shut the door, leaving behind an incoherent Lexa.
After a twenty minute shower to wash away the sexual tension that she could still feel lingering in her body Clarke stepped out the bathroom in fresh clothing borrowed from Lexa. Clarke looked over to Lexa’s bedside table to see her phone and keys gone meaning she had already left for work. Sighing loudly Clarke quickly made up the messy bed before turning off the bedroom lights and making her way out of the apartment. After a quick stop at her place to change into some scrubs Clarke drove over to Polis for a quick bit to eat before work.
Taking a seat at one of the many tables set along the large glass window Clarke picked up her menu to figure out just exactly what she was in the mood for. After a few minutes of searching a waiter came and took her drink and food order before disappearing into the kitchen and returning a few seconds later with her drink. Clarke sat in silence for a few moments just looking out the window watching the scene before her come alive with people walking down the sidewalks and cars driving down the road.
“Well this really is a very small world after all.”
Clarke was brought out of her musings by the rough voice behind her. Turning away from the window Clarke saw none other than Daniel Price standing about a foot away with a tall, slim blonde standing beside him. Not wanting to be rude Clarke gave the man a small smile before holding out a hand for him to shake.
“And getting smaller every day it seems. I didn’t expect to see anyone else I knew here besides my two best friends.”
Daniel took her offered hand and shook it before slowly pulling away,“I've been hearing a few things about this place. I thought I’d grab some food with my friend here before making my way to the hospital to get these babies out.”
“The food is amazing here, oh and I’m Clarke Griffin by the way,” Clarke held her hand out to the blonde woman,“It’s nice to meet you.”
The blonde gently took Clarke’s hand and seductively smirked as she looked Clarke up and down,“I’m Niylah, and the pleasure is all mine.”
Clarke’s eyes widened at the woman’s bold words before pulling her hand away. Before she had the chance to respond Daniel let out a resounding laugh and clasped Niylah on the shoulder.
“Tough luck, Niylah. Dr. Griffin here is spoken for already.”
“What’s a little competition? I think I can make her change her mind.” The entire time Niylah spoke she never took her eyes off of Clarke.
“Calm down. She just became serious with her girl. Leave them be.” Daniel gave Clarke a quick wink who awkwardly smiled back.
“Fine. I’ll leave her be. For now,” Niylah said smugly.
Niylah bid Clarke goodbye before walking away towards the back to find an empty table. Clarke looked back at Daniel who let a deep sigh escape with the shake of his head and looked back into Clarke’s eyes.
“I’m sorry about her. It’s been awhile since I’ve seen her and she asked me to lunch and agreed to join me while I waited to get the stitches out. If she stepped out of line I can tell her not to come.”
Clarke waved him off lightly,“No, it’s fine. I mean she comes off fairly strong, but I guess there’s nothing wrong with that. Just as long as she doesn’t make any moves.”
“Okay, if you’re sure,” Daniel looked back over his shoulder to see Niylah already sitting at a booth talking to a waiter before turning back to Clarke,“Well, I better go before she eats without me. I’ll see you at the hospital or are you already off?”
“My shift starts at eleven today. I’ll more than likely be the one to take out your stitches.”
“Well, I’ll see you then Dr. Griffin. Bye for now.”
Clarke let a polite ‘goodbye’ out as she watched Daniel walk over to the table that Niylah currently occupied. As Daniel sat down Clarke locked eyes with the slim blonde sitting opposite of him. Niylah gave Clarke a sly smile and a wink before looking back at Daniel who had already started talking.
Clarke brushed off the weird feeling that Niylah’s look had given her just in time for her waiter to set her food down in front of her. Clarke gently thanked him and began to devour the deliciously fluffy omelet before her. Mid way through her meal Clarke felt the pin prick feeling of someone staring at her and had a good guess of who it was. Not bothering to turn and look at the blonde a few tables away Clarke flagged down her waiter to get a to-go box and her check.
After paying and leaving a tip for her waiter Clarke grabbed her styrofoam box filled with leftovers and made her way out the little cafe. Unlocking her car Clarke slid into the drivers side and sat the box on the passenger seat before starting up her engine and pulling away from Polis towards the hospital.
Arriving early was one thing that Clarke loved to do on occasion. Sitting in her office enjoying the calming silence Clarke decided to work on some paperwork for the last ten minutes before her shift started. Logging in Clarke began to go through the dozens of patient folders to update each one on the progress of the patient. About five minutes through there was a gentle knock on her door before it opened to allow her mother to poke her head through.
“Hey. I thought you’d be here a little early. I know how you like how the silence relaxes you before your shift,” Abby said thoughtfully.
“Yeah, it helps,” Clarke looked at her mother suspiciously,“Did you need something, mom?”
“Well, now that you mention it. With everything that happened two weeks ago we never got to do dinner. I’m still waiting to officially meet Lexa.”
Clarke cringed as her mother mentioned Lexa and realized that she had yet to tell her mother that they had officially started dating,“About that. We can still do dinner but I think you should know that Lexa and I have finally made things official.”
“What? That’s great honey! How long have you been official?”
“Two week,” Clarke quietly mumbled.
“Two weeks? And you’re just telling your poor mother now? Clarke Griffin, you should be ashamed. Keeping things like this from me.”
Abby shook her head as Clarke rolled her eyes at her mother’s exaggeration. She always had a thing for making things bigger than they were. Lost in thought Clarke didn’t realize that her mother had moved from her spot at the door until she was being pulled into a tight hug.
“I’m happy for you, Clarke. And your dad is too. I know it,” Abby gently whispered into her shoulder.
“Thanks mom.” Clarke pulled her mother in closer before letting her pull back. Abby smoothed back some of Clarke’s hair from her face and gave her a warm smile.
“Okay, enough of this. It’s time for your shift. Promise me you’ll talk to Lexa tonight to make plans for dinner. Just let me know what days you’re both free and we’ll work it from there.”
Clarke nodded her head in understanding before giving her mother another hug,“Will do. I’ll talk to you later. I love you, mom.”
Clarke pulled back and watched as her mother disappeared out her door. Smiling softly Clarke turned off her office lights before shutting her door and making her way towards the ER. As she rounded the corner, Clarke could see Maya directing Daniel and Niylah towards the ER waiting room.
Clarke quickly jogged over to stop Maya in her tracks,“I’ve got this one, Maya. We’re just removing some stitches so it won’t take me but a minute. Thank you.”
Maya smiled in understanding before making her way back to her desk. Clarke let a friendly smile split over her face as she turned to look back and Daniel and Niylah.
“You guys can follow me. We’ll get this done quick so you both aren’t sitting in the waiting room for hours for something that takes two minutes to do.”
“Thanks, Dr. Griffin,” Daniel said politely.
“Please, you can call me Clarke. My mother is Dr. Griffin.”
Clarke held open the door to one of the examination rooms to allow Daniel and Niylah to walk in before her. After they entered Clarke allowed the door to close and move towards the cabinet in the corner to wash her hands and don a pair of gloves. Reaching into the cabinet above her Clarke grabbed a pair of medical tweezers and scissors before moving over to the bed where Daniel sat.
“Okay just prop your arm up here on this table and we’ll start removing them.”
Daniel placed his arm on the table and Clarke removed the bandage around the wound to see it had healed nicely. Grabbing the tweezers and scissors Clarke began the quick process of removing the stitches. After a few short minutes later Clarke cleansed the area before rewrapping it in a light layer of gauze.
“Okay, you’re all done. Just keep it wrapped for the rest of today. After that you can leave it uncovered, just cleanse it in the morning and before you go to bed.”
“Thank you, Clarke. Now I can finally beat my cousin for causing this fucking mess.”
Clarke laughed at the man’s words,“Don’t fight too much. You might end up back in here getting some more stitches if you’re not careful.”
Daniel laughed along and nodded before hopping off the bed and walking towards the door with Niylah in tow. Clarke moved ahead of them to hold the door open as they moved out the room. Before Niylah crossed the threshold she placed a hand on Clarke’s shoulder and gave it a soft, lingering rub.
“Thanks for this, Clarke. That man is helplessly impatient and I know he would have been grouchy the entire time if we had to sit in the waiting room all day.”
Clarke nodded awkwardly as she waited for Niylah to remove her hand and continue walking, but she only moved closer.
“Are you sure I can’t change your mind about your little girlfriend. You could have some real fun if you went out with me.”
Clarke’s eyes widened momentarily before she stood a little taller and hardened her gaze,“I’m sure, Niylah. You seem like a nice person but I lov- I mean, I care for Lexa. I’m not leaving her anytime soon.”
“Cute. You still haven’t told her you love her. There’s hope for me yet.”
Niylah let her hand drop from Clarke’s shoulder before walking completely out of the room and down the hallway where Daniel was waiting. As Clarke came into the hallway she saw Daniel turn to give her a wave goodbye before making their way towards the exit. Clarke blew a little hair out of her face as she finally relaxed now that Niylah was away from her. She couldn’t begin to fathom how she should explain this to Lexa. For all she knew Lexa would go after her with her gun.
Clarke laughed at the image of Lexa chasing a scarred Niylah down the street while waving her gun. She was pulled out of her thoughts as she head her name being paged to the ER entrance where victims of a ten car pile up where arriving. As Clarke rushed down the hallway she lost all thought of explaining Niylah to Lexa. It was actually something that she hopped she would never have to bring up. How likely was it that she was going to see the blonde woman again anyway, she thought.