Life's Priorities

Early the next morning, after Lexa had to practically drag her out of bed, Clarke found herself walking into a popular downtown jewelry shop in search of the perfect ring. The shop had an almost cozy feel to it. Beige walls were lined with large portraits of fine jewelry set upon graceful necklines, fingers, and wrists. Glass cases were on either side of the shop with four cases in the middle creating a large rectangle. In each case dozens of objects including watches, bracelets, necklaces, rings, and many other things shimmered brightly inside. Clarke leaned over one of the cases that Lexa had lead her over to and her mouth formed a small ‘O’ at the intricate jewelry that laid inside.

“Is there something I can help you with today, ladies?”

Clarke was brought out of her gazing at the sound of the polite salesman that had approached them. Looking up she saw an onyx haired male with a chiseled jaw standing before them as he smiled pleasantly towards them. Lexa wrapped an arm around her waist and pulled her in snuggly before gesturing to her with her unoccupied hand.

“Actually, we were hoping to find the perfect ring for my fiancé here.”

The man clapped his hands and his smile brightened even more, if possible, at Lexa’s mention of the word finance,“Congratulations to you both! I remember how I felt after my boyfriend proposed to me! Such a magical time! Now, let’s see if we can’t find you the perfect ring for your perfect girl!”

Clarke felt her cheeks heat up slightly as the man lead them over to a different case that housed many sparkling rings inside. Diamonds upon diamonds dazzled brightly in her eyes as Clarke leaned down to get a closer look. The salesman pulled a few out and allowed both women to take their time going over each ring while explaining in detail about every single one.

After about an hour of looking Clarke still hadn’t found the one that called to her. The one that would symbolize Lexa’s love for her. As Lexa continued to go over a few other ring options with the man Clarke found herself walking slowly around the room and glancing into each case with a passing glance. As she walked past one of the cases on the opposite side of the shop a shimmering green glint caught her eye. Quickly backtracking, Clarke squatted down to get eye level with the ring before her eyes widened at it’s marveling beauty.

“Lexa, I think this is the one.”

Clarke turned around and watched as both Lexa and the salesman’s gazes turned towards her. Setting down the ting currently in her hand Lexa made her way over to her fiancé and squatted down next to her to see where she was pointing. Clarke’s smile dazzled brighter as Lexa’s eyebrows raised at the beautiful ring before looking back at her with loving eyes.

“It’s definitely the perfect one for you.”

Later that day Clarke stood in front of her bathroom mirror as she fumbled clumsily with her dangling earring before finally huffing in triumph as she successfully secured the back. Looking herself over once more, she gave herself a confident nod before shutting off the lights and making her way out of the bathroom. Grabbing her red satin platform court shoes she held onto the bed frame as she placed them on both feet before heading out the bedroom in search of Lexa.

Walking into the living room she spotted Lexa, dressed in a Nasty Gal midnight run jumpsuit and a pair of black platform pumps with red bottoms, quietly looking out of her apartment window,“Hey, Lex. How does this look?”

As Lexa turned her emerald gaze on her she could see her fiancé visibly gulp. Clarke stood in a red Femme Cleopatra two piece dress. The dress, not only clung to every crevice of her body, but also accentuated the natural curves of her breasts and ass. At Lexa’s loss for words Clarke could only smirk as she slowly strutted towards the brunette. Finally reaching her Clarke placed one arm around her neck and pulled her in close before grabbing one of her limp hands and placing it right above the curve of her ass.

“Judging by your reaction I would say I look pretty damn hot. Am I right?”

Lexa dumbly nodded her head before stuttering out,“De-Definitly.”

Clarke giggled softly as she ran the tip of her nose along Lexa’s jawline before placing a gentle kiss to the underside of her jaw. She felt Lexa’s hand smooth down the fabric of her dress to cup the bottom of her ass before being pulled flush against her body. An almost inaudible gasp left Clarke’s lips as Lexa leaned down and began trailing a scorching trail of kisses along her exposed shoulder. Throwing her head back slightly Clarke allowed herself a few seconds of pleasure before pushing against Lexa’s shoulders.

“I know that you, just as much as me, would love to stay home and rip this dress off me but we have our friends and family waiting for us.”

“Sure we can’t just tell them over the phone? I think they would understand that we want to spend another night ‘celebrating’ our engagement at home.”

A deep chuckle sounded from Clarke’s lips,“If I told my mother I was engaged over the phone she would kill, not only me, but you as well. Not to mention your sister and the rest of our friends would be pretty livid if we don’t tell them in person. And besides, we have to show them the ring!”

Clarke watched as Lexa grabbed ahold of her left hand to run her thumb over the shimmering ring while a goofy grin adorned her face. Bringing her hand up to her lips, Lexa kissed the smooth skin of Clarke’s knuckle, just above the ring, before intertwining their fingers and pulling her towards the door.

“Well, then let’s go show off my gorgeous fiancé and her ring to our family and friends.”

Giggling happily, Clarke allowed herself to be pulled out of the apartment and towards the stairs before making their way towards the restaurant to tell everyone their exciting news.

After allowing Lexa to open her door, Clarke grabbed ahold of her fiancé’s hand and slid out of her seat. Clarke took in a deep, nervous breath as her heels hit the asphalt and smoothed out the invisible wrinkles in her dress. Lexa shut her door and gave her hand a tiny squeeze before cupping her cheek and urging her to look at her.

“Hey, it’s going to be fine. You know as much as I do that everyone is going to be thrilled, especially your mother.”

Not trusting herself to respond Clarke simply nodded her head and placed a kiss to Lexa’s cheek. Lexa gave her a small grin and began to walk them towards the entrance of the restaurant. Bestia was a beautiful Italian restaurant with exposed brick wall and a lively industrial feel. Entering the building Lexa lead them up to the hostess who greeted them upon entrance and told her their party’s name. The hostess grabbed two menus before leading them towards the back of the restaurant.

As they got further back Clarke could see their group of friends, along with her mother, laughing loudly as they sipped from glasses of wine. Octavia was the first one to catch sight of the couple and quickly stood up as they reached the table and pulled Clarke into a bear hug.

“Princess! We missed you!” Octavia’s hug was brief before she pushed away and gave a smirk to Lexa,“We missed you, too, Commander.”

Lexa rolled her eyes before Octavia wrapped her arms around her with a deep chuckle,“I literally hate you all right now.”

Everyone around them laughed at the detective’s response before beginning to take turns hugging and warmly greeting the couple. As Clarke pulled away from her hug with Lincoln she caught her mother smiling softly in her direction. Moving away from Lincoln, Clark walked over to her mother and wrapped her arms tightly around her in a comforting hug. As her mother’s arms encircled her in a protective embrace Clarke buried her nose in the crook of her neck and breathed in the soft tinge of her perfume.

“My baby girl, you look so gorgeous. I’m so relived to see you doing better,” Abby whispered.

“Thanks, mom.”

Abby gently moved away from Clarke and placed a tender hand upon her cheek,“I had my doubts about Lexa during those three months, but seeing you now, so happy, I can tell she’s been taking good care of you. Making up for what she’s done.”

“She’s been taking perfect care of me mom. We’ve talked about everything that’s happened and we’re both on the same page now. The vacation more than helped us. I can’t thank you enough for sending us there.”

“Well, I know how much you’ve always wanted to go. And like they say, Disney is the most magical place on Earth, and you both needed a little bit of magic to get you back on track,” Abby said with a kind smile.

Clarke giggled before settling a swift kiss to her mother’s cheek and moving them over to the table where everyone now sat. Taking the seat next to Lexa, Clarke pulled her mother down next to her before looking over the menu in front of her. As she gripped the menu in her hands Clarke suddenly felt the ring on her left hand shift around on her finger. Quickly moving her hand into her lap, Clarke looked around to see if anyone had noticed the new gleaming object adorning her finger. Everyone had their noses in their menus while talking about food options quietly.

Sighing quietly in relief, Clarke began to look back over her menu when she felt a firm grip on her thigh. Glancing to her left she found Lexa gazing after her and gave her a reassuring nod before turning back to her own menu, hand still planted on Clarke’s thigh. A few minutes passed before their waiter made an appearance to take their orders before disappearing back towards the kitchen, menus in hand.

Everyone chatted happily as they sipped on wine and just basked in the warm atmosphere that was their friendship. As Clarke took a sip of her wine Lexa let out a loud laugh and she couldn’t help but let her eyes roam over her fiancé’s cheerful face. Emerald eyes lit up in merriment and red painted lips split open as that wondrous laugh left her throat. In that sudden moment Clarke wanted everyone to know that this woman, this goddess, was going to be her wife. Was going to be hers.

Clarke placed a hand on Lexa’s shoulder, successfully catching her attention, and leaned in to whisper softly into her ear,“It’s time.”

One corner of Lexa’s mouth tilted upwards and she nodded her head in agreement. Gripping her hand firmly,being sure that her ring wasn’t in sight, Clarke looked around the table before slowly standing up, Lexa following closely behind her.

“Okay, Lexa and I didn’t invited you all here just to have a get together after being gone for a bit. We actually have some news to share.”

Curious eyes from all around the table stared at them quietly as they awaited the oncoming news. Clarke looked to Lexa with pursed lips before nodding her head for her to continue.

“During our little vacation, Clarke and I talked over everything that happened since the incident with Fin. As you can see we’re both finally back together and completely happy. We have no one to thank but all of you for pushing us to go to Orlando and work things out. So it’s because of all of you,” Lexa paused momentarily before suddenly lifting Clarke’s left hand and allowing her ring to sparkle brightly in the lights with a bright smile,“that I’ll get to call this beautiful lady my wife!”

A swift moment of silence passed through the group before everyone suddenly jumped to their feet, cheering happily. Dining guests glanced over at the roaring table with questioning gazes as everyone began trying to crowd around Lexa and Clarke. In the midst of the chaos Raven leaned over to grab ahold of Clarke’s left hand only to have it smacked away by the older Griffin.

“Mother first, Raven,” the fiery Latina gave Abby an evil pout before huffing and making room for her to grab Clarke’s hand,“Now let’s see this beauty.”

Clarke watched as her mother’s eyes glimmered at the sight of the beautiful piece of jewelry. The ring featured a 10k white gold diamond halo setting. In the center sat a 1.50 carat blue green garnet and was surrounded by two rows of natural diamonds. Clarke flexed her fingers and allowed the diamonds to glint in the light as her mother let out a soft gasp.

“Clarke, it’s beautiful.”

“That’s exactly what Lexa said when I first put it on my finger,” Clarke said as she glanced over to a smirking Lexa.

Clarke’s hand was passed off between their friends so everyone could get a close up of the ring. Once everyone settled down back in their seats, still chattering happily about Clarke’s and Lexa’s engagement, Raven and Octavia began bombarding Clarke with questions about the wedding. When’s the date? Are they both wearing a dress? What wedding theme will they choose? Who’s all going to be there? The list went on.

“Guys, calm down. Lexa and I still haven’t discussed any details yet. We’re just going to take our time going over everything and when we’re ready we’ll set the date and everything,” Clarke said.

Octavia rolled her eyes before giving Clarke a pointed look, “You should at least let Raven and I handle your bachelorette party and the reception. We promise you won’t be disappointed.”

“I think I would be more scared than disappointed. Knowing you two, Lexa and I won’t even remember the wedding with both of you handling the drink options for the reception.”

“Come on, princess. We wouldn’t do that to you guys…at least on purpose,” Raven said as she sent a smirk towards Clarke.

“I’ll think about it.”

As soon as the words left Clarke’s mouth their waiter arrived with a tray filled with food and began to distribute the dishes to the appropriate person. After everyone had their food the waiter refilled glasses before making his way back towards the kitchen. Between bites of food and sips of wine everyone reminisced over old stories and happy memories. About an hour and a half later their food was gone and they were leaning back in their seats with carefree smiles and full bellies.

Everyone talked calmly while the waiter cleared their table and brought the check out. As Lexa reached for the little black booklet that had the check only to be slapped by Abby. Clarke tried to stifle her laugh behind her hand at Lexa’s bewildered expression as she stared at her mother.

“This is a celebration dinner for your engagement. There’s no way I’m letting my future daughter-in-law pay for it. Now, move your hand away from the book unless you want it surgically removed,” Abby said calmly.

Lexa quickly snatched her hand back and grabbed ahold of Clarke’s hand before leaning close to whisper into her ear,“I love your mother, but she can be crazy sometimes. How did you deal with her your whole life?”

“Lots of patience and revenge hand slapping,” Clarke said matter-of-factly.

Lexa chuckled softly before shaking her head and placing a tender kiss behind Clarke’s ear and moving away. Abby had already grabbed ahold of the booklet and had placed a credit card inside and handed it off to their waiter when he walked up to the table moments ago. Clarke polished off the last of her wine as she watched silently as everyone continued to chat amongst themselves. Lexa was busy talking about an old case with Indra when Clarke felt the sudden pinch of her bladder.

Pulling her hand away from Lexa’s Clarke stood up from her chair and went to walk off towards the bathroom until she felt a hand on her arm. Turning around she saw Lexa’s emerald eyes staring at her in confusion. Clarke gave her a warm smile before patting her hand.

“I’m going to the restroom before we leave. I’ll be right back.”

Lexa nodded her head before turning back around her seat and continuing her conversation with Indra. Clarke made her way through the crowded restaurant and towards the back where the entrance to the restrooms sat. Pushing through the swinging door, Clarke walked into the dully light room and quickly made her way over to the line of empty stalls and entering one. Clarke quickly relieved her bladder before fixing her dress back into place. Just as she was about to exit the stall Clarke saw a pair of feet clad in unfamiliar white heels stop in front of her stall door.

Furrowing her eyebrows in confusion, she tried to get a look through the crack of the stall walls but couldn’t get a good angle. Clarke stayed quiet for a moment as her ocean blue orbs shot back down to watch the feet still standing at her door. A few more moments passed by before Clarke became slightly annoyed at the thought of some random person trying to mess with her, if not stalking her.

“You know, it’s kind of rude to just stand facing someone’s stall door while their trying to use the restroom,” Clarke’s voice echoed around the room.

After the words left her mouth the person quickly spun around before making their way in the direction of what Clarke prayed was the door. She heard the stubble creak of the bathroom door and let out a breath that she didn’t realize she had been holding. Making sure her dress was in perfect order Clarke slowly opened the stall door and peaked her head out to see that whoever was there was finally gone. Shaking her head, Clarke walked completely out the stall and over to the sinks to wash her hands.

“Weirdo,” She mumbled quietly to herself.

Just as she grabbed some paper towels to dry her hands the door to the bathroom swung open. Looking up into the mirror she locked gazes with her fiancé who slowly walked over to stand behind her. Clarke let out a calming sigh as Lexa wrapped her arms around her stomach and rested her chin against her shoulder.

“I was beginning to think I was going to have to send a search party out for you. You were taking quiet a while and I thought you got lost.”

Clarke rolled her eyes playfully before chucking the paper towels into the trash can next to them and turning around in Lexa’s arms,“Not lost. Just dealing with some weirdo that apparently wasn’t taught that it’s rude to just stand in front of someone’s stall door while they pee.”

“What are you talking about?”

“Some woman in white heels came into the bathroom and stood facing my stall door for about two minutes before I ran her off.”

A deep frown settled over Lexa’s face,“Did you see who it was? I’ll fucking arrest them if they were peaking into your damn stall while you had your dress down.”

“Whoah, calm down, Lexa. They didn’t see anything. I had my dress pulled up and was about to leave the stall when they walked in. I don’t think they were looking in anyways because I tried to get a look at them through the cracks and couldn’t see them. Whoever it was was probably just trying to mess with me or something.”

“Still, it’s really upsetting. I’d feel better if we would have at least known who it was so we could at least give them a good scolding…or a punch in the face,” Lexa quietly mumbled the last part.

Clarke giggled delicately before shaking her head,“There will be no punching anyone. Though it is very romantic of you to for trying to protect me and get justice.”

The corners of Lexa’s mouth quirked up in a gentle smile before pulling Clarke up for a swift kiss. As Lexa began to pull away Clarke could only sink her fingers into the silky waves of brunette hair and tug her fiancé’s lips back onto hers. Smooth lips caressed her’s once more and Clarke suddenly felt herself being pushed back until her butt met the edge of the bathroom counter. Lexa’s hands found purchase on the marble surface, trapping Clarke between them, as she deepened the kiss.

Right before Clarke could hike a leg up on Lexa’s hip the bathroom door creaked open causing both women to pull apart suddenly. A black haired woman stared at them wide eyed for a moment before rushing off to one of the stalls, leaving the frazzled couple alone. Lexa ran her fingers through her hair and Clarke had to cover her mouth with both hands to hold back the thunderous laugh that threaten to spill from her throat.

“I sear, you’re going to make me do something illegal before I die,” Lexa huffed out.

Clarke dropped her hands back down onto Lexa’s hips before tugging her hips into hers with grunt,“What’s wrong with a little bathroom sex? It never hurt anybody.”

Lexa’s mouth dropped open, speechless, before Clarke pushed her away and made her way over to the exit. As she opened the door Clarke quickly halted in her steps to glance back at a still speechless Lexa.

“You know, we may have gotten interrupted, but I’m pretty sure if you get me home fast enough we can continue where we left off,” Clarke bit her lip teasingly as she let her darkened gaze linger along Lexa’s body.

Lexa suddenly shot from her spot and began pushing a laughing Clarke out the door and back towards their table. They quickly filtered in some rushed goodbyes, making promises with Abby for a dinner with just the three of them, before making their way out the restaurant and towards Lexa’s truck. Lexa all but jumped into the vehicle before starting the engine and backing out. Clarke teasingly ran a hand up and down Lexa’s thigh, feeling the detective clench her thighs multiple times, as she focused on driving down the highway.

It was safe to say that Lexa may have gone slightly over the speed limit that night.