what happened with time

Chapter 3

It turned out that Bellamy’s house was in the same neighborhood as Clarke’s, so she and Wells decided that he would come by then they’d walk from her house to the party.

Her parents were cool about her going, as she suspected, however what she hadn’t expected was the talk that came after.

“Clarke, this is your first party, and while we trust you enough to let you go, there are some things we need to discuss beforehand” her mom said sitting next to her husband who was staring at Clarke, awkwardly.

“Okaaay…” Clarke replied looking lost.

“Clarke” her father started, “we were teenagers once- I, I was a teenager once and so, I know that, well, boys your age… they tend to want to maybe…”

“SEX Jake, sex. You can say the word honey” Abby finished for her husband.

“Oh my god this is not happening” Clarke said as she covered her face with her hands, trying, unsuccessfully, to get out of this conversation.

“Clarke, I know no one wants to have this conversation with their parents, but we need to talk about this.” Abby continued.

“OMG, GUYS I’M NOT GOING TO HAVE SEX TONIGHT”

“Clarke, we know that, but as I was saying before, boys your age… that’s all they think about, especially when there’s alcohol involved. So if any guy so much as lays a hand on you SO HEL--“

“WHAT your father is trying to say,” Abby interrupted Jake as she shot him a disapproving look, “is that, don’t feel pressured into doing anything you’re not ready to do”

“GUYS, I KNOW, I know how this goes okay I’m not a child, I’m not gonna go and have sex with the first guy that gives me some attention.” Clarke was fully red by now.

“Okay, okay honey, but since we’re on the subject… well whenever you do find the right person remember protection is the most important thing”

“omg OMG, this is not happening.” Clarke looked up at her parents and continued “mom, dad, please can this conversation be over before someone says something I can’t ever unhear. I promise I will be careful-- and certainly safe, whenever the time comes, which won’t be today. Can I now go so I can start forgetting this conversation ever happened” she finished

Her parents had a really weird- proud grin on their faces but finally said “you can go, I think we’ve covered everything. Call us if you need anything” they finished as a door bell went off-- wells was here, just in time for Clarke to make a run for it.

Yep Clarke had not expected that. She was still horrified as her and Wells walked the short distance to Bellamy’s house. She would have to forget about it though-- tonight was about having fun. She looked at her watch it was 8:45, a bit early she thought as they stopped in front of the house, but she’d rather be early than still be sitting in her house having ‘the talk’ with her parents.

Clarke could hear music playing inside, but it didn’t look like many people had arrived yet. She shrugged and started making her way towards the front door her friend trailing behind. Just as she was about to knock on the door, it opened revealing a short girl with long dark hair and a huge smile on her face. Clarke recognized her as one of the students in her math class but she couldn’t recall her name.

“Hi! I’m Octavia Blake, Bellamy’s younger sister, come in” the girl said in an overly enthusiastic voice.

“Hey I’m Clarke, this is Wells” the boy waved from next to her. “Sorry, we’re a bit early, we- well, it’s a long and awkward story…”

“Oh that’s okay; we’re just finishing up a couple of things. My stupid brother always throws parties whenever my parents are out of town and leaves me to do all the work.”

Clarke looked around and spotted a couple of people, all of which were busy doing a task Octavia had undoubtedly given them.

“Well what can we help with” Clarke asked.

Just then, the sound of something  exploding?! Erupted from the backyard and moments later Bellamy emerged with a girl behind him, coughing up smoke.

“It’s okay it’s okay- no one panic. I meant for that to happen…” the girl said holding up her hands.

“RAVEN, how many times do I have to tell you; MY HOME IS NOT A SCIENCE LAB.”

“Sadly…” Raven frowned.

“O come on relax, Raven just fixed that problem my car was having” Bellamy spoke up looking at Raven proudly.

“Whatever, just go get yourselves cleaned up before any more people show up”

Just then Bellamy turned to her, “oh hey Clarke, you made it.”

Hm he remembers my name.

“Hi Bellamy, this is my friend Wells” she replied shyly.

“Nice to meet you Wells.” He smiled kindly at him.

“CAN SOMEONE HELP WE’RE TRYING TO MOVE THE CLOSET” everyone turned to the voice coming from the hallway.

“Seriously O, you told Jasper and Monty to move it?!” Bellamy shook his head and turned back to Wells with a pleading smile, “Hey man, you mind helping me with that before any one of them injures himself?”

“Me? Um yeah sure” the boy looked unsure but followed Bellamy into the hallway. But before they made it there the tall boy seemed to remember something and turned back to them.

“Has anyone seen Lexa? I’m sure she’d wanna say hi to Clarke…” Bellamy smirked.

Clarke looked at him. Me? Why would Lexa wanna say hi…? I mean sure the brunette had invited her but she’d probably also invited most of the school. This was hers and Bellamy’s celebration party after all. She’d probably forgotten all about the blonde in the hours that had passed since she’d last seen her.

“Last I saw her she was going up the stairs to your room muttering about how she’d missed god knows what” Octavia replied to her brother who just laughed and shook his head.

“come on Clarke, let’s go up there- you can help me carry her out if she gets too stubborn” Octavia addressed her, “and raven for the love of god go wash your face you look like a greasy mechanic who lives under a car”

“That’s the best compliment anyone has ever given me” raven fake gasped.

“Whatever, let’s go Clarke”

Clarke was lost, she’d been there for 5 minutes and she’d witnessed an ‘explosion’, her friend being taken away from her and now she was going up to Bellamy Blake’s room?! To help drag, an apparently stubborn Lexa Woods, down to the party?! What the hell, why did Clarke always put herself in the most awkward situations-- the weirdest part in all of this was how this group of friends were so welcoming… Octavia hadn’t even questioned who had invited them before welcoming them in and she’d immediately treated them like they were longtime friends; They didn’t really interact with raven but the girl didn’t look annoyed with them, so that was something and Bellamy was well, Bellamy- the same nice guy with the charming smile she’d met a week ago.

Relax Clarke, this totally normal she thought as she followed Octavia up the stairs.

“Lexa,-“Octavia started as they came into her brother’s room.

“Octavia please 10 more minutes I promise” Lexa replied, not looking up at them. She was sitting on the bed, her legs crossed underneath her, staring intently at a laptop screen.

“Lexa Clarke is here”

“WHAT” she turned around then, “OH-- Clarke hi! Um sorry, I didn’t know you were here” she turned to pause her computer but not before Clarke heard.

“And we should kiss the girls that we wanna kiss”

Oh shit. “That was um…” Lexa struggled to explain, her cheeks turning a shade of pink.

“Aw Lex, haven’t you run out of lesbian movies to watch” Octavia smirked.

Lexa gaped at her THIS IS NOT HAPPENING. She wanted to crawl under a rock and never come out.

“Wait you watch Supergirl?!”

Wait what. Lexa turned to Clarke who was looking at her excitedly.

“Um yeah…?” she replied hesitantly.

“Oh my god. You still haven’t watched this episode?!” Suddenly the blonde was making her way over to the bed.

She looked at the screen again “shit I love this scene, move over” Clarke sat on the bed and pressed play.

The girls on the screen kissed but Lexa was still looking at Clarke with wide eyes. What just happened?!

“Great. There’s two of them.” Octavia muttered. “WELL, I’LL JUST BE DOWNSTAIRS GREETING EVERYONE… 10 MINUTES LEXA” the girl tried to get their attention to no avail.

“Ugh, I can’t believe we have to wait like 2 months for the next episode” Clarke said 5 minutes later as the credits rolled down.

“I know right!!! I’m not sure I can wait that long”

“I mean you are watching the new episode 4 days later. U mustn’t care that much...” Clarke teased.

Lexa glared at her “Coach Titus made us practice every day this week, not to mention all the homework I’ve had piled up… I actually had to delete twitter and Tumblr off of my phone to avoid spoilers” Lexa said dramatically.

“You have a twitter and a Tumblr?!”

“Shit. I’ve said too much”

Clarke laughed.  She couldn’t believe what she was hearing. Lexa Woods the girl who had just helped make history for the school’s soccer team, was a fangirl.

 “Oh come on- what’s your username?” the blonde tired. She knew the chances of the brunette actually giving her that information was practically nonexistent, she herself wouldn’t want anyone from her real life to be following her on social media—honestly, just the thought made her cringe.

“Oh no, no way Clarke—it’s too embarrassing…” Lexa looked at her almost pleadingly.

“Okay, fine… I’ll get it out of you one day”

Lexa rose an eyebrow “I’d like to see you try”

Clarke snorted “you’re such a dork omg”

“I am no such thing” Lexa replied raising her head confidently.

“Sure, so who’s your favorite character?”

“DUDE, Alex Danvers!!! She’s such a badass on the outside, she can kick anyone’s ass without so much as moving a finger, but on the inside she’s just a pile of mush that cares so much about her sister that she forgets that sometimes she just needs to take time for herself and be happy and ugh I just love her” Lexa blurted out.

Clarke just looked at her for a couple of second then said “DORK” and held back her laughter.

“Oh my god I hate you” Lexa said glaring at her and trying not to crack a smile, they both miserably failed and moments later they were doubling over with laughter.

‘AN HOUR LATER’

The party was in full swing, Jasper and Monty had designated themselves the house bartenders and were behind the kitchen counter mixing drinks like there was no tomorrow. People were hanging around all parts of the house talking and laughing while sipping on their drinks. The main living room had been rearranged into a dance floor where couples were dancing drunkenly with each other.

“EVERYONE MOVE OVER, IT’S  TIME FOR ME TO WHOOP SOME ASS IN BEER PONG” raven declared making her way into the crowd of dancing teenagers, Bellamy following behind carrying a large table.

“Well someone’s awfully confident considering what happened last month” a girl approached her as Bellamy began setting up the cups.

“Oh you know I was going easy on you Anya” raven shrugged.

“Actually, what I know is that you were so drunk, you threw a ball into your own cup” Anya smirked.

Raven glared at that “I may have been a little tipsy that night” she shrugged, “but you better have brought your A game tonight or you won’t even know what hit you”

“Oh you are so on” Anya raised an eyebrow.

“Bellamy you’re with me” raven addressed the boy.

“Aye aye captain” he winked at her.

“Dude where the hell is my cousin” Anya asked him.

The boy looked around “um, I haven’t seen her actually. Last I know, O was going up to drag her away from my room”

“That piece of shit” Anya shook her head “she’s probably hiding in your closet with your headphones and pc binging on some shit ass show. Fill up the beer while I go get her…” she looked at raven as she walked away “try not to spill it all over yourself this time”

“It’s not a big deal… I’ve had better games” Lexa shrugged.

Clarke was sitting on the bed facing Lexa who was propped up on the headboard. They’d been talking for- well Clarke wasn’t really sure. She just knew that this was the first time she’d found someone who shared so many of her interests. It was amazing; and Lexa spoke so passionately about the things she loved, it was mesmerizing. At one point Clarke had changed the subject to tell Lexa how great she was that afternoon, and the girl shrugged like it was nothing.

“Lexa come on, that was awesome and you know it. I mean, you just- went in there and started scoring goal after goal with Bellamy”

Lexa laughed, shrugging it off again “you should’ve seen Titus after the game. I’ve never seen someone so angry and happy at the same time.” Lexa made a face, “he was ready to punch every single one of our teammates, while also telling them they ‘did their best’ and they should learn from me and Bellamy’s ‘spectacular skills’” Lexa made air quotes and tried to imitate her coach.

Clarke laughed, “Well he’s not wrong about that”

Lexa blushed, Clarke thought she was spectacular- well, she thought her skills were spectacular- her and Bellamy’s skills… not a big deal.

Just then the door was yanked open.

“Lexa what the hell! It’s 10 when were you actually planning on coming down” a girl Clarke didn’t recognize said, her arms crossed over her chest. “Oh hey there, blondie” she regarded her for a second.

“Hi” she replied with a tight smile.

With the door open Clarke could now hear the music blasting from downstairs, shit, she realized she’d left Wells all alone for over an hour.

“Jeez relax Anya; I didn’t realize what time it was, I’ll come down in a minute”

“Oh no I’m not leaving you here; you’re coming down with me right now. I have a game of beer pong waiting for the two of us and a reputation to uphold”

“ANYA, you know I hate beer” Lexa looked annoyed.

“Yeah but you have the best aim out of anyone at this party… well the second best” she stated smugly.

 “That is true… the first part anyways.” Lexa contemplated “fine I’ll do it, lead the way”

Anya walked out of the room with a satisfied look on her face, and Lexa turned to Clarke with a guilty look “sorry, that was my cousin… she can be a bit- intense”

“No it’s fine, we probably spent way more time than we should have in here- this is your party after all. Come on let’s go” Clarke reassured her.

They followed Anya downstairs and Clarke immediately started looking around for Wells- she felt bad that she’d left him alone and hadn’t even noticed until now. She spotted him as soon as she entered the living room; to her surprise the boy was standing next to Bellamy who seemed to be explaining something to him while they filled up beer cups. The blonde approached him “wells, what are you doing?” she asked him. She was actually curious- her friend had been ranting, not two hours ago, about how awful high school parties were and that their sole purpose was to get drunk and make out with random people- he also thought that Bellamy Blake was nothing but a meathead jock who would throw them out of his house because they weren’t ‘cool’ enough.

Seeing him now, with Bellamy nonetheless, he looked like he was thoroughly enjoying himself.

“Clarke! Hey! Um- where were you” he turned to her scratching his head; “Bellamy’s just teaching me how this game works” he looked slightly embarrassed.

“Oh he is?” she asked teasingly. The blonde was glad that her friend was having a good time; he was here because of her after all.

“yeah- I mean I’m not going to play or anything, it’s just- an interesting game is all… and I guess Bellamy’s not so bad.” he finished looking her in the eye.

Clarke laughed, “It’s okay Wells, there’s nothing wrong with being wrong about certain people sometimes- I too came here with some hesitance at first- let’s just enjoy the night”

They both turned back as the game was about to start, Lexa and Anya on one side of the table, Bellamy and Raven on the other.

“Hold up, since you’re so sure of yourself tonight” Anya addressed Raven, "how about we make things a bit more interesting”

“I’m listening” raven raised an eyebrow.

“Oh I have an idea” Octavia said coming out of nowhere. “Loser team has to give the winners a lap dance”

Everyone around them cheered in approval.

“WHAT NO! I did not sign up for this” Lexa said. No one seemed to hear her or just chose not to.

“Oh we are so in” Anya stated from next to her.

“What? no we are not” Lexa looked horrified but still everyone ignored her.

“I’m game, if you are” Bellamy asked raven with a huge grin- he looked way too excited about this proposal and all Lexa wanted to do was punch that smile right off of his face.

“You know I am Blake” she replied and looked at Anya, “let’s do this”

“CAN NO ONE HEAR ME, IS EVERYONE SUDDENLY DEAF, I LEXA WOODS WILL NOT BE GIVING ANYONE A LAP DANCE TONIGHT” Lexa tried again.

“Chill Lex, do you honestly think I would’ve agreed to this if I didn’t know we were going to win” Anya shrugged.

“How can you possibly know that An- I swear to god if we lose I will murder you”

“That’s a bit overdramatic Lex, come on just focus” Anya rolled her eyes.

Just then Raven threw the first ball and it landed right into Anya and Lexa’s middle cup. Everyone cheered “CHUGG CHUGG CHUGG”

The cousins looked at each other,

“You better start running fast when this is over” Lexa shot Anya a murderous glare.

Clarke was staring at the scene unfolding in front of her, eye raised well this night escalated pretty quickly.