Reunion
“LEXA?”
Lexa hears her name being called and she doesn't even need to look for the source, she knows exactly who's voice that is. Clarke Griffen. The girl who use to be her best friend. The girl who stole her heart when they were young.
Lexa never thought she would see Clarke again. Her family had to leave 5 years ago and it was out of their control. The Woods family had to go into hiding because it was unsafe to remain in the area. Lexa, to this day, still doesn't know exactly what went down but she did know it was because of her father’s job.
Once it became safe again, the Woods family decided to move back to DC because that was home to them, it always would be. They ended up buying a house that was a few blocks away from the house they use to live in. Lexa couldn't find it in herself to go back to her old neighborhood to see if the Griffen’s still lived there. Not knowing was better than the disappoint in knowing that they weren't there anymore. Little did she know.
Lexa decided to go to Polis University because it wasn’t far from home. Her older cousin Anya was a junior there and her cousin Lincoln was starting his freshman year, along with Lexa. She never expected Clarke to be at this school. She figured Clarke would go to some prestigious university.
After taking a deep breathe, Lexa moves her head in the direction she heard the angelic voice. There standing 50 feet away was Clarke, looking more beautiful than ever. Lexa looked into those ocean blue eyes she missed so much and she felt like the world stopped.
It felt surreal to Clarke to be looking into the forest green eyes, she never forgot. She stood there frozen not knowing what to do. Scared that if she blinked Lexa would not really be there.
“Clarke who is that?” asks Raven. Hearing Raven, Clarke tears her eyes off Lexa and looks at Raven.
“Thats my Lexa.” Wait did she really just say her Lexa? It’s been 5 years, Lexa isn't hers anymore. The thought of this makes her sad and she looks up over towards Lexa again, only to see that Lexa is walking away. Clarke is not about to let her walk away again, so she goes after her.
Seeing Clarke was too much for Lexa. It just brings back the pain she's felt the last few years not being around her favorite person in the world. She couldn't take it anymore so she turned to leave. She only walked a few feet before she heard that voice again.
“LEXA WAIT”
She doesn't want to stop walking but she does almost instantly. She doesn't turn back around. She doesn't know if she can face her right now. Lexa hears the footsteps getting closer so she decides to turn around.
“Hello Clarke”
“Lexa, what are you doing here?”
“I go to school here Clarke”
“Since when? When did you get back?”
“My family and I returned about a week ago”
“Returned from where? Lexa why did you leave? Why did you leave me?” Clarke says with tears filling her eyes
Hearing this and seeing Clarke starting to cry was breaking Lexa’s heart. To know that she is the reason for her the love of her life’s tears.
“I’m sorry Clarke, we didn't have a choice. But this is not the place to talk about this.”
Just as Clarke is about to reply, a beautiful tan girl with flowing brown hair walks up to Lexa and kisses her.
“Hey babe, how was your first day?”
“Hey Cos, it was good but I was in the middle of a conversation.”
Lexa turns back to Clarke with her arm around the girls waste. This gives Clarke a horrible feeling in her gut. She doesn't know who this girl is or why she's making her feel this way but she doesn't like it.
Lexa informs Clarke that this is her girlfriend Costia. Clarke feels sick after hearing this news. She can’t stand to be around them right now.
“I’m sorry.. I uh.. I gotta go, bye” Clarke leaves the common as fast as she could.
Lexa is taken back, she doesn't understand why Clarke acted like that. She was fine until Costia came up and kissed her. Costia. Was that the reason why Clarke left in a hurry. That wouldn't make any sense. Maybe Clarke had somewhere to be because there was no way Clarke was jealous.
Later that night, Clarke was a mess. Her best friend showed back up after 5 years and she has a girlfriend. Deciding that she needs to relax, Clarke goes to take a shower.
While showering, Clarke can’t stop thinking about why she feels so jealous about Costia. Wait jealous? She couldn’t be jealous. Lexa was her best friend, she didn't have feelings for her, or did she? No she couldn’t. She was jealous that Costia was close the Lexa, that had to be it. Clarke missed being close to Lexa and that explains why she's feeling like this.
Finishing up her shower, she wraps the towel around her body and heads back to her dorm. Walking down the hallway, she seems two people standing outside the room that is next to hers.
Getting closer to her door she realizes it is Lexa and Costia standing outside the door. And they are making out. Again Clarke feels sick. By the time she reaches her door, Costia and Lexa have broke apart and Costia is leaving down the hallway.
Clarke looks over at Lexa and their eyes meet again.
“Hello Clarke”
“Uhh hi Lexa”
Lexa doesn't dare move her eyes away from Clarke’s because she can see Clarke is in a towel and doesn't trust herself.
“Looks like we are neighbors again Clarke”
“I guess so. O is your roommate?”
“Yup she is, how do you know her?”
“Oh Raven and I have english with her”
“And Raven is??”
“She’s my best friend and roommate”
Hearing Clarke saying she has a new best friend, hurts Lexa but what does she expect. It has been 5 years.
Clarke sees how Lexa reacts to hearing the words ‘best friend.’ This makes her happy. She wants Lexa to feel the pain she's felt the past years.
Lexa can’t take it anymore, she needs to get away from Clarke. She heads into her room but not before saying bye.
“Goodnight Clarke”
“Bye Lex, see you around”
Neither one of them notice the nickname slip.