Halloween
The closer it got to Halloween, the busier everyone got. All the professors were trying to get the firsts out of the way. The first test, paper, project etc. This left the group very little time to hangout because they were always busy studying or doing their assignments. This also meant that Clarke and Lexa have yet to find a time in which they were both free so that they could have their talk.
The day had finally arrived. Halloween. Clarke was so thankful the day finally came. All she wanted to do was finally relax. She’s spent the last few weeks actively avoiding Finn while also suffering through all her assignments and studying for all her tests. Walking out of her last class, she starts to head to the common. She’s meeting the group there for lunch.
Went she enters the common she can see the entire group is there eating. Raven, Octavia, Bellamy, Jasper, Monty, Anya, Lincoln, Lexa and Costia are all sitting around the tables. Great Costia. Now Clarke has to deal with her again. Thankfully there is a seat between Raven and Octavia that she knows is being saved for her.
Walking over to the seat she sits down and Raven automatically passes her a container that Clarke knows has her lunch in it. Raven said she would pick Clarke up some lunch. Opening the container she sees a burger and fries waiting for her. She immediately takes a bite. God was she starving.
“Damn Clarkey, you hungry?” Raven jokes
Clarke finishes chewing before speaking “I had back to back classes since 8am, so I haven’t been able to eat anything”
The entire group continues eating their lunch. Once they are all done Bellamy makes an announcement to everyone “as you all know tonight is the frats annual halloween party. Since today is a Friday, its going to be crazy since no one has class tomorrow. Now a reminder on costumes, you HAVE to wear one in order to get in. Couples are encouraged to do couple costumes. Again the theme this year is: favorite childhood costume. Yes we want you to dress up as your favorite costume you wore as a child”
Hearing this Clarke’s eyes automatically meet Lexa’s. Lexa may have been sitting on the other side of the group but it didn't stop their eyes. They both shared a small smile before looking elsewhere. Growing up Clarke and Lexa LOVED dressing up for Halloween. They would go all out. No detail would be missed. They wore spot on costumes every year, until Lexa left. That changed Halloween for them both.
Costia caught onto the stare and the small smile her girlfriend shared with Clarke. This was not good. She knew exactly what she had to do. “Baby, we should totally do a couple costume”
Lexa looks over a Costia and smiles “uh sorry Cos, I already have a costume planned out”
Costia was not happy hearing this “But Bellamy just said they encourage couples to do couple costumes”
Lexa just looked at Costia. She didn't get what the big deal was. It was only a Halloween party. “I already bought stuff for my costume. I can’t change it now considering the party is tonight”
“Whatever, I have to go” Costia says while getting up and storming out of the common.
“Damn trouble in paradise?” Raven asks Lexa.
Lexa sighs “the last few weeks we’ve been fighting over everything. She constantly has an attitude or a problem with something. Honestly I'm getting sick of it, I feel like I'm the only one putting effort in anymore”
“Sorry to tell you this Lex but sounds like it’s time to end things with her, she’s dead weight anyway” Anya decides to tell her cousin the truth
“Anya, she's not dead weight. But honestly I’ve been thinking about breaking up with her for a while now” Lexa tells her cousin “I have to go to class now, I’ll see you all at the party tonight, bye guys”
There is a chorus of ‘byes’ from the group. Once Lexa is out of sight, the all turn and look at Clarke. “Why are you all looking at me?” questions Clarke.
“Come on Clarke. Lexa just said she wants to break up with Costia. You have to be happy about that” Raven says to her.
After their girls day, they informed Anya, Lincoln and the boys what how Costia reacted to Clarke.
“Why should I happy that my ex best friend is unhappy with her girlfriend who happens to be a bitch” Clarke questions
“Uhm because once she’s single, you can make you move” Raven jokes
“I don’t want to make a move on Lexa. I’m still mad at her nor do I want to be with her like that. Sorry I have to go, need to finish getting stuff for my costume tonight. See you guys later” Clarke says before getting up and leaving the common.
“She is in denial. She has feelings for Lexa but is too blinded by her anger to see it” Octavia says after Clarke leaves
They all agree with what Octavia said. They hang around for a few more minutes before splitting off. They all tell each other that they will see them at the party.
It is currently 7pm and Lexa is getting dressed in her costume. The party is starting sometime between 8-9. Bellamy said their starting early to get as much partying in before midnight comes and Halloween is over.
Growing up Lexa was always really into halloween and dressing up. She has Clarke to thank for that. Every year Clarke would want to dress up completely and then in turn Lexa would too. Though once her family left, she stopped being into Halloween. This is the first year she’s dressed up since she left before high school.
Lexa was dressing up as Jack Sparrow for this party. Growing up she LOVED the Pirates of the Caribbean movies. She loved it so much that one Halloween Clarke bought her a Jack Sparrow costume and it was the best day of her life. That Halloween Clarke told Lexa that she had to act like him all night. Lexa did it very successfully because she loved looking at the smile Clarke would give her whenever she acted the part perfecty.
Lexa chose to dress up as Jack Sparrow for tonight because it was truly her favorite costume as a child but also because it was the first halloween, in years, that she’s gonna spend around Clarke.
After putting the final touches on her costume, she hears a knock on the door. Opening it up she sees that it’s her girlfriend at the door. Costia is dressed up as a slutty devil. Horns and everything. How fitting, Lexa thinks to herself. After shutting the door she says “hey Cos”
“What the fuck are you dressed as Lexa?” Costia asks disgustedly
“Uhm Jack Sparrow, from Pirates of the Caribbean” Lexa tells her
“You chose THAT over a couple costume? Unbelievable” Costia says with attitude.
“THIS happens to be my favorite childhood costume. From one of my favorite movie series” Lexa is getting annoyed now.
Hearing this Costia rolls her eyes “well it’s stupid”
Lexa has had enough of Costia and her attitude “You wanna know what’s actually stupid, pretending that I’m still happy in this relationship when I’m not” Lexa can’t believe she just said that. She takes a deep breath before continuing “I can’t do this anymore Cos, I’m sorry, it’s over between us”
Costia is shocked hearing this “Are you really breaking up with me? What because you have Clarke now?”
Lexa rolls her eyes. Of course she would say that. “I am breaking up with you and it has NOTHING to do with Clarke. It has everything to do with your attitude lately. You’re always pissed off or annoyed and I'm sick of being the punching bag. All we’ve been doing lately is fighting and it needs to stop. I’m sorry. We’re done”
“Whatever Lexa, you’re gonna realize what you just lost and you’re gonna miss me” Costia says. She walks over to the door, opens it and then slams it shut behind her. Lexa sits down on her bed and takes a few deep breaths.
Clarke, Raven and Octavia were almost completely ready for the party when they heard a door slam. “What the hell?” Clarke questions
Raven runs over to the door and opens it. She looks down the hallway and sees Costia retreating to the staircase. Closing the door she turns to her friends “I’m guessing Lexa and Costia had another fight because Costia was just angrily walking down the hallway”
“Lets finish getting ready and then I’ll go see if Lexa is okay. Then we all can head to the party” Octavia suggests
They all agree and finish getting ready. Octavia was dressed as Jane, she and Lincoln were doing a couple costume so Lincoln was gonna be dressed as Tarzan. Raven was dressed as Pocahontas, it was her favorite movie growing up. Finally Clarke was dressed as Britney Spears in the school girl outfit like Britney wore in the Baby One More Time video.
Clarke chose to dress up as Britney spears because it reminded her of her favorite halloween as a child, and it was the first Halloween, in years, that she's gonna spend around Lexa. Years ago there was a Halloween were Clarke surprised Lexa with a costume of her favorite movie character, Jack Sparrow, and in return Lexa chose what Clarke had to be that Halloween. Lexa chose their favorite music artist at the time, Britney Spears. That entire night, they both had to act as their costumes. It was one of the best nights they ever had.
Once they're all ready, Octavia walks over to her room and opens the door to find Lexa isn't there. She walks next door to get Clarke and Raven. “She’s not there, she must be heading to the party already, lets go bitches!”
They leave the dorm and head to the party. By the time they get there, the party is in full swing. The music is blasting and there is people everywhere. Walking in the front door, they are greeted by Bellamy. He’s dressed as a cop. “Happy Halloween! Come in and have fun. The rest of the group is in the kitchen getting drinks” Bellamy tells them.
The girls head to the kitchen to see that everyone is there. Anya is dressed as a firefighter. Lincoln is dressed as Tarzan, like he promised Octavia. Jasper and monty did a friend costume, since they’re not a couple. Jasper is dressed as Shaggy while Monty is dressed as Scooby.
When Clarke sees Lexa, she freezes which in turns has Raven walking straight into Clarke. “Ow! What the fuck, Griffen?” Raven exclaims.
Hearing Raven, Lexa looks up to see what that was about. She sees Clarke and her mouth drops. Their friends see them starring at each other and decide to leave them alone and go enjoy the party.
Snapping out of her trance, Clarke walks over to Lexa. “Looks like great minds think alike, Woods” Clarke says to her.
“Looks like it, Griffin” Lexa says giving her a smile. “Why are you looking at me like that?” she asks Clarke after she sees a mischievous glint in Clarke’s eyes.
“What do you think about this. All night, we act as our characters” Clarke suggest with a smile
“You’re on Griffin, lets do this!” Lexa agrees
They both grab drinks and go on their separate ways. Clarke goes to find Raven and Lexa goes to find Anya.
The next few hours fly by. Between drinking, dancing and playing games, everyone was very drunk. Clarke decides she wants to get some air so she head for the back door. Walking out the door, she sees someone is already sitting on the swing she wanted to sit on. Damn. She goes over and sees Lexa is that someone. She decides to sit next to Lexa. She’s so drunk that she actually stumbles onto the swing which causes an equally drunk Lexa to start laughing.
Once the laughter dies down, they sit in comfortable silence for a while. They’ve always been able to sit around each other in silence and it has always been comfortable. Shortly after Lexa speaks up “I broke up with Costia”
“I’m sorry Lex, are you okay?” Clarke asks sincerely
“Honestly I am in a way, it’s been a long time coming, but it feels weird that its over. We were together for 2 years”
“It will be okay Lex” Clarke tells her. Deciding she wants to change the topic for Lexa’s sake, she says “You played a good Jack Sparrow, Woods. I think it was better than it was when we were younger”
“You think so?” Lexa smiles at this “You did a good job being Britney too, Griffin. Yours was also better than when we were young”
They both smile at each other before they fall silent again. Nothing needs to be said, thats until Lexa can hear/feel Clarke shivering.
“Do you want to go inside? You’re shivering” Lexa asks
“No it’s okay, I’m fine” Clarke tries to convince her
“No you’re not here” Lexa says standing up, taking her jacket off and handing it to Clarke
“No Lex, it’s okay. I don't want you to be cold” Clarke tries to convince again.
“I’m wearing a long sleeve shirt. I also wearing a lot more clothes than you. So take it” Lexa says
Clarke takes the jacket and puts it on before sitting down again next to Lexa. “Thanks Lex” she says to her.
Lexa smiles and says “you’re welcome Clarke”
Lexa is about to speak again, telling Clarke they need to talk soon. But she can’t say anything because a drunk Raven makes an appearance.
“Clarkeyyyyyy, we are heading home now” Raven slurs
Clarke gets up from the swing and turns to Lexa “Goodnight Lex, we will talk soon” she smiles and starts to walk away.
“Goodbye princess” Lexa says to Clarke as she walks away. Clarke smiles at hearing the nickname. Lexa is a little taken back at how Clarke said they will talk soon. It’s like Clarke knew that she was thinking that. Getting up from the swing herself, she goes to find Anya so they can leave.
She finds Anya in the kitchen, and says she's ready to head home. “Oh you finally dropped that pirate act? About damn time” Anya says to Lexa.
“I was acting like Jack Sparrow, Anya. Clarke and I made a deal that we had to act like our costume characters” Lexa informs Anya.
“Oh you and Clarke? That must be nice” Anya says
“Yeah it is, it feels refreshing” Lexa agrees
They both leave and Lexa goes to her dorm while Anya goes to her dorm in a nearby building. Octavia is already in bed by the time Lexa gets to her room.
After changing, taking all her makeup and fake facial hair off, she crawls into bed. She has a smile on her face. She knows her and Clarke still need to talk, badly, but she feels like tonight was a small step. A small step towards getting her best friend back.