Friendship
The next morning Clarke woke up hungover and questioning, yet again, why she drank so much. Clarke was laying in her bed thinking about last night. Her head was pounding from her hangover but she couldn’t stop thinking about it. She and Lexa had a moment and it felt like those 5 years didn't happen. It felt normal to be around her and that scared Clarke.
Clarke’s thoughts were disrupted when she heard Raven moan in pain on the other side of the room. Looking over she saw Raven starting to wake up and squinting her eyes.
Raven looks over at Clarke
“Fuck, why did we drink so much? she asks Clarke in a whisper.
“Ugh, I don’t know” Clarke says back.
Both Clarke and Raven decided to go to the showers in hope of making themselves feel better. They ended up getting sick the moment they walked into the bathrooms. So the shower afterwords definitely helped. After they were showered and changed they both decided they needed some more sleep to get rid of the hangover.
A few hours earlier Clarke wakes up to the smell of food and sits up. Raven was awake as well and holding take out containers. Raven notices Clarke has woken up and turns to look at her.
“I thought we would need food, so I ordered takeout” Raven tells her
“Rae you are the best! What did you get?” Clarke asks
“Chinese. One of the best hangover foods!” Raven exclaims
They both start eating their food when Raven decides to break the silence.
“Last night when I came to get you to go home, were you really with Lexa or was I just really drunk” Raven asks
Hearing this Clarke just laughs a bit “Raven you were really drunk, but I was with Lexa”
“That’s a change of events, how’d that happen?” asks Raven
“I wanted some air and went to go on the swing but someone was already on it, and when I noticed it was Lexa I just kind of sat down next to her” Clarke explains
Raven rolls her eyes at Clarke’s answer “I need more details than that Griffin”
“We just talked Rae. She told me that her and Costia broke up. Then we had some light conversation. It wasn't much but it felt nice” Clarke ends with a smile on her face
“What do you mean it felt nice?” Raven curious as to what her best friend is talking about
Clarke runs a hand through her hand before answering “It just felt normal. Like all the years apart never happened. It wasn't awkward. The conversation just flowed. She was the Lexa that use to be my best friend. She wasn't the Lexa that I've seen the past few months”
Raven smiles after hearing this and nods her head. “So what does this mean then?”
Clarke shrugs “I honestly don’t know”
Raven could see that question deflated the good mood her best friend was in. She decides to ask a, hopefully, better question “well what do you want it to mean?”
“I want it to mean that we can be friends again. I know we probably won’t be best friends like we use to be, but I want her back in my life. Last night proved we have a rare connection with each other. I’m ready to talk to her and get everything out” Clarke answers honestly
Raven smiles, she's really happy to hear that answer from Clarke. She can see the light in Clarke’s eyes as she talks about Lexa now. This was something she hasn't really ever seen in Clarke before. “Maybe you should tell Lexa this” Raven suggests
Clarke thinks that is a good idea. She decides she should tell Lexa now that they need to finally sit down and talk. So she gets up and heads to the room next door. Clarke knocks on the door twice. An exhausted looking Lexa opens the door and is shocked to see Clarke standing there.
“H-hey Clarke” Lexa says shakily
“Hey Lexa. How are you feeling?” Clarke asks
“I’m a lot better than I was this morning” Lexa says
Clarke laughs “I understand that. Raven and I had a rough morning. We’ve basically slept all day to get rid of the hangover”
Lexa smiles at that. She doesn't really understand why Clarke is standing at her door. Clarke can see Lexa is a little confused so she decides to just straight up with her.
“Lexa, I really enjoyed our talk last night. To me, it felt like all that time never happened… it felt normal for us to be sitting there talking. I don't know if you-“
“It felt the same to me Clarke. It felt way more normal than I ever expected it to. It truly did feel like no time has passed” Lexa says interrupting Clarke
“I’m glad I’m not the only one” Clarke laughs “I think we should find a time that works for us both so we can sit down and just talk about everything”
“Clarke, that sounds like a great idea” Lexa agrees “What about tomorrow? We can get lunch or something and just talk? She suggests
“Sounds like a plan, we can go to Grounders” Clarke smiles
“I’ve been wanting to go there again so I’m down. I have some stuff I need to do in the morning so can we meet there? Noon-ish?” Lexa asks
“Sure that works” Clarke says “I’ll see you tomorrow then, bye Lexa” Clarke smiles at Lexa as she turns to go head back to her room.
“Bye Clarke, see you tomorrow” Lexa says before shutting her door.
Clarke walks back into her room and Raven looks up at her with a look on her face that says ‘well?’
“We’re meeting at Grounders tomorrow at noon, we’re gonna grab lunch and talk” Clarke informs Raven.
“Good, I’m glad you guys finally decided to have this talk. You both need it” Raven tells Clarke.
“We really do” Clarke agrees “Now how about we binge some Greys Anatomy”
Raven instantly agrees to that and they both sit on Clarke bed and watches the show on her laptop. Clarke was trying to focus on what was happening on the screen but she was too distracted. Tomorrow she was going to find out everything. Mainly she was finally going to find out why Lexa and her family left suddenly a few years back. This made Clarke nervous because she had no idea what was going to be said. She just had hope that tomorrow will be the first step towards Lexa becoming her friend again.