Chapter 1
Lexa POV:
I wake up to a large weight on my chest. After a moment of panic I realize it's Clarke. It might sound creepy but I like watching Clarke sleep. She looks so peaceful and happy. I watch her for a few minutes before gently rolling her off me. After that I get up and check the clock. It's 6:30. For the next half hour I quietly get ready and start packing sandwiches and stuff for the car trip. Then I'm going around our apartment doing last minutes checks. After I'm sure everything is ready I go into the bed room and sit down on the bed next to Clarke. I start kissing her, gently at first, on her cheeks, her forehead, her jawline, and finally her lips as she wakes up. It takes her a second but then she kisses me back. She pulls back first.
"Good morning love."
"Morning, I've got everything packed and by the door all we have to do is put it in the car."
"Ok I'll be out to help in a few minutes let me get ready."
With that she gets out of bed and slips into the bathroom. While she gets ready I make us each breakfast. Clarke has a bowl of Cinnamon Toast Crunch while I have a bowl of oatmeal with some fresh blueberries. Then I make her a cup of coffee and myself a cup of tea. By the time I finish all that Clarke has finished getting ready and is coming to the kitchen to get her food. She comes up and hugs me from behind arms wrapped loosely around me while her lips kiss my neck softly.
"Thanks for making me breakfast."
"No problem."
"You ready to meet my parents?"
"Absolutely not".
"Don't worry you'll be fine they're very kind plus everyone will be there too."
"I guess your right."
"Of course I am."
"Hurry up and finish your cereal we still need to pack up the car."
"Ok I've only got a bite left."
With that she takes a her last bite of cereal and then picks up the bowl and slurps out the milk like a little kid. After she sets her bowl in the sink she turns to me and I see she has a milk mustache.
"You got a little something on your lip, I'll get it for you."
I cup her face with my hands and kiss her deeply, her hands go to my hips to pull me in closer. After a bit she pulls back and says come on it's time to go you can kiss me all you want when we get to my parents. Then she leans in and whispers
"You can do more than just kiss me."
She pulls back and gives me a wink before heading over to the door to grab her bags. I do the same and grab my keys on my way out the door. After loading everything into the trunk we set off on our 4hr car ride down to Ocean City, Maryland where Clarke's parents live. After what feels like forever we finally arrive. I hop right out of the car and stretch my legs. Clarke does the same. We get our bags out of the trunk and head up to the front door, before we can even get to the door it's being opened and Clarke drops her bags and runs forward to hug her mom and dad. Then she steps back and says
"Mom, Dad, this is my girlfriend Lexa."
Her mom steps forward and shakes my hand and says
"Nice to finally meet you Lexa, I'm Abby, Clarke has told us much about you."
Next her dad steps forward and engulfs me in a big bear hug and when he lets go I see Clarke is red faced.
"Dad, you're embarrassing me!"
"Sweetie it's fine I was just giving Lexa a big Griffin welcome."
"Trust me Clarke it's fine, I don't mind."
After that we take all our stuff inside and Clarke leads me upstairs to her old bedroom. The walls are covered in drawings and paintings and some posters. There's almost no wall showing anywhere her bed is in the corner, next to it is a dresser and by that is the closet and in the other corner there's a desk that has a stack of art books and a cup full of paintbrushes and pens and pencils. I walk around the room admiring each piece of artwork. Clarke sits on the bed on her phone. After I've looked at everything I sit down next to her.
"You have a whole gallery in here."
"None of these would ever even qualify to be in a gallery, they're all so bad."
"I think they're all beautiful, I do have a favorite piece of artwork though."
"What is it?"
"You."
We both start laughing because that was just so bad.
"That was cheesy."
"Yes it was."
Clarke leans in and kisses me. It started out slow and gentle until she swiped her tongue across my bottom lip in a silent request to part my lips. I did so and the kiss became deep and passionate Clarke pulled back for a second to reposition herself so she was straddling my lap. Then she went back to kissing me. Before things could go farther we heard the doorbell ring followed by some yelling.
"CLARKE GRIFFIN GET YOUR GAY ASS DOWN HERE RIGHT NOW!"
Clarke climbs off my lap with a sigh and says
"Ravens here."
We go downstairs where Clarke is tackled to the ground in a hug by Raven. I walk over to my cousin Anya and give her a hug
"Your girlfriend is loud."
"And your girlfriend is hot."
I pull back and frown at Anya
"I'm just kidding, are you ready for your first Griffin thanksgiving?"
"Not really but it's happening anyways."
"You'll be fine kiddo, I promise."
A little while later everyone else arrives. Octavia and her husband Lincoln. Bellamy and his boyfriend Murphy. We order pizza and play board games for awhile and then at around 8 there's a knock st the door and Clarke jumps up and runs to the door. She swings it open and says
"Uncle Marcus!"
"Clarke!"
Clarke gives her uncle a big hug before turning to the woman at his side and greeting her.
"Hi, I'm Clarke."
"This is my friend Indra."
"Hello."
Marcus and Indra bring their stuff into their room and then they come out and greet everyone. Everyone is still having a great time except Indra she seems to be uncomfortable and kinda angry. She keeps glancing over to where Bellamy and Murphy are, Murphy is cuddled up against Bellamy. I'm kinda confused about what's going on until Clarke comes over and sits in my lap and kisses me. Indra looks like she's going to burst. I whisper to Clarke
"Indra keeps looking at Bellamy and Murphy and you and I with a death stare. I'm gonna say something."
"Ok, don't cause any trouble"
Clarke gets up and walks into the kitchen to go talk to her parents. I wave Indra over and pat the spot next to me to have her sit down.
"Is there something bugging you?"
"Yes there is"
"What would it be?"
"You guys are gay and being gay is wrong you're all a bunch of faggots!"
I didn't expect her to be so mad. Now everyone is looking at Indra because she is being homophobic and there's 3 gay couples in the room. Abby asks
"What seems to be the problem?"
"It's your daughter and her girlfriend and Bellamy and his boyfriend and Raven and her girlfriend, you're all a bunch of faggots and you're all going to hell!"
Jake steps in now
"That's enough"
Now Indra is pointing at everyone she mentioned and calling them a faggot and then she points at Clarke last and screams
"You're a fucking faggot and you're gonna rot in hell!"
This made Clarke start crying so I ran across the room and hugged her while she cried I rubbed her back and whispered I her ear trying to calm her down.
Now Marcus steps in and grabs Indra by the arm leading her towards the door.
"You're gonna have to leave you can't come here and insult my family. There's nothing wrong with them none of them are faggots and none of them are going to hell!"
Marcus grabs Indra's bags from the room and brings them to the door.
"You need to leave now, get a cab or something, go anywhere except here you're no longer welcome here!"
"Fine but you're all still faggots and you're all still gonna rot in hell!"
With that she grabs her bags and storms out of the house.
Clarke is sobbing now she's crying so hard she can barely stand so I reach under her butt and pick her up. She wraps her legs around my waist and her arms around my neck and she has her face buried in my shoulder while she cries. It hurts me to see her so upset. I'm also confused as to why she's so upset I've never seen her this upset before. I carry her upstairs into her bedroom where sit down on the bed and let her curl up in my lap. Slowly her sobs slow until they're gone. I slowly slide her off my lap and go get a few tissues for her to wipe her face and nose and once she's done I get her pajamas out of her bag and help her undress out of her normal clothes and change into her pajamas. Then I curl up in bed with her until she falls asleep. Once she's asleep I go downstairs. Most everyone is in bed now except Abby and Jake. Abby asks
"How is she?"
"She's asleep now, she was really upset though."
"Well a good nights sleep should help and tomorrow jake can make her favorite breakfast."
"Do you have any idea why she was so upset like I'm sure we're all upset but she was sobbing."
"I kinda know why I don't have all the details but I can tell you what I know."
Jake gets up and excused himself to go to bed we each wish him a goodnight.
"It happened 8 years ago when Clarke was just 16..."