Last Memory at the Cabin
That night and the night after has become memorable for Clarke. She was invited over to Anya and Lexa's room, She, Raven and Octavia would play different pop songs and would dance on that big bedroom. On next evening, Octavia and Raven share Anya's bed while Clarke would share with Lexa. Anya would arrive on the following day as she accompanied her father from an Asian business travel.
That evening, Clarke closed the lights switched near the bed when she felt Lexa embraced her from the back. Her skin became warm in an instant. Lexa pulled the comforter up their waist.
"Are you uncomfortable, Clarke?" Lexa whispered as not to wake up Octavia and Raven on the other bed.
"No I'm okay. But I wanted to turn around and face you." Clarke didn't know where the courage was coming from
"Okay, I removed my arms, do turn around."Lexa still whispering
"Why were you crying when you embraced me when we arrived yesterday morning?" Clarke looking straight at Lexa's eyes.
The room was first pitched black, but the lights coming from the moon peeked through the window, bouncing off Lexa's face. Clarke can see how beautiful Lexa is, she's already 18 and her features are more defined and she has more curves.
"I .. honestly ..missed you, Clarke. It's diff...erent when I see you. But, I do enjoy our emails and chat together." Lexa stuttered
"I missed you too Lexa"
Their eyes locked again. Lexa moved her face slowly towards Clarke. She can't understand her fascination for her. She found herself kissing Clarke's forehead and moving her hand slowly inside Clarke's pajamas and slowly inching her hand at her back. She slowly carresed Clarke's warm skin. Lexa's lips moved to Clarke's nose and then to her cheeks.
Both of them felt tense.
Clarke placed both her hands on Lexa's chest. Lexa kissed her ear.
Clarke escaped a light moan. Her heartbeat quickens, her breathing heavy. Lexa reached out to kiss her lips when..
"Uhmm...mom..can't.." Octavia moans on the other bed
Clarke turned around and heard Octavia sobbing. She moved Lexa's arm away
"She's going into a nightmare" a slight panic in Clarke's voice
Lexa and Clarke rose up from the bed and switched on the lights. Clarke slowly talks to Octavia to wake her up. Raven was already awake and was looking at Octavia sobbing in her sleep.
"Huhuhu...mom?.." Octavia uncontrollably cries
"Octavia, I'm here, it's me sweetie" Clarke reaches Octavia's hands
"Shhh, we're here, Raven is here.. Lexa is here..." Clarke slowly wakes up Octavia
When Octavia opened her eyes, she hugged Clarke, then continued to cry.
Raven took over and embraced Octavia
"Now.. now, we don't want you getting ugly with that puffy eyes you know" Raven is always good at making them laugh.
Clarke told Lexa that Octavia's parents were driving them home from a new year's celebration when a truck overtook another lane and hits their SUV. Based on the investigation and witnesses, Octavia and Bellamy's father maneuvered the vehicle to avoid their kids being hit at the back. In process, both their parents shielded them from harm's way. Bellamy and Octavia survived with minor bruises. But they are still traumatized by that event every time January comes around. The painful reminder of that evening.
Lexa moved towards Octavia and hugged her.
"Would you like hot cocoa? I will make one for each" Lexa smiled and looked at Octavia
Octavia nodded
After 3 minutes, Bellamy and Lincoln came running towards the room.
"Are you okay?" Bellamy embraced her sister and kissed her forehead
Lincoln brushed his fingers over Octavia's hair.
Bellamy lets go of her sister. As Octavia pushed him away. She became aware of Lincoln's presence and felt shy.
"Why you two still awake? How did you know? Clarke asked
"We saw Lexa in the kitchen preparing something. She informed me about the nightmare. Me and Lincoln were still playing chess cause Uncle Tony called and said they were on their way here. Lincoln wanted to see his parents and Anya safe cause it's almost 2 AM." Bellamy explained.
Clarke sighs as Anya will arrive soon and she, Raven and Octavia will move back to the guest room. It's not that its not comfy, but the thought of Lexa not being with her is like a let down.
She didn't notice that Lexa was already at her back, handing mugs of warm cocoa to everyone in the room. And just like that, Lexa seemed to know what Clarke was thinking.
"Anya likes to sleep in the other guest room near the hallway. She likes to keep the room all to herself. You guys stay here."
Clarke likes it when Lexa is on top of things. She felt protected in some way. She gazed at Lexa, and ...she is perfect.
Clarke all of a sudden remembered what they were doing before Octavia had a nightmare. Her face literally turned red and her vision spinned like crazy.
"Clarke, Clarke.. are you okay?"
"Clarke, look at me."
Clarke snapped out of the nauseous feeling. She could feel Lexa's hand caressing her arm. Lexa looked very worried, her other hand supporting Clarke's hand with the mug.
"Let me take that" she removed the mug out of Clarke's
Lexa stood up and walked near the door, she then called Titus on top of her voice
"Titus, prepare one vehicle, we'll bring Clarke to the nearest hospital"
"Lexa! I'm fine! What are you doing?" Clarke laughed a little
"But you look like you're about to faint" Octavia and Raven almost chorused.
"I'm fine, Lexa don't anymore please, let's just rest...please" her eyes begging Lexa
Clarke remembered what Jake said "behave!" She can't jeopardize their stay in there. She can't let her parents panic and go after them. She looked at Octavia and Raven. They both are enjoying this vacation.
"Come with me, you're cold" Lexa gestured something to Bellamy
Bellamy scooped Clarke in his arms and looked at Lexa
"Where do I put down Clarke?"
"Please follow me, Lexa walked out and went down the large staircase.
Bellamy followed her while carrying Clarke. They stopped at one of the living rooms. This one has fireplace and half the size of the main living. Lexa directed Bellamy where to put down Clarke. He puts her down to a white, soft sofa facing the fireplace.
"Thank you" Lexa smiled at Bellamy
Bellamy nods, placed his palm on Clarke's forehead and smiled. Clarke frowned and he removed his palm and ran upstairs to check Raven and Octavia.
Lexa opened a cabinet which looked like wall at first. She grabbed quilted blankets and socks. Clarke wondered what else is there inside those cabinets disguised as walls. Lexa's moves were calculated, she doesn't waste any time.
She moved towards Clarke and placed ointment on her forehead.
"This ointment is good. Dad uses this on us when we have headaches. Anya's mom must have used this before."
Clarke could have sworn it wouldn't work. But the moment Lexa applied it, she found relief from whatever she was feeling awhile ago. The heat from the fireplace also kept her warm. She felt Lexa moved at her back and covered her around with blanket. Lexa then left and returned after 2 minutes
"Where have you been?"
"Miss me already, Clarke?"
They both smiled and Lexa took Clarke's hands out of the blanket. She placed mug on her hands.
"What's this?"
"It's tea with lemon, it is actually good..sip it"
And over and over, Clarke just followed Lexa, she drank the tea and the warm liquid flowing inside her body made her feel alive. As she puts down the mug, Lexa was rubbing her arms to calm her system. She felt sleepy at what Lexa was doing. She closed her eyes as she felt Lexa sliding her body to the soft sofa.
Clarke fell asleep and woke up at around 6 am finding Lexa looking at her.
"You didn't sleep Lexa?"
"I did, I was right beside you"
Clarke frowned and didn't say anything.
"I did Clarke, but only for few hours. I had to wake up as Titus replenished the logs. The sound of the fire might woke you up so I covered your ears with blanket."
Clarke bowed her head then looked up to meet Lexa's eyes.
"What ..happened last night.."
But Clarke got interrupted by Lexa
"I'm sorry Clarke, I .... I... just missed you so much."
Clarke opened her mouth but got interrupted again
"Look, you're such a good friend. ... " Lexa looked up the ceiling
"I don't want you to think that just cause this is our place, I can take advantage of you. Can we forget that it happened?"
Clarke wasn't sure what to say. She's never been with a girl before. She had boy crushes but not what she's feeling right now with Lexa. She wasn't sure that she wanted to forget what happened.
"You wouldn't understand Clarke, you're still young"
There was a defeaning silence
"Yeah you're right. I guess I am" Clarke felt defeated
She doesn't know how to handle this situation. What if Lexa doesn't feel more than friends and she feels different.
Lexa offered her hands but Anya came from nowhere. They arrived few hours ago and Lexa didn't wake up Clarke anymore.
"Hey Lexa, why did you let Clarke sleep here? Is our room too far?"
"We were exchanging stories" Lexa looked at Clarke
Clarke understood that Lexa doesn't want Anya to know that she got dizzy as she might call her mom to contact Abby about what happened.
"We're about to go up, the heat is soothing though" Lexa beamed at Anya
"Makes sense, but dad will fret as it's not proper for our extended family to be sleeping in living rooms"
"Cmon Clarke, our future prosecutor will interrogate us if we don't move" snickered Lexa
Clarke grabbed the hand Lexa offered. She clearly likes to be with her even if everything
was unclear.
As they moved pass the stairs, the end of the blanket that Clarke is covered with was caught in a sharp metal like accessory and it ripped the side of it. Lexa assured it's okay and Clarke doesn't need to worry about it.
Their whole stay was enjoyable and Clarke never felt any difference which she thought was all good. Lexa made her feel special still. She would allow Clarke to win at any board and indoor games.
Last night in their stay, Tony allowed the girls to use the master bedroom's heated jacuzzi.
"This is just super cool" Raven blurted out
"You mean super hot!" jeered Octavia
Anya showed Octavia and Raven magazine wherein they squealed over the article of their fave actors. Both girls moved over Anya's side.
Lexa arrived last, she removed her robe and her dark blue swimsuit flashed her well toned body. She carefully sat at the edge of the jacuzzi and moved her legs towards the bubbling water.
Clarke's jaw dropped at how gorgeous Lexa appeared.
Lexa slowly moved towards Clarke.
"Enjoying the hot water?"
"Yes, very much" Clarke avoiding Lexa's eyes
"I could sleep here all day, it just so happen that it would also wrinkle my skin." Lexa laughed a bit.
Clarke smiled and could feel Lexa is moving much closer to her.
Lexa, now besides Clarke, pulls up her hair together and made a ponytail. Clarke was silent, she doesn't know where the urge to kiss Lexa's neck is coming from.
The puberty libido simply taking over her body.
She felt her legs touching Lexa's. She thought that if it'll cause electricity, all of them inside the jacuzzi should have been electrocuted by now.
Lexa removed her bracelet and accidentally dropped it from her hand. Clarke felt it in her right thigh.
In unison they said "I got it"
Lexa found her left hand touching Clarke's right thigh. Clarke surprised by Lexa's touch, got jolted which made the bracelet slid in between her legs. Lexa didn't remove her hand and she bit her lower lips as she felt pleasure touching Clarke's thighs.
Clarke was already biting her lips as she can't define the sensually aroused feeling caused by Lexa's touch.
Clarke felt everything's spinning around.
"Clarke, are you with us?"
"Clarke look at me please!"
Clarke opened her eyes as Anya and Lexa's rubbing her arms.
"Clarke, you okay? Anya asked
Clarke nodded. Lexa looked worried.
"I'm fine, sorry...must be the Jello I ate"
"Let us get you out of the water" Anya suggested
Both sisters offered their hands to lift her up but she chose Anya. She figured that Lexa's touch is lethal for her body.
Lexa took a deep breath and felt jealous as Clarke chose Anya over her for assistance.
They changed into their regular clothes and Octavia helped Clarke get dressed up.
"What happened there? This is twice already, are you sure you're not sick?"
"I told you Octavia, I'm fine. It's just mixed food that prolly didn't digest and made me nauseous again."
That evening, Clarke knocked on the Woods' sister's room. She left some stuff in there when they slept over. It was time to pack up for an early morning travel.
Anya opened the door, She was on her way out.
"After you're done packing your stuff, please join me and the rest at western part of the cabin. Dad's hosting a poker game. You won't believe what we can win!" Anya smiled cheerfully.
Clarke saw Lincoln coming out of his room together with Bellamy. They looked excited and heard that Tony's giving prices such as different smart phones and other gadgets. Tony doesn't want them to get monetary when they play poker or other card games.
Clarke entered the room and gather her stuff, she thought Lexa already went down to join the game.
She sat at the edge of Lexa's bed. She got her pillow and hugged it. She smelled the familiar smell of Lexa's hair. She felt shiver in her body.
She wanted Lexa so bad. She aches for her touch. She can't understand why she also would like to put her hands on Lexa, kiss her and just touch her body
She doesn't care for the difference. She wanted to touch Lexa and let Lexa touch her. She didn't notice that tears were rolling down her cheeks. She sobbed and hugged Lexa's pillow tight.
She felt a soft touch, Clarke opened her eyes.
Lexa was kneeling in front of her, wiping her tears. Lexa removed the pillow.
"Sweet Clarke, whatever it is you're crying about, you know you can cry on me." Lexa embraced her and puts her head over her shoulder. She carressed her back gently.
Clarke wanted to tell Lexa it's cause of her that's why she's crying. But she can't tell her. She doesn't want their friendship to falter. Her eyes became heavy and Lexa caressing her back isn't helping her either. She's tired and fell asleep at Lexa's shoulder.
Clarke opened her eyes, small light was dancing on top of the table, three candles were lit. She was in bed, in Lexa's arm. She looked at Lexa, her green eyes met hers.
"It's okay Clarke, I was with you the whole time. Lights went out as there were heavy winds outside."
"Half of the heaters were out too, we're running in generators. I placed extra socks in your feet."
Clarke smiled at Lexa. She indeed feel secure in her arms.
"That's good. You're smiling now." Lexa then kissed her forehead.
Clarke wanted to kiss Lexa back. But she froze. Fear engulfed her, she doesn't know how to kiss at all! What in the world was she thinking? She was excited to touch Lexa but she really doesn't know how. What if Lexa laughed at her? The embarrassment was killing her intentions for her.
But that night, she remained in Lexa's arms. They both fell asleep. Lexa didnt let her go. She felt her embracing her when she moved around and making turns on the bed.
That morning, sky was clear and everyone headed home. Clarke and her cousins flew back to their town while Lexa and her family drove the opposite side of the mountain to back to the city.
********~~~~********