(Sober) Introductions
Lexa went back to the couch to continue her reading once she was done cleaning up the kitchen and washing the dishes. She got through another chapter before she heard Clarke padding down the hall still wearing her clothes only now she wore the jacket she was wearing last night. Carrying her dress in one hand and her heels in the other she made her way to the couch where she sat down, put her head back and sighed deeply. Lexa looked really looked at her for the first time and she couldn't deny that the blonde was beautiful; she was fit but still curvy, her skin was a lovely pale white as opposed to Lexa's naturally tanner skin, her blonde tresses cascaded over her shoulders exquisitely, she was blessed in the chest department, and just by looking at her lips Lexa could tell that she wouldn't mind kissing them. When Clarke opened her eyes finally and looked over at Lexa she couldn't deny that the deep blue that she saw was Clarke's most amazing feature hands down; Lexa caught herself staring and almost blushed as she looked away.
Clarke broke the silence "So, I realized something while I was in the shower," she began, Lexa just hummed as she sipped her tea signaling for Clarke to continue "you don't seem like the type to put their number in a bathroom stall."
Lexa thought for a moment, deciding whether to tease the blonde or give her the truth "Well, maybe I am the type. Or perhaps I used to be. I could have known someone who did it as a prank or even maliciously."
Clarke's eyes widened as she realized she could have offended the kind brunette in some way but before she could apologized Lexa let out a chuckle that again made Clarke's knees weak even though she was sitting down.
Lexa decided to put a stop to her teasing when she saw that Clarke was quickly becoming embarrassed "I'm only joking. I recently moved back here because I was out of the country so I got a new number. I would assume that whoever had this number before me put their number there. That or one of the instances I listed happened to the previous owner."
The blonde recovered quickly from her recent embarrassment and nodded along with Lexa's much more realistic answer "I'm sorry again about last night. I'm sure that wasn't a pleasant thing to wake up to. But thank you again for taking care of me like you did. And for future reference if that happens again you have my permission to take my dress off, that was not fun to sleep in or wake up to wearing." Lexa flushed at this and Clarke reveled in her payback considering how Lexa had just teased her "Lexa, I'm only joking." she parroted the brunette as she placed her hand on Lexa's forearm Holy shit does she like bathe in moisturizer? Her skin is like silk!
"Oh." was all Lexa could say since the majority of her attention was focused on the blondes hand on her arm. It had been so long since had human contact other than the occasional handshake so this small act was throwing her off. The last time she had touched someone or been touched by someone was nearly seven months ago in England where she met a girl at a club and went back to the girl's apartment for the night. Not something she normally did but she was feeling frisky that night after a few too many drinks that had lowered her inhibitions and a stressful week at the office so she figured she needed a no-strings-attatched hookup. The sound of Clarke's phone buzzing pulled Lexa out of her daze.
Clarke checked the Caller ID and rolled her eyes as she saw Octavia calling her, the small brunette had already sent about 6 texts to the group chat scolding Clarke for taking so long to respond. Quickly constructing herself she answered the phone sweetly yet sarcastically "Octavia, darling, how are you on this beautiful Saturday morning?"
"You know damn well how I'm doing. Clarke Abigail Griffin, what the actual fuck?"
Clarke winced slightly at the tone her friend was taking, Octavia was obviously mad "What?" Clarke asks innocently "I told you what happened, it's not my fault you guys left me at the club."
"Clarke, you sent me a text that had the most vague response in the history of vague responses and you know I thought you left with that chick you were chatting up all night. What was her name again? Nicki? Natalie? It starts with an 'N' I know that..."
Clarke rolled her eyes at Octavia's rambling "Nylah, and no I didn't go home with her, she was a horrible kisser. All tongue and sloppy. Ew. Anyways I'll tell you about it when I get home. I'll be there soon." Clarke hung up after she said that not waiting for Octavia's response.
Lexa was trying desperately not to listen to Clarke's conversation because that is extremely rude. She had read the same sentence of her book 7 times now and she still didn't know what it said, instead certain words form the blondes phone call were lingering on her mind. Shaking the thoughts from her head though she put her bookmark in so she wouldn't lose her place and set the book down on the coffee table before getting up and making her way to the kitchen to put her mug in the sink and grab her shopping list. "Everything alright?" she asked.
Clarke looked over her shoulder at Lexa as the girl was writing something down "Yeah, my friends were just worried about me is all. You said you had to do some shopping, what do you have to get?" Clarke asked curiously.
"Just some groceries is all."
"Oh, well would you mind if I tagged along actually, we're out of some stuff at the apartment. If you don't mind that is, I don't want to impose anymore." Clarke realized that perhaps this kind stranger just wanted Clarke out of her hair since she had already been such a nuisance.
"Clarke, please you haven't imposed at all, it was my decision to take care of you. Also, no I don't mind if you tag along." Lexa said surprised at the honesty of her words, she wasn't the type to help strangers. Although at this point the blonde on her couch wasn't really a stranger, more like an acquaintance.
"Well, thank you, Lexa. Oh, also I figured I would just wear this home and wash it before I give it back to you. I'd wear my dress but it smells like the bathroom at the club and if I wore it I might throw up again." Clarke said grimacing at the memory of the scent.
"Thats fine, Clarke. Are you planning on wearing those heels with that outfit though?" Lexa asks curiously.
"Oh uh, I hadn't really thought that far ahead..."
Lexa chuckles before making her way towards her bedroom and coming back with a pair of converse and some socks "Here, you can wear these and give them back with the rest of the clothes."
Clarke just smiles and shakes her head at Lexa's kindness, it's strange for Lexa to be this nice to her considering the events of the past 12 hours but she just goes with it and hopes for the best. Once they are both ready to leave they make their way out the hall Lexa leads them to the garage thats full of cars right past an old Corvette, a motorcycle and a couple other nice cars to a Mazda that looks like it's seen better days but is still in nice shape. "Are all these cars yours?" Clarke asks in disbelief but seeing the inside of Lexa's apartment she knew the brunette was well off so it wasn't a far stretch to assume that all the vehicles belonged to her.
Lexa just chuckles before turning the car on and picking some music for the drive "No, that Corvette is mine, those bikes are mine, and that Jeep is mine." The Jeep being a brand new Wrangler Rubicon that was obviously modified.
"Oh, is that all?" Clarke asks with an eye roll causing Lexa to just chuckle again. That's a sound I could get used to Clarke thinks to herself God, what is with me? You literally just met this girl how about you cool your jets, Clarke.
They ride in mostly silence to the music in Lexa's car alternating between classical and alternative in the direction that Clarke is giving Lexa to the grocery store near her apartment. The blonde tries to keep her eyes on the window in front of her but her gaze keeps shifting to the brunette to her left, luckily she catches herself each time before Lexa sees her staring and thinks she some weirdo.
Lexa can see that Clarke keeps looking at her out of the corner of her eye and when she sees it next she glances at Clarke to smirk before the blonde flushes lightly and looks away "Something I can help you with, Clarke?"
The way that Lexa clicks the 'k' has Clarke secretly swooning and she just shakes her head trying to find an excuse for staring; she fails and just gives Lexa another direction that leads them down the road the store is on and soon enough they're pulling in to the parking lot.
While shopping they made small talk as they filled their baskets and learned quite a bit about each other. Lexa learned that Clarke was a senior at TonDC University majoring in Pre Med and minoring Art since she loved to help people but she loved her art equally as much, she also learned that the blonde had recently broken up with her boyfriend of a year and a half after she found him cheating on her a week before they were supposed to move in together so she's been staying with her friends Octavia and Raven, learning next that so sate the rejection she felt from being cheated on Clarke often went out on the weekends and was dubbed by her friends 'Party Animal Griffin' which caused Lexa to chuckle. But for the life of her the brunette could not figure out why on earth someone would cheat on Clarke, she was beautiful, obviously intelligent, her sense of humor was perfect, and from what Lexa has experienced Clarke's personality was lovely. After hearing more of her background Lexa decided that if she stayed friends with the blonde that she would hunt down this ex of hers and give him a piece of her mind.
In turn Clarke learned many things about Lexa as well, which was odd because Lexa knew that she was normally more closed off and rarely if ever told anyone anything about herself that wasn't absolutely necessary to know; being around the blonde just made her feel safe, and that maybe she didn't need the walls she had spent so much time putting up. Clarke learned things like how Lexa grew up with nearly absent parents and how she was essentially raised by her aunt and uncle, she learned that Lexa had an avid love for reading and writing, which lead to her learning that the brunette was the vice president of a publication company owned by her parents but was run by a close family friend; a job which she got straight out of college 3 years ago and had her traveling all over the world. Lexa had just come back from spending a year in Europe and had moved to the Polis just over a month ago, she had attended TonDC as well so they chatted about how the campus has and hasn't changed in the years that Lexa has been away.
Once they were done shopping they loaded up their hauls, Lexa's in the very back and Clarke's in the backseat since it was considerably smaller, and Clarke gave Lexa directions to her apartment. Lexa let out another chuckle-she was doing that a lot today which was another rarity for the normally stoic brunette-as she saw the building that Clarke lived in; the blonde just gave her a confused look to which Lexa responded "I know where we're going, and it's really not funny but I used to live in this building my junior and senior year."
"Oh, how weird, apparently we have more in common than either of us knew." Clarke said with a smile as Lexa shut the car off and they both got out of the car; luckily Clarke only bought three paper bags worth of groceries so she carried a bag plus her dress and shoes while Lexa carried the other two as they made their way into the building.
When Lexa realized which apartment Clarke was heading towards she smiled softly "Don't tell me you live in 2E..." to which Clarke's response was a simple confused nod and Lexa just shook her head. Clarke just shrugged and grabbed her keys to open the door before letting Lexa go first so she could put the groceries in the kitchen.
The moment she closed the door she heard one of her roommates, probably Raven, groan from where she was laying on the couch "Clarke? S'that you?" she mumbled.
"Uh, yeah. Well Clarke and company."
At that Raven bolted upright to investigate the scene, her eyes going immediately to Clarke who just looked in Lexa's direction. Raven followed her gaze and smirked as she tilted her head to stare openly as the brunette stranger's shapely bottom, her view was interrupted by Clarke though and she pouted before summoning their other roommate "Octavia! We have company, put some pants on and get out here."
Clarke just rolled her eyes and made her way over to Lexa "I'm sorry in advance about my roommates, they're probably going to hammer you with questions but you don't have to answer."
"It's fine Clarke, they have a right to be worried, after all I did take you home last night." Lexa goes with the sudden burst of confidence and sends Clarke a wink after that. The blonde just rolls her eyes and turns away from Lexa to hide her blush that she can feel creeping up her cheeks.
A moment later Octavia's door opens and there standing is a girl in a tattered tank top that looks like it used to be a TonDC t-shirt, a sports bra under it and a pair of boy shorts "What the fuck is all the fuss about, Raven? I was literally just about to fall asleep." Octavia has yet to open her eyes but when she does she sees Raven giving her the signal to look to her left and when she does she sees that someone strange is standing in her kitchen and averting their gaze to the ceiling which seems to have captured their attention. Sudden realization hits her and she runs back into her room to grab a pair of sweats "Guys why didn't you tell me we had company?!"
Clarke is almost doubled over in laughter at Octavia's antics and Lexa's reaction to seeing her half naked roommate, while Raven just scoffs before informing the smaller brunette "O, I literally just said 'We have company, put some pants on' it's not my fault you didn't listen." she finished then gets up to investigate the strange woman and the groceries her and Clarke brought in.
"Yeah, well you knew I was pretty much sleeping so that doesn't count. Ooo what'd you get Clarke? I'm starving! Also who's your friend?" Octavia asks with a waggle of her eyebrows.
Clarke just rolls her eyes again and answers her roommate's inquires "Well Raven, Octavia, this is Lexa. Lexa this is Raven and Octavia." Raven just nods as she has a mouthful of doughnut and Octavia is drinking the orange juice right out of the container so she gives a simple wave; Lexa responds to both greetings with a slight nod to the other two brunettes. "Apparently after you two left last night I was getting hit on by some dude and I went to the bathroom. I don't remember much from there but Lexa here tells me that I called her from the bathroom saying I got her number from the wall of the stall and she came to get me. I passed out before she could get my address from me so she brought me back to her apartment, let me sleep there, and has taken care of me since." She smiles sweetly at her savior once again, the answering smile she gets is making her knees weak again Seriously, what is with this 'weak at the knees' thing around her?! It's getting out of hand.
Raven gave a disbelieving look to Lexa "Wait, so some stranger calls you at 2 in the morning and you just decide to take her back to your place? Either you're really nice or you're really fucking weird." Raven says bluntly and Clarke just looks at her in shock before scolding her friend.
"RAVEN! I literally just told you how nice Lexa had been, you can't just say shit like that!" To Clarke's surprise Lexa just chuckles at the exchange, again Clarke is shocked and unsure about what is going on.
"No, Clarke she's right, without knowing the whole story I do sound like either a saint or a creep and in today's day and age the latter is more common. What really happened is that I was about to hang up before I heard her telling some guy off who had followed her into the bathroom. When I realized she might be in trouble I went to go get her and bring her to her place but she fell asleep the second I put her in the car so I brought her to my apartment and placed her in the spare bedroom for the night leaving her a note explaining what happened. It's really not that big a deal, I just couldn't live with myself if I had known someone was in trouble and did nothing to stop it." Lexa finished with a shrug.
Raven and Octavia mulled it over for a moment before exchanging a look and this time it was Octavia who spoke up "Ok, you sound alright, we'll let it slide this time." She said and Lexa just nodded, a smirk tugging at the corner of her lips.
"But," Raven began and Clarke groaned knowing something was coming "you have to let us and Clarke thank you. Seriously, this girl is important to us and we really appreciate it. So how about we all go out tonight for dinner? It's on us." Clarke was surprised at how normal of a suggestion that was coming from her mischievous friend before catching a glance letting her know that she would hear more about this later.
Lexa was thinking about it and was about to deny it when Clarke spoke up "Really, Lexa, it's the least we can do. You've been great. How about we meet you at Grounders at 7?" As she spoke Clarke brushed her arm against Lexa's nudging her slightly and that did the brunette in.
"That sounds lovely, I look forward to it ladies." Her attention was diverted elsewhere as she noticed a hole in the wall of the dining area off of the kitchen "Oh, I see the landlords still haven't fixed that massive hole in the wall, sorry about that. My fault." Lexa said with a chuckle which earned her three very confused looks. "I used to live in this apartment about three years ago with a friend of mine from college, that hole there was a from a drunken game of Monopoly. I'm a very sore loser." Lexa chuckled at the memory.
"Wait you used to live here?" Raven asked, still very confused.
Lexa proceeded to tell them the same things she told Clarke about how she went to TonDC and that she lived here for two years and eventually the four solidified their plans for that night and Lexa left the roommates stating she had to get home before some of her groceries spoiled. The moment she was out the door and they knew she wasn't within listening distance the brunettes attacked the blonde "SO! Tell us everything!" they said in unison.
Clarke was confused because she had told them everything, at her confused look Octavia rolled her eyes and Raven said "Babe, you were eye fucking her the whole time we were in the kitchen and you expect us to believe that nothings going on?!" Clarke was red, she didn't know she had been that obvious with her admiration.
"I don't know what you guys are talking about." she said as she started putting away groceries.