Clarke's M&G
Lexa’s eyes slowly opened as she heard her door creak open but didn’t turn her head towards the small light of the hall, instead stared at her clock. 6:42 am. The light was gone just as fast as it had appeared and the creaking of the floor board was replaced with softer creaking of someone laying on the bed. She smiled as she felt a small arm wrap around her and she shifted in bed, laying on her back, being able to wrap her arm around Aden’s shoulder.
Five minutes. That’s how long the moment lasted. Five minutes.
“Hey mom” Aden whispered, eyes still closed.
“Yes Aden?”
“Is it time to hang out with Clarke yet”
She couldn’t help herself. Lexa burst out laughing and reached to turn on the lamp on the nightstand.
“I just, oh my god,” She clutched her stomach and looked down at her son trying to keep a straight face.
It took about three minutes before she could calm down. It would have taken less time but when Aden gave her an annoyed glance, she started remembering the time she walked into his room at 1 am and found his looking at youtube wearing sunglasses, because “he never gets to wear them”.
“Well uh, I doubt that Ms. Griffin is awake right now bud, but soon” Lexa wiped a tear in result of her laughter.
“But come on, Saturday morning cartoons right? You can help me make food”
She had barely finished her sentence before Aden had jumped out of bed and went thumping down the stairs.
“Child thinks he’s Gumbo” Lexa shook her head and chuckled once more before heading down the stairs after him.
“How many times have I told you that ice cream isn’t breakfast” Lexa took the carton from Aden who huffed.
“You also told me pizza was bad for you but at school they said it was a vegetable”
Lexa stopped and turned around to check how serious her son was. He raised his eyebrows and smiled but gave no hint that he was lying.
“2 weeks back at school and I’m already seriously considering transferring you”
“It has tomato”
“It’s still not a vegetable Aden”
Lexa opened turned to scan the contents of the fridge before turning to the boy who was flicking through the channels, tongue sticking out. She smiled as she heard him mutter along to the Power Rangers theme song. Personally, Lexa was always more a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles girl, that is until the fourth movie. In her opinion, they ruined the turtles. Now they just looked scary.
“Mom can I have cereal”
“Always the healthiest, I’m so proud” Lexa put her hand up to her heart before she smiled dearly at him.
“I’ll let you choose the cartoon” He waved the remote in front of him and watched his mom contemplate it, before turning and pulling out two bowls.
“Here you go pipsqueak” She handed him the bowl of cereal and took the remote, before both sitting down on the couch. Lexa set her legs up on the coffee table and smiled knowing that if Anya and Lincoln were there, she would be scolded. Aden followed suit and lifted his legs to set on the table, but frowned when he couldn’t reach the table. She wordlessly sat up and pulled it forward and put her arm around a smiling Aden.
They sat watching the cartoons with the occasional commentary of Aden going, “Mom did you see that! It was like BSHH and POW and PEWPEWPEW”.
Before she knew it, Lexa was being dragged out of her home by what seemed to be a bunny.
Clarke waved her hands and smiled as brightly as she always had. Barely anyone could ever tell that she was low-key still freaking out about being, ‘famous’. She went around with everyone, talking and doing poses with them for pictures. Raven and Octavia were also walking around but only to share even more stories of Clarke’s embarrassing childhood/teenage years.
“Oh my god, no see Clarke was even worse, it took her FOUR years to get over it”
“-Yeah and low-key, we both know she’s still bitter about it”
The group of kids burst into laughter and scattered giggles which made Clarke’s head pop up and shoot a somewhat playful glare at Raven and Octavia, who just waved and smiled innocently.
“Hi Clarkie!”
Clarke turned around to the voice, and smiled at the young boy before getting down on one knee to hug him.
“Hi Aden, how are you?”
“Hyper” Lexa answered for her son, and returned the smile that the author gave her.
“Lexa, Nice to see you again”
“So I’ve read” A slight smirk play her lips as she watched the tips of Clarke’s ears turn read.
“It’s nice to see you too Clarke”
“Clarke, Clarke, is ice cream breakfast?” Aden tugged her arm and looked at her expectantly.
“It is in my book”
“Ha! See mom, I told you!”
“Well buddy, we don’t live in Clarke’s book, sorry to say” Lexa gave a soft smile and shrugged as she ruffled Aden’s hair. He simply stuck his tongue out and returned to his excited state.
As much as Clarke wanted to stay with Aden and Lexa, she was technically still working. Then again, she was her own boss.
Clarke clapped her hands before making an announcement, “Hey guys! So I have a question. Is anyone hungry..?”
Her question was answered by tons of kid screams (ft. Raven and Octavia jumping up and down with their hand up in the middle of all the kids) and she glanced at the parents, visibly annoyed at the noise.
“Great! Where do you wanna go?” She asked again. Several shouted McDonald’s, others shouted burger king, and very few yelled random things like Ihop and Golden Coral.
“Well I think majority is McDonald’s?” They yelled again. “Well then, let’s go, my treat.” She laughed as all the kids raced out of the building with parents scattering behind their kids, most looking even more visibly frustrated than before if that’s possible. And smiled when she saw Lexa look down at Aden with a questioning look and they both shrugged before calmly walking out (even though Aden was just as excited, just not ready to join Sparta).
“Let me ask you something”
“Shoot”
“Why did you name the, was it evil?, dinosaur Jason? I mean that’s a human name, I just, it’s-” Lexa cut herself off by laughing.
“First of all, yes it was evil and it’s a dragon Lexa, not a dinosaur. Second of all, I needed a name, I didn’t wanna be close minded and name it ‘Pete’ or ‘Paarthurnax’. God you’re such a fake fan”
“Shut up,” Lexa slightly blushed.
“Also did you just reference a child’s movie and a Skyrim dragon?”
“Listen, Listen. Maybe.”
“You’re such a dork” Lexa laughed again as she sipped her drink and glanced at the playground. Not really a playground, just some tubes and netting in a restaurant. Aden was playing tag with a group of kids all sliding down ridiculously fast yelling, “you can’t get me, you can’t get me!”
“I think they buttered that slide”
“And I’m the d-”
“CLARKE CLARKE LOOK”
Both girls turned and saw a jumping Octavia and a shrugging, yet smiling Raven kneeling at the entrance of the slide. Then, they were gone. All they could hear was some screaming, “WHY IS THIS SO FUN HOLY SHI-” “CHILDREN OCTAVIA”, and the occasional bump against the slide.
They came flying out and fell on top of each other, stumbling up like drunkards. Kids grabbing them and dragging them to the slide once more.
“Is it just me or does Raven look slightly.. Green?”
“Yeah, Raven has.. a condition called movement sickness. That’s why she does nothing all day, or at least that’s what she says”
Lexa smiled and looked back towards the playground though she felt Clarke’s stare on her still.
“You look really nice today Lex”
Clarke was glancing down at hands which were nervously playing with each other. Just because she was considered famous didn’t mean she was cocky. I mean here she was, acting like a jittery teenager. Some things just don’t change.
And when she felt Lexa put her hands on hers to calm her down, she finally came to a conclusion.
She was either having heart palpitations which would lead to a heart attack or she is about to finally experience spontaneous human combustion.
Either way, Clarke knew that this girl would be the end of her and holy shit, if this was how death would be then was she ready.
“You too Clarke” The soft whisper brought Clarke up to look at Lexa, once again both having a staring contest.
“...Even though you low-key look like you’re going to sell me a house”
Clarke threw her hands up and started out of the booth pretending being offended. Lexa laughed before reaching out to grab her arm.
“Wait wait, I never said you didn’t look hot”
Clarke ducked her head before thanking her.
“Clarke!”
Lexa let go of her arm and Clarke immediately became disappointed, wanting to reach for her hand again. Instead she opted to turn to the voice which she’s become pretty good at recognizing, Aden.
“Yeah, Aden, yes, What’s up kiddo?”
“Are we friends?”
“Of course buddy”
Aden smiled and hugged her before asking her, “doyouwantotcomeoverforaplaydate”, which came out all muffled in the hug. Clarke turned to Lexa mouthing, ‘what’, before she replied, “Do you want to come over for a playdate”.
“Quite forward Lexa, I didn’t peg you for that type of girl”
Oblivious to the joke, Aden butted in to say, “But we’re friends Clarke, I invite all my friends over” And turned to his mom, who was very flustered, who somehow managed to stutter a nod. Clarke turned to Aden and hummed, telling him she’d think about it.
The meet and greet went flawlessly. Except for the merciless teasing of Raven and O. As she was saying good bye to everyone individually and thanked them endlessly for coming to meet her. When she had to say goodbye to Aden, she handed the boy a slip of paper and told him in a quiet voice, yet made sure it was loud enough for Lexa to hear,
“Let me know when and where the playdate is at”.
(Clarke Griffin was trending for two and a half hours. The meet and greet, McDonald’s, playdate, and all were included topics of the trend.)