Chapter 9
"I don't know if I want to do this. What if she won't like it?"
"You want and she will. Not everyday sexy as hell and gorgeous android gives her flowers and makes a party for her." Raven grinned and pushed the shop cart down the aisle with candles. "Which ones do you want?"
"I don't know. I think I like these strawberry candles. Or maybe chocolate... Well, the watermelon scented ones are nice, too." Lexa mused while smelling the candles and Raven couldn't stop herself from rolling her eyes.
"You and your candle addiction, I swear Clarke's apartment will burn someday."
"It won't. You repaired her smoke alarm, remember? Besides it's not like I will be burning at least ten candles at once."
"Sure you won't. You'll be burning at least twenty everyday, you candle hoe. I heard it helps to set the mood." She wiggled her eyebrows at Lexa, who just shook her head and chuckled.
"What mood? I want to give her something nice, not set her into 'the mood'."
"God, Lexa, you're such a virgin. Loosen up sometimes, you know what I'm talking about!" Raven rolled her eyes and shoved few candles into Lexa's hands. "Look, if you want to woo someone, you burn candles, make them dinner and watch romantic movie. Some people call it 'netflix and chill' but it has nothing to do with watching the movie."
"Then why watch the movie if you want to do something else? It would be so much easier if people didn't watch and did... Wait, what would they do?"
"You're too young to understand. I can only say the candles sometimes help on a 'netflix and chill' kind of dates and you definitely should buy more of them. Screw the fire hazard."
"Raven, what are you talking about? I don't want to 'netflix and chill' with Clarke, I just wanted to say thank you for teaching me and taking care of me."
"I know exactly how you can thank her and I'm sure she'd rather do it with you without candles. They make temperature higher and you two would be... very hot anyway." Raven quietly muttered but Lexa heard her and pushed the cart to the next aisle choosing to ignore the girl.
They have bought a lot of candles, some wine and a few movies about zombies, because Clarke liked them. Lexa decided she'd bake a chocolate cake for Clarke, and when Raven wanted to argue with her, she just said she knows about fifty recipes for different cakes and she won't burn the apartment. Raven then whispered something about candles burning the house anyway but Lexa didn't hear it. They didn't have to hide their idea from the blonde, because that day she had to stay at the art gallery and talk to some people about her next exhibition.
"Are you nervous?" Raven asked Lexa when they put the cake onto the table and sat on the couch.
"No."
"Liar."
"So why'd you ask if you know better?" The mechanic just shrugged and tried to taste the cake but Lexa swatted her hand away. "Leave it alone, can't you just wait ten minutes?"
"No." Raven whined and pouted. "It looks so good I want to eat it whole."
"And an hour ago you ere saying I would definitely burn the whole building, the cake will taste awful, or it will be as hard as stone."
"Yeah, I was wrong, can I eat it now?" Raven pouted even more but Lexa gave no shit and rolled her eyes. Then they heard giggling outside and rolling the key in lock. Le a looked around the apartment once again to check if everything was okay and then the door opened. The two of them didn't expect what they saw and Raven's jaw immediately touched the floor. Through the door stumbled into the apartment slightly drunk Clarke with giggling Ontari, who was slowly unzipping blonde's jacket and kissing her jaw. When Clarke finally looked at shocked Raven and Lexa, she cleared her throat and stepped away from Ontari. She blushed and smiled nervously.
"Oh, hi." She awkwardly waved her hand. "You remember Ontari, right?" When the two girl silently nodded, still speechless and shocked, she took Ontari's hand and pulled her into her bedroom. "Okay, so... Have a good night!" She smiled not even waiting for them to say something. The android and the mechanic looked at each other with wide eyes and Raven winced.
"What the fuck? She didn't even like her!" She exclaimed quietly and went to the kitchen to pour herself a glass of wine. She rolled her eyes when she heard quiet moans coming from the blonde's bedroom. She quietly sighed and went to sit next to Lexa on the couch. "You okay?"
"Of course, Raven. Everything is fine."
"Then why you look like she just kicked your puppy?" She scratched Fish' ears and looked at him sadly. "Do you see it, dog? She got it bad." She mused and jumped two feet in the air when Clarke's bedroom door abruptly opened and Clarke entered the living room. She started pacing in front of the couch, swaying lightly and looked at the cake.
"Nice cake, where did you buy it?" She started casually
"Lexa made it." Raven grinned. "It looks good, huh? We could eat it if you'd invite Ontari?"
"Actually, she doesn't like chocolate." The blonde smiled nervously. "And I'm not hungry."
"But you do look so hungry, Clarke." Raven said and started chuckling. Lexa only rolled her eyes. "So why'd you come here if you don't want that cake?"
"I wanted to ask something, but it'll sound weird." Clarke trailed off and look at her feet.
"Oh come on, Griff, spit it out. What do you want?" Raven was quickly loosing her patience and even Lexa looked uneasy, so she decided to help her out from this terrible situation.
"Could you like, disappear for a night? Ontari says she can't focus when she knows you two are here.
"Of course she can't." Raven muttered and she was glad Clarke didn't hear this.
"Okay, Raven can go home, but I actually live here." Lexa finally showed some anger towards Clarke who didn't even notice it. "What would I do? And I am supposed to protect you. I can't do it when I'm not here."
"Oh come on, Lexa, be nice. I'll owe you." Clarke whined, pleading silently with her eyes.
"I am nice. Always. And I don't need you to owe me, what would I want anyway from you?" Lexa only sighed and stood up. "You already gave me everything."
Raven, feeling mood shift, quickly stood up too and followed Lexa through the apartment's door. She only looked at Clarke sadly and closed the door behind them.
"Lexa, it was..." She didn't know what to say to the android. How was she supposed to cheer her up? Tell her she'd give her some motor oil to drink? Nonsense, Lexa didn't need motor oil. Tell her she'd give her nails to chew? Bigger nonsense.
"It's okay Raven. She didn't know. And it was stupid for me to think about her that way anyway."
"Really? You're giving up?"
"Yeah. I can't compete with a real human, Raven." Lexa quietly said and entered the elevator.
"But Ontari is only one night stand!" Raven said when they walked out of the elevator. "You still have chances!"
"I don't Raven. I'm not human, this won't ever work. She wouldn't want me for her whole life. And even if she did, she'll get old and I will stay like this." She pointed at herself and turned around leaving Raven alone in front of the building.
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"Well, well, well. What we've got here?" She heard someone from the sidestreet. She didn't even looked at the person and kept walking. She stopped only then when someone touched her arm and pulled her backwards.
"You don't want to talk, hun?" Niylah sweetly smiled and injected something into Lexa's neck. But the brunette only rolled her eyes and pushed Niylah away.
"This won't work, sorry. Try something better." She said and then something hard and heavy hit her on the head.
"Tie her up and throw her into the trunk. We'll have some fun." She heard man's voice when her knees hit the ground and she struggled to stand up.
Then he hit her once again, this time harder, and everything went black.