Chapter 11
Lexa was lying on the table in Raven's workshop, while the mechanic was trying to fix her leg. First, she had to cut her skin open to get inside and see what was wrong. When she glanced inside, she whistled appreciatively.
"What?"
"Damn girl. Niylah knows how to fuck something up. Metal bar inside your thigh has a dent in it. And the cables are in shreds, what did she do to you?"
"Can you fix this?"
"Of course I can, I'm the best mechanic in the world." Raven put her tongs inside of Lexa's leg to pull out destroyed cable to change them. "Oh fuck."
"What's wrong?"
"I gotta change that metal bar. This one is useless. But I don't have spare one, shit!"
"Um, maybe call Clarke? She has her gallery, maybe she knows someone who has spare metal things?"
"Great idea, you're so smart." Raven was clearly fascinated by the fact that Lexa was everyday smarter and after teo minutes of grinning like an idiot she finally called Clarke.
Of course the blonde knew someone who had metal parts and she said she'd bring the metal bar to Raven's workshop immediately. Lexa tried to argue, but Clarke said it was important and it was mostly her fault, so the brunette had to agree. When Clarke entered Raven's workshop, she saw Raven's hands in Lexa's leg, while the latter was reading a book.
"Holy fuck."
"What?" Raven and Lexa asked simultaneously.
"It looks weird! And you can't feel anything?" Clarke asked Lexa who just shrugged.
"Yes. I mean, no. It just tickles."
"Wow. And how long it will take to fix her up?"
"Oh, I don't know. Hopefully, tomorrow she'll be okay. Why?"
"That Gala, remember? My mom wants me to go." Clarke rolled her eyes and Raven sighed, knowing how Abby can be sometimes with her galas.
"I'll try to do it quickly. I'll call you tomorrow."
"Okay, take care, you two." Clarke smiled and exited the workshop.
"Why didn't you tell her you're almost done with my leg? I could go with her."
"Yeah, but she wouldn't have surprise." Raven grinned. "I'll tell her I'll go with her and then you'll appear from nowhere in a smoking hot dress and she'll start drooling all over you and you know, she'll notice she likes you."
"That seems farfetched, but okay. I don't have better things to do. And um... Could I wear a suit?" Lexa giggled when Raven started welding the cables in her leg and the mechanic hummed in agreement and glanced at the robot.
"Why?"
"Because, you know... Women in suits look nice."
"Women in suits look incredibly hot and sexy." Raven giggled when she finished her work and helped Lexa stand up. "And you, my dear Lexa, would look incredibly hot in a suit." She winked and took her keys from the table. "And I'm going to buy you a suit. I'm sure Clarke will love it."
"Wait, now?"
"Yeah, what's the problem?"
"We've got to take Fish with us, I promised Clarke I would take care of him. He can't stay here alone." Raven looked at Lexa's dog and sighed.
"Okay, but I don't want him peeing in my car."
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"Maybe this?" Lexa asked when she emerged from changing room for a fourth time in a dark green suit with a white shirt and green tie. Raven slowly shook her head and Fish waggled his tail. Like always.
"No, try another one. Maybe with a red tie..?" The mechanic scowled at two girl who were giggling and glancing at Lexa and sighed. The android went back to the changing room and after few minutes she appeared back in a black suit with a red tie.
"How do I look?" She asked and Raven rolled her eyes when the giggles got louder.
"Nah, another one. And get the fuck out!" She yelled the last sentence at the giggling girls who immediately yelped and ran away. She was considering getting a next coffee when she waited, but decided against it. Then Lexa emerged from the changing room and Raven's jaw hit the floor. "Holy fuck." Lexa was wearing a three piece black suit, white shirt and a black tie. It was hugging her tightly and she looked incredibly hot.
"What? Do I look bad?"
"Damn, no. Holy shit, Lexa, I thought women in suits look hot, but you... They look like a gremlin in comparison with you!" She exclaimed and started jumping in excitement around the robot. "Excuse me! We're buying this!" She yelled towards the shop employe who was warily watching them.
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Clarke was sitting at a bar, playing with a glass of wine while waiting for Raven. She checked her phone, but she had no text messages or missed calls. She sighed, disappointed.
"Where are you Raven?" She muttered to herself. "Don't you dare leaving me alone here with my mother." She said while her eigth call got answered by voicemail. She didn't even glanced to her right when someone sat on a stool next to her. That person patted her on the arm, so she sighed and turned to face whoever it was to tell them she wasn't in the mood. But when she saw who it was, her eyes widened.
"Lexa? What are you doing here? And wow, you look... Um... Fuck. You look amazing."
"Hi." Lexa was grinning like an idiot. "Thank you, you look amazing too. And Raven decided I should surprise you and show up here in this." She gestured to her suit and Clarke eyed her body and forgot how to breathe.
"Yeah, what a surprise... So it was Raven's plan from the start?"
"Yes, it was. Are you mad? Please, don't be, we wanted to make you happy. She could be here, but she hates dancing." Lexa apologecitally smiled and Clarke for n-th time wondered how beautiful that robot was.
"God no, I'm not mad." The blonde quietly laughed and with a corner of her eye saw two girl giggling and glancing at Lexa. "Do you like to dance?"
"I don't know. I have never danced." Lexa stoop up and extended her hand to Clarke. "Would you give me that honor and dance with me for the first time?"
"Of course." Clarke took her hand and they stopped in the middle of the dancefloor. "Don't step on my toes." She joked when Lexa put her right hand low on her back and linked her left hand with the blonde's left.
"Maybe it won't be so bad."
They kept dancing together throught the whole evening and sat down only then when Clarke got tired. The blonde whole time kept asking if Lexa's leg was alright and if she's okay after what had happened. The brunette of course said everything was okay and tried to convince Clarke to stop asking, but with no avail. They were arguing quietly about it, when Abby approached them and sat next to Lexa.
"Clarke, honey, I'm so happy you're here. And Lexa is here too!" She affectionately glanced at Lexa's hand linked with her daughter's and then looked at Clarke. "You look tired, maybe you two should go home?"
"Yeah, I think it's a good idea. I finally found a perfect partner to dance with." She winked at Lexa who just smiled in response. Then she stood up and hugged her mother.
"Goodnight, Clarke, be safe. And call me sometimes, don't forget about your old mother."
"Mom, you're not old. And I will, bye."
When they got home, Clarke instantly threw her heels off and groaned after slumping on the couch. Lexa quietly sat next to her and they were enjoying the silence for a while before Clarke sighed and stood up.
"Thank you for being there for me. It would be hard without you. I had a great night." She bent down and kissed Lexa on the cheek. "Goodnight."
"Goodnight, Clarke." Lexa said quietly before Clarke could disappear into her room and the blonde loved how her name sounded in the brunette's lips.