Chapter 13
"Okay, so you didn't use my amazing pick up lines on Clarke, so we're going to do it my way."
"I thought we were doing it your way."
"Shut up and listen." Raven rolled her eyes and sat down next to Lexa on her bed. "First, we've got to find you a girl. Possibly pretty one. Then you'll start dating and you'll introduce her to Clarke and me. Once Clarke will see how good you two look together, she'll die of jealousy. When she will rise from the dead, she'll want to date you."
"Have you maybe noticed it will take about two or three weeks for this plan to work?"
"No... But it can't be that bad."
"Yeah, of course. Can we now try mine way to 'woo Clarke' as you like to name it?"
"And what's your plan, Commander?"
"You'll see. Just try not to be obvious by standing with your ear at the door and listening." Lexa said and stood up. She quickly approached Clarke's door with Raven behind her and hastily knocked before she'd lost all her courage. The mechanic heard quiet 'come in' and the robot disappeared behind Clarke's bedroom door. Luckily, the door were thin, so she could hear whole converastion.
"Oh, hi Lexa." Clarke said with smile in her voice and Raven could hear as she put down her book on her desk. Then she could hear crack of the bed, so Lexa must have sat down.
"Hello, Clarke. Do you mind if I ask you a few questions?"
"Not at all, you can ask whatever you want."
"Okay, so Raven apparently decided I am gay." The mechanic almost started arguing but she remembered she was standing outside Clarke's room so she remained quiet. "And she told me all about gays, lesbians, bisexuals, trans and queer. She even did show me some movies and they were... very educational." Raven chuckled to herself, of course they were educational for a three weeks robot who never saw a porn movie.
"Of course she'd show you educational movies." Clarke chuckled and Raven had a feeling the blonde knew what movies Lexa saw.
"Anyway, what I'm trying to say... I don't feel I'm gay. Sorry, it wasn't my intention to rhyme. That was supposed to be serious talk."
"Oh no, it's okay. I don't mind." Clarke reassured Lexa. "I don't know what to do about it, honestly." The blonde mused and Raven could hear wheels turning in her head.
*COUGH* "Go on a date!" *COUGH* The machsnic said between coughing and Clarke deeply sighed.
"Is this Raven's idea or is she just standing in front of my room and listening?"
"I'm sure it is the second option." Lexa said with a nice smile and they could hear grumbling coming from the door. Then the door abruptly opened and Raven stormed into the room and jumpd on the bed.
"Okay so now you know I was there listening, so I can help you out with your terrible ideas. Clarke, go on a date with Lexa, so she could see how it goes."
"You know Raven... For such a genius it's... actually surprisingly good idea." Clarke exclaimed and stood up. "Do you want to go now, or..?"
"We can go now, if you don't have anything important to do."
"I'm calling dibs on helping Clarke what to wear!" Raven yelled as she started digging through Clarke's closet.
"Rae, you can't call dibs if you're the only person here."
"Yes I can. I just did it so..." She shrugged and continued her rummaging.
"And who will help Lexa?"
"Oh don't worry, she know how to dress up herself." Raven said and threw few things at Clarke. "You've seen her at the gala, right? Now go dress up."
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"I said so." Raven said to Clarke as they waited for Lexa in the living room and she appeared in front of the couch they were sitting on. She was wearing black chucks, black jeans, white shirt with sleeves rolled to her elbows and suspenders. The blonde was unabashedly staring at her and audibky gulped when the brunette extended her hand to her.
"Ready to go?"
"Um, yeah." Clarke stuttered out and went to the door.
"Damn, Lexa, Clarke better quickly should claim you or I'll do it." Raven said to her ear when they were walking out of the apartment. "Are you nervous?"
"A little."
"Just be you nerdy self and she'll love you before midnight." Raven whispered and pushed her through the door as Clarke waited patiently for them to finish their talk.
"So where are we going?"
"It's a secret."
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"Your big secret is a bowling place connected to Monty's Pizzeria?" Clarke asked as they stopped in front of the building.
"Raven said you would like here. And she said they have a good food here. And I could learn how to play bowling. It'a a win win situation."
"Of course it is." Clarke smiled walking through the glass door Lexa opened for her.
Soon they were standing at the bowling alley with the bowling balls in their hands. Lexa looked a little worried but Clarke kept her assuring every two minutes it would be alright.
"Okay, first, your shoulders need to be in straight position to the rest of your body. When you release the ball, try to focus your energy on one of your feet. Balance your body from one point to next and bow your arm up and down after releasing the bowl. Understood?"
"I think so." Lexa muttered rather to herself than to Clarke and did what the blonde said she should do. Her first ball had hit only six pins out of ten, but she was happy when the blonde said it was pretty decent for a first time.
They had a great time. Lexa loved their date, because Clarke constantly had been smiling, their hands kept brushing and once even Clarke leaped onto Lexa's arms after succesful shot. The android was in heaven, while Clarke has been thinking through her every action. Was it a real date? Did Lexa really liked her? How she was supposed to feel about it? What she should do after the date? Say thank you and go to her room, or kiss Lexa's cheek or invite Raven and the robot to watch a movie? Her mind only stopped racing when Lexa smiled to her but it wasn't enough to calm her down for an entire evening.
They were about to start the third round when someone approached them.
"Well, well. Fancy seeing you here. How are you, Clarke? How's life treating you?" Finn asked amused by the annoyed look on the girl's face.
"Oh, I'm actually perfect without you. So if you could disappear as quickly as you showed up, I'd be grateful." Clarke spat and the man giggled devilishly.
"I'm just concerned about your well-being. I heard there's someone not entirely human really close to you. I'm worried, Clarke."
"Well you shouldn't. I told you I didn't want anything to do with you." The blonde spat back. "And if I were you, I'd walk away. Unless you want to get back to jail."
"Ouch Clarke. That hurt. But I'm trying to protect you. Niylah said your friend here is a robot. How stupid is that, huh?" He grinned and Clarke looked in bewilderment at Lexa. Finn has mistaken it for fear and he smiled triumphantly. "Oh my, my. You didn't know? It would be such a shame if something bad happened to your friend. Be careful, Lexa." He bowed his head and walked away.
Later that evening Clarke was pacing in front of the couch while Raven and Lexa were sitting on it.
"Okay, Clarke, he knows. So what? He knows what Lexa can do to him if he comes too close."
"But he already did! He kidnapped her and now he works together with Niylah? How fucked up is this? Two of mine exes are trying to hurt me or kill me."
"Clarke, calm down. Pacing will give you nothing. Well, maybe few kilograms less, but..." Raven shrugged and Clarke ceased her pacing only to glare at her.
"I won't sit there and watch him doing something bad to Lexa!"
"Nobody wants you to sit and watch! We could think about a perfect plan to fuck up Finn and his bitch and everything will be alright."
"You don't know him like I do. It won't help and he'll win. He always wins." Clarke said with tears in her eyes and walked out to the balcony. Raven only sighed and stood up to go to her room.
"Go to her. She could use a friend now." She said through her shoulder and disappeared.
When Lexa walked out to the balcony, she saw Clarke breathing heavily as if she had a panic attack, but the blonde only shook her head. After few minutes she relaxed and leaned down on the railing.
"Before the jail, Finn was the sweetest most reasonable man I've ever known. But after we started dating, something changed."
"You don't have to tell me this, Clarke."
"I want you to know."
"Okay. I'm listening."
"After asking me to be his girlfiend, he started to be possesive and he always wanted to know with whom I was talking on the phone or messaging. I didn't mind it, I thought he cared about me. Once I found a bag of drugs in his backpack and asked him what the fuck was going on, but he said it was none of my business. He threatened me that if I'd go to the police, he'd end me. I promised I wouldn't but Raven quickly found out about everything. She called the police and that same night they took him out of our apartment in only boxers and handcuffs. But it wasn't enough. He owns half of the police in this city, so he got out of jail pretty quickly. And now he wants to fuck up everything once again." Clarke ended her story with a sob and Lexa wrapped her arms around blonde's body as she leaned her head onto brunette's shoulder.
"Don't worry, Clarke. I'm a gay killing machine, he won't hurt you." Lexa joked and was relieved that it elicited a quiet chuckle in response.
"I know he won't. You're my hero. But I'm afraid about you. He'll hurt you."
"I'm just a robot, remember? I'm sure Raven can make you seven more if you'd like."
"Lexa, you stopped being a robot when you started to feel." Clarke held up her head to look into the brunette's eyes. "And I don't want anyone else. I need you. I... want you, Lexa." She leaned her head back to Lexa's shoulder and they stood there in silence until the moon emerged from dark clouds and Clarke started shivering.
Lexa carried her back to her room, helped to changed into her pajamas and stayed in blonde's bed when she asked her to.
"Don't leave me." Clarke quietly whispered. "I don't want to be alone tonight."
"I won't leave you. I'm here."