Say something

Lexa nods.

Lexa's eyes widen and she looks at everyone but Jasper, silently pleading for help.

"You should back away Jasper." Octavia points in Clarke's direction when Jasper looks at her.

Lexa looks at Clarke too and sees the death glare she's directing at Jasper.

Jasper raises both his hands in the air and backs away from Lexa.

Clarke and Lexa slept in the same bed every night. At first it was a little awkward but Clarke never said anything to Lexa about it, she was afraid that if she did Lexa might put some distance between them. She would start the night in her own bed and then would wake up at the same time every night, just in time to help Lexa and afterwards she would stay for the rest of the night.  

After a few weeks this was no longer something only the two of them knew about.

One day Raven and Octavia dragged themselves over to Lexa and Clarke's apartment but we're stopped when they discovered the door was still locked.  

This was unusual because every morning either Lexa or Clarke would unlock the door depending on who woke up first so that Raven and Octavia could come in whenever they wanted to.

"You can't do that Clarke, it's something only she can do but I'm sure just being there for her helps a lot."

After that conversation Clarke stopped sleeping in her own bed completely, at the end of the day she would go to her own room to get changed, walk back down the hallway to Lexa's room and climb into bed with her. Lexa never seemed to mind having Clarke in her bed, she would even wait until Clarke was settled in next to her before she would close her eyes.

On Saturday's Lexa would get in her car and drive to a nearby parking lot to call her family, she wasn't sure if she would've been able to speak knowing Clarke was nearby and she didn't want the first thing Clarke heard her say to be angry words aimed at Anya. 

Clarke had never been the type of person who gets jealous easily, until she met Lexa. 

Clarke was walking down a corridor on her way to her next class when she noticed that Lexa was walking just ahead of her going in the same direction. She started to pick up her pace hoping she could catch up to Lexa. 

She was only a few feet away from her when she noticed a group of girls watching Lexa as she got closer to them. One of the girls Clarke recognized as Harper, she met her last year, Octavia introduced them, they had a class together but Clarke never really ran into her since then. She didn't have any issues with the girl, she remembered thinking she was nice but now she had some huge issues with this girl because she was looking at Lexa like all she wanted was to rip her clothes off.

"Hey Lexa." Clarke heard Harper say in way she considered to be very flirtatious.

Lexa waved quickly.

Clarke saw one of Harper's friends nudging her forward, she assumed it was to get her to stop Lexa in her tracks so she could speak to her.

Lexa tensed when the girl started moving closer to her.

Clarke noticed this and decided that she had to get to Lexa before Harper did, she picked up her pace again until she was practically running. When she reached Lexa's side she put her arm around Lexa's waist.

Lexa stopped walking, she tensed even more but relaxed when she looked to her side and saw Clarke smiling at her. She moved in front of Clarke so that she was facing her and pulled her into a hug.

Clarke didn't know why Lexa was hugging her but she didn't care, she closed her eyes, smiled a little wider and just enjoyed the moment. 

Neither of them knew that Octavia had seen the whole scene play out in front of her. She had been on her way to meet Lexa for lunch but when she saw what was happening she stopped, pulled out her phone and recorded the whole thing to show Raven later. 

While they were hugging she stopped recording and decided to take a picture too. When she looks at the picture she sees how happy Lexa looks and it causes her to smile too, Lexa's eyes are closed too and she has the biggest smile on her face as she holds Clarke in her arms, Octavia looks to the side of Clarke and Lexa in the photo and sees that she got a very jealous looking Harper in the picture too, she liked Harper but she knew Clarke and Lexa belonged together and she didn't want anyone getting between them. She sends the picture to Abby and Raven along with a message.

Octavia (14:54)
Clarkey got jealous.

She checked what time it was before she slipped her phone back into her pocket and walked over to the two who were still hugging. "As much as I love how happy you two look right now I have to break up your moment, me and Lex have a lunch date and you have a class you're going to be late for." 

Clarke pulls away from Lexa and pouts.

"Don't worry Clarkey, I'll look after your girl." She practically yells making sure Harper hears her, she does and she storms off in a huff, her friends follow her.

Clarke was going to protest Lexa being called her girl when she spotted Harper storming off and decides she doesn't mind Lexa being called her girl.

"You're going to look so damn hot in this Woods, the ladies and gents won't be able to resist you." Raven announces as she walks in with their costumes draped over her arm.

Clarke refrains from voicing her thoughts about someone other than her being all over Lexa. 

Lexa shakes her head and Clarke knows that she's saying she doesn't want all the guys and girls all over her but what she doesn't know is that Lexa only wants to impress one girl.

Raven follows Lexa into her room to help her with the costume while Octavia helps Clarke with hers.

Clarke was sitting on the armchair waiting for Lexa and Raven to emerge from Lexa's room, Octavia had returned to her own apartment to get ready once she had finished making Clarke's face look like it was sort of dirty and curling her hair just a bit while making sure it still looked like it was slightly disheveled. 

Her costume was simple, a leather jacket, a blue top inside it, tight but comfortable black jeans and boots. She was so happy they got to use their real names this year, she didn't want to be punched in the arm again by Raven for forgetting her character's name, it was scary how serious Raven was about Halloween.

"Ready to meet the commander Griff?"

"Absolutely."

Lexa appears in front of her, she looks incredible. It was clear that Raven had put a lot of time into making Lexa's costume.Her hair was braided like it was everyday, there was a sticker Clarke recognized from one of the many boxes Raven had full of bits and pieces for her experiments, it was a golden gear. Raven had used a lot of black face paint to draw war paint on Lexa's face, it was all around her eyes and streaked down her cheeks and lighter below her eyes. She wore an old looking, floor-length black coat that was frayed at the edges below the waist, in the middle of the coat was a corset made of leather belts that was sewn onto it. The sleeves looked as though they had been cut in rows of lines all the way down them and then stitched back together again. There was a belt that traveled from under her right arm to her left shoulder, it seemed to be keeping what looked to be something similar to a pauldron from plate armor on her left shoulder, knowing Raven it was likely to be her own creation not something she bought, a red cape was attached beneath that stopped just above her hip, the hilt of a sword peeking out from under it, the cape was longer on the back, dragging along the floor when she walked. She wore jeans with patches on both of the thighs and grey knee high boots.

"Doesn't she look hot Griff?"

Clarke swallows hard, her throat suddenly very dry, she nods unable to formulate a sentence now.

Raven smirked, Clarke's reaction told her all the work she had put into making Lexa's costume was worth it. "I'm going to get ready, I'll be back in a few minutes."

When Octavia and Raven were finished getting ready they returned to the other apartment, they found Lexa sitting in the arm chair playing with her knife and Clarke sitting on the couch drawing Lexa, instead of an armchair she had drawn Lexa sitting on a throne made of wood, twisted branches stretched above her above her and four spears behind it 

"You really went all out on the costumes this year Rae, they're amazing." Clarke states when she sees Raven and Octavia. 

Octavia's costume was similar to Lexa's, different pieces of material had been sewn on to a leather jacket, a shoulder harness sheath with a blade in it, she had war paint on her face too, two long streaks of black below each eye and one above, she wore black jeans and boots, her hair was braided but it looked different than Lexa's. Her story was a mix of everything, she came down to earth with Clarke but soon discovered that she belonged on the ground, she was a warrior and she looked the part in this outfit.

Raven's costume was simple just like Clarke's. Her hair was tied up in a ponytail, she wore a cotton padded red bomber jacket, a blue top with holes torn in it and a darker blue top beneath that, she had black jeans and boots on. Around her neck there was necklace made of a metal charm in the shape of a raven, a gift she had gotten from Clarke years ago, Clarke smiled looking at it, Raven always had that necklace around her neck, some days it was hidden beneath her top and on others it would be on display, she hadn't thought of it being included in her costume but it did work perfectly with it. Ravens story was that she had come down to earth after Clarke and Octavia with the help of Abby who wanted to know if they were okay on earth. She helped Raven get to an escape pod on their space station and when Raven had fixed it she distracted Kane so that Raven could launch the escape pod, originally the plan was that both of them would go but if Abby hadn't stopped Kane then neither of them would have been able to get to earth.

"I'm tempted to wear this everyday." Octavia stated, looking at her outfit.

"We should take a picture for Mama Griff." Raven pulled out her phone and attached it to the selfie stick Octavia had given her as a gift.

Abby was in the locker room gathering her things after her shift had ended, she unlocked her phone to find a new message, she opened the group chat that someone had named 'Team Clexa'.   

One hour later.

Lexa was sitting on the couch with Clarke sitting next to her. She was still drinking her first beer, she decided that taking it slow would be the best option, she didn't want to risk her first words to Clarke being drunk words.  

Clarke had found her giving Raven a high five after she won a game of beer pong. She quickly made her way over to them and pulled Lexa with her over to the couch where they both had a great vantage point to watch Raven play again.

After Raven won her second game Clarke noticed Lexa looking at her nearly empty beer. "Stay here, I'll get you another." She placed her own beer on the small table next to Lexa. 

She went over to the table that was covered in a variety of different bottles, she picked up one of the beers and used the bottle opener to pull the cap off. She was making her way back to the couch when she noticed someone else heading straight over to Lexa, she realized it was Harper, she picked up her pace but Harper beat her to the couch and was sitting far too close to Lexa. 

Clarke felt her skin crawl looking at this girl so close to Lexa, she tried to read Lexa's expression but she had that same stoic look she had on her face whenever Clarke saw her walking alone in college. She made her way over to Lexa and handed her the beer.

She stood awkwardly for a moment unsure of what to do since Harper didn't look like she was going to leave any time soon. She turned to walk away from them but was stopped when she felt hands on her hips. Before she could turn around she was pulled down onto Lexa's lap.

Clarke turned slightly in her lap to see a desperate look in Lexa's eyes.

Lexa didn't want this girl from one of her classes sitting uncomfortably close to her and trying to seduce her, she wanted Clarke there. She never felt uncomfortable sitting with Clarke, even having Clarke on her lap felt right and if she ever attempted to flirt with her, Lexa knew she would never try to resist Clarke.

Clarke settled more comfortably in her lap when she knew that Lexa wanted her to stay.

Lexa picked up Clarke's drink and handed it to her before she picked up her own, they clinked their bottles together before drinking from them, never once breaking eye contact.

Harper storms off in a huff again, the two girls only remember then that she had been there the whole time.

Their night went on like that, Clarke would occasionally get up to get more drinks for them and as soon as she would come back Lexa would pat her leg silently telling Clarke to sit back down there.

Octavia dragged Clarke away at one point shouting something about shots, Clarke looked reluctant to go but relaxed when Monty sat down next to Lexa and gave her one of the Xbox controllers he was holding.

Clarke was glad that it was Monty that was with Lexa, she didn't want to see Jasper propose to Lexa again.

Just over a half hour later someone takes the controller out of Lexa's hands. Lexa looked up to see a giddy looking Clarke standing in front of her, she gives Jasper the controller before she sits on Lexa's lap and wraps her arms around her neck, she moves until her lips are grazing Lexa's ear. "I missed you sexy Lexie." 

Lexa shivered feeling Clarke's warm breath hitting her ear. She could smell the tequila on her breath when she had sat down, she realized that she must have had more than just the one shot.

"You looked adorable when you we're playing."

Lexa started to blush.

"You're tongue was poking out the side of your mouth and you were frowning like you do when you're studying but the words just won't stick in your mind and then you highlight it so you can try again later but you don't move on until you get it 'cause you're so determined to make it stick."

Lexa pulls back to look at Clarke, she didn't think Clarke knew that about her.

"I understand you Lexa."

'You really do.' Lexa thinks as she smiles at her before pulling her closer again.

Clarke remains silent for a while after that, resting her head against Lexa's. She moves back to Lexa's ear when she speaks again. "Can I tell you something?"

Lexa nods slowly.

"You fixed me." Lexa pulls back again to look at Clarke, her brow furrowed in confusion. "Before I met you I didn't want to let anyone near my heart because they might hurt it but then you came along and I wanted to let you into my heart because I know you'll keep it safe."

Lexa looked surprised, she felt the same way about Clarke.

Clarke looked worried until Lexa smiled softly at her. She smiled back and then buried her face in Lexa's neck.

Clarke places two soft kisses there so light that Lexa doesn't know if it was intentional or accidental.

Later when they're in a cab going back to their apartments, Raven sitting in the passenger seat the other three in the back seat, Clarke makes a sleepy confession. "I could fall in love with you." Unfortunately for Clarke she didn't have much control over her voice when she was both tired and drunk so Raven, Octavia and the cab driver all heard her. 

Clarke had fallen asleep immediately after her confession. 

After a few minutes Raven looked at the driver and saw him smiling looking at Clarke and Lexa in the rear view mirror. "Are they a couple?"

"No, we wish they would be though." Raven lets out a frustrated sigh.

"They're cute together."

"If only they could see that."

"Sometimes it takes time to see that the love of your life has been right in front of you the whole time."

"Sounds like you've met your soulmate..." Raven trails off waiting for him to tell her his name.

"Miller and yeah I think I have."

"What's her name?" Octavia moves forward in her seat slightly so she can hear him better.

"It's a guy actually, his name is Bryan."

They hit a pothole, the jolt waking Clarke and Lexa. "What are we talking about?" Clarke yawns after asking them.

"We just discovered Miller here is a fellow member of the LGBT community and madly in love with a guy called Bryan."

"Bryan's a nice name." Clarke states, starting to feel more awake now.

"Well it suits him then, he's a really nice guy, so now you know I'm gay, you said a fellow member so I'm guessing you're not exactly straight?"

"Your guess is correct, I'm bi." 

"What about you three?"

"I'm straight." Octavia smiles at him in the mirror.

"Bi too." Clarke responds smiling at him in the mirror too. She misses Lexa's attempt at hiding a huge smile but Raven sees it.

"We actually don't know Lexa's sexuality, I'm sorry Lex I'm not really sure how to find out." Octavia gives her an apologetic look.

"Ooh I know, who would you rather make out with, Miller, Clarke, both?" Raven turns around fully in her seat to look at Lexa.

Lexa points at Clarke before Raven even finishes asking the question.

"Just Clarke?"

Lexa nods.

This time it's Clarke that has to hide her smile.

"I'm glad I've got a car full of good people." Miller smiles at Lexa in the mirror.

"Have you had a lot of bad people in your car?"

"I honestly don't know, I don't talk about sexuality while I'm working anymore, the last time I brought it up I got beaten up by three drunk guys so I try to keep the conversations short to be safe."

"I'm so sorry they hurt you." Octavia reached forward to squeeze Miller's shoulder.

"People suck." Raven states.

"It's impossible to know what type of person is going to get in the cab, it's just safer not to talk much. I wish it was different but there's no way for me to know whether or not the person sitting in my car is going to attack me because I'm in love with a man"

Everyone stays quiet for a little while after that, 

Lexa wrapped her arm around Clarke, the image of her getting hurt because of who she loves flashed through her mind and it terrified her, she wanted to keep her close so no hateful person could ever hurt her, she knew she couldn't be with Clarke all the time but she hoped that if that was to happen she could be there to protect Clarke.  

Raven breaks the silence."You got a card Miller?"

"Uh yeah."

"Well you give us a few of your cards and we'll spread the news to everyone we know to only call you when they need a cab."

"Oh no, I couldn't ask you to do that."

"You're not asking, we're offering, let us do this Miller."

"Plus it'll be great not having to worry about getting into a cab with a homophobic driver and you won't have to worry about homophobic passengers." Clarke adds.

"I am so glad you got in my cab." Miller stated, quickly smiling at each of them.

The next time Lexa saw Abby the four of them walked into the kitchen to find Abby kneeling on the floor bowing her head. 

"It is an honour to have you in my home Commander."

The three girls start laughing and Lexa smiles.

Abby gets up off the floor and gives Lexa a framed photo of the four of them, the picture Raven had taken on Halloween. Raven had sent it to Abby the day after Halloween, she had completely forgotten about it until she went into her gallery to admire her latest photo for the Clexa scrapbook.

"It the first framed photo I have of you Lexa, it's going right up there on the shelf with the rest of the family photos."

Lexa can't stop the few tears that roll down her cheeks, she moves forward and hugs Abby.

One day Clarke and Lexa were sitting at opposite ends of the couch studying, Lexa had a book in one hand and a highlighter in the other, her legs were stretched across the couch, her feet almost touching Clarke's thigh, Clarke had her laptop on her lap typing away, her feet up on the coffee table.

They heard a thud at the door and Clarke got up to investigate the sound. When she opened the door she found Raven standing there with two ice cream cones in her hands. She gives one to Clarke and makes her way over to Lexa and hands her one too. "Don't say I never bought ye anything."

"Aww Rae you're too sweet."

"Whatever, me and O wanted ice cream anyway so it's not like I went out of my way to get it."

"You still thought of us, which is sweet."

"Fine, I'm a total sweetheart if you tell anyone I will destroy you."

"Your secret is safe with us."

"Ok I'm gonna go get mine from O before it melts or she eats it, enjoy your studying ladies."

They continued studying while they were eating their ice creams. Once she was done Clarke put her laptop on the table and walked over to the sink to wash off the ice cream that had dripped down her hand. 

When she sat back down on the couch she glanced at Lexa and noticed the mess she had made while eating her one. There was ice cream everywhere, on her chin, the tip of her nose, her bottom lip, the corner of her mouth, Clarke chuckled at the sight.

Lexa looked up from her book wondering why Clarke was chuckling. 

Clarke pulled out her phone and took a picture, she giggled again when she looked at it. 

Lexa raised her eyebrow and Clarke flipped her phone around to show her the photo. "You've got a little something there."

Lexa's eyes widen, she grabs her bag that was sitting next to her and searches through it until she finds the packet of tissues she was looking for, she pulls a few out of the packet and starts frantically wiping her face. When she's done she looks at Clarke silently asking if she got rid of it all.

Clarke shakes her head looking at the bit on her chin that she missed. "Here, let me." Clarke grabs one of the tissues. She places a leg on either side of Lexa's thighs and hovers over her, making sure she isn't actually on her.

Lexa looks at Clarke's position and wishes she could be closer, then scolds herself for thinking like that. She looks up at Clarke when she feels her hand gently raising her head.

Clarke gently wipes away the ice cream. Her movements become slower until a point where she completely stops and gazes into Lexa's eyes. 

Lexa feels a shift in the air, she's not entirely sure what's happening but right now Clarke, the incredibly beautiful, wonderful woman that has made her life so much better in a matter of weeks, is so close and still Lexa wants her closer. Her hands move to Clarke's hips.

Clarke's breath hitched when she felt Lexa's hands touch her hips. She lowered herself so that she was no longer hovering over Lexa but on her. 

Lexa watched as Clarke's gaze travelled down to her lips, Lexa started to lean in towards Clarke. 

Clarke's eyes fluttered shut when Lexa got closer.

Lexa slowly moved closer and closer until she heard a thud followed by two loud squeals.

Clarke opened her eyes and looked at Lexa who was staring at the door, Clarke followed her line of sight wondering what happened and then she saw it, there at the door stood Octavia and Raven with a smirk on both their faces, phones in their hands Ravens with the back facing them having just taken a photo of the two and Octavia's with the front facing them with a smirking Bellamy on the screen, Octavia and Raven had filled him in on what had been happening between the two when he had asked how Clarke was doing, he was just as excited as they were about Clarke opening herself up to the possibility of falling in love again.

"Bell?"

"Hey princess."

"Uh we wanted to introduce Lexa to Bell but we can come back later." Octavia started to back away from the door as she said it.

"No, no you can stay, I was just helping Lex get the ice cream off her face." Clarke finally got off of Lexa and walked over to take the phone from Octavia.

'With your mouth?' Raven refrained from saying what she was thinking.

"Hi Bell, I miss you."

"I miss you too princess, I would ask what's new in your life but O and Rae have told me all about the amazing new friend you have."

Clarke blushed thinking about how the girls would've described this incident had they seen it before he called. "Yeah, she is amazing." Clarke looked over her shoulder and saw Lexa looking at her with a wide grin on her face. "Wanna meet her?"

"I thought you'd never ask."

Clarke makes her way back over to Lexa and sits down next to her, she faces the phone towards Lexa.

"Hi Lexa, I'm Bellamy, O's blood brother and non-blood brother to Clarke and Raven."

Lexa gives him a shy wave.

"I heard you've been taking good care of my sisters, thanks for looking out for them, I know they can take care of themselves but if you weren't there to protect Clarke I wouldn't have seen Finn fall on his ass."

Lexa looks confused, Raven notices this and decides to explain. "I sent him the video."

"Really Rae?" Clarke huffs.

"What? Everyone in the family hates that guy so I think it's important that everyone gets to see it."

"Speaking of family, I hear congratulations are in order." Bellamy speaks up, interrupting the argument that would have began if he hadn't.

"For?"

"Lexa is part of the family now."

Lexa smiles proudly.

"It'll be the first time we spend more than a few hours apart." Raven points out.

Lexa holds Clarke's hand, like she knows that it upset her to find out that they would be separated for a few days. 

Raven and Octavia told Clarke and Lexa that they would give them some time alone before Lexa had to leave. 

They were sitting on the couch together, they sat in silence for twenty minutes, both of them wrapped up in their own thoughts.

Clarke finally breaks the silence, telling Lexa what she's thinking about. "I'm gonna miss you, you know?"

Lexa nodded and put her arm around Clarke, pulling her into her side.

Clarke put her head on Lexa's shoulder, she reached over to take Lexa's other hand, she pulled it over to her own lap and turned it over so that she could trace the lines on her palm.

"It'll be weird not seeing you everyday." Clarke sighs sadly. "It's going to suck."

Lexa grabs Clarke's hand and squeezes it, she smiles because Clarke thinks it's going to suck being apart for a few days and Lexa can't stop herself from feeling happy about that.

"You can call me, you know that right?"

Lexa gives her a questioning look.

"If you have any nightmares....or if....I don't know....if you just want to be together even if it's just on the phone....it's probably a stupid idea."

Lexa gets up from the couch and walks to her room.

Clarke's worries that she might have pushed Lexa too far until Lexa returns to her spot on the couch with her phone. She unlocks it and hands it over to Clarke.

Clarke smiles knowing what Lexa wants her to do. She creates a new contact on Lexa's phone, she adds her number and takes a photo of herself, she assigns the photo to her contact and hands it back to Lexa.

She gives her own phone to Lexa and she adds her number to Clarke's contact's before handing it back.

They cuddled up together again after that, both wanting to just be together for as long as possible. 

After a few minutes Clarke got up to make some coffee, she was about to ask if Lexa wanted some but stopped when she realized Lexa had fallen asleep.

She realized that if Lexa slept in the position she was in now she would wake up with a very sore neck. Clarke put one hand on Lexa's arm and the other on the side of her head, she gently guided Lexa down until her head was resting on the arm of the couch, she slowly pulled her hands away so that she could lift Lexa's legs up onto the couch.

She smiled seeing how peaceful Lexa looked now and then made her way back to her bedroom. She came back into the room a few minutes later with her sketchbook, charcoal and a cup of coffee.

She sat in the armchair and pulled her legs up onto the chair to rest her sketchbook against them while she drew.

Almost a full hour later she was still drawing, it usually didn't take her this long but she couldn't stop looking at Lexa and she was trying to make this drawing as detailed as she could.

Lexa started to shift around in her sleep, Clarke looked up but Lexa had stopped moving around so she figured she was alright but only a few seconds later she bolted up suddenly, fully awake and looking terrified. 

Clarke shoved her sketchbook and charcoal off of her lap and rushed to sit beside Lexa.

"Hey, it's okay." She places her hand on Lexa's thigh giving it a light squeeze. "You're okay."

"We'll be okay Griff, we'll see her soon."

"Not what I'm talking about, you two won't be alright because I'm going to murder you both."

"Whoa Griff we didn't make Lexa go, you can't kill us for that."

"That's not the reason." Clarke lets out a sigh. "Lexa was going to kiss me before you two interrupted us."

"What?!" Both girls shout in unison.

"I think she was....I don't know, it felt like she might." 

Both girls silently agree this is the time to find out how Clarke feels about Lexa. "Did you want her to kiss you?"

Clarke looks at her friends trying to work out if it's a good idea to tell them that she desperately wanted Lexa to kiss her. "Maybe...."

They knew that even just getting that answer was a big step for Clarke so they decided not to push her. 

"Just so you know Griff, I wouldn't be surprised if Lexa wanted to kiss you too." Raven smirked when Clarke tried to bite back a smile.