Chapter 5
“Are you okay?” Lexa asked, sitting with her legs splayed out in front of her and a hand resting on the small of Clarkes back
“I don’t know.” Clarkes voice was mumbled by the pillow her face was buried in
“What do you mean?”
“I’m not angry at Raven, she couldn’t have helped what happened. But I am because my dad’s dead. But it wasn’t her fault. But that doesn’t bring him back. I’m confused about how I’m meant to feel.” Clarke explained, turning her head so she could look at Lexa
“It’s completely understandable that you’d feel anger or resentment towards Raven, even though you know that it wasn’t her fault.” Lexa said, “Especially since it’s still so fresh and you never expected to meet the other person involved.”
“She’s your roomies girlfriend, right?” Clarke asked
“Yeah.”
“Guess I’ll have to get used to being around her then.” Clarke sighed, flipping over so she was on her back
“What do you mean?”
“Well, I like your dorm more than my own and I’m not planning on giving this place up until you graduate.” Clarke explained before standing up
“You don’t have to get used to her just yet.”
“No time like the present, right?”
“Hey, we were just going to grab some lunch. Would you two like to join?” Clarke asked, walking back into the small living room
“Uh,” Anya stuttered, looking at Lexa who nodded “Sure, what are we having?”
“I’m thinking burgers. Do you know any good burger places, Raven?”
“Uh, yeah there’s, um, the one in town. Ton DC or something.” Raven said uncertainly
“Great, let’s go.” Clarke replied cheerfully, grabbing Lexa’s hand and dragged her out of the dorm with the other two girls following be uncertainly
“What do you do, Raven?” Clarke asked from the passenger seat, leaning around to look at Raven
“I just finished my Engineering degree at MIT.”
“Wait, how old are you?” Clarke asked
“Raven’s a literal genius.” Anya said proudly, “Youngest to receive their Graduate degree, ever.”
“I’m twenty.” Raven said, rolling her eyes at Anya, “What do you do, Clarke?”
“Well before coming to this shit hole- “Clarke was interrupted by Lexa clearing her throat, “I was studying visual arts at Fiorello in New York.”
“And after this?”
“I don’t know. I was riding on Fiorello to get into an Ivy League College for visual arts but that’s gone down the drain so I guess I have to think of something else.” Clarke shrugged, “What about you, Anya?”
“Enlisting, like most of the other jarheads at our academy.” Anya shrugged, “Hopefully get put into Leksa’s squadron.”
“I’m not going to have a squadron, Onya.” Lexa rolled her eyes, “Not straight away, despite what you think.”
“Have you ever thought of doing anything else?” Clarke asked
“Nope.” Lexa said, quickly pulling into a parking spot
“Maybe you should.” Clarke said quietly, smiling at Lexa who rolled her eyes
“Maybe.” Lexa murmured quiet enough that Clarke barely heard her
“Are you sure you’re ready to go back to duty?” Lexa asked softly, sitting snuggly against Clarke on the blondes small single bed
“Probably not, but I want to start training again. Might take my mind off things.” Clarke shrugged, resting her head on Lexa’s shoulder
“I could start training you in hand to hand combat after your afternoon training.” Lexa suggested, tentatively taking Clarke’s hand in her own
“That sounds nice.” Clarke said quietly, tilting her head up to look at Lexa “Lexa?”
“Yes?” Lexa murmured, looking down at Clarke and jolted her head back when she realised how close they were. Clarke smiled softly before slowly leaning up to press her lips lightly against the brunettes.
“Was that okay?” Clarke whispered
“Yeah.” Lexa breathed, leaning back into Clarke
“Get off my back Bellam-Oh. Oh wow, okay.” The door slammed open, followed by Octavia’s voice “Coulda put the sock on the door, Princess.”
“It’s not – We weren’t – What are you doing here Octavia? Shouldn’t you be at drills?” Clarke stuttered, trying to make herself stop blushing
“So should you.” A deep voice sounded from behind Octavia, “If you’re well enough to hook up with the mighty heda, you’re well enough to run drills.”
“Don’t worry, he was just giving me the same dad speech.” Octavia grinned, sitting on the edge of her bed with her chin in her hand looking at the two girls
“Why are you looking at us like that?” Clarke asked
“Cause I’m happy.”
“Why?”
“Just am.” Octavia continued to smile at them
“I’m just… I’m going to go. I’ll call you later, Clarke.” Lexa said, sending a small smile Clarke’s way before climbing off the bed and shoving Bellamy with her shoulder on her way out
“So…” Octavia grinned, “How long has that been happening?”
“I expect you on the obstacle at 0400 hours’ cadet.” Bellamy snapped, turning on his heel and slamming the door closed
“He’s such a drama queen.” Octavia rolled her eyes, “So, tell me everything.”
“There’s nothing to tell.” Clarke insisted
“Your cheeks tell me otherwise.”
“That was the first thing that’s happened between us.”
“Do you like her?”
“I don’t know. I guess.”
“Does she like you?”
“I don’t know.”
“Is it going to happen again?”
“I hope so.”
“How did it start?”
“I don’t know. She’s been good to me from the beginning and she’s helped me a lot over the last month or so. It also helped that she handed Bellamy his ass on a platter.” Clarke grinned at the memory
“That was pretty sexy. I know he’s my brother and all but it felt so good watching him get taken off of his high horse.” Octavia agreed