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“Raven put some pants on and stop eating my food.”
“But Clarke it’s not my fault the cookies were calling me. They wanted to be eaten I’m only fulfilling their wishes.”
“Whatever Raven just make sure you replace them.”
“Have I ever not paid you back for something?” Raven said seriously.
Clarke raised an eyebrow at Raven and said, “You still haven’t paid me back from last week.”
“Ok so that was one time. “Raven said while rolling her eyes for putting her attention back to the cartoon that was on the TV.
After a busy shift at the bar Grounders that she worked out she wanted nothing else than to go home shower and sleep. Unfortunately for her Raven had other plans one of which being a cookie thief. She loves Raven but at times she can be a pain in the ass.
This was one of those times.
“Raven I wanna sleep.” Clarke said hoping that Raven would kindly leave her apartment without too much of a fuss.
“You might want to shower before you take a nap. “Raven said with half a cookie still in her mouth.
“Ok firstly don’t talk with your mouth full and secondly I need this job for the rent.”
“Are you really struggling Clarke?” Raven asked genuinely concerned.
Clarke sat on the armchair and sighed, “It’s not great.”
“Why don’t you get a new roommate? I mean you have a spare room since your last roommate disappeared last month without paying their part of the bill.”
“Yeah but I need someone that I can trust and rely on. I’m not going to be taken for a fool again which means I can’t let the first person I meet who needs a place to live here.”
“We’ll find you someone don’t worry. Now go shower and I’ll get O and Lincoln to bring some food over and no complaining I know you didn’t have time to eat earlier plus they miss you.”
Raven watched Clarke leaving the room before entering the bathroom. She was worried about her friend.
Lexa quickly checked the address she had written on her arm before knocking on the door. The last thing she wanted was to get the wrong address and wake up someone. She hadn’t seen her brother for three years and wasn’t sure on how he would react to seeing her. Although Lexa was worried she couldn’t afford to hesitate any longer. Taking a deep breath she hesitantly knocked the door in front of her. She never thought she’d be back in Polis after the torment she’d been through all those years ago. Everyone around her had warned her, but she ignored them all and she lost everything because of that.
The house in front of her looked small but comfortable from the outside. The garden was beautiful, colourful flowers sat in the garden making Lexa eager to take a photo of them so she could draw them later.
A few minutes passed and no one had opened the door so Lexa turned around, grabbed her suitcase and made her way down the stone path.
“Hey wait!” Called a voice from behind her.
Lexa turned around slowly to see who had called her. It wasn’t her brother but a young women with brown hair and a slim figure.
“Sorry for waking you I must’ve had the wrong address.” Lexa explained quickly before turning back round.
“If you’re looking for Lincoln this is the right place.” The voice said before Lexa had even taken a single step.
A tear fell from Lexa’s face as she turned round once again but this time she walked up towards the women with a purpose.
“Yeah I’m looking for Lincoln.”
Lexa stood there uncomfortably as the women in front of her studied her.
“My name is Octavia, Lincoln’s girlfriend and I take it you’re Lexa his sister.”
Lexa was surprised by the fact that one this women knew who she was and that she was Lincoln’s girlfriend so she simply nodded at Octavia before adverting her face away from her.
“I-I’m sorry I should go.” Lexa said.
“No don’t go Lexa, listen Lincoln’s just grabbing some food to take to a friend’s place and I was just about to meet him there, you could stay here or come with me if you’d like.” Octavia said trying to get her to stay.
“I’ll stay here and wait I wouldn’t want to intrude.”
Octavia didn’t want Lexa to run off but at the same time she didn’t want her to feel uncomfortable going to something she didn’t even want to go to, “You wouldn’t be intruding but you are welcome to stay here. Now come on in its cold out here.”
“Hey Lincoln thanks for coming Clarke will be a sec she’s just getting changed and you know how long that takes her.” Raven said letting the Lincoln into the flat.
“Shut up cookie thief!” Clarke shouted from the other room.
Lincoln chuckled before walking into the kitchen and placing the take-out food on the counter before grabbing some plates.
“Is O not here yet?” Lincoln asked concerned as to why his girlfriend is late. O was neve late for food.
“Geez can’t you guys spend time away from each other.” Raven said before serving herself a large portion of food, “And no clearly O isn’t here since she hasn’t run over from you.”
They decided to sit down and eat so that their food didn’t cold while they waited for Octavia to arrive, they had tried texted her but the got no response; before Lincoln could worry about Octavia not being at the apartment yet the brunette rushed into the flat almost tripping over the rug that was by the door. Once in the apartment O gave Lincoln a quick kiss on the cheek before grabbing her plate of food.
“Ahhh finally O I was worried Raven would eat all your food before you got here.” Clarke said noticing that Raven had been eyeing up Octavia’s plate of food that sat in the microwave waiting to be eaten.
“Hey I wasn’t gonna eat it…”Raven said before stealing a chip from Clarke’s plate.
“The pizza incident last year suggests differently Ray.” Octavia said before digging into her meal.
“Hey that was one time,” Raven said defending herself.
Clarke rolled her eyes before turning back to Octavia, “So how come you’re late?” Clarke asked knowing that Octavia had the day off and basically had no reason to be late.
“Lincoln before I tell you take a breath ok.” Octavia said seriously, “Lexa’s back.”
Clarke and Raven, like Octavia, had never met Lexa but had heard enough stories about her to know that she was a good person who’d been screwed over by life enough times to just give up and run. Lincoln hadn’t told them everything but they knew enough to that Lexa was
Everyone sat in silence waiting for Lincoln to react in anyway. However for a few minutes he sat there showing absolutely no emotion on his face. Octavia, worried for her boyfriend rested a hand on his thigh to show that she was there for him.
“Lincoln you ok?” Octavia asked concerned for Lincoln.
“Yeah, yeah I think I am,” Lincoln said before grinning, “Did she seem good?” Lincoln asked.
“You can see for yourself when we get back home,” Octavia said happy that Lincoln had reacted positively.
“Is it alright if we go now?” Lincoln asked.
“Go Lincoln you need to see your sister I’m gonna go to bed anyway, “Clarke said before yawning not out of boredom but because she hadn’t been sleeping well recently due to her recurring nightmares. Not only was she having nightmares she was also worried about money and her getting a job that wasn’t in a bar. The job at Grounder’s payed enough for her to get by comfortably if she had a roommate but since she didn’t have one she was struggling on a monthly bases. In fact she was struggling so much that her friends would often surprise her with food and other general things like that. She did appreciate everything that they were doing but she didn’t want to rely on her friends until she found a job that payed better or until she found a reliable roommate but the chances of either of those happening was slim.
“Thank you Clarke I’ll see you soon I promise,” Lincoln said before leaving the apartment with Octavia behind him.
Raven left shortly after Octavia and Lincoln and once they did Clarke climbed into bed hoping that she would get some sleep that night.