Chapter 1 - Distractions

Everyone was busy doing their thing, some grilling at the backyard others on the kitchen cooking and the rest fixing the area to be used. Lexa didn't know why she's at the grill or what this party is for or the reason why she's here sweating, when she could be inside the house and just chilling on the weekend. She sighed for the tenth time as she looks up at the sky and sees a beautiful hue of blue.

"Lexa!" Anya shouted from the patio stairs. "Quit dilly dallying and focus on your work."

The brunette arched her brow at Anya silently saying No! You didn't! her sister just looked right back at her taunting her, challenging her, with Anya's stern gaze and Lexa's cold stare, it was a match that can be felt up to a 5 mile radius, out there somewhere some random person all of a sudden felt a chill on their spine climbing up on the top of their head. But today Lexa was too weak to fight her sister she's sweating and just wanna take a bath and be comfy with the comfort of her bed "Ugh! Why are you even doing this party anyway?" the brunette throws her hands in the air as she turns back to the grill.

Anya exhaled as she walks down the stairs to her sister "Because…" green eyes turns to her and waited "I'm the new kid in school." Lexa tilts her head to the side with a dumb look, the dirty blonde rolls her eyes "Ugh! You know what I mean!" her brunette sister just snorted at her annoyance, Anya playfully pushed her side then envelopes her with one arm "For real though, thank you for doing this." She smiled at Lexa as she kisses her on the temple then Anya shook her head from side to side with a crumpled face "Eww! You're sweaty." She pushes Lexa away while laughing.

"You're welcome!" Lexa shouts as her sister walks back to check on other things.

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She keeps fidgeting with her hair and her clothes. She's not really an out-going kind of person but her mom and friends forced her to attend this party, plus she actually kinda want to attend the party. She actually thought it was a good idea to be out there and be social like her friends. Well, now she's regretting it, she wants to go back to her place and be at the comfort of her bed and catch up on some shows or maybe a book or a drawing, yeah! She hasn't drawn in a while. Ugh! What was I thinking? This isn't me? I don't socialize! I'm brooding and mysterious, maybe not mysterious but something other than this. She sighed as her friends' car arrives in front of her.

"Get in loser!" Octavia shouted from the front passenger seat as she hits the outside door on her side.

"You know what! I think I forgot something at my place." Clarke reasons as she starts walking backward "you guys go without me" she tightened her hand on the strap of her bag around her shoulder trying real hard to show she's telling the truth "I'll catch up with you guys later." She suggested while nodding her head and looking everywhere but the car.

"We got a runner!" Octavia shouts as she looks at the backseat.

Clarke saw Raven grumbling as she gets out of the car heading to the blonde like a bull. "You are not backing out! Not tonight." The brunette immediately places her arms around Clarke and walks her to the car.

The blonde tried to stop Raven's pushing with her feet "But… I really did do forget something" she expressed while the brunette pushes her inside the car as Raven guides her head inside then shoves her lightly so she can sit next to Clarke. "Guys! I really did forgot something"

"Please" Octavia, Raven and Bellamy all voiced at the same time.

"What's that supposed to mean?" a petulant Clarke asks all of them looking at each one waiting to answer her.

"Because, you don't forget anything" Bellamy informed his blonde friend as the other two nods in accordance.

"Yeah, I bet you have your whole house inside that duffel." Octavia uttered as her brother started driving away from the front of Clarke's building.

"Why?" Clarke was perplexed as to why her friends would say that.

A groan from the blonde's side escaped from the silence it was in "Because Clarke you're the MOM" Raven smiled at her as she wiggled her brows like that's enough to answer her friend's question.

"I'm the what now?" now that got Clarke even more confused as she looks at her friends and see them all nodding again in unison like a damn bubble head that she used to see on her dad's dashboard.

Octavia exhaled, looking at Clarke at the backseat "Because you are like a big momma bear sometime." She exposed her pearly whites to the blonde "Whenever we need something or anything, all of sudden you have a solution."

"Do you have nail clippers?" Raven asked with an open palm. Clarke shook her head as she rummage through her bag unconsciously and handed Raven what she asked. "See, your Momma."

"Oh my god! I'm a mom." Clarke gasp leaning back as awareness dawned on her.

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"Dude!" Lincoln looked at his cousin expectedly.

"Dude." Lexa looked at him blankly.

"Duuude…"

Lexa shook her head pulling her shoulders upward waiting for him to elaborate "Dude?"

The beautiful dark-skinned man just looks up on the ceiling expressing his agitation through his body language "Lexa, the guests are already down stairs and the food is all prepared and still you haven't gotten out of that robe." Lincoln pointed it out of her as if it wasn't obvious the reason why he's so irritated.

"So?"

Lincoln groaned out loud "So?... really?" Lexa just shook her head "Anya wants us" he gestured in a circular motion with open palm as he exaggerated to his cousin "All to be there. Is that enough of a reason for you to hurry up?" Lexa just sighed at him as she stood up from the bed all grudgingly. Lincoln grins at her as he walks out of her room "You won't get dessert if you're late." Apparently that was enough to motivate Lexa.

They were all seated at the backyard with 2 detachable picnic tables lighted by a string of naked light bulbs and an open bar by the side facing both tables. The first table was near the patio stairs while the other was right behind it. Anya sits in-between her co-workers facing away from the stairs, to her right side sits Harper and her left is Raven while Clarke sits beside Raven at the left end. On Clarke's front sits Octavia and beside her is Bellamy with Monty and Miller. They started catching up with everyone as dinner was being served on the table.

As soon as they arrived Clarke pretty much zoned out and barely participated on the conversations except when she's being asked specifically. So a mere hand was enough to catch the blonde's attention. That was the first thing she noticed, the woman that walked passed her to join the other table, her hands look so soft with thin long fingers then blue eyes travel up along the arms, shoulder, a beautiful neck and finally a face. Clarke had completely gone deaf, maybe not completely but everything was muffled, on a very very low volume that only Clarke's own breathing can be heard by herself. Then the blood circulation on her ears that sounded like a heartbeat, maybe it is her heart that she heard beating. It was actually the music playing in the background that she recognized, it was Hold on We're Going Home by Starro, as she realized it every sound finally started becoming clear again.

As her hearing become clearer she realized someone was saying something "Clarke… Clarke?" That's my name

"That's me!" she cried out all of a sudden then realized too late the mistake she made and slowly turned her head to look at her friends and she's right. She made herself look weird that all of them are now looking at her with questionable faces and all she can do is smile at them like an idiot that she is.