Hey guys! Thank you so much for the follows and reviews. Shoutout to Jaely for your very long and detailed review, it means so much to me! Also to kinda answer your question, I have already written what will happen at the mountain, and I hope people like the direction I have chosen. But that's still a few chapters away. Now, enjoy this chapter, it is one of my favourites ;)

Clarke and Lexa hadn't had time alone since the bonfire, since every spare moment was working on planning the war on the mountain. One particular morning meeting, the grounders had gotten very frustrated with Clarke. Saying hoping Bellamy can infiltrate the mountain isn't a plan. If only they knew that Clarke actually knew, first- hand, that it would work. But obviously she couldn't tell them that. And what made it worse was when Lexa agreed with them.

"I agree with Quint. Waiting for Bellamy is a prayer. One unlikely to be answered."

Clarke was frustrated, shot Lexa a glare, and announced she needed air before leaving the war-council tent.

"Stay here. That's an order," she said to her guard, Byrd. If Byrd didn't follow her, she wouldn't be killed. And Clarke was going to keep trying to stop people from dying.

She decided to walk around and clear her head for a bit. Although she could hear Quint chasing her through the forest, she wasn't scared. He didn't kill her last time, she would be fine now.

She started running away from him, or she thought she was until she crashed into him. He snarled and raised his hand, wielding a knife.

There was a swoosh and a thunk, and the grounder started howling in pain. Clarke saw Lexa appear through the trees, having just thrown a dagger into her attacker.

"Jomp em op, en jomp ai op"

Clarke heard what Lexa said and immediately translated it, "Attack her and you attack me."

She hadn't known what Lexa had said last time, but now that she knew the language she realised what it meant. Her heart swelled.

Even at this early point in time, Lexa was protecting her and Clarke couldn't help but feel the pain again as she remembered what protecting Clarke had led to for Lexa. She was the reason Lexa had been shot, she wouldn't let that happen again.

"Your kill, Clarke."

Clarke held out her gun, but had no intention of firing it. She knew what was coming, and that meant she wouldn't have to fire. Right as she thought that, the loud roar erupted from the forest.

The guard looked terrified as he asked Lexa, "What was that?"

Lexa stated, "Pauna." She gave Clarke a quick look. She unsheathed her sword and used it to cripple the traitor, hoping he would distract the gorilla as bait and give them more time.

Clarke didn't bother trying to save him. Not if him being bait kept Lexa alive.

Clarke immediately sought out the entrance to the concrete building, and ushered Lexa and the other guard through.

"What is this place?" the guard asked.

"It's her feeding ground," Lexa stated, noting the multiple dead carcasses.

The began to climb the rocks, and could hear the pauna roar again. Clarke tried to tell the guard, who was still climbing the rocks, to move or hide or something. But she was too late. The pauna had got him.

The other guard had just been killed as well. Clarke wished she could've saved him, but in a way his death allowed Lexa and her to survive. And Lexa surviving was still the priority to Clarke.

They ran across the rock and came to a ledge. Lexa looked at Clarke, and Clarke swore she saw a hint of fear in her eyes. Clarke decided to take the lead and climbed onto the ledge.

Remembering what happened last time Clarke tried to warn Lexa.

"Lexa, be careful when you jump. Wouldn't want you to injure yourself right?"

Lexa glared at Clarke, but was met with an amused expression from Clarke. Lexa often felt like she missing something with Clarke. She always had the weirdest reactions to things, or said things that didn't quite make sense. Something about her made her extremely curious. It wasn't just her strength as a leader… there was something else that drew Lexa in.

Clarke carefully jumped off the ledge, and landed feeling a light sting in her feet. Her ankle felt pained, but it wasn't bad as last time. She watched as Lexa launched off the ledge, ever so dramatic, and sighed in her head. Of course she hadn't listened to her warnings to jump carefully.

She cringed as she heard Lexa crumple against the ground and moan in pain. She had injured her arm, just like last time. Clarke couldn't help but let out a small laugh at the girl's stubbornness. Lexa glared as she saw Clarke chuckling at her pain, but was grateful when she came over, and lifted her good arm across her shoulder.

She led them as quick as she could, "Guess you should've listened to me, commander," she teased lightly.

Lexa just groaned, and mumbled "Shof op," not knowing that Clarke knew the language. Clarke decided not to say anything. Besides it could be fun in the future, pretending not to know what she was saying.

As they got to the small crawl space, the pauna had caught up to them and grabbed hold of Lexa's foot, Lexa screamed, "Leave me."

Yeah right, Clarke thought. She fired her remaining bullets into the gorilla. "No way."

While the gorilla was temporarily injured, she quickly grabbed Lexa, and pulled her into another room in the concrete structure. She carefully placed Lexa onto the ground, pushing out the sounds of her groaning in pain.

"Give me your sword," Clarke said as she took Lexa's sword and put it through the handles on the door. She knew they didn't have much time before the gorilla would be back, but was grateful that they could stop and rest. She hears Lexa begin to comment.

"You should've left me behind. Now two will die here instead of one."

Clarke rolled her eyes, "I'm still new to your culture, but when someone saves your life, you say thankyou."

"I'm serious, Clarke. To lead well you must make hard choices."

Clarke knew about hard choices. About whether to tell people the ark was dying, about killing Atom, about choosing to burn hundreds of grounders at the drop ship. About killing Finn. Pulling the lever in the mountain. Choosing to go the blockade over staying with Lexa in Polis.

Clarke knew all about hard choices.

"Hard choices. You're telling me that?" She said, incredulously.

"I've seen your strength, it's true. But now you waiver. You couldn't kill Quint, you couldn't leave me to die. That was weakness."

Clarke knew Lexa believed love was weakness. But not killing someone? Clarke thought Lexa was going to far.

"I thought love was weakness," she said, bluntly.

"Mockery is not the product of a strong mind, Clarke."

"Do you wanna know why I saved you?" Well in all honestly, Clarke's reason was because she was totally in love with Lexa, but she couldn't exactly say that.

"I need you. God forbid, one of your generals become commander. You may be heartless Lexa, but at least you're smart."

"Don't worry, my spirit will choose much more wisely than that."

Her spirit, What Clarke now knew, was actually just an artificial intelligence embedded in the back of her neck.

"Your spirit?"

"When I die my spirit will find the next commander."

Clarke was very confused hearing this the first time. But now she knew that her 'spirit' finding the next commander was actually a bunch of nightblood kids fighting to the death to get an AI built in their brain.

"Sure," Clarke said bitterly, trying to think about how she even knew about the AI.

Lexa began to glare at Clarke and looked like she was about to say something, but they were interrupted by the loud roar of the pauna.

"It found us."

"Don't be afraid, Clarke. Death is not the end."

Death is not the end... a thought began to stir in Clarke's brain... but before she could come to it, the gorilla's growl brought her back to the situation at hand.

"We are not dying here. I need your spirit to stay where it is." Clarke already knew that they didn't die last time, but it still felt good to give some reassurance to Lexa. (And to herself)

"Then get ready to fight. Cause it's coming in."

"Maybe we let it in."

Clarke pulled Lexa over to beside the door, and waited a few seconds. She pulled out the sword, and as the pauna charged at the door, it came hurtling in, giving enough time for Lexa and Clarke to slip away and close the door from the outside. Clarke locked the door, before grabbing hold of Lexa again and helping her out of this concrete maze.

As they got to a spot in the forest, Lexa stopped and told Clarke to rest. Lexa sat herself against a fallen tree trunk. Clarke remembered where she lay last time, but she wasn't going to waste this opportunity this time. She decided to sit next to Lexa. No way was she going to sleep and miss out on spending more time with Lexa. Lexa looked at her softly and curiously.

"Aren't you going to rest?" Lexa questioned. Clarke laughed quietly, but said nothing. Lexa was surprised to hear the sound. She enjoyed hearing Clarke's laugh. What she enjoyed even more was the close proximity of Clarke's body to her own. She was sitting next to Lexa, also leaning on the trunk.

Clarke had intended to stay awake and spend time with Lexa, but the day with the Pauna had exhausted her more than she realised and she quickly drifted off to sleep. Her head relaxed onto Lexa's shoulder and Lexa felt slightly uncomfortable at the intimacy of this physical contact, but she enjoyed it all the same. She appreciated the warmth of Clarke's body.

Knowing Clarke's neck would get stiff, she carefully shifted Clarkes sleeping form so she was now lying on the ground, with her head on Lexa's lap. Lexa remained awake, alert. She made sure to stay awake so she could protect them both in case anything happened.

As she sat there she absent-mindingly stroked her fingers through Clarke's hair. It had been so long since she had felt this close to anyone, and as she looked at Clarke's sleeping face, she couldn't help but get the feeling in her chest that it was happening again.

She was falling for her. For the sky girl. She mocked herself in her head. As if she would ever feel the same way. But then again, every time Clarke looked at her, she felt like there was something more in her eyes.

Maybe, just maybe, Clarke felt the same way.

Clarke heard the roar of the Pauna and it woke her up as she lay in the same position and opened her eyes. It took her a moment to realise where she was. She was met with Lexa's face right above her own, with the sun rising behind her. She literally looked like an angel, and Clarke couldn't help but smile like an idiot. Last time she had woken looking at Lexa, was in her bed in Polis before…

She wouldn't think of that now.

"It's okay. You're safe." Lexa told her, gently helping her into a sitting position. Lexa couldn't help but smile back at Clarke's smile. She didn't know what she was smiling at, but the sight was so beautiful. Clarke leaned back against the trunk and looked at Lexa, "How's your arm?"

"Hurts," Lexa says nonchalantly, with a small shrug. Clarke couldn't help but chuckle again. She remembered how funny this line from Lexa was last time they were in this position. Well not quite this position. Last time they weren't sitting side by side, so close their thighs and arms were slightly grazing each other.

They both felt the contact but didn't move, appreciating the slight warmth and comfort it offered. Clarke looked inspected Lexa's arm and shoulder in the sling. She took it out of the sling for a quick moment, and ran a few small tests before getting confirmation from Lexa to put in back on. She carefully wrapped the sling back around Lexa's arm. Perhaps, she was being more intimate, than a regular doctor would be. She worked slowly, and drew out every touch of her hands.

Clarke wasn't aware of how this was making Lexa go a little crazy inside. 'Is she deliberately teasing me?' Lexa thought. As Clarke finished the wrapping she brought the two ends of the sling together and tied them above Lexa's shoulder. Lexa felt Clarke's warm breath on the back of her neck and sighed slightly.

Clarke noticed Lexa shiver and thought that maybe this was it. Maybe it was time that Lexa was ready enough, and she decide to be bold and go for it. She carefully brought her lips to Lexa's skin and placed a soft kiss across Lexa's injured shoulder. Sensing no protest from Lexa, she planted more soft kisses along her shoulder moving on to her neck. Lexa felt Clarke's breath right in her ear, right as Clarke kissed her jaw, and she shifted her body so that she was facing Clarke. Clarke looked at her nervously, unsure of what she would see in Lexa's eyes.

Her heart fluttered when she was met with only warmth from her green eyes. Clarke moved her lips towards Lexa's and when their lips finally met, she felt like she was charged with electricity. The pain from losing her, that she had still been feeling ever since coming back here, was no longer there. As she kissed Lexa, the pain in her chest changed into a longing, a desire.

Lexa's heart was racing. Not only was she kissing Clarke, but Clarke had initiated it. She brought her hand to cup Clarke's face as she continued to kiss her. She felt Clarke's tongue on her lips, and parted them slightly before letting her tongue join Clarke's. Their lips and their tongues worked together. Clarke felt so comfortable kissing Lexa. After all, she had done it many times before.

But for Lexa, this was new, and she was slightly shaky and nervous. Clarke growled slightly against Lexa's mouth, before pushing her strongly back and finally breaking the kiss. Lexa looked at her slightly questioningly before Clarke shifted her body.

She brought her legs over Lexa's lap so she was now straddling her. Lexa still couldn't believe this was happening. Clarke pushed her lips back at Lexa's hungrily. Lexa let her good hand go up into Clarke's hair pulling her closer into her, as she leaned into the tree trunk behind her.

Clarke pushed closer to Lexa but was met with a strong groan from Lexa, as Lexa broke the kiss and her hand dropped out of Clarke's hair and clutched her broken arm.

Clarke quickly got off Lexa, and looked worriedly at Lexa. "I'm so sorry," she gushed. "Are you alright?"

Lexa's eyes showed flickers of pain, but she nodded anyway, "Yes, Clarke. I'm fine." She said her voice slightly strained.

Clarke felt bad, she hadn't meant to hurt Lexa. She guessed she maybe got a little too into it, she laughed in her head. It certainly was more heated then their last first kiss.

She stood up and brushed the dirt off her trousers. She reached her hand out to Lexa's good arm, and helped her stand up. Lexa blushed slightly at the heat of the small contact.

Clarke quickly tried to think of what to say, as they stood awkwardly looking at each other. Once again she remembered her old words, "I know how we can take the mountain."

Lexa's soft eyes instantly turned back into commander eyes, her posture changing as well. "How?"

Clarke explains how they already have a grounder army inside the mountain, all they need is Bellamy to release them.

"You have faith in Bellamy?"

"I do."

Lexa gave her a small nod and Clarke smiled and stomped out the fire.

"Lexa, this is going to work."

And this time, she would ensure Lexa wouldn't betray her. She truly believed the original plan would work his time. Maybe, just maybe, she wouldn't have to kill all the innocent people in Mount Weather. Maybe she could save Fox and the 3 other delinquents who had been drilled into and murdered.

This time, it would work.

It had to.

Let me know what you thought! I have written the last few chapters that equal episodes 14,15,16 but i'm still not exactly sure what I should do about the missile in tondc, so if you have ideas let me know! I hope you don't think it's too rushed. Clarke is already in love with Lexa, and we all know Lexa was intrigued with Clarke from the very start.