Arcadia Academy

Chapter 10

The main topic of discussion for the morning run was Octavia's date with Lincoln. She had gotten back three minutes before curfew the night before and only given them the bare minimum of details before going to work on homework.

Lincoln had decided to take her to play laser tag and then to dinner at a restaurant downtown. He had topped off the evening taking her to the lake to go night kayaking. He had an uncle in the area who lived on the lake and was out of town.

Clarke had to give it to Lincoln, he had planned an amazing date for Octavia. Everything he picked showed that he knew her. Knew better than to expect the typical dinner and a movie to make Octavia Blake swoon.

"So, is he a good kisser?" Raven asked her next question about Octavia's evening as they turned right to follow Lexa onto a different running path than usual.

"Yeah, but I already knew that." Octavia shrugged with a grin.

"You didn't tell me?" Raven asked, sounding a mix between sad and betrayed.

"I only kissed him once before." Octavia explained. "It was right before he asked me out which I told you about right away."

"But you left out the best part." Raven complained.

"She's telling you now though isn't she?" Luna pointed out to Raven, always trying to keep the peace.

"She better." Raven looked to Octavia expectantly nearly running into a tree as a result of taking her eyes off the unfamiliar path.

"More focus on running less on me Raven." Octavia joked.

"You're trying to change the subject." Raven complained.

"I will admit Raven isn't the only one who is curious." Clarke added to the conversation.

Octavia rolled her eyes but the grin never left her face so they knew she wasn't truly annoyed. "We were sparring in the gym and we got kind of tangled up and somehow I fell on him and we were laughing. Then we realized how close together we were and suddenly we were making out."

Raven nudged Octavia playfully as they ran. "Wow, look at you guys. That sounds like it should be a scene from a movie or something."

"Yeah, and your relationship with Wick should be on a teen drama." Octavia shot back, trying to mess with Raven and change the subject at the same time.

Raven stopped in her tracks her jaw hanging open. Luna and Clarke couldn't help but to laugh as Raven stood in the shock of getting so utterly roasted out of nowhere. Octavia slowed her pace but never fully stopped running.

Raven started running again to catch up to Octavia. "Wick and I are not in a relationship."

"Close enough." Clarke shrugged.

"Clarke!" Raven shouted in surprise. "How could you encourage her?"

"I'm sorry but I've been here for two months now and I spent half that time in the infirmary and I've seen you get back just before count because of him more than I can count on my fingers."

"Who says we aren't just friends?" Raven asked.

That was when everyone was shocked by the laugh they heard from up ahead. Lexa had been about 10 feet in front of them the entire run. She hadn't commented on anything they had said but because of her close proximity to the other girls she could hear everything they said.