My best friends girlfriend

Mr. Brightside

{Clarke POV}

I'm pretty sure I just had a heart attack. Who the hell blasts music at 6:30 in the morning? More specifically is that rock music? Who the hell listens to rock music anymore?

I looked out my window to see Lexa doing pull-ups in her room, wearing a sports bra and shorts, extremely sweaty and extremely hot.

Well, I guess this is the moment I have to actually talk to my crush, well sign to her.

I started throwing pencils and pens at her window while waving at her trying to get her to see me. When she finally did she gave me a disgusted look.

Do I really look that bad? I mean I know I have bedhead and I'm still in my tank top bu- oh shit I'm not wearing pants.

I realized I was just in my underwear and immediately bent down so she couldn't see me and started signing to her.

Could you turn down the music? Some people are trying to sleep.

You can sign?

Yes, can you turn down the music?

How? How can you sign?

I...I'm sorry I can't think with the music.

Sorry about that, Lexa signed then turned it off. Music helps me work out and besides the vibrations, I can kind of hear the music when it's loud. I'm not profoundly deaf, I'm able to hear extremely loud sounds.

It's fine.

So, how long?

How long what?

How long have you been able to sign?

Oh, for a while. Definitely can't say for as long as you've been deaf, she would think I was a freak. I'm gonna go back to sleep now. Oh and I'm gonna need those pencils and pens back.

What pencils and pens?

I pointed down to the ground where a bunch of colored pencils and colored pens lay on the cement.

I'll give them to you later.

Okay, thanks.

I shut my shade and went back to bed, but I obviously had to tell Raven what happened first. That was surprisingly the best interaction we've ever had since fifth grade.

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The next day I was woken up at 8:30 by extremely loud music. I threw the pencils and pens she gave back to me yesterday, well my parents because I wasn't home. When she finally noticed me she turned the music off.

You gave me a heart attack again.

Sorry, when do you usually wake up?

Summer and weekends, eleven.

Wow, that's late.

Hey, I need my beauty sleep. How else do you think I look this good? I swear I saw a small smile come from her.

You sleep too much, we're only supposed to get eight hours of sleep.

My sleep schedule is fine, besides you can't judge when you listen to rock music.

Alternative rock, get your music genres straight.

Yeah, whatever. I'm going back to sleep and bring me back my pens and pencils when you can.

Once again I shut the shades and went back to sleep with a big smile on my face, after I told Raven what happened of course, who told me not to get my hopes up.

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Then next day I woke up at eleven and ten minutes later I heard Mr. Brightside by The Killers blasting from Lexa's house. It was a song from my childhood, I couldn't not dance to it.

All of a sudden I heard something hitting my window and looked over to see Lexa throwing pens. I went over to the window and gave a small smile and wave.

Ahhh, so you do like my music after all.

Hey, it's a throwback, of course I'm going to dance to it.

I think you just like my music taste.

Whatever, I'm going to go, Raven's coming over soon.

Oh okay, have fun.

Wait, why are you being nice to me? Why are you talking to me in general?

I don't know, you're the first person besides my teachers I can talk to, I guess. It...it's nice being able to talk to someone else. I barely communicate with my dad or Costia, so it's just nice.

Your dad didn't try to learn?

I gotta go.

Before I could say sorry for overstepping she shut her shades.