Dare you to love me

Fighting for love

Chapter 36 is finally here. 

First off I want to apologise for the high wait that you guys have had waiting for this chapter. I have just had so much going on, but I am going to now try and update at least once a week. 

Clarke's POV

I awake the next morning before my alarm, the sun shining through the windows. I roll over and see Lexa lying by my side curled up next to me. I give myself a moment to take in her beauty. She is wrapped around my arm and I squeeze her tighter unconsciously, afraid to ever let her go.

I see her eyes begin to flutter from the contact and suddenly her piercing green eyes meet mine.

"Good morning gorgeous" She says croakily, her voice still slightly hoarse from sleep.

"It certainly is" I smile down at her. Without hesitation I kiss her lips and I thick back to how nervous I was the first time. That feels like so long ago, given how comfortable and right it now feels.

"It's still early babe. You don't have to be up for another half an hour" I explain to her.

She breaks contact with me and I can;t help but groan as she climbs out of bed and begins to stretch and crack her back, seeming satisfied with the noise that it makes.

"I'm awake now, might as well start the day" She says. "Come on lazy, get up. I'm going to treat you to breakfast before school"

My ears prick up with the mention of breakfast and I'm soon trying to climb out of bed as gracefully as one can with a damaged leg. I see Lexa searching for the clothes that she wore yesterday, but I have a better idea. I hop to my wardrobe and grab one of my favourite T-shirts and shorts.

"Here smelly, put on some clean clothes" She turns around and catches the items, smiling at me. Clearly loving the fact she will be wearing her girlfriend's clothes to school.

"Thank you, aren't you worried though that someone will recognise that these are yours?" She frowns, obviously not wanting me to say yes.

"No, I'm not. There is a huge difference between you wearing my clothes and sucking my face off in the corridors. If people want to infer that you wearing my clothes mean that we are dating then let them. I will neither confirm nor deny" I tell her calmly, meaning every word.

"Who are you and what have you done with my secretly gay, paranoid girlfriend?" She chuckles.

"Don't push your luck Woods, or I'll hide all your clothes and you'll have no choice but to go to school in your underwear" I say seriously, trying to refrain my smile that is forming on my lips.

"Well you would definitely regret that, because there is no way that you would get any work done if I sat near you all day in my underwear." She wiggles her eyebrows, her usual cocky behaviour making a reappearance.

"Shut up and get dressed" I say, shaking my head at her, before heading to the bathroom to get dressed myself.

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We arrive at school in Lexa's amazing car and straight away heads turn our way and I see a few people whispering to each other. Given that last time we were seen together at school there was nearly an epic fight in the canteen between Octavia and Lexa.

Not going to lie, after getting out of the car and noticing all the pairs of eyes on us all I wanted to do was wrap my arm around Lexa and put my claim on to her, but in reality, that is something that I'm just not ready for yet.