Better Than Him

Chapter XXXII

It took about twenty minutes to get back to the castle due to the people crowding the streets. She knew Lexa would probably want her to stay at the party because it was her party, well, it was for her and Finn. But she'd want Clarke to have fun. If Clarke stayed at the party, all she would think about would be Lexa and she'd be worried sick.

The castle was quiet. It was refreshing after being in a very loud environment. She could finally relax a little bit. She could get a breath of fresh air.

Finding Lexa was going to be easy. Well for one, there were blood droplets on the floor and for two, she knew that Lexa would be in her room. There was no were else that Lexa would be. She followed the blood drops until it was clear that it was leading to Lexa's bedroom.

She made it to the hallway that led to her room when she heard Lexa arguing. Something about how she doesn't need medical attention. She couldn't say she was surprised that Lexa was denying medical attention. She made it to her door and knocked.

The room went silent. She turned the handle and opened the door. Lexa was sitting on the couch, still bleeding and Becca was sitting next to her. There was also a doctor in the room. When Becca was walking in, Becca seemed shocked. She didn't know why she was shocked but she was.

Clarke went over to Lexa and checked out her face. She decided that she could handle her wounds so she spoke to the doctor, letting him know that she'll take care of Lexa. It took a little convincing but in the end, she got him to let her fix Lexa up.

"You should be at the party." Lexa told her. Clarke put the medkit on the table and opened it up. She put gloves on and got a clean cloth. Clarke went to wipe away the blood but Lexa moved away. "Clarke, I'm fine."

"Lexa." Clarke warned. Lexa dropped her shoulders, showing defeat. She put the cloth to her face and started to wipe off the blood so she could see what she needed to take care of.

As she wiped the blood away, she saw Lexa's eyes close from exhustion. Clarke made Lexa lay down on the couch so she could relax. She put pillows behind her head and her feet were resting in Becca's lap. Clarke pulled up a chair so she was next to Lexa's face.

Lexa had many cuts on her face from the gravel and Finn's punches but nothing that would need stitches. Most of the blood on her face came from her nose, which was brusised very badly. There was also a very good chance she'd have a black eye tomorrow. It took a little over an hour for her just to patch up Lexa's face. Lexa had her eyes closed the whole time. Also, Clarke could have sworn that she saw a tear leave Lexa's eye but she wasn't going to mention it.

She was putting alcohol on a clean cloth to clean Lexa's cuts. "This will hurt a little." Clarke warned. "I'll be quick." She put the cloth on Lexa's chin cut and she hissed in pain. "Sorry." She quickly cleaned the wounds. About half way through Lexa grabbed her free hand and squeezed it in pain but Lexa handled it well.

The thing was, Clarke had to cheek Lexa's body for injuries but Becca was sitting right there. She didn't want to tell Lexa to take off her clothes because that'd be weird so she just worked around it. She rolled up Lexa's sleeve to look at her hands and arms to see if anything needed to be taken care off.

Lexa must have noticed her struggle because she sat up and took her top off, leaving her in a bra. Clarke gulped at the bareness of Lexa. She had to keep it under control because of Becca. But that is easier said than done.

Her body wasn't as cut up as her face so that took less time. It was just bumps and scratches. "You okay?" Clarke asked as she put a bandage on Lexa's forearm. Lexa nodded. "Does anything else hurt? Like your ribs or your head?"

"I have a slight headache but I think that's from the alcohol." Lexa said. Clarke nodded, she figured she'd let Lexa relax for tonight but tomorrow she was gonna check for a concussion. Lexa sat up a little, groaning.