"I'm going to miss you babes during the holidays," Raven says before sipping from her drink.
"Same," Octavia says, sighing. "It's going to be a bummer."
"It'll pass fast," Ontari says. "Plus, we can always chat."
"Ri has a point," Clarke agrees, although she'll miss her friends too. She's going to spend Christmas and New Year's at her father's, since her contact with her mother is mostly ruined. She plans to spend some time with Lexa as well, a lot actually.
"Y'all's birthdays are going to come up soon," Octavia says, wrapping her fingers around her second glass. "It's unfair that I'm the youngest."
"I think it is sweet you're the youngest," Raven replies, winking before taking another sip from her drink.
"I'll pay for a keg here in Grounders for my birthday," Ontari says. "Just the four of us, it's going to be chill."
"I can feel the oncoming headache already," Clarke mumbles. She knows Ontari turns twenty early in January. Raven is second to turn twenty, halfway in January. She turns twenty near the end of January. It's nice that it's all in the same month, save from Octavia who doesn't turn twenty until the summer.
"Maybe we can throw one big party in the middle of January," Raven suggests. "For the three of us," she says to Clarke and Ontari.
"I can get on board with that," Clarke replies, because if she's going to get hammered she'd rather not repeat that three times in the same month.
"Sure why not," Ontari agrees. "I'll arrange the booze."
"Are you into someone, Ri?" Clarke asks, remembering that she told Octavia she would ask sometime.
Ontari raises an eyebrow up. "Way to be random," she answers, smirking. "I don't know," she says, shrugging. "Some girls are nice to look at and stuff."
"Lots of girls are nice to look at," Raven says to Ontari. "The three of you for example."
"You the most," Octavia says to Raven.
"I'm surprised you don't tip your chair over anymore when I smile at you."
"Fuck you, Rae," Octavia groans.
Clarke chuckles, never going to grow tired of the fact that Raven knew even then how obvious Octavia was being.
"When and where?" Raven asks Octavia, keeping eye-contact.
Octavia gasps and ends up knocking her drink over, causing it to spill over her lap.
"Getting wet already?" Raven teases, unrelenting.
Ontari snickers at that. "You need to step it up," she says to Octavia.
"Fuck this," Octavia mutters. She leans over the table, fists Raven's shirt and pulls her into a searing kiss.
"Wow," Clarke says, shocked by Octavia's bold move.
"Damn, O," Raven says. "That was... damn. You're one hell of a kisser. Do that again."
"You two need a room," Ontari comments.
"Ri is right," Clarke agrees. "I should get going to pack some of my things."
"Don't forget to text us every day," Octavia says.
"I might visit my cousins during the holidays," Ontari says. "Maybe you'll see me around once or twice, Clarke."
"You can always stop by at my dad's place sometime," Clarke replies. "Emily bakes good cookies, you'll love them."
Lexa has gotten around clearing up the boxes from the second bedroom so it can be turned into a guestroom. The holidays are closing in and it's possible someone from her family would sleep over for at least a night. She's watching the two men from the store unloading everything from their truck to put in the guestroom.
