Clarke holds the box steady in her hands, which she decorated herself, just as she decorated the cake. By now Lexa should be home and if she followed the last clue, her door should be unlocked. She reaches her door and struggles somewhat to push it open, though she's relieved to find out that it's indeed unlocked.
"Hello, my love," Lexa says, smiling from where she's siting at her kitchen table.
"Happy birthday, beautiful," Clarke says with a bright smile. "This is for you."
Lexa peers curiously at the box and opens it. "Mhmm, cake," she hums, quickly counting twenty-eight small candles.
Clarke fishes a lighter out of her pocket to light the candles. "Make a wish," she whispers as she goes to stand behind Lexa.
Lexa takes a deep breath and does her best to blow the candles out, which takes her two tries. She closes her eyes and wishes for things to stay exactly as they are because she wouldn't want to change a thing. Being with Clarke makes her happy and she adores her job, so everything is good as it is.
Clarke worries her bottom lip between her teeth while Lexa cuts the cake. Her period is four days late. It's giving her stress and she really hopes to get her period soon so she can laugh about having been so sloppy when it comes to taking the pill. Maybe she'd even tell her girlfriend so they can laugh about it together. Okay, no, she probably won't do that at all.
"This cake looks delicious," Lexa says while she puts the first piece on a plate for Clarke. "Did you make it?"
"Emily helped me to bake it, but I decorated it," Clarke answers. She's not going to take all the credit for it when she didn't do all of the work alone. "I hope you'll like the taste."
Lexa swipes her finger through some chocolate and brings it up to her lips. "Mhmm, yes," she says, licking the chocolate from her finger. She smiles when Clarke gapes at her. "Do you want some?" she asks, getting some chocolate on her finger again. This time she holds her finger out to her girlfriend.
Clarke takes Lexa's finger into her mouth completely, slowly sucking it clean while making eye-contact.
"Naughty," Lexa whispers, imagining Clarke sucking her.
Clarke releases Lexa's finger with a wet pop. "It's your birthday today, so you can have anything you want," she says, batting her eyelashes.
"All I want is you, Clarke."
Clarke smiles and pulls some coupons she made herself out of her pocket. "These are for you to use whenever you want to," she says, hoping Lexa will like them.
"Coupon for one massage," Lexa reads, skimming through them. "Coupon for a striptease," she continues, licking her lips. "I like this one."
"You would like it even better if you'd know what I would wear for it," Clarke replies, winking.
Lexa's mind runs wild with thoughts of what Clarke would wear for a striptease. Given how naughty her girlfriend can be, she has no doubt that it would be hot. To be fair, she could be stripping out of a garbage bag and she'd still be very turned on.
Clarke cheeks flush bright red when Lexa's eyes widen as she gets to the next coupon. "Feel free to cash them at any time you want," she says, probably sounding a tad thirsty. She's hoping her girlfriend is going to want to use a coupon tonight already. It's a school night, but it's not like she hasn't slept here before during the week.
"I want to give you this one for tonight," Lexa says, sliding one of the coupons towards Clarke. "And not to be greedy, but maybe this one too," she adds hesitantly as she slides another coupon towards her.
