"Echo finally found her own place I take it?" Anya asks, sighing as she crosses her arms. "Roan called me to say she went to his place to collect her belongings."
"Yes, she found an apartment somewhere," Lexa answers, not having too many details about it. All she knows is what Clarke has told her, which is that Echo left the room she shares with Ontari because she found a small place. "How is Roan holding up?"
"He's not taking it well, but that's understandable," Anya answers, shaking her head. "When Ontari had all that trouble with Nia he took her in and what does he get in return? He had to see his girlfriend cheating on him with his sister, which is really messed up."
"Echo can't be trusted," Luna cuts in. "Ontari seems to be over the moon for her, but who is to say Echo won't go and cheat on her as well once she gets bored?"
"Mhmm," Anya hums, nodding her head. "Once a cheater always a cheater," she says coldly.
Lexa isn't going to object that statement, considering she wouldn't trust someone who has cheated. She follows Luna's concern, worrying Echo might end up breaking Ontari's heart like she has broken Roan's.
"Relationships with someone who is younger can work," Anya says cautiously while looking at Lexa. "However, Echo wants children, which is something Ontari isn't ready for."
"Precisely," Luna agrees. "Relationships like that could work," she says, now looking at Lexa too, "but only if those involved are on the same page."
"With you and Clarke it is fine," Anya says bluntly to Lexa, as if it wasn't clear already that she chose her words carefully. "You're both on the same page because you're not waiting around to have children."
"Echo claimed she wouldn't mind waiting a few years, but I'm not sure if that's true," Luna says. "Even if she believes that to be true, she might decide after a year or so that she can't wait anyway."
"You're both right," Lexa agrees, exhaling loudly. Age differences are fine when it's all legal, but not being on the same page complicates things, which makes her happy that she doesn't have that kind of issue with Clarke.
"It's not even sure Ontari would ever want children," Anya points out, "once Echo realizes that things could turn sour fast, because that can be a deal breaker in a relationship."
"Definitely," Luna says, nodding in agreement. "If An wouldn't have wanted a child I'd have had a hard time staying by her side, even though I love her with all my heart."
"Good thing we're on the same page," Anya says to her wife. She smiles and pulls Luna in her arms, kissing her.
"Ontari has made her fair share of mistakes, but she has also suffered a lot," Lexa says, sighing. "I'm worried Echo might have taken advantage of the fragile state she was in throughout the summer, when the tension between them began. You both weren't there that night she showed up all battered and bruised on my doorstep. I believe Echo could have stopped Ontari and Roan from fighting each other. I'm worried that perhaps she wanted them to fight for her, worried she gets a thrill out of it, but I'm just fishing here."
Anya sighs loudly and grumbles while she makes coffee. "If everything between Echo and Ontari doesn't get messed up by the time the summer vacation hits, I guess we'll know where she's going to be staying," she says, pouring a cup of coffee.
"Granted that Echo plans to let her stay at her apartment," Lexa says, because they can't be sure of that. "If Ontari wouldn't have a place to stay during the summer, I'm still willing to take her in. Her behavior isn't always ideal, but she's family."
"I wish we could talk some sense into Ontari," Anya replies, sounding sad. "She hasn't been making it easy for us to help her."
"We promised her mother we would keep an eye on her," Lexa says, reminding her cousin of that. When her aunt was dying, she vowed she'd look after Ontari and so did Anya. "Ontari is mostly misunderstood. With proper support we can get her on the right track."
