The One Who's Fallen

Chapter 65

"Let's find a bed." I suggest.

I don't know where the bedroom is but we've finished exploring this area. I lead us back to the main room and hold open another door for Lexa. She sighs in relief and I walk in after her. There's a large (dusty looking) bed in the middle of a room with two doors.

We shake out the sheets, which was a good idea because there were more tiny animal bones in the bed (from rats or something, luckily not a dog or something like that). They clatter to the floor as a plume of dust practically suffocates us. We cough and sneeze.

Lexa starts putting the sheets back on the bed, throwing the ruined old quilt on the floor. It's useless and riddled with holes, but looks like it was once beautiful. It's a comfortable temperature, so we don't need it. Plus, we have each other.

I open a door and find another closet filled with more clothes. Most of them look salvageable. I open the other door and grin. Finally, a bathroom. The inside of the toilet is nasty, so I flush it a few times. Lexa comes in and cocks her head in confusion.

"This must be one of those toilets you spoke of." Lexa murmurs, standing next to me and examining it with interest.

I've told her about some of the things we had on the Ark. Sadly, I'm not an engineer like my dad so I don't know exactly how everything works but Lexa's brilliant and figures things out without me.

"Fascinating." Lexa says. "You press that lever and water takes everything away?"

"Yeah. You can go first, I'll find us some comfy clothes to sleep in." I offer.

Lexa gives me a drowsy smile. I walk out of the bathroom and close the door behind me to give her some privacy.

I go to the bigger closet off of the main room and head inside. It doesn't take long for me to find something roughly my size that I can sleep in. It will be tight around my chest, but I don't care and I'm pretty sure Lexa won't mind. It's not quite as easy to find clothes Lexa would like. I settle for comfy looking black yoga pants and a faded camouflage shirt.

I head back to the room just as Lexa's walking out of the bathroom. I hand Lexa her clothes. "You can change into these out here. I'll be right back."

Lexa yawns cutely and nods. She starts taking off her armor (well, just her shoulder guard) before I even close the door to the bathroom behind me. I pee before changing and then head back out, carefully carrying my armor.

Lexa has put her armor on the sturdiest looking table in the room so I set mine next to them. She's already under the covers and is blinking tiredly at me. I get in bed next to her as she courteously holds the blanket up for me.

I take a second to admire how she looks in these old clothes. They're kind of baggy on her, but Lexa makes anything she's wearing look incredible. I lie down next to her and kiss the top of her head. She sighs happily as I drape an arm over her waist. Lexa leans over and kisses me.

"I am glad you are safe." She whispers to me as I rest my head against her shoulder. "I was so worried; you were gone for so long."

I hold her slightly tighter, fighting off anger when I feel how she's skinnier than normal. She'll get better and we'll kick some Maunon ass.

"I didn't mean to worry you." I murmur back, kissing the closest but of skin I can reach (which happens to be her neck). "I'm okay."

Lexa wraps an arm around me and we fall asleep quickly.

When I wake up, my stomach is aching. Float me, we shouldn't have eaten century old crap from a can. I glance up at Lexa. Her sleeping face is tensed up from discomfort and her arm that isn't wrapped around me is on her stomach. At least it's just discomfort. We should be fine as long as we get food that isn't a hundred years past its "best by" date.

I maneuver my way out of Lexa's grasp and stand up. I guess I'll go out and get us some actual food. I change back into my armor, not bothering to go into the bathroom. Lexa's much more exhausted than I am; she will be sleeping for a while. I take my weapons, groaning quietly when I realize I don't have my bow.

I tiptoe out of the room and head to the closet again. I thought I saw... There it is! A backpack that's only falling apart a little bit. It should work. I'll use it to carry berries and stuff. I dump out the old pens and dust and moldy stuff from it. I put it on my back and head to the kitchen. There's a pad of paper and a magnet attached to a pencil on the floor in front of the refrigerator.

I pick them up and write out a quick note to Lexa in case she wakes up and I'm gone. I rip out the piece of paper and take the pad and pencil, tossing it into my backpack. I might want it later to make a map. I make my way back to the bedroom. I put the paper in her hand. She automatically holds onto it.

I grab a flashlight that magically still works, head to the exit, and climb up the ladder. I stop at the top, pushing the door open only a little bit. After I hear nothing but normal animal noises for a few minutes I open it further and slip out. It's night and I stand still, waiting for my eyes to adjust. I pull out my dagger and begin my hunt for food.

Next chapter Lexa and Clarke will have to figure out how to get back to TonDC and the hundred... Thank you all for reading and for your incredible comments! Stay awesome!