The One Who's Fallen

Chapter 143

I wake up to the feeling of Lexa gently shaking my shoulder. I groan unhappily and try to shake her away, but she persists. It's not frantic, like it would be if whatever she's waking me up for is urgent.

"The only good reason you have for waking me up right now is sex," I murmur sleepily.

Lexa clears her throat awkwardly. "Niron (loved one). We have a big day today."

I sigh and open my eyes to see my blushing girlfriend looking down at me, already fully clothed. "How late is it?"

"Later than you usually sleep." Lexa responds.

"That's not saying much, since you and Anya love waking me up." I grumble, making Lexa grin.

She holds out her hand to me and I take it. Lexa helps me out of bed, gesturing at the table that she has put my clothes on. I yawn and get dressed while Lexa redoes the bed. I smile when Lexa wraps her arms around my waist from behind and kisses my bare neck softly. She pulls back and assists me in putting the rest of my clothes on.

I turn around and kiss Lexa slowly, our lips moving together easily. We melt into each other, her head turning slightly to get a better angle as she lets out a ragged, shaky breath. The kiss deepens, a silent promise of continuing this later.

"Hey love nerds- MY EYES!" Raven cries dramatically, clapping a hand over her eyes.

"Rae, we're fully dressed and only kissing." I point out when I pull away from my dazed girlfriend.

"My innocence!" Raven continues dramatically. "It is gone!"

"I'm pretty sure other people have defiled your innocence before this. Including Luna and Anya." I deadpan.

A dopey smile spreads across her face. "Yeah, they're great."

Lexa makes a disgusted noise. "I do not want to know about my sister and my mentor's sex life."

"Too late," Raven sings out.

"No offense Rae, but why are you here?" I prompt, steering the conversation away from all of that.

"Oh right!" Raven perks up. "The Maunon are eating breakfast now, they'll be ready to scatter the ashes in an hour or so. I suggest you nerds get your own food. As lovely as it may be, Clarke, Lexa's tongue won't exactly sate this kind of hunger." She waggles her eyebrows at us, smirking. Raven does finger guns as she walks backwards out of our tent.

Lexa's cheeks are tinged pink, which I find adorable. I take her hand and make sure our clothes aren't skewed or wrinkled from our make out session. Once I'm satisfied and Lexa's not blushing as hard, we head outside too. Artigas, Raven, Octavia, Lincoln, Anya, and Luna are all sitting at a table nearby, with two more seats open. One of which is at an end, the other right next to it.

Lexa sits on the end and I sit next to her. Lincoln passes us two plates that were waiting in the center of the table. We thank him and dig in, listening to the conversation around us.

Lincoln and Artigas are bonding over their mutual love of drawing. Which is something I didn't know about Artigas, I'll have to talk to him about it sometime.

Luna and Anya, done with their food, are having an arm wrestling contest while Raven and Octavia cheer them on. I'm not surprised that it takes a while for it to end, nor am I surprised by the fact that Anya wins. She is a General, after all.

Once Lexa and I are done eating, we look over to check on the nearby large table where the Maunon are all sitting around. They look like they're mainly finished, with just a couple people still eating.

Some of the warriors take away the empty plates and when the last person finishes, Lexa and I get up. We head over and every adult/teen snaps to attention, eyeing us with a mixture of respect and wariness. I don't blame them.

"Good morning," Lexa greets them, getting murmured good mornings back. "In about half an hour, we will head out to begin scattering the ashes. Anyone who wants to come is welcome to. We will be meeting back here in half an hour."

"Will you two be scattering any?" A teen boy speaks up and shrinks back, paling, when he realizes he just talked to Lexa.

"Not without your express permission." Lexa shakes her head. "These are your people, your ashes to scatter wherever you would like." Some people around the table nod in agreement. "If you decide not to come, the councilors are here to help and will be available. I highly recommend talking to one of them. People who do come are welcome to talk to a councilor after we get back. After that, we will discuss your future with the Mountain and with my people. That is the plan for today. Any questions?"

No one speaks up.

"Very well. If anyone does have any, Clarke and I's tent is the large one right over there. You are welcome to talk to us anytime. If you are not comfortable with talking to us, I would suggest you talk to any of the people at that table." She gestures at the table we were sitting at. "Or Clarke's mother, Abby Griffin, who is the head doctor of Skaikru. They will probably know the most about whatever you have questions about. Thank you for your time."

Lexa nods to them and then we head back to our table to relax for another half hour before we have to go walking around on a mountain to scatter the ashes.

The half hour passes quickly, with us joining in random conversations with the others. Including one with Raven about if there are dogs and cats on the ground. Which there are, and I am super excited about. I can probably convince Lexa to get one after all of this has settled down.

Half an hour has passed before we know it, and the amount of Maunon who want to come is higher than I would have expected. It's time to scatter the ashes of their dead.

Thank you guys for such a warm reception of my idea of adoption! And man, I think everyone who guessed who would adopt who was right. And at least one person got why Anya, Raven, and Luna would adopt the kid. I wouldn't expect any less from the Clexa fandom :) I also got at least one person who was concerned about the pacing. Clarke and Lexa have only recently gotten together, only recently said I love you for the first time. And yeah, the adoption won't be super soon because we need everything to stabilize, the Coalition and their relationship, before they adopt a kid. Because that's a pretty big step, and they need to be sure they're ready for it. Anyway! Thank you all for reading and for your beautiful comments! Stay awesome!