Our Journey (the Fourth Book in the Her Weakness series)

Chapter 21

Lexa's POV

"So?" Raven prompts, her eyes bright with curiosity.

"So..." Clarke says, drawing out the word teasingly as if she does not know what Raven wants to know.

"Did you say yes? What happened?" She fires off, leaning forward on her seat.

"Oh, that." Clarke says flippantly, her eyes sparkling with mischief. "Yeah, that was great."

Raven squints at Clarke and sees the smirk on her face. She frowns and shakes her fist at Clarke. "Darn you, Griffin." Her voice turns pleading. "Come on! What happened? Did you say yes?"

Her eyes are wide and she flutters her eyelashes in an attempt to encourage Clarke to tell her about it.

"Of course I said yes, you goofball."

"Let me see, let me see!" Raven demands, bouncing up and down on the couch cushions excitedly.

"Don't break the couch, nerd." Octavia says but she leans in closer to Clarke and I as well. "Show us! Rae got to see what it looked like while it was in the works but I haven't seen it at all."

Clarke shares an amused and loving look with me and extends her hand towards them so they can see her ring. Raven and Octavia gasp and touch her hand to bring it closer to their eyes so they can see it even better.

"Oh my god, that's gorgeous!" Octavia says.

"It turned out even better than I expected," Raven admits. "And that's saying something."

"Mochof (thank you)."

"Pro (you're welcome)." Raven replies almost absent-mindedly as she runs her finger over Clarke's ring. "I can't remember if you told me this already, Lexa, but did you mean to have the emeralds sticking out?"

"I was wondering the same thing," Clarke admits.

"Yes, I did. As we all know, Clarke and I do not lead the safest lives. These emeralds are cut well and have sharp edges. With them slightly out, if we ever punch someone, it will do more damage." I explain.

"Pretty and practical," Octavia murmurs. "Nice. So what's with the emeralds? Did you not find any diamonds or something?" She asks curiously.

"Mine is matching. They are the colors of each other's eyes." I say.

Raven and Octavia "aww" at the same time.

"That's so cute. Wait, where's yours? Can we see it?" Octavia questions.

"I am wearing mine. And yes, you may see it."

I hold out my hand and let Octavia and Raven ooh and aah over my ring as well. I exchange another fond look with Clarke, who kisses the side of my head lovingly and snuggles up against me further.

"You two are so disgusting." The soft look in Raven's eyes contradicts her words and they come out more as a teasing observation than a malicious comment.

"Okay!" Octavia says, clapping her hands together and making us all startle. "Now that we've fawned over your beautiful rings, it's time for you to spill the beans. Lexa's been torturing us for weeks, not telling us her plans. What happened?"

"Okay, so Lexa had already told me she has a surprise for me here and that's what was making her so nervous. So I was really curious about what it could be to shake the Commander like that."

Clarke reaches out to take my hand in hers, lifting mine and pressing a quick kiss to my ring before continuing speaking.

"She lead me over there, and I had no idea what to expect. She had made us a picnic in the forest, and it looked beautiful as the sun set. She got all of our favorite foods. We ate and eventually the forest lived up to its clan's name. The moss on the trees started to glow, as did the butterflies that swooped in."

"The glowing butterflies are here?" Octavia gasps out, her eyes going wide with an almost child-like glee. "This is where they went?"

"Yes," I answer. "You were lucky to see them when you did, they do not stay in that area long. It is a place they pass through while migrating."

"Awesome, we'll have to go see them sometime." Octavia says excitedly, then shakes her head like she is trying to shake off that idea for now. "Sorry for interrupting, Clarke. Please continue."

"It's fine, O. I know how much you love the butterflies. We will go see them sometime," Clarke promises. "Okay. So we're looking at the butterflies and it's absolutely beautiful. Lexa, being the amazing girlfriend she is, has thought to bring a sketchbook and pencils for me. And right after she hands me that, some butterflies land on her. I have a drawing of it, I'll show you sometime. Then, after that, I look around to take in everything and when I look back, Lexa's not standing anymore."

Raven clutches Octavia's arm to her and excitedly pats it. She knows this is the proposal.

"She's down on one knee," Clarke continues. "She says, and I quote because I'll remember this for the rest of my life. 'Clarke. We have been through so much together, has so many rough times. But we have pushed through, because we love each other in a way that nothing can take away. We have had so many good times and I want to continue making memories with you. Forever. Clarke Griffin, will you marry me?' "

I certainly didn't expect Clarke to remember my proposal word for word, but I really shouldn't expect anything less from her brilliant mind. I look at her lovingly, kissing her cheek softly before looking at Raven and Octavia. Both of them have tears streaming down their faces.

"I knew you were a romantic. You're such a softy, Lexa." Raven chokes out, her voice thick with tears.

"And you're not? Babe, you're literally crying right now." Octavia says.

"So are you, O." Raven points out.

"At least I can admit it." Octavia retorts, kissing her girlfriend's cheek.

"So can I. And hey, someday when we do this, we're going to be hella cheesy. We're going to out-sap these suckers."

"Yeah, we will." Octavia and Raven high five without looking at where their hands are going.

"You can try, but you will not succeed." Lexa says teasingly.

"Watch us, Lex." Raven points at us. "We're going to have such a disgustingly sweet proposal, you're going to get cavities."

And that's the chapter! I'm glad that everything has been working out, I wasn't sure if I would be too dead tired to do this chapter. Because of graduation yesterday and the all night party at my school, I was up for 22 straight (well, gay, but that's beside the point) hours. Which is a record for me, I'm a complete wimp about sleep. I slept for 5 hours and started writing this chapter! So hopefully I'm not too incoherent and this makes sense. Next chapter, more reactions and stuff! Thank you all for reading and for your amazing comments! Stay awesome!