Not everyone, not you

Chapter 44 - Something strange

Lexa's POV

It's been a month since the meeting with the ambassadors, they've all given their radios to their leaders and taught them how to use them. Clarke and I have talked to Raven, Luna and Anya while we had nothing to do. The past month has been pretty calm. The Natblidas really like Ontari, which is amazing. I have my suspicions that there's something going on between Aden and Ontari. Ontari is only a few months older than him, which isn't weird if there is something going on between them. I remember Clarke mentioning she wants to travel to all the clans, I think this is the perfect opportunity to do so before something happens. I'll need to find someone that can take care of everything while we're gone.

"Who do you trust most out of all the clans?" I ask her.

"Octavia for sure. Why?"

"You mentioned you wanted to get away one day and visit all the clans. Now's the perfect time, don't you think?"

"Yes, but don't we need someone in charge while we're gone?"

"Octavia, the clans trust her. She's Indra's second and she's been in Polis for weeks now, she's helped train the Natblidas and she's always around helping out, she's perfect for this."

"You have a point, we can talk to her about it. We should have dinner with her and Lincoln and we should mention this." Clarke responds.

"Sounds like a plan."

Clarke gets up and tells one of the guards to tell Octavia to meet us in our room for dinner. Once he exits the room, Clarke comes back and sits on my lap. The remaining guard notices and closes the door after he exits the room.The guards have picked up on our hints and know when to close the door. After it's fully closed, Clarke kisses me and I kiss her back harder and more passionately. After about 30 minutes, we stop after we realize it's time to go to dinner with Octavia and Lincoln. Clarke asks me to fix her hair and she fixes mine. We put our shirts back on and we walk out of the room hand in hand.

"Took you guys long enough." Octavia complained as we walked into the room.

"Sorry, we got a little distracted." Clarke said as her face got red.

"You guys totally made out and lost track of time." Octavia replied.

"Perhaps, but we're here now." I say.

We all sit down at the table where food was already brought while Octavia and Lincoln have been waiting for us. We eat for a few minutes and Clarke starts talking.

"You think you'd be able to handle being in charge for a while around here?" she asked casually.

"Why?" Octavia asked.

"Lexa and I wanted to take a break and everything is calm so why not now? I want to see the other 12 clans and meet the leaders properly." she explained.

"And you think I could handle being in charge?"

"Yes, you have proven yourself trustworthy. Each clan knows how strong you are and they trust you." I explain.

"Thank you, Commander. I accept, but you'll need to explain furthermore later on after we're finished this meal."

"Sounds like a good idea." I reply.

We finish our meal and we get our plates cleared from the table. I explain to Octavia that I want to show Clarke the beauty of each clan. She seemed to know something that I don't, which scares me.

"I hope you two have fun. When do you leave?" she asks before her and Lincoln leave to go to their room.

"We leave in a week. We need to set everything up, pick the guards we want to bring and pack our bags."

"Okay, well I'll see you tomorrow."

"Before you leave, have you noticed anything strange about Clarke lately?"

"Nope, she's as normal as she can be. Also, I caught Aden and Ontari making out, thought you should know."

"Well, I ship it. Goodnight Octavia. Goodnight Lincoln." I say to them.

"Goodnight, Heda." they say in unison.