Everything's Changed

24

Clarke sat out on Jasper's back porch with a bottle of Monty's moonshine. She was remembering things she didn't want to remember. Yes, she gave advice not to drink the moonshine but yet she broke her advice. She wanted to clear her mind with the moonshine, but it didn't help at all.

Clarke finished the bottle of moonshine and threw it into the creek and heard the glass bottle shatter on the rocky outline of the lake. She grabbed the next bottle and took a sip. It wasn't moonshine but it was peach wine that Jasper's girlfriend, Maya, brought.

She got up and walked to the small wooden bridge that crossed the creek. The Jordan's owned the woods behind the house, plus the creek, and there sat a bench and a single lamppost. Clarke leaned onto the railing and pulled out Jasper's pack of cigarettes. She had stolen it along with some moonshine. It was laying in the open and he didn't care who took it.

She lit a cigarette and put it to her mouth and heard footsteps approaching her. She put the pack into her pant pockets and blew the smoke out. She then threw the cigarette into the creek as the smoke arose.

Clarke ignored the incoming footsteps knowing it was someone here to rat her out for smoking and drinking. She just kept leaning onto the railing and stared into the distance.

The figure stopped right next to Clarke and leaned against the railing. "You know you should eat something before we leave."

Clarke turned her head just to see Lexa and she sighed in relief. "Yeah, you're right but I'm still gonna have a headache tomorrow morning."

"Do you want to return sober or drunk?" Lexa asked. "You also know that you shouldn't have wasted that cigarette."

"Well you could be ratting me out like a snitch."

"What teen snitches these days?"

"Everyone snitches." Clarke said. "I also don't want to go back into that house."

"Well, I could grab Raven and Octavia and drag them into the car." Lexa offered.

"Haha but no thanks."

"I'm sober." Lexa frowned.

"You don't know which house I live in though." Clarke said.

"You seem conscious enough to know."

Clarke rolled her eyes and took a seat on the bench and crossed her legs. "You're a pain." Lexa muttered to her self but Clarke could hear her.

Lexa took a seat on the bench, next to Clarke and stared into the distance. She was trying to figure out this girl's different faces. She acted so different at home than at the school. She seemed more relaxed but tense at the same time, how?

"I'm going to go get Raven and Octavia." Lexa said, breaking the silence and went to get up from the bench.

"Wait." Clarke said. She didn't expect for that to come out of her mouth. She wanted to say "okay" but her drunken mind said "wait."

Lexa sat back down, looking at Clarke to see what she wanted. Instead of saying anything, Clarke leaned into kiss Lexa who wasn't reluctant. The kiss was gentle and short. Lexa pulled away, knowing Clarke wouldn't remember tomorrow.

"I'll be back." Is all she could say.

With that, Lexa walked off into the darkness, away from the lighted bridge. She walked into the large house and found Raven and Octavia near the kitchen counter. They were laughing with an Asian boy and a tall and skinny boy.

Lexa grabbed them and pulled them out to the bridge along with some crackers for Clarke to eat. She got to the bridge and dragged Clarke to the car. She put them all in the car and handed Clarke the crackers and went into the house to find Wells.

Lexa found Wells in the living room, playing truth or dare. He knew that they were leaving when Lexa entered the room. He got up and walked outside into the cool breeze. He climbed into the car and Lexa drove them back to Clarke's house.

//

"So who drank and who stayed sober?" Abby asked as they entered the house. Abby could tell how three of the girls were waddling and barely standing steadily. She wasn't mad about it either, she was just upset that they didn't listen.

"These three drank a lot." Wells said.

"As expected." Abby chuckled. "Clarke is a party girl when she's here."

Lexa helped the three girls up the stairs to the sleeping bags and the bed. Lexa crawled into her sleeping bag and fell asleep. She knew the next day, Halloween, would be a terrible day since they drank a lot.