Everything's Changed

33

After the group went ziplining, they went to Calahoun's for dinner. Abby and Marcus had obviously not gone with them but met them after ziplining.

"When Lex was younger, she was my next door neighbor and my little brother was her age so they would hang out all the time. This is the part where Lexa comes out to be a nightmare." Anya chuckled. "Her and Aden would always prank me and Lincoln and they would never know when to stop. They wouldn't shut up either."

"I was like eight." Lexa said defensively.

"Sure." Raven rolled her eyes.

"She's still the same when Aden visits." Anya added.

"She doesn't seem like one to be like that though." Octavia said.

Echo nudged her and laughed. "You're so oblivious."

"When Clarke was younger, she was so adorable." Abby started. "Her and Wells would play in the sandbox and on the playset a lot. We had a treehouse and she used to sneak out of the window from the age five until she moved out."

"So one night she snuck a few friends into the treehouse around the age thirteen, who were all boys. So I had known she snuck out that night, hearing the window open but I didn't know that she snuck some friends into the treehouse. I spied on her from the living room window and saw a few other bodies in the treehouse."

"What'd you do?" Raven asked.

"I went into the treehouse and sent them all home." Abby chuckled.

"Hah." Raven stuck her tongue out at Clarke.

"I have one of Rae." Octavia smirked. "So Rae and I have known each other since the beginning of time and when we were like fourteen, Rae dated this guy. I used to watch her sneak the poor boy into her room. I was always going to bed when she did and one night, the light went off before the boy snuck out again and then a few minutes later the light turned on and boy jumped out of the window."

"O...." Raven groaned. "Not that story."

"Good job." Harper grinned. "Now Raven, get a good one of O."

"So when O and I were about fifteen, her and Lincoln had a thing going on. I accidently gave her the wrong number because she lost mine and I was a few digits off. She ended up with Lincoln's number and they talked a lot. They met up and O snuck him into her room and boy when Bell found out." Raven chuckled.

"That was years ago." Octavia groaned.

"Three years." Raven said.

"You didn't tell us about this." Anya and Lexa looked at him.

"Lexa was too busy fucking Costia and Anya was too busy fucking Luna." Lincoln shrugged.

Lexa glared at him and Anya did too. The mention of Costia had them both annoyed with him. "Oh, do tell." Harper grinned.

"No." Echo said. "Do you see their faces?!"

"Fine." Harper grumbled.

//

"Drink her dry!" Octavia shouted at Raven.

Raven, Clarke, and Lexa were in a drinking competition with moonshine Abby had bought for them. Raven had three drinks, Clarke had four, almost five, and Lexa had six drinks.

Lexa finished her sixth drink placing it on the table. "Lexa wins!" Anya shouted as Clarke and Raven fell off their chairs. They were awake, just full of alcohol.

"g-great." Lexa slurred. "I win."

Octavia carried Raven to their room and everyone went to bed. Clarke sat out on the balcony on the first floor, staring out into the dark sky. There was no moon that night, nor were their stars. Maybe a few out there but too dark to see.

Clarke heard the door open and close, but ignored it. Then the body sat in the chair next to hers. "Not tired?"

Clarke looked over only to see Lexa. "No, can't sleep. Gotta sing happy birthday to myself in ten minutes."

"Wow." Lexa chuckled. "Dork."

"I'm not a dork. I'm a cool nerd." Clarke told her.

"Sure, whatever floats your boat." Lexa said. "But in my eyes, you're a dork."

"Fine." Clarke grumbled and pulled her legs up to her chest and hugged them.

Clarke stared at the dark sky once again and Lexa did the same. The ten minutes passed quickly and Clarke's phone vibrated silently, notifying her that it was midnight.

"Happy Birthday to me

Happy Birthday to me

Happy Birthday dear me

Happy Birthday to me." Clarke sang to herself.

Lexa internally laughed at Clarke's dorky side. "Now that you sang yourself Happy Birthday, you gonna sleep now?"

"Yup." Clarke grinned.

"First, I have a present for you." Lexa said.

Lexa leaned over and kiss Clarke, who was looking at Lexa. She had taken Clarke by surprise. Lexa pulled back from their short kiss. "Happy Birthday." And after that, Lexa left a very confused and blushing Clarke.