Everything's Changed

38

So I accidentally deleted this chapter so I had to rewrite it. I think the first written way was better but I spent about an hour on it and I don't have a lot of time to write now so it's not as good. Sorry.

Clarke stepped into Marcus' house, Lexa behind her. "Clarke!" Marcus said. "Welcome."

"Malik, Wesley, Rex!" Marie shouted.

"This is Marie, my niece," Marcus said.

Marie was a red-head, with silky hair. She was about seven. Malik, Wesley, and Rex entered walked into the mudroom. Malik was a brown-haired kid, Wesley, the coffee-haired kid, and Rex, the blond. Malik was about nine, Wesley was about ten, and Rex was twelve. Malik was Marcus' son and the other two boys were Marcus' nephews.

"Nice to meet you." Malik gave a smile. "You want to play video games with us?"

"I'd love to." Lexa smiled.

"You and Lexa will be staying in the extra bedroom upstairs," Marcus said and Clarke nodded.

Clarke carried their bags upstairs and found the extra bedroom with ease. She put their bags in the spare room and headed back down the stairs. She passed the living room where the boys, and Lexa, were playing NBA2k19.

"Don't do that." Wesley groaned as Rex paused the game. "It's annoying."

"Shutup, I'm checking the controls," Rex said.

"Hey, don't say that!" Marcus shouted at Rex from the kitchen.

"Rex, just get on with the game," Lexa said.

Clarke went into the kitchen where Abby was and saw Wells and Thelo Jaha. "Wells." Clarke smiled and pulled him into a quick hug. "Good to see you."

"Same," Wells said and looked at his father and Marcus talking.

"Good friends?"

"I guess." Wells shrugged.

Clarke nodded and grabbed a bottle of Bud Light without thinking there were adults around.

"Uhm, no," Abby said as Clarke walked away. Clarke pivoted to look at Abby and then look at the bottle in her hand.

"Haha, whoops," Clarke said and her face was getting red.

"It's fine, just don't drink too much," Abby said.

Abby honestly didn't care because Clarke got into the alcohol cabinet when she was seven and had a high tolerance. Clarke still pulled straight A's so Abby didn't care. Just that there was an unfamiliar family around and she wanted a good impression.

"So, is Jasper and Monty showing up?" Wells asked Abby.

"Yeah, Maya, Jasper's girlfriend, has family out here."

"Cool," Wells said. "You think there's something going on between Lexa and Clarke?"

"What do you mean?" Abby asked.

"Well...uh....shit." Wells stumbled with his words.

"No, no." Abby chuckled. "Tell me."

"Well, they forgot I was there and how much of a blabber-mouth I am." Wells started. "So Lexa and Clarke went on a date, and then no one slept that night."

"I'll observe their behavior." Abby grinned.

"Okay," Wells said.

//

"Lexa, you've got to be cheating!" Malik shouted.

Lexa our the controller down on the coffee table and smirked at the boys. Malik, Rex, And Wesley had teamed up on Lexa and still lost.

"Malik, she's older than us and probably had more experience," Rex said.

"I play a lot with some friends," Lexa said. "Although, Clarke here, would love to play."

Clarke glared at Lexa who just smiled. Clarke took the last sip of her moonshine and grabbed the controller. "Okay suckers, when you play with me, you lose."

"You've never played." Lexa said.

"Uhm, all the time when no one is home." Clarke smarted off and then she looked at the boys. "Fight me."

//

"Uhm, we have another cheater." Wesley said.

"Best cheater around." Clarke grinned and Lexa nudged her.

"Malik, mom's here!" Marcus shouted from the kitchen.

Malik got up from the couch and grabbed his backpack. "Clarke, could you take him outside?"

"Yeah."

Clarke followed Malik to the front door and out to the driveway. There standing in front a car was a black-haired woman with brown eyes. She was pretty short and dressed in a polo with denim jeans. "Hi, I'm Cathy, Malik's Mom."

"Clarke." Clarke said and held her hand out to shake Cathy's. Cathy took Clarke's hand and shook it. "Nice meeting you."

"Same here." Cathy said and got in her car.

Clarke walked back inside to the kitchen to grab another bottle of moonshine. "So does Malik live here and you live on the east coast?"

"Indeed." Marcus said. "I come home every holiday."

"Cool." Clarke said. "So do you own this house and an apartment back in Jersey?"

"Bingo."

//

Clarke laid in bed, watching a funny cat video and Lexa sat at the desk and was either texting of writing. Lexa got up from the desk and grabbed her phone. She threw her phone on the bed and turned the lights off. She got into bed and then watched what Clarke was watching.

"You're a cat lover?"

"Uhm, no." Clarke said. "I just like watching cats do stupid shit."

"Makes total sense." Lexa chuckled.

Clarke looked at Lexa and then kissed Lexa quickly. She turned over and fell asleep, leaving a shocked Lexa.