Better Together

Chapter 8: Revelations

Clarke's POV

I woke up with the realization that it was Friday. I was immediately reminded of Octavia's party. Despite living in a mediocre house, her parties were always the best. There was always alcohol which always helped in any party scene. (A/N: I'm not trying to encourage underage drinking. I'm simply saying this because the characters in the show drank underage, and considering how they act in this story it makes sense) I slowly got out of bed and groaned at the realization I still had to get through school. At least I'd see Lexa.

I was eating my breakfast when I heard a knock on the door. I knew it was Octavia and Raven so I yelled, "Come in!" They walked in and instantly sat down with me.

"Anything new about Lexa?" Raven winked at me.

"Anything new about Luna?" I shot back, but not angrily. 

Raven's face obviously darkened into a bright red and she dropped the topic.

"Hey, O, can you braid my hair?" I asked after a while of uncharacteristic silence.

"Yeah," she paused to check her phone, "but it'll have to wait until we get to school. We're gonna be late."

"Alright, let's go."

The car ride was basically silent which was extremely unusual. Octavia was focused on the road, and Raven was texting someone, probably Luna. I wasn't really doing anything. I was just staring out the window. 

When we finally got to school we still had a while until class. For all O's worrying about being late, it seemed like we were here earlier than normal. O dragged me to a set of benches where she sat down. She gestured for me to sit on the grass below her, so I did. Once I sat down Raven sat in my lap and starting going on and on about Luna which I found thoroughly amusing.

After a while of just listening to Raven ramble, I saw her attention get drawn to a familiar blue corvette. I saw Raven blush a little, and I'm pretty sure I blushed too. I tried so hard not to, but it was impossible. There's nothing I could do. While I was staring at Lexa, I saw a familiar face appear.

"Finn?" Raven asked before he could speak. Finn is Raven's ex who plays quarterback on the football team. I was probably the only one who didn't completely hate him. I did at first, but they got together and broke up freshman year. It's been two years, so I assumed everyone was past it.

"What do you want?" Octavia practically growled at him.

"Clarke, can I talk to you?" he asked innocently.

I assumed it was nothing important, so I went with and gave O and Raven a reassuring smile. I assumed VERY wrong.

"I know it's only the beginning of the year, but I was wondering if maybe you'd want to go out sometime? I know I really hurt Raven and you might not want to forgive me, but I'd really like it if you gave me a chance.

I paused in shock. That's DEFINITELY not what I was expecting him to say. Most of me wanted to turn him down immediately, but part of me knew I still kind of liked him. Sophomore year I started developing feelings for him, but I pushed them down so I didn't hurt Raven. I couldn't do that to her. Not to mention the stuff I was feeling for Lexa. I had to figure myself out. Not throw myself into someone else and get involved in their problems.

"Sorry Finn, but now really isn't a good time for me to be in a relationship-" I started but he cut me off. He started screaming at me and calling me all sorts of names and slurs. It made me really upset, but I refused to cry in front of the whole school who had gathered around after he yelled. I looked around for some sort of escape and eventually found on opening in the crowd. I ran out as fast as I could and the second my face was away from people I let the tears fall. Most of the reason I didn't want to cry was because I knew Lexa was there. I didn't want to seem weak in front of her.