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Part III
“Good morning.” Clarke murmured tiredly as she shuffled her way to the little kitchen, greeting both of her friends who didn’t fare better than her. Octavia was only this close from face-planting herself in her cereals and Raven leant back in her chair, eyes closed and her coffee cup in a death grip as if she was afraid that her brown lifesaving liquid would disappear any second.
Clarke herself was only greeted by a mix of a groan and hum. Though the blonde couldn’t discern from who the sound had come from. She quietly filled a cup with the same lifesaving liquid Raven had and joined the other two girls at the table. “I’m surprised to see you two already awake.”
“Do we look awake to you, Griffin?”
“Well, you are sitting at a table and there are words leaving your lips. This is probably the most awake state you’ll ever be at this time of the day.”
“Honestly, I’m considering going back to bed.” Octavia murmured into her bowl.
Clarke chuckled at the two. A few sips from her coffee and she already felt more awake than before. She just wished that it would be this easy for her two friends. The fact that she didn’t stay up as late as the night before definitely helped, too. She never got to her tablet to watch another episode of The First 100, instead fell asleep with the new drawing of Lexa right next to her.
Taking another sip the blonde smiled behind the cup as her blue eyes rested upon Raven, sparkling mischievously. “Rae, you’re phone is blowing up.”
“Wait, what?!” Eyes suddenly wide open and staring at the aforementioned device as if it might explode any second, Raven’s hands left her cup and cradled her beloved technology in her hands. “Not nice.”
“Hey, you are the tech freak. You should very well know that a phone can’t just explode like this.”
The brunette girl scoffed at her friend. “I just heard your phone and blowing up. Sue me for panicking. My brain can’t function properly this early in the morning.” The Latina safely tucked her phone into the pocket of her joggers and went back to holding onto her coffee, though this time her eyes remained open. “But your phone is definitely blowing up.”
“Ha, ha. Very funny, Reyes.”
“I don’t mean it in the literally sense of blowing up.” She reached for her friends’ phone and saw that she was getting one message after the other. She scrolled through the display messages. “Girl, you became famous overnight or what?”
“What do you mean?” Clarke frowned.
“It seems like the whole world is following you now on Twitter.” Raven stated, taking a sip from her cup.
More confused than before the blonde reached for her phone. “What? Give me my phone back.”
The next moment was a complete blur. Raven spit out her coffee, half showering Clarke with it. There was screaming and cursing – Raven screamed and Clarke was cursing at her for giving her an unwanted coffee bath. The scratching of a chair on the kitchen floor and Raven’s pacing followed quickly afterwards.
At least the commotion was enough to finally rouse Octavia out of her sleepy trance who now looked confused at her friends.
“Really Raven? Was this necessary?“ Clarke asked annoyed as she walked over to the kitchen sink to grab a towel to get rid of the coffee currently dripping over her face. Just ewww!
“Who cares about the coffee, Griffin? You should rather disclose to us why the Lexa fucking Woods is following you out of everyone in the whole wide world on Twitter?!“
Suddenly all of Clarke‘s movements stopped as she processed Raven‘s words. It was a bit hazy and those words just didn‘t make sense. Lexa Woods was following her on Twitter? Did she hear correctly?
“Would one of you be so kind and fill me in on what‘s going on here? Who is following Clarke now?“ Octavia still tried to puzzle the pieces together.
“Girl, I‘ll remove the stone who‘re hiding under in a moment.“ Raven replied with her hand waving in her direction but not looking at Octavia. Her eyes remained on her blonde friend. “So, Clarke? How the hell did that happen?“
Clarke refused to reply and wordlessly moved to Raven to get a hold of her phone. This was a joke, right? Raven was just getting back at her for the bad phone joke from a moment ago. There was no way a world-wide known and successful actress with a huge fan following would follow her on Twitter.
She was a nobody.
At least in the world the actress was circling in.
The blonde swore she died thousands of deaths during the small amount of time it took to make the two steps towards her friend and to rip the electronic device out of her hands.
There was just no way it was true.
Sure, they had their little exchanges. Clarke drawing little sketches for her on the first day to draw out smiles of the brunette girl opposite of her, using her free time to create a drawing of Lexa as a character who‘d fit right into their comic, running her literally over as a dinosaur and making a picture with her in said costume.
That was it. There was nothing more to it.
The little butterflies that were just beginning to throw a party in her stomach as she remembered their exchanges told her something different though.
Clarke remembered the first smile of Lexa as she had shown her the first of many rushed drawings. It had gotten her hooked right away and Clarke made it her mission to draw more smiles out of the brunette. It certainly gave her a rush and by the end of the day she was a goner.
After the first day of Comic Con Clarke certainly formed a crush on the brunette - just by getting smiles from her.
She never thought that things would pick up from there.
Clarke certainly didn‘t think that the brunette actress would reach out to the world via Twitter to post a picture of her drawing and thank her for it. Though it was a very nice gesture and encouraged the already blooming butterflies in her stomach.
That night after the first day of the Con Clarke fed her crush by watching Lexa‘s show, falling even more for the girl she‘d actually never exchanged even one word with. Her voice was like a melody Clarke would blindly follow everywhere.
She had never crushed that hard this fast.
Although that was all it was, right? A stupid crush, a silly memory of her second time at Comic Con.
Well, that was until she felt the brunette‘s body next to hers on the second day. The girl had talked directly with her, even if it the conversation had been short and her own response had been muffled by the costume. But she felt like the actress had fully known that it had been her under the costume. And her laugh!
At the first day Clarke had seen many smiles and laughs from the brunette, but it had been loud enough in the hall that she never heard the sound of her laughing - until the second day.
Clarke had been positively buzzing the whole day after the encounter.
But again, she thought that had been it. Maybe they‘d exchange some more smiles on the last day of Comic Con while sitting opposite of each other and then go their separate ways again. Each back to their own lives.
Never in the world did she expect another response from Lexa via Twitter. She had hoped, sure, but had never really expected it. And she couldn‘t hold herself back from teasing the brunette. She had just too much fun with their little exchanges.
And as much as she didn‘t expect Lexa Woods reaching out again via Twitter, she never ever thought about her pressing the button to officially follow her. To actually form somewhat of a link between them, even if it was just through social media.
The blonde opened up the app on her phone and scrolled through hundreds of messages to find the one thing that started the haze she was currently trapped in and just couldn‘t snap out of.
And oh, there it was!
The very first message of last night which had been followed by thousands of others. The beginning of her apparently new famous status and the reason for her coffee shower by the one and only Raven Reyes.
@RealLexaWoods is now following you
Clarke swore she stopped breathing right this moment.
Fuck.
The Lexa fucking Woods was indeed following her on Twitter.
“Clarke, are you still with us?“ Octavia asked now standing next to Raven and both girls staring worriedly yet questioningly at her.
Blue eyes snapped up from her phone and glanced at her two best friends. “Lexa Woods is following me on Twitter.“
“Yeah,“ Raven rolled her eyes at her friends obvious statement. “I know, I‘ve seen it! The real question is why is she following you?“
“She is following me.“ Clarke stated perplexed.
Octavia shoot a glance at Raven. “I think she broke.“
Raven sighed, guessing that she won‘t get any answers out of her friend before she broke out of her haze. “Yep. Completely in another universe.“ Moving up to the blonde she snatched the phone back out of her hands and snapped her fingers in front of her face and only stopped after getting her friends attention back. “Wow, Griffin! Welcome back on mother earth. How was your crazy trip to Wonderland? See any insane color spirals out there? Some mean cats?“
Forgetting about the Twitter situation for a moment Clarke looked confused at Raven. When did she move this close to her? “What?“
“Great! Now that you‘re back with us ordinary mortals, would you like to explain how some famous actress ended up following you on Twitter? I mean, you don‘t even know each other.“
“Not personally, no.“
Octavia blinked at that. “Not personally? What does that even mean?“
“Either you know someone or you don‘t.“ Raven exclaimed.
It was that easy, wasn‘t it? Though it wasn‘t black and white. She didn‘t know Lexa and Lexa didn‘t know her. Though they kinda did know each other, right? God, this was confusing.
Seeing the contemplating expression on the blonde‘s face, Raven groaned and knew that she was certainly missing something here. “Girl, what did you do?“
“What did I do? I didn‘t do anything!“
“Clearly you did do something or this,“ Octavia said and pointed at Clarke‘s phone in Raven‘s hands. “wouldn‘t have happened.“
“All I did was drawing some silly pictures to show her once and then.“ Clarke shrugged, her heart had slowly calmed down again, the shock of her discovery ebbing down.
“At the Con? Girl, we were sitting right beside you? We never saw anything.“
“It wasn‘t anything big. Like I said, just some silly drawings.“
“Apparently it was big enough for your Twitter following to grow over a triple overnight.“ Raven scoffed, looking through Clarke‘s account via her own phone now. She still couldn‘t believe it. Lexa Woods following Clarke. Her best friend who hadn‘t even known of Lexa and her show two days ago.
Then Raven stopped as she saw a tweet from last night. A short conversation - if one could even call it that - between Lexa Woods and her best friend. There were pictures attached to the tweet and Raven slowly put the pieces together. She probably still didn‘t have the full picture, but she got enough of the gist. “Really? You drew her a full-blown picture?“
Octavia moved closer to Raven to see what she was referring to. Her own phone was still in her room getting charged and ready for the day. The dark haired girl saw the pictures and immediately recognized the drawings as Clarke‘s creation. After so many years of working together and seeing Clarke‘s art, Octavia would be able to recognize Clarke‘s style anywhere.
“Is there a problem with that?“
“When did you even do this? We were busy with fans the whole day!“
“Well, other than you two I didn‘t spend my breaks on the phone or flirting with the staff.“ Clarke scoffed at them. She didn‘t really hide her drawings from them. If they would have looked over at her they would have seem them. But they used their breaks to disappear into their own little worlds - not that she minded much.
“No, you just spent it flirting with a beautiful actress across the floor.”
Rolling her eyes Clarke cleared her throat. “As much as I‘d love to continue getting grilled by you two, we really should get ready for the last day of Comic Con.“ And Clarke, the voice of reason, was back again taking charge of the situation. Not even caring to wait for an answer she wordlessly grabbed her phone out of Raven‘s hands - again - and walked towards her room to get ready for the day.
“We‘re not done, though!“
Clarke just shook her head and sighed. She was dreading the moment her friends would threw all of their questions at her. She wasn’t even sure if she’ll have an answer for all of them.
Then she thought of the possibility of a full day with Lexa sitting opposite of her and a smile formed on her lips.
She can‘t wait for the last day at Comic Con to start.
Just like yesterday Lexa was out of bed and ready to go way before any of Anya‘s alarm clock even had the chance to ring. Yesterday may have been a bust. She wasn‘t able to spend her day catching glimpses at the blonde artist, but she did meet her. Okay, maybe it hadn’t been a complete bust.
Still, she was craving more. More silly smiles and drawings, rosy cheeks and she wouldn‘t mind a real encounter with the artist. She had high hopes that today it would be the girls again sitting at the Grounders booth.
This was the last day of Comic Con. That meant it was the last chance to find a moment to speak to the blonde girl.
After the artist had replied to her tweet last night, she didn‘t hesitate to click on her profile. Her curiosity and need to learn more about the girl was through the roof. Finally the blonde had replied, confirming that she did indeed have an account on Twitter.
She had spent her whole evening looking at funny conversations between her and what seemed her friends, but most were with fans who asked her questions about Grounders. There were a few pictures posted of drawings from the comics, little teasers for the fans. Lexa was sure it made the fans even more impatient for the next edition, but the drawings never revealed too much.
But far and in between there were pictures of herself and some with others in them. She had studied each one of them. The blue eyes sparking at the camera, small smiles and toothy ones and even one or two with closed eyes and a full belly laugh.
Lexa knew it was creepy, stalking the profile of the artist like that. But she felt like a moth drawn to the light. Her heart beat faster with every picture she was featured in, she laughed at every funny exchange with someone else.
She knew. She was falling. Hard and fast.
Though she didn‘t care.
Maybe she should be afraid of what might happen if she arrived at the bottom. Will she crash and burn or will she land softly?
Usually she shied away from things like that. She had a busy schedule and feelings and relationships just didn‘t fit in. Not right now.
But this girl....
This girl captured her attention like no one else before. Her heart beat faster just thinking of her and her thoughts turned to her a lot since the beginning of the Con. She just couldn‘t get her out of her mind.
It was a little scary to think how this girl took over her thoughts with only these few interactions. How was it possible that her heart stuttered and danced just at the thought of her while almost knowing next to nothing about her.
So Lexa had indulged herself to find out more about the blonde through her Twitter account. Maybe her stupid crush on the artist would go away if she learnt more about her. Perhaps she might find something that was a complete no go for her and she could concentrate on other things again.
But no such luck. Her crush only got worse.
Lexa had finally decided to put her phone away when she got more and more messages from her fans. Due to the artist funny picture the brunette had started to receive a lot of pictures, memes and videos of raccoons. Her fans really loved the idea and it didn‘t take long for her account to be swamped by it.
She should be annoyed by it, but some of the pictures and videos were pretty funny. Lexa was sure that she will be questioned a lot about those raccoons taking over her Twitter account. Well, it will certainly be a funny story to tell.
Currently she sat at the little table in her room, Anya‘s alarm clock once again lined up and waiting for Anya to come and fetch her. Lexa was holding once again the picture of her as a warrior. The details still fascinated her. The picture was just epic in her mind and she felt herself itching to play a role similar to the warrior on the picture.
She smiled dreamingly at the drawing.
“Oh, God.“
Lexa‘s head snapped up surprised to the Anya in her room. When did she come in? “What, oh God?“
The blonde manager rolled her eyes and gestured at the brunette. “I know that smile.“
“What smile?“
“The I-met-a-cute-girl-and-am-crushing-hard-on-her smile.“ Anya stated matter-of-factly.
“I don‘t have such a smile, what are you even talking about.“
“You’re immediate defense is confirming it, Lexa. Don’t even try to deny it. Seriously, if I‘d known all it would take to get you out of bed in the mornings was a pretty face and a cute smile, I would have gone down that route a long time ago. Would have saved me a lot of grief.“
“I thought you loved challenges?“ Lexa countered, rising a brow.
“I do. But there are some days you really make it difficult for me.“
“Maybe you just didn‘t find the right approach yet.“
“I’m sure that you will give me lots and lots of opportunities to keep trying to find the right one.“ Anya huffed and turned on her heels, motioning for Lexa to follow her. Just like yesterday the blonde was sure her friend was only awake and ready to go to once again get an early start.
Due to their little freak out this morning they had been running late for the last day of the Con. Well, not exactly late late, but not as early as the last time either. They‘d just arrived just in time for the opening.
As they sat at their booth waiting for their first fans Clarke ignored the stares of her friends. It started the moment they had arrived at their booth, Clarke‘s blue eyes immediately moving to the booth of the TV show opposite of them. The actors were already sitting at their places ready for the day, chatting and laughing together.
It only took a second until blue eyes met green ones. Shy smiles were exchanged, cheeks flushed and heart rates picked up their speed.
Though the little exchange was noticed by her two friends this time who just smirked at her. Clarke knew, as soon as they‘ll be home again she‘ll never live this one down.
During the first few hours there were stolen glances at each other. Clarke didn‘t have as much time as she did at the first day, but she did draw one or two doodles to show the actress the next time she was glancing over at her. Her stupid heart fluttered with every smile the brunette was throwing her way.
Clarke had looked up the schedules of The First 100 actors, had wanted to know exactly how long she was able to play this game with Lexa. She had been ecstatic to see that they‘ll both be at their booths all morning, but while Clarke and her friends would be returning to their booth after lunch break, the actors schedules was packed with interviews, panels and photo shoots.
It saddened Clarke when she realized that the morning hours had rushed by and this will be the last time she‘d see the brunette actress. Raven and Octavia already organized their places for the last hours of the Con, grabbing their things to go get some lunch.
Clarke wasn‘t as quick as them, dragging out every moment she had. There was a little hope in her that she might see Lexa at lunch, but the queue was still pretty long at their booth and based on what she had seen in the last days, they had always worked through it. They were as dedicated to their fans as Clarke, Raven and Octavia were. Even if that meant just a minimal break before the next part of their schedules.
“Are you coming, Griffin? Or do you want to drool some more over your crush?“ Raven asked, both her and Octavia waiting for Clarke to leave for the lunch area.
Blue eyes once again flickered over to the actresses’ booth though she was currently busy with her fans. Unable to make eye contact with the brunette an idea formed in her head. She knew she couldn‘t just end this day without being able to at least talk to her this one time.
“You know, why don‘t you go ahead. I‘ll catch up with you later. I‘ve got something to do.“
“And that can‘t wait?“ Octavia asked though there was a knowing look in her eyes.
Raven rolled her eyes and shrugged. “Whatever, Groupie. Have fun with your crush.“
“Don‘t know what you‘re talking about. It‘s comic related.“ Clarke tried, but without success. Her friends knew exactly who it was related to.
“Sure, sure.“ Octavia laughed before looking at Raven. “Come on, I‘m hungry. We‘ve got to be back in 45 minutes.“
Clarke watched the retreating forms of her friends for a moment. Should she have gone with them? Then, the blonde squared her shoulders and grabbed her little bag. No, this was something she needed to do. Whatever the results would be, she at least wanted to exchange some real words with the actress.
Walking over to the queue of the booth of The First 100 she patiently took her place at the very end of the line. She got a side-eye from one of the assistants of the Comic Con, the one making sure that only people who had a ticket for the autograph session accessed the line. She smiled at him, having seen him around a few times and even talked to him once.
Her breath caught in her throat as she waited to see what he‘d do. She didn‘t exactly have a ticket for this booth and she knew that at this time she wouldn‘t get one anyway. A beat later and the guy was smiling back at her, winking his approval at her and only then did she let out all the air that had gotten stuck inside of her.
It had been a gamble. Based on their short talk the other day she knew that he was a big fan of Grounders. Usually Clarke wouldn‘t use something like that to get what she wanted, but this was her only chance. She couldn‘t let it go without at least trying.
Clarke reminded herself to get him a signed copy of their latest edition.
The next thirty minutes there wasn‘t happening much. There was no one else behind her and she was sure that no one would be getting in the queue behind her. She would be the very last one. But it only processed slowly and Clarke got more and more nervous that she wouldn‘t make it in time to the very front.
That she wouldn‘t make it to Lexa.
She had to be back at her own booth in fifteen minutes. She certainly would be devastated if she had to leave without talking to Lexa.
Another six long and suffering minutes the blonde artist finally was able to see Lexa. There were only two people in front of her and her heart jumped up and down in her chest, now knowing for sure that she will have at least a brief moment with Lexa.
The gentle timbre of Lexa‘s voice was carrying over to her and she smiled at the words she was exchanging with her fans. She was a real angel to them. Her heart skipped a beat any time she heart a little laugh from the brunette.
Then finally it was her turn. Clarke took a deep breath when she notice the person in front of her moving down the line to the actress sitting next to Lexa.
Lexa‘s head was lowered down as she quickly re-organized some things at her desk and Clarke wondered for a moment if this was one of Lexa‘s characteristics.
She was torn out of her musings as green eyes looked up to greet her next fan. Lexa‘s eyes widened at the sight of Clarke in front of her, lips parted slightly and Clarke swore she heard the sharp intake of breath.
Once again Clarke was second guessing her decision to come over to Lexa‘s booth to talk to the girl.
Though these thoughts were quickly smashed by the beaming smile that broke out of Lexa‘s face and the blonde was sure it was mirrored on her own lips.
“Well, this is certainly a surprise.“ The low voice was doing things to Clarke she couldn‘t really put into words.
“I hope it‘s a good one.“ Clarke had absolutely no idea where her bravado came from, but she was proud of herself to keep her voice strong and even. If only her heart would slow down again.
“A very good one.“ Lexa‘s smile never once faltered. Forest green eyes sparkled at her and Clarke felt like she would never be able to re-create this exact color of green. But she would certainly try it for the rest of her life. Lexa briefly bit onto her lower lip and Clarke couldn‘t help but follow the little movement. The flush in Lexa‘s cheeks told her that the brunette had noticed the flicker of blue eyes down to her lips. “So, you‘re the reason people keep sending me pictures and videos of raccoons.“
“And you‘re the reason people keep blowing up my Twitter.“ Two could play this game.
Their little exchange got interrupted by the actress sitting next to her who cleared her throat, trying to get her to move along the table so that they could finish up. Clarke briefly glanced her way and was met by an evil eye.
“Which picture do you want me to sign for you?“ Lexa asked, drawing Clarke‘s attention back to her. Knowing that her time with Lexa was coming to an end, the blonde looked at the few selection of different pictures of Lexa. She pointed at the one with just her, no group photo or picture of her dressed as her character. Just Lexa.
Clarke kept her eyes on Lexa the whole time she was scribbling her autograph on the picture Clarke had chosen. After she finished she handed it to Clarke, smile never leaving her face.
“It was really a pleasure.“
“It was a pleasure for me, too. Thanks for the autograph.“ Clarke said and moved down the line. She spoke a few words with the other actors as they signed pictures for her. All were really exceptionally nice to her. Only the actress next to Lexa was a little short-spoken, not that she cared much about that.
But even after leaving Lexa‘s place her heart didn‘t calm down as she felt the brunette‘s gaze the whole time she remained in her sight.
As soon as she left the booth the actors were rushed to their interview and only then did the blonde take the time to admire Lexa‘s autograph.
She was sure the stupidest smile ever was gracing her lips as she read the words Lexa had written on the picture. The butterflies were returning in tenfold and Clarke really wondered how her feet were still panted firmly on the ground.
To The Roaring Griffin
Would you like to get coffee with me sometime?
xx The Mighty Warrior
It was later than Lexa thought it would be when they finally finished up with the photo shootings. She had hoped it would be quicker. The whole time she was eager to return to the halls with the booth as she still didn‘t get an answer to her question she had written on the picture.
It had been an upfront move, but she knew it was now or never. This had been her one chance. And she knew right in that moment she wouldn‘t let it just pass by her.
However, looking down at her watch Lexa knew that most of the others were already gone, the Con mostly wrapped up and she and her cast mates were one of the last one still here.
She‘d have to check her Twitter back at the hotel to see if the artist had responded to her via their last used media channel.
Anya was already back at her side as they walked through the now empty halls. Lexa had been constantly working today and she was feeling now the exhaustion of the day. She was really looking forward to slip into the warm and comfy bed she knew was waiting for her back at the hotel.
She and Anya just arrived at the huge entrance doors of the halls when they heard someone yelling from behind them.
“Miss Woods! Miss Woods!“
Turning around confused Lexa saw one of the assistants jogging over to them, a big envelope in his hands. She recognized him as one of the ones assigned to the booth of The First 100.
“Did we forget something?“ Anya asked the man still confused. She had been sure they had everything and Lexa had also stated that she had all of her things with her.
“This is for Miss Woods.“ He held out the envelope to Lexa only to look perplexed as Anya grabbed it out of his hands.
Before Anya could look into the contents of the envelope Lexa snatched it out of the blonde‘s hands, earning a glare from her manager. Lexa just glared back not the least bit impressed with Anya‘s glares. They had never worked on her and she knew damn well that they never will. “Last time I checked my surname is Woods.“
Anya just huffed and rolled her eyes, tipping her foot impatiently on the ground as she waited for Lexa to open the envelope.
Curious to see what was in there she opened the envelope and smiled as a Grounders comic edition slipped into her hands. All tiredness was suddenly gone and her heart was wide awake.
This was the response she was waiting for and she knew, she just knew that the answer would be in her favor. Her smile widened and it had been a long time since she last had been this happy about something as trivial as a coffee date.
“Oh, that smile again.“ Lexa heard Anya say though she completely ignored her as she kept smiling at the comic reading the dedication again and again and admiring the little drawing of two smiling coffee cups next to it.
To The Mighty Warrior
I would very much like to get some coffee with you sometime!
xx The Roaring Griffin