A/N: So this might be it, it seems like a good place to end it. I could write more, what do you guys think?

Clarke sleeps in Lexa's arms again that night. She doesn't ever remember feeling as safe as she does when she's curled into Lexa. It's morning when all hell breaks lose. Lexa and Clarke are just beginning to wake when they begin to hear the commotion that's coming from outside and that is begin to grow louder. Lexa's personal guard comes barging in the tent and immediately Lexa and Clarke are wide awake and sitting up in the bed. "What's happening?" Lexa questions him, her voice harsh, angry at being woken up.

He answers with one word and it was all that was needed, "Skaikru."

Lexa is up and out of bed before Clarke can say anything to reason with her. "Lexa," Clarke does speak eventually but Lexa is already completely dressed and leaving to deal with it. "Shit," Clarke mutters cursing herself for leaving the camp for so long without, well pretty much without a word. Clarke collapses back in the bed, deciding she needed to gather her thoughts before she could deal with whatever the hell was about to go on out there.

Lexa is on a war path, how dare the Sky People come into her camp and disrupt her people like this. She is in a rage and her people can tell one by one they part a way as she stalks a path to the front of them where Indra and Octavia stand. They are blocking Abby, Raven, and Bellamy from entering further into the camp. Marcus is there with them but it seems as though he is trying to keep everyone from tearing each others throats out.

"I told you she arrived three days ago, got here right after I did. Clarke is fine, go back to your camp," Octavia told Abby.

"If my daughter is here why can't I see her? If she has been here for three days why did no one send word that she arrived safely?" Abby questioned her clearly not buying that her daughter didn't tell anyone she had arrived safely.

"An oversight I'm sure," Lexa cuts in. Octavia and Indra immediately move out of the way as Lexa moves to stand before Abby. "I assure you Clarke is very well, had you not arrived so early she would be awake and properly attired." She jabs, "But clearly this was an oversight as well I am sure. When Clarke is ready I'm sure she will see you."

There is a short pause before Raven half shouts at Lexa, "Wait a minute Clarke wasn't even interested in anything we had to say when we confronted her about her behavior until Octavia said something about you."

At that point all the eyes of the Sky People shifted to look at Lexa, while all the Tree people turned to look at Octavia whose eyes were now down cast.

"Octavia," Indra said accusingly. "What is the meaning of this?"

"Well someone had to do something," Octavia said. "I'm not the only one who sees it right? Clarke was headed down a dark path, if she had gone any further no one was going to be able to pull her back. The only person who ever had a chance was Lexa. Clarke needed to be here, I got her here." Octavia stops, then her eyes fall on Lexa's. "Heda I," she starts but Lexa raises her hand and Octavia's words cease immediately. Lexa meets Octavia's eyes and nods, its a silent thank you. It's respect, it's Lexa being grateful for Octavia's actions and the Tree People who can see this interaction know something serious just happened between the two women.

"Well are you going to explain yourself, cause I'm still not sure what's going on?" Abby asks Lexa impatiently.

"Seriously," Octavia mutters under her breath as she resists the urge to just throw up her hands and walk away. Obviously these people were blind or stupid, maybe both.

"Abby, I feel I have been more than gracious as I have not killed you all where you stand. You have entered my village unannounced. You are disrupting my people, I'm sure that before I arrived you were threatening violence if you didn't get to see Clarke." Lexa pauses taking a breath, "It is only because of Clarke that you are still alive so I suggest that you leave right now. You may wait a mile outside of the village, and when Clarke is ready I will personally bring her to you."

"I am not leaving without my daughter," Abby insisted.

"You will," Lexa said and her hand went to her sword. With this simple motion all the guards behind her, Indra and Octavia included began to draw theirs.

Woefully out numbered Bellamy and Marcus grabbed Abby by her arms pulling her out with them. Telling her they would wait outside the village like the Commander had said and Clarke would come to them. Raven glared at Lexa and then followed them out.

Once they were out of sight Lexa relaxed and sent her people back to their lives assuring them that everything was okay. Octavia and Indra stayed with Lexa who had yet to move.

"Octavia, do you think she'll be okay now?" Lexa asked.

Octavia paused for a moment not sure how to answer that, "I'm not sure Heda." She thinks about everything that Clarke had revealed to her, she wants to ask if Clarke had said anything to Lexa as well but knows she cannot. "I think that here she is better, with you she is better. So this is where she needs to be."

Lexa nodded then began walking back to her tent. She had much to think about, much to talk to Clarke about. With Abby and the Sky People waiting outside the village however all of it would have to wait. "Heda," Indra called out to her. "Skaikru?" The question was simple she wanted to know what Lexa meant to do about their intrusion.

"I'll handle it," Lexa told her and left it that.

When Lexa arrives back at the tent she is surprised to see that Clarke while fully dressed is laying on the bed reading her book. "This is what you were doing while I was out there dealing with your crazed mother." Lexa says and it's more of a statement than a question.

Clarke's eyes shoot up from the book as soon as she hears Lexa speak. "Yes," Clarke responds hesitantly. Clarke is honestly shocked when Lexa lets out a small laugh, she thought Lexa was going to be mad or at least frustrated with her. Instead she was amused?

"Next time your mother stalks into the village demanding to see you Clarke can't you just tell her you don't want to see her like everyone else?" Lexa asks as she lays back down on the bed next to Clarke. "I had to threaten her with an army to get her to leave. Even that wasn't enough she kept demanding to see you. I swear she thinks that I'm keeping you tied up as a prisoner or something."

"Did she?"

"Huh?" Lexa says after Clarke speaks.

"Did she leave?"

"Not really, your mother is one stubborn woman. Bellamy and Marcus had to drag her out of the village when I threaten them. They're waiting outside the village, I told them when you were ready I would take you to them." Lexa explained running her fingers through Clarke's hair. Clarke curled herself further into Lexa burying her face in Lexa's neck. Lexa stopped playing with Clarke's hair and her voice became serious, "You don't have to see them Clarke."

Clarke sits up slightly to look at Lexa, "You're not going to war just so I don't have to have an difficult conversation with my mother."

"Why does it have to be difficult?" Lexa questions.

"Because I don't want to leave and she isn't going to want me to stay," Clarke explained.

"Seems pretty simply to me Clarke, you stay here and she goes back to the Sky Peoples Camp." Lexa says like it is the simplest thing in the world, that Clarke should stay there and Abby should leave them be.

"It's not that easy with my mother and you know it Lexa, she'll want to take me back with her." Clarke lays down fully on the bed next to Lexa and there is a moment of silence. Then Lexa's body is on top of her, their faces so close that their noses are touching and Clarke doesn't know when Lexa did it but she has Clarke's hands pinned down on the bed on either side of her head.

"No one will take you any where you do not want to be Clarke," Lexa tells her firmly. Clarke nods understand the full meaning of Lexa's words. "Good." Lexa then closed what little space was left between them her lips brushing over Clarke's first trying to gauge her reaction. When Clarke's moved to meet her Lexa smiled into the kiss pressing her lips more firmly to Clarke's. The kisses grew more heated and Lexa traded her grip on Clarke's hands to instead thread her finger through Clarke's hair. Clarke's hands now free roamed freely over Lexa's body, one hand moving under Lexa's shirt to caress her stomach. They stayed like that for a while reveling in each other, exploring each other. Until after a while Clarke stopped her ministrations on Lexa's stomach and pressed her hand flat against the older girls stomach. She smiled into their kiss as she flipped them over. For a second Lexa seem stunned at what just happened, not expecting Clarke to flip them right then. Their kiss breaks for a second, Clarke looks down at Lexa and smirks. Her hands still threaded through Clarke's hair Lexa pulls her back down and resumes kissing her.

It hours before anyone dares to interrupt whatever might be going on between the Commander and Clarke in the tent. Towards midday however Marcus returns to the gates of TonDC to ask if someone might inform the Commander that Abby is growing impatient and wishes to see Clarke. Octavia is the one that is elected to enter the Commander's tent and find out what is going on. "Clarke, Heda." Octavia says entering the tent, hoping to god this doesn't get her killed or worse, demoted.

"Why the hell is everyone insisting on bothering me today?!" Lexa growls angrily.

"Um...it's midday Heda, Marcus returned to the gate to ask that you please bring Clarke soon. He is afraid Abby is going to do something rash." Octavia says trying to explain away her presence. She hears a commotion from the other side of the tent and some very hushed voices talking back and forth.

There is a sudden thump, silence, then Clarke's voice. "Octavia tell Marcus that the Commander and I will be leaving within the next half hour. Tell him that you personally spoke to me and I assured you that I was coming."

"Okay," Octavia said and walks out of the tent to deliver Clarke's message.

"Get up Lexa," Clarke told her. "You told them we would come to see them. So now we have to go, I'm not going to have my mother start a war because you wanted to stay in bed with me."

"Let her start a damn war, just come back to bed." Lexa reaches out trying to grab Clarke's arm and pull her back down to the bed.

"Lexa get out of bed and get dressed now. Or I swear you will not be touching me tonight," Clarke threatens.

Lexa lifts her head up off the bed to look at Clarke, "You wouldn't." She challenges Clarke's statement.

"Are you will to take that chance?" Clarke asked, Lexa squinted up at Clarke and pursed her lips. She was almost positive that Clarke was bluffing, dropping her head to the bed she sighed.

"Fine, you win." Lexa conceded pushing herself up and off the bed. Bluffing or not, Lexa wasn't willing to risk it just because she didn't want to get out of bed for a few hours.

...

Indra, Octavia, and Lexa's personal guard go with them to meet Abby and the others who wait almost exactly a mile outside the village. The ride on horseback was short and Lexa had insisted that Clarke should just share hers so they didn't have to bother readying another. Honestly there wasn't much said over the matter, after Lexa told her they would be sharing a horse Clarke had just shrugged and mounted the horsed behind her. The entire ride over Lexa could feel Clarke become increasingly nervous the farther they got from the village. Clarke had gone from playing with the ends of Lexa's clothes to clinging to her by the time they reached their destination. Halting the horse, Lexa waited a second for Clarke to realize they had arrive and release her hold. Dismounting Lexa turned back to watch Clarke do the same, "You good?" She asked her in a whisper. Taking a breath Clarke nodded back and began walking toward where her friends had set up a fire.

"Clarke," Abby half shouts upon seeing her daughter and stands moving towards her. She approaches Clarke and moves to pull her into a hug. Before she can even touch Clarke, Lexa's guard is there standing in the way halting the effort.

Clarke half smiles placing her hand lightly on his forearm, "It's okay." She said softly and moved past him to hug her mom. Abby holds Clarke a little too tightly and a little too long, Lexa can see Clarke become uncomfortable and start to fidget. She clears her throat which pulls the two a part and causes them to look at her.

"As you can see Abby of the Sky People, Clarke is unharmed." Lexa says her face void of emotion but her voice clearly portraying her annoyance with this entire matter.

Stepping away from Clarke and looking at her, as if to actually make sure she was indeed okay, Abby responded. "Yes as you said, so we will be going then." Abby makes to grab Clarke's hand, clearly intending to take her along. Lexa's guard who is closest to Abby and Clarke at the moment is the first to react hand reaching for his sword. Clarke too reacts to her mother's actions to grab her hand and pulls her hands toward herself. "What is the meaning of this?" Abby asked startled and angered by the response.

Lexa moves to stand next to Clarke, ordering her guard to put his sword away and move back unless something happens. "Clarke is staying here," Lexa stated simply as if Abby should have already known that Clarke would not be returning with them.

"Like hell she is, Clarke let's go." Abby again makes to grab Clarke hand.

"No!" Clarke shouts loudly, louder than necessary she realizes because Lexa gives her a slightly confused look when she does. Lowering her voice to a normal level Clarke continues to speak, "I am staying here."

"Clarke, what are you talking about?" Bellamy speaks up joining the conversation. Moving to stand a little behind Abby and Marcus who as always are side by side.

Lexa rolls her eyes at this, Sky People could be so thick. Honestly she had thought Clarke had made it perfectly clear. "I want to stay," Clarke answered him. "I came to see Lexa unexpectedly three days ago, she invited me to stay." At this Clarke smiled at Lexa and paused then speaks again, "So I have decided to stay."

"Clarke, you can't just stay here. These aren't your people, you're our leader, you can't just walk away." Bellamy tried to reason with her.

"Bellamy," Clarke shakes her head and glances to the ground. "We all known that I haven't been anyones leader since the war ended. You and Raven are the only ones left of the 100 who actually live at the Arc camp, the rest live in their own camp or have joined the Tree People like Octavia. I only go to the council meetings with Marcus and my mom because they know the alliance has been shaky since the war ended. I don't even remember the last time I even spoke at one." Lexa's hand came to rest on Clarke's arm trying to calm her as it was obvious that she was becoming increasingly upset.

There is a moment of silence before Abby speaks up, "Clarke if this is about how you have been feeling these past few months we can get you help. We have medications, doctors, and a therapist back at the camp."

In the blink of an eye Lexa's dagger is unsheathed and is now tightly grasped in her hand. Everyone sees this and for a moment no one moves, then Lexa hurls the dagger at the nearest tree imbedding it inside. "You will take Clarke no where," Lexa seethed. Clarke was the only one who dared enough to do anything in that moment, she came to stand extremely close to Lexa bringing her hand to rest on her back. At Clarke's touch Lexa visibly relaxed, she stopped glaring at Abby to turn and look at Clarke. There was an exchange between them and Clarke whispered for Lexa to walk away. For a moment Lexa just gaped at her then she stomped off with her guard ordering Indra and Octavia to stay behind.

Raven was the first to break the silence, "Okay I get it now. Well this is kind of pointless." She had noticed the reaction Lexa had to Clarke, how they interacted with one another plus with what Octavia had said it was obvious what was going on.

"Pointless? Clarke you can't actually mean to stay here?" Abby questioned.

Okay, maybe it wasn't obvious to everyone. "Mom, I love you. I'm sure we will still see each other, you know after Lexa calms down. We'll visit, and I will probably still go to the council meetings for show if nothing else." Clarke tried to placate her Mother.

"Visit? Clarke you can't actually be thinking about this." Clearly Abby was just not grasping the situation. "If this is about your position at the camp, we can find you something else to do."

"Abby!" Octavia shouts, "Clarke is telling what she needs, what she wants. She doesn't need medication. She may need to talk, but she sure as hell doesn't need to talk to some stranger about her issues. And why would this be about what job she has?"

"Clarke," Abby looks at her daughter waiting for an answer.

"I'm staying."

"You're staying," Abby says then asks. "Where? Are you going to have to build your own tent or are they going to help? Will you have everything you need?"

"Mom, slow down. I have everything I need, I'm good. I'm better than I have been in a while actually." Clarke smiles then pauses looking at her mother. "I kind of thought it was obvious where I was staying, where I am going to stay."

There is a poorly stifled laugh coming from behind Clarke and then Octavia burst out laughing. Clarke laughs a little bit too and smiles at her mother. "I'm missing something aren't I?" Abby asks.

"Lexa, Mom I'm living with Lexa." Clarke explains still smiling not being able to wipe the stupid grin that had fallen on her face away.

...

Later that night Lexa and Clarke laid in their bed. Clarke was once again curled into Lexa as Lexa ran her fingers through Clarke's hair. "Okay I think I waited long enough," Lexa final said. "What happened after you sent me away?"

Clarke sat up so she could look at Lexa, "First off I didn't send you away. I asked you to leave."

Lexa's eyebrows rose slightly, "You told me to walk away Clarke. You practically dismissed me. I'm the Commander no one is allowed to do what you did today."

"Fine but that was because I really didn't want you to start a war just cause my mother was blind to the situation." Clarke defended with a little bit of a pout. Lexa said nothing instead she just waited for Clarke to continue. "I made her understand I was staying. That she would still see me and I wasn't going to disappear. Then I had to actually spell it out for her that I was living with you since she was the only one who hadn't worked that part out."

"Oh, how'd that go?" Lexa wondered out loud.

Clarke shrugged then moved to lay back down, she rested her head on Lexa's chest. It wasn't until she felt Lexa's fingers return to their place in her hair that she continued. "Nothing much happened. She asked if we were dating. I didn't really know how to answer that because we hadn't talked about it."

"What is dating?" Lexa asked.

"Oh um right, that's not the word you use...courting." Clarke answers Lexa, and all of sudden her movements in Clarke's hair stop. "What?" Clarke asked her.

"Your mom asked my intentions?" Lexa wondered.

"Not exactly, dating isn't exactly as formal as courting. It doesn't have to lead to marriage, not all people even date intending for it to lead to marriage." Clarke tried to explain.

"Then what is the point of this dating? If not to lead to a more permanent and intimate union?" Lexa asked her.

"I don't know exactly. Why do you want to know?" Clarke asked Lexa lifting her head off of Lexa's chest once more and looking at Lexa trying to catch her gaze.

"What did you tell her when she asked you?" Lexa asked Clarke instead on answering the question.

Clarke looked away from Lexa's face and down at her shirt, her hands playing with a few loose strings. "I don't want to tell you."

Lexa grabs Clarke's hands at this stopping her movements, "Clarke you can tell me anything. You should always be able to talk to me."

Clarke was silent for a moment then she sighed her voice low she said, "I told her that I'm in love with you and that I far as I am concerned I am yours."

Lexa doesn't respond for a moment and with each second that passes Clarke anxiety rises. When it feels like it has reached its capacity Clarke feels Lexa's hand caress her cheek. Lexa uses her hand to make Clarke look up at her and then guides her so that soon their lips meet. That was the first night they slept together. It was passion and heat, its was skin and teeth, it was love. Collapsing next to Clarke after they were both spent Lexa spoke, "Mine huh?"

"Yours," Clarke answers panting.

Lexa rolled onto her side and began to trace nonsensical patterns on Clarke's bare skin. "How long?"

"Always."