Hi everyone! First of all I want to thank to all of you that followed o favorited me! Thanks, really! I want to thank to TheAgentN! You're awesome! And of course I want to thank my "editor" Becca, who corrected my awful grammar again!

Well here is the second and last part. I hope you all enjoy it!

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The nights on alert and vigilance worked well for Clarke's reflexes because when she noticed a slight movement in front of her she woke up. She saw Lexa's back, she was getting dress.

"Lexa? But… where are you going?" she asked puzzled.

"There're still plenty of matters to attend and supplies to get, now that your people are here too." she said coldly without looking at her. She was just putting her war armor. "Besides, there're still alliances with others people that need to be discussed."

"You're… you're leaving?" Clarke had trouble reacting.

"You can rest here all you need for now, I don't know when I'll be back, but I'll immediately ask for your tent to be installed where are the tents of your people, so you will be able to sleep there tonight" she finished tying her armor and she straightned herself up, she hadn't looked at the woman who was lying in her bed only covered with the furs yet.

Clarke was speechless, staring at Lexa's rigid posture, even if she was only watching her back, she could feel the coldness that the commander exuded. She understood nothing. Where was the passionate and warm woman from last night? Lexan finally allowed her to see her. Why was she hiding again? Love is weakness, the words echoed in Clarke's mind. Was that the reason? Had Lexa finally decided to give up love, to give up living instead of surviving because she wanted to keep being the ruthless warrior?

"Lexa… look at me." she asked hoping to see in her eyes at least some trace of the woman from last night.

The commander took several moments to obey the sky girl's plea, and when she did it, two emeralds, cold like ice, gazed at her.

"If that is what you wish for, so be it" she tried to hide the pain and the deception in those words with all her will "commander" she finally said.

The brunette turned around and left the tent with exceptional speed.

Clarke woke up and started to get dress quickly. Meanwhile she was listening to the orders that the commander was yelling at her men. When she came out, she saw Lexa surrounded by her trustworthy men as she was talking towards them with a harsh and direct voice. A couple of them slightly bow their heads before going to the tent, which was next to Lexa's. Indra and Octavia were still there, listening to the commander while she was still giving orders. Octavia peeked at the blonde leader leaving the commander's tent and looking with pain at the two warriors as they were dismantling her tent. Though she focused immediately on the commander's orders. Five warriors showed up riding horses, which were carrying bags which seemed to be weapons and food for a long trip. The last one was bringing the commander's horse by its reins. When he was next to Lexa, the warrior bowed his head and Lexa mounted the animal with all her majesty. For a moment, she stared at Clarke, and quickly turned around with her horse as the six riders disappeared into the woods.

Indra gave to Octavia a few orders and then disappeared. The blonde wanted to approach her friend, but instead she kept standing there, without knowing very well what to do; yell to the grounders to leave her tent alone, start running so she could cry or ask Octavia what was going on. The braid haired girl saw the uncertainty of her leader, so she decided to approach her.

"Did you spent the night in Lexa's tent?" she asked directly.

"Good morning to you too, Octavia" the blonde answered ironically.

"Oh, come on Clarke, everybody saw how you two disappeared at the party" Octavia changed her weight from one foot to another "and you came out from her tent a little after the commander starts to give orders more aggressively than usual. What happened between you two?" she questioned in a low voice, grabbing gently on Clarke's arm.

"Nothing Octavia! Absolutely nothing! Ok?" the leader shouted out angrily. After that, she took a breath to calm herself down when she saw a few grounders looking at them. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to yell at you. I was coming out from her tent because she summoned me, it seemed that supplies were needed.

"…" the young warrior starred at her a few moments, not believing her. "Yes, Lexa has sent an expedition in order to search for rations and go hunting, meanwhile she and some of her warriors have gone to the next villages to calm them down and explain to them the alliance with you, I mean, with u…" she got interrupted.

"It's ok, don't worry" Clarke smiled briefly, without joy in her eyes though. "I know you feel more grounder than part of us, sometimes I've also felt the same, but remember, no matter what, you'll be always part of our people" she turned around and started to walk towards her friends' tents.

When she arrived at the sky people's camp, nobody was awake, it was clear that last night's party has affected them more than the grounders. The sky leader walked to Bellamy's tent and darted into it. She picked up two metal glasses that were on a little table and started to knock them right over his head. He woke up startled, with a disoriented look. He calmed down when he saw Clarke next to him.

"Jesus Clarke, you scared the hell out of me" he said trying to fix his messy hair from the sleep.

"Prepare the others, we're going hunting" she replied categorically.

"What?" the dark haired boy was stunned.

"I said that we are going hunting. We know how, we're not useless, we're not letting the grounders to provide for us" she spun around and disappeared from the tent.

It took almost three hours for Bellamy to wake the others up and ensure them to be ready for the expedition. Jasper, Monty and eight more were the chosen ones to go hunting.

Clarke was in her new rebuilt tent, grabbing a few weapons and a gun in case it was necessary. She was wearing something like a grounder armor to protect herself better. She needed to run through the forest, to chase some prey, to make herself worthy, to get out the anger, but above all, she needed to stop thinking about Lexa. Lexa, Lexa, Lexa, it was the only thing that her mind was saying over and over again. She groaned in frustration. The commander had made a decision, it was time to move on… even if the feeling of emptiness was there again. She had lived with it before, she could do it again. This time was different though, now she knew how the commander, the woman, tasted. She had engraved in her skin Lexa's caresses and kisses, and unlucky for her, it was something that was engraved with fire. She sat down in her bed and sighed. It was clear that she needed a good distraction and she knew that the hunt would help her. Suddenly, somebody barged into her tent, taking her away from her thoughts.

"What do you think you're doing?" Octavia asked with a skeptical look.

"We are going hunting" claimed the sky leader.

"But, there's no need, besides, Lexa has ordered for you to stay in the village, the alliances are not established yet, it can be dangerous" the braid haired girl tried to explain. Her eyes were wearing grounder painting, but they expressed sky people concern.

"Lexa is not the commander of my people, I am!" the blonde yelled full of rage. "So, move out of my way" she finished.

"Clarke, please…" She put her hand on the other girl's shoulder to calm her down.

"…" the leader sighed and softened her facial expression. "Don't worry, please" she said more relaxed "Besides, Bellamy is coming with us, everything is going to be alright.

"If you all are going, I'm going."

"You can't Octavia, Indra needs you as her second, and you must protect the village while Lexa… the commander is gone" the bitterness in her voice was palpable.

"Clarke…" Octavia made a move to approach her, but she finally stopped. If Clarke didn't want to talk about it, she wasn't going to be able to force her in any way. "It's ok, but be careful, I'm sure that out there are dangers that we still don't know" she got closed to Clarke and hugged her briefly.

The blonde nodded and the young warrior left the tent. Right after, she listened to Octavia exchanging a few words with somebody and immediately afterward Bellamy entered into her tent, announcing that they were ready to leave.

It was almost dusk, it had been two days since they departed and the sky group hadn't returned yet meanwhile the grounder group had returned hours ago. The worry in the sky people's camp was rising, and consequently in the grounder's camp as well. In just a few days a lot of them started to get along and cooperate with each other. When the sun disappeared behind the mountain and the night and its inseparable stars took place, Octavia decided to organize a search group to look for the sky people. As the braid haired girl was giving orders to a group of warriors that had volunteered for the task, Lexa and her men arrived at camp. The first thing she noticed was the fuss and the agitation among the village, so she immediately got off from the horse and walked to Octavia.

"Heda" the ex sky warrior bowed her head slightly when the commander arrived.

"Octavia, what is going on? What is all this… movement?" she asked looking at Octavia and then her men.

"…"Octavia swallowed. She took a few seconds to answer. "I… I'm sorry heda, Clarke, my brother and some of the guys went to hunt after you left…" the commander's eyes starred intensively at Octavia's face. "I tried to stop her, I swear, but she didn't want to listen to me" the sentence wasn't even finished when Lexa was on her way to the horse again.

In that moment sounds started to come from the trees, the leaves moving. Whatever it was, it was getting close to the village pretty fast. Everybody was on guard, waiting for an attack at any moment when they started to hear laughter and singing just as the group appeared through the vegetation in the entrance of the village. Eight of them were carrying many rabbits and birds, except Clarke and Bellamy, they both had blood and mud spots on their faces and their clothes had cuts made by claws, but other than that, they seemed to be perfectly fine. Together, they were carrying some kind of beast almost as big as a Pauna. Octavia had learned from the books that it was like a tiger, but this tiger was bigger and it had long and pointy fangs coming from its lower jaw. When they noticed that everybody had serious faces they stopped singing abruptly. The commander, who was still mounted on her horse, starred with a hard look at those who were carrying the beast. Then, she quickly got off of the horse and walked towards them.

"You have disobeyed my orders" she said coldly looking at the other leader.

"We have disobeyed nothing" Clarke answered with the same look. "They are my people and they have obeyed who they had to obey".

Lexa starred at Clarke with fury and clenched her jaw. And to think that I was about to go to look for her in the middle of the night all by myself, without stopping one second to think in nothing but in her being well, in protecting her, leaving my people behind, no matter what would happen to them or to me. Never again, I promised myself never again.

"You have disobeyed me, and that is an offense to me and to my people" Lexa looked like she was about to eat Clarke alive as a result of her rage.

"We are so sorry if we have offended you, commander" Bellamy stepped in "for that, accept all our hunting and the beast that Clarke hunted as a sign of gratitude and apology, please" he looked at Clarke for several moments and then he motioned for them to leave the animal in front of the commander's feet. She gazed at the beast briefly.

"We both hunted it…" the blonde argued, astonished by the boy's interruption.

Lexa starred at them, first one then the other. Two brave, capable, clever and strong warriors. It was undeniable that they could be a great couple. A wave of jealousy and pain invaded her, although she quickly pushed it aside.

"Offering accepted" those were her only words as she turned and walked towards her tent.

One by one, the rest of the village started to move, walking to their tents or continuing with their chores. As usual, skaigru and trigedakru mixed and talked to each other as the guys explained their adventure and about how Clarke and Bellamy had hunted the animal. Some of the grounders were even impressed by the story. Quickly, the story was spread around the village, and in no time, everybody knew how the two brave sky warriors had defeated the beast. After a while, the commander made Indra to summon Octavia. Once there, the commander, who was on her throne, questioned her about her history and her brother's. The only thing that she said after the interrogation was that she and her brother were good warriors, then, she dismissed her as she asked her to summon Clarke.

"Did you summon me, commander?" the blonde said with a mocking tone as she entered once more into the tent without knocking. Lexa was sitting on her bed and she quickly stood up. She looked at her a few moments.

"You are lucky that your warrior, Bellamy, is clever and witty" it sounded almost like a threat.

"Why so?" the blonde wasn't going to be easily intimidated.

"Your offenses towards me are just accumulating, Clarke of the sky people, and my patience has a limit" the commander finally threatened.

"You are offended because you want, commander, to remember that you and I are equals, you lead your people and I lead mine" she replied with pride.

"People that have been released thanks to me and my people. That eat and have a place to sleep thanks to me!" Lexa yelled with fury.

"Who do you think you are? I fought too. It was me who wanted the alliance in the first place, who thought about the plan. Thanks to me hundreds of grounders locked up and tortured by the mountain men are now free." Clarke had started to walk towards Lexa while she was yelling at her with all her anger, anger contained for three days. "You accuse me of offending you, but it's you who offends me again and again with your acts and rules."

"Well, if you don't like my rules, I think that your people and my people should go separate ways!"

"…" Clarke didn't know what to answer.

"That's the reason I summoned you" Lexa sat down on her bed and tried to calm herself down. Little by little, her cold and rational side appeared again. "I think that the best option is for you and your people to go back with the rest of the skaikru. This way, the arguments and offenses will be over. Two leaders that are allied can't be confronting and humiliating to each other. That makes them weak in front of their people and I cannot allow it." she finished.

Clarke was skeptical while her mind was trying to analyze what Lexa had just said. She wanted her out, out of her life, out of her heart, to be able to be the leader that she wanted to be. The emptiness that she had inside her got bigger, but it immediately became fury.

"You're talking about mutual humiliation, but I have never humiliated you. I've challenged you or I've been in disagreement with you but I've never humiliated you the way you've humiliated me!"

"What do you mean?" the commander asked puzzled.

"It was you who walked away the next morning, leaving me alone in bed! Naked!" the sky exploded unable to contain herself anymore.

Two tears ran down her cheek, so before she started to cry completely, she left the tent as quickly as she could, leaving an open-mouthed and speechless Lexa. Clarke started to run to her tent when she bumped into Octavia. She saw that Clarke was about to crumble, so she looked at her with a "not here" face, grabbed her wrist and took her into the tent. Once safe, the young leader hugged her and she started to cry inconsolably. Octavia hugged her trying to comfort her and calm her down. When she finally could speak, Clarke explained to her everything that had happened with Lexa, since the kiss, going through the night two days ago, to the last discussion they just had. The young warrior listened to her in silence until she finished the story.

"Let me ask you something Clarke" she said gently while she was stroking the blonde's hair. "Did you tell her at some point that you love her?"

"…" she remained silent for a few moments while she was wiping away the tears on her cheek "No… but… I took for granted that after the night that we spent together, you know… it would be implied…" she finally said.

"Oh Clarke" Octavia had to control her laugh when she saw how naïve her friend was. "If I've learnt something from Lincon it is that the grounders don't have the same concept about relationships that we have. They are not accustomed to the games and hints Clarke. Lexa showed you how she felt about you, but you turned her down. You have to think that if you didn't make yourself clear, she probably doesn't know what the other night meant for you.

"But… she doesn't love me Octavia… or if she does, she prefers to give that up in order to keep being who she has been, the ruthless leader.

"Are you sure about that? For what I've seen, Lexa loves you, but she thinks that she can't have you, so she pushes you away…

Clarke thought about everything that her friend just had told her, but still she couldn't believe that the commander had changed just for her, that she truly loved her in such way, for even to be able to tear down her walls and her beliefs, those that she had worked so hard to build up. Finally, Clarke thanked her friend for everything she had explained to her, but still she had no hope that what Octavia had said was true. As gently as she could, she thanked her again and told her that she wanted to be alone, so she walked her to the door of her tent. When she opened the fabric, she saw Lexa a few feet away from her tent. For a second she could see in her eyes sadness and worry. Before leaving, Octavia winked at the blonde as a gesture of "I told you so". Clarke stood in the doorway as the commander approached her. When she reached her, she grabbed the sky girl's elbow and dragged her back into the tent. The blonde starred puzzled at the other girl for her actions.

"I'm sorry if the other day I made you feel humiliated…" she blurted. She was without her usual war paint, so Clarke could see that she was slightly blushed, although she quickly composed herself. "Hum" she cleared her throat as she released Clarke's elbow. "I guess that at least you deserve an apology before you left."

"No, Lexa, we are not going anywhere, I'm not going anywhere" she fixed her gaze defiantly.

"So, what do you want, Clarke of the sky people?" she asked with the same gaze.

In that moment Clarke remembered Octavia's words. If they were true, this was her last chance to find out.

"Let me be clearer this time…" she started to say as she was getting close to Lexa. "What I want…" she took another step "what I love…" one last step "who I love… it's you" she finally said only inches away from the brunette's face. "I love you Lexa and love isn't weakness, it is strength. You made me stronger and together we can be even stronger…

In that exact moment all the walls that the commander had tried to build again fell apart like a house of cards. The look in her eyes thawed completely as she was watching the face and the blue eyes that were only inches from her. She grabbed Clarke's neck and she merged with her in a fiery kiss. An unbridled passion took over them, but this time there was something else, there was the love that they were now aware existed, that had always been there, but until then they had failed to recognize it.

"Ai hod yu in*, Clarke" Lexa said when they broke the kiss briefly to catch some air with their foreheads touching.

They made love to each other again, with passion, desire but at the same time with tenderness. Their bodies melted again and their hearts beat as one, full again with what they had lost, but what they had found in each other arms. Maybe love was weakness out there and they couldn't afford it, but together, they knew that they could be weak with each other.

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*I love you

By the way, I have another story in the oven, so if you want to read it, it would be published soon. I just need a volunteer who will be willing to correct my grammar :/ Is there any? Hahaha please tell me!

Thanks again for reading my first fic!