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Clarke walked into her home after a long day at work and was greeted by Anya, her sister Raven’s girlfriend.
“Hey Clarke, how was work?”
“It was good. I managed to finish the commission for that private collector upstate though so it was a successful day. I hope they weren’t too much trouble for you today. Thanks again for watching them”
“That’s great Clarke, now you can just focus on your exhibition next month. They were angels like usual and I’ve told you before it’s no problem watching them; I love spending time with them. Speaking of them, they’re almost five now and will be starting school this year.”
“Yes, they will but what does that have to do with anything, Anya?”
“Maybe now would be a good time to start dating again; you haven’t dated since they were born and I don’t know if you haven’t noticed but you’re hot and a total catch and I just so happen to know the perfect person for you to go out with.”
“Ahn, I’ve told you and Raven both I don’t need to date, the kids are enough right now.”
“I know but please Clarke just one date and if it’s terrible I won’t bring this up again but if it’s not terrible maybe just maybe you could truly happy.”
“Uhh I swear you and my sister are perfect for each other; you don’t know how to stop badgering me until you get what you want!” Clarke pauses to think for a minute. “Fine, one date but this person better be worth spending a night away from the kids.”
That was a week ago and now Clarke was walking into the restaurant wondering why she let Anya talk her into this date when she could be at home cuddling her kids. She walked up to the hostess and provided the name Anya gave her and she was led to her table. As she walked to the table Clarke saw that her date had already arrived. When her date turned around Clarke saw the most beautiful forest green eyes she had ever seen and seen them she had, a little over five years ago to be exact.
“You” is all Clarke could say as she took her seat across from the green-eyed beauty with long wavy brown hair and a killer jaw line.
“You” is all Clarke’s date says as she too sees the most beautiful woman with the most captivating eyes she had ever seen, blue as the ocean, a blue she hadn’t seen for a little over five years.
“Clarke is my name, we never did exchange names the last time we spoke.”
“I’m Lexa and you’re right we never did exchange names last time.”
“I always wished we had exchanged names or phone numbers. I tried looking for you after that night but I never saw you again, well until now when Anya set us up.”
“I had to leave Arkadia to return to Polis the next morning for work but I haven’t stopped thinking about you since wondering what could have been. I guess I’ll have to thank my sister for setting us up.”
“Wait, Anya is your sister?!”
“Yes, she’s my older sister, I thought she told you.”
“No, she didn’t. She’s dating my sister so I should have guessed she’d try setting me up with the single sister she kept mentioning. God, if the situation wasn’t so serious I’d laugh at how you have been so close to me this entire time and I didn’t know it. If I had known Anya was your sister I would have reached out.”
“What do you mean, ‘if the situation wasn’t so serious’?”
“I said that out loud didn’t I?”
“You did. Clarke, what’s wrong?”
“Lexa, I don’t know how to tell you this. When I couldn’t find you in the weeks and months after that night I thought I’d never see you again and I’d never have to have this conversation. I want you to know I don’t expect anything from you, you didn’t ask for this.”
“Clarke, seriously what’s going on, you’re starting to scare me.”
Clarke took a deep breath and grabbed her phone scrolling until she reached the album she was looking for. While griping her phone Clarke took another deep breath before she started speaking a mile a minute due to her nerves.
“We didn’t use protection that night, Lexa, and I know I said I was on the pill and I was and you said you were sterile so yeah we didn’t use protection and you…you came inside me every time that night and the pill failed and surprise you’re not sterile. I didn’t even realize until two months had passed and I started to feel nauseous. I was so scared, I was 18 and I didn’t know your name and couldn’t find you but I knew I couldn’t end things. You said you were sterile this was a one in a million shot and I loved them the moment I knew about them so of course I kept them.”
“Clarke slow down and take a breath. What are you trying to tell me?”
Clarke turns her phone around and shows Lexa a photo of herself with two children, one boy and one girl. Lexa looks at the picture confused for a moment while taking in the children’s features. The boy has blonde hair and blue eyes with a soft, kind smile, like Clarke while the girl has wavy brown hair with green eyes and a more reserved smile. Lexa thinks she sees herself in the children’s’ faces but she’s been told by the top doctors in the field that she’s sterile so surely she’s misunderstanding Clarke because surely Clarke isn’t trying to say these children are hers, right? Just then Clarke’s voice breaks through her thoughts.
“His name is Aden Lincoln Griffin and her name is Madison Raven Griffin but we call her Madi. They’re almost five years old and they’re the product of our night together. Lexa they’re yours.”
Lexa is shocked and cannot believe what she’s hearing. Lexa always wanted kids but was told she was sterile due to her condition. Looking at the picture on Clarke’s phone Lexa wishes they were her kids but it’s simply not possible no matter how much she wishes it was. She knows she only spent one night with Clarke but she thought she was different but it turns out she’s not she’s like everyone else and trying to latch on to her to get whatever she can out of Triku Holdings CEO Alexandria Jazmyn Woods. Knowing Clarke is just like everyone else angers Lexa causing her to abruptly stand from her chair, steel her emotions and give Clarke her “commander” glare.
“How dare you come here and tell me those children are mine! I’m sterile; there’s no way they can be mine. Whoever else you slept with back then is clearly their other parent. I don’t know what your endgame is here Clarke but after this conversation I never want to see or hear from you again!”
Before Lexa can storm off though, Clarke grabs her wrist and looks at her with tear filled eyes and with a pleading voice said:
“Lexa please, I am telling you the truth; Madi and Aden are your children, our children. I’ve only ever let one person come inside me and that person is you. I understand if you need time but I swear on our children’s lives I am telling you the truth.”
Before Clarke can say anything, else Lexa wrenches her arm away from Clarke and with one final glare marches out of the restaurant and seemingly Clarke, and their children’s, lives. Clarke is left in tears wondering if she should have told Lexa at all. Just then Clarke’s phone dings and she sees a text message from her sister Raven.
Raven to Clarke: *selfie of Raven, Anya, Madi and Aden* Hope your date goes well, we’ll be at
home waiting for you to hear all about it!