The Value of a Ramble
Lexa bit her tongue and just nodded, urging Clarke to continue. Which admittedly might have been a mistake because Clarke’s eyes suddenly turned a deeper, brighter shade of blue as tears welled up behind them.
“And I just don’t know if this person feels the same way, and it’s beautifully terrible. Because even if they don’t feel like I do, I still want to be around them all the time. They’re just that amazing.”
“Clarke,” Lexa tried to soothe her. She reached out a hand and was almost about to place it gently on her leg when Clarke exclaimed and threw her hands over her eyes.
“And fuck! I’m sorry. I keep rambling, and I shouldn’t be telling you all this.”
Lexa pulled back her hand and folded it in her lap. “People underestimate the value of a good ramble.”
Clarke peeked out from between her fingers. “Did you just quote Buffy?”
“I did.”
“How are you so perfect?”
“I’m hardly perfect.”
“But you are,” Clarke dropped her hands from her face and shook her head before elaborating. “You’re so smart. And funny, although you don’t think you are, which only makes it even more endearing. You have this aura of authority about you that’s just... fuck. It’s sexy as all hell. And you’re so effortlessly beautiful. Like it’s just not fair for one person to look like you do.”
Clarke reached out this time and grasped Lexa’s hand. Lexa was surprised at how clammy it felt, but she returned the squeeze all the same.
“And I can’t stop thinking about you, and I don’t even know when that happened, but it did. And now I’m sitting in your tastefully modern college chic apartment drinking moji-teas and confessing that I’m pretty sure I’m in love with you, and there’s absolutely no way you feel the same, and here I am just still rambling, making a fool of myself...”
Lexa blinked back her astonishment. Clarke was talking about her. Clarke Griffin was pretty sure she was in love with her. Lexa’s heart was screaming at her just to kiss the woman already. However, her brain was telling her to calmly and lovingly confess just how she felt about Clarke.
Lexa should…
