Chapter Eighteen

                                    

                                          

Lexa POV 
                          
I wake up to the light streaming onto my face. I managed to fall back asleep after my moment last night, although I did not think I was going to. Clarke is combing her fingers through my hair and still humming a peaceful tune, much like she did to calm me down enough so that I could fall asleep. I wonder how long she has been doing that for. 
                          
I look up to her and notice she is staring straight ahead, not noticing that I have changed moved completely and am now staring at her as opposed to snuggled into her chest. She looks absolutely terrible, the bags under her eyes are extremely pronounced and she looks like she hasn't slept in years. I begin to worry if she did manage to get back to sleep last night after I woke her. 
                          
"Clarke? Niron (loved one)?" I whisper and she suddenly shakes her head and notices I am sitting up in front of her. She stops humming the beautiful tune. "Did you sleep at all last night?"
                          
She yawns and shakes her head warily. "You were so shaken up by your dream that I decided to continue to stroke your hair and hum a lullaby for a while after you had finally fallen back asleep, just in case you woke up. After I was satisfied you were settled I stopped and you instantly started getting distressed again. I knew you needed your sleep so I stayed up a little longer to continue what I was doing before. The only problem was that every time I tried to stop you would get distressed. So, I stayed up all night stroking your hair and humming a tune. I hope that is okay?" she says, her voice hoarse and raspy from lack of sleep. 
                          
"So you stayed up all night just so that I could sleep soundly" I am truly shocked at what Clake has said. I cannot believe she did that for me. 
                          
"Yes. You are lucky you're cute when you're sleeping" she is giggling now but I have been up all night before doing the same activity over and over. I almost went crazy and I was with people. I can only imagine how Clarke feels. Not only was she alone but she was trapped under the weight of my body too.   
                          
I get up and Clarke follows suit, stretching as she stands. I want to show her how much her staying up all night meant to me. I decide that to do this I am going to carry her to our bed so that she can sleep. I stop her as she begins to walk away and pick her up bridal style. She chuckles "Lexa what are you doing?" she manages to get out between laughs. "Ona disha deyon, ai badan yu op en ogeda kom bilaik gaf (today I serve you and all of your needs)" I reply softly. I remember back to the day Kane was given the mark of the coalition, I swore that day that I would treat Clarke's needs as my own. I have failed in this and I intend to make it up to her today. 
                          
I place her down on the bed and pull the furs up to her shoulders. I then get in the bed behind her and snuggle up to her with my arm draping over her stomach, in a position Clarke calls spooning. I scratch her back with my free hand and she falls asleep almost instantaneously. She must have been so incredibly tired. 
                          
We lay like this for a while until I hear a knock on the door to the bedroom. I do not believe I have any meetings or other duties I need to attend to today, but I think it best to go and check who is a the door anyway. I open the door to see Indra standing, looking rather apologetic. 
                          
"My apologies Heda,  but there is a fight happening between an Azgeda warrior and a Trikru warrior outside the doors of Heda's tower and the Commander is needed to dissolve it."
                          
I flick my head back to where Clarke is laying, still asleep. This shouldn't take too long, I'll be back before she awakes and she won't even know I was gone. I nod and follow Indra out the door but stop when I realise I am still in my sleeping garments. I quickly change and head down to the front steps of Heda's tower. 
                          
There are two men fighting with knives with a large group surrounding them screaming and chanting. I make my way through the crowd and the group parts when they see me. Everybody bows and whispers 'Heda' as I pass them until only the two men are left. I shoot them both a stern questioning look, demanding that they tell me what quarrel started this fight with my eyes. Apparently, all of this started because the Trikru warrior claims that the Azgeda warrior took more than his fair share of rations. I do not care about this issue, we have plenty of rations to spare and I have my beautiful girlfriend waiting for me to be at her beg and call all day. I turn to the people and speak loud enough for everyone to hear "Today, ai nou laik Heda (I am not the Commander). Today I am going to be the servant of my lovely girlfriend, Clarke kom Skaikru. If you have an urgent issue, take it up with Indra. Otherwise, come and see me tomorrow, I will be available for the whole day to hear your troubles" This causes mumbles throughout the crowd but I do not care to stay and listen, I turn and walk away back to the tower. 
                          
When I get there Clarke is sitting up in bed, looking refreshed. "Hello Lexa, I thought you said you would treat my every need today. Yet here I am, waking up to an empty bed" She crosses her arms and tries to act cross but I can see through her mask. "I am. I'm here and all yours all day. What do you want first, my love?" I rush to the bedside and bow to her with a smirk. She giggles at my antics. Today is going to be a good day