A/N This pairing is really unexpected but for some reason I just do think they're perfect for each other (not that I dislike Clace but seriously, Jace & Izzy hit things off well, don't they?) Rate and review! Characters might be slightly OOC.
Isabelle first-person POV
I woke up one day and I knew. I didn't know how it happened. What I DID know was that I was deeply in love with Jace Wayland. My adoptive brother. I had to wait 6 years for me to realize that.
I just have one problem, though: a certain redheaded problem. Jace is with Clary.And they're both madly in love with each other.
Okay, that part did hurt. It was just so stupid of me to have let this go on for so long. I mean,who knows what could've happened between him and I if I'd known then that I loved him? I could've made my move, or he COULD have, and we could've been together. Even before Clary came along. It makes perfect sense, doesn't it? He hits on girls all the time... well, he used to. He didn't care about them. I date guys all the time, and I don't have the heart to even think about them. Right now you're probably thinking that we're both helplessly blind, and we probably are, but at this moment that doesn't seem to be the case for him. Jace has 'found' Clary. He's supposedly found 'the one'.And I couldn't care less about the fact that it kills me.
Isabelle third-person POV
Isabelle woke up to Alec's loud banging on her bedroom door at 2 in the morning. She wanted to do anything but stand up and open the door; even if she did she also wanted to shout at her beloved brother's face and throw something at him. But she didn't. The thought of being in love with someone has somehow 'tamed' her, and Alec has already been noticing. Sighing, she stood up and walked over to her door.
"What now, Alec?" she asked exhaustedly as she opened the door for her brother. She would never be able to understand why he had blue eyes, but that didn't matter.
"That's a new record, Iz. No throwing stuff or anything? You didn't even throw a FIT? Something's definitely wrong with you," he said, by way of greeting. Iz had to scoff.
"Okay, now that you mentioned it, I've changed my mind. Now where is that whip..." Alec defensively held up his hands.
"No! Alright, I was just kidding. Jace's sensor went crazy all of a sudden five minutes ago and we need to get going." Her heart leaped at the mention of his name, but made it a point to look indifferent in front of Alec.
"Demon? Where? And what kind?" she asked sternly, frowning, going back to her room and Alec following suit, sitting on her bed. She was suddenly all over the place; she crawled under the bed to retrieve two seraph blades, to her dresser where her whip sat coiled, to her wardrobe to get something sexy and stylish to put under her Shadowhunter gear. Whatever the occasion was, she always dressed to impress.
"Jace says he feels it's around the block across the street from ours, but I doubt that though."
Izzy's eyebrows shot up. She immediately came to Jace's defense. "Whenever Jace feels something and tells you about it he's never wrong," she said firmly, and this time it was Alec's eyebrows that reacted.
"Really," he said knowingly, but didn't elaborate. "As for the kind, since it's 'around the block across the street', it must be a Greater. The sensor doesn't usually pick up signals from that far away. And Jace wants to investigate up to the next few blocks." Iz nodded.
"Yeah, that's a great idea." She was putting on her boots as she got a well-deserved 'look' from Alec. "You seem to be in favor with Jace a lot lately these past few days."
Iz was on the defense all of a sudden. "What's so bad about that? Your parabatai is exceptionally good, Alec. Even you can't deny that fact."
Before Alec could respond, Izzy's door opened and Jace entered. Iz caught her breath at the sight of him but quickly regained her composure. He was always glowing, wasn't he? Coincidentally, he was out of breath and looking straight at her too, but not for the reasons Iz thought.
"We should get going. We need to be extra careful, though. Clary's coming with us."
Iz frowned. "I thought we agreed on this, Jace. Clary's not coming until we're sure she's ready and properly trained. It's too dangerous for her. And all of us, too."
Jace gave her a look that shattered her heart. It wasn't a look of despise, as he had never given her one, but something that rather suggested he and her aren't on the same page and wouldn't get along unless he gets what he wants.
"I thought you liked Clary. Why are you being hostile all of a sudden?" he, too, sounded quite hurt.
"No, that's not what I meant-"
"I decided I don't care. She's coming," Jace snapped. "This would serve as a good enough training session for her. Don't you think so, Alec?"
Iz and Jace looked at Alec at the same time, and Alec was unfortunately put in a tight spot. "I-I suppose," he said, shooting Iz a careful look. Iz responded by giving him a menacing glare that said quite plainly she wouldn't be talking to him for quite awhile.
"Fine, you win." You always do, she continued in her head. "Where is she, anyway?" Jace's expression seemed to brighten as he realized the case was won.
"She's on her way."
In ten minutes flat, Jace, Alec, and Isabelle were already out of the elevator and dashing through the main entrance of the Institute. Jace opened the heavy front door to a cold, bitter wind that was unfriendly to their faces. Iz shivered. On the front steps was Clary, hugging herself and puffing out warm breaths of air.
"Hey. You should've come in. It's freezing down here," Jace said concernedly as he reached over and gave her a kiss. Iz had to look away.
"I-It's fine," Clary said, teeth chattering. That made Jace back-hug her on the spot.
Iz tried her best to fight the tears away, and noticed Alec looking at her with a bemused expression on his face. She dodged his gaze, but the damage was done. He walked over to her and leaned down to whisper in her ear.
"We're talking later. You understand? Brother to sister," he commanded. Iz could never say no to her big brother whenever he was doing his 'big brother' duties.
"Yeah," she said breathlessly, all thought of ignoring him gone. Alec nodded curtly and turned to the other two.
"We should get going. How's the signal, Jace?" he asked in a business-like fashion. Jace let go of Clary to check his weapons belt for the Sensor. An evil smile crept on his face.
"It's stronger," he said excitedly, the way he always did every time they were about to kill something. Killing, for Jace was kind of like a sugar rush. In his opinion, you had to have it in your blood. One of the many qualities Isabelle loved about him.
The four of them walked down the steps, Jace and Clary hand in hand and made a brisk walk for the block across the Institute.