"Jace," Isabelle whispered, her voice piercing the beautiful silence, "Are you sure this is the best way?"
He didn't reply, strapping on his boots and his gears. In the moonlight, he looked even more dangerous and fierce then he originally looked. Marks and scars covered his body, proving to everyone that he was a true Shadowhunter.
Isabelle sighed. "I don't think this is right. You're leaving Clary here with nobody to protect her. I'm telling you, that girl is like a danger magnet for everything within a mile radius."
"There's Simon," he replied simply.
"Yes, there is," she said, her tone sounding quite unhappy, "as much as I hate leaving him, I guess that's for the best. But say Simon isn't here to protect her? Jace, for the love of all things look at you! You're torturing yourself over that incident! It's bad enough that you're pissed and annoyed at yourself, but do you really need to kill Clary along with you?"
"I don't want to kill her," he whispered, his voice cracking just slightly, "That's why I need to go. After I attacked her like that, I just hit a realization. They are all targeting me."
"And leaving Clary is the only way you can think of? Because that's just stupid," Isabelle said, exasperated. "Clary is my friend, and you're hurting her like this."
Jace got up and walked towards the open window. A breeze rolled in and ruffled his golden hair. "Isabelle, you know I love her more than you love Simon."
"Wait a second who said anything about loving S-"
"Don't try and cover yourself," he said, rolling his eyes, "You may have covered it from everybody else, but not from me."
She glared at him. "Don't speak of it."
The right corner of his lips twitched, but somehow it wasn't the same warming smile as before. "If you were in my shoes and Simon was being attacked because of you, wouldn't you leave him?"
"No," she answered automatically, "If I truly did love him, I would stay with him. I would protect him from anything."
He looked at his hands, clasped together. "Then that's where we differ. I can't stand her to be hurt because of me. I would never forgive myself for what I did."
"It doesn't mean you have to go. Can you imagine how Clary would react when she found out that you left? She'll be devastated and think that you don't love her anymore."
"She would never think that," he said with such certainty that it killed Isabelle to tell him that he was wrong. He reached down and grabbed his bag. "I've told her that I love her so many times. Goodbye, Isabelle. I'll come back someday."
Isabelle watched Jace walk out the open door and she turned away from him. "I'm so sorry, Clary."
"Wake up, Clary," a familiar voice called out from the door.
She groaned and threw a pillow at the figure. "Go away, Simon."
"Come on," he said, easily catching the pillow, "Your mom made breakfast. It was fantastic. There was a whole table filled with food. I ate half of it. Don't make me eat the other half."
She sighed and sat up. Her fiery red hair clung on to her cheek and Simon couldn't help but think of how beautiful she is. Even though he no longer had feelings for her like he used to, he still loves her.
"Is Jace up?" she asked, walking over to her mirror and finger-combing her hair.
"I don't think so," he said, chuckling at her frustrated face, "I'll go get him."
As Simon walked out the door, Clary saw Isabelle outside her door, her face expressionless. "Hey, Isabelle."
"Clary," she said, walking inside, "There's no need to wake up Jace."
She froze and something inside her warned her that this wasn't good. "What do you mean?"
Isabelle took a deep breath and looked her in the eye. "He walked away from you."
So obviously not my best story, but I was rushing to sumbit this. Any ideas of what you want to happen? Just curious (: Please review. And don't write mean reviews since I haven't been writing for a while. Thanks so much :D
btw which couple do you like better? Clary x Jace or Clary x Simon
I'll let you guys choose :D
