The Promise
Jace's POV
Kindergarten
"I don't wanna", I say. Maryse looks down at me and says, "Jace you must go. Just remember that Alec and Izzy are in there too, and I bet that you'll make some really great friends along with them." I sigh and walk into the classroom. I look around and spot Izzy and Alec playing with some of the other kids. When the teacher sees that I have come in, she tells the class to be quiet and says that we have a new student. She tells me to introduce myself, and after I finish, everyone goes back to what they were doing before. I then walk over to Izzy and Alec, along with the other kids that they are playing with, and they introduce themselves. Magnus goes first and tells me to call him Mags, and he loves glitter. After Magnus is Mia, and then Jordan, and after Jordan, Simon. The boy named Simon nudges the red-head beside him, and explains what is happening. She was so focused on her apparent drawing that she didn't realize that I had walked in. She then looks me up and down and tells me her name is, Clary. Then she goes back to her drawing, and we all play and get to know each other for the rest of playtime.
Present
"Clary", Jocelyn says for the 5th time. She still doesn't respond, and I'm starting to get worried, because she still hasn't shown any emotion. I get up, walk over to her, and I look her in the eyes. My heart breaks a little, because when she looks back, her eyes aren't shining the normal bright green that they normally shine. Instead, they have been dulled and look broken. She says, "They're both dead", and I nod. She then finally sheds a tear and then another, and the next thing I know she is sobbing into my shirt. I hold her close, and I whisper soothing words into her ear. I pick her up and carry her upstairs to her room, close the door, and turn off the lights. I lay down with her, hold her tight, and let her continue to sob in my shirt. As I looked down at her sleeping, still curled into my side, I realized that I couldn't stand to see her this way; I would do anything to keep her happy. I woke up and looked down to see Clary still sleeping; I smiled, because she looked so at peace in her sleep, despite the recent loss of her father and older brother. I realized and decided that I would have to step up, and fill the hole that has been left by them unintentionally. I will protect her with everything that I have just to see her happy, even if that means that I can never be with her the way I so desperately want to be.
Clary's POV
I felt him pick me up, and carry me to my room. Jace laid me down and held me as I let all my emotions out and cried into his shirt, until I feel asleep in his arms. I woke up this morning to find him looking down at me. I just stared back, and as I looked into those big golden-like eyes, my stomach felt like it was twisted in knots. My mind went blank, and my heart was racing 100 miles per hour; that's when I knew, I loved him. I now know in my heart that this is what this feeling has been all along. It's not like it matters, because he is my best friend and will never feel the same way, but I do I love him with all my heart. I made a promise to myself that I would never leave him and that I would try my best to see him happy everyday; if that meant that I had to keep my feelings to myself, than that is what I would do.