A/N: Oh my god! It has been forever since school started and I only managed to upload this now. I'm feeling very guilty towards myself because I've rejected the urge to write but a new inspiration came when my friend gave me a copy of COHF for my birthday present. Thank you dear! So, this is all human and a very short one. Like I said before, a long story will only come in December. Hold your horses okay. I've written another chapter for this but I'm still not sure about it. So please review and tell me what you think.
Enjoy reading, guys!
Jace POV
Present...
I reached my locker and opened it to get my books before the school bell rings. I was early because my girlfriend, the red-headed, Clary had some catching up to do with Isabelle, my sister. She's not practically my sister by blood. She was Alec's sister, actually. Remembering that name made me look at the picture on the side wall in my locker. A blonde haired boy, smiling widely with an arm slung around the boy next to him, a black-haired with crystal blue eyes. Alec.
"I missed you, friend." I sighed. The corridor was starting to fill up with students. I closed my locker with books in my hand and walked straight to my class. I had History on the first period and I was amazingly early on a Monday. I still had some time before class started so I sat back in my chair and closed my eyes. Out of nowhere, I heard it. "Best friends, remember." It was very soft like a whisper but I recognized the voice too well to fool myself. There was no one standing near me or close enough to had said it. It had come from inside me. It was a memory. The very last piece of him that I remembered and I kept it. I recalled the time when Alec was still here. We attended the same school and we had known each other since birth. Our parents were good friends and that was what that made me and Alec.
I glanced at the seat next to me. It was Alec's. Now it's empty. No one dared to sit where Alec used to sit because they knew it will pissed me off. The first time it happened to a boy and he ended up in the nurse office for a bandage and I ended up in detention. After that, everyone knew I wasn't the same again. Not without him. I am still the friendly and caring Jace when I'm with Isabelle but I am not the same Jace. The one people used to call the hot one because there was another person standing right next to me, used to being invisible but not invisible enough. People compared him with me. How he was so dull and I was the shining one. He accepted it like it was true but he didn't know that I will always look up to him. Now, I'm just Jace, but the heartbroken one. Yes, I am heartbroken. I still remember precisely the day that it all went downhill. It was a year ago. The day I got my heart broke was the day he left.
I still remember the beginning of that day vividly. The day that changed me. How I woke up to the sound of my alarm clock buzzing me to wake up. After a while, it stopped but then a new buzzing was piercing my eardrum and I reached for my phone knowing exactly where I'd left it. I stared at the caller ID. "What do you want?" I tried to sound annoyed but failed miserably as I was half yawning. "Jace, we need to talk. It's been a week since we actually talked to each other. Please, don't do this to me." Alec was on the other end.
My mind traveled to the incident a week ago when I caught him and Clary kissing. I was shock because one, I was seeing Clary at the moment and two, Alec was gay. He was seeing Magnus at that time too. I didn't know what get to me but I felt every vein in my body started to pumped blood faster. "Do what? Did I help in making you straight?" I heard a gasp and I knew I'd hurt him in a way only I could. It was hard for him to come out but then I was the one there for him, even Isabelle and we kept telling him that everything will be okay. Now at the moment, I'm attacking his weak spot.
"Don't say that, Jace. You know you didn't mean it." His voice was shaking and I could tell that he was gripping his hand very hard, it was a habit for him when in distressed. " I'll see you at school Alec." "Is that a yes?" Alec sounded hopeful. I knew the past week had been hell for Alec but it was worse for me. I knew I wasn't suppose to stay mad at him. I forgave Clary a day after but I just couldn't get myself to forgive him. Clary told me what happened. How she recklessly got drunk and dialed Alec's phone thinking it was me. Being the eldest, it was by instinct that Alec should helped his best friend's girlfriend since she was nowhere safe to protect herself. When Alec got to Clary, she was horribly wasted and at that precise moment I decided to walked in on both of them kissing. Alec had called me before he went to get Clary. I was angry but also grateful at the same time that Clary was kissing Alec, not some random guy. That's the part that got me mad. Why is it always Alec? Being the older one, it was his responsibility to look after his siblings. But as a man, I was actually furious. Not with Alec, but with myself. How I could never be like Alec. How I was the troublemaker while Alec, he's just perfect but he didn't know it.
"If I don't see you at the parking space, I won't talk to you for another three weeks." Who was I kidding? I was so glad that Alec called. I couldn't stand another second on earth not talking to Alec. I hung up and got up to get ready for school. When I reached the parking space, Alec was waiting for me. Honestly, I didn't even know why I was still mad at him but looking at Alec now made me realized that I'd been stupid. Another thing that Alec wouldn't do. I launched myself at him and pulled him into a tight hug. I could tell he was surprise but then he hugged me back. We stood like that for a while, holding each other until I heard him said," I love you. Don't ever forget that." I smiled into his shoulder. It was a normal thing to say for Alec. Before, I was surprise when he had said it to me but eventually I got what he meant. It's a brotherly love, siblings love should I say. When we broke apart, I was reassure with the glance that he gave me. It was the same way he looked at Isabelle.
"No wonder people keep saying that you two are in love and cheating on your mates. Look at you, holding each other like that." Came Isabelle's voice. We both returned each other's smile and head to class thinking that everything was alright then. I didn't know what was coming. I wasn't ready for it. When school ended, I was walking to the parking space with Alec. Magnus had some extra classes so Alec was going home alone. I was looking for Clary but I could not find her. Being a red-headed, she was easy enough to spot. My phone buzzed and I saw a message coming in. " I need your help. At Taki's." I felt uneasy at the moment. Taki's was not my favorite place to go. Clary should know that. The reason was mainly because her ex-boyfriend worked there. He was kind of lunatic.
I tagged Alec along with me. When we reached there, I saw Clary at the back alley looking furiously at the guy facing towards her. Her voice was rising into a shout and I knew she needed help. Alec and I rushed towards the two figures only to notice that the man had a knife in his hand. I saw he looked towards me and Alec and before I could moved, he was reaching out to stabbed Clary. I closed my eyes, waiting for something, anything. I was waiting for Clary's voice and then it hit me. But it wasn't a scream. She was calling for me.
"Jace! Jace! Come here. It's Alec!" She cried. Then only I saw the figure next to Clary, straddled in her lap. They both had sunk to the ground. The knife was in his chest and I saw his breathing rapidly slowed down. The man was gone. I got next to him as fast as I could and I realized I was trembling harshly. Oh, God. Not Alec. I held his face in my hands and I saw he started to lose his focus. " No, no. Alec, stay with me. Stay, please don't leave me. You said you love me." I started to cry. I wiped my tears forcefully just to see Alec's face clear in my eyes.
"I do. And always. Best friends, remember." That was his last words to me. I was pull back to reality when I heard the bell. I sat up straight and stole a glance at his seat for the second time. He was gone with a debt. A debt that I will never be able repay. He will always be in my heart. Don't forget that, Alec.
Maple
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