Hey! Here is chapter 2! But first, shout outs to: Justrockzyxxx, heyitskirstyn, Alicella Ivashkov, ClaryXJaceSkyrimfan, StarLights145, MoonDust198, SnowQueen135, PhoenixFeathers246, Mrs. Eaton138, Mrs. Clace159 and LongLive-MaxRide-TMI-THG-HP. Here is chapter 2.
The bell sounded for lunch. I got outside of the classroom. I went to the cafeteria which was filled with students. I made my way to the lunch line. Today's lunch was either Mexican Pizza with low fat milk and fruit yogurt or chicken rings with bread and a dipping sauce. Most kids would think that our school was pretty lucky to have such good lunches, but it wasn't as fancy as it sounds.
"What're you having, Mexican or Chicken?" the lunch lady asked.
"Mexican," I said. She put the food on my tray. I got out of the line. We didn't have to pay for lunch here since it was a part of the school's package deal. I looked around for a table. I saw Simon. He waved me over to where he and his friends were sitting. I followed. His friends consisted of Eric, his long time best guy-friend, Isabelle, my friend, who was gorgeous enough to be homecoming queen with her black hair and charcoal black eyes and Alec, the boy I bounced into the hallway this morning.
"So, how was class?" Simon asked, chasing a piece of pizza around with his yogurt spoon. I shook my head.
"The usual," I said, before taking a bite out of my pizza.
"Oh, by the way, Clary," Isabelle said, "This is my brother, Alec Lightwood. He's seventeen and he's going to be in your History and Physics classes. He just started school here today," she said. Alec and I looked at each other, before nodding our heads.
"Hi," I said. I saw the resemblance between Alec and Isabelle. They were twins, with the same jet-black hair and facial features. But where Isabelle's eyes were black, Alec's eyes were blue.
"Hey," he replied, before we both looked down at our lunches. Isabelle watched the exchange, with narrowed eyes. Clearly, she was expecting a better response from both of us than just 'hey'
"So, what extracurricular classes are you guys doing?" I asked, out loud.
"I'm doing Chess," Simon said.
"Swimming," Isabelle said. I gave her a curious look and she shrugged.
"What, I wanted to try it," Isabelle said.
"I'm doing Band," Eric said, "I'm playing the Electric Guitar,"
"Basic Fighting Classes," Alec muttered. Isabelle hit her brother on the shoulder.
"Ugh, why do you like taking fighting classes so much? We've been taking them since we were like, kids. And you've had a black belt since you were eight," Isabelle said.
"What, I'm just practicing," Alec said, shrugging the subject off, "What are you taking, Clary?" he asked. I shrugged.
"I don't know. I've been thinking of doing Art," I said.
"Well, you're out of luck," Isabelle said, "All the extracurricular Art classes have been taken off," Isabelle said. My eyes widened.
"So what do they have now?" I asked. Isabelle shrugged.
"It's either Band or Basic Fighting," Isabelle said. It was Basic Fighting for me then. I couldn't play an instrument and I disliked singing in front of everyone.
"I'm going to go to the office and sign up for Basic Fighting," I said. I had finished most of my lunch, save the fruit yogurt. Alec got up.
"I'm coming with you," Alec said.
"Okay," I said. Isabelle smiled.
"Have fun!" Isabelle called.
"Just hold on a minute, Clary," Mrs. Jones, the woman at the office said. She began searching through a drawer. I sighed and sat down next to Alec.
"Alright, Clary," Mrs. Jones said, "Your classes are every Thursday after school in the gym," I thanked her and walked out with Alec.
"Promise me you won't beat me up in class," I said to Alec. He smiled.
"I'll try not to," he said.
The bell rang to end the last period of the day. Thank God. I thought Physics would never end. Everyone made their way out. I picked up my books and followed the crowd to the hallway. I went out to the parking lot. Isabelle had taken over for Simon today since he had Chess every Monday. I found her sitting in her red convertible, eating a homemade vegetable and ham sandwich. I got in her car.
"Hey," I said.
"Hey, Clary. Alec, you're driving today," Isabelle said, before she exchanged places with Alec, who just huffed. As we drove away, I saw a pair of golden eyes staring at me, with a cool gaze. It was Jace.
After Alec dropped me home, I opened the door of my house. It was empty. Luke wasn't home yet. Luke was my uncle, who had gotten custody of me and my brother, Jonathan after my mom died when I was twelve years old and I never knew my dad. Luke was my mom's best friend and he was like the father I never had. My mom and I had gotten in a car crash. I had survived, but she didn't. Jonathan had left for college two years ago. I shook myself free of the memories. There was a note on the fridge.
Gone to Orlando. Be back in a week or two. Luke.
This was pretty normal. Luke was often out of town, because of his job. I went upstairs to do my homework.
It was seven o' clock. I had finished my homework an hour ago and had finished studying. The only thing that prevented me from making dinner and going to bed was the fact that I was still staring at the phone, wondering if I should call. I had punched in Jace's number on my cell, but I hadn't called it. I sighed before I saved the number and tossed the phone somewhere in my bed. Someone called. I took up the phone.
"Hello?" I said. There was noise at the other line. It must be from a nightclub.
"Hey, Clary?" It was Alec. I almost dropped the phone.
"Alec? How did you get my number?" I asked.
"I got it from Isabelle's phone," Alec said, trying to talk over the noise in the background, "Listen, can you come over at Pandemonium? Isabelle's kinda drunk and I need some help," he said. I mentally counted to five. Pandemonium is the best young adult nightclub in the whole of Idris. Come to think of it, it was the only nightclub in the whole of Idris.
"Sure, give me thirty minutes," I said.
"Okay," he said and hung up the phone. I grabbed a pair of jeans and a white shirt. On second thought, I put on a pair of brown boots that Isabelle gave me for Christmas. I walked out of the house, after locking it. Pandemonium was only a block away from my house. I set out to walk to Pandemonium.
I rounded the corner. The line to Pandemonium was much too long. I took a shortcut through the back. As I walked, I heard someone following me. I turned. There were two guys in ski masks at the back of me. The door to Pandemonium was closed. I knew how to open it, but it would take a good bit of time. One of the men reached to grab me. Since I was short, I managed to duck him. I ran out, wanting to get to a place where it was populated. The two men gave chase. I focused my attention on the front of me instead of the back. I heard their thundering footsteps at the back of me. My heart raced with fear. Then, the footsteps disappeared. I stopped and turned, moving back as I moved. I hit something. I was about to scream, but a strong hand covered mine. I bit down at the hand, tasting blood.
"Ow! Stop it, It's Jace," the voice said. The hand loosened. I turned to see Jace, wearing all black, which was in contrast with his blonde hair and golden butterscotch eyes.
"What're you doing here?" I asked. Jace raised an eyebrow.
"I could ask you the same question myself," he said, leaning against a nearby wall.
"I know a shortcut to the back door, but there were some men chasing after me…" I cut off quickly. Jace just raised an eyebrow.
"There's no one here," he said. I stood up straight.
"How can you be so sure?" I asked. Jace leaned off the wall.
"We'll look," he said. He took out his jacket and gave me it to wear. I took it and put it on.
We searched through every nook and cranny of the small alley, but we came up empty-handed.
"See, I told you so," Jace said as we left the alley, "Why were you in such a hurry anyway?" he asked.
"My friend's drunk and Alec needs help bringing her home," I said. Jace looked at me.
"Alec Lightwood?" he asked. I nodded.
"How did you know?" I asked. He shrugged.
"He's my best friend," Jace said, "Come on," He skipped the line and went to the bouncers. He said a few words to them, before the bouncers let them in. One of them smiled at Jace and me as we entered. I looked around before I saw Alec sitting on one of the bar stools, looking away from a swaying Isabelle. I went to him and Jace followed. Alec looked relieved when he saw me, and shocked when he saw Jace.
"Hey, Clary. I see you've met Jace," Alec said. I nodded.
"Hey, Alec," he said, giving Alec a high five.
"Um, what happened?" I asked, pointing to Isabelle. Alec gave Isabelle a look, before he turned to me.
"I don't know, but Isabelle kept saying something about Simon and Dana or Diana or something," he said. The bartender looked at us.
"Your friend drank a lot. All of it costs a hundred dollars," he said.
"A hundred dollars in alcohol?" I said, disbelievingly. The bartender nodded. Alec took out his wallet.
"I only got ten… twenty…. thirty….. forty…. fifty bucks," Alec said, counting the money as he placed it on the counter. I took out my wallet and took out fifty dollars from it.
"There, that makes one hundred. Just give me a ride home," I said. Alec nodded. The bartender nodded at us.
"Come on, let's take her out," I said. Jace took one of Isabelle's hands and Alec took the other. I followed them. A lot of the girls were staring at both boys. Alec ignored the looks; too busy muttering under his breath about his sister, while Jace seemed to enjoy the attention. Isabelle was led to a shiny, black BMW, which I assumed was Alec's car. I jumped in the back with her.
"Thanks, Jace," I said, as I saw Jace walking away. He turned and nodded, his golden eyes shining with amusement.
"See you at school," was his only reply. He flashed me a flirtatious grin, before he entered Pandemonium again. I stared after him, before I saw Isabelle starting to stir. I winded the window down and pushed Isabelle's head out the window. She started vomiting on the sidewalk. Alec gave me a grateful look.
"Thanks," he said.
"Don't mention it. I know Puke stains are a pain to get out of car seats," I said.
We stopped by a pharmacy, which was open late.
"I'll buy her some painkillers for that killer hangover she's gonna have tomorrow," I said, as I got out of the car.
"I'll go with you," Alec said. He took out his jacket and draped it over Isabelle's sleeping form, which stopped her shivering a bit.
We went into the pharmacy and I asked for painkillers. The woman over the counter looked mildly surprised as she looked at Alec and I. I knew what she was thinking, but I was just too tired to care. She gave me the painkillers.
"That'll be ten dollars," she said and I gave her a ten. After thanking her, Alec and I walked back to the car.
Alec dropped me home, after thanking me profusely for my help. I waved him goodbye and walked in my house. I locked the doors and windows and went to my room. It was twelve o' clock. I took out Jace's jacket and put it on my computer chair. I threw my clothes in my laundry basket and went to take a shower.
I changed into pajamas and an old white T-shirt. I combed my hair and dried it, before I turned off the lights and went to sleep. That was the first night that I had a nightmare with Jace in it.
I was twelve again, and I was sitting next to my mom in the car. Her red hair was stained here and there with white snowflakes that were coming from the open car window. Snow had covered everything.
"So, Luke and I have decided to take a vacation to Hawaii next summer with you. What do you think?" she said, turning down the volume of the radio. I shrugged nonchalantly.
"Sure," I said, before I felt the car skid. I screamed as we fell into the river. Icy water rushed through my lungs. I couldn't breathe. The water was so cold and I felt myself black out.
When I woke up, I was lying at the river bank. My body was numbed with cold, like it was made of ice. My head felt like there were millions of icy needles stinging it. Then, I felt a warm hand on my face. I saw golden blonde hair falling in front of my face.
"Are you okay?" the person asked. I felt like I knew his voice from somewhere, but I didn't know where exactly. I moved my head a bit. Golden wings sprouted from his back, shining in sunlight.
"Am I dead?" I croaked out. No, if I was dead, then why was I in so much pain. He shook his head. Then, he stood up. I gasped. I saw golden butterscotch eyes, framing an angelic face that was so familiar. The angel was Jace.
I bolted up from the bed, gasping and sweating.
So, there's chapter 2. This is the longest chapter I have ever written, but I hope you like it. The Wonderful Magnus shall arrive in the next chapter. So, what did you think of this chapter?