The next time I woke up was to voices in high pitch. I groaned inwardly. Why the hell don't they let me at least sleep peacefully?
"…. If anything happens to her, you are responsible. You hear me? I swear on all things holy that your death will not be of natural causes!" wow! Now that's what I'm talking about. It must be Luke I guess.
"And you.. You will do everything possible on this planet earth to keep her alive. Or I'll rip your throat with my bear hands and leave you bleeding to death. Got it?" Yep, that's definitely Luke. I tried to wake up before Luke put his threats into actions and my stirring brought the person who was near me to a mild heart attack.
"Oh my god! She's awake!" Isabelle shouted frantically. Instantly all my visitors and well wishers were pushing past each other to get to my bed. The first to be on my side was Mom. There were unshed tears in her eyes and the dark circles under her eyes told me she hadn't slept in days. Luke was right behind her supporting her fragile, but firm body. She stroked my head and whispered something under her breath. Some shadowhunter words of soothing that I yet have to learn. I felt so sad and responsible for her current status and guilt for what she must have gone through.
"Clary… oh! My sweet baby... how are you darling?" Mom asked, but since my throat was dry like the Sahara desert I simply pointed towards the glass of water on the bedside table.
"What? By the angel Magnus what have you done? Did you make her deaf? OMG!" That was Isabelle blabbering out. What the hell happened to Izzie's "I'm tough like a guy so don't mess with me" attitude?
"Water you idiot! She asked for water" Alec shoved Isabelle towards the table.
"And mute. Not deaf." Came the sarcastic tone of a smirking angel like face. A face I yet have to confront and apologize humbly for my idiocy
"oh! Right I know… water" Isabelle mumbled clearly embarrassed. I looked at Alec who was trying really hard to hide his giggles with a cough, but failed and Luke who was trying to suppress his laugh by covering his mouth. I would've laughed my ass off had I not been in this terrible situation. After a glass of water I talked to Mom and Luke. Alec and Isabelle left me in peace after some demanding questions like why the hell did I run rather than covering behind them and so on… seriously covering behind them? Who do they think I am? For god's sake I killed Sebastian and what would people think if I hid behind them in fear of a demon! It's as ridiculous as it sounds.
"I think we all should leave and let her rest" Magnus said clearly understanding my discomfort. I would kissed him then and there for saving me from these people. "She'll be all right by morning. But you can't move her from here. Let her spend the night. I'll be in the institute tonight. I'll take care of her. Don't worry" Magnus replied probing me and taking my temperature for the hundredth time since I was awake.
After a bit no actually a hell lot of arguing mostly from Mom, they agreed under the circumstance that Magnus is going to sleep in the bed next to mine. "All right...… Baby…Sleep then. We are going home now. We'll come in the morning." Luke kissed my forehead and patted my cheek. Mom gave me a tight hug and quickly wiped away her tears gathering at the corners of her beautiful eyes.
After they left I looked at the two people standing near my bed. Magnus was clearly annoyed that his fantasy night with his boyfriend is shattered glared at the angel standing a bit away from the foot of my bed, watching my every move.
"Ahem,,, ahem,,, in case you didn't notice, I said EVERYONE" Magnus said. Jace paid no attention although, it was me who said "Magnus give us a minute please. You can go and check on Alec till then"
I swore he blushed at the mention of his name. "Yeah, whatever, but you two don't think of even doing anything." He glared at us once more and went out of the room. I looked at Jace after a good minute or so, he came near me and sat on my bed. Looking at me under his lashes. He gently stroked my cheeks. I instantly melted under his touch. My eyes watered looking at his sleepy and tired face. He flashed a brilliant smile at me. God! He is so handsome. Sometimes it marvels me that he is really my boyfriend.
"Jace… I…. I'm sorry…" he cut me off by a placing a finger on my lips. "Shhh…. Don't be. I should have found you, I should have protected you. I promised you that Clary and I failed." "No, Jace that's not true. If not you found me I still would have been lying there" I said taking his face into my palm. He gently placed his lips on mine and kissed me in a more passionate manner. I parted my lips allowing him to explore me and his hand went to the small of my back. I put my hands around his neck pulling him closer until my body was inches away from his. He pulled back abruptly which resulted me to fell forward. He caught me before I crashed onto him.
"Damn it! I'm sorry Clary, I shouldn't have done that. Hear you are injured and recovering from a near death experience and i…" it was me this time who put a finger on to his lips to shut him out. He caught my hand and kissed every finger sending electric jolts throughout my body.
"Have some rest Clary. I'll see you in the morning." he got up kissed my forehead once again and hugged me tight to him not letting me go for a longer time than usual. I touched his arm before he tried to leave, "Jace I love you" I said looking at him.
Instantly his eyes softened and blazed with a lovely color of gold. "I love you too Clary. More than you could even begin to imagine"