I really wasn't expecting all of this positive feedback, thank you guys so much! You really don't know how excited I get when someone favorites, follows, or reviews (I get happy little heart attacks if you were wondering).sorry for the wait, so I hope you enjoy chapter two!
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"I just don't see why we need to go shopping!" Simon complained after they entered a shopping plaza.
"How about we split up to make this go faster. I'll take Magnus and Isabelle and you take Alec and Jace. We'll rendezvous at the food court at 6 o'clock" said Clary, she figured since she and Simon had actually gone to school they could be the leaders of their little shopping excursion.
"Good idea babe, see you guys at six." Jace said and kissed Clary
"Be good" Alec said, his attention on Magnus "and try not to buy too much glitter" he laughed and pecked Magnus's head. Simon pecked Isabelle's cheek and started running after Alec and Jace who had already started walking in the opposite direction. Clary knew Isabelle needed new clothes (something that would fit a school dress code) and Magnus needed something less flamboyant.
"Okay Izzy you need some clothes that won't get you expelled on sight and Magnus you need glitter-less and leather-less attire." Magnus and Isabelle shared a look and both simultaneously said
"Suuurrrreee Clary okay."
"I'm serious, now come on we only have" Clary checked her watch "four hours to get this done"
"Clary calm down, we're all adults here (or almost)- OH MY GOD IS THAT SEPHORA?" Magnus shouted, effectively blowing out Clary's eardrum.
"AND THERE'S A SALE" Isabelle shouted before running off to the store followed by Magnus.
"This is going to be a long day." Clary sighed
"So where should we start" Jace asked
"You two need new clothes-"
"Wait why do I need new clothes, I understand Alec he doesn't have a hole-less shirt in his entire closet, but what's wrong with my wardrobe?" Jace said
"Says the guy with a closet full of button down shirts which you never seem to button all the way. Are you from a cliché romance novel? And for your information I do have a shirt without holes in it." Alec said feeling a little proud of his last statement (even though Magnus 'bought' him the shirt a couple of weeks ago, it still counted).
"Clary loves when I don't button my shirt all the way." Jace mumbled
"She's your girlfriend she doesn't count." Alec countered
"True" Simon chimed in, Jace just glared. "anyway we need to get shopping so quit bickering and lets go." Simon said as he started to walk into a direction of a store. "We're gonna need backpacks, notebooks, pens, pencils, highlighters, rulers, calculators, and clothes. We're getting the clothes first since they're the hardest to find." Simon grabbed a shopping cart and started combing through racks.
"Mundane stores are boring. There aren't any weapons shops around here either." Jace said looking extremely bored
"Oh no something about mundane culture has inconvenienced Jace yet again. However can we solve this pressing matter?" Simon sarcastically said causing Jace to give him an extraordinarily good look of a certain finger.
"Play nice you two" said Alec not looking up from the rack he was browsing while Simon and Jace continued to glare at each other.
After about thirty minutes of searching the boys were about ready to give up and they had only been to three stores. Between them they found a pair of shoes, a sweater, and a pair of pants."Hello and welcome to Classy Closet I'm Amy. Would you gentlemen be needing any help today?"
"Well Amy if you're different from all the other store clerks and you can actually find us some nice, affordable clothes then yes we'll be needing some help." replied Simon
"I'll try to be better than the others."
Clary had never really understood what was the big deal with shopping with Isabelle or Magnus, but now she finally understood. She had to practically drag a whimpering Magnus and a kicking and screaming Isabelle out of Sephora, get pulled into about eighteen different stores (they were only in each about ten minutes but they somehow managed to buy half the store), become a guinea pig/barbie doll, and held her own weight in carrying bags. Thankfully though they were almost done. All they had to do was get school supplies and get to the food court within the hour. "Okay once we get the needed school supplies we'll be done." said Clary entering a store called School Stop 'n' Shop and grabbing a hand held shopping cart.
"Mundane notebooks are so weird. Why does this one have puppies on it?" said Isabelle holding up a notebook decorated with all sorts of puppies on it.
"Because it's cute and people love cute things." replied Clary as she put highlighters and pencils in the cart.
"Clary look at these!" Magnus said holding up an assortment of pens and markers "these have glittery ink and these smell like apple and fig. Apple and fig! Who knew there was such a combination!"
"If you keep sniffing those like that you're gonna get high." Clary said as he practically shoved three up his nose. "Just put them in the cart and go pick out a backpack, you too Izzy."
"Urgh fine" said Magnus dropping the items and walking towards the aisle with the backpack.
Amy had truly done a good job. She was able to find Jace and Alec a closet full of clothes (that they liked) for a modest price. And shopping for the other stuff only took twenty minutes so they were at the food court at 5:10. "We're about an hour early, so what should we do to pass the time." asked Simon
"Eat" replied Jace
"But shouldn't we wait for the girls and Magnus? It's a little mean to eat without them."
"I didn't know they sell ice cream here." Alec said reading off a menu.
"Okay let's go eat" said Simon fast walking to where they sold ice cream. It had been an hour when the boys had just about finished their meal, Simon was eating his third ice cream cone, and the girls (and Magnus) finally arrived.
"Oh so you guys couldn't have waited for us?" Clary said clearly pissed off.
"Well you see sweetheart there were more important matters than waiting for you three" Jace responded
"And what was that honeybunch?" asked Clary in a sickly sweet tone.
"Chili cheese fries." Clary just stared at him for a long time. "Ah um you know what? I'm gonna go get you some food, rest your feet, you've done enough today." Jace said as he got up to go get food for Clary from nearby a hot dog stand. Leaving a fidgety Alec and a preoccupied (with his ice cream of course) Simon.
"Are you just going to sit there Alexander?" Magnus said his cat eyes looking luminous. Alec looked up with fear in his eyes.
"I-I'm um go help with food because food is heavy and you're scaring me." with a nervous laugh he was off. And then there was one. Simon, sitting contently and enjoying a delicious ice cream cone. Isabelle snatched the cone out of Simon's hand.
"Hey! I was eating that!" Simon exclaimed, the look in Isabelle's eyes could have slain an entire city.
"You have five seconds before I get out my whip." Izzy practically growled. Simon stumbled out of his chair and basically sprinted to where Jace and Alec were. "Our boyfriends are so stupid sometimes." Magnus and Clary nodded in agreement. After they were done eating they all headed back to the Institute.
"We have an early start tomorrow, school starts at 7:30, so be ready. We're meeting here at seven sharp." Clary said
"I have some questions about this whole school thing." Alec said "How are we getting there? And won't they know we're not even in their records?"
"Magnus has everything covered everything. Even the whole transportation thing."
"Okay" Alec said a little suspiciously "I guess we'll see what happens tomorrow."
"Since we have an early start we might as well go to bed now, goodnight guys" Jace said and after a combination of goodnights the Institute (and Magnus's and Alec's apartment) was silent.
I really can't believe the feedback! It's lovely and it makes me so happy so thanks! Just so there isn't any confusion Simon does live in the Institute. I also don't think I'll be adding Jordan or Maia because I don't think I can write them in or write them in a way to which they wouldn't sound weird. Sorry I had a little trouble with uploading this chapter.
