Morning After

Chapter 2

A/N – Sorry it took me a while to get this second part up, I actually forgot about it for a while, and liked the story as just a one-shot, but guess the reviews said differently, wanting me to go on with the story… perhaps this is the end? Who knows, I don't. But your reviews do… so please do review, wow I'm rambling now.

Disclaimer: Cassandra Clare owns her characters; I own my plot and creative genius that comes along with this story…though I'm not sure where I would go with this after this chapter. ENJOY.

Tessa yawned as she awoke. The golden rays trickled out through the gaps of the sheer curtains, illuminating the room and the body next to her. What? Tessa turned her head to face the person next to her, peeking one eye open to meet what happened to be William's face, half of his dark hair covering it. She also noticed the weight of his toned muscular arms around her waist and at this point she had freaked out… internally of course, she didn't want to wake him up. What happened last night? She closed her eyes, trying to recall what did happened last night; all she could remember was that she was really tired and perhaps a little bit tipsy.

Ah. Now she remembered. All of the memories came flowing back including the ones of Jem and William's embarrassing escapades. She had driven a very drunk Jem and William home from the Pandemonium, in turn her good deeds backfiring against her as the two serenaded her the whole drive home. But why was she still at their apartment and the most important question, why was she sleeping in William's bed, with well him. She opened her eyes again to take a look at him, or really just to try and check him out whilst he slept but she wasn't prepared to be met with his blue eyes staring back at her. She squealed not expecting to see him awake and moved slightly, nearly falling off the bed but William's arm had pulled her forward and instead of falling back she landed face first into his shirtless chest. After the initial shock that lasted for less than 3 seconds she opened her eyes and placed her hand on his arm to move back so she wasn't literally on top of him.

"Morning." William greeted, grinning at Tessa's blushing form lying beside him. Waking up to Tessa snuggled in his side had definitely ranked as the number one best moment of his life.

"U-uh g-good morning." She tripped over her words, she wasn't exactly sure why she was in his bed, but it'd made feelings she thought she buried away stumble upon her once more, and she couldn't tear her eyes away from his enticing ones. The two stared at each other for a moment longer before William rolled on his back, his face staring up at the ceiling. The two cleared their throats awkwardly and suddenly the confidence that he'd built up only moments ago, staring into her eyes and holding her so close had disappeared into the air.

"Had a good night's sleep Tess?" William asked, his eyes peering over at her, a teasing smile on his lips. Even though he didn't have the courage his drunk self had last night he knew throwing a joke or two out there would clear the awkward tension.

"I guess." She mumbled softly, not even remembering the last time she had gotten a sleep that good in the last few weeks. If she was honest with herself she slept like baby, but she tried to push away the fact that it was because she was in the protective arms of William all night.

"How about you go wash up and I'll start making breakfast." William offered, after all he and Jem had made it her responsibility to get them home safely in their less than capable conditions. Tessa bit her lip before grinning like a little girl on Christmas, causing William's sudden intake of breath. This girl was seriously going to be the death of him. She nodded vigorously and the two slid out of bed; Tessa heading into the bathroom to wash up and change into some more daytime appropriate clothes and William to shrug on some pants and a tee before going to wake up Jem and make the three some breakfast.

Heading into the kitchen William didn't bother to go and wake up Jem, he just pressed room number 2 on their intercom system and called for him to wake-up; in return he received Jem's groans about how it was too early to wake up causing him to chuckle.

"It'll be ready in 10, just be here while it's hot." William called through the system, taking his finger off the white button; it now glowing a green signalling that it had went through to Jem's room.

William sifted through the different ingredients in the fridge, and pantry unsure of what to make this morning. He was good at the basic things like eggs and bacon, but they were out of both. Rifling through the cupboards he found some ingredients to make pancakes.

"Guess we'll be having pancakes." He muttered to himself, grabbing out butter milk, some eggs, milk, cream, berries and maple syrup. Following the instructions on the packet mix he cracked the eggs in a bowl, adding the correct amount of butter milk, milk and other necessary ingredients and whipped up a bowl of batter getting the pancakes done and out of the way. The smell of fresh berries being made into a syrup infused the kitchen with a fresh scent, making not only William hungry but making its way to Jem's room finally getting him to fall out of bed and wash up. Soon enough William had served up the food on three plates. Three massive pancakes each, toppled with raspberries, blueberries and strawberries in a sugary syrup with a small drizzle of maple syrup and a dollop of freshly whipped cream and of course a cup of steaming English breakfast tea for them all. Whilst admiring his masterpiece he hadn't seen Tessa tip toe over to the kitchen, wearing one of his old jumpers that reached mid thigh on her. Once again this morning she took his breath away and she must have noticed him staring as her cheeks tinted a light pink.

"I couldn't find any pants that fit, U-I hope you don't mind me borrowing your jumper." She asked, taking a seat at the table. For a moment William didn't answer, her attire leaving him speechless, all he could do was nod and then choke out a casual 'that's fine.' Before face palming internally of course. Jem strolled in a moment later, running a hand through his bed head before taking a seat next to Tessa. Surprisingly the two boys didn't have that bad of a hangover to what they were use to. They laughed and conversed over breakfast enjoying William's new found culinary skills.

"Oh, Damn. I'm going to be late." Jem exclaimed his eyes going wide when he looked at the clock across the room. It was a quarter past 11, half way through a Saturday, what did he have to do that was so important? Both William and Tessa raised their eyebrows at him wanting for him to go on causing him to blush slightly.

"I-I uh, have a date at 12 with Rose." He admitted slightly shy, but Tessa could tell by the smile on his face that he was truly excited for today's events so they sent him on his way without further teasing, William whispered in Tessa's ear that he'd save that for after the date causing her to laugh. After they cleaned up the apartment was just left to the two of them. She plopped down on the couch next to William who was flicking through the channels trying to find something decent to watch.

"Thanks for Breakfast, It was delicious." She said, crossing her legs on the couch, getting into a comfortable position.

"Well you did have to suffer through a hideously long drive last night with a drunk Jem and me, it's the least I could do." He chuckled.

"I know, but it was nice, thanks." She smiled softly, leaning over to kiss him on the cheek, her lips moving closer to his mouth than intended, grazing the corner of his lips. She quickly retreated, caught off guard by her own accidental actions.

"If that's the way you react every time I make you breakfast, then you better move in." He joked, blue eyes staring her down. She didn't say anything regarding his comment and neither did he, the two just slowly moved in getting closer and closer and closer til their lips touched in a much overdue kiss.

She felt like all the tension- sexual of course- had been released in that first kiss between the two. Her teeth grazed his bottom lip, a soft moan escaping his mouth, the sound coming out deep from his throat, causing her to respond with equal fever, and soon enough the two got carried away only pulling apart when Jem's cat Church practically pounced on the two, causing both of them to stare at each other desperately with flushed faces and finally admit their feelings for each other, as if it wasn't already obvious due to the hot and heavy make out session they were having only moments ago.