Song(s) mentioned or used: Blake Shelton - God Gave Me You
Clary
As I sit here in the coffee shop on campus I can't help constantly checking the time. It's nearly lunch time and we are still not done getting everything done before we leave. Why is it time always flies when you don't want it to, but drags by so incredibly slowly when you want the time to hurry up? It's so annoying.
"Hey Mag-Pie!" I greet him with a smile as he walks over to me.
"Hi Biscuit!" He says with a smile. He looks around. "Where's Pudding?"
"She had a meeting with a professor, something to do with an early assignment." I tell him. "You still working on your enrollment?"
"No, I'm finished finally!" He says dramatically with a smile.
"So what are you fixing to do then?" I ask with a laugh.
"I was actually fixing to grab a cappuccino and head over to the bookstore." He says as he crosses his arms, pointing in two different directions. "I could use some company, seeing as how you don't seem to be doing anything of importance. Want to join me?"
"Sure!" I say excitedly. Anything's better than sitting here bored as I wait. "I just need to text Izzy and let her know where I'm gonna be so she doesn't think I left her."
"She wouldn't think that." He says with a chuckle.
"Probably not but we did say we'd meet up here when we were both done." I say as I stand up. "So either way I need to let her know."
"That's true." He says as he stands. "On a totally different subject, did you know Todd's in?"
"NO! When did he get back in?" I ask with an eyebrow raised, as we begin to walk over to the counter.
"Some time yesterday." He says with a shrug. "I ran into him on campus earlier."
"Well that snake! He didn't say anything to me or Izzy about it, and we just talked to him two days ago." I say suspiciously.
"I didn't know either." He says with a shrug. "If that makes you feel any better."
Just then an idea hits me and I laugh mischievously with an evil grin.
"Oh hell!" Magnus says as if he knows what I was thinking.
"What?" I ask sweetly as I look over at him.
He grabs his cup of cappuccino off the counter. "I know that look."
"What look?" I ask innocently.
"That look." He says as he points at me. "That look means you have an evil plan."
"Evil plan? Me?" I ask in mock hurt as I put my hands to my chest. "Now would I do something like that?"
"Yes!" He replies simply with a small laugh.
"Not me." I say innocently in mock hurt.
"Yes you!" He says shaking his head yes.
"You have me confused with somebody else." I say as I shake my head slightly with a grin.
"Oh no I don't." He says shaking his head. "Just make sure if I'm not there that you video it for me."
"Deal!" I say with a laugh.
"See I told you!" He says with a laugh as he pokes my right cheek with his left index finger.
"I didn't say I had one, I just said I'd video it if you weren't there. That could be anytime in the future." I point out.
"That is true but I know better." He says matter-of-factly.
I glance over at him. "Are you suppose to meet the guys for lunch today?"
He shakes his head no. "Alec asked me this morning but I have to get to work as soon as I'm done here. Nice way to change the subject by the way."
"You noticed that did ya?" I say with a laugh. "Anyway, that sucks that you've got to work. Me and Izzy are suppose to meet them if we're done in time."
"Well I don't think y'all are gonna make it." He pauses. "It's already 12:25. Who did she have to meet with?"
""Professor Ass-Hat"" I say using my figures to make air quotes over the name Izzy used. "Whoever that is."
"Ah, Professor Warren. You might as well get comfortable, I have a feeling you're going to be here til after 2." He says nonchalantly.
"You're joking right?" I asks incredulously.
"No that woman is a talker." He sighs. "She thinks she has to explain every teeny tiny little thing."
"Oh great." I say with a groan.
We continued talking as we finished walking to the bookstore. I texted Izzy on the way and when she finally replied she requested that I shoot her and put her out of her misery. I told her that I couldn't help her with that cause she couldn't leave me, to that she replied with an emoji sticking it's tongue out at me.
After Magnus finished paying for his things, I walked him to his car and we said goodbye. Then I texted Izzy to let her know to meet me at my car when she was done.
Now I sit here in my car bored out of my wits and it's already 1:15. Oh I hope Magnus was wrong about being here until after two o'clock. I want to go home and take a nap before Jace gets home so we can finish our talk we started last night. After being up so late with him, then the weird dreams I kept having and now this college mess; I'm already exhausted. I've thought about trying to take a nap in the car but it's so uncomfortable.
I pull my phone out.
I'm hungry! You should bring me some food. - C
'God Gave Me You by Blake Shelton' starts coming from my phone a minute later, and I smile.
Where are you? - J
School...STILL! - C
Y'all still ain't done? - J
Nope, Izzy's still with that professor. - C
Damn how longs it take? - J
Apparently hours. Magnus said it could be after 2 before we get out of here. :'( -C
That's ridiculous but I'll see what I can do. ;) - J
Thank you! Y'all eat yet? - C
Pulling in at Brad's Burger Hut now. You want? - J
YES! I'm starving to death! - C
Lol. No you're not. What do you want? - J
Surprise me. - C
You got it! :-* - J
Pick up something for Izzy too! Please. - C
Alright. Like what? - J
Her usual. If you don't remember the other knuckleheads with you will. - C
Got it! See you soon! - J
Thank you! I love you! - C
You're welcome! I love you too! - J
I set my phone in it's car mount and try to get comfortable as I wait for Izzy, and now my food too. Oh, this has been a day and it's...
Not even over yet.
Jace
"Okay guys watch for her." I tell Jon and Alec as I pull into to school parking lot.
The parking lot is packed so this is going to be like finding a needle in a haystack. Three rows and I've seen a yellow camaro, oh there's a black camaro but still no midnight blue camaro. I turn down another row, closer to the building, and a little less crowded.
"There." Alec says as he points out Clary's car.
"And there's a empty spot next to it." Jon adds in as he leans forward between the seats pointing in the same direction as Alec.
I pull up next to Clary's car and put my truck in park. I look out the driver window and laugh to myself. I grab Clary and Izzy's food, step out the truck, and walk around to the driver window of her car.
Then I take the bag of food in my left hand and pass it in front of Clary's face.
"Wake up." I say softly as I continue passing the bag back and forth in front of her face.
Her eyes start fluttering and she stretches with a moan. Then she slaps the bag out of my hand.
"Well see if I bring you food anymore." I say with a laugh.
She turns her head quickly in my direction, her eyes wide and blinking.
"Jace!" She says in astonishment. "You shouldn't do things like that, I could've shot you or broke your arm or something."
"Sorry but I couldn't resist." I say with a laugh as she reaches over and picks the bag up. "You looked so peaceful that I didn't want to just shake you awake."
"No it's okay, you just scared me is all. I didn't hurt you did I?" She asks as she starts to reach for the door handle.
I shake my head no. "Izzy still in with that meeting thing?"
"I guess so." She says as she looks around. "Are you three in a rush?"
I shrug then look over the roof of the car to my truck. "Hey! Are we in a hurry?"
"No, the auction doesn't start until 4 o'clock and we only have one other place to check out today, and it's only," Alec pauses as he looks at his phone. "1:49 now. Why?"
"Cause if y'all weren't in a rush and haven't already scarfed your food down I was going to see if you wanted to have a late lunch with me." Clary explains to him as she leans over the roof of her car.
"Sounds good to me!" Jon says with enthusiasm.
"Me too!" Alec says with a smile.
"I'm game!" I say as I turn to look her. "Where we going to eat at?"
She gives me a look that says 'really' and points over in the direction of my truck. "Drop the tailgate, it wouldn't be the first time we've all eaten in the bed of the truck."
"That's true." I agree.
We've all eaten in the bed of a truck for years. Even before we got licenses we'd eat out the bed of one of our parents trucks at the beach or even going down the road, where ever really. Plus we've always had tailgate parties for as long as I can remember.
"Guess it's a good thing you parked under a tree." I say as we begin making our way over to the truck.
"Yeah." She says with a yawn as the motor goes silent.
"You want your keys?" Jon hollers.
"No we aren't going anywhere." I say as Alec steps out the truck. "And I don't think anybody would be that stupid to steal a truck with all of us in the back."
"Yeah, I don't see that happening either." Jon says as he steps out the rear driver side door.
I drop the tailgate. Jon and Alec sit on it as Clary starts to climb up, so I put my hand on her fine ass and gently push to help her up; plus I just want to cop a cheap feel. Once she sits down next on Jon's right, I sit beside her and Jon passes my bag of food over.
"So how's your day been going?" Jon asks.
"Mine?" Clary ask as she opens her bag up. "Better now!"
I look over at her as she pulls her bacon cheeseburger out the wrapper. She takes a big bite, like she has to stop it from running away, and I laugh.
"What?" She asks with a mouthful. "I told you I was starving."
"I thought you were being dramatic." I say with a laugh as I shake my head slightly. "If I had know you were that hungry I would've gotten you a double bacon cheeseburger and an extra large order of onion rings."
"You got me onion rings?" She asks excitedly with food still in her mouth as she starts digging in the bag. "Oh you really do love me!"
I laugh. "Well of course!"
"Jonny can I have a drink?" Clary asks as she reaches towards him.
"Don't backwash." He teases as he hands her his cup.
"I'm not you." She jokes as she grabs it. She takes a drink and sits it down between them. "Thanks!"
"Your welcome!" Jon says simply as he stares at her.
She starts eating her onion rings and within five minutes she's done.
"Are you pregnant?" Alec asks incredulously as she bites into her burger again.
"NO!" She shouts back quickly with a mouthful of burger, again. "It was just early when I ate and I've walked from one end of the campus to the other."
"Are you sure?" Alec asks curiously.
She puts up her left index finger telling him to wait as she finishes her mouthful and swallows.
"I'm positive. I'm just hungry and I haven't eaten anything since.." She looks over at me. "What time was it?"
"It was before eight this morning." I say to her. I look over at Alec. "And she wasn't really eating, she was snacking on the bacon as it got done."
"Ah, that explains it." Alec says as he nods his head. "You need to quit that shit and start eating right, Cla-ris-sa."
"Aye, aye, captain." She says jokingly. "But for the record I do eat right, I just can't help it. The bacon just smells so good and I like it better when it's fresh from the skillet."
"Well, then eat the last of what comes out the pan." Jon says firmly.
"You do it too, so I don't want to hear it." Clary retorts and then sticks her tongue out at him.
"Somethings will never change." Alec says as he shakes his head.
"Somethings are better left unchanged." Clary says matter-of-factly.
"You tell him Little Sister." Jon says encouragingly.
"OH! Speaking of which.." Clary says before she stops abruptly.
She leans over to Jon's ear. He starts grinning as she whispers in his ear. I know that grin, it's a mischievous one. It's the same one that the two of them share, especially when they're up to something. She sits back up and I can see the same grin on her face. OH SHIT! I think to myself. This can't be good.
"Absolutely." He says as he nods with that same grin on his face.
"Yeah?" She asks with a matching grin as she raises her eyebrows.
"Uh huh." He says secretively.
"Okay what are you two up to?" I ask suspiciously, yet intrigued, with my eyes slightly narrowed at them.
"Up to?" They say in unison.
"Oh fuck!" Alec says knowingly. "Just tell me that it doesn't involve me, please."
"I want to know that too." I add in.
"I don't know what y'all are talking about." Clary says innocently her mischievous grin still in place.
"Me either." Jon says simply with his matching grin still in place too.
"But if we did, it wouldn't involve either of you." Clary says nonchalantly.
"Do I-" I begin.
"NO!" They say simultaneously cutting me off.
"Somethings are better left unknown." Clary says with an eyebrow raised while still grinning as she looks me directly in the eyes. She winks. "You'll know soon enough."
"You're evil." I say as I shake my head slightly with a smile on my face and an eyebrow raised.
"I know." She says proudly as she brings her last bit of burger back up to her mouth.
Now I definitely can't help but wonder. What is she planning to do? What are they planning to do? Does it really not involve me and Alec? She did say I'll know soon. But how soon? Oh this is going to drive me crazy. One things for certain though, with it being the Morgenstern siblings, whatever they've got planned, it's...
Definitely going to be good!
Isabelle
Ugh that professor is so annoying at times. I mean I appreciate everything she does for me but does she really have to talk so much. Over half of that meeting wasn't even fashion related, if she had stayed on topic it would have only lasted about a hour tops. Maybe she's just lonely but I had hoped to meet the guys for lunch with Clary today.
Poor Clary I bet she's nearly starved to death by now, I know I am. She's probably bored out of her mind too since Magnus left, after all it was 12:57 when she texted about that, it's 2:27 now, and I know I would be. If I had known it was going to take this long I would have driven up here myself. Then she could've just left when she got done, instead of waiting around for me.
Now as I begin to power walk across this campus I can see her car from here, and I'm not sure but I think that's Jace's truck next to it. Yeah, it's definitely his truck cause Jon just stood up in the bed. What on earth is he doing now?
"What's up bitches?!" I holler as I get closer.
Clary pokes her head around the back of the truck with a smile. "They brought food!"
"Oh thank heavens, I'm starving!" I say as I walk between her car and his truck, heading towards the back.
"Better watch it, Alec will think you're pregnant talking like that." Jace says teasingly.
"Do what?!" I ask incredulously as I round the back. I look over at Alec. "Are you crazy?"
"Maybe." Alec says with a shrug. "But you should've seen the way Clary ate her food, she acted like it was trying to get away and she had to stop it."
"He acts like he's never seen me eat like that before." Clary says as she hands me a Brad's Burger Hut bag. "Your favorite."
"Thanks!" I say as I open the bag. Inside I find a large order of tater tots and a wrapped up sandwich that I know is a quarter pounder with extra pickle, if they got my favorite. "Who's idea was it to bring us food?"
"Mine." Clary and Jon say simultaneously.
"Liar!" Clary says as she looks up at him while she sits between Jace's legs, on the tailgate.
"Shhh big mouth." Jon teases as he still bounces up and down in the bed of the truck, only bending his knees. "I was trying to get brownie points."
"Well did you bring any?" I ask as I stick another tater tot in my mouth.
"Any what?" Jon asks confusedly with his eyebrows furrowed together as he stops bouncing.
"Brownies, duh." I reply sarcastically.
"No." He says as he shakes his head slightly.
"Then you don't get brownie points." I say matter-of-factly with a smile.
Clary, Jace, and Alec start laughing as Jon acts as if he's pulling a knife from his chest, and I finish off the last of my tots.
"You got told." Jace says in laughter.
"I'll remember that." Jon says as he nods with a smile and his eyes narrowed at me.
"Good." I say simply with a mouthful of burger. I swear these are the best burgers from a fast food place, they are always seasoned perfectly.
"Dang Sister, are you sure you ain't pregnant?" Alec asks incredulously.
I look over at him quickly and if looks could kill, the daggers I'm shooting him would definitely do the job.
"YES! I'm positive. Why do you think a hungry woman is pregnant all of a sudden?" I ask him in annoyance.
"You're burger is gone already." He replies as he points at the last bite of burger in my fingers.
"That doesn't mean I'm pregnant, it just means I was hungry." I say matter-of-factly with a hint of anger to my voice. "It's been hours since I've eaten anything."
"All she ate was bacon this morning too." Jace chimes in on my behalf.
"Yeah and a couple of bites off my plate." Jon adds in.
"See what I was talking about?" Clary asks with a chuckle. "He acts as if he's never seen us eat like one of them before."
"Well, I know better cause we've out eaten them plenty of times." I say matter-of-factly.
"Yeah remember when they ate two large supreme pizzas by themselves, each?" Jace asks with a laugh.
"Or what about that time they ate an entire rack of ribs before we even got any?" Jon asks in laughter.
"Okay I suppose y'all are right." Alec says in defeat. "Maybe it was just wishful thinking."
"WHAT?!" The four of us ask in unison.
"Why the hell would you be wishing that?" Clary asks incredulously. "And right now of all times?"
Alec shrugs. "Just thought it'd be nice to have a little Clace and Jozzy running around."
I scoff. "You've got issues!"
"That ain't no joke!" Clary says confidently. "You two ain't gonna say anything about this?"
I look over at Jon and he looks like he's in shock. His face is white with his jaw dropped and eyes wide as he shakes his head very slightly, I assume in disbelief.
"I don't think this is the time to be having wishful thoughts like that." Jace says his voice sounding strained. After what happened I know this subject is hard on him and Clary, but for Alec to be the one bringing it up. Yesh! I'm shocked that Clary can hide it so well. "We've all got to much going on right now."
"Yeah." Jon manages to get out finally. He points towards Jace. "What he said."
"I know, I know." Alec says defensively. He sighs. "But one day it'd be nice to have nieces and nephews to spoil."
"You can spoil Max." Clary says decisively.
"Yeah!" I quickly agree. Why didn't I think of that comeback?
"No I can't. He just turned fifteen last week, he isn't going to want me hanging around." Alec says a little sadly. "Besides he's to busy with all his little buddies."
"That's not true! He loves you and will always have time for you." Clary says sweetly yet assuredly. "You know that."
"All you just have to do is say the word." I add.
"Yeah but he's so busy with his own thing and I'm busy with mine so we hardly ever cross paths." Alec sighs. "Maybe after all this is done with I can take him to the arcade, or surfing, or something."
"He'll love that!" I say happily.
Alec smiles a half smile. "Yeah I know."
"The Comic Shack." Jace suggest.
"He really liked Comic Con when me and Izzy took him a couple weeks ago." Clary says enthusiastically. She pushes his arm slightly. "You could take him to something like that."
"Maybe we'll do it all!" Alec says excitedly with a grin.
"Now that's what I call spoiling him." Jon says with a laugh.
"Well that is the point." I say with a chuckle. "Now that, that's settled are y'all done for the day?"
"No." Jon says with a sigh.
"We actually need to get going, it's already 3:03 and we've still got to check out that building before the auction." Alec says with certainty.
Jace sighs. "Guess we better get going then."
"See you when you get home." Clary says to him.
"I'll see you later." Jon says to me as he jumps out the back of the truck. He lands right in front of me and then gives me a kiss. "Will you be at the house when I get in?"
"It depends on what time you get in." Now I give him a kiss. "I told my mom I'd have dinner with her and Max tonight."
"Alright then, afterwards?" He asks hopefully with a smirk.
I roll my eyes at him playfully. "We'll see."
"Ouch!" He says as he grabs his chest. "You're killing me woman."
"Oh you'll survive." I say with a chuckle.
"I may not." He says with his eyebrows raised and a smirk.
"Get out of here already." I say playfully.
"Fine." He says with a laugh.
He gives me one last kiss and walks towards the front of the truck.
"I love you Clarissa!" He hollers as he reaches the door.
"I love you too Jonathan!" She yells back.
I've always loved the way those to say goodbye. They can be mad at each other and yet, if one goes to leave they still say it. I asked her once why they did it and she told me that it was just their thing. They've done it for as long as I can remember, but it's still sweet. It's as if they're afraid they won't get the chance to say it again so they say it one last time just to be sure the other knows it.
After we all said goodbye and the guys have left, me and Clary got in her car and began to head to her house.
"I still don't see why you just haven't moved in yet." Clary says as we pull into her driveway. "I mean you're always here anyway, and we've talked about it before."
I take a deep breath. "Yeah I know."
"Is it about Jonny?" She asks as we start to get out.
"No, I just.." I pause
"If you're worried about leaving your mom's house, she's just across the street and you could still see her everyday." Clary says after a short moment when I don't finish.
"I know, it's just kinda hard to imagine ya know? I mean me moving out, it seems surreal." I explain.
"Yeah that's what I thought too when mom gave me the house and moved to New York." She says sympathetically. "But we all end up leaving sooner or later, and your mom is just across the street. Besides it wouldn't be any different than it is now."
"That's true." I say in agreement. "But I'll have to think about it."
"Okay. And if you're worried about Jonny don't be." She says knowingly as we make our way upstairs.
"What do you mean?" I ask confusedly with my eyebrows furrowed together.
"I know you tend to overthink things like me, so I know you're probably thinking that since he hasn't flat out asked you that it's a bad idea but it's not. He's hinted it I don't know how many times and we've even talked about it, but if it would make you feel better there's always your room here." She explains.
"That's not my room." I say in my defense.
"Oh come on, it may as well be or was since you've been sleeping in his room now. I'm not sure, I'll have to get back to you on that." She says ending with a laugh as she plops down on her bed.
"I suppose your right. Let me think about it though, okay?" I ask simply.
"Sure." She replies simply as she grabs a pillow. She pats the bed to her right. "Now come on, it's been a long exhausting day so let's take a nap before dinner time."
"Sounds good to me." I say as I climb up on the right side of the bed.
I lay down facing Clary and she's looking at me.
"I love you Isabelle!" She says with a sweet smile.
"I love you too Clarissa!" I say sweetly with a smile.
She reaches her left hand up and lightly drags it across my face. "Now sleep, my alarms set for 5:30 so if we aren't up by then it'll yell at us until we are."
I chuckle. "Sounds like a plan to me."
I start drifting off to sleep and I start recounting everything that's happened so far today. Clary is definitely right, it has been a long exhausting day; the heat didn't help with that either. And I still can't believe Todd is back and didn't say anything about it or hasn't even let any of us know, at least until Magnus ran into him today. Oh he's going to hear an ear full.
Then there's what Clary said about moving in. We use to talk about it all the time even before me and Jon got together, back when he was gone two weeks at a time. But I don't know about moving out of my mom's house. I mean Clary has a good point, I am always here and my mom is just across the street. I already run back and forth so it's not really different. Is it? I have clothes at both houses, I always have though. Oh...
What to do?
Hope you have enjoyed this chapter!
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