Chapter 3
"No, not like that." Jace wasn't being easy on me today. He was working on my sword fighting today. I always hated these days because I always ended up extremely sore the next day. Working on balance and the other weapons was easier; especially the seraph blades. The sword is heavy for me and I feel tiny whenever I used the swords. Seraph blades were different. They were smaller, lighter, and they seemed like the perfect size in my hands. My favorite was the whip; just like Izzy.
"By the angel!" I exclaim. Somehow, I managed to cut myself with my own sword. Jace sighs.
"What did you cut this time?" I always manage to get hurt on these days.
"I got my left arm. I have no idea how I always manage to hurt myself." Jace chuckles and I roll my eyes.
"I don't know. You know, we're done training for today, right?" He had dropped his voice to a low whisper at the end of his sentence.
He pulls me in for a kiss, and at some point, I feel us fall to the floor, Jace underneath me. He chuckles then flips us over so he is on top. He brings his lips to mine and I run my hands to the hem of his shirt. I pull his shirt off and runs my hands across his chest feeling the muscles on him. His hands slide down to my shirt.
Someone clears their throat loudly causing us to get up. "If you'll excuse me Jace, I have to get Clary ready for a party," Izzy says, showing impatience. With a sigh, Jace lets go of me and I walk with Izzy to her room.
"Go shower. You're all sweaty," Izzy commands me. I walk into her bathroom and turn on the shower. I undress and leave my clothes on the floor, knowing I'll just have to change out of them if I put them back on. Once I finish washing up, Izzy pulls me out of the bathroom, with me only wearing a towel.
"Put this on." I look at the dress she gave me. It is extremely short, just barely going to my mid-thigh. The dress is a dark red, matching my hair nicely. She had also given me an emerald green necklace to go with it. There were thigh high black boots to go with it; no doubt the same ones I wore on my last date with Jace.
"You look beautiful! Jace is going to be drooling all over you," Izzy says. "And to complete it, here is a whip." My eyes widen when I see the whip. "It's one of the four extra whips I have. You can keep it if you'd like to."
"Thank you so much Izzy!" I give her a hug. I curl the whip around my wrist, making it act as a bracelet. I start to towel dry my hair, the red curls coming around my face. After several minutes of this, my hair is almost completely dry. I took a brush and brushed my hair quickly, untangling my hair. Izzy had been putting on a dress while I was doing that. The dress she chose was a dark blue dress that hugged her curves perfectly. It was the same length as mine with blue high heeled boots for shoes. She was also wearing her red pendant around her neck, her whip around her wrist, and her black hair was in a twisted ponytail that completed the look.
I grab my stele from my training clothes and start marking my skin. I see her doing the same thing and then we put them away. She grabs a very dark green jacket and throws it at me and grabs a black jacket for herself. We put on the jackets quickly.
"Now for some weapons." She goes to her closet and gets out two thigh sheaths; one for her, the other for me. We put those in a spot where it would be concealed and nobody would see. We head out of her room and head to the weapons room. Once we get in there, I grab one seraph blade and three daggers. I put the seraph blade into a boot along with one dagger, another dagger in my other boot with my stele, and the last dagger in my sheath.
"Ready to go?" I ask her. She walks over to me and smiles.
"Yes. Let's go party!" She walks out the door heading for the elevator. Alec and Jace were standing over by the elevator waiting for us. They were both dressed in black, Jace in shadowhunter gear and covered in fresh marks. I look at Jace's face for a reaction and I see his eyes slowly trail from my legs, to my dress, then to my face. I see him smile at me. Most of the marks on my skin were covered by my jacket, but the few that were on my chest were visible.
"Let's go."
Alec knocks on the door and we wait a few seconds for Magnus to open the door.
"Alec!" He cries, enveloping him in a hug. They exchange a few greetings then Magnus lets us inside.
Many of the downworlders at the party look at us when we enter but look away after they see who entered. I look at Jace and I see him watching Alec and Magnus. He turns and looks at me and caught me staring at him. He smirks and I blush fiercely.
"Do you want to go somewhere more private?" Jace asks me. That makes me blush even more but I nod anyways. He takes my hand then leads me over to an area that isn't crowded with downworlders. Magnus must know a lot of people. He stops by a wall that has no one near it.
Suddenly, Jace's lips are on mine and I kiss him back. He pushes me so I am against the wall where he corners me and then kisses me harder. We continue kissing for a long time until Jace breaks it apart.
"Want to dance?" I giggle at this before responding.
"Of course," I reply.
(IzzyPOV)
My brother and Magnus have gone off somewhere, and Clary and Jace have disappeared to. I search the crowd for them until I see Clary pinned to the wall, kissing Jace fiercely. I am so glad I put her in that dress. I knew Jace would live it. I continue searching the crowd for a familiar face when Simon walks up to me.
"They've been going at it for a long time, huh?" he says. I look back over at Jace and see them still kissing. I roll my eyes.
"Yes. When did you get here?"
"About an hour before you did," he replies. Seriously, the vampire was just so adorable. "What do you want to do?" Oh, I think he should know. I didn't dress all nice for nothing.
"I would like to dance with you, if that's alright?" I look at Simon. He looks as if he is thinking hard about something. I shift from foot to foot impatiently. Finally, after about a minute, he replies.
"I would love to."
(ClaryPOV)
Jace and I have been dancing forever, or what feels like it. It has actually only been two hours since we started dancing. A couple times, I saw Izzy with Simon, dancing. Simon doesn't really like to dance all that much, so I'm sort of surprised he was dancing with Izzy.
"Jace," I say, "when are we leaving?" I loved the party and all, but I was exhausted. Training, then going to a party almost right after. I don't think I will do that again.
"Probably in an hour. I bet Alec will be staying, though." No surprise there. When doesn't he stay when he gets the chance?
"What would you like to do to pass the time?" I ask. I already have a few ideas and I think Jace has the same idea. He brings us closer to the wall we were at earlier.
"This," he says, pinning me against the wall. His lips meet mine and then we are engrossed in our own little world.
"I can't believe you two spent almost the whole party making out!" Izzy says. We had just left Magnus's party, without Alec. I see Jace grin and I roll my eyes.
"It passes the time quicker," Jace replies. I smack his arm playfully. He looks at me with a grin on his face and I roll my eyes again.
"Honestly, Clary. How do you stand this guy?" Izzy asks.
"All I have to do is kiss him, then he'll be quiet." I hear Izzy and Simon groan. Jace just smirks. I let out a giggle.
"Well, I should go home now," Simon says.
"Bye, Simon!" Izzy says. He walks off in the direction of his house, leaving Jace, Izzy, and I to walk back to the institute. We walk in silence for a couple minutes before we all hear a shriek in the distance. The shriek is accompanied by a sound like a demon feeding.
"Demon," we say in unison. We run off into the direction of the sounds. After several minutes of running, we find a dead mundane girl and an eidolon demon. Jace slices through it quickly and then we are alone. Or so I thought.
AN: I am so sorry! I thought I would have updated sooner, but no! Here are my excuses:
1) I had a band concert Thursday night.
2) I had sports on Tuesday.
3) I had buttloads of homework this week and about 10 late assignments to do this weekend. One of them was a big project that took up a lot of time.
And those are my excuses. I hate school. A lot. Anyways, I'm babbling.
Disclaimer: characters belong to Cassandra Clare. I own nothing.