Hey! I'm sorry i haven't updated in a long time, i've been busy and had a bit of writers block. Enjoy!
P.s I am Australian, but i've tried to use as much American language as possible but its hard so yeah (:
Jace and I walked out of the Weapons Rooms hand in hand, Izzy was waiting for us at the end of the hall. "Clary, your Mom is here to see you." She said. Her eyes drifted down towards my hands intwined with Jace's. "Hope you to didn't get up to anything naughty. In that weapon room." She snickered. "Piss Off Izzy!" Jace snapped.
"Whatever Jace. I'm just saying, don't contaminate my weapons" She laughed and walked past us towards her bedroom. As we were nearly at the end of the hall she called out from her room "Use Protection!" I felt my face getting red. Jace ignored her and pulled me down the stairs.
Waiting for us in the kitchen, standing hand in hand with Luke was my Mom. Her fiery red hair was tied into a messy braid, her moss green eyes looked weary and tried. But her smile was almost reaching her ears. One hand was behind her back. "Clary! There you are! We have some super exciting news for you!" she almost squealed. I'm guessing what she meant by 'we' is her and Luke. I haven't seen her so excited in ages. "I thought you were packing up your stuff in Idris?" I asked. "We were but we had a lot of help so we got finished in no time" she smiled again. Mayrse was standing behind them, she also had a small smile on her face, I hadn't seen Mayrse smile much after Max's death, she always had a lifeless look on her face, there was no sparkle in her eyes and no colour in her face. But today she actually looked happy, so whatever this news was, it had to be pretty huge. My mum took my hand that was not holding Jace's and pulled me towards the couch. Jace let go of my hand and went to go talk to Alec in the Weapon Room. Mom sat me down on one of the couches. "Clarissa" she started. God I hated it when people called me that. "Me and Luke are getting married!" She laughed and pulled out her hand to show me a ring with a very small but beautiful diamond. "Wow Mom, Luke! That's awesome!" I smiled and hugged them both. "Why so soon?" I asked "Well we have loved each other for a very long time and we knew what it was like to lose each other & we don't want that to happen again" said Luke, smiling. "We also have some other news!" My mom said. I was really hoping that she was not pregnant. "We bought a cute little house! Just out of New York! We can all live together, it will be wonderful!" she smiled. "What?" I almost yelled. Mom had a surprised look on her face. "What's wrong Clary?" She asked. "Mom, I live here. At the institute. I need to train and stuff" I said. I think she knew what I meant by stuff was Jace. "Sweetie, you can still come here to train and go to school. But won't it be nice to live outside all the hustle and bustle if New York?" She tried to reason with me but it wasn't working. "No Mom, my home is here. New York is my home. I can live here, I already have been for months. You and Luke can have some privacy" I said "Clary, there isn't much room here. You have been sleeping on the couch, don't you want your own room." she smiled. "Mom no, there is plenty of room. I can sleep in the guest rooms." I said. "Clarissa" Now she was getting serious " I don't think Mayrse wants to have to look after another teenager" Mayrse's head jerked up at the mention of her name. "Oh no, it has been no problem with Clary here." she said. Mom shot her a look for not supporting her. She then looked to Luke for some help. Luke put his hands on Mom's shoulders. "Jocelyn. If she wants to stay here, let her. It's only a 30 minute drive from here to there. We can visit whenever we like. She needs to stay here for her training." he smoothed down her hair. I gave Luke a thankful look but he looked away. Moms eyes welled up with tears as she got up to leave the room with Luke and Mayrse at her heels.
I stared at the ground. I hated to hurt my mom but it was true, I did need to stay here for my education, with or without Jace. Izzy comes to sit next to me.
"You are right you know" I smile at her. I was surprised by her kindness towards me. "But you are not sharing my room, clothes or make up. Understand" She said smiling. "Don't worry; i am always free if you want to go shopping. I know since you have a boyfriend and all you probably want sexier clothes then that." She looked down at my clothes with a disgusted look on her face. I was wearing grey sweats and a yellow tee. Nothing special, very far from sexy.
"I will consider it" I say.
"Good girl" She smiles and pats my head. I sigh and get up and walk to the kitchen to try and talk to Mom again.
When i get to the kitchen i hear them talking. I stop and listen at the door. "I just don't want her growing up so fast" Jocelyn sobs.
"We talked about this Jocelyn" Says Luke, a soothing tone to his voice.
"But i haven't even talked to her about these things. Like protection, peer pressure, pregnancy..."
"Jocelyn, i know she will be careful, you have to trust her." Says Luke.
Mayrse then speaks up. "I know Jace, he would never pressure her into anything like that. He cares for her and would never hurt her.
"Talk to her if you have to." Says Luke. Jocelyn sighs and i can hear her walking towards the door. I slowly tip toe towards the lounge room and sit casually on the couch.
"Clary, can we talk" I sigh, knowing what's coming. I pat the spot next to me on the couch and she takes a seat.
"What's up?" I ask.
"I wanted to talk to you about Jace." She says shyly.
"Oh" I mumble. "What about him?" I ask.
"Well i have noticed you two getting close. And i just want you to be careful. You know use protection and make sure he doesn't pressure you." She says trying to sound motherly and confident but failed.
"Mom!" I almost yell. "This is why you want me to leave isn't it! You think i will just be having sex every night and get pregnant young! Mom! I'm not stupid! I'm not 10!" I yell. She cringes.
"Absolutely not!" She yells "I just wanted us to be together for a while!" She starts to cry now.
"Mom i'm sorry. I know – " I was cut off before i could say anything else. Mayrse had come into the room. "Clary, Simon is outside. He has been hurt"