Chapter 4
Behind us, is about 10 more eidolon demons. They must have been following us. I pull out two seraph blades. "Sanvi," the blade lights up. "Michael," the other blade lights up. Jace then charges at the demons, and Isabelle lashes out at one with her whip. She beckons me to give her a seraph blade and I toss one at her. She stabs the demon and it vanishes. I grab the whip off my wrist and then strike at the nearest demon. He struggles on the whip's hold around his arms and torso and I slice him through the heart.
"Clary!" shouts Jace. "Behind you!" I look behind me and see two of the six remaining demons about to pounce on me. Without giving much thought anymore, I let my instincts take over. My hand strikes out and both demons are trapped in the whip. Jace had come over to help and he kills the two demons that were trapped by my whip. He runs off to kill more when I strike at the one chasing him.
Looking around, I see we killed all the demons around us. I don't even feel winded. If anything, I could go against another crowd of demons and kill those too.
"Let's go home," Izzy says. Me and Jace nod in agreement.
The institute is quiet when we get back, only Maryse there to scold us- ahem, Jace- about getting ichor on the carpets. We head up to our rooms and Izzy leaves is to be alone. I go with Jace to his room and take off my weapons and shoes. I set my stele on the nightstand next to his bed, along with the necklace and whip. I see Jace putting all his weapons in a corner and then he comes over to me. He pulls me into his arms and then lays us on the bed-me under him- and stares into my eyes.
"You look beautiful tonight you know that right?"
"And you, Jace Lightwood, look very handsome tonight." He grins and brings his mouth down on mine. I feel his hands trail from my face down to my dress.
"Can't have this getting in the way now, can we?" I giggle and feel him pull off my dress. I sit up as he pulls it over my head. He stares at my bare chest-no boys have ever seen me topless- and I watch his eyes widen. He looks like he absolutely enjoys seeing me topless.
I pull off his shirt and let my hands wander over his chest, touching his scars. I feel him move his hands to my stomach and he kisses me harder. He pulls away once we are both breathing heavily, smirking at my sad expression.
"Go to sleep, Clary." Those are the last words I hear before I fall asleep.
When I wake, the sun is streaming in the windows and Jace is awake, his fingers running through my hair. I look at him, only seeing him staring at me. I remember that all I'm wearing is my bra and underwear, and feel my face flush with heat. I hear him give out a small laugh and I look back at him.
"No good morning?" I ask him.
"Good morning," he says. "Izzy cooked breakfast today. Maryse and your mom have a Clave meeting for the rest of the week." A Clave meeting? They seem to have a lot of those lately.
"Should we get up yet then?" I ask.
"No. Otherwise, she'll drag you down and force you to eat. Though I'm surprised she hasn't done that already..."
"I'm going to shower." I get up and head for Jace's bathroom. I hear him sigh. I take off the little clothes I'm wearing and hop into the shower, warm water soaking my hair. I quickly wash my hair, then use a bar of soap that I had brought in here from assumption that I will be showering in here many times. I finish cleaning up and then turn off the water, grabbing a towel to dry off.
My hair gets as dried as I can get it before I put my bra and underwear back on then step out of the bathroom. I would have to change when I got to my room. I feel Jace pick me up and bring me over to his bed. He took me by surprise, so I squeal. He kisses me fiercely and I kiss him back.
"Jace, I need to go get changed."
"Why? You look beautiful like that." Oh, if he had his way, I'm pretty sure I would be naked all the time.
"Because, I need to wear clothes around other people." I get up and walk over to the door. "I'll be back soon." I walk across the hall to my room. I put on some lace undergarments that Izzy gave me. I grab a red shirt that is revealing on the back side. I also grab a pair of black skinny jeans, and a black leather jacket. I put on the pants, then grab my stele that I grabbed before leaving Jace's room, and Mark my arms. I put on my shirt and jacket, then go to my closet and grab some black combat boots that, again, Izzy made me get. I put my stele in my boot.
I walk out my door and walk with Jace down to the kitchen. His eyes had widened when he saw my outfit and he had complimented me. Izzy had some store bought donuts on the counter and was making some pancakes to go along with it.
"Morning Izzy," I say.
"Morning. Want some pancakes?"
"No thanks, Izzy. I think Clary doesn't want any bad food." Jace had come to my rescue. I shoot a grateful look his way. We grab some donuts out of the box and sit at the table. I sat on his lap as soon as he sat down. He eats his donuts then wraps his arms around me. I had just finished when he wrapped his arms around me, and Izzy walked over to the table with a plate of donuts.
I lean back, putting my head on his chest. I close my eyes and relax. I can tell he's doing the same thing because I feel his body relax.
"Yuck. We come for food, and you two lovebirds happen to be in here?" I open my eyes. I see Magnus and Alec grabbing some donuts and coming to sit down. I feel Jace sit up.
"Jace, let's go somewhere else." I get up and grab his hand. We go to the library and sit on one of the couches.
"It's your birthday in three weeks," Jace says quickly.
"Yeah. I guess it is." Where is he going with this?
"What do you want for your birthday?" I didn't even have to think about that one.
"You. Jace, seriously? When the angel asked me what I wanted, I said you. That won't change. Not now, not ever."
"Good to hear." I feel his arms wrap around me and I lean into him. He runs one of his hands through my hair, untangling it. He presses his lips to mine and my hands move to his hair. I touch his soft blond hair, running my hands through it. The kiss feels amazing; it's like hundreds of sparks going through my body wherever he touches me. All too quickly, he pulls away.
"Do you want to do something today? Perhaps a makeup date for last week?"
"Sure. If there is any demons, I am going to be pissed," I tell him. I really want a day for just me and Jace.
"Alright. We should grab some weapons then." He gets up and takes my hand, walking to the weapons room. I still remember my first time in here. Arguing with Jace about knowing what magic is. Good times. He grabs his seraph blades the hands me my favorite dagger. I remember that Izzy's - my - whip is in his room.
"Jace I need to grab something from your room." I pull him with me, unable to let him leave my side. I grab the whip off his nightstand then, grab the necklace too. Why not? I put it on then hold tightly onto Jace's arm.
"Let's go."
We decided on grabbing some Chinese food and then going to the park to have a picnic. We steer clear of the ponds with the ducks, to my amusement.
"So, Jace Lightwood is afraid of ducks." I start laughing. "Demons and downworlders don't scare you, but of all things to be afraid of, you're afraid of ducks?" I am laughing so hard my sides hurt. He scowls at me then sits next to a tree.
"That's not funny! Ducks are freaky!" He must have seen my face and heard me laughing and a grin comes across his face. "Okay. Maybe it is a little weird to be afraid of but you are afraid of something too."
I sigh. He's right. He would probably be laughing at me for my fear. I'm afraid of spiders. Lots of people are.
"What are you afraid of Clary?"
"Ummm..." I hesitate. "Spiders," I duck my head at that. He doesn't laugh.
"Lots of people are afraid of spiders. I shouldn't be surprised. Now, lets eat!"
AN: Happy Christmas Eve! (If you celebrate Christmas.) I finally updated! Hooray! I ran out of ideas for this chapter, but wanted to update by today. Just so you know, I hate spiders. I hate box-elder bugs more. I hate them because when I was eight, I was going to sleep when one landed right by my head and I started screaming. Stupid right? :D
Sadly, I don't own any characters. Or the series. That makes me sad.
Also, I just read Divergent on Friday. It's so good! I haven't read the other books yet, but I've heard what happens in the last book. I am now impatiently waiting for the movie. Before I forget, thank you to all my reviewers! And the people who followed or favorited.
