Love Potion 69
Chapter Four
Disclaim or not to disclaim, there is no choice, I dis everything. Ms. Clare, your work is safe with me.
Clary was sitting on a bench in the park. Magnus came up to her. As she looked up at him he was blocking the setting sun making an orange aura around his body and darkening the features on his face. Clary still had to shield her eyes from the brightness surrounding him.
"You look like an angel." said Clary.
"Minus the wings and good thoughts." said Magnus. "May I sit down and join you?" he continued.
"Sure, it's a free country." said Clary obviously sarcastic.
"You could have fooled me with the cost of my last dry cleaning bill. Highway robbery." said Magnus.
Shaking his head in disbelief.
"You dry clean your clothes when you have all the magic up your sleeve?" asked Clary.
"No, I'm pulling your leg my sweet. But they really live in a fantasy world all their own." Magnus smiled at his own inside joke. "Can I offer some of the magic I have up my sleeve?" asked Magnus.
"What for ?" asked Clary now seeing the worry on Magnus's face.
"What ever happened to the party girl? The one who want to fill a room with truth fog and tell her beloved how she wanted to tear off his clothes and do things that would make him blush? Hmm?" said Magnus.
"I don't know. I think Jace is avoiding me." said Clary.
"How about you find out for sure." said Magnus.
"You know how it is, I try to talk to him and he races off the phone or out of the room, or we can just never get time alone. " said Clary looking down at her hands as she played with rings on her fingers.
"And...you are holding back my dear." said Magnus.
"When did you become a shrink." said Clary.
"Did I ever tell you about the time I met..." started Magnus.
"Stop!" said Clary forcefully, "Not another one of those stories from 200 years ago."
"Gee, I guess I need some new stories." said Magnus more to himself. He sat quite until Clary was ready to speak. Clary pulled out some sunglasses and put them on.
"The sun is giving me a headache." said Clary.
"Is it the sun or the alcohol I smell on your breath." observed Magnus.
"Yeah, that too." said Clary. "Don't be mad." she said defensively.
"It is your headache,not mine. " said Magnus going quiet again.
"I had this chance to talk with Jace and I blew it last week. I was so shocked that he picked up his cell. I always got the voice mail. I understand if he was afraid to call me back. I mean, my mom sometimes answers my phone or checks it out. He knows how I feel about privacy." said Clary.
"How did you blow it? Just curious." asked Magnus.
"I started talking about something important to me, but not as important as he is to me. He probably thinks I don't want more from this relationship. Or he thinks I'm too scared. I just get confused and the whole world slows down. By the time I am ready to move to the topic he is all , Have to run now. See, I think if I stay friends then he will talk with me. If I tell him how I really feel, then he will just break it to me again that the only wants to be friends." said a now crying Clary. It was a soft whimper and sniffle cry.
"Again? He told you he did not want to take this relationship anywhere? Like to bed?" asked Magnus.
"Maybe I misunderstood him, but I'm pretty sure that I was begging for a date many times, I have even ..." Clary stopped herself.
"Go on." said Magnus with new interest.
"No." said Clary.
"So, what , are you just going to stay friends until you die?" asked Magnus.
"I think that sometimes. I love him so much, Magnus. I love him more then he would probably want me to, and what is he going to say, don't love me this much? I know I love too much. I want too much. And if he doesn't want me, then if I could just see him, be in touch, then that is what I'll have. Life will go on." said Clary.
"Will you get yourself a pill or something?" asked Magnus.
"Why?" asked Clary.
"Nothing." said Magnus. "How about you tell him your feelings and see what he says."
"Again?" said Clary. "How pathetic is that?"
"Who am I to judge, you love him, then do something, something stupid." said Magnus
"Why stupid?" asked Clary.
"Because then we can have a good laugh afterwards." said Magnus. "Remember who your friends are my dear."
"Are you my friend?" asked Clary.
"I may have started out as a Warlock for hire, but over time, as I watched you since you were a child, yes, I'm proud to call you my friend." said Magnus. Clary leaned into him and rested her head.
"What do think would be stupid?" asked Clary.
"You are asking me?" said Magnus as he cleared his throat.
"Yes," said Clary.
"Alright now, Clary wants to embarrass herself to the nth degree. Don't mind the little math talk." said Magnus and then he went into thinking mode for about three seconds.
"Well, since the word embarrass has the word ass in it, I think a booty call is needed. " said Magnus, all proud of his idea. "Let's go, sweet cheeks." said Magnus as he pulled Clary up. "We have work to do." and in a flash they were gone.
Clary walked around the area by the institute trying to think of how she could get Jace alone. She was determined after all Magnus had done. She wanted to hear from Jace if he did not want to hold her , kiss her, get more physical. Somehow, she couldn't get the picture of Magnus dancing around his apartment singing an old song, 'Let's get Physical' by Olivia Neutron Bomb or some such singer he said.
Then he started to walk down the street. There he was, walking away from her. She started to follow him. What was she doing? Stalking him? She took out her cell phone and dialed.
"Hello?" said Jace . He knew it was Clary.
"Hi." said Clary.
"What's up?" asked Jace.
"I'm calling to chat. How are you today?" said Clary as she kicked herself. Stupid and not like the way Magnus would like. She pictured Magnus slapping his palm to his forehead.
"I'm good, just going for a walk. I'm going to pick up something from Taki's, you want something?" asked Jace?
"I want you." said Clary and she covered her mouth. She said it. She said exactly what she wanted, just like Magnus said. "Go for it, tell him what you want from him. Tell him and be as explicit as you can, he'll eat it up."
"Clary? What?" asked Jace. He stopped walking.
"Can you not hear me?" asked Clary, making sure they had good clearance being that they were a few hundred feet away from each other.
"I hear you, I'm just not sure I understand your question." said Jace.
"I talked with Magnus. I wanted to drug myself and tell you how I really felt about you. He told me to skip the drugs." said Clary She rambled on." I remember the first time you kissed me, on the cheek , that is, and the best hug I have ever had in my whole life. Jace, I have never met anyone like you. I am so attracted to you. I would tell you that I love you, but I think that would scare you away. I don't care for words or promises or tomorrow. Jace I want you to hold me please. If you can't tell me, I'm OK, but I don't want to walk around wanting to crawl over your body and kiss you from head to toe and never have a chance. I know girls throw themselves at you all the time. I'm OK being just another notch in your weapon belt. I want to sing in the shower with you. I want to write with marker on your body. I want to nibble your ear. I want you for as long as you let me be near. JACE I AM SO HOT FOR YOU." Clary ended your rambling.
"Clary?" said Jace. "Where are you?"
"Why?" said Clary looking at his back.
"I am so hot for you too." said Jace barely audible.
"Turn around." said Clary.
Jace turned in a Shadowhunter second and then he started to come toward her. Clary was grinning from ear to ear. Her smile lit something up inside of Jace and he was at her side a moment later. He circled his arms around Clary and they hugged tightly. Clary rested the side of her face against his chest and her body relaxed and molded into his. He felt the tension leave her and he smelled the scent of strawberry in her hair and he became ignited.
"I want you." was what Jace whispered into Clary's ear.
"You have me." answered Clary.
Their lips met softly at first then grew from a passionate embrace to a passionate kiss. A car drove by with some teens in it and a guy leaned out a window and howled at them. Another guy in the car yelled, 'Get a room.' and they sped off.
"Great idea." said Jace. And he took Clary by the hand and they walked quickly back to the institute.
"Oh, the food you were picking up for others at Taki's. " said Clary remembering why he was out in the first place.
"Your my sustenance. " said Jace and he stopped and pulled Clary to him tightly and kissed her some more. Clary was feeling weak in her knees by now. From what Clary could feel from Jace, he was about to explode.
They made it to his room and he locked the door. Clary walked over to the bed and turned around. She couldn't believe she was here with him. She didn't want to miss anything that was going to happen. He had a serious look of desire in his eyes. He didn't look dangerous, but close to it. She tried to imitate his look, but she felt she still came across as a deer in the headlights. She started to unbutton her blouse. Jace flipped his shirt off in one fluid movement. Clary never saw where it went. Her eyes were on his naked chest as he was breathing deeply as if he had finished a run. He was standing in front of her. As she undid the last button.
He watched as she slid her top off of her shoulders and it fell to the floor. Then she reached behind and unhinged her bra. Jace still watched, not reaching for her yet. He reached down to unzip his pants and they dropped to his feet. He stepped out of them and pulled his underwear off. He stood right up to Clary, yet he did not touch her. Clary finished removing her clothes and left them in a heap by her feet. She stepped up to Jace and when their bodies touched the electricity that was between them flowed through both of them. They looked into each others eyes in recognition that neither wanted this to end. Clary went under the covers and Jace joined her. She wrapped a leg on top of him and they started to kiss. Jace held her softly and let his hands roam over her body.
Clary started to moan from a desire deep within her that she never knew existed before and she reached down to hold Jace and pull him closer. They never spoke, they didn't need to, each took turns touching and kissing. Then Jace was inside of Clary and her breath became ragged. With each thrust she felt as if she couldn't hold on and wait for him, but she did. They stayed close the whole time, Clary felt whole for the first time in her life. She had no idea what he was thinking, but she saw almost a pained look on his face. He was concentrating, he was starting to move harder and faster. He was demanding her body to respond and it did. She was out of control, she was reeling over the tidal wave of feelings their bodies were creating. Over and over her body shook and collapsed only to be brought to the edge again and then over she went riding a force where she couldn't catch her breath. And with each time she tightened around him, he grunted and held back until finally, he rode out the last wave with her.
They collapsed together, still intertwined, sweaty and sticky. Jace held Clary and fell asleep. Clary stayed awake, just holding onto him, adrift in the sea of their love.