All of my memories keep you near
In silent moments
Imagine you'd be here
All of my memories keep you near
Isabelle woke up to the sound of someone arguing in the room and her eyelids fluttered open. "I told you, I looked everywhere, I couldn't find it anymore. Mom made me search the attic for an hour but it's gone", Jace said with a frown on his face and his arms crossed in front of his chest. "Fine, I'll go and look for it, you set up the TV so we can see it from the bed", Alec ordered and left the room without noticing that his sister was awake.
Jace looked over to her bed and smiled a little, before hopping on the bed next to Izzy with a swift movement. "Good morning, little dove. I hope you slept well, we are nearly ready for the DVD evening", he stated, looking around the room. "I accidentally nearly burned down the kitchen while trying to make Popcorn so Mom will make it and bring it in a few minutes. In the meantime I could offer to paint your nails", he said with a grin on his face and Isabelle had to laugh.
"Thank you, last time you did that, you changed your mind and painted my bedpost instead. See, there is still some glittery pink left on it", the young girl said and pointed next to her foot. "Yes, and see what impact it had! Half of your room is pink now, I taught you to love the color", Jace joked and leaned forward do kiss her cheek. Her skin was hot under his lips and he felt his heart ache seeing his baby sister like this but he had promised not to show it. Alec and he had made a vow to be utterly happy tonight and not make Izzy feel any worse. They wanted to have fun together, tears were not wanted.
"How do you feel? Need anything?", he wanted to know after a moment of silence but Isabelle shook her head. "I feel quite okay", she answered, because the pain was bearable and the heat in her body was something she had gotten used to. Despite being completely exhausted even after hours of sleep, she had no worries that she would make it through the evening without any incidents.
Alec finally returned with a box in his hands, a satisfied look on his face. "Found it! It was in one of the storage rooms", he said and sat the box down on Isabelle's bed. "What is it?", she asked with a frown and her brother triumphantly took out a weird construct of blankets and sticks. "Our old tent! Remember when we sat it up to play cave with it whenever we wanted to shut out the world? We used to watch Cinderella sitting in our tent", he said with a smile on his face but Isabelle could see the sadness in his eyes and the way he swallowed hard in order to keep his emotions at bay. "Yeah…I remember", she whispered and had a hard time herself not to cry but she managed to smile instead. "Set it up so we can start", she ordered then and wiped her eyes when her brothers turned around to recreate their childhood memories.
When the rather shaky construction was set up, Jace walked over to Izzy's bed and smiled. "May I take you to your thrown, Mylady?", he asked and bowed in front of her, making his sister laugh. "Of course, Ser Jace", she answered, her mood suddenly incredibly good. Carefully and gently scooped her in his arms and carried her over, placing her in a huge pile of pillows and covering her with a blanket, before squeezing next to her. "We fitted better in here when we were little", Alec chuckled as he tried to find some space to sit before switching the TV on. They were distracted by a knock on the door and Maryse who entered the room. When she saw her kids cuddled, or rather squeezed, under the battered tent of their childhood, she could barely stop the wave of emotions that washed over her. "I'll put the food on the table", she said with a choked voice, before hurrying out of the room without another word.
For a moment there was silence between the three Lightwood kids before Jace got up to get the popcorn and chips Maryse had brought them. "Oh look! Mom is generous tonight, we're allowed to drink lemonade", Jace joked and placed everything in front of the tent before snuggling back next to Izzy. "She has a good day, maybe it's already Christmas again", the black haired girl chuckled because when they had been kids, lemonade had been a luxury usually only granted at Christmas or birthdays. "Let's start before our sleeping beauty here gets tired again", Alec said and started the Video. It had taken them forever to find a videoplayer to play the old Disney video but Luke had given them one. Both Alec and Jace took one of Isabelle's hands and gently stroked it when the movie started and they went quiet to watch it, all of them lost in their own thoughts and emotions. In the middle of the movie, Jace reminded himself of the food in front of them and picked up the bowl with popcorn in it. "Popcorn?", he asked but Iz shook her head. "Don't want to get sick", she said apologetically and Jace nodded slightly. "More for me then", he stated and started eating without offering it to Alec. "He hasn't changed at all you see, he still keeps the food for himself like he did when we were kids", Alec complained playfully and laughed a little.
Isabelle really made it through the whole movie awake but felt drained when it was over. "I'll just sleep here", she yawned and snuggled deeper into the pillows, closing her eyes. Jace smiled and leaned forward to kiss her forehead. "No matter what they say Iz, you'll be alright", he said after having watched her for a few seconds. "Why?", his sister wanted to know and opened one eye to look at him. "Because Cinderella got a happy ending too and lived ever after with her prince charming even though she was a bore. If she's fine, you'll be as well", he whispered before pulling the blanket over all three of them. "Yeah…maybe I'm a Disney princess after all…", Izzy mumbled before sleep overwhelmed her. Alec and Jace both slept next to her that night, drifting in and out of sleep, checking on her to make sure she was alright but Izzy slept soundlessly and without waking up from pain once.
I have to apologize for the lack of updates lately but Uni term papers got me really busy! Hope you like this one 3 review if you do or don't :D thanks for your support!