Chapter 4! Hope you like it. Disclaimer: I don't own TMI or the characters.
"Clary?" Clary opened her eyes and looked up at Jace. He was sitting up on his elbows and her head rested in his lap.
"Yeah?"
"Are you listening to me?"
"Yes. I just closed my eyes. When I do that, the only thing I can hear is your voice. I like listening to your voice."
"Oh, okay."
"Hey, I have a question."
"And what would that be?"
"What do your tattoos mean?" She reached up to where his sleeve ended where she saw the bottom of a tattoo. She wished he could see her runes so that he knew that she had markings all over her body too.
At first Jace didn't know what tattoos she was talking about, but then he noticed one of his runes was not covered by his T-shirt. "Strength, courage."
Clary smiled up at him and thought about the runes she had for those things. He bent down to kiss her when her phone rang. Jace moved and handed her the phone and she saw it was her mom. "Hey Mom."
"Where are you?"
"With Jace, why?"
"Oh, I'm sorry to interrupt your date. I tried calling you but you didn't answer and I got worried."
"Well I'm fine, right Jace?"
Clary put the phone up to his ear and he smiled and said, "Yes Mrs. Garroway. Clary is perfectly fine."
"Thank you Jace."
"No problem."
Clary put the phone back to her ear. "I'll be home by..." Clary looked up at Jace and with his fingers, he showed her five. "I'll be home by five, dinner's on me. Bye Mom, love you." Clary hung up and covered her face with her hands and sighed. "Do you want to come to dinner tonight?"
"Will you be able to make food for all four of us?"
Clary sat up, straddled his hips, and wrapped her arms around his neck. "You've had dinner with us before. We have enough food to feed 50 hungry men."
He rested his hands on her back and ran them up and down. "Yeah, I was wondering about that. Why did you have so much food?"
"Luke eats a lot."
"He didn't eat that much when I was over."
"He was trying to be polite. So can you please have dinner with us? Please," she kissed him, "Please," kiss, "Please." Before she could pull out of the kiss, he pulled her closer and then laid on his back so that she was hovering over him. "Is that a yes?"
"Yes, as long as we can do this when Jocelyn and Luke aren't looking."
"I don't think my parents would like us making out in the middle of the kitchen."
"I guess you're right," he whispered and moved back into the kiss.
She backed away and sat up. "We should go say hi to Luke."
"That sounds like a good idea. We wouldn't want people taking pictures of this."
"Yes, because you are a star. The guy that everyone wants to be."
"I know, we don't get privacy, but I try, Clary, I really do." They laughed as she helped them clean up their picnic.
After placing the picnic items in Jace's car, the two walked hand in hand to Luke's bookstore. When they walked in, they saw Luke at the front desk and about 10 other people looking at books. Luke looked up and smiled at them. "Hey what are you guys doing here?"
"We just finished lunch and wanted to pop in and say hi," Clary said.
"Could you two do me a favor and bring some books out from the back?"
"Yeah, sure," Clary said. Clary led Jace to the back and they each picked up a box.
While they were walking back to the store, Jace noticed large scratches in the wallpaper. "Hey babe, what are these?"
Clary looked at the scratches and knew right away that Luke had made those while he was in his werewolf form. "I don't know."
When Jace stared at the scratches and knew realized what they were. He had seen them in Jordan's apartment, too. They were made by a werewolf. When he continued walking, he became very worried for his girlfriend. He didn't want her to get hurt so that was when he decided he was going to keep a closer eye on her, for her safety.
When they done helping Luke, they decided to walk around town. When it was five, Jace drove them to her house. "So, you know our anniversary's coming up," he said.
"I wouldn't say it's coming up. More like it's tomorrow and you still haven't told my what we're doing."
"If I tell you then it will ruin the surprise, but don't worry, you'll love it." He smirked at her as he pulled into her driveway.
When they walked in, Clary saw her mom at the stove, getting ready to make dinner. "Mom, I told you I would make dinner."
Jocelyn turned and saw her daughter and Jace and smiled. "Sorry, I just thought I would start it for you. Hello Jace."
"Hi Mrs. Garroway."
"Jace, you can call me Jocelyn."
"Mom, I can take it from here." Clary replaced her mom at the stove and Jocelyn went into the cabinets to get the dishes.
"I'll help you, Mrs.- Jocelyn." Jace grabbed the dishes from Jocelyn and started setting the table. Once dinner was ready, they all sat down and ate.
"So Jace, how are your aunt and uncle?" Jocelyn asked.
When Jace had first met Clary's parents, he told them that his parents died, which was true, and that he was staying with his aunt, uncle, and cousin, Jordan, which was not true. Jace and Jordan were not related and Jace did not have an aunt or uncle. But he couldn't tell them that he was a Shadowhunter that lived with a werewolf. "I haven't seen them in a while. They're always on business trips so it's just Jordan and me at the apartment."
"What you two do today?" Luke asked.
"Jace made us a picnic and we ate at Central Park."
"Are you excited for your anniversary date?" Luke asked his daughter.
"He won't tell me where he's taking me." Clary saw her parents smile and looked at them then at her boyfriend. "Do you guys know where we're going?" She turned to Jace. "You told them and not me?"
"Well actually, I told him because he's your dad and he wanted to know, I guess he told your mom."
"That is so not fair."
"Your wait will be over tomorrow. You just have to wait 24 hours." Clary rolled her eyes and went back to eating. When they were finished, Luke asked Jace if he wanted to stay to watch a movie. When Jace said yes, and then him and Clary went to sit on the couch. She had her head on his shoulder and he had his arm around her shoulders. At the end of the movie, Jace and Clary felt Jace's phone vibrate. "It's probably Jordan wondering where I am," he whispered to Clary. "I should get going." He kissed the side of her head and stood up pulling her with him.
Luke and Jocelyn had already gone to bed so when he pulled her up, she wrapped her arms around his neck and crashed their lips together. He held her tight and deepened the kiss. "I don't want you to go. Can't you stay here?"She whispered
"I want to, but I can't. But I'll see you tomorrow and we can finish this."
She walked him to the door and gave him another kiss. "I love you, Jonathan Christopher Wayland."
"I love you more, Clarissa Adele Fray." He gave her another quick kiss and then left.
The next chapter will be their anniversary date. Then after that, they will find out about each :)
-Clac1fan