Beep, Beep, Beep
I woke up to an annoying sound going off beside me. I reached my hand over and pressed the button at the top to stop the infernal noise. It was only 6:00am. But just like that, everything came crashing down into my memory.
I remembered everything: Simon, Jonathon, Isabelle, the house, the clothes, the popularity, my angry fit….. Jace. All of it but I don't know whether it was a dream or reality.
I got up and looked around the room; I was still in my old room. I then looked in the mirror and saw jagged cut hair ending below my bra clip, red teary eyes, and what I wore to school before the wish. I then slowly walked over to my closet before opening it. I gasped at what I saw.
I saw a mini walk in closet with a mirror and makeup table in the middle and Ragnor holding scissors and a hair dryer. "You didn't think I would leave without giving you one last makeover, did you?" Ragnor told me. I just laughed before sitting down on the tall bowl shaped chair.
Ragnor gave me some lotions, shampoo, conditioner, blackhead/pimple cream (even though I didn't really need it, he said I did), and wax with waxing strips. He then told me to go and take a shower after telling me what to do in which order.
After stripping and getting in the shower I put shampoo in my hair and started scrubbing for the grime and gunk and dirt. After rubbing lavender soap/lotion on me I rinsed out the strawberry shampoo and put in the strawberry conditioner. I only put it on the tips and left it there while I put on the blackhead/pimple cream and scrubbed my face. I had to leave it there for about twenty minutes so I washed out the conditioner, turned off the shower, and started waxing… everywhere like Ragnor told me.
God it hurt so bad, but it was so smooth after I put the waxing lotion on. I stepped back in the shower and rinsed off the pimple/blackhead cream. I then wrapped myself in a towel and went back to my closet with Ragnor. He had covered the mirror so I wouldn't see what he was doing while he cut my hair evenly.
By the time he was done my body was dry but my hair was still a little wet. So he started picking out my clothes until it dried. (A/N: The outfit is on my profile) It was a jewel leopard dress, galaxy leggings, and navy blue peep toe 4 inch platforms.
By then my hair was dry and Ragnor started messing around with it until he approved of it done. He then did my makeup before letting me put on the outfit.
He the uncovered the mirror and I gasped. The outfit clung to my body making it seem I actually had boobs and curves while the shoes gave me some height. The dress only stopped a little above mid-thigh but that was what the leggings were for. I had learned to walk in heels when I had made the wish so it was easier for me now.
My hair fell in small waves like it did when I made the wish and was now evenly cut, ending a little below my armpit. Somehow Ragnor not only was able to tame my hair but also make it look darker and mysterious.
The makeup looked really good and now I see why he made me use the blackhead/pimple cream. My face looked soft to the touch and you could barely see any of my freckles with no dark dots on my nose (I guess some of those freckles, weren't freckles). My eyes popped with the mascara making my eyelashes look long a luminous and eyeliner outlining the top of the mascara. Then on top of the eyeliner was navy blue eye shadow, almost blending with the black making it look better. And lastly my lips were in a darkish red with lip gloss making it shine.
I looked fantastic. I turned and gave Ragnor a hug. "I'll take that you like it, now go and get your bag; you have to go to school. While I need to get back to my lamp" Ragnor told me while giving me a hug back.
"Will I ever see you again?" I asked. Ragnor shook his head while I hugged him tighter. "Look I'm not supposed to do this but if you ever need a shopping buddy or makeup artist or just someone to talk to, give me a call. My number is still on your phone."
I nodded and let go of him "It's been fun kid, see you around" I smiled as he snapped his fingers and disappeared. I then heard my mom yell from the living room "Clary, honey you're gonna be late for school!"
I grabbed my bag which I noticed was my Forever 21 Black Chinle School Bag with the flowers I drew on it. I grinned as I grabbed an apple and yelled "Bye mom!" Before she could see me or answer me I was already out the door and in my mom's car
I got out of the driveway and onto the road and before I knew it, I was in the school parking lot. I slowly got out of the car and closed the door with all eyes on me.
I just smirked as I made sure to walk by the populars. The guys gawked at me, Seelie and Kaelie sneered at me, and Isabelle, Alec, and Aline seemed a little surprised too. I could stay and watch their, quite hilarious, faces; but I had something else on my mind. My friends.
I walked into the doors of the school and immediately went to the closet we always were in. When I opened the door and went inside I just saw Magnus sitting there with his head on his arms as he rested the on his folded knees. He looked up when I closed the door and gawked at what I was wearing.
I just ignored his gawking and sat next to him. I was about to say something when Magnus spoke up "What are you wearing? I mean you look great but…. I'd never thought I'd see the day"
"It's just a little make-over a…. new friend of mine gave me after Sebastian had decided to cut my hair" I told him with a half-smile. He gave me the same smile before leaning his head back down on his arms. I knew that look.
"What's wrong Magnus? I know that look, you're either depressed, deep in thought about something depressing, or –" I was about to finish before Magnus answered it.
"Both" He said while looking at me. I just nodded and waited for him to spill if he was willing too. He finally spoke at that moment. "It's Alexander, er, um I mean Alec. He's just not like the rest including Isabelle and sometimes Aline. But he's just honest and cute" By the end of his sentence he had smile on his face before his expression went sad again as he said "But it will never work, he's a popular and I'm not"
I smiled sadly at him before all of a sudden the door flew open and in walked Simon looking a little frustrated. "Magnus have you seen-" I cut him off my jumping on him in a hug and tackling him to the floor.
"Simon!" I screeched as he hit his back on the floor. I soon got off him after he started laughing. But when he looked up his face got serious and his eyes began to well up in tears.
"So it's true" he whispered as he looked down and closed his eyes while shaking his head rapidly. "What's wrong Si?" I asked. He looked up at me, hurt in his eyes, and said "You're leaving us, for those bitches that have been treating you badly since we got here!" His voice rose at the end.
"Si what are you talking about? I would never leave you guys" I told him, my voice soft with hurt. Simon looked up and said "But you're dressed like that, and Seelie just- and Seelie….. I don't know" Simon then put his arms around me in a hug.
Just then the door opened the door opened. Simone and I let go of our hug and looked at the door to see Maia. "Ummm, I brought a visitor" She then stepped back and revealed Isabelle Lightwood.
She immediately looked at Simon with sparkling eyes and Simon did the same, most likely not thinking the other felt the same way. How could I have not seen the little looks my friends have been giving to the Lightwood's?
"Hey Clary" Isabelle said after turning to me. She had a look of worry on her face but also a hint of envy sparking behind her eyes. "I need to talk to you, alone" she told me after a couple seconds. I just nodded because I knew Isabelle already, in this world I saw her as quiet and in the background with a great fashion sense; but now I know her as a diva fashion queen that doesn't let anything in her way.
I walked out of the closet and down the hall with Isabelle until we came up to a locker I was guessing belonged to her. "Look Clary, I have something to tell you" I nodded and leaned against the locker as she took a deep breath. "Alec and I have always hated Seelie, Kaelie, and Sebastian for being such bitches but we just hang around for Jace. Jonathon isn't that bad and Aline is actually really nice. But Jace, he's never been the same since…" She trailed off.
"Before he realized..." she was cut off as the announcements came on. "Will Clarissa Fray and Jonathon Morgenstern please come to the office. Will Clarissa Fray and Jonathon Morgenstern please come to the office" I always wondered why they said it as if a question but more as 'You have to come down here now, no questions asked'. I shrugged at Isabelle before walking to the office. I heard Isabelle sigh behind me but just kept going.
By the time I got there I saw Jonathon sitting there with his arms folded impatiently. I just sat down and waited for the vice principal to speak. "You are both to be sent home now; your parents are on their way. They seem to have some exciting news for you two. So go and wait in front of the school until your parents arrive" She told us before shooing us out.
Jonathon, being not the brightest of people, thought none of it and walked out of the office to the front of the school. Although I was actually connecting some of the dots. This was it the day that my mom Jonathon's dad told us they were getting married. I wonder what Jon's reaction is going to be, only one way to find out.
Got up and headed out the door and around to the front of the school. By the time I got there I saw Jonathon with his jaw on the floor and my mom wrapped up in my (future) dad's arms. Jocelyn turned to look at me and her eyes widened when she saw me.
"Clarissa Adele Fray, what the hell are you wearing!?" she yelled at me. I walked up to her trying to hide the smirk of knowing what's going on hidden. "It's just some clothes a new friend let me borrow" I said in a calm manner making Jocelyn calm down a little seeing I was still covered up a lot. "Ok but don't go slut on me" she told me while I smirked and nodded.
Just then was when Jonathon recovered screaming "WHAT!?" Valentine, his dad's name, just glared at him and said "Quiet down son, Jocy and I are in love and Clarissa is also a very sweet girl and could put an influence on you"
"I don't want an influence or a sister!" Jon said quieter this time but still loud. I then remembered that I had to act surprised and put a confused and panicking face on "Wait, did you just say sister?" I made sure to emphasize the word sister.
"Yes Clary, Valentine and I are getting married" Jocelyn said the last word with excitement in her voice as she looked up into to Valentine's eyes lovingly and vice versa. I was really happy for them but of course the me before the wish would be astonished and confused and panicky.
"But you can't do this! I hate him" I yelled. After I finished Jonathon yelled "And I hate her!" Valentine stared coldly at his son like he could read through him.
"Why do you hate Jonathon, Clarissa?" Valentine said without taking his eyes off his son. "Because he bullies me, he's a player, and is annoying as hell" I said trying to sound exasperated.
"Why do you hate Clarissa, Jonathon? Why do you bully her?" He asked while Jocelyn rubbed his back soothingly. "Well, because… ummm…" Jon stuttered while Valentine stared at him. "Was it because those two bitch queens Seelie and Kaelie told you too? I always hated you being around them" Valentine said to his son. "Now apologize to Clarissa"
Jon turned to me not looking angry at all, but his eyes showed realization and guilt. "I'm sorry Clary" He said with truth in his voice. I just nodded while Jocelyn told us to go back to school. They apparently were gonna take us home for wedding things but they decided to be alone. Gross, I thought as we both walked back in school.
After a moment of walking in the empty hallways to our next class, which we had together, Jon spoke up. "Look Clary I really am sorry, I never really thought about why we were bullying you, I guess it was just because of Seelie and Kaelie" He said looking at me with hope.
"It's ok I guess-" I started but was interrupted by Jonathon.
"No it's not ok Clary, I we all bully you for no reason. And I'm gonna find out why" He said as he started walking faster. At first I was confused as I started to run to catch up with him. "What are you doing?" I asked him when I was standing next to him.
"I'm gonna go and ask why Kaelie and Seelie pretty much tricked us into bullying you. And now that I think about, why do we bully all of you at all?" Jonathon said as he took off down the hallway. I just groaned before deciding I should go to class.
When I walked in the room, it seemed everyone's eyes turned to me. Luckily I learned how to ignore it as I gave the teacher my pass that the office gave Jon and me. But when I looked around I noticed two things: 1, Jon was not in the room, and 2, the only seats left were next to Seelie and Jace. I inwardly shrugged it off but then remembered that I wasn't in the wish universe….. Or future or whatever that was.
I bit my lip and knew that I should sit next to Jace rather than Seelie. I walked to where Jace sat as people continued to stare at me. The teacher then called everyone's attention and continued the lesson. Out of the corner of my eye I saw Seelie sneer at me. I then remembered what Jace had told me about saying that I was a threat to their popularity and about Jace's "crush" Dude; while we were dating he said he felt like we were made for each other; and I couldn't have agreed more.
When I looked the other way I saw Kaelie sitting next to Sebastian while staring at Jace. I know what you may be thinking, poor girl having all her bullies in one class. Well I also had Simon, who was sitting next to Isabelle while blushing like crazy every time she smiled at him; Jordan and Maia who were comforting each other; and Magnus, who sat next to Alec while making him blush like crazy. Of course Aline and Helen were also sneaking glances at each other every once in a while.
But the Queens were too busy making me miserable that they didn't notice the other's constant flirting. When I looked at Jace, I saw he was looking down like he was trying to ignore everything around him while constraining from doing something. It's barely been a day since the wish ended and I already miss Jace. I looked away before he or the Queens saw me.
After a couple minutes the bell rang. The class didn't seem that long but then again, I came in late. I walked out of class and to my old locker, which took a while to remember since I had a different locker in the wish. When I closed my locker, I most nearly had a heart attack when I saw Isabelle there leaning against the locker. "We didn't finish our conversation earlier" she said while I was practically hyperventilating from her scare.
"Well for future purposes, you don't have to sneak up on me and practically give me a heart attack to get my attention" I told her. She gave me a look so I just sighed and said "Fine, walk and talk with me" I told her while starting to walk towards the parking lot.
After a second of walking I saw Isabelle come up next to me. "So anyway, what was it you were gonna say before the ummm, announcements came on?" I asked while looking at her. "Something like 'before he realized….'" I said trying to make her continue her sentence.
Isabelle took a deep breath before speaking "Uh, ya ummm…" it took her a second to figure out her words before she spoke again. "It's just that I want you to know that the only reason Jace bullied you is because Seelie and Kaelie are threatening to spill that he has a crush on…." She trailed off before starting again. "Anyways, Seb and Jon kind of just role with the flow, but now that Jon is your brother he said that during lunch he was going to go off on the Queens. He seemed really mad, I've never seen him like this but then again, you can bring out things in people no one can understand" At the end she got to the point where it was a whisper.
Just then I heard both our names being called. "Isabelle! Clary! We have a slight problem" At the end his voice slightly wavered from running. I turned to see Alec with his hands on his knees breathing heavily.
"What's the problem?" Isabelle asked with a raised eyebrow. Uhhhgggg still can't do it, I thought bitterly. "It's Jon, he's pissed; and I mean, really pissed" Alec said, his breath turning to get back to normal. "He's in the parking lot over by the big tree making a huge scene" he finished.
Isabelle and I exchanged panicked looks before starting to run over to the courtyard. The last thing I heard before I started running with Isabelle was Alec say "Great more running" Normally I would laugh or chuckle but I was more focused on making sure Jon didn't do something he might regret.
By the time Iz and I got to the courtyard, everyone was huddled around in a circle. Iz and I ran over and pushed our way into the front of the crowd. Before I even got there I was already hearing their voices.
"What were we supposed to do?! She was a small bitch in our way and she was asking for it!" I heard Seelie shout, most likely at Jonathon. "Ya, and with that ugly face of hers, it was easy to bully her!" I heard Kaelie shout after Seelie. Maybe I shouldn't help them, I thought for a second, No! Even though I hate them, it is still the right thing to do.
I kept fighting my way through the crowd, hearing the yelling grow louder as I got closer. "She never did anything to you! She's nicer than you, prettier than you, and an actual human being while you are just some fake ass bitches!" I heard a voice yell that sounded oddly familiar, but not Jon's. "Ya, you just rule the school in your freaking empty heads! You just think everyone likes you when all the guys think you're just an easy lay!" Now that was Jon's voice, than what was the other voice?
I finally got to the front and saw the one and only Jace with a look of viol disgust and hatred all over his face and Jonathon with the same look on. Seelie and Kaelie just sneered back at what they said with an obviously fake look of guilt and sorrow. Awwww, Jace is defending me, so this is how it starts, I thought.
"We're sorry" Seelie said while they both started walking slowly and sexually over to the two. "Please forgive us" Kaelie said while batting her eyelashes, practically trying to have sex with Jace right there. "We meant no harm, we were just having some fun" Seelie said. Somehow, I think that made something in the guy's minds to go off when they jumped back looking ready to kill.
"You are so lucky you are girls" Jon said while Jace just glared at them. The Queens just smirked while Kaelie said "Because guys can't hit girls; and I doubt any girl would be brave enough to hit us" Seelie laughed along with her sister before saying "Come on, any volunteers" They both continued laughing when she saw that some of the guys wouldn't mind taking a punch at them while some girls just backed away no wanting to start anything they can't finish.
"Pathetic" Kaelie said before having Seelie finish "The guys look ready to kill and can't take a swing" That's when I just broke and got an idea. I've wanted to punch them ever since I got here, this is my chance.
"You're right" I said, getting everyone's attention as I stepped forward through the crowd to get closer. "Guys can't hit girls; it might as well be a rule" Everyone's face turned into many different emotions as they watched me carefully as I walked in a slow circle around the two, making them barely notice they got closer from how intimidating I probably looked. Most face's looked confused, intrigued, wondered, worried, surprised, and even sheepish.
I just kept talking while I slowly walked around them in a circle. "But as everyone would see it, I'm not a guy" Seelie was about to say something before I stopped her snarky comment. I held up a finger to silence her while stopped right in front of her "Want to know why it's easy to tell?" It was obviously rhetorical as I answered it. "I know I don't need makeup to look beautiful; or have some painful surgery just to look like a truck ran over my face and/or body" I stopped while looking at all the fake shit they had surgery on. "I don't need to wear prostitute clothes to impress anyone, I'll wear something that impresses me" I pointed at myself before smiling and kept talking. "I don't need to hide behind people; I don't need to force people to do what I want because I don't own them" I gave Seb, Jon and Jace a pointed look. "And lastly: I don't need everyone to like me, I just need to like myself"
They both looked shocked at how I called them out. I smiled before turning around. I was about to take step before turning back around with a finger up in the air. "Oh and I have been waiting a long time for the offer to come up so I might as well take it" I said while smiling. It seemed everyone had forgotten about the punch offer before so they looked a little confused.
That's when I did it. I punched both of them squarely on the side of their heads; knocking them both unconscious. Everyone and everything was quite; like the Earth just stopped the moment my fist made contact with their air heads. I knew my hand was going to bruise from the punch….. But it was worth it!
I then heard a soft clap behind me. I turned around to see Isabelle starting to clap; next thing I knew it Simon was next to her and clapping too. Eventually it got to Maia, Jordan, Magnus, Helen, Alec, Aline, even Sebastian. Soon everyone was clapping while Jonathon snapped out of his shocked state and gave me a huge hug. He then screamed out while holding my hand in the air like they did in wrestling matches for the person who won; "To my new step- sister!" That just got everyone clapping even more.
I smiled and looked over to where Jace was standing but found no sight of him. I frowned while wondering where he went. Just then the bell rang signaling the end of lunch. Everyone started walking to class while whispering about what just happened. Everyone seemed to forget about the two fake ass girls on the ground. I walked next to Isabelle and Simon since I had next period with them but then we parted ways while I got to my locker.
I closed my locker after getting my books out for Civics and started walking down the almost deserted hallway. All of a sudden I got pulled into a closet but an unknown hand. I got trapped between two hands and the wall with the man standing in front of me. He had locked the door fairly quick before getting me in this position with him. I opened my eyes to see-
Sorry I'm leaving you on a cliff hanger but I haven't updated in a long time and I couldn't right the person she saw without having to keep writing. I know that most of you probably know who it is going to be ;-)
We all know that good things must always come to an end. I only have two chapters more to right; well one chapter and an epilogue.
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GoldenHairedAngel