Two hours into the party and Clary was already feeling tipsy Izzy and Maia even Alec and his boyfriend Magnus have been giving her shots nonstop. Jace was the only who seemed hesitant to let her drink all this. "Alright I need to go to the bathroom are you gonna stay here?" she turned facing Jace.
"Yea yea I'll just be here come back here when you're done". Right as Clary walked away to go the bathroom upstairs Kaelie sauntered up him. "Hi Jace" she tried to say seductively. Kaelie was hot and completely his type but he promised Clary he'd stay with her and besides all he ever had eyes for was Clary anyways. "Let's dance Jace I'll show you how much fun you can have tonight" she winked suggestively at him. "I'm not interested Kaelie go away" taking a step away from her but Kaelie followed him and took a step forward slipping on some spilled drink on the floor. Jace caught her as she was falling backwards on instinct but Kaelie had other ideas and wrapped her arms around Jace's neck kissing him. Jace kissed her back on instinct and influence of the drinks he's had but as soon as he realized what he was doing he let her go and just as he lifted his head he made eye contact with Clary walking down on the stairs, her eyes filled with hurt and tears waiting to be poured out.
Clary was filled with hurt and anger as she saw the scene before her. Of course the second she leaves Jace would have another girl right away, what was she thinking? The only reason he stayed with her was because she asked him to not on his own will. She should have known besides how can she compare to Kaelie who had all the curves and bumps in the right places with long legs and tanned skin. She was nothing compared to her. Feeling completely embarrassed she went the other way and merged into the body of the party to avoid Jace for the rest of the night.
As he saw Clary's brows furrow and eyes grow into disappointment he quickly released Kaelie and tried to make his way to her but she went the other way and he couldn't help but feel frustrated. Surely Clary has seen him kiss girls before but this reaction was different. She actually acted as if she cared and it bothered her, could Isabelle's snide comments about Clary's feelings for him be true. As he made his way outside the sight broke his heart and angered him.
Clary walked outside to the pool area in hopes of finding Izzy and confiding in her but Raphael blocked her way. "Hey Clary happy birthday and uh you look great" he said smiling at her. Raphael was a nice guy but he was a jock and liked to play around with girls until now. "Cmon it's your party and you're not even swimming join us in the pool". Caught up in her frustrated emotions she wanted to prove that Jace wasn't the only one who can get whoever she wanted but as she finished taking off her dress someone shoved her from behind and she fell forward into Raphael. Raphael thinking she willingly moved forward connected their lips together. Clary was stunned and her lips were not moving at all and as she came back to her senses to gently push him away she was suddenly being pulled backwards.
"GET OFF OF HER FUCKING PRICK" Jace growled as he pulled her to him and punched Raphael in the face. "Sorry man I didn't know I guess it was a misunderstanding" Raphael said as he rubbed his jaw and slowly turned back.
"JACE! What the heck was that?!" Clary was angry. He always went around kissing girls what right did he have to not let her kiss someone else.
"What was that?! That was me trying to protect you from that ass Clary! I seriously thought you were better than that to go around kissing guys you just talked to!"
"Excuse me! 'Better than that' What is that supposed to mean? Are you calling me a slut"
"Well what you were doing proves it you would've probably been fucking him tonight if I didn't pull him off of you huh" the words were out of Jace's mouth before he could think and he saw as Clary's face pale and tears start to show in her eyes. "Clary I-no that's not what I meant"
"Don't. I know what you meant. Leave me alone Jace." She tried to push pass him but he grabbed her wrist and took her to the gazebo behind the shed where it was secluded. "Let go of me Jace! I don't want to talk to you!" she tried to take her wrist but his grip was way too strong.
Once they got to the gazebo Jace pulled Clary in his arms her back to his front and his arms keeping her there tightly. "Just please stay like this until I finish talking. That's not what I mean and I'm sorry I was just too angry and caught up in my emotions. The words were out of my mouth before I knew it I just wanted to make you feel the hurt I felt when I saw you kissing him but I realize now you've probably felt that way more and I also want to explain that. I didn't kiss Kaelie she was slipping and when I caught her she kissed me nothing more. I'm sorry Clare I didn't mean to hurt you, that's the last thing I want because I-I love you so much Red. I'm in love with you Clary and I used all those girls to try and distract me from that but when I saw your reaction with Kaelie I guess I hoped maybe you reacted that way because you felt the same".
Clary was stunned frozen. She couldn't believe everything that Jace just said. He slowly turned her around to face him but she kept her gaze down. Jace tipped up her chin with his finger "Look at me Red, please say something anything please". "Jace I-I don't know what to say I-"
"Shh you don't have to say it back I just thought you should know" with that Jace let her go his face filling with hurt and rejection. As he took a step back Clary came back to her senses and threw herself at him wrapping her arms around his neck as Jace's arms automatically went around her waist. "I love you too Jace, so so much" she whispered softly in his ear and Jace couldn't be happier to hear them. Jace pulled back to look at her face and cupped her cheeks softly meeting his lips with hers. Clary couldn't even fathom words to describe how perfect his lips against hers felt as she deepened the kiss pulling him tighter.
Jace feeling Clary's bare skin against his palms stopped the kiss and said "I think we should kiss another time when you have more clothes on or I wouldn't be able to stop myself". Clary hid her face blushing at his comment but Jace caressed her cheeks with his fingers and softly whispered "hey don't hide you're beautiful". "Now cmon let's go back to your party and get in the pool since you're already dressed for it, which may I say is very sexy" Jace winked at her, her blush darkening. She took his outstretched hand and laced her fingers with his thinking about how perfect it felt as they headed back to the party.
The memories brought tears to her eyes and she raised her hand to wipe at them just as Jace woke. He saw her tears and immediately brushed them away with his thumb "Don't cry baby please, I'm so sorry I'm an asshole but I'll make it up to you. I took the day off today to spend with you and I won't do any work whatsoever on the weekend too. Today was Friday Jace didn't go to his office on weekends just working from home, this meant three whole days with Jace to herself and she felt herself begin to smile at the thought.