Chapter Six
Time Jump- Six Months Later
Clary POV:
It's been six months since Jace and I have been seeing each other and its been a pretty damn good six months. My father had still been pestering me about meeting Jace, and I knew that I was only a matter of time before I walked into my house and he was standing there so I talked to Jace and we decided to make a trip up to Fort Drum this weekend, and to be honest I was really nervous. I really wanted my parents to approve of Jace. The drive was long but it wasn't that bad. We pulled up to the gate and I recognized Luke immediately.
"Hey Luke, how are you?"
"I'm good. How are you?"
"I'm really good. This is Jace, my boyfriend." I looked at Jace. "This is Luke, close family friend, and the one who delivered the bad news."
"It's nice to meet you Luke."
"You too Jace. Go right through Clary, your father is expecting you." We say our goodbyes and I direct Jace to the house. It's a huge house, and I looked over and could see Jace's body stiffen. We got out of the car and grabbed out bags and went inside.
"Papà sto a casa." I call out and I hear footsteps. My mom steps around the corner with her arms opened.
"È così bello vedere il tuo bambino." She says as she hugs me.
"Anche voi." I step back next to Jace. "Mom, this is Jace, Jace this is my mother."
"It's a pleasure to meet you Mrs. Morgenstern."
"Please, call me Jocelyn. It's a pleasure to finally meet you as well Jace." She directs us to our bedroom and says she's going to go find my dad and leaves us alone.
"So, that wasn't so bad was it?" I ask as I snake my arms around his waist.
"No, but I have a feeling your dad is going to be worse."
"Don't let him intimidate you. He is a general, so he's used to people cowering at his presence, but just be calm. He'll like you. You're smart, successful, charming. You have nothing to worry about." I lean up and give him a quick kiss before heading back downstairs. We walk into the living room where I hear my parents talking. I put my finger to my lips telling Jace to be quiet as I listen.
"Valentino sei essendo irragionevole." I hear my mother say.
"No io non sono Jocelyn."
"Non sai nemmeno l'uomo."
"Non devo conoscere lui a conoscere non mi piace di lui." I shake my head and look at Jace.
"Egli sembra molto dolce, e lui fa Clary felici, non basta?"
"Non sappiamo nulla di lui, per tutti sappiamo che egli potrebbe essere un bum." I finally had enough before I made myself known to my parents.
"Egli non è un pezzente, egli è un avvocato. Un certo successo a che." They both froze and look at Jace and I.
"Clary." My dad starts but I cut him off.
"Cercate di conoscerlo prima di scrivere completamente fuori lui."
"Clarissa, I'm sorry."
"Don't apologize to me, apologize to Jace." I see my father stiffen and I knew that's not what he wanted to hear.
"I'm sorry I misjudged you Jace, but she's my little girl. You can't blame me for being cautious."
"I don't blame you at all sir."
"Now that that's settled, lets eat." We all sit down at the table and have dinner. I never brought a boy home before, so I had no idea how my father was going to be but everything seemed to be running smoothly. They talked about Jace's career and my fathers career. Manly things that I really didn't care for, but it was nice that they were getting alone. My phone buzzed and I looked down to see that it was from my commanding officer.
"Excuse me guys, but I have to take this." They nodded and I excused myself into the next room. "Hello sir?"
"Morgenstern, you're needed back in Iraq. Immediately."
"When sir?"
"Five days from now is when your flight leaves."
"For how long?"
"Six months."
"Yes sir." I sigh and make my way back into the dinning room where I take my seat and my mother looks at me and notices my demeanor change. Don't get me wrong, I love serving my country, but I have something I have to leave behind this time, and that's going to suck a lot.
"What's wrong baby?"
"I'm being deployed. I'm needed back in Iraq ASAP."
"For how long?"
"Six months. I leave in five days." My father tells me it's okay if we cut this vacation short so I have time to pack my things, and I just nod. After dinner Jace and I head up to our room and I lay on the bed.
"What's wrong?" He asks and I look at him.
"I'm leaving."
"I know."
"And that doesn't bother you?"
"I knew there was a chance of you being deployed when we first went out to coffee. I knew you'd be leaving again at some point. It's part of your job, and I respect your job. Is it going to suck? Absolutely. But we can do this. Just remember that I'll be waiting when you get back."
He kissed me and I kissed him back. We cuddled up on the bed and just let each others presence sink in, knowing that in five days I'd be gone for six months. The next day we loaded the car up and headed back to Fort Hamilton. Once I got all my things out of Jace's car he told me that he needed to head home for a bit but that he'd be back to spend the last four days with me. After the door was closed I plopped down on the couch and turned the TV on, just waiting for Jace to get back so I could be held by him.
Jace POV:
After leaving Clary's I went back to my apartment to see Alec and Izzy sitting on the couch. They looked confused when I walked in and I couldn't blame them. I was supposed to be gone for three days.
"Why are you here?" Izzy asks.
"Clary is deploying in four days and needed to come home to get ready."
"Damn, that sucks. I'm sorry about that, but I know how you feel. You know that Private First Class I've been casually seeing lately? He's deploying in a month." I nod, not really knowing what else to say to her.
"So I'll be spending all my time at Clary's until she's gone, so don't ruin this place."
"Wouldn't dream of it dude." Alec says and I grab some suits and make my way to the door.
"Alright, I'll be back in four days. See you guys later."
"Bye man."
I made my way back to my car and drove back to Clary's. I walked in and see Clary sleeping on the couch. I put my things in her room and make my way back downstairs and sit next to her.
"Clary. Wake up babe." She stirs a little but doesn't wake up. "Clary, come on wake up!" I say a little louder.
"Non voglio troppo." She answers and I laugh. I have no idea what she said.
"You know I can't speak Italian yet. Wake up sleepy head." She sits up and rubs her eyes.
"Hey."
"Hey. You know, it's not fair that even when you're sleeping you speak Italian."
"I'm sorry. It's the first thing that pops into my head. I think to myself in Italian, sometimes I can't turn it off." I laugh and she curls into my side. We stay like that for the rest of the night. Knowing that for six months I'd be going to bed alone, and only talking to her for a couple minutes here and there.
Translation:
Papà sto a casa- Dad I'm home
È così bello vedere il tuo bambino- It's good to see you baby
Anche voi- You too
Valentino sei essendo irragionevole- Valentine you're being unreasonable
No io non sono Jocelyn- No I'm not Jocelyn
Non sai nemmeno l'uomo- You don't even know the man
Non devo conoscere lui a conoscere non mi piace di lui- I don't have to know him to know I don't like him
Egli sembra molto dolce, e lui fa Clary felici, non basta?- He seems really sweet, and he makes Clary happy, isn't that enough?
Non sappiamo nulla di lui, per tutti sappiamo che egli potrebbe essere un bum- We don't know anything about him, for all we know he could be a bum
Egli non è un pezzente, egli è un avvocato. Un certo successo a che- He isn't a bum, he's a lawyer, a rather successful one at that
Cercate di conoscerlo prima di scrivere completamente fuori lui- Get to know him before you completely write him off
Non voglio troppo- I don't want too