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It had been two weeks since their first date and Clary and Jace were inseparable. They had been hanging out a lot. At school they were the 'it' couple. And by 'it' I mean most talked about.
There were glances which reminded Clary of where she actually stood in the order of things, many levels below Jace, but when it was just them, it was magical. Clary had read and watched movies about magical high-school romances, her parents being the real life fairy tale, but had never envisioned one for herself. Jace had come out of nowhere and knocked the air out of her lungs. The last two weeks at school had been the best of her whole high-school experience. She was actually happy.
After she had been befriended by Isabelle, the teasing had mostly stopped because no one wanted to anger the daughter of Robert and Maryse Lightwood. They were major benefactors of the school. Even if Shadow High was a public school, it was run mostly from donations from the rich families so the hierarchy was formed like that. Isabelle had been popular because of her surname but she didn't let things get to her head and actually treated people well. She had saved Clary and since then the girls had been best friends. That was one incident where Clary had been overwhelmed by the event and the second one was now.
Jace was wonderful, sarcastic and quirky, and he could be the sweetest and kindest person too. He had somewhat unsettled the 'natural order' of things. Having stopped the guys on the football team from acting like brainless idiots and treating normal people equally. He had earned the respect of many from the student body, and with that came a lot of crushes but he seemed to only have eyes for her. He had shared childhood stories, most included his father, which made Clary very confused about the kind of person Michael Wayland was. Why would such a fun person almost lock himself up inside his home and never show his face outside? Clary had never asked, sensing a hesitance, she figured he would tell her if he wanted.
Clary had been avoided Kaelie for all purposes. That ice queen's heart had not melted by Jace, she still saw Jace as a prospective of good cash. She had avoided the conversation by saying that asking for things would be very suspicious and they could lose their fish. Even saying those words had taken a lot out of Clary and she had avoided Jace for the rest of the day because she had felt like she was betraying him. Their relationship wasn't transactional, it was real, at least it seemed real. They didn't know most of the things about each other but yet they felt like they had known each other for centuries.
She hated lying to him. Even though she wasn't but she felt like she was using him and he didn't deserve that. She had to tell him the truth about her past as soon as possible because if it ends badly, the longer she waited, the more it would hurt.
Clary realised that she had been toying with her food when the loud bell rang. She dropped her fork on the plate and sighed, the chatter around her coming into focus. Jace and Alec was sitting at a table with Isabelle and her. A few boys from the team were there. Simon had to work so he had left early. Jace and Simon had developed an unexplainable tension and Clary could do nothing to break it. She didn't like her childhood bestie not being on good terms with Jace. She made a mental note to corner Simon later. She had tried asking Jace and had always gotten a vague "That dude doesn't seem trustworthy".
"Clary?" she looked up to see Jace looking at her curiously, she became aware of the hand he had kept on her thigh. "Where are you lost?"
Clary gulped. It was now or never, "I need to tell you something."
Jace nodded and asked her to go on.
"Not here, come with me." She got up and tugged his hand to make him follow her. He followed, confused.
She led them to the girls washroom, thankfully because recess had just ended so there was only one girl there who looked at them nastily and left.
Jace took both of her hands in his , "You look stressed. What happened? Tell me." He urged her to go on.
"I..uh.." she hesitated. She looked at their hands and knew that it didn't have to be longer, if Jace was angry and broke things off, it would hurt as bad. She didn't want to ruin things.
"I just missed you today. We don't have any class together and yesterday you had to work with your father so, yeah."
Jace's eyebrows rose and then he frowned. "You brought me here to tell me that you missed me?"
"Yeah, can't I want a little privacy with my boyfriend?" Clary tried to play coy but cursed internally when her voice came out anything but. To cover up her nervousness, she pulled him into a hug. Jace held on tightly too but she felt the tension in his muscles. He suspected something was up. What was she thinking, he wasn't dumb!
Clary pulled back, "I have class, I should go." She quickly pecked him on the cheek and was leaving when she was pulled back by her hand and before she could comprehend anything, there was a very welcome warm pressure on her lips. She moulded herself to his embrace and revelled in the feeling of strong arms around her and his taste on her lips. She tangled her fingers in his golden locks and felt all of her second thoughts and nervousness fall away.
Jace ended the kiss with small soft kisses on her lips and finally pulled back. The playful charm was back in his eyes, "Now that, is what you do when you have missed your boyfriend and want privacy with him." He kissed her on the cheek much like she had before, "This is simply not how it works." He kissed her other cheek, near her earlobe, "By the way, I love the way you call me your boyfriend." he whispered. She instinctually tilted her neck the opposite side, giving him access to her neck. He pressed his face to her neck, lightly. She could feel his smirk at her obvious helplessness but she couldn't care less. She didn't care that she was in school and was making out in the girl's bathroom, she didn't care about the class she was going to be very late to, all she wanted was for him to go on. At last she understood why people sneak out of classes to make out. If their partner was even half as good as Jace, they were in for a treat. Jace's hands roamed her back, supporting a bit of her weight, she knew that if they were not there, she would be liquid puddle at his feet. Jace lightly licked the side of her neck before softly sucking on it. She bit her lips and balled her hands into fists, gathering his t-shirt into them. Jace retraced his path back to her lips but right then the doors opened and Clary tried to hide in his chest, trying to save herself from the embarrassment at being caught making out in a washroom.
"Save it, Clary Morgenstern. I can see Jace and he wouldn't be making out with anyone else in the girls' washroom other than you. If he was I would have broken his teeth and did some serious damage to that too perfect face of his."
Clary straightened and came out with a red face at Isabelle's voice. She saw her standing at the door with her hands on her hips, her whole posture screamed demanding. Jace had put his hand around Clary's waist but dropped it at one killer glare from their intruder.
"Jace, go to class or wherever you like to but you miss, need to come to class with me right now! You guys may have a cute romance and I am going to be gushing about this make out session later but right now, I will not let you drop your grades just because you have a cute boy who you are in love with, Clary."
"You're in..?"
"I'm not in..!"
"Oh, shut up! Anyone with a common sense would know that you two are super into each other. Maybe not love. Yet." Isabelle pulled Clary out of the washroom, she half waved Jace a goodbye and tried to keep up with Isabelle so that she didn't get her arm pulled out of its socket.
She got scolded by the teacher before entering the class but didn't protest or try to defend herself, she just looked at the ground, her neck and face growing red, people may have thought that it was because of the embarrassment at being reprimanded publicly but actually her mind had decided to relive the last fifteen minutes spent with Jace and that made her turn red inside and out. She apologised and entered the class and sat at the back and kept zoning out but Isabelle kept her promise of not letting her grades fall just because Jace had decided to work his magic on her. Clary was once again thankful that Isabelle had come into her life and actually cared about her and knew her as well as she did.
"So, Alexander, how long have you been on the team?" Magnus said, leaning towards Alec who scooted closer to his sister.
"It's Alec. Since freshman year." He was almost sticking to Isabelle who was re applying her lipstick.
All of them, with the exception of Jace, was sitting at a café near their school. Jace had left very abruptly. All of them had planned to hang out after school in the café and very surprisingly Alec had volunteered to go with them. He never like hanging out with his sister and her friend, preferring the team instead but lately he had been hanging out with them more. Jace hadn't asked her about the thing she wanted to speak about before and she was glad that he had not gotten a hint of anything. He was about to go with them but then had received a phone call and had taken his car and left citing work. He had a different car that day. Clary was again awed and reminded of his status but didn't feel that pressure she felt while dating a rich guy, the pressure of trying and keeping him entertained without going too far and not letting the group down. This time it was real, Jace was all hers and that scared her in new ways but mostly felt liberating.
Clary was accidentally elbowed by Isabelle who was trying to get her brother to move away.
"Alec, its too hot and you are almost on my lap. Scoot over towards Magnus." Isabelle shoved him away forcefully making Alec land on Magnus. Alec quickly scrambled to get upright while Magnus was smiling cheekily.
"Well, well, Alexander. I like forward people."
"What do you mean? She pushed me." Alec looked at Isabelle searching for backup but got a smirk instead.
"Only family will give you a push in the right direction." Magnus said, philosophically.
Simon who had been engrossed in the video game of his laughed at this. A smile was also growing on Clary's face, who had been brooding because Jace wasn't there. She was glad that Magnus was there. The glittered man had grown onto her. In his words he was a "freewheeling bisexual" and had made that fact very clear to them, especially to Alec. He must've developed a crush on Izzy's brother but sadly Alec didn't date men. On second thought, Alec didn't date anyone, the last girlfriend of his was when they were in middle school. Izzy had recounted the 'horrific' event of walking in on her brother kissing a girl in vivid detail to Clary several times over the course of their friendship.
Clary finished the black coffee she was having and got up to go.
"All right, guys. I'm going to go, have to study."
Isabelle nodded and waved goodbye.
"How will you reach home, Biscuit? You don't have to walk, I'll give you a ride." Magnus asked.
Clary raised both of her eyebrows, not because he had called her 'biscuit' because he had been doing so since the minute they were introduced, but because he was willing to leave Alec and drive her home.
"It's okay, Magnus. I'll walk."
"Nonsense." He said, getting up, "Jace wouldn't leave my ears alone if he hears that I let you walk home unprotected."
He kissed Isabelle on the cheek and winked at Alec and waved at Clary for her to follow him.
Clary looked at Magnus's way for what seemed like the hundredth time but again decided against it.
"Oh! For God's sake, ask me already." Magnus said, without removing his eyes from the road.
"What?"
"About Jace. It's too obvious that you want to flood me with questions about him." He said, as a matter-of-factly.
Clary blushed at being caught but asked anyway, "So how long have you known him?"
"Since middle school, well he was in middle school, I was a senior. I met him the year before his freshman year in the place we used to live in before."
"New York?"
Magnus looked at her briefly, "Brooklyn, to be specific."
"How did you meet? You guys seem to be very close."
"Well, he was a kid in dire need of a friend and I was, well me, in high school. Let's say we both needed each other. He helped me find my inner confidence and I was his best friend."
Clary leaned back in her seat, "I can't imagine Jace in dire need of a friend, I mean he is pretty much surrounded by admirers here and his face and his father combined, I don't see the relevance."
Magnus laughed a knowing laughter, "Sometimes things aren't exactly as they seem from outside. And Jace wasn't always like this." At Clary's glance he added, "Firstly he was a foot and a half shorter and a lot more skinny. I was a bit surprised at how filled out he looked here. Idris is doing him good."
Clary laughed at the mental picture of a shorter and skinnier Jace but with that same smirk, causing trouble all over the place.
Magnus smiled. After a while, as they pulled up near her house, he said, "I meant it, Clary. Idris is doing him good. I have a very sure guess that you are the main reason of it. He adores you and is so much relaxed around you. Just keep an open mind and know that he is a good guy who has gone through more shit than he deserved to. Just do me a favour and don't break his heart."
Magnus tilted his head toward her in acknowledgement and drove away, leaving her confused. What could've happened to Jace? He seemed perfectly okay. And towards what should she be receptive? Only one thing made sense in all of Magnus's words.
"Don't break his heart."
She wasn't going to, in fact, maybe, he would be the one breaking hers after she came clean. She knew that if he was heartbroken, she would be too. That realisation was scary and exhilarating.
Standing in the light of her front porch she knew something. She was going to tell him the truth the next time she sees him. It wouldn't do anyone any good to wait and she wanted no secrets between them because this was real and she wanted him more than anything in the world.
A.N: Thankyou for waiting for the update. I know it's short but hey, I wrote a Clace bathroom make out session! I was very uninspired and my health is bad and I am getting migraines if I look at the computer screen so I know that this wasn't good. I promise to do better next chapter.
Anyway, tell me what you think. Should Clary reveal her secret this early or should she wait until she is more sure of where she stands? Where does Jace disappear sometimes? What do you think of Magnus? And his friendship with Jace and flirtationship with Alec? What do you think he meant when he spoke to Clary about Jace?
See, so many questions, so you can't say that you didn't know what to review. Make me feel better by reviewing. Social work is good karma, guys!
Love,Thea
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