CLARY'S POV
The week went by far too fast. It was already Friday. Clary was so scared that she had complained to Isabelle about a stomachache and decided to stay in the dorms until she had to leave that night. Isabelle had been a little iffy about leaving Clary but she insisted she would be fine alone and managed to convince Isabelle to go to her first class.
Now it was around 1:30 and Clary was practically bouncing off the walls. She decided that she needed to get out so she went for a walk around campus. Clary wondered around for almost half an hour deep in thought. She put her right hand on her opposite shoulder and put pressure on it wondering how long she would have until doing something like that would hurt.
It was only when Clary into someone that she started paying attention to her surroundings. She was stopped by a pair of masculine hands and immediately took a step back to see who it was.
"You alright there?" Jonathon asked as Clary looked up at him. His white blonde haired shined in the sunlight.
"Oh, yeah. Sorry, I just wasn't paying much attention." Clary mumbled as he let her go.
"That's alright, what were you thinking about?" Jon asked but Clary didn't hear him as her mind drifted back to this weekend.
"Huh?" Clary shook her head as she tried to regain focus.
"Or still are thinking about..." Jon said under his breath and raised an eyebrow. "You sure you're alright?"
Clary nodded. "Yeah, yeah I'm fine. So, where are you headed?" Clary asked in an attempt to make small talk and get her mind off her parents.
"Class."
"Oh, of course." Clary wanted to slap herself. Duh.
Jon grinned. "Yeah, where are you headed? I've never you seen you around here this time of day."
"I decided to ditch today, I'm just walking around," Clary replied.
"Really? Seems like a pretty drowsy day for a walk." Jon looked up at the sky. He was right, it was cloudy, cold, and wet out.
Clary shrugged. "Didn't notice."
Jonathon looked back down at her with a smile. "Hey, I was wondering if you'd maybe like to go out sometime?"
Clary froze. She had definitely not been expecting that. She didn't know how she about it either. Jon wasn't that bad looking and he seemed pretty nice but Clary hadn't really realized he liked her and he caught her off guard.
"I," Clary started trying to hide how surprised she was and act calmly. "I don't even know you."
Jon smiled. "Isn't that what a first date is for?"
Clary couldn't help but smile back at that. "You know what, sure."
His smile widened. "Cool, this weekend?"
"I can't," Clary grimaced, "I'm going out of town."
"That's alright," Jon played it off like it was cool but Clary could tell he was a little upset. "How about I get your number and call you sometime?"
"Sure," Clary smiled and held out her hand. "Phone." He gave his cell phone to her after unlocking it and Clary quickly typed in her number.
"Great, I should probably continue to class now but I'll see you later Clary," Jon said before walking away.
"Yup," Clary called after him. "See you later..."
JACE'S POV
Jace got back to his dorm and immediately raided the fridge. He didn't even notice Alec sitting at the island as he did so. When Jace turned around with his arms full of food all Alec did was watch as the boy started to devour it all.
"What have you done today that made you so hungry?" Alec pondered still watching Jace stuff his face.
"I hed fhoceobah trighut toduha." Jace mumbled with his mouth full and Alec grimaced.
"What? Swallow." Alec said. Jace rolled his eyes but continued to chew his food until he could swallow.
"First," Jace said when he could speak. "That's what he said." Alec rolled his eyes. "And second, I said that I had football tryouts today."
Alec nodded in understanding. "Well, then I'll text Jon to pick up 50 lbs of food immediately. Looks like you've already eaten everything anyway."
"Add an extra 10 lbs to that," Jace said as he took a bit more food from the fridge.
"Fatso," Alec breathed as he texted their friend.
Jace raised his eyebrows. "What did you just call me."
Alec looked up from the phone. "F-A-T. Fat." Alec said and Jace scoffed.
"I'll have you know that not only do I have the face of an Angel but I also have the body of a God and God's must eat a lot." He said.
"You're very narcissistic, I hope you know that." Alec responded.
Jace shrugged. "Everyone has a flaw."
"In your case, you have like a thousand." Alec said quietly but just loud enough so he knew Jace heard.
The blonde's mouth gaped. "Name one."
"Lying," Alec didn't even look up from his phone.
"Name another."
"Egocentric."
Jace crossed her arms over his chest. "Two more."
"Arrogant. Impatient."
Jace narrowed his eyes. "Alright, one more."
Alec sighed and finally looked up. "Stubborn."
"Wow, well I know what your flaw is now." Jace pouted and turned away from Alec.
Alec sighed again. "What?"
Jace twisted his head to look at Alec with a mocking hurt look. "Mean."
Alec rolled her eyes and looked back down at his phone. "Audacious. Martyrdom." When Jace realized Alec had continued pointing out more of his 'flaws' he started stalking out of the room which only made Alec say them louder. "Callous! Idiotic! A flirt! And really childish!"
CLARY'S POV
Clary sat in her car for a good 10 minutes. She was now in front of the oh-so-familiar house that had once been home. It stopped being home a long time ago.
When Clary finally got out of the car she clutched her bag so hard her knuckles turned white and her nails dug into her palms. Clary hadn't seen either of her parents in over a month. She had missed her mom and was happy to see her now. She was even happy that she would get the chance to lessen the blows her mother undoubtedly got weekly, probably daily. She would do anything for her mom, even it that meant getting beaten until she fell unconscious.
She slowly traveled up the walkway to the front door. Her entire body shook with fear and anticipation. Clary just had to get through one weekend... one weekend and then she wouldn't have to see him again for another month if she was lucky two.
Clary's hand wavered above the doorbell. She thought back to the past year and a half when she had been away at college. Each visit progressively got worse throughout the weekend. On the night she arrived Clary was always relatively safe. That Saturday would be when things started. Sunday would start slow but as the time for Clary to leave neared it would be almost unbearable. Then on Monday, the bruises would start to show up. The purple and blue and green. The cuts would be there too and Clary couldn't fight back. She didn't know how to.
With a deep breath Clary's finger came down and she pressed the doorbell. She could hear it ringing and after it stopped she waited. One minute. Two minutes. Three minutes. Time passed but Clary didn't dare leave that doorstep. She knew it took them a while to answer.
And then the door flung open and Clary gulped as her weekend began.
Hey y'all! Sorry this chapter is really short but I'm going to upload another right after to make up for that. So I know this is kind of a bit of a touchy subject and all and that's why I'm not going to ever go into detail about it. For the most part this story is supposed to be just really sweet and funny and fluffy but this is something really serious that I just wanted to add in.
Anyway, I hope y'all liked this chapter. Please review your thoughts! Love you guys!
