DISCLAIMER: The songs mentioned in this chapter are not mine for a single bit, but suited the fic so good I had to add them, enjoy!
"Jace, by the angel… Can you appear already?!" Clary had spent the last 15 minutes scurrying around the apartment to look for her boyfriend, in high heels, being pushed and pulled by all of the dancing guests. Then, as if Raziel himself had sent her a helping hand, she saw a familiar face in the crowd.
"He is impossible!" Alec complained, approaching her. Ok, so it was a bad night to be in a relationship…
"What happened? I thought they were having fun, we haven't seen you much since we got here so I supposed so… "Clary asked worriedly.
"Oh, I assure you this party is anything but fun. I'm going to explode with jealousy!" He confessed without realizing. He had "tried" to keep it covered but Magnus was getting in some of his nerves that no one had ever touched; oh, love, so beautiful and yet such a cruel little shit!
"Why?" She said, trying to look behind him to see if she would find Jace without him noticing.
"Because it turns out Magnus invited Camille to our anniversary party, then he was flirting with that fucking huge wolf and to top off the give Alec hell cake! He goes all bff's with Mrs. Perfect Blonde Vampire number 2. How the hell do I compete with that?!" screamed the honored one with blushed angry cheeks that warmed Clary's heart inside.
"Hey, you don't have to compete against anyone, Alec. Magnus doesn't want you because you're a Nephilim or this or that! He loves you for who you are to him, you get it? When he sees you, he doesn't see another mere shadowhunter, he sees the boy he keeps deep inside his heart and that's the thing you have and the others don't. You're his one!" she calmed him.
"Have you been smoking something, Clary?" or so she thought. She forgot how annoyingly hardheaded her kind could be
"No! You people don't understand my artist soul! Now if you'll excuse me, I have to keep hunting for your brother ... "she replied angrily, turned away from Alec and saw an unmistakable glimpse of golden hair, started to run, stumbled a few times and finally hit the target … Literally, right on the nape "Aha! I found you, piece of a coward! Where the hell did you think you were going?" she started again with their couple trouble caring little about the fact they were in the middle of the dance floor.
"Love, it's not a good time now…" he looked dizzy, confused… and a bit scared, extremely unusual from him, which made her only crave for some truth more and more!
"I didn't spend half an hour falling, running round like a mouse and wasting my very wise advices for you not to tell me what's going on! What could be so bad for you to act like this towards me?" she protested, Jace tried to get closer to comfort her but she moved away to continue the wordiness, he rolled his eyes "This is just so typical from you; to expect that everything's enough of a deep, unchangeable shit to shout out for help! But if you won't say, fine then! Though I want you you'll make me blow up my mind looking for reasons for you to act like this if it's not because you want to break up with me because I've had that fear since we actually started dating!" she almost began to sob.
"Goodness gracious, of course not! It's the complete opposite, Clary. I'll look for the right time to tell you everything, right now…" he pulled her to him by the waist and kissed her forehead "Why don't we try to enjoy ourselves… and stay away from the weirdos…"
"Whatever you say…" damn it; she always turned into a weak puddle of love and acceptance once she had those golden eyes in sight.
"It always works" he chuckled proudly.
"Where on earth were you?" Isabelle popped out of nowhere with her mother like expression.
"Right here, you're seeing us now" Clary replied, still melted in Jace's arms.
"Yeah, but you weren't really the ones I wanted to see, in fact I didn't want to see you at all! Where's my daughter?" Bella demanded to know.
"Truth to be told, I don't give a damn and don't see how that's my problem" she confessed, she had tried to be nice with the guests, but she was fed up with having to play nanny at a party!
"It's your problem because the last person she was with was your sick brother!" Edward stated marking one point less for her, shit.
"Fine if you insist! We'll help with your lack of responsibility and help you find your brat! But if you keep up with the shitty attitude I'm out, and I mean it when I say I won't hesitate to present all of your heads to my brother's mother in a silver plate!" she "kindly agreed" pointing a dagger to their faces.
"That ... sounds weird, didn't you mean to say your mother? And why would she want vampire heads?" Bella asked trying to distract her, it worked, she threw the weapon away and it most certainly landed on the foot of a poor clueless guest.
"Ah, I'll explain it to you, my mother was the one who gave birth to him, yes, but the fact that he is a damn ill, incest, hateful little scum is only Lilith's fault. Now, back to what concerns us, if I hear a please we can skip this boring introduction and get our hands in the matter and ignore the fact that you can't even take care of yourselves even less of your hybrid…thing"
"I'm so proud of her" Jace told Isabelle with teary eyes, she death-glared him "What?" My little love finally embraces her nature!"
"She's right…" the male vampire whined.
"That is not true! And even if it was ..." Bella thought for a good reply and found nothing "it's none of your business, you dwarf" so she had to use her resources, being half a head taller than Clary.
"Oh, look at here! So now you're the one's who's cruising for a bruising?" the smaller one cracked her knuckles.
"I might be, but we're in a party anyway, for ridiculous and boring it is, how about something more pacific and challenging…?" she pointed to the DJ booth.
"Shit, my Achilles heel ..." Clary screeched softly, spoking what was inside Bella's head. The pride was doing wonders for her; she had two left feet too!
"Why, you're chickening out, redhead?" 'Please do, please do, please do…' she thought with a trembling lip which the Nephilim took as a bravery sign so she didn't back out.
"Of course not! Jace, come here!" so they'd have to stick to their "nonviolent" ways that however ended badly… maybe even worse than a good fight.
"I can't believe it! But how long has it been since then?" Rose was feeling a bit funny after sharing a few glasses with whatever the hell Magnus had been giving her. How was the drunken marker at the party No idea, but the number of lost soldiers was much bigger than the number of sober ones
"About forty years, child! And you have not aged a little" answered Magnus, as kind and obvious as ever when he was that intoxicated.
"And what about you? You still look 790!" She replied, patting his arm.
"Stop it… you're going to make me blush!" he replied hiccupping.
"You're already blushing; you've finished three bottles of whiskey even before I got here!" Rose pointed out giggling like crazy; Catarina on the other side didn't look so amused. If anyone in that freaking place knew him as well as she did, they wouldn't had let him drink that much.
"True!" He remembered, and they laughed as wild, rabid hyenas in the desert.
"You know what, Magnus?" the blonde fixed her not at all messed up hair and sat closer to the warlock.
"I don't know. Does what know me?" he had a thought time trying to focus his cat eyes, or attention, on her.
"I really miss those old times in the Dumort ..." she said making kissy faces, Catarina's whore alert began to blink brightly.
"By Lilith ..." she whispered, knowing that would lead her quickly to a death she never saw coming.
"Oh yeah? Well, I don't! You can't imagine how happy I am to have sent Camille down the pipe" he assured her, resting his head on the table, Rosalie picked it up with her hands and pinched his cheeks, she was more drunk than she thought.
"But it was so funny! Remember how we spent all day and night giving drugs to those human idiots and they had no idea they would be our dessert afterwards, it was hilarious! You remember you used to get the candy for us? Those long afternoons of laughter and pills all around the nightclubs? "Rosalie prayed that he did for some strange reason.
"Sorry to interrupt, but I don't think…" Magnus' friend began. She recalled quite clearly that he had asked him to erase the memory of having saved Camille from dying because of intoxicated human blood, as they knew he would never be able to forget on his own, he could've let her vanish as harshly as she let go of his heart; but still he felt sorry for her, no matter how much time went by or how many things he lived… he'd probably never be able to let go of a part of her.
"I wasn't talking to you, Smurfette… Oh, c'mon Magnus, I know you memory is one of your best attributes…"
"Hey, girl, I truly have no freaking idea of what you're…" and suddenly her face was in front of his with only a few millimeters separating their mouths, luckily, someone pulled the vampire away from him by grabbing a hold of her long hair.
"Blondie, you've just committed suicide…" Catarina said relieved… and just a little pleased.
"The smartest thing you've said through the whole evening, Cat," Alec conceded with a seraph knife about to be buried in Rose's neck. "No one, I repeat, no one! Kisses MY boyfriend…"
"He still doesn't wake up? Pfff, what a baby…!" noticed Simon next to Alice who was still shaking Jasper as if she was making a vampire smoothie.
"He's never drunk like this! It was obviously your fault!" the short girl attacked with a pout.
"Ok, ok, hold it! By any chance did I say: Hey, you, weird guy, come on here and get drunk like you've never done before! Don't think so… I don't usually share my drinks" and so he continued to get wasted.
"Jasper, by the Lord, wake up!" Alice finally yelled and made Jazz react… just not the way she had intended or wanted.
"Maria!" He cried, opening his eyes to find his wife's fire lighted ones.
"Maria?!" she echoed in fulminating voice.
"No, no, no, wait, sweetheart! I can explain …" Jazz begged before she chopped his head off.
"I do not want your freaking explanations; I expect to break you in half without any more sounds than screams coming from your mouth! How dare you dream of that bitch?!" Simon was getting tired of the "Real Housewives" scene, so he thought of ways of distracting the immortal midget.
"But I love you, Alice! For real! It was not a dream, it was a nightmare! "Jasper assured her, trying to stay awake and believable for a change.
"Sure! When I first met you, you only wept over Maria, when we joined the Cullen's you felt guilty because of the things you had done for Maria and last but not least, most recently! When we had to battle Riley you just had to shout out to the world your wonderful love story, with whom? Oh, yeah! MARIA! As if she was the only thing you have in your head! "
"Enough! There will always be the ex-girl problem in a relationship but you guys have spent almost a century together! Don't you think it's time to get over some issues…? "He said, but they continued their fight in silent manner. "Ok, time to bring out the weapons then…" he patted Jasper's shoulder "Just follow me, bro… I know how to deal with this" his new friend nodded and Simon cleared his throat, begging his musician skills would not fail:
"Imagine me and you, I do. I think about you day and night, it's only right. To think about the girl you love and hold her tight. So happy together" he started, Jazz captured his intentions and continued singing with him. It was one hell of an idea! How hadn't he thought of signing to her before?
"If I should call you up, invest me. And you say you belong to me and ease my mind. Imagine how the world could be, so very fine. So happy together"
Bella and Clary complained when the dancing music stopped, for their own different reasons, worth stressingbut Clary managed to distinguish a certain familiar voice in the crowd. Simon was singing "Happy together"?
"This is the gayest thing I've ever seen ..." Edward said in low voice, Bella answered by hitting him.
"If you have a problem with that you shouldn't have come to my party, dude!" Shrieked Alec from a distance, he has also joined their singing, and hugged Magnus in romantic, and possessive, manner ... and it's better not to ask what had happened to Rosalie.
"Oh, such a cute detail from Simon! He's singing for them" Clary smiled to her best friend approvingly.
"Really? That's cute for you? Having me! That's what's cute for you?! "Jace protested in sudden jealousy, he had gotten used to being the center of her attention for the past hour that they played chasing games.
"Of course! Let's go with them" she said aiming to walk to their friends.
"Oh no, I will not." Her boyfriend grimaced, crossed his arms to his chest and stumped hardly on the floor.
"Yes, you will because I say so" Clary ordered using her newfound new skills and kissed his cheek to add some sweetness to it.
"As you say, love" Jace agreed, frightened yet excited and joined them.
"What do you say, Bells, should we go too?" Edward asked, finally surrendering as they had been left alone by their opponents.
"Yes!" She squealed excitedly taking his arm and practically dragging him to the fuss.
"I can't see me lovin' nobody but you
for all my life. When you're with me, baby the skies'll be bluefor all my life"
"Me and you and you and me. No matter how they toss the dice, it had to be. The only one for me is you and you for me. So happy together"
"I can't see me lovin' nobody but you. For all my life. When you're with me, baby the skies'll be blue. For all my life"
Isabelle had been looking for Simon and when she found him she couldn't believe what was in front of her eyes. Her boyfriend, standing over the bar table singing "The Turtles" next to the blonde vampire… It was the most beautiful thing he had ever seen. So the music had stopped to hear them and all of the guests sang too. Even all those who had wanted to punch each other on the face just a second ago chanted the song and the harmonies with them; Izzy came closer to see them better, winning a stare of adoration from the main singer, she smirked happily but being discrete. She still hadn't forgiven him completely for the little slip they had had with Maia. Still it surprised her how quickly this silly, adorable boy was earning her heart, little by little.
"Me and you and you and me. No matter how they toss the dice, it had to be. The only one for me is you, and you for me. So happy together."
"So happy together. How is the weather. So happy together. We're happy together. So happy together. Happy together. So happy together. So happy together… "
Then the crowd cheered and clapped joyfully at the wonderful show.
"That was beautiful, Jazz!" Alice jumped into his arms.
"You're the best…" Isabelle agreed, hugging Simon, he gave her a peck on the cheek in return. Jasper whispered, "Thank you." After that, they all sank into a sea of kisses and hugs, Jace had to close his mouth so as not to vomit rainbows.
"Oh, how beautiful!" Clary shrieked, wrapped in the arms of her boyfriend who only looked bored... because he hadn't been given a microphone, it was his jam!
"Yeah, the best part of the whole party ... Now, redhead! Let's get down to business, last chance! Do you dare? " Bella challenged Clary, for one last time, everyone gather around to see what caused the commotion.
"But of course! DJ, hit me with your best shot!" Clary announced. And as the best cliché of a dance competition the chosen song was "The time of my life" challenging their Dirty Dancing skills, it would be good. Jace and Clary would be at a disadvantage since Edward had to know the steps very well.
However, both couples gave their all, Clary spun and turned so many times that she became dizzy but continued dancing as never before. Bella with such a dance partner, had the grace and beauty of a swan, a carnivorous swan...
"Come on, Fray, don't give up!" Simon encouraged, trying to erase some of the red lipstick stains that Isabelle's lips had left as evidence of their imminent reconciliation.
"I'm trying!" she responded, Jace was an incredible dancer, and pianist, and fighter. Her special, remarkable moves were the once she managed to do with pencils and brushes! She was a painter for a reason!
"Bella, you will dishonor this whole family if you don't win!" Alice said to her sister.
"Isn't she enough of a disgrace already?" Rosalie inquired , she had some trouble walking. Children, you should never mess with a Lightwood, remember it well.
"Can you two shut up!?" the dancing vampire shouted out, they were making her lose her focus!
"C'mon, Mom! Show them what you're made of! And try not to make it literal, You know you're stronger than Dad is!" Nessie said from afar accompanied by Maia and Jordan, both smiling, and behind her was Sebastian; that made the mother try everything to win.
"All right, it's time," Jace announced, watching carefully and getting the intentions of his opponents.
"What time?" asked Clary feeling as if her eyeballs had become marbles inside her skull.
"Adventure Time! What do you think, baby? It's the lift!" He replied giving his girlfriend goosebumps.
"Jace, that's a death sentence! Ask me to kill a ravener demon and I will, but I won't be able to do that step!" she screamed alarmed, but Jace was only focused on their dancing and how dirty it could get!
"I've trained you well enough for this, love, I know you can!" he encouraged her, Clary nodded and moved away as much as she could to make sure she could took off cleanly, Jace took out his hands. Then Clary ran and leapt onto him, fitting into his arms as perfectly as usual. Their friends shouted, clapped and jumped happily, Clary laughed in the air, the song finished and Jace lowered her. She smiled and wrapped her arms around him.
"Told you…" he whispered with his lips to her ear, she giggled.
"I wouldn't have done it without you" he kissed her feeling triumphant. Then Bella came up in a rage to ruin their moment.
"This doesn't end here!"
"We won fair and square, blame your husband's bad memory which didn't remember the final step! He has lived and danced longer than I have ..." answered Jace clutching Clary's hand tightly. She snapped her fingers at them and they walked out of the dance floor in all of their glory.
"I'm sure you have better moves than the ones your parents have, you still have half of your body with flowing blood in it, oh yeah!" Sebastian winked at Nessie, hugging her from around the waist.
"Oh, no," she complained and covered her blushing face with her tiny, delicate hands.
"I told you to get away from her!" Jacob snapped out of nowhere. "Nessie!" He shrieked.
"Jake!" Nessie answered.
"Nessie!" Sebastian stepped inside.
"Sebby!" She said.
"Magnus?" Alec called, not knowing what to do.
"Alec" he replied content and unworried.
"Oh, stop the Rocky Horror parody! What's going on here?" Rosalie demanded, stepping away from Alec that made angry Chihuahua faces at her and moving closer to Emmet that was also bothered about her attitude, but still put a protective arm over her shoulders.
"Get away from my baby girl, you Twinkie filling -head!" Said Jacob, he had also succumbed to the curse of ridiculous insults.
"This is none of your business, dog!" Sebastian countered.
"Déjà vu. You should copyright that, babe" Emmett said to Rosalie laughing, she frowned.
"Listen, wolf friend, this beauty stays with me!" said Sebastian, approaching Jacob, Nessie snorted irritated, when had anyone asked her about anything before making a decision for her own life?
"No, no! She is mine! I'm not going into the friend-zone again! Not again!" Jake protested shivering. But all that Bella heard was: "She's mine" so she growled at him.
"Right, good point, I get it ... but let me let you know what's worse than the friend-zone.." the Nephilim said in secrecy.
"What?" Jake asked, frightened but willing to discover what could be worse than the worst of the worst.
"The brother-zone, muahaha!" He replied with the lamp of his cellphone to his chin. Jace screamed in fear from behind.
-But what the f…? You know what? I've had enough of this crap, you leave her alone or I'll ... "Jake was about to say when a rapid, stealthy shadow landed in the middle of the dance floor.
"Oh, guys no need to be party crashers… I'm here to take that role" Camille announced standing up in her long black lace dress, and smiled at all the guests.
To be continued…
Dreamer.
