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2 weeks later
Ive been hanging out with Jace sometimes lately, trying to work up the courage to tell him everything. I've learned to block my mind off, so he can't hear any of my thoughts. We have become friends, and I like it. He is really a nice person under all of the cocky. I just don't know how to tell him. He doesn't know who killed his parents, I didn't want to crush him by telling him. We are sitting on the couch at the Lightwoods house, mansion, really. Jace, Izzy, Alec and I are watching a movie. Alec and Izzy are on one couch, Izzy's head of Alec's chest as she dozes off, bored with watching The Hunger Games. Jace and I are on the other couch, except we don't sit anywhere near eachother. I begin to doze off, no matter my love for the movie, it was one in the morning. I could tell Jace and Alec were tired as well. Alec eventually fell asleep, and Jace told me, through his thoughts, that I should sleep, he knew I was tired. I finally dozed off, to the sound of my favorite movie.
I turn over, someone must've given me a pillow during the night. A very warm pillow. Suddenly the pillow started to move and I opened my eyes, seeing that I indeed did not have a pillow, I was laying on Jace's lap. I looked up at him, he seems so peaceful when he sleeps, vulnerable and young looking. I close my eyes and eventually fall back asleep.
I awaken to the smell of coffee and bacon, my favorite things in the morning. I notice that Jace is no longer acting as my pillow, I have a real pillow now. I see that Izzy is still asleep, Jace and Alec must be making breakfast. I get up and walk towards the kitchen, and distinctly hear music. I walk in to Jace singing along to the radio while Alec stands by the stove looking extremely uncomfortable once he sees me. Jace hasn't seen me yet and I sneak up behind him, he has his eyes closed as he sings. I jump into his back and he stumbles a bit, but regains his footing, instinctively grabbing my legs to hold me steady. What was that about? he thinks and I frown.
"That didn't work how I thought it would." I said and saw that Alec had begun to look even more uncomfortable than he had before. Jace released my legs and I took that as a sign to slide off his back.
"Do you forget that I live with Izzy?" He asked and I nodded with understanding. Izzy probably did that all the time. I sat on a stool by the counter and Alec and Jace continued their cooking. Jace grabbed the coffee, and poured himself a cup. I kept glancing at it and he noticed and chuckled a bit.
"Would you like some coffee, Clarissa?" he asked and I nodded enthusiastically as he chuckled some more. He poured me a cup, thankfully filed to the brim, and passed it to me. It thankfully wasn't hot, because I really wanted some coffee. The only thing I was wondering about was how Jace knew I liked my coffee black. Any other time he would've been able to just read my thoughts, but i've been working on blocking off my mind. I've also now been able to block out Izzy and Jace's thoughts, but not Alec's, which I felt bad about. I had heard some things from him that are kind of private. Alec was gay, and Izzy knew, but he didn't think Jace did, but he probably did, because he could read thoughts too. He was also seeing a guy name Magnus, who was apparently very sparkly.
"How did you know I liked black coffee?" I asked him and he smirked at me.
"Your soul. It's black, like the coffee. Well, if you even have a soul." He said and I nodded, it was true, and something I actually said frequently. Jace turned away and went back to making pancakes, delicious.
Izzy walked in a little while later, looking great as always. I wish I could wake up every day looking that good. I just looked like rats infested my hair as I slept. At least I looked fine this morning. She yawned and sat down a few seats away from me.
"It's already 10, hurry up and get me food! I'm going to miss my date at 3 if I don't have eat within the next hour." She said and Alec and Jace scoffed.
"Izzy," Alec said, "You don't need 4 hours to get ready for a date, your gorgeous." Alec said and Izzy stared at him as if he knew nothing at all.
"Of course I need 4 hours! I haven't even picked out an outfit!" Jace opens his mouth to retort, but Izzy interupts him "Don't you think about commenting Jonathon Christopher." Izzy said and I froze. Jonathon Christopher? Jace has the same name as my brother. This shocked me to the core, but my thoughts were inturrupted by Alec.
"Who are you going on this date with?" Alec asked, going into protective big brother mode. I have to admit, I was curious too.
"Simon, Simon Lewis." She said and I gaped at her. Simon? My Simon? There had to be a mistake, Simon could not talk to girl, let alone go out with a gorgeous one. Girls had always avoided Simon like the plauge, and he avoided them too, knowing he couldn't flirt to save his life.
"Like my Simon?" I asked and she looked confused and kind of hurt.
"You mean you and Simon are together?" She asked and I looked at her, disgusted by the idea. Simon was like a brother to me. Sure at one point he thought he was in love with me, and we tried the whole dating thing. Let me just tell you, it did not work out, Sure he liked me, but I was honestly quite disgusted. We didn't talk at all during that time, except for when he told me he loved me, and when we decided it was too weird.
"No! No! That's disgusting, honestly revolting, ew." I said and she looked a bit relieved, but confused nonetheless. I decided to further explain myself, "Simon is my best friend, has been my whole life." I told her and she nodded in understanding.
"So you are the Clary he told me about. I'm surprised I didn't put 2 and 2 together before!" She said and I nodded.
A few minutes later, we were eating delicious pancakes. They were seriously the best pancakes I had ever had. Each bite was like heaven exploding on my tongue. Yea, I was hungry.
After we had finished eating, Izzy decided I had to help her find an outfit. I knew Izzy was a bit crazy when it came to fashion. I decided to get Jace to save me.
"Jace!" I yelled, "Save me from Izzy's torture!" I yelled and he just laughed devilishly at me.
"I have been through that kind of torture before Fireball, i'm not about to experience it again." He was no help. I glared at him as Izzy dragged me to her room to help her get ready for the next 4 hours. We walked into her room and I was instantly overwhelmed.
So. Much. Pink. Her bedsheets were pink, her carpet was pink, it was all pink. It was a mess also. Where my room was plain, with white walls and carpet, though I had drawn all over the white walls, it was like an empty canvas full of opportunities. Izzy's room was definitely a change from what I was used to.
Izzy sat me down on her bed, and walked into her closet. She put on many different outfits, asking me which one Inthink Simon would like best.
"Izzy, Simon will like whatever you think suits you best." I told her and she nodded and mumbled an ok under her breath, walking back into her closet. She walked back out wearing something very different from all of the other outfits she was wearing. She wore a pair of leggings and a teil shirt, with a long silver necklace. She wore her usual 7 inch heels, in a metallic silver this time. I nodded my approval, it was so much more casual than the rest, yet it suited her perfectly.
She walked into the bathroom to grab her hair products and makeup, and I got an unexpected call from Simon. Asking for fashion advice. What a coincidental moment. I told him where I was and he gapes at me.
"Your friends with the most gorgeous girl I have ever met, and you hadn't even introduced me to her?" He asked and I laughed.
"I'll give you the same advice I gave Izzy, She will like whatever you think suits yourself best." He thanked me and hung up, and Izzy walked out, in the process of putting a silver hoop earring in.
"Who was that?" She asked and I laughed.
"Simon, ironically enough, he was asking for fashion advice." I told her and she smiled, I could tell she liked him. She walked over to her vanity, sat down and began to do her hair. She curled it into beautiful, elegant curls that went perfect with her outfit.
She began to do her makeup, keeping it simple, not wanting to ruin the casually beautiful look that she had going on. She put on some neutral eyeshadow, mascara, and some light lip stick. By the time she was done, it was 2:30. We walked downstairs and Jace and Alec were standing in the kitchen, laughing. They looked shocked when they saw Izzy.
"Seriously? I've never seen you look that causal to go somewhere!" Jace exclaimed and Izzy hit him upside the head. He frowned and rubbed his head in the spot that her hand hit and I grinned at Izzy.
Simon arrived at 3, and he and Izzy left. Alec left not soon after them, mumbling some excuse about going to to the park, but really he was going to see Magnus. Which left Jace's and I here completely alone. I decided that I should at least tell him something. Maybe start small.
"Want to play 20 questions?" I asked, wanting it to be kind of discreet. He looked at me strangely, like he wasn't expecting me to talk to him.
"Sure." He said and I nodded, beginning with a simple question.
"Favorite color?" I asked and he rolled his eyes at me.
"So simple." He muttered. "Gold, of course, have you seen me?" He says and I scoff.
"Green." I say and he nods.
"Favorite food?" he asked and i rolled my eyes back at him, mucking him.
"So simple," I say teasingly and he smirks "Pancakes of course." I say and he nods.
"Mu Shu Pork." He says, which is what he got at Taki's when we went.
"Why do you live with the Lightwoods?" I asked, though I knew the answer, I just wanted to hearn it from him.
He looks somewhat pained as gen answers. "They were killed when I was young," he said, grief clear in his voice. "Some man and a young boy curated into my house one day, they looked so alike. Hair that was white as snow. But they boy had the weirdest eyes. They were pitch black. They came in and the man shot my father first, twice in the chest, once in the head. The young boy took a knife to my mothers heart. I just sat and watched. They restrained me, but never touched me."
"Wow." I said and he nodded slightly. A few seconds later he looked up, the pain gone from his eyes.
"My turn," He says with a glint in his eyes. I nod, encouraging him to go on.
I am somewhat shocked when he says, "Will you go on a date with me?"
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