Hey guys here is another chapter! All credits to C.C. Of course!
Chapter 7- Survival Trip!
I run to Izzy jumping up and hugging her. "Hey girl! Are you excited! I am!" She screams. We both squeal. "Ahem, hey Clary." I turn revealing Simon in front of me. "Hey Si." I let go of Izzy to hug him.
"I see you two are excited, you do know you're about to go for a week in the mud? No wifi, no electricity?" Izzy starts grinning. She pulls a bottle out of her bag. "Look what I got, and so does Alec and Jace." She grins widely, holding a bottle of vodka in her hands.
"Damn Iz! Where did you get that!" I inquire. "Well, I gotta love Jace and his fake ID." She giggles, stuffing it back in her back. She moves aside. It's then when I spot Jace. His jacket is taut around his biceps, his t-shirt hugging his muscles in the right places. He smiles his million dollar smile at me. I sprint up to him, jumping into his arms. I throw my arms around his neck and my legs around his waist, locking myself on him. He staggers back a few steps, grabbing my thighs to hold me up.
"Hey baby." He whispers. I press my lips against his furiously, twisting my hands in his golden hair. He tries to break off but I bite his bottom lip. "Oh, oh Clary I see you missed me." I lean to his ear. "Definitely." I whisper. I jump down, holding my hands behind my back. I grin mischievously at him.
"Clary! Come get your stuff!" Izzy calls out to me. I turn around to get my stuff.
We are all seated with Alec and Jace in the front and me, Simon and Izzy in the back. "Oh I'm going to sit next to Clary, if I'm going to have to survive a 4 hour drive, the only way I can do that is if I sit next to Clary." They all laugh.
"I'm not even sure you're gonna survive this week Iz." Alec states laughing. Jace seconds that. "Guys, don't make fun. Watch me this week. I'll be the best!" She bets. I watch Alec and Jace exchange looks. Hmm what's that about?
We pull up to the school everyone hurrying to get to the bus. We get out of the car rapidly and grab our stuff. I reach for my bag when a hand shoots in front of me grabbing it for me. "I'll take it for you." Jace smiles. "Thanks." I grab my pillow, which everyone said was ridiculous. They all said that there will be pillows there. Oh well.
Izzy grabs my hand dragging me in the bus. She pushes me in a seat by the windows down slips in beside me. I watch as Jace and Alec seat themselves further back. He catches my gaze, smiling. I look down embarrassed for staring. But he's my boyfriend now, I should be allowed to right?
"Earth to Clary." I break myself from my daydreaming to find Izzy in front of me. "Are you okay?" I nod. "Yeah I just didn't sleep very well last night." She watches me suspiciously.
"Is something wrong? Something going on? You can tell me Clary." I shake my head but she doesn't buy it. "Just something from the past coming back to bite me in the arse."
"Oh, do you want to talk about it?" I shake my head. "Sorry, Iz." She smiles apologetically. "Don't worry Clary."
She tells me how she slept over at Simon's this week for the first time. "We cuddled and watched a movie, we even made out for a while." My eyebrows shoot up in surprise. "Wow you're making progress with him! He's not normally like that."
She giggles. She looks at Lydia. "We have to set her up with someone don't you think?" I follow her gaze. "Hmm, maybe. What about that Jordan?" I watch him in the back joking with Jace and Alec.
"Who Jace's friend?" I nod. "No I hear he's involved with some girl named Maia. I think maybe that Jackson guy. He is super hot." I look at Izzy shocked. "Iz! You're dating someone!"
"So? Just because I'm dating doesn't mean I can look." She grins mischievously. She continues. "I think he's perfect for her." I agree with her. I look out the window. Nothing from the city is left, it is now replaced with endless fields.
Izzy pulls out an iPad out of her bag along with some earphones. "I figured we'd be on this trip for a long time, so I thought we could watch something." She opens the Netflix app, and clicks on a serie called Stranger Things.
"Is that scary? It looks scary." She laughs. "It is a little bit, but I'm telling you it is so good." She assures me.
"Clary... Wake up." Izzy shakes me awake. I lift my head of her shoulder and look around. I look out the window and see cabins and woods. "We're here?" She nods happily. We step out the bus when two arms snake around my waist.
"Hey baby." He whispers in my ear. I lean into him, wrapping my hands around his arms. "Did you sleep well?" I turn in his arms surprised.
"How do you know?" He grins mischievously. "Izzy texted me a picture." He takes out his phone and shows me a picture of me drooling over Izzy's shoulder.
"I'm going to kill that girl." I try to stomp off in her direction when Jace holds me back. "No, no you're not about to be the death of my sister." He leans down and kisses me. I hold his biceps. He grabs my bum, pulling me even closer. "Ah.. Jace." I spot the teacher behind him looking right at us. I push him away, he then spots the teacher as well. I quickly straightens himself up. "Ahem. Hello Coach."
He glares at us both, turns around and strides off into the direction of the cabins.i burst out in giggles. "Awkward." Jace says, he continues. "Come here. I haven't had enough of you." He looks around to make sure we are alone and then attacks me again with butterfly kisses on my chest, neck and lips. I moan.
"This is going to be a long week." I say. He breaks away and grabs my bag. He eyes the pillow next to it shaking his head. I snatch the pillow away. We head to our cabin but we're halted by the teacher making a speech.
"Okay kids, be nice to each other, we are in the middle of nowhere so if something happens, we need to drive atleast 10 minutes before we even have a signal. So please try not to hurt or kill yourself. I would say no gender mixing but these days guys date guys and girls date girls so that's a moot point. However if I find you in bed together we will send you home somehow. Showers and toilets are over there, hot water is limited though."
"Oh goodie, I won't have to stink the whole week." Magnus claps his hands excited. The teacher glares at him for interrupting. He continues his speech.
"Like I said before I was rudely interrupted, showers limited hot water and as you know you have to cook your own food. We brought you pans however you have to find your own wood to make the fire to cook the food. That's it! Enjoy!"
Everyone scurries away looking for a good cabin. Izzy runs to the last one claiming it quickly for us. "Guys come!" We stride up to the cabin. I step inside. There is barely room for us to turn in. On the left side there is a 3 layered bunk bed and next to it a little bathroom. On the right side there is two 3 layered bunk beds I quickly claim the top one as does Jace. I throw my pillow on top as a territorial sign. The hall between the beds is as wide as Jace's shoulder width.
"This is smaller than I expected." Izzy says quietly. I climb up to the top bunk bed to give everyone some space. Jace hands me my bag which I place at my feet. I spot Lydia trying to squeeze in. "Lydia come up to this bed!" I point to the bed on the left side, the one next to me. She smiles widely. Jace grabs her bag for her pushing it up. She looks up at him, swooning. I feel jealousy coming up inside me. It's okay Clary, we are setting her up with someone.
She climbs up. "This is so cool don't you think Clary?" She grins at me excited. Everyone is settling in, finding beds for themselves. Magnus sleeps directly under me, with Alec next to him. I lean down, scaring him. "Boo." He turns around startled. "Hey Biscuit. How do you like it here?"
"Oh I love it here, I can't wait to get out." He smiles at me. "What about you Magnus?"
"Oh my whole day just got better when I found out that there are showers WITH hot water!" He squeals while clapping his hands. I laugh at his excitement solely over the showers. I think he only joined us because everyone else is going though he'd be much happier just staying at home with all his technology and showers. "Are you sure you can survive the week without checking up on any of your social media?"
"Oh yeah I can definitely ditch Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, MySpace, LinkedIn, Whatsapp, Tumblr, Twitter, Skype, iMessage and YouTube. Easy peasy, lemon Squeezy!" I laugh at his list. He looks at his phone uneasily before stuffing it away. I pull myself up again. Jace has moved himself into my bed. "You're not gonna sleep here in this bed with me are you." He grins.
"Why not?" I slap him in the arm. "Jace Herondale. No." He pouts at me. God dammit. I let it go, for now. I climb down, with the idea of exploring the place.
"Hey Biscuit, where are you going?" I shrug. "I don't know, explore. I didn't come here to sit in a cabin." He jumps up.
"I'll come." He follows me out, we walk down the hill revealing a river at the bottom of it. I follow the river with my eyes, flowing for miles stretched out. "Wow. I wish I brought my camera down." I look at Magnus. He too is amazed by the view. I put my fingertips in the water. It's so clear, and cold. A spring must be close by for it to be so clear. I walk upstream besides the river. Magnus complains along the way about ruining his shoes yet he doesn't turn around to go back. We walk for a good ten minutes, avoiding branches and muddy puddles. My feet are wet and cold but I couldn't care less about that.
"Clary, where in the name of the Angel are you going." I laugh. "I think the spring is close by, judging with my geography skills. The way the hills get steeper next to us, as well as the river is meandering. I'd love to see it."
He laughs. "Couldn't you do this another day, like with more people?" I turn around. "You don't have to go with me if you don't want to."
He scoffs. "And leave you alone to let you get lost in the woods? Never." I laugh at him. "What's to say you won't get lost with me."
"I for one, have a great sense of direction. Plus I've got a phone. I noticed you left yours back at the camp." I start laughing even more.
"Didn't you hear the teacher, there is no service." He looks at his phone, checking it. His face falls immediately. "Shit." I push away another branch revealing a lake. There is a large cliff on the left side with a waterfall falling out of it. We step onto a rocky beach stretching out along the side of the lake. You can see all the way down to the bottom of the lake.
"Well no spring, but atleast we found this." Magnus looks around him, up at the cliff in front of us. The tiny water drops from the waterfall reflect in the sunlight showing a rainbow atop the lake. It is like we stepped into heaven. "Wow, it's so beautiful." He exclaims. We sit down next to each other on the damp rocks. Magnus grabs his phone out of his pocket to capture this beauty. Right now I wished for nothing more than my camera. I'm sure I'll come back here again. I'll be sure to take it then.
"I don't think we should tell people apart from our friends." Magnus states. "Why?" I say shocked.
"Everyone would come here, it won't be fun or pretty if every single hundred of those kids would be here." He flips his phone is his hands mindlessly. The sky is reflected in his eyes. There is a slight spray of water from the waterfall falling down on me. The drops in my hair reflect like tiny diamonds embedded on each hair. I look down to my shoes, ruined now in mud. Well what to expect from a survival trip.
"We should go back Clary, we've been a while out here. They'll worry." Magnus states. I know we should go back, I just don't want to leave. "We'll come back with the rest. Let's go Clary." He pulls me up by my arm.
"Where have you been?" Jace reaches out for me, looking me over to see if I'm okay. Once he states that he's okay he hugs me tightly. "I just went for a walk with Magnus. We found a really pretty place, it's magical." I smile at him.
"Okay, you can show me tommorow, but we were worried Clary. You can't dissapear like that. There is no services here at all." I calm him down.
"I'm gonna change in some warm clothes. I'll come find you after that okay?" He nods, letting me go. I head for the cabin. Thankfully there is no one in there apart from Magnus. He too is grabbing some new clothes. I wait for him to change in the bathroom, he comes out so I quickly slip in.
I go looking for Jace, clutching my fluffy jumper closer to me to protect my self from the cold. I walk to where our 'cooking area' is, but there's no Jace. I do walk upon Izzy though.
"Hey Iz, do you know where Jace is?" She nods. "Yeah I think he went to the bathroom. He should be back in a sec." I sit down next to her on the log, looking up at the sky. It is darkening already. I look at my watch. 19:12. I see Jace coming back from the toilets. Once he spots me a big smile is plastered onto his face. I walk up to him. He holds his arms out for me and I gladly throw myself in them.
"You want to go somewhere alone?" He whispers in my ear. I push myself back in his arms. "Shouldn't we help with the dinner?" He sighs.
"Yeah you're right we should." I hear Simon laughing behind me. I turn around and see him and Alec walking side by side both holding logs of wood. "Hey Jace thanks for helping bro!" Alec yells out. He laughs out loud.
"I'll help with making the fire, sorry." He releases me and runs to Alec taking some load of his hands. They all drop it by the camp fire. I look around and for each cabin there is a camp fire. Jace takes out a lighter out of his pocket. I never knew he smoked? When we kissed I didn't taste like he smoked either. I remind myself to ask him about that.
They dropped to their knees, blowing into the fire to get it going. Soon they get the fire going. Thry stand up, and Alec oats him on the back. They joke about something, laughing but I can't hear what they are talking about.
"Hey Clary! Here." She hands me a cup with water. She seems much too excited for a cup of water. I smell it, nope not water. "Is this vodka?" I whisper. She nods excitedly.
"Iz..." She downs the cup and fills it up again. "Relax, the teachers won't see. Have some fun Clary."
I look down into the cup. I'm brought back to that party at James house. The night that he.. He touched me. I can't. I put the cup down. "Don't you like vodka?" I shake my head. "It's not so much the taste as the memories."
She laughs. "Clary we all went down that road. Bad memories, regrets, too drunk to even function. We all get over it. Drink up."
I carefully take one sip. She eyes me suspiciously. Jace sits down next to me. He throws an arm around my shoulders. "What's that?" He points at the cup. I hand it to him. "Izzy's vodka. Have it, I don't want it."
"You sure?" I nod. He downs it in one go, placing the cup next to him. "Are you okay?" He asks me worried. I nod. "It's just, it brought up some memories. The vodka." He gets it immediately. "Oh, I'll keep the vodka away from you then." He grins.
He pulls me close, I lay my head in the crook of his neck. The fire has now grown big enough to emit warmth. I put my hands out, in an attempt to unfreeze them. Everyone from our cabin has now gathered around the fire, chatting.
The teacher announces that the food is ready to be cooked, so I stand up offering to get everything. There's hamburgers, sausages, potatoes in aluminum foil and some salad. I grab a bowl and fill it up with the salad, take 2 potatoes for each person and both a hamburger and a sausage for each person. I put it on a tray and pick it up. Praying that I don't trip. Good thing God heard my prayers as I arrive safely at the camp fire. They put the grill on the fire, supported by a stack of bricks. I throw the potatoes in the fire and put the hamburgers and sausages on the grill.
Izzy pushes Jackson to our camp fire. "Hey Lydia, have you met Jackson before?" She sits him down next to Lydia. I can see the blood rushing to her cheeks. Poor girl she just got sprung on. "Hi- hi. Nice to- to meet you." She stutters. She stiffens up. Jackson throws an arm around her. Izzy hands her a cup of her 'magical water' she takes a sip, coughing. I laugh.
I get pulled back into Jace's lap. I squeal. He tickles my side making me laugh uncontrollably. "Jace stop!" I plead, but he grants me no mercy. He continues tickling until I jump out of his lap. He tries to pull me down again but I run away before he can. He runs after me, but he is much faster. He swipes my up by grabbing the back of my knees and holding an arm behind my back. I giggle uncontrollably. He runs to the cabin with me bridal style in his arms. He opens the door to the cabin with his foot. He lets go of my legs causing me to slide down his body. I feel each ripple of every muscle as I'm sliding down. Oh.
All of a sudden the mood has changed. He too notices. His breathing accelerates as does mine. I jump up and attack him, he staggers back against the door, I press my lips against his, nudging them open. He grabs my ass to hold me up, squeezing it. I rock my hips into him causing his breath to hitch. He trails down my neck, biting. He continues down to my cleavage. "Oops." He says innocently.
"What." I look him in the eyes. "I think I might have given you a hickey." He grins mischievously. I look down and see a pink mark on my boob. I jump down furiously.
"Jace! You promised you wouldn't anymore!" I shout at him. He looks at me. "I'm sorry I didn't mean to, I got carried away. Anyways who cares, I bet you loads of people will be leaving this place full of hickeys." He grins.
I stomp off, pushing him out of my way. I head back to the campfire when he catches up with me. He spins me around. "Clary, I'm sorry, you can get me back if you want." He apologizes. "Oh I will, don't you worry about that." I sashay back. I hear him chuckling behind me.
We finish our meals. I had one hamburger and one potato. Jace had my other sausage and potato, good thing I don't eat much or he would be starving right now. "How can you honestly eat so much." He flexes his bicep. "I workout a lot, that means I need a lot of calories to keep my body working."
Everyone is chatting up, meeting people they have never talked to. I see some people stumbling around. I guess we weren't the only ones that brought alcohol. I grab my camera and sit in a corner. The lighting isn't the best but it makes a different kind of pictures. The only light provided is from the moon and the campfires. I spend hours snapping pictures, seeing the place become more and more deserted. I guess we all know what they are off to do. I roll my eyes.
I look over at Lydia. She is still talking with Jackson. They seem to really hit it off. She looks much more relaxed as she is laughing and hanging onto each word he is saying. He stands up giving me a chance to interrogate her.
"Hey Lydia, how is it going?" She smiles widely. "Was this your idea with Izzy?" I nod. "It's great Clary, and he's so hot!" She squeals. I laugh.
"His hair, and his eyes oh my god. They make me melt." She coos. Izzy joins us. "It's going well I see Lydia! I say jump his bones this week. I definitely would!" She winks. She sips her vodka again, offering some to me and Lydia. I pass up but Lydia gets some more. I see with every sip she drinks she becomes more and more relaxed.
"Guys help me though, I don't really know what to say to him." Izzy grabs her hand. She nearly falls over. I grab the cup from her hand as it nears the ground. "I think you've had enough Iz." She tries to snatch it from me again but she misses by far. Alec comes up behind her and brings her up.
"Hey, Iz, maybe time to hit the sack don't you think?" She turns around looking at him. "Hey bro! No way I'm not tired yeeeett." She slurs. He grabs her arm and slings it around his shoulders. I jump up offering to help. I throw the other arm around my shoulders, dragging her to the cabin. We push her into her bed. I yank off her shoes, deciding if I should undress her but she's already fast asleep. Alec throws a blanket over her, tucking her in. Elena and Matt come stumbling in, making a loud noise. We both shush them at them same time.
"Sorry!" She slurs. Another one? Can they seriously not stay away from the booze for one second. "Just be quiet okay." They promise they will be. We close the door behind us.
"Thanks." He says. I furrow my brows. "No problem Alec." I smile warmly to him. I seat myself next to Jace again. I look over to where Lydia is sitting. However she has dissapeared. I tap Jace's arm. "Where did Lydia go?"
"I think she ran off with Jackson." He informs me. He turns back to whoever he was talking to next to him. I find myself napping on my hand. Maybe it's time I go to bed. I stand up. "Hey where are you going?" He asks me.
"I'm going to bed, I'm tired. Goodnight." He jumps up swiftly. "I'll come with you, let me just say goodnight to some people. I'll see you in the cabin." I clutch my jumper closer to me and turn for the cabin.I creak the door open. Izzy is snoring in her bed, Elena and Matt are together in bed, sleeping. I peek quickly and thankfully they still have their clothes on. I rapidly change into my pajamas. I brush my teeth in the tiny bathroom, something I'm sure the rest in this cabin didn't do. I run into Jace when walking out of the bathroom. "Oh god I'm sorry." I hold his upper arms. "Hey babe." He says loudly. "Shh." I put my finger up to his mouth, pointing to all the people sleeping.
"Oh okay, I guess we'll just have to be quiet." He kisses me deeply, pushing me into him. "Jace..."
"Come on, let's get into bed." I climb up the ladder. He slaps my ass while climbing making me squeal loudly. "I thought we were meant to be quiet." He whispers. He tries to climb up but I stop him when he reaches the top.
"Jace I told you, you're not sleeping with me." He grins. "Well I hope someday you will." I groan.
"In this bed now. No." He pouts at me. "Come on Clary, what's so bad about it anyway." He rubs my arm, leaving a tingling sensation in its trail. He leans up, carefully touching his lips against mine, breathing into my mouth. It intoxicates me. I lean back.
"You don't play fair." He smiles widely and climbs into my bed. I quickly scoot to the side next to the wall. He grabs his pillow and throws it beneath his head. "This pillow is so lumpy." I grin.
"Now who is ridiculous for bringing their own pillow?" I stick my tongue out at him playfully. I turn around, pushing my bum into him. "Clary..." He warns. I wiggle a bit more, under the pretense to get comfy.
He laughs. "I know what you are doing Clary. Goodnight." He grabs me tightly, preventing me from moving anymore. I smile. "Goodnight." I fall into a deep slumber dreaming about the two of us together.
