Ten

I walked quickly back into the streets of Brooklyn after the shock of Jace's kiss slowly started to wear off. As I stepped back into the street I looked around trying to look for any sign of Jace – but he was no where in sight.

"Veronica!" I looked across the street to see my brother walking towards me with a worried look on his face. "Where did you go off to?"

"W-What?"

"You and Jace disappeared out of sight. Izzy and I got worried when we couldn't find you."

"Uh, y-yeah." I nodded my head and looked back down the street to once again try and find Jace. "Where's Jace?"

"Heading towards Pandemonium, Izzy is with him. I stayed behind to make sure that you were ok." Alec caressed my cheek and had me look up towards him. "Are you sure you're ok? You look..."

"I-I'm fine." I interrupted him and stepped back away from him, "Let's catch up with them."

I quickly turned on my heel and started down towards the club to catch up with Jace and my sister. I could feel Alec following behind me as we made our way down the crowded street. The sensation of Jace's kiss was still on my lips. It was like my mind was still in shock but the electric charge he left behind was still going through my body.

A heavy sigh passed through my lips as I stood on the rooftop beside my sister, my eyes moving through the crowd in front of the club for any sign of the demon. Isabelle stood beside me on the ledge with her whip tight in her grasp, ready for any sort of action in case the demon was spotted. I rolled my eyes as watched another group of drunk guys stumble their way out of the club.

"You've been pretty quite. You ok?" Isabelle asked with our eyes still on the front.

I hesitated "I don't know how feel to be honest."

"Something happen with Jace?" I looked up towards her quickly. "I can tell something did. Jace seemed tense when he walked out of they alleyway. You two fight again?"

I quickly shook my head "No. Not a fight."

"Then what. All he did was stomp away and tell me to leave him alone."

A moment of silence passed between us before I spoke. "Jace kissed me."

"What!" Isabelle nearly screamed and looked towards me with wide eyes. "He kissed you! What!?"

"Shut up." I pulled her away from the edge of the rooftop.

"We have a glamour on no one can hear us or see us. Don't tell me to shut up. You just told me Jace kissed you."

I rolled my eyes as she continued to talk.

"Finally something happened between you two." Isabelle threw her hands up in the air. "I was starting to think that I was crazy."

"Isabelle. Please." I sighed heavily "I don't know what to think with this. He'd been acting all weird again and I asked him why. I wasn't expecting him to kiss me."

"I'm glad he did. I was ready to make you two do something by locking you in a room."

"Can you be serious for just one second? My mind is going at a pace that I can't keep up with right now."

"Ok. Ok. Sorry." Isabelle walked closer to me and placed a gentle hand on my shoulder. "What are you feeling right now?"

"Confused." I paused to think for a moment. "Happy. Afraid."

"Ok." She smiled

"I-I want it to happen again," I confess with a small whisper. "It happened so fast I wasn't really able to react."

Isabelle made a small happy noise as a smile spread across her lips. "I can't believe this is finally happening. Oh, does Alec know?" I shook my head "And you can't tell him. Promise me. I will tell him."

"Maybe Jace already has? I mean they are parabatai, I'm sure Alec felt something."

A small groan passed my lips before I walked back towards the edge of the rooftop.

The patrol ended shortly after the club closed with no sign of the demon. We all headed back to the institute, with Jace not looking towards me or speaking to me the entire time. He kept close to Alec as we walked back before turning down the hall back towards his apartment. I stood in the doorway as he walked down the hallway as Isabelle moved to stand beside me.

"Go and talk to him." She whispered softly before walking towards the Ops floor for the debrief.

I hesitated for a moment before following behind him. His apartment door was closed tightly and I could hear the soft piano music coming from behind the door. I didn't even bother to knock as I reached for the handle and opened the door quickly. The warmth of his apartment welcomed me as I closed the door behind me. The musky scent of the candles that burned on the mantle reminded me quickly of Jace. It felt comforting. I walked further in before following the music down the small hallway and into his bedroom. His back was to me as he sat on the edge of his bed and the record player played off in the corner. My eyes scanned over his bare back as I watched the muscles flex beneath his ivory skin. I bite my lower lip slightly before reaching up and knocking on the ajar door. His eyes quickly wiped around to meet with mine, before he stood quickly from his bed. My eyes moved away from his before they slowly began to move down his sculpted chest.

"I-I was hoping we could talk." I spoke softly as my eyes moved back to his face.

"Yeah." Jace hesitated for a moment "Come on in,"

I quickly around the bed and moved to take a seat as he sat back down to his bed. He fidgeted slightly before his eyes looked back up towards me.

"Look...I-I'm sorry for what I did." Jace started "I don't know what came over me."

"Jace. Please you don't have to apologize." I reached over and grabbed his hand tightly to stop his fidgeting. I could feel the nerves running through his body. "I know the feeling that you were talking about...earlier."

"You do?"

I nodded my head. "I feel it too. Have for a long time."

I looked down towards our hands and gently moved my fingers against the top of his hand. I could feel Jace watching me, before he moved closer to me. I could feel his breath caressing against my face and neck.

"It scares me." He whispered softly.

"It scares me too." I look back towards him. "Isabelle explains in as being something strong that we shouldn't be fighting it any more. I think she's right."

"Ronnie." He closed his eyes "Emotions make us weak. W-We can't."

"Shh," I bring my finger to his lips to silence him, "Emotions can make us strong too."

I moved my hand to caress his cheek, before leaning forward and pressing my lips against his softly. Jace stiffened against me for a moment, before his arm slowly moved around my back and pulled me closer to him. Slowly the kiss began to deepen before Jace slowly pulled away.

"Where do we go from here?" He whispered softly against my hips, his hold around my waist pulling my chest closer to his.

"We'll figure this out together." I caressed his cheek softly. "But this feeling between us can't be ignored Jace. Not any more."

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