So I'm back. Honestly I was gonna abandon this fic but i still think about it so I'm going to finish this fic now that I've graduated college I will be going back to writing. After I finish this fic I will be switching to AO3 and twitter youngkookiies for mainly BTS fics so if any of you would like to follow me there you are welcome. Please Enjoy!
"Um yeah. My Phone wasn't getting her calls for a little while. It's fine now I called her back" Clary needed to cover she couldn't get caught. If she did then the trip would be over. She doesn't want it to be over yet.
"Oh? so should I call her back? What if she calls again?"
"Just ignore it. It'll be fine seriously she's just being overprotective, probably trying to check up on me and make sure I'm not lying to her or something." Well it wasn't a lie.
"I don't know. The last time I ignored one of your moms calls she wouldn't let me see you for a week."Simon was deathly afraid of his mother and she could understand why.
"Well then it's lucky she's not here and can't do anything!"
"Is your mom really that protective?"Izzy asks
"One time we were 5 minutes late coming back from the pizza shop next door because of a line and she almost killed even complained we were wasting valuable study time! The woman is terrifying."
"I bet I could charm her."
Clary rolls her eyes "She hates guys like you the most Jace."
"Hey-"
"Wait how did you convince her to let you come then?" Maia asked
She really should have just changed the topic. Now Clary was at the main question she was trying to avoid.
"I-uh"
"You didn't did you?" Jace asked eyebrow raised.
The room is silent Clary looks into her lap trying to figure out what to do. Explain? Beg them not to send her home? go home? run away?
Before she could get any words out Simon's phone went off with the JAWS theme. The ringtone he had for Jocelyn. The redhead took a deep breath preparing for the worst. She didn't expect for him to reject the call.
"Well I'm not saying anything, I don't think anyone else here wants to either."
Isabelle and Magnus immediately came to her sides to hug her. "You don't have to tell us why if you don't want to but we wont make you go back. Were here to enjoy a vacation Biscuit."
"I- Thank you."
They ended up watching movies and eating pizza until the early hours when they all decided to go to bed.
Clary herself couldn't sleep she ended up getting up before the sunrise began. Maybe working on her painting would give her some peace of mind.
She had the canvas set up on the table as she sketched the outline of the horizon. She could feel the early rays of sunlight shining on her face and against her tied back hair. It was relaxing. She wished every day could be like this. Working on her art at beautiful sites enjoying freely. Every since that day at the coffee shop she couldn't help but daydream about that life with Jace. Traveling, living, truly enjoying her life with someone she - liked.
She was so lost in her daydream she hadn't heard the glass sliding door behind her open.
"Well aren't you up early" The voice of the Adonis like man himself startled her into nearly messing up her lining. She turned to look at him, maybe even tell him off and immediately changes her mind turning back to her work. He was shirtless again, of course he was.
"Couldn't sleep." she murmurs back trying to keep her eyes on the canvas and the blush off her face.
He leave and comes back a few moments later, setting a cup of coffee on the table shes working on, hes still shirtless. "Thanks"
"mhm" he takes a seat on the beach chair next to her. The slight breeze tousles his hair a little and the light from the rising sun shines on him just right. In that moment Clary can't help but think hes the most beautiful thing shes ever seen, the kind of beauty she could never hope to capture in her art.
"Freedom" she says. answering the unasked question that's been hanging in the air since last night. He looks at her questioningly.
She turns her gaze back to her work and starts sketching the curve of the sun. "My whole life I've listened to what others, what my mom wants from me. I studied, I went to college for pre-med, I'm going to med school. I always listened and stayed home, I've never disobeyed, never gone out with friends or to a party, I've never even been on a date or a trip like this. I guess I just wanted to experience it once. Once I go back, after whatever punishment I get, It'll be all studying for MCATs, My whole life is planned for me. It feels like I'll never have another chance to be free. I love my mom, I don't want to disappoint her. So I decided to come. Just experience things, experience freedom just once in my life. Before I get locked down again."
It's silent for a moment. " Freedom is an addictive taste. Is one bite enough?"
"It has to be."
He smiles softly "Then we better make that bite count. When the others wake up we have a day ahead of us. Your going to need that coffee." he gestures to the cooling cup next to her as he gets up and walks back into the house.
For the first time since yesterday she catches herself smiling a little too.
It turns out Jace's plan for them is to all go to the pier amusement park. By the time everyone is ready to go its a little past lunch time. Robert and Maryse were coming with them but they would split off from the group to take Max around so they could enjoy without having to censor themselves.
Clary isn't sure how she ended up in this situation, somewhere along the way Sebastian and that whole crew joined them and the group had paired off in their couples. So now she, Jace, Sebastian, Seelie, and Kalie were walking along the rows of game booths. Jace for some reason refused to lever her side. The two girls following him. She and Seb had been having a conversation about the nuances of integrating classical styles into modern art work. In a few instances Jace chimed in with related issues in writing. If it hadn't been for the two girls constantly trying to interrupt Jace and get his attention and Seelie's glare every time Sebastian moved a little closer to her it would have been a perfect time.
It was when the two males had split off for a moment to stand in line for water and popcorn that things got weird.
"Are you like trying to get both of them or something? You think your that pretty?" You could obviously tell Kalei was the more vocal of the two.
"I'm not. That pretty, or trying to get either of them."
"Then what-"
"Seelie if your trying to date Sebastian don't you think it might be better to flirt with him instead of Jace? By the way he was giving me a swimming lesson the other day chill. Kalei I already know Jace is too good for me hence the I'm not trying, your free to do as you please." She had been annoyed by the girls for the past 15 minutes and honestly wasn't having any more of it. What she hadn't know is that both the men had returned and were right behind her.
Seb walks past her grabbing Seelie by the wrist with a quick "we need to talk" before dragging her off, along with the soda he had already been carrying.
Jace hands Kalei the popcorn "Hey can you do me a favor and take this to Izzy? she's near the haunted house. Please?" That smile really could make people do anything he asked huh?
In the next moment she was gone.
"uh doesn't Izzy hat Haunted houses?"
"yeah but shes not gonna know that" he shrugs and starts walking again
"Your evil you know that?"
"so I've been told. I see myself as a more angelic figure really."
"Oh yeah? Wheres your wings Mr. Angel? lost em?"
"Maybe you can just draw them for me? I bet they would look better than anything heaven could craft." Clary nearly chokes on her milkshake.
"Your faith in me is misplaced. I'm really not that good."
"And your just saying that to convince yourself that becoming a Doctor is the better option."
"I-"
"Oh Hey look giant Charmander! I'm gonna win it!"
"Jace, wait!" she follows him to the balloon darts game booth previous conversation forgotten. "You know these things are impossible to win right?"
"Now now Red, you should know by now nothings impossible for me. How many hits for the Charmander"
"7. Dollar per hit." Jace hands a ten over to the clerk and picks up the darts.
3 minutes later hes turning away from the booth with the Charmander plushy and his extra 3 dollars in hand. Is there anything hes bad at? These games are rigged to lose how did he win a rigged game? Clary couldn't help but he a a little jealous.
"Here take this." he thrusts the stuffed toy into her arms.
"I- Wait what? You won this though"
He shrugs "Yeah but I just remembered I don't have room for it. Too many trophies ya know?"
The redhead cant help but roll her eyes "Of course. What were you saying earlier about-"
Her words are cut off again by the blonde pulling her towards the line for the ferries wheel."WAIT! Jace I'm scared of heights I can't!"
"Relax red I got you we'll be fine!" Before Clary could protest anymore or run out of line, they were being pushed into the next available car and locked in.
"I'm so gonna kill you for this."
"You know killing a guy on the 1st date is generally frowned upon."
"first- what?" Clary immediately pulled her eyes away from the window to look at Jace next to her but the man had turned his head away, if she had looked closer she might have noticed a slight blush on his face.
"I- I wanted to ask you out a while ago, that day I walked you home. I heard what you said to the girls earlier. Your way more than good enough for me. Honestly its the other way around."
"Jace I-" he reached for her hand that wasn't cupping the orange toy.
"Let me finish please." his voice sounded almost desperate. In a way Clary never thought she would hear. "I like you Clary, your talented, your funny, your smart, your probably the most genuine person I've ever met. I want to ask you out again, I want to give you the confidence you don't have, I want to be there for you-"
"Then why don't you?" the wheel had stopped at the top.
"I want to Clary. I really want to- but" he starts absentmindedly running his thumb over her hand " After this semester, after we graduate. I've been offered a job with a travel publication, I wont be in one place, I don't even know if ill be able to come back to New York. I don't want to put you through that, you deserve better."
The ride started its decent and it was silent. Thoughts were racing through Clary's head but one was at the front of her mind. She leans forward and whispers into Jace's ear as he looked down at the metal floor of the car. "Kiss me"
The blonde immediately turns his head to face her, looking like he was going to say something "please" she whispers again against his lips.
It was a sweet kiss, the slow kind filled with unsaid emotions. A little clumsy, it being the girls first but oh so satisfying. A jolt of the cabin pulls them apart.
As they catch their breath Clary speaks up " Now I get to speak. I don't know whats going to happen after this trip. I don't know what will happen after I get into med school or if I get a job. Like I said my life has been planned for me, I don't have much control. What I do know is that despite your cocky attitude, I like you too. I have since before this trip started. I want to try. I want to see what happens. Even if its just for now, if we don't last past the semester or into your new job. I want to try. So if your still up for it then, yes, Jace I will go out with you."