Chapter 10:
Clary POV
I feel like complete and total crap. There's a sharp pain in my head and I can hardly focus on any single thought.
I dare to open my eyes; it's still dark outside. I slowly turn my head and look at the dim numbers coming from the clock on my bedside table, its 4:00am.
I groan, propping myself up on my elbows until vertigo has me crashing back down.
"Morning." I hear someone whisper next to me, Jace.
I moan a hi, closing my eyes again. I try to go back to sleep until everything I drank a couple of hours ago come rushing up my throat. I quickly get up, running to the bathroom and reach the toilet just in time. I continue heaving until there's nothing left but my stomach doesn't stop. Somewhere during my time puking Jace appears holding all of my hair back.
I groan, my headache getting worse as I lie on the cool, tiled floor, that feels nice.
I feel Jace plop down next to me, I sit up next to him as he hands me a glass of water. I take it thankfully, swishing the water around my mouth before spitting it into the toilet and flushing.
"I feel terrible." I say, finally able to form words.
He lets me lean on his chest; as I look down at myself to see I have on Jace's jersey.
"Jace?" I mumble
"Hmm?" He replies.
"Why do I have on your jersey?" I ask, my eyes getting heavy.
"You basically insisted." He says, a little humor in his voice. My eyes shoot open.
"Care to elaborate?" I ask him.
" You blacked out when we got back for like an hour, but you woke up and started taking off your shirt and then you took mine off and put it on." He chuckles.
I feel my face get red.
"Oh my god." I say, burying my face in his bare chest "Anything else?"
"Well," He says, I look up at him to see he's smiling, "At one point I couldn't even get you to lay down. You kept running outside apparently trying to find demons to fight."
I hear him laugh at the memory I can't recall as I close my eyes in embarrassment.
"It's okay, it was kind of cute." I hear him whisper in my ear. I flip him off which only makes him laugh, I can't help but crack a small smile.
After a second I get up unsteadily, to walk to the bathroom sink. I look at myself in the mirror to see my cheeks are blotchy with red splotches, my green eyes are dull and my hair is extremely untamable. I take my toothbrush from its holder and brush my teeth, deciding to get rid of one of my dilemmas.
When I finish, my mouth feeling a trillion times better, I see Jace behind me in the mirror. His hair looks unkempt like mine and there are tiny bags under his eyes; however he's definitely fared better than I have.
I walk slowly back to the bed, hearing Jace follow me, and plop on it ungracefully. Jace lays down right next to me, wrapping his arms around my waist and pulling me close to him.
"Do you remember anything?" He asks me after a second.
"Well after the game," I say slowly "I went to the party and danced for a while until you came."
"Then?" He pushes me, as if trying to confirm something.
"Then?" I try to think, "Then Aiden pulled me into the kitchen and asked if I'd ever drank before, I said no and then he mixed me some strange drink in a cup."
I pause for a second.
"He told me to trust him," I say, "and I did, after one he gave me two then three and then I did shots." I laugh dryly with no humor.
Jace pulls me tighter to him, I feel his body tense up, he smells like sweat and alcohol; probably like I do.
"Then." My voice wavers, the memories hitting me like a ton of bricks, "He just went crazy with me. I mean, I've seen him enough time drunk but never like that."
"I'll kill him." Jace says after a second, I feel his hands turn to fists behind my back.
"Jace." I say soothingly, "He was drunk." I try to defend my friend.
" Yeah well your friend's an asshole." He says honestly, "I swear to god the next time I see him nothing will stop me from sending him to hell."
"Jace." I say again, he looks down at me, his eyes filled with anger, "Come on, your better than that."
He doesn't say anything, "I'm serious." I continue, "Look at everything you've been through, we've been through in the past couple of months. Your 100 times the man he'll ever be and you should know that."
He looks at my hands he's now holding; I can tell he's listening.
" We're here for a mission, and he's just a side effect of our time at school. When we're done here, it takes two weeks or two years, I may not have my friends from school anymore; I'll have to forget them. But you know what?" I ask him, feeling my heart break a little at the thought of having to leave my friends all over again.
Jace looks into my eyes as if asking me what.
"I'm still going to be the luckiest girl in the world because I still have you. I've gone to what's felt like hell and back to be with you and there is no way in hell I'm letting a mundane friend of mine get in the way of that. Aiden's made some extremely stupid decisions in the past, trust me, but you're a child of heaven and you came here to kill demons, not damage innocent humans." I say to him meaning every word.
He keeps staring at me for what feels like hours but is probably a couple of seconds until he puts a hand on my face.
"How is it you always know the right things to say?" He asks, sounding astonished.
I blush from his words, looking down at my hands.
"I will still kill him if he pulls anything like that again." I give a short giggle
"Understandable." I say simply
I feel myself dozing again as he kisses me on the lips gently, when he breaks the kiss I lie my head on his shoulder, I lean my head up and give him a light kiss on his jawbone before cuddling up to him, already halfway into my slumber.
"Sleep easy." I hear Jace say.
I pass out for the second time tonight.
A wicked headache is the next thing that wakes me up. I squint my eyes at the sunlight filtering through my curtains before turning in my bed to see Jace still fast asleep. My heart flutters at his innocent, even adorable face; he looks so peaceful.
I turn in the bed again to my bedside table where I shuffle through my drawer to find a bottle of Advil. I take two pills out of the bottle; bringing them to my mouth and swallowing them with the help of a water bottle that was next to my bed.
"What's that?" I hear Jace ask groggily, looking at the bottle.
"For headaches, something an iratze can't help with."
He leans over me and takes the bottle, reading the back before taking out two himself and swallowing them. His frown leaves his face when the medicine takes effect.
Buzzzzzzzz
I groan when I hear my phone go off somewhere on the ground by my bed, I search blindly for it until I feel it under my bed right as it stops buzzing.
I look at the lock scream, "Whoa." I mutter to myself.
Jace leans closer next to me and sees the screen is filled with texts and calls from Sean, Simon, but mostly Aiden.
I scroll through the missed calls, until I reach a voicemail from him, I click on it to listen.
"Heeeeeeeey Claaary." He slurs into the phone, I see Jace roll his eyes, listening intently.
"You left so soon, I miss you. We were having so much fun!" He laughs drunk into the phone. "But you know, something's different about you."
He makes a noise like he's thinking, "I don't know, maybe it's those sexy little tattoos you have."
I almost fall out of the bed at what he says. Jace looks curiously at my wide eyes wide; the phone drops out of my hands.
"What did he say?" He asks me.
"What do you see?" I ask him, holding out my arms.
He looks at me seeming confused, "You're skin?" he says.
I show him my legs where a few runes are still fading from a demon attack a couple of days back.
"Here?" I ask him frantically, knowing if I can see them he can.
"I don't know you're legs?" he guesses.
"Other than that." I say to him.
"Runes?" He guesses again, I sigh. "Clary what did he say? Why are you asking me this?" He pushes for an answer.
I find my phone on the bed and hand it to him, "Listen." I say.
He puts the phone to his ear and listens patiently to the message, I know he's heard what I heard what I heard when he gives me a look.
"Do you think-"
"No." he interrupts, thinking hard "I would've recognized his name if he was a shadow hunter."
"Maybe he's like me." I say, thinking back to how I found Jace at Pandemonium.
He looks at me, clearly considering this scenario.
"He definitely has the sight." I continue, "I'm just not sure he fully recognizes he does."
Jace looks deep in thought, I roll over straddling myself on top of him and becoming fully aware I'm only in a pair of underwear and Jace's jersey.
"Hey." I whisper to him, getting his attention, "Let's not worry about it too hard, whatever happens, happens." I say.
I lean in, placing a hand on his cheek and bending down to kiss him. As he leans up toward me I jump off of him, leaving him in a daze.
"Sorry. I got hungry." I say giving a lame excuse, before running out the room into the quiet hallway.
I hear him run out of the room when I'm halfway down the hallway, he sees me, smirks and comes barreling towards me, I run away as fast as I can and slam the door when I get into the kitchen.
"Hmmmm." I say going into the pantry, pretending to look at food when he comes in.
"Wow! I wonder where she went." He says sarcastically, "Maybe I'll check the pantry."
As I attempt to run out of the small room Jace catches me by the waist causing a squeal to escape me. I try to escape out of his grasp but he turns me around.
"You little tease." He says, leaning in to kiss me.
Before he can I use a can of whipped cream I snatched and spray some on his nose catching him by surprise, I laugh at how ridiculous he looks.
He smiles at me, making my heart leap, before giving me a bear hug and running out of the kitchen with me.
"Let me down!" I say to him.
"No can do." He replies, making me giggle.
I feel us go up stairs, which can only mean one thing, the green house.
When he lets me down I see the entire skyline of New York illuminated by the morning sun.
"It's beautiful." I say, not able to take my eyes off of it.
"Yeah," Jace says, looking at me and not the landscape "You are."
I look at him blushing, he grabs my waist and leans in to kiss me, this time I let him.
Oh my god I love this boy.
AN: Aww cute little fluffy chapter! Last one for a while, from now on it gets intense guys! Tell me in the comments how you guys liked this chapter! As always I love hearing from you guys!
Peace Out
XOXO
Erin