Jace's POV
I sat up and looked towards Alec, who was still sleeping. Instead of waking him up I walked down the hall. I waited for a moment looking at each of the doors wondering who screamed when I heard it again. I looked to the door on the right, and twisted the knob only hesitating a second.
The room was dark, but I could still make out how it looked. The walls were painted a deep violet, and the floors was covered with thick black carpet. In the corner of the room there was a black desk covered with teetering piles of books and Cd's. There was dresser against the far side of the wall covered with clothes and an old record player with records stacked beside it. A book-shelf was in the corner with the shelves filled completely and the top covered with more Cd's. The last thing I noticed was bed. There was a dark purple blanked thrown over the mattress that sat on the ebony bed frame. At first I thought no one was in it before I saw the bright crimson hair fanned out across the pillow. Clary.
I walked toward the bed and sat beside Clary and looked down at her wondering if I should wake her. Her pretty face was pale and twisted into a grimace. I made my decision and shook her gently, leaning my head down to whisper her name I heard her murmuring in her sleep. She was muttering, "Stop, stop, please..." Suddenly she screamed again yelling someones name that I couldn't understand. I shook her again, harder this time whispering Clary in her ear.
Clary stopped moving and her eyelids fluttered open and even in the dark room her emerald irises seemed to light up the room, but something was different about her expression. There was true and absolute terror and guilt in her expression. She looked at me trying to cover her fear with little success.
"Jace?" Clary whispered, her bright eyes looking up at me from under dark curling eyelashes. "Yeah, it's me." I said, softly. The fear was gone from her expression, and although she was hiding her expression I could still tell she was a bit shaken up. "Do they know?" I asked, looking at her curiously.
"Does who know what?" Clary asked back, dodging the question. "Do Magnus and Simon know about your nightmares?" Clary glared at me and then looked down. "No, they're heavy sleepers. I'm not going to tell them so don't ask, and if you try to tell them I promise you that you will regret it." Clary said, icily, not looking at me in the eyes.
"I'm not going to tell them. It's none of my business, I just came to make sure you was okay." I said. I noticed the flicker of relief and gratitude in Clary's eyes.
"I'll go, and let you get some sleep." I said, and Clary said nothing just continued to stare up at me. I was almost to the door when Clary called my name. I turned around and Clary was sitting up in the bed, her blanket falling to her waist revealing a look cut tank top that revealed a strip of black lace from her bra. Her voice cut into my thoughts making me look back at her face. "Jace, um...thank you for making sure I was okay." She said, looking at me with wide green eyes, and I smiled and nodded before shutting the door behind me.
TIME SKIP (BREAKFAST TIME)
Jace's POV
I woke up to the sound of laughing coming from the kitchen. I stood up noticing Alec was gone and walked toward the kitchen. Magnus, Alec, Izzy, and Simon were sitting around the granite counter drinking cups of coffee while Clary was standing at the oven, wearing the same tank top from last night with a pair of very short black sleep shorts, flipping pancakes. She glanced at me when I came in, but said nothing. Even after last night nothing had changed, but I wasn't surprised.
Simon stood up and grabbed a mug from the cabinet and poured me a cup of coffee. I noticed with curiosity that there was two coffee pots. "Why do you have two different coffee machines?" I asked, looking at Magnus.
"One of them belong to Simon and I, and the other belongs to Clary." Magnus stated. "Why don't all three of you share one?" Izzy asked, glancing at him.
"Because Clary makes her coffee to strong. So usually Magnus and I only drink it if we have hangovers." Simon said, grinning at Clary who turned to glare at him for a moment before putting plates of pancakes and bacon in front of everyone before getting her own plate and sitting herself in the seat in between Magnus and I. We all ate in silence revealing in taste of the pancakes. Clary was an amazing cook. I guess I can add that to the list of her talents. A noise erupted into the air effectually breaking the peaceful silence. Alec fished his phone out of his pocket, and held it to his ear.
"Hello?" Alec said. "Yeah, they're with me...You're home?...No we're staying with a couple of friends...Sure, I guess...We'll be there in about an hour...yeah...Bye." Alec said, hanging up the phone. Alec looked over at us with exasperation clear on his face I knew that look, it meant he had been talking to our parents.
"Maryse and Robert are home?" I asked, looking at Alec, who nodded. "If you mean Mom and Dad then, yes, they are home." I had stopped calling them 'Mom' and 'Dad' when they said that they was not okay with Alec being gay.
"And let me guess they called you so we could home until they want to grab our little brother and leave again." Izzy said, her voice cold enough to stop the melting of the polar icecaps.
"Yeah, they also said they wanted to meet you guys, so if you want to come with us..." Alec drifted off looking at Simon, Clary, and Magnus. They all three sent each other awkward glances. "Okay...we can go." Simon said.
Everyone went and changed and we met back in the living room. "So who wants to ride with who?" Clary, who had changed into skinny jeans, a tight red tank top, combat boots, and the hat she wore the first day I saw her, asked.
"Well our car can hold five, so if someone wants to ride by them self." Izzy said, glancing at everyone. "I will." Clary said, walking toward the front door and grabbing a leather jacket off the hook.
"So what kind of car do you drive?" I asked Clary, as we walked down the stairs. Clary grinned and said, "You'll see."
Clary pulled open the doors to exit the building and walked toward a motorcycle. It was a sleek black Raider. My jaw dropped slightly and Clary grinned at my shock. Alec came up behind me and looked at Clary with confusion and surprise on his face. "This-this is yours?" Alec asked, spluttering.
"Yep." Clary said, proudly swinging her leg over and taking her hat off and putting it in the bag that was attached to the bike. "You five go and I'll follow behind." Clary said, starting the bike. Alec and I, however, were still in shock about the fact that this was her bike and that she had a bike, so we stood there until Izzy came and dragged our arms toward our Jeep.
Alec drove and Magnus sat in the passenger seat, while Izzy sat in between Simon and I in the back. Alec started to drive and I looked behind us to make sure Clary was behind us. She was.
The drive was short with conversations popping up here and there, and me glancing behind us to make sure Clary was still there. Finally, we pulled up into our large driveway. Alec parked behind our parents car and Clary pulled in behind us. We all piled out of the car and Clary swung her leg over the bike gracefully, and pulled her hat out of the bag placing it over her windblown hair.
"So, this is your house?" Magnus asked, glancing at me from the corner of his eye before staring back up at our house. I nodded and went to open the door. "We're home!" I yelled, my voice echoing through the quiet house. Moments later a short figure came barreling toward me. I swung Max up into my arms grinning. "Hey, Buddy. " I said, running through my little brothers dark, disheveled hair. "Jace! I missed you! What have you been doing? Where have you been? Where's Alec and Izzy-" Max rambled on, but stopped when he noticed Clary. "Who's that?" He asked, finally.
"This is my new friend, Clary." I said, smiling at Clary who shot Max a hesitant, shy smile. "Is she your girlfriend?" Max asked, looking at me with wide dark eyes through his glasses. I blushed a little and glanced at Clary whose cheeks also had a tinge of soft pink and said, "No, we're just friends." Max looked at me and then looked back at Clary, staring. "She's really pretty." Max said, decidedly.
I looked at Clary, who stood there glancing around apparently oblivious to what Max had said. "She is, isn't she." I said, back an at that moment Alec, Izzy, Simon, and Magnus all came through the doors. "Alec! Izzy!" Max said, and I set him back down on the ground. He ran to hug Izzy and Alec, but stopped short when he saw Magnus, who was wearing pink leather pants, a glittery black t-shirt, eyeliner, and had glitter gelled into his hair.
"Is he an Anime character?" Max asked, staring at Magnus with wide eyes and Clary, who had finally realized that there were people in the room, laughed. Simon looked at Magnus then at Max, grinning, and asked, "No, but he could be couldn't he?" Max, still staring open-mouthed at Magnus, just nodded. Izzy opened her mouth to say something, but was interrupted by the click clack of high heels on the stone floor.
"Hello, I am Mayrse Lightwood. You can call me Maryse." Maryse said, addressing Simon, Clary, and Magnus. I noticed how her eyes narrowed when she saw Magnus and the way they widened when she saw Clary.
"Have we met before?" Maryse asked, looking at Clary with genuine puzzlement and curiosity. Clary looked at Maryse a moment before replying, "No, I don't believe we have." Maryse looked at her a moment before smiling and said, "It must just be my imagination. Well come on everyone, I am making lunch."
We walked into the large dining room where Robert sat on his phone. "Robert, Alec, Izzy, and Jace are home and they brought some friends." Robert looked up and nodded. "Hello. What are your new friends' names?" He asked, addressing Alec.
"This is Magnus, Simon, and Clary." Alec said, gesturing at each of them. Like Maryse, Robert's eyes seemed to widen a bit at Clary, but he remained quiet with a thoughtful look in his eyes.
"Lunch is ready." Maryse said, from the kitchen. She came out holding a salad bowl and sandwiches. Everyone sat down at the table and Maryse and Robert asked Simon, Magnus, and Clary questions. Throughout lunch I noticed how Maryse shot wondering glances at Clary.
"So, Clary what did you get into the Academy for?" Robert asked, looking at Clary from across the table. "I got in for Music, Art, and Fighting." Clary replied, smiling. She has a beautiful smile, I thought absently. "Do you play any sports?" Maryse asked. "No, I don't, but I am trying out for the cheer-leading team." Clary said, shooting a glare in my direction, I smirked in return.
"So, Simon-" Robert started, but was cut off by a gasp from Maryse. We all turned to look at her, but she was staring at Clary's necklace. "You're Clarissa Morgenstern. I knew your parents." Maryse said, and Clary paled and stood up out of her chair. "Valentine and Jocelyn went to school with Robert and I in Idris. Valen-" Maryse said, but was cut off. "Ms. Lightwood, stop." Clary said, her voice wavering. Maryse, however, didn't seem to hear her. "I remember when Jocelyn and Valentine first got married they were so happy, and then they found out they were pregnant with-" Maryse said, but was cut off again. "STOP! SHUT UP! JUST STOP!" Clary yelled, everyone at the table looked at her in shock. Magnus stood up and walked over to her, but Clary ran off and out the doors and after a moment I followed her. By the time I got outside Clary was sitting on her bike breathing deeply.
"Clary?" I asked, tentatively. "I'm fine, Jace. Tell your family I'm sorry, and tell Simon and Magnus that to stay, I'm okay. I'm okay." She said, muttering the last part under her breath as if she hadn't meant for me to hear them.
Before he could reply she had started her bike and sped out of the driveway.
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