Sorry for the very SLOW update-I have been really busy lately. Well here is chapter 10- thank you everyone who continued to review/read my story over my absence. ~Enjoy!
Will wondered down the street, the sun shown bright and the whole world felt as if it was having a good, the whole world except Will Herondale.
It had been a little under a month since he had sent the letter to Tessa and he hadn't gotten any signs from her. Not that he was sure what signs he was looking for, just signs.
Will turned, walking down the familiar sidewalk of Brooklyn Street. Brooklyn Street was the kind of street that had that happy-go-luck feeling, which made you want to skip down the street with Mr. Rodgers. All the houses on Brooklyn Street looked the same, brock building with multiple floors but in no way tall buildings, three floors was usually the most, sometimes on was placed lower then the sidewalk. Pots with flowers were placed on the small front stoops of many houses. Will saw the familiar house and trudged up the steps, Will stood at the front of Magnus's apartment knocking on the door rapidly, he could hear shuffling behind it before the door was flung open. On the other side stood Magnus, who was giving a very annoyed look in Will's direction.
"May I please come in?" Will asked in his sweetest voice. Magnus gave a dramatic sigh and rolled his eyes.
"I suppose, only cause you asked so nicely," Magnus said stepping out of the door way so Will could enter; "but stay away from my cat."
"Gladly," Will said entering the apartment; "your cat is almost as bad as the ducks in Hyde park."
"Will, you attacked my cat," Manus stated.
"I felt provoked," Will responded in defense.
"Really," Magnus said raising an eyebrow; "you the great William Herondale felt provoked by my 10 pound cat."
"That wicked little monster of yours had a blood thirsty look in his eyes."
Magnus rolled his eyes again as Will plopped himself on Magnus bright green coach, which some how worked in Magnus's house.
"So Will," he said, pulling out a chair from the dining room table and turning it to face Will, "what can I help you with."
"Well it's about Tessa-"
"Oh God," Magnus said giving a dramatic sigh and interrupting Will; "I swear if I have to hear about your girl trouble one more time I am going to strike you senseless!"
"It just I sent her that letter-"
"The letter!" Magnus said with fake excitement; "Will Herondale's magical letter which will suddenly make the girl of his dreams fall in love with him again-and did I forget to mention he called her a whore multiply times." Magnus finished sarcastically; Will moaned and placed his head in his hands.
"Magnus you are not helping," Will mumbled.
"I am tried of being helpful Magnus, I think I will try being sarcastic Magus that is going to remind Will to move on with his life."
"I think I am in love with her," Will groaned.
"You barley know the poor girl," Magnus responded, raising an eyebrow at Will, "plus the heart-slaying Will in love-what an otherworldly concept." Will rolled his eyes at that.
They sat in silence for a minute before there was a scuffling sound from outside, a smile popped on Magnus's face.
"Oh the mail!" I love getting mail!" Magnus jumped from his seat and pranced from the room, before returning only seconds later. "Will all there is, is this letter with your name on it." Will pulled his head from his hands as Magnus passed him the letter. Will ripped the envelope open, and let the scraps fall to the floor, his eyes scanning the letter.
"Will clean up this mess," Magnus shouted but Will was already gone, he had run from the room and was skipping down the stairs three at a time.
Will looked back and forth down the street, before he saw a head of brown hair rounding the corner, Will took his chances and ran after them.
"Tessa!" he shouted rounding the corner; "Tessa!" he repeated. The brunette whom he had been chasing stopped, turning to face him just as he came crashing into her. She slipped and went tipping over, Will in a last dash effort to save her grabber her wrist, pulling her upright. Her grey eyes starred into his.
"Will! You almost mad me fall," Tessa said, placed his hands on both sides of her face and brought her lips to his. She stood there shocked her shoulders stiff before she quietly slipped into his arms.
She pulled back after a minute, her forehead resting agents his.
"I'm so sorry," Will whisper to Tessa his voice barley audible, one of his hands stoked aimlessly through her hair, the other one placed around her waist.
"I forgive you," Tessa whispered back, placing her hands on both sides of his face; "as long as you promise to never say such terrible things to me again."
"I promise." Tessa smiled, slipping her hands into Will's.
"You want to go back to Magnus's with me?" Will asked nervously. Tessa smiled.
"Sure."
As they walked back it felt as though for a moment everything could be all right. As though in their own little world they could be perfectly happy.
They entered the apartment, where Magnus had moved from the chair to the coach where he was scrolling through channels on the television.
"We're back," Magnus looked to Will, raising an eyebrow.
"I see your love letter wooded her," Magnus responded returning his eyes to the television.
"I have been told my love letters woo American woman," Will responded back, throwing a wink at Tessa, who only sighed.
"Well what are you still standing around here for, my house isn't the grand central station, people aren't allowed to just wait around in it," Magnus grumbled.
"I suppose we should be going then," Tessa said awkwardly, pulling Will's hand in the direction of the door.
"I suppose we shall," Will said, him and Tessa strolling out of Magnus's apartment, though Magnus had been absorbed into reruns of Project Runway.
"Will did you just say 'Shall'?" Tessa asked a small grin waiting to spill.
"Maybe," Will responded, grinning at Tessa. Tessa smiled back.
"Its makes you sound like your out of one of Jane Austin's novels," Tessa said.
"Do I get to chose which characters?" Will asked.
"If you wish too," Tessa responded, guiding Will down the street to the Tube, where she had made her mind to take him back to her apartment, though Will had no idea were they were headed.
"Hmm," Will said; "it might take me a little while to chose, so many options." Tessa giggled quietly. "Of course I will have to be someone dashing, otherwise it just wouldn't be in character. That and someone with a wiper sense of humor."
Tessa let out a loud laugh; "You don't have a large ego at all do you," Tessa responded sarcasm slipping from her voice, though it was in a good-natured way.
"I don't have a big ego at all,' Will said defensively; "I just speak the truth, like as you American say 'honest Ale.'"
"Will its 'honest Abe,'" Tessa said rolling her eyes, as the walked down the stairs to the Tube.
"Oh bugger," Will responded; "Tessa where are you taking me?" Tessa gave a sly smile.
"It's a secret."
"I knew it," Will said; "you're going to kill me and a dark secret section of the Tube station." Tessa rolled her eyes but continued to pull Will after her. They slipped right before they doors closed, slipping into the afternoon bustle. Tessa tripped over a mans foot of Will hadn't chosen that moment to rap his hand around her waist. Second time he had saved her from a possibly fatal fall.
They stood, Wills hand gripped the hand railing above his head and another one was rapped protectively around her waist. People pushed as they boarded and walked off at each stop.
"This is our stop," Tessa said pulling Will of the train behind her, as the stumbled up the stairs into the bright light.
"Let me guess we are going to your apartment?" Will asked, a goofy smile on his face.
"It about one of the only places I know how to get to in London," Tessa replied back.
"We will have to change that," Will responded back.
Tessa smiled but continued to walk to her apartment, which was just around the corner.
Tessa fitted the key into the lock, just as a ringing noise came in the direction of Will; he stopped and pulled a thin phone from his pocket.
"Hello?" he said into the phone; "Jem what is it?" Tessa stood leaning agents he door looking at Will.
"Jem do I have to now…" Will started trailing off obviously annoyed with whatever he was being told. Will pulled the phone from his ear and pressed the 'end call' button.
"Was that they boy with the silver hair?" Tess asked; "the one I met at Magnus's party?" Will face displayed, obviously remembering the not to pleasant events of Magnus's party.
"Yeah-Tessa I have some work I need to finish up…" he trailed off looking down at his feet.
"That okay," Tessa responded though she felt her heart drop; "what kind of work."
"Well I am a private detective-"
"Like Sherlock Homes?" Tessa asked cutting him off. Will smiled at Tessa impressive power to connect anything back to a book.
"I suppose it's a little like that," Will responded back thoughtfully.
"So your friend Jem is like Dr. Watson?" Tessa asked.
"Yes, he is the more carful out of the two of us," Will said, thinking about how Jem always seemed to posses more common sense then he did.
"Do you have to go?" Tessa asked quietly, Will gave a sad smile, and rapped her face in his hands, bring their faces close together.
"I'm sorry Tess-I have to," Will said sadly. Tessa reached out rapper her arms around him.
"I understand," Tess said into his chest; "just promise me you'll be carful."
"I promise," Will whispered into her hair.
"Cause otherwise," Tessa said pulling back slightly; "I'll have to string you up by your neck."
"We wouldn't want that would we," Will replied smiling, "Plus we are just going to do some finishing paper work, how much trouble could I really get in with paperwork."
"If any one could find out how to get into a dangerous situation with paper work, it would be you Will Herondale." Will smiled, pulling away from Tessa giving her a small kiss on the forehead, turned away from her. He walked down the sidewalk, sending a long look back in her direction. Tessa gave a small smile before Will disappeared around the corner.
Tess pushed the door open, walking into the quite apartment, it felt eerily quite without Will. It had that feel like in a horror movie when you just know something bad is going to happen. Tess shivered and rushed up the stairs.
Then sun had settled hours ago, the night flooding into Tessa's little apartment. Tessa had climbed into bed with a book, she had chosen Pride and Prejudice, she had just been in the mood for Jane Austin, then again Tessa was always in the mood for Jane Austin, how could you not be?
A buzzing noise came from the door startling out of her book; she looked around turning to the clock, which read, eleven-thirty. Probably those stupid teenagers that at resent had made a habit of bussing her door at odd hours. Tess returned her mind the world of Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy.
The again the buzzing noise filled her apartment. She slipped from bed, and pressed the small intercom beside her front door.
"Hello?" she said into it, slightly annoyed that who ever was buzzing her door was pulling her out of her book.
"Tess, is that you?" a familiar voice came through.
"Will? Yes it me, what are you doing here?" Tessa asked.
"I was lonely," Will respond, Tessa heart fluttered at the thought that Will found her out when he was lonely; "its cold out here Tess, can you buzz me up?"
"Yes of course," Tessa said, doing just as he asked. She went and opened her front door, suddenly feeling very naked in her thin sleep shorts and t-shirt. She heard shoes coming up the stairway as Will rounded the corner. He walked quickly to her rapping his arms around her thin frame, nestling his face into her hair.
"Will," Tess said softly threading her figures through his hair; "are you ok?'
"Hmm-" he said back; "I missed you." Tessa smiled, knowing the feeling was mutual. Tessa pulled Will into the apartment, as he stepped out of his shoes, and through his jacket into the coach in her living room/kitchen.
He pulled the covers around them as they curled into bed, flicking the light off. Tess laid her head agents Will's chest, his figures slipping through her hair; she liked the sound of his heart beating rhythmically.
"Tess," Will said after a couple minutes.
"Will," Tess murmured back, here eyes starting to close.
"I think I am laying on something," Will said sitting up and bringing Tessa along with.
"What?" Tessa said groggily, ready to fall asleep. Then out from under him Will brought out a book, in the dark the tittle Pride and Prejudice could faintly be made out. Tessa smiled and Will mumbled something about 'how he was always falling asleep on books' as Tessa set the book on the night stand beside her bed. Will lay back down Tess's head returning to his chest, as they slowly fell asleep.
There we have it ladies and gentlemen sorry once again for the long update delay. Hopefully I will post my next chapter much quicker. Thank you for reading! Sorry for any spelling or grammar problems-I didn't do any editing after my whole chapter got deleted when my stupid commuter decided to suddenly die come alive 3 hours latter.