Clary's POV
"Kiss me." Jace says and I almost gasp, my eyes widening a little bit and Jace gives me a quarter of a smile. Damn that sexy smile.
"What?" I ask him, confused and he smiles
"Did you just reject me?" He asks me and I swear Is stop breathing. He watches me so intently and I can't fight it anymore. I grab the front of his black shirt, pulling him down towards me, forcing his lips to connect with mine. They fit mine so nicely and they begin to move against me. Surprisingly enough, he ends up not lying on top of me and I bring a hand up to his face. This time, I am actually enjoying my hot and steamy make out session. Probably because it's with Jace, not some creepy, evil French guy.
"Hey Clary can- oh my God!" Someone yells from behind Jace and I go to jump upwards, my eyes flying open, but I accidentally bite down, catching Jace's lip between my teeth and he yells out a not so nice word. I look over Jace's shoulder to see Isabelle standing in the doorframe with the door wide open, her hands covering her eyes.
"Jace, get off." I whisper, he is staring down at me, biting down on his lip, but her nods, rolling off.
"You guys couldn't have picked a better time or place to do this?" Isabelle asks and I let out a nervous chuckle. She pulls her hands away from her eyes and she sighs, running a hand through her long, jet black hair.
"Ok timing was a bit off, but we are in Clary's room, and the door was closed." Jace points out and I put a hand over his mouth.
"Jace, shut up, sorry Isabelle, for making out in front of you and arguing with you, you didn't deserve it, I know you are just trying to do your job. It's not fair of me to give you crap." I apologize and Isabelle gives me a sympathetic smile.
"I'm sorry Simon is mad, just give him time." Isabelle says and I nod my head, and Jace stifles a snort.
"Well, we can talk later. I'll let you two get back to it." Isabelle says with a wink, shaking her head, holding in a laugh as she walks out of my bedroom, kicking the door shut behind her. I let out a nervous chuckle and Jace sits up, running a hand through his hair, smiling at me.
"So, um," I start, not sure how to finish my sentence.
"That was fun." Jace finishes for me and I break out laughing. I don't know why I find that so funny, but I do.
"Yeah, it was." I say, sitting and I face Jace. I go to lean in for a second kiss, and I am so close that my eyes flutter shut, when my phone decided to ring. I let out a groan, rolling off my bed, walking over to my dresser and picking up my phone.
"Hello?" I say and I hear a loud voice on the line.
"Clary, come here." Alec says and I roll my eyes, Alec has fantastic timing.
"Where exactly is here?" I ask him and he sighs.
"Mom's office." He tells me, hanging up the phone and I let out a groan, shoving it in my pocket.
"Sadly, I need leave, and unless you want to chill in my bedroom, you need to leave as well." I tell him and Jace stands up, fixing the pillow on my bed. One thing that I've noticed about him is that he is very neat, and to some extent, almost OCD.
"Do you want me to come with you?" Jace asks me and I sigh.
"I'm going to talk to Alec, I doubt I'l need you to protect me." I tell him and he nods, walking over to me, putting his arm around me.
"Tell me how it goes." Jace says to me, kissing my cheek and walking out of my room, leaving the door wide open and I let out a small, breathless laugh. I take three deep breaths before leaving my room and walking into the living room and I see Isabelle standing in front of me.
"Oh my God! I knew it, I knew it, I knew it!" She yells and I smile sheepishly at her.
"I can't wait for guys to date, and than get married, oh my. I can finally be an aunt!" Isabelle yells and I sigh.
"It was just a kiss, nobody said anything about dating or getting married, especially not having kids." I tell her and she rolls her eyes.
"Yeah sure, that wasn't just a kiss. That was a full on make out session on your bed, him on top of you. If I wouldn't have walked in when I did, I wouldn't be surprised if you guys had sex." Isabelle says and I clamp my hands over my ears.
"Bye Isabelle!" I yell, racing out of the room, kicking the door shut behind me. I lie with my back against the door for a moment, catching my breath and getting control of myself. I calm my racing pulse before walking towards the elevator. I step into it, seeing another girl in the elevator as well. I remember her as the girl who treated my wounds and gave me my first runes. I have gotten a few more since then, but I will never forget my first time.
"Hi, you're Maia right?" I ask her and she gives me a small smile.
"Hey, yeah, and you are Clary." She says and I nod. I noise a few long cut like scars on her neck and I raise my brow.
"What happened there?" I ask her, pointing at her neck and she rolls her eyes.
"Crazy ex boyfriend." She says and I frown as the elevator door dings open. Before can say anything else, she walks out of the elevator, heading the opposite way that I am. I walk out of the elevator, towards where I think Head Mistress Lightwood's office is. Eventually I find it, and I knock on the door lightly.
"Come in." Alec responds and I push the door open, shutting it almost silently behind me. Maryse and Alec are both on their feet, and I feel like I was just called down to the deans office.
"Hey Clary, take a seat. Before you freak out, you aren't in trouble. I just want you to tell me about what happened with Sebastian." Maryse says and I nod.
"So just start from when you convinced him to leave the table with you." Maryse says and I nod.
"So the plan was to lead him away from his body guards and let the boys grab him, but they took a little to long." I begin and she nods, "he ended up shoving me up against the wall and kissing me. I went along with in in hopes that he would be distracted for long enough for the boys to get to me. Once again they didn't get to me in time. He ended up wiping the makeup off my neck, exposing my rune, which angered him. He chocked me, and when the boys tackled him to the ground, he dropped me, and I slammed my head on the pavement, which is why I'm feeling a little groggy." I tell her and she glances at Alec, nodding.
"Would you like for me to remove you from the field?" She asks me and I glance at Alec.
"Say yes." He mouths but I roll my eyes, "no, I started in this mission, and I want to end it." I tell her, my voice stern and she nods her head, pursing her lips.
"Well than it's settled, once you heal up we will continue our hunt for Jonathan, right now we are rounding up the people the Sebastian let out of jail. From there we will draw up a game plan. Alec, I want you checking New York streets for any of the escaped convicts, Clary, I want you to go recuperate. You both can be on your way."
I walk out of Maryse's room behind Alec, who seems annoyed. I walk a little faster so that I am in line with him, looking up at him.
"You should have told her to pull you out of the field." Alec says and I glare up at him.
"No I shouldn't have." I say back and Alec rolls his eyes.
"You aren't ready, you don't know what you are doing." Alec says and I take my turn to roll my eyes.
"I am, why do you always act so miserable?" I snap back and he turns so he is blocking my way and towering over me.
"I don't"
"You do." I respond and he begins to walk towards me, invading my personal space, causing me to walk backwards.
"You don't know what you are talking about. Do everyone a favor and just quite. It is only a matter of time before you get someone else killed. How long is it going to take for you to realize that you don't belong here?" Alec growls, almost yelling the last part, I bite down on my lip, almost drawing love. That one stung just a little bit.
"Alec, leave her alone!" Isabelle yells, walking quickly over to us and I roll my eyes. I shove past Alec, bumping shoulders with him and I make my way to the elevator. I really just want to go to my room and sleep. it dings open and Jace ends up walking out, texting, and he walks smack into me, dropping his phone. He bends down to pick it up before looking at me.
"Oh hey, oh no, what happened, are you ok, whats wrong?" He asks, his voice going from happy to concerned.
"Nothing, why do you ask?" I say and he rolls his eyes.
"I can see it in your eyes, also you've been biting your lip." Jace says, putting his hand underneath my chin, tilting my head upwards.
"Nothing's wrong. I'm ok, I promise." I lie and he tugs me into the elevator, shutting the door and hitting the emergency stop button, not allowing for the elevator to move.
"You're lying." Jace says and I roll my eyes.
"No I'm not." I say, reaching out to start the elevator back up but Jace grabs my hand, not allowing me too.
"Clary, we aren't going anywhere until you tell me what happened with Alec, I know you just got done seeing him." Jace tells me and I huff, sliding down the elevator wall and sitting on the floor.
"Well then it looks like we are going to be in here for a while." I tell Jace who sits down on the floor across from me and glares at me.
"Tell me." He presses and I roll my eyes.
"No." I respond.
"Yes." He shoots back and I sigh.
"Why do you want to know so bad?" I ask him and he purses his lips.
"Because I care about you, why do you find that so hard to believe?" Jace says and I sigh, why did he have to pull that card?
"I asked Alec why he was always so miserable, which made him angry and he told me I don't belong here which was basically him confirming what I already know." I tell Jace and he doesn't say anything. He just stands up, walking over to the elevator panel, and he goes to turn the elevator back on. The bad thing is, when he presses the button, nothing happened.
"Uh oh, I think I kept it turned off for too long." Jace says and I stand up.
"You moron!" What's wrong with you!" I yell and Jace chuckles, pulling out his phone.
"Relax, we'll get out of here in no time." Jace says, putting his phone to his ear.
"Hey Isabelle, I'm stuck in the elevator with Clary, can you get us out of here please?" Jace says and his face falls.
"Oh ok, great, get us out as soon as possible." Jace hangs up his phone before sighing and looking at me.
"Power is out all over the Institute. We are going to be stuck in here for a while, so technically, this isn't my fault." Jace says and I groan.
"Why must me have the worse luck?" I ask myself and Jace smirks.
"Actually, this doesn't seem to bad. You and I, stuck in here, all alone, in a tight, in closed, hot space, for a while." Jace tells me with a wink.
"Bad idea." I tell him as he comes to stand next to me and I sit down.
"I think that's a fine idea." Jace responds as he comes to sit down next me.
"Jace I'm not the type of girl who just likes to make out with guys for fun and moves on with her life." I tell him and Jace furrows his brows.
"I didn't think you were, where are you going with this?" He asks me and I bite down on my lip.
"Yes I like you but if you aren't looking for anything then we need to stop while we are ahead." I tell Jace and he puts my hand on my cheek.
"I do want something with you Clary, I wouldn't play with you Clary. I like you a hell of a lot more than I ever thought I could like anyone." Jace says to me, his eyes pouring his soul into mine. He goes to lean in to kiss me, but his phone begins to ring a obnoxious tune. Jace lets out a groan, leaning over and answering his phone.
"Hello, hey Alec-, ok slow down." Jace says into his phone and I hop to my feet, Jace quickly follows.
"We are stuck in the elevator there isn't much me can do. No we haven't tried that yet." He pushes up on his toes, shoving the elevator ceiling tile upwards and looking up.
"The Institute is under lock down, we have been infiltrated. We need to get out of here, they need our help. We are going to have to climb up the elevator shaft until we can reach a floor and open the elevator door." Jace explains to me, dropping the ceiling tile on the ground.
"Um, come again?" I question him and he sighs, looking up.
"Come one, I'll help you up." Jace says, grabbing me by the arm and pulling me so I am in front of him.
"Jace, I don't think this is a good idea." I say as Jace wraps his hands around my waist.
"I promise you can trust me. When I say go, jump and pull yourself up." Jace tells me and I take a deep breath. Jace glances up once more before shouting, "go!"