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Sour cupcakes

Jace turned to me, a slow blush lighting his checks.

"Yeah I had to vent to someone about my always late assistant." He raised his eyebrows at me. I was furious, he couldn't be nice.

"I've been working there two weeks and late twice!"I didn't want to shout but his behaviour to me being late was ridiculous. I think it was more I mentioned Seb the days I was late. He certainly had no right to be pissed off about that. James started to laugh,

"Clary has really red hair and really bright eyes. You could spot her a mile off." For a small child, he impersonated Jace exceptionally well! He must spend a lot of time around him to match his voice that well. I really doubt Jace said that about me, the man wouldn't even spend ten minutes with me in the same room, I imagine if I came into conversation for whatever reason he would purposely leave the room.

"You James Herondale will pay for that!" Jace roughed the boys hair.

"Leave him alone!" James came to grab my hand. The whole time Tessa and Will had been laughing at us.

"Come on James, I think such honesty and cuteness deserves ice cream." I smiled at him as Will said, "Clary really my wife is right here!" And Jace said, "I would love some ice cream thank you!" Really boys, I rolled my eyes. We walked to the que as James and me were talking about what we were going to have. Tessa was standing beside us, and I could Jace and Will whispering about something. I turned to shoot Jace daggers and he just smiled at me. We all ended up getting ice cream.

"Right so James what games would you like to play next?" Anyone could tell Jace adored this kid from the animated way he spoke to him.

"Can I go and play tag with the other kids?" His grey eyes were giant. I would probably give him the world if he asked me like that. His mum nodded and he ran off in the direction of the football pitch. I looked around the field for everyone I came with, but couldn't see them. When I turned back to the group Jace was smiling at me. Will and Tessa were facing each other.

"Well I must say Miss Fray, you look lovely today." I was shocked. I felt my jaw drop. He looked smug.

"Sorry I'm just shocked you know how to give anyone but yourself a compliment." He laughed out loud. His eyes crinkled and the sunlight bounced off his golden locks. He was wearing a tight white t-shirt, and I remembered trying to get him to put his top back on in my apartment. I flushed. I looked up and Jace was looking past me, I followed his gaze and Jace was looking at Alec, Iz and Simon. They had spotted me and were walking towards us now. I didn't really want them to meet Jace, so I started to walk towards them. I had taken a few steps when I felt a figure follow me. I turned and Jace was walking next to me,

"Why do I feel like I know those guys?" He pointed towards Magnus and Alec. I smiled.

"They are the ones that brought you back to my apartment when you were drunk." I was studying his features as I said this.

"Well now I definitely need to say thank you and apologise to them." We quickly reached them. I saw Iz's eyes widen. She recognised Jace instantly. Simon turned to see what Iz was staring at and his eyes met mine. Oh so I guess Iz had been keeping Simon up to date on the gossip. Glad I was the group gossip. We reached the group.

"Everyone this is Jace. Jace this is Izzy, Simon, Magnus and Alec." Gesturing to them as I said their names. Jace put his hand on the small of my back and waved. My eyes went wide at the contact. Why was he being nice let alone touching me?

"I think I should say thank you or apparently apologise to Alec and Magnus. I could of woken up a lot of worse places that Friday morning so thank you for taking me back to Clary's." Jace ran his hands through his hair and looked down sheepishly. The way his biceps stretched as very distracting.

"Don't worry about it. It happens to everyone." Alec said.

"Definitely, Alec remember when I had a party back at the loft for your graduation, you got so drunk you tried talking to my cat like a cat!" Everyone laughed.

"Wait what? Why haven't we heard this story?" Simon asked as Iz leaned against him. Alec was now scowling with a soft blush on his cheeks.

"No one was meant to hear that story! Ever!" We ignored Alec because Magnus was pretending to be Alec, "Meow meow!" Everyone was pretending to purr. Alec also began to laugh.

"Iz we had better get going if you have to get ready for dinner at your parents." Simon walked towards me.

"Goodbye Clary. Call me later." Simon gave me a pointed look. Iz blew me a kiss as she walked away towards the car park. Magnus clapped his hands,

"Can we go now as well? We've done our bit for the children." Magnus was such a diva. I rolled my eyes but laughed. Alec waved and they walked away. Jace turned to me

"And then there was two," he smiled and again I was blinded by it.

"They were dropping like flies," I met his eyes "you must smell." He looked shock.

"I don't think you know how good I smell. People would pay to smell me. Smell me." He moved to step towards me with his wrist to my nose. I shoved him out the way. He laughed. A blonde curl fell into his face and I had the urge to sweep it away. My hand moved up to his hair and I saw his eyes widen and his breathing stop than accelerate. Just as my hand moved his hair, he grabbed my hand and held it. A sudden glint lighted his face.

"Have you tried Sophie's vanilla cupcakes?" His voice was full of emotion for the desert and it was so cute. I shook my head.

"Quick let's see if she's got any left. She only makes them for fundraisers. You will love them." He still held my hand as he pulled me towards the main building. We walked slowly with his hand in mine. I looked at them intertwined and then looked at him. He felt my stare and then looked at our hands and smiled. We reached the double doors and he dropped my hand to open the door. His hand quickly found its way to my back again as he lead me to Sophie's stall. Inside the building there was lots of different tables set up with cakes, fruits, sweets, games for the little children. I quickly found Sophie standing with a women. As soon as she saw us, she said goodbye and walked towards us holding two cupcakes. Jace practically ran to Sophie,

"I love you really Sophie. You create pure heaven." He took the cupcake from her hands and closed his eyes in pure bliss as he took the first bite. A Cheshire Cat smile spread across his face and Sophie and me laughed. Sophie handed me my cupcake and I said thanks. I took a small bite from the cupcake, tasting the buttercream icing and sweet soft sponge. I couldn't help it, I hummed appreciating it. Jace was smiling at me, smugly.

"Didn't I tell you?" His eyes were sparkling.

"They really are the best. Where did you learn to make them?" I had just finished my cupcake and I noticed the silence that followed my question. Jace and Sophie were both looking at the floor. What did I say now? Jace coughed.

"My mum gave Sophie the recipe." His voice was quiet, and I felt like an idiot. I touched his arm,

"Sorry, I shouldn't of said anything." Sophie then spoke up,

"Im going to find Gideon and the boys. I'll probably see you both Monday." She walked away quietly. Sophie had that quality about her, her presence was very sobering.

"Why did you say sorry? It's not your fault Clary." His eyes were wild but he smiled a small sweet smile, showing me he was okay. In that moment I wanted to kiss him. I didn't care that he was my boss. I didn't care that we was at a work function where people would see. I didn't care that he had ignored me for the last week or that on Monday he would probably go back to his confusing stares and black moods. Jace was like the light in a dark room, I was drawn to him. I wanted to always be in his presence. He had a way of making things happier and I really wanted to be happy. I looked up at him, and stepped towards him. He looked into my eyes, and he could see my resolve. He looked scared and he gulped, but his hands still came to cup my face. He lowered his face to mine. I could smell his fresh cotton scent and nearly taste the vanilla on lips when he closed his eyes and I did mine.

"Stop Clary, this is a bad idea. You're my assistant." My eyes shot open. I stayed still, processing the rejection. Rejection. The feeling spread through my body, and I suddenly felt very stupid. I stepped back from him and looked down. My face on fire. How stupid was I?

"I need to go!" I walked towards the door. Jace did not try to stop me.

Authors note: sorry I didn't upload this on Thursday night, I was shattered. Did you guys know I'm an estate agent/accountant? Yeah heavy job. Friday night I went out and Saturday I worked. Busy bee. Thank you to everyone that reviews, please leave me some advice or I get stuck.

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