A/N: Thanks for being patient! Loves to everyone :D and a shirtless Jace!
SHOUT OUTS AT THE BOTTOM!
Previously;
He watched as Clary turned and ran as it began to rain.
'I love you too,' he whispered to himself.
'It's a pity isn't it? That you love her, and she thinks you are going to dump her, poor Clary, but I'll be there,' a dark voice spoke from the shadows, 'I'll be there when she realises she loves me more.' The voice radiated a certain persona; he heard the person who belonged to the voice chuckled and he heard them walk away, and he wondered to himself, who the hell was it?
Chapter 11 – In The End
CLARY'S P.O.V.
Clary went home after blurting out what she had to Jace; she didn't feel like being harassed by Isabelle, or anyone.
When she got in to her apartment she slammed the door, thankful for once she didn't have any parents, but she took it back immediately, she would give anything to her mother and Luke back, anything.
She slept for hours, and hours, and hours, which meant she missed the second day of school and was late for the third.
She showered and dressed, grabbed her essentials and ran out the door.
She stopped by the front office to sign in and made her way to her third period class, great, she thought. When she entered the classroom she was way early, only the people who ran to their classes were there. She sat in her spot and lowered her hair like a curtain around her. She mentally scolded herself when she felt her skin tingle in anticipation for his touch.
'Clary?' his voice seemed to contain a sense of surprise that she was there.
She half blushed and scolded herself again, 'What?' her voice seemed cold and desolate.
'Tonight, can I come over I need to talk to you, and before you say no, I need you to listen.' His voice seemed to hold a kind of authority.
She thought it over for a second before nodding and getting on with the work.
o.O.o
When she got home she made herself a coffee, she thought about lunch how she could feeling her two best friend's and Jace's eyes on her back, she didn't flee this time, and it worked to her plan, if she didn't flee Jace would have no reason to follow her.
She told herself this was it; this is when he would break up with her. The tension between them grew stronger and stronger as they walked home together, on the foot path she distanced herself and at the door he waited a few steps down.
He seemed nervous; she didn't know whether it was good or bad.
'Clary,' she loved it when his voice was husky.
'Yes?' she poured the now made coffee into her cup and walked back to her small dining table, Jace sat opposite her.
'What I wanted to say is...' a light blush bloomed in his cheeks. She had never really seen her before, 'I think its better...' he stumbled over his word.
'Just spit it out Jace, I don't really have time,' on her way to her locker after lunch Sebastian asked her if she would like coffee, she agreed, but she still hadn't told him about Jace.
'Really? And where do you have to be so importantly?' his tone became clipped.
'Sebastian, he invited me to coffee,' her tone changing to defensive.
'Well dear Clary, that would be called cheating,' he became cocky and sarcastic when he was upset she noticed.
'Well, Jace honey,' she stood up and grabbed her hand bag, 'it's just coffee,' she walked to the door and ushered him out.
'If it's just coffee you won't mind if I come along,' he seemed smug, but she would show him.
'Sure, I don't mind at all,' she smile, not genuinely and walked out the door after Jace.
When they got to the coffee house she saw Sebastian waiting, he seemed surprised to see Jace.
'Sorry, I had to bring this one along,' she stood in front of him, smiling.
He smiled at her to, standing to kiss her cheek before she sat down.
Jace sat to, ignored by both Clary and Seb.
'So...' Seb begun but looked over at Jace.
'Don't worry about him, pretend he isn't here. I do.' She said smugly.
'That's not what you said last night,' Jace chuckled and she hit him, hard. 'Ow,' he rubbed his arm.
'Okay... I was thinking, did you want to go on a date?' Clary looked delighted, but her smile seemed to falter for a moment, Sebastian didn't notice, but Jace did.
Clary agreed and they talked for a bit more before Clary had to leave.
'Sorry, mum doesn't want me out to late...' she trailed off slightly, looking up at him with innocent eyes.
He leant down to kiss her but Jace ripped him to face, him, but Jace looked at Clary, 'Now that my dear, is cheating,' he seemed to radiate a smug sense.
'Cheating?' Sebastian shot through the roof.
'I maybe sort of, maybe, going out with Jace,' she said casually.
Sebastian looked incredulous and stormed off.
Clary scowled at Jace and turned in the opposite direction to Seb, Jace followed.
'Jace, can you go away? Haven't you ruined enough of my life? Or do you think it is fun to follow people and destroy their lives?' she said sarcastically with a bit of curiosity underlying her tone.
'Oh, I think it is fun, but you Clarissa, I never got to talk to you.' His voice turned from snarky to serious in the same sentence.
'Well, talk, cause now is the only chance you will get.' She crossed her arms defensively across her chest.
'I need you to know that I'm not going to dump you, I'm not going to leave you alone because you won't talk to me, I want to know you more than I do now, because Clary...' he pulled her close to him, hands holding hers, 'I'm falling in love with you,' his face was a mask of truthful seriousness, she could see in his eyes, he really did.
She was stunned, she was really lost for words, but a tiny voice popped in to her head that said, actions speak louder than words, and she kissed him, for what felt like forever, his arms wrapped around her and she finally felt safe, at home.
'So I'm guessing you do to?'
She was surprised that she didn't feel the harbouring resentment towards Jace anymore. She smiled at him and pressed her lips to his once more before taking his hand and leading him to her apartment, 'Stay?' her voice was quiet as she shut the door behind her.
Jace raised his eyebrows to her, 'Not like that,' she pushed him towards her bedroom, 'come on,' he followed her in, shutting the door behind her.
He still hadn't spoken, he sat on her bed and watched her bustle about her room, she picked up her pyjama's and walked to the bathroom, winking on her way.
Jace lay on her bed, feet dangling over the edge, arms behind his head, relaxed and golden looking, she had missed him so much.
She wore the pyjama's she had on the first night they spent together, the night she was supposed to spend gossiping and watching movies with Izzy.
He looked over and her, a smile on his lips, she crawled up next to him and curled in to his side.
'It's good to have you back,' he muttered as he wrapped his arms around her and kissed her head as she drifted to sleep, safe at home, she smiled in her sleep.
o.O.o
Clary and Jace were ready for school early and slowly walked to school, hand in hand, has had become custom when they were together.
'There is one thing I have to ask, what about school? I'm the art geek and you're the popular man whore,' she spoke as casually as she would talk about what pizza topping she wanted, of the colour of the sky.
'What about school?' he looked down at her.
'Are we going to tell the school?' she looked back at him, full intensity.
'Yes,' she saw the truthfulness in his eyes.
She leant up on her toes and kissed him quickly before giggling and running away, she could feel him chasing after her, when he caught her they were a block away from school, his arms wrapped around her waist and she was pulled back against his chest, she was able to feel his muscles through their thin shirts.
She laughed and they finished their way to school.
o.O.o
At lunch Clary sat with all of the others, actually enjoying herself, laughing.
Jace had a gleam in his eye and he smirked at her as he stood up on his chair.
'Jace, what are you doing?' she hissed.
'Everyone, everyone!' Jace called the cafeteria to attention.
Some people stared, some people yelled 'what's', the girls looked dreamily up at him.
'I just want everyone to know that I, Jace Wayland, love the one and only, Clary Fray.' He jumped down from his chair and pulled Clary to her feet, cupping her face in his hands before kissing her, she wound her hand through his hair which she always had thought felt like silk, when they pulled apart the cafeteria had finished cheering, Jace rest his forehead on hers, breath fanning across her face, she smiled, delighted that everyone knew Jace was hers.
o.O.o
Clary looked at the man she loved; he hadn't changed since high school. Golden hair, golden skin tone, his eyes still the varying shades of gold. He was still muscled, still had the same smile that lit up his face whenever he looked at her, the same twinkle in his eye. She loved him with all her heart.
They grew up together, starting with the summer that brought them together, they finished high school and neither went to college, Clary was offered full time at Jace's mother gallery, Jace got a job at a car shop. He moved in to Clary's apartment.
Magnus and Alec were still together; Simon and Isabelle were now engaged, expecting a baby boy in four months, planning to get married in two.
On the night of Clary's 23rd birthday Jace lead her for a midnight picnic in central park, Clary thought it would be too dangerous, but Jace had told her he would protect her, and that was enough for her.
Now she was staring at him, with all the love in the world, words ringing in her ears, words she heard before, or just a new epiphany, love is a fickle thing, the voice rang, but in the end if it's true it will always be worth it.
She knew it was true, because standing in a tuxedo, grinning proudly at her, was the man she was about to marry.
She grinned back at him. Her wedding dress a silk material that clung to her body in the right places, fabric bunched across the bodice.
While dancing Jace leaned down to whisper in her ear, 'You look beautiful, I love you so much Clarissa Fray,' his breath on her neck made her shiver and he chuckled, 'I love how I can still make you shiver.' She kissed him to shut him up, smiling all the way.
o.O.o
Seven months, one week and three days was one of the worst days of her life.
It started at her home, she was doing her washing on one of her few days off, she did need a day to was all her beautiful outfits that she wore to work.
There was a knock at the door; maybe Jace had come to surprise her for lunch. When she opened the door she was met with Sebastian, she had almost forgotten about him, being wrapped up in the beginnings of her new life with Jace.
'Sebastian...' she stood a little awkward, thanking God she had gotten showered and dressed today.
He looked upset, running a hand through his hair, 'Why Clary? Why?' he seemed agitated.
'Why what?' they still stood in the door way, she walked out and closed the door, feeling the key in her back pocket.
'You know why, Clary, don't pretend you don't,' he paced a little, running his hand through his hand again.
'Sebastian, I'm not so sure I do,' she replied kind of scared.
'I love you Clary, and I know you love me to! Don't bother denying.' Before Clary could say anything else she felt his lips on hers, in Sebastian's arms she didn't feel like safe like she did with Jace, she didn't feel the warmth she felt with Jace, her skin didn't tingle where Sebastian touched her.
She pushed him backwards, off her, 'Sebastian, don't ever touch me again, I am not in love with you, and I'm married,' she pointed to her wedding and engagement bands.
Before she knew it she was being pushed against the wall, and before anything else might have happened she saw Jace out of the corner of her eyes, pulling Sebastian away from her and laying in to him.
The momentary surprise lapse wore off fast and Clary stood near the edge of the stairs, she gasped as Sebastian pounded in to Jace before turning back to Clary and reaching out, she hiccupped and stepped backwards, shoe catching on the last stair and she fell, air whizzing around her before she crashed down on the stairs, she landed on the floor with a sickening crack.
'Clary,' she could her Jace's voice, and the warm liquid flooding through her hair, pooling around her. Before she could do anything else the world went black.
A/N: Ah ha! I am an awesome evil person! Thanks for everything guys! Oooo, what is going to happen to Clary?
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