New chapter! Yea Yea Yea! This is the part where you guys jump for joy haha ok maybe not but come on a smile did spread across those lovely faces of yours. All right I'm done being a creep. Hope everyone likes it or loves it or whatever! review if you'd like otherwise I'm with you just reading it.
Disclaimer: I do not own TMI or ID...rather unfortunate in my opinion but oh well I'm over it...not really but i will be
"I don't know Jace," Lucy said hesitantly. "This doesn't feel like a good idea." She and Jace were standing on the stairs before the door to her house. The dark mahogany never seemed so terrifying to her before now. It had always been a sign of peace and safety. Now it was the only barrier between Lucy and her anxious family. What would they think about her knowing? Did they ever plan on telling her who she was in the first place? Lucy unfortunately knew the answer to that which only ignited a flame of anger deep in her heart.
'How could they do this? Didn't they know that they wouldn't be able to hide it forever?' The more Lucy thought about everything the more fidgety she got. No matter how hard she tried to calm herself she couldn't stand still.
Jace cast a glance at the girl before him. She was a step above him and yet she was still shorter than him. Her black hair was a chaotic mess as well as her eyes which were more hazel than green at the moment, and they kept flickering back to the door in front of them. For some unknown reason he wanted to skip out on this whole meeting up with the parents. He wanted to grab Lucy and run, but he had promised her that he would be there and after all he is a shadowhunter and a shadowhunter always keeps their word. 'Damn pride,' the boy thought annoyed. "Will you calm down? You're making me nervous," he finally said.
"I'm sorry. I'm just scared of what will happen, you know? Will they completely freak out? Or will they be happy? Or oh my god will they erase my memory? I mean I can't put it past them they did remove my sight. And what will they say about you? You're not exactly the hey-mom-and-dad type." Lucy pointed at Jace's runes. "You have tattoos for Christ sakes! I'm so-"
Jace grabbed Lucy's hands before she could accidently hit him in the face while talking frantically with them. She definitely had some Italian in her. "First off they are called runes so they can't complain about them. And second-"
"That doesn't matter!" Lucy attempted to throw her hands in the air however Jace's grip was as solid as iron handcuffs. She continued with her rant anyway. "They are inked in black on your skin. Any sane person would qualify that as a tattoo."
"No, any mundane would count them as a tattoo. You're parents are shadowhunters. They know exactly what these runes are. They know that a shadowhunter always wears them with pride and dignity. Hell it's written in the shadowhunter's handbook."
Lucy eyed the boy. Her eyes full of curiosity. "Shadowhunters have a handbook?"
Jace cracked a smile. "Of course. I believe it's called How to Be a Badass Shadowhunter for Dummies." He dropped Lucy's hands and placed one of his own to his chest. "Written by yours truly," he said and jumped down to the sidewalk so he could bow.
To Lucy's surprise she let out a giggle that had been desperately needed. Looking up at her Jace smiled a big toothy grin and climbed back up the steps. He placed a hand on her shoulder and peered into her eyes. This close she could see that his eyes did actually have gold threads in them that flared just around the pupil and eventually faded to the amber she saw before.
"Lucy," he said all business now, "everything is going to be fine. You understand me?"
"You promise?" She knew it was childish to ask but she had to hear him say it.
Without hesitation he answered with such certainty that her body instantly relaxed. "I promise."
"Ok," she said taking a deep breath, "let's get this over with."
Jace dropped his hand from Lucy's shoulder, stepped around her, grabbed the brass doorknob and turned it.
The door opened with a high pitched creak. In front of the two was an empty hall that led to the white stairs where Lucy's and her brother's bedrooms were. Jace stepped over the threshold, followed by a trembling Lucy. 'Everything seems normal,' she thought. However after the last twenty-four hours Lucy knew that things could flip in an instant no matter how normal they appeared to be.
Her family's shoes were scattered carelessly around the wooden floor. Jake, the family's golden retriever, came sauntering over to her and Jace. He nudged his head against Jace's hand, demanding to be pet. "Nice doggie," Jace cooed. He swiveled his head back to look at Lucy. "I like him. He's dopey."
Lucy refrained from commenting and just rolled her eyes. "Mom?" She called.
"Honey is that you?"
Lucy couldn't help but notice the slight edge to her mother's voice. "Yea mom it's me."
"Come into the living room will you?"
The pair walked further into the house where they made a left into the wide doorway entering the dimly lit kitchen. Jake trailed behind them lazily while wagging his tail at the new company.
"Oh honey would you grab the cookies on the counter? I just made them," the woman called.
"Yea." Lucy hastily took the cookies from the counter and walked over to the door of the living room. Her mother, Jodi, was sitting on the tan sofa on the opposite side of the room. Her eyes seemed to be fixed on the love seat which had two unfamiliar people sitting in it.
Both were male, Lucy could tell from the backs of their heads. As well as both of them had black hair. The one on the left however was the slightest bit shorter with wild hair while the one on the right had his hair in perfect order. Jodi peered up at Lucy smiling her best fake smile she could manage but Lucy knew by the look in her mother's eyes that she was done for. "Mom," she said "I'd like you to meet someone."
She started to gesture to Jace behind her but Jodi spoke before Lucy could.
"Funny," said her mother tight lipped, "I have some people you need to meet as well. Or maybe you've already met them."
At that the two figures on the love seat turned around. Lucy let out a gasp while Jace swore under his breath. Before them sat an amused William Herondale and a waving Magnus Bane.
"Hello Lucy," Will grinned, "Glad to see you so soon and same to you Jace. Or should I say grandson? Which do you prefer?"
'Oh crap,' was the only thought Lucy could conjure up.
So Magnus and Will. God I love those boys. haha So did you like it? Love it? Hate it? Let me know! Until my next update! Bye!
