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Clary and Jace soon got out of the pool when they both became all prunny. After Clary grabbed her wig from the pool (It had floated away when she jumped in the pool but neither of them bothered to get it or care.) She dried off then Jace directed her to a place she could change. Clary clutched her towel to her chest, grabbed her stuff then went into the bathroom. She changed into baggy sweat pants and a tank top. Granted it wasn't the most attractive thing in the world but she was comfortable. She shoved the rest of her stuff in her bag and put soaked wig back on. She then went back out to find Jace right outside the door, waiting for her. He was in standard jeans, a dark grey t-shirt, and a black hoodie. He gave her a smile as she exited the bathroom. She smiled back and blushed a little.
"I think dinner is almost ready, want to eat?" Clary found it odd that they would be having dinner this late. It felt like 11 o'clock.
"Isn't it a little late for dinner?" Jace took his phone out of his jeans and checked the time.
"It's 9:00." An hour? They were only in there an hour? But Clary was so exhausted, her body ached and she just wanted to sleep. Cancer was a bitch sometimes. "So you want to eat?" Jace asked as she yawned. Truthfully Clary didn't want to eat, mainly because she didn't want to puke at his house, in his earshot. That would be plain embarrassing. Sure she did at Simon's but Jace was just different about the whole cancer thing. He didn't question it, or ask how she was feeling every 10 minutes, and she liked that. She felt like there was nothing wrong with her when she was around him, and it felt good.
"Definitely." She nodded and Jace took her to the kitchen where the rest of the family was. To her surprise they were eating late too. "Why does your family eat at like 9:00?"
"Well a couple days ago Maryse found this whole article about how Europeans eat late, and it helps you be healthy or something like that." Jace replied as he sat down beside her at the table.
"But I thought you weren't supposed to eat passed eight." Izzy took her seat across from Clary.
"You aren't but if it's healthy food then your okay. Mom is also on a vegetarian kick." Izzy pretended to gag and Clary giggled. Maryse came to the table setting interesting looking dishes on the table. Jace made a face causing Clary to giggle some more. Clary bowed her head to pray but stopped when she felt eyes on her.
"What are you doing?" Jace asked and Clary rolled her eyes.
"I'm the daughter of a preacher, what do you think I'm doing?"
"Let's all pray together. How's that?" Robert suggested and everyone joined hands. Robert said a prayer followed by an Amen then looked at the food. One thing in particular drew Clary's eye.
"What's that?" Clary pointed to the golden brown rectangular dish in the center of the table.
"Easy cheesy spinach casserole." Boy, did it sound amazing. Clary took a spoonful of it and put it on her plate. The three Lightwood kids watched as she went to the asparagus and put some of it on there as well. Clary also grabbed what looked like meatloaf.

She filled her glass to the top with ice water and began to eat. An explosion of flavor came into her mouth. "Wow this is so yummy." Everything tasted so amazing to Clary but not everyone had the same opinion. Maryse, Robert, and Alec liked it but Izzy and Jace not so much.
"How can you eat this stuff?" Clary finished chewing and tooka drink before she answered him.
"Well, I'm always on a strict diet because of the whole cancer thing. And sometimes I can't even eat, because I feel like crap, so my mother blends dinner." The others grimaced at this. "So I'm used to the constant vegetables and everything." Jace nodded a bit.
"Haven't you ever had pizza and all since you know?" Clary shrugged and took a drink.
"Occasionally I can but it's not good for me at all, so I chose to lay off junk food and stuff."
"Clary, the bathroom is down the hall if you need it later." Clary nodded thanks to Robert and he smiled. Clary enjoyed dinner with the Lightwoods. They chatted, laughed, and all together had a good time.

After dinner Clary did use the bathroom…quite a few times too. No one asked questions, they were probably aware of what she was doing in there. Jace lead Clary up to his room and she lay down on his bed but he was respectful and sat in a chair near his desk. Clary vaguely remembered what happened, or when she fell asleep but the next thing she knew Jace was shaking her gently.
"Clary, wake up. Come on it's getting late." Clary's eyes fluttered open and her half conscious mind wasn't functioning the way it should have been, which caused her to say this.
"Wow you are beautiful." Jace's eyes widened and she smiled at him sheepishly, closing her eyes. She heard a little laugh escape his lips and he picked her up and carried her downstairs. Clary fell asleep once more snuggling into Jaces' chest.

~The Next Day~

Clary awoke in her own bed the next day. All she remembered was she had been at the Lightwoods the night before and she had apparently fallen asleep. Clary looked at the clock which read 11:45. She about flung herself out of bed but stopped herself realizing it was Saturday, plus her muscles had something to say about it as well.
"Mom!"She yelled lazily. One thing she did know is that she had to go to the hospital today. Jocelyn entered the room with Clary's breakfast. The smell of pancakes flooded her stomach and made her nauseous. Jocelyn set the tray on her desk and sat beside Clary.
"Morning sleepy head." Clary laughed a little and her mother smiled.
"What time do I have to go today?" Clary assumed Jocelyn knew what she meant, and she did.
"4 and Simon called."
"Is he feeling better?" Clary asked at the sudden mention of her best friend.
"He is down to a cold." Clary sighed and wished Simon was completely healthy again. She missed him but she wasn't allowed to see him until he was over everything. Her body wasn't strong enough to fight off any type of infection right now and her mother made sure everything was completely clean and disinfected in the house. The kind of clean that drove Luke crazy, but he never said a thing. Now a day he was busy with church and he took up another job at the fish market to pay for Clary's treatment. Things were very tight with cash at home, something that made Clary feel extremely guilty. They had taken a second mortgage on the house the first time around and she overheard her mother talking about getting a loan. All Clary knew is that they would be in huge debt and Clary may not be even able to go to college. "You alright today?"
"No, I'm sore and I feel like crap."
"We can go to the hospital early if you would like. You can help out in the play area." Clary smiled a little at this. She loved playing with the littler kids in the play room. They had tons of toys and she made new friends every time she went in there. She swung her legs over the bed and smiled at her mom."I would absolutely love to go." Clary realized she wasn't wearing her wig and looked around the room for it.
"On the stand in the bathroom." Jocelyn said knowing what Clary was wanting and then started getting up. "I'll be downstairs whenever you're ready to go."
The small red headed teen nodded and went to shower. She undressed then turned on the water. She slipped into the shower, letting the warm water sooth her aching muscles as it fell upon her. Soon she started to wash herself, and then after she was finished she got out and dressed. She threw on dark jeans, a blue blouse and converse. She fixed her rat's nest of a wig after washing the chlorine out and drying it.
Once her hair was fixed she went downstairs to where her mother was waiting. After Clary grabbed her phone off the dining room table they were off to the hospital.

When they arrived Clary immediately went to the children's wing while her mother went to the cafeteria. Clary had at least an hour to do whatever she wanted and she wanted this. She rounded the corner and ran into a familiar blonde. Someone she least expected to see here. Jace.
"Hey." He smiled at her then his brows furrowed. "What?" Her expression matched like someone that had seen a comet hit earth right in front of them.
"Nothing I just didn't expect to see you here. What are you doing here anyway?"
"I'm helping my dad out." Clary noticed he was carrying a bag of chemo in his hand and she gave an amused look.
"I can see that. Do you even know how to give a patient that?"Jace shook his head back and forth.
"I thought the kid could show me how. Robert explained it but I don't remember." Clary rolled her eyes and grabbed the clipboard in his hand.
"Madeline Thomas. I know her, she's 10. She barely pays any attention to what they do to her so you'll definitely need help." Clary checked the room number and lead Jace to it. Guess the play room will have to wait another day.

As they entered the room Maddy was seated on a bed and playing Pokémon. She looked up when they entered and ran to Clary. "Clary! I missed you." She hugged Clary tight then looked at Jace then to Clary. "Oh, I get it. He's your boyfriend isn't he?" Clary blushed and laughed uneasily. Truth was Clary couldn't answer that. She didn't know what she and Jace were. Were they friends? Acquaintances? It was something she noted they would have to work out in the future. But as for now, Maddy was the important one.
"I tell you about it some other time." She whispered into Maddy's ear and she giggled. Clary took the chemo bag from Jace and Maddy sat back on the bed. Clary grabbed the hook and nodded to Maddy's mother. The red head attached the bag to the hook and Maddy gave her her VAD. Clary unscrewed the cap then attached it to the chemo bag tube. Perfect. She handed Maddy her bed pan and smiled.
"Are you staying?" Maddy asked growing pale.
"No I have to go get treatment myself today, but I'll see you later okay?" Maddy grinned and Clary and Jace left the room.

"She is a bubbly one." Jace breathed once they escaped the room. Clary gave him a sly smile and continued to walk. "So um…"
"Yes?" Clary asked glancing at him.
"What are we exactly?" Clary froze in place and turned towards him as he stopped to.
"I don't know. Friends I guess." Jace met Clary's gaze and she about melted.
"I don't want to be just friends you know." Clarys' mouth gaped and her eyes widened. "I want to be more." He intertwined his fingers with hers loosely. Clary turned away to face the wall to her left, pulling her hand with her.
"No. We can't." She felt Jace touch her waist, she flinched, and he pulled his hand away..
"Why not?" His voice was coarse with what sounded to Clary as anger and sadness, which confused her greatly. She didn't want to look at his face, she didn't need to. She could picture his expression in her mind, and that was enough to send chills down her spine. "Because I have…"The last word's seemed to choke in her throat and her chest tightened. An odd sensation of sadness and recognition spread through her body. She had wanted to say cancer, but she couldn't tell him.

He already knew, but she wanted him to hear it from her. But Clary just couldn't say it, and for the first time in a long time, she was….terrified. Not of Jace, or the word, but of leaving Jace. It felt to her if she said those words, she would leave him forever. And one day she knew she would. The crushing truth was Clary may never survive to graduate high school, get her license, first car, get married, or have children. But she never worried about those things, this whole time she realized she would be leaving Jace. It would hurt him, if they loved, and lost. Of course a voice in Clary kept repeating he already loves you.
"Cancer? Is that the word." Clary nodded and Jace turned her to face him.
"I don't care."
"But I could…die."
"I don't want to think about that. I want to think about right now. I really really like you." Clary shook her head once more.
"We can't, I'm sorry. I'm really am. I don't want to hurt you." Clary ran down the hall to her room, leaving Jace standing alone. And the only thought running through Clary's mind was…

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