Isabelle:
Having seen Jace practically drag Clary into a bathroom, Izzy decided to investigate.
She stood outside the door, trying to hear the conversation. She couldn't hear anything though, they were talking too softly.
She heard the footsteps a second before they left the bathroom.
She tried to leap into her bedroom, but before she could, Clary walked out of the bathroom. She glanced at Izzy, raising her eyebrows.
"Were you listening in?" she asked, sounding horrified.
"No! I mean, yes, but I was waiting for you, I swear!" she exclaimed.
"Swimming away from your bullshit, Izzy," Clary said sounding annoyed. She bit her lip. "Could you sleep over at my house tonight? I have a lot to talk to you about."
"Yeah, sure. I'll pack my overnight bag."
Clary:
"So, what was with Jace and you in the bathroom hmm? Hot make out sessions? I need details!" Izzy demanded, munching on a Double Stuff Oreo.
"No," Clary blushed. "He actually asked me out."
"OH MY GOSH FINALLY WE'RE GONNA BE SISTERS YOU TWO WILL HAVE THE MOST ADORABLE CHILDREN EVER—"
"Izzy?"
"What?"
"I said no."
Izzy widened her eyes. "Why?"
"I don't know if I'm ready for a relationship, Iz! I mean I've had one boyfriend before this. And I don't think he even counts, because we only held hands once and never did anything by ourselves. We only texted and told people we were dating when we really weren't when you think about it. So I haven't even had a boyfriend! I'm scared about heartbreak and all that crap," she huffed.
"Well, you could be a 'one and done' kind of person maybe. You never know," Izzy pointed out.
"I just don't trust men." Clary took a deep breath. "And here is why." She then told Izzy everything she had told Jace. Izzy gasped a lot and looked like she was close to tears at one point.
Once Clary was done explaining, they sat in uncomfortable silence for a few minutes.
"Well?" Clary asked. "Happy that you know now?"
"I just can't believe a person could have all that shit happen to them and be happy at all. But you are happy. That's so amazing." Izzy started.
"Who said I was happy?" Clary muttered. Izzy looked at her sadly for a moment. Then she quickly got up and started dragging Clary to the living room.
"You know what'll make you happy?" she asked.
"What?"
Izzy smiled. "Ben and Jerry's." Clary laughed and they both took their cartons of Ben and Jerry's and sat in front the TV.
"What do you want to watch first?" Izzy asked.
"I don't know."
"My choice then! We're watching The Notebook!" Izzy grinned at Clary's exasperated face.
"Fine," she grumbled.
They started watching the movie and it was alright but pretty cheesy.
"I don't understand we he wants her to tell her that she's a bird. That's stupid," Clary muttered.
"It's cute!" Izzy exclaimed.
"If you say so," Clary rolled her eyes and took out her phone. Might as well read some fan fiction. Izzy scoffed at her and Clary sighed and put her phone away. Might as well watch the rest of the movie.
At the end, Izzy was crying her eyes out and Clary was hitting her head against the popcorn bowl.
"They love each other so much that they wanted to die together," Izzy sobs.
"Kill me now," Clary muttered.
"Well what do you want to watch then?" Izzy asked.
"House at the End of the Street," Clary suggested.
"Why do you wanna watch that?" Izzy asked.
"Because it's AMAZING. Come on, Jennifer Lawrence is in it!" Clary exclaimed. "Or we could watch The Hunger Games. That movie never gets old. The book was better though... Same with Harry Potter. Or Perks of Being a Wallflower, but I still haven't read the book and I'd rather read the book first—"
"OKAY OKAY," Izzy exclaimed. "We'll watch House at the End of the Street."
Once they finished the movie, Izzy turned to Clary. "Clary?"
"What?"
"Why won't you go out with my brother?" she asked.
"Because, like I said, I'm not sure if I'm ready yet," Clary sighed.
"Why are you worried about that? Wasn't Grace Hazel in that book about Alaska or something nervous about that too? And she ended up with the guy."
"First of all, her name is Hazel Grace. Second of all, that was in The Fault in Our Stars. Looking for Alaska is another one of John Green's books," Clary said slightly annoyed. "And third of all, she got the guy, yes, but THEN HE DIED."
Izzy sighed. "Look I know you aren't sure about this, but I think he would be worth it. And I'm not saying that because he's my brother. I'm saying that because you two are good together."
"But Izzy, he's a player. What if he's just playing me?" she asked.
"No, that's not it at all. At first, that's what I thought he was doing," Izzy admitted. "But Jace is different now. I have no idea what magic you worked on him, but he's different now. He really does like you."
"How do you know that?" Clary asked.
"Well, I've talked to him about it. And, more importantly, I guess, I've seen the way he looks at you when you're not looking. He does like you," Izzy said.
On the inside, Clary was internally screaming. Jace Lightwood liked her! But she didn't say anything, she just ate her ice cream.
Jace:
"Am I allowed to ask why you burst into our room with Clary?" Alec asked once Jace had left the bathroom and was sitting on the couch of the living room.
Jace sighed a little. "I was going to ask her out, and I wanted to go into a room with privacy. I thought you guys were downstairs. By the way, you're a terrible kisser."
Alec turned red. "Well, did you?"
"Did I what?"
"Ask her out?"
"Yeah. She turned me down," he muttered.
Alec laughed. "Ouch. That has to be the first time that's ever happened to you."
Jace rolled his eyes. He was not in the mood for this right now.
Alec noticed Jace's annoyance and stopped laughing. "Hold up. Do you like her?" he asked.
"Yes, Alec. I like her. Why else would I have asked her out?" Jace said sarcastically.
"Well, it's just that you don't really like girls normally. Like you ask them out, go out with them for maybe a week, and then dump them. What's different about this?" Alec asked.
When Jace didn't answer, Alec got up. "I'm not good at this," he said. "I'm gonna get Magnus. Magnus is good at talking about girls."
Jace wondered what Alec meant by that.
"So, I hear you're having girl problems, huh?" Magnus said sitting down. "Excellent! One of my favorite topics!"
Jace snorted. "You're not normal."
"Normal isn't all it's cracked up to be," Magnus smirked. Jace laughed without humor.
"Wow, someone is crabby today. So you asked this girl out and she said no? Well, that's a tough one. But if you really do like her, or love her even, then you need to fight for her. Think of it this way: in every superhero story or comic, the guy always ends up with the girl," Magnus explained.
"How would you know all this?" Jace asked. "Aren't you uh gay?"
"No, actually, I'm a freewheeling bisexual," Magnus smirked.
Jace laughed when he saw Alec's face, overhearing the last part.
"Okay, well, thanks for the advice I guess."
Magnus smiled. "Any time."
This is a filler chapter yay
*whispers* I may or I might not be uploading Chapter 12 right after this
City of High School? More like City of References.
Do you guys even read these or no
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