Clary's pov
Clary broke away from Simon who looked like he had just seen a ghost. His cheeks had a red glow to them and his brown eyes were huge. He smiled at her and Clary suddenly felt like she was cheating on someone. Jace? She wondered but she instantly pushed the thought out of her head. She smiled back and was about to say something when Izzy came over to the table. She looked like she had been crying but her cheeks were pink and she was grinning at Clary like a Cheshire cat who had found some milk.
"Hey, I don't want to interrupt but do you want to come over and have some free drinks?" She asked. Clary knew she would have to face Jace at some point, so she might as well get it out of the way.
"Sure, can Simon come?" Clary asked sweetly. Simon looked at Clary like she had just asked Izzy for £100. Izzy nodded and walked off leaving Clary sitting with Simon.
"You don't have to come", she said and Simon pushed up his glasses- a habit that Clary was beginning to recognise.
"I would like to", he replied. Clary pushed away her untouched drink and stood up. She was about to start walking when Simon grabbed her hand.
"Clary, is something wrong?" he asked and he looked worried. Well I did just kiss him and not really say anything, She realised.
"I'm fine", she managed to say and Simon nodded. She took his hand and together they walked over to join the others.
Jace's pov
Jace sensed Clary before she even reached the drinks table. Izzy had saved her and the mundane a seat opposite himself and Aline. Jace watched with a great force of envy at the boy who was holding her hand. Clary was laughing loudly. He clenched his fist.
"Hiya, this is Simon", Clary said as soon as they reached the table. Everyone smiled at him apart from himself. He looked over at Alec, who would usually be concerned if a mundane seeing them. However, he was too wrapped up chatting to Magnus to bother about anyone around him.
"Mundane", Jace muttered and Aline poked him in the stomach. Clary sat down and glared at him and then she turned her beautiful eyes to Simon.
"So, Simon how come you can see us?" Aline asked. Simon took a swig of a vodka and tonic and then replied.
"My father had the sight, I guess it has been passed down or something". His words were slightly slurred.
"Great, just what we need, a mundane with sight crashing our drinks", Jace snarled. He felt a bit bad as Clary started shooting him daggers, but his hate for the man that he didn't even know yet was already too strong to ignore. Jace suddenly thought he might start doing things he might regret, but he didn't care anymore.
He just wanted to get rid of the mundane.
Clary's pov
Clary started cursing to herself. Why did I bring Simon? she kept asking herself. Jace was never going to take it well, and Simon already looked slightly pissed at Jace. God knows what might happen. But Clary needed to stand her ground for herself and Simon.
"To be fair, their are demons here too crashing your special evening", Simon countered. Jace sniggered and looked away from Clary.
"Simon is going to college next year", Clary said to Izzy who nodded. Jace narrowed his golden eyes.
"Well I find that a surprise", he said. Simon gasped mockingly and grabbed his heart. Clary laughed-a little bit too loudly. She didn't care though.
"Well, at least I'm not a dyed blonde weirdo who looks like he wants to go kill himself for fun", Simon said. Clary stopped laughing. Jace looked like he was about to kill him.
"If I wanted to kill myself, I would climb up your pathetic ego and jump down to your IQ level", he spat. Aline suddenly surged up, turned to Jace and slapped him hard in the face. Clary gasped.
"HE WAS TRYING TO BE NICE AT FIRST, YOU ALWAYS WANT TO RUIN EVERYTHING, EVEN A NICE DRINK WITH YOUR FAMILY", Aline shouted. Clary almost felt bad for Jace. Izzy however looked like she wanted to throw something at Aline.
"HOW DARE YOU SPEAK TO HIM LIKE THAT", she began. Aline cut her off.
"WHY HAVE YOU ALWAYS HATED ME?" she shouted back. Izzy looked taken back but her eyes were still blazing.
"BECAUSE YOU ARE A VAIN LITTLE COW WHO OBVISIOULY DOESN'T LOVE JACE BUT YOU STILL PRETEND TOO", Izzy practically screamed. People were starting to gawp at them all. Clary wanted to run but she felt like she was glued on to the sofa.
"WELL, MAYBE I HAVE NO CHOICE", Aline shouted and she seemed to be panting, a line of sweat had started forming on her forehead. Izzy looked like she was about to cry.
"WELL, THEN DO US ALL A FAVOUR AND LEAVE AS YOU ALWAYS HAVE CHOICES", Izzy said and she wiped her eyes. Aline looked shocked. Jace was still rubbing his red jaw from Aline's slap.
"YOU ALL DON'T UNDERSTAND", She cried and she ran off leaving everyone in shocked silence.
"Aren't you going to go after her?" Alec said to Jace. He shook his head. Clary felt happy for a second but then she felt awful. Simon shifted awkwardly on his seat. Izzy had her head in her hands and Magnus was looking at his nails. Clary wished she could be anywhere but here right now.
Aline's pov
Aline lent against the cool brick wall and almost instantly started sobbing. She kept sobbing until she had no tears left in her. Looking up to the sky, she watched the starts begin to appear.
"Oh Helen, what have I done?" she asked aloud. Closing her eyes, she imagined her next to her. She would say something like "there, there", or "don't worry". But Helen wasn't there, and Aline knew that they could never be together.
Hey everyone,
I really hope you enjoyed this chapter! It took a while:) r&r
I just want to say that my friend ShadowhunterChase has written a story called 'To love is to Destroy'- which is really great! Please check it out:)
Thanks and I hope you have a great weekend,
Hearsthade
