AN: Heeey.. So it's been awhile.. Sorry about that.. I've just haven't had any motivation to write on this story. But I'm now trying to wrap it up, so that you all will get a good ending. This is my first fanfiction ever, it's the first long story I've written and I will finish it. I still know how it all will end, I just need to write it. I think there'll be about 3-4 chapters more. Not sure though. Hopefully I won't take as long to update.
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The next two months moved by quickly, the girls spent almost all their free time shopping for their new apartment. So when they weren't training or killing demons, they dragged a reluctant Alec and a very excited Magnus around in different stores. Clary wasn't sure why Alec came along when he hated it so much, but she guessed it was his way of supporting Izzy. There was even times when Clary was glad that Alec was there, despite them never being super close, she thanked the angel that he was there when Izzy and Magnus started discussing pillows in two different nuances of purple. Usually they both just strayed away together, leaving the other two to discuss the subject alone before they were dragged into it.
Sure, Clary knew a lot about colors and what fitted with what, but all of that came from painting and it didn't really help her. Apparently she couldn't see the big picture, as in if the towels would clash with the couch, even though they were in entirely different rooms. No, Clary had taken Alec's advice and dropped that discussion a long time ago. Hopefully, the worst part of this was over, because yesterday they moved in.
Clary POV
Clary slowly opened her eyes, for a second a bit confused as to where she was, then she saw Izzy raven black hair spread out beside her. Clary smiled as she carefully moved closer, gently moving Izzy's hair so that she could bury her face in Izzy's neck. She placed one hand on the other girl's stomach, feeling the soft skin and the hard muscles under it. Clary smiled, she was happy, finally she and Izzy had a place of their own, a place were they could be alone, a place to be just be. A place that was safe, just like the Institute used to be safe. Clary still felt safe at her mom's place, but it wasn't like that for Izzy, to her it wasn't home. They'd had the conversation when waiting for this apartment, a conversation about how Izzy could move in with Clary, Luke and her mom, so that she wouldn't have to live in the Institute.
"Good morning." Izzy whispered, pulling Clary out of her thoughts. Izzy didn't move and when Clary looked up she noticed that her eyes were still closed.
"Morning." Clary smiled and kissed Izzy's shoulder. The other girl hummed in content, moving so that they were face to face. Izzy opened her eyes slightly, a small smile on her lips.
"I can't believe we're finally in our apartment." She spoke quietly and her black eyes were foggy with sleep. Clary didn't understand how someone could look this beautiful without even being fully awake.
"Me neither." Clary smiled back and placed a soft kiss on Izzy's lips. "But we deserve this, you deserve this."
Izzy didn't respond to that, she just moved closer, putting a hand on Clary's lower back, pushing her closer. Clary moved a leg between Izzy's legs so that they could get even closer. As Izzy started a trail of kisses from her templets, down to her neck where she stopped to nibble causing Clary to gasp, then moving down to her collarbones and moving so she was on top of Clary, straddling her, Clary felt blessed, she had no idea what she'd done to deserve this goddess kissing her like this, but she was so happy that Izzy was hers. Clary dug her fingers in Izzy's back as she continued to move down, over her chest and down her stomach, kissing, sucking, licking, driving Clary insane with pleasure. Desperately Clary sat up, moving her hands to grab Izzy's neck, pulling her in for a kiss, the kiss was messy, Clary forgot to breath and was consumed with the need for Izzy to be as close as possible. Izzy hand slowly traced from Clary's waist up to her boob, cupping her hand around it and Clary couldn't take it any more, she flipped Izzy over, kissing her neck, her hands moving over Izzy's body, wanting, no, needing to touch every inch of her.
Izzy POV
Izzy sat on the couch, listening to Clary singing in the kitchen, she'd planned on making breakfast for the two of them but a stubborn Clary had insisted that she'd wait in the living room. Maybe it was for the best, she wasn't a great cook unlike Clary who made the most delicious meals and cookies. Izzy had her legs pulled up on the couch, her head resting on her knees as she half watched some show on their TV.
She couldn't remember the last time she felt this happy, felt this safe, she'd had the best morning ever and she couldn't believe that this was happening, but she was sure that every day would be this great now that she lived with Clary. Sure, she didn't expect morning sex every day, but it wasn't even the reason as to why this morning was amazing. It was more due to the fact that she finally felt home, it had been a long time since the Institute stopped feeling like a home, for months she'd felt homeless. Not even in her wildest dreams she'd imagined having an amazing apartment with someone she loved. It wasn't really usual for shadowhunters to live like this, usually they lived in a house in Idris or in a institute. But it wasn't like this was the only thing making them unusual in the shadowhunter community. Not that Izzy cared, the rules were outdated, there was so much that needed to change even though so much already had changed.
"Breakfast is ready!" Clary's voice snapped Izzy out from her thoughts and she rose from the couch, turning the TV off as she walked to the kitchen. She stopped in the doorway, leaning against it, smiling. Clary was singing and dancing in an oversized t-shirt, her bright red hair bouncing around. She turned around and smiled at Izzy, a smile brighter than the sun, a smile that could light up the world.
"There you are!" Clary said, walking toward her. "I've made scrambled eggs and bacon for me, and some french toast for you." Clary came up to her and gave her a quick kiss on the lips before moving away, revealing their white dinner table for six, filled with food, coffee and juice. Izzy noticed that there were only two chairs, the other four chairs moved away somewhere. The remaining two chairs were placed on either short side. In the middle of the table was a chandelier in silver with five black candles. Izzy felt her eyes tear up.
"Oh my god, Clary." Izzy gasped in total chock. "It's beautiful." Izzy brought one hand up to cover her mouth, still gasping in surprise but it made sense now, she understood why Clary had insisted on her leaving the kitchen. Usually she'd only insist on making the food.
"I wanted our first morning here to be special." Clary smiled and kissed Izzy's cheek before walking over to one of the chairs, pulled it out and gestured for Izzy to sit down. Smiling she obliged and watched as Clary walked over to the other chair, sitting down.
"I didn't even realize that we had this much food home." Izzy said, tasting the word home in her mouth, it felt strange and new but it felt right and it made her smile.
"We didn't." Clary let out a laugh. "I might've called Magnus." This comment made both girls laugh and Izzy felt so blessed, she really couldn't believe that she'd gotten so lucky. That she had the chance to build a life with the love of her life, that they had the chance to build their own home, to not have to live in an institute. "That reminds me!" Clary burst out, still smiling while pouring up a cup of coffee, black as always. "Magnus and Alec are coming over this afternoon, they had some news they wanted to share." Clary picked up her cup, wrapping her slender fingers around it, bringing it up to take a sip.
"Sounds amazing." Izzy smiled, taking a bite of her french toast.
The rest of the breakfast was spent in comfortable small talk, both girls smiling and laughing as they cleaned up after finishing their food. They spent four hours on the couch watching tv-shows before having to get dressed and cook dinner.
When she heard the knock on the door she practically ran over there. She was excited to see her brother and Magnus, she was also very curious as to what they had to say. Opening the door she saw the two men standing there, hand in hand, so close they possibly could without embracing each other, both with a huge smile on their face. Magnus was dressed in a pair of tight fitting black jeans and a red shirt with a few buttons opened to reveal a part of his chest, as usual his fingers full of rings and necklaces hanging from his neck. However Izzy noticed that he had a new gold ring on one of his fingers. Her brother was dressed in black jeans and a dark green sweater, Izzy thought she noticed a ring on one finger but didn't think much of it, it was probably one of the family rings.
"Hi!" Izzy smiled, hugging Magnus and then Alec. She stepped aside and let the two men inside. Together the trio walked into the kitchen were Clary was just finishing the food.
"Magnus! Alec! Hey, welcome!" She greeted them with a huge smile and moved a pot from the stove before walking over, greeting the two men with a hug. Izzy silently laughed at her brothers face when Clary hugged him, they usually didn't hug, Alec wasn't really the person to just hug someone. It was rare to see him hug somebody other than Magnus, herself or Jace. However, it made Izzy happy to see him get closer to Clary and she figured that her laugh was louder than intended when she saw the grumpy glare from her brother.
"Biscuit, you know I could've just conjured up something right?" Magnus smiled at Clary, it was the kind of smile someone would give their daughter or niece. It always warmed her heart to see it, sometimes she forgot that Magnus had watched Clary grow up, especially since he looked like 20 and was dating her brother.
"I know, but I wanted to use our new kitchen." Clary beamed with pride and Izzy smiled, walking over to stand beside her, putting an arm around her waist. Clary returned the gesture. "Please have a seat, I'm almost done and then I'll just put the cake in the oven." Clary smiled and kissed Izzy's cheek before letting her go and walking over to the stove. The other three walked over to the kitchen table, now with all six chairs again. Magnus and Alec sat next to each other and Izzy sat down on the opposite side.
"How does it feel to have moved out of the institute?" Magnus asked, clearly putting a hand on Alec's thigh. It wasn't only the fact that Magnus arm moved that gave it away, it was mainly due to the slight blush on her brother's cheeks.
"It feels great, I don't miss it at all." Izzy smiled as her brother nodded understandingly. "The only thing I miss is having a training room." She laughed, it was a very shadowhunter thing to say. Mundanes usually went to local gyms and trained, something she also could do, but she couldn't really do shadowhunter training amongst mundanes.
"You sound just like your brother." Magnus sighed and shook his head. "Always talking about making the guest room into a gym."
"It's not like we have that many guests." Alec muttered, though his smile gave him away, he really didn't care.
"Izzy, darling!" Clary shouted from the stove. "Can you come help me carry the food?"
Before Izzy had the chance to answer or react, Magnus snapped his fingers and the food stood in front of them on the table.
"Problem solved." Magnus smiled. "Come sit down biscuit." He waved his free hand, telling her to come over. Shaking her head and smiling she walked over and sat down next to Izzy. Her shoulder brushing against Izzy's, her skin soft and warm against her.
"So, I'm really curious as to what these news are." Izzy almost jumped up and down her seat as a child. She'd admit, she'd been a bit nervous that it was bad news, something that washed away as soon as she saw Magnus and Alec. They looked happier than ever.
"Well, it is quite big news." Magnus teased with a huge grin and Alec beside him smiled bigger than Izzy had ever seen before. "You tell them." Magnus nodded at Alec who cleared his throat.
"So, the other night I .. I proposed to Magnus. " Alec ended his announcement there, smiling even bigger than before.
"Of course I said yes." Magnus added with a equally big smile.
"OH MY GOD!" Izzy cried out when the news had sunk in. "IS THAT WHY YOU HAVE A NEW RING?!" She continued to yell, beside herself with excitement. She stood up and reached over the table to bring up Magnus' left hand. On his ring finger a simple gold ring sat, with a small text engraved on it.
"What does it say?" Clary asked, she had also stood up and was watching over Izzy's shoulder.
"It says 'My sun' and then there's the marriage rune beside it." Magnus had turned his head and was smiling at Alec who looked back at him and smiled. They were disgustingly cute Izzy thought, but she was happy for her brother, he deserved this.
"You guys are too adorable." Izzy shook her head smiling and Clary laughed behind her, kissing her shoulder.
The rest of the dinner was spent very much like every shopping trip for the apartment, Magnus and Izzy discussing wedding plans, venues, flowers and such. While Clary and Alec shared confused glances and laughed at the pair. It was an amazing first day in their new apartment and when the girls finally laid down in bed again it didn't take long until they were asleep in each others embrace.
