AU: Okay, i cannot even begin to say how sorry i am. No i'm not dying, and yes i am a terrible person and you have every right to virtually kill me for disappearing without any explanation. Thank you to everyone that has stayed with this unfortunate story, and honestly reading your reviews made me smile so much i wrote this at 1 am with no idea what i was doing, so once again i apologize for the grammar and spelling mistakes. I promise one day i will edit all these horrific chapters ;p
Chapter 12: The Spider
Clary's POV
All that's running through my head right now is 'shit, shit, shit' what the hell am i gonna do?! Valentine takes two more steps towards the bathroom by the time I can do anything, and I watch as his arm reaches for the handle. He grabs it. I open my mouth. Nothing comes out. The door starts to glide open and I still have nothing to say but i have to do something.
"WAIT!"
Valentine stops and lifts his eyes from the screen of his phone. He looks at me with a slight frown, unimpressed.
"What is it, Clarissa?" I look past him to see the wide eyes of Jonathon staring at me and I try to subtly tell him to hide, but it ends up looking like i'm having a minor seizure. When Valentine frowns at my twitching hand I still, and start grasping for lies at the back of my mind.
"I was actually just... cleaning that bathroom, don't go in there, its a mess." I say, in my attempt to think of why my father can't use the bathroom. When did my life become this
complicated?
"Isn't it a little late to start cleaning Clarissa? The whole reason I pay for a maid is because you refuse to clean anything properly. We can talk about this after I use the bathroom" He says, starting to turn back to the door and pushing it open a little further.
"But-"
Valentine sighs "I will ignore the mess for now Clarissa, then you can get back to cleaning." He then pushes the door completely open and looks in... i'm so dead.
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I wince, waiting for Valentine's roar of rage. But it doesn't come... Or it's so loud it's out of my hearing range. He doesn't say anything for a second, maybe deciding who to kill first? But squinting past his tall form, I see that everyone is somehow out of sight. I don't question the miracle and simply do the first thing that comes to mind. I scream.
Valentine stills. Letting out a sigh he starts to talk, he doesn't turn but I know from the tone of his voice he is extremely annoyed. "What. Now. Clarissa?" He growls.
Oh god, what was i screaming about? I take a breath and hope he believes me. "I saw something in the bathroom, OH MY GOD THERE IT IS!" I shout, pointing to the towel on the counter. Valentine's free hand clenches into a fist. Maybe shouting wasn't the best idea...
"What Clarissa?" He growls.
"a-a SPIDER" I stutter, preparing for my lie to be detected as he shakes his head. But all he does is turn on his heel and walk past me.
"Take care of it then, i will not allow arachnids in my home." I stand still, not sure I believe that we just avoided a possible crisis. Valentine's heavy footsteps get quieter as he disappears upstairs. Thank god. Now its just the matter of finding out where Jon and Friends have gone. Maybe they shrunk themselves. Right now anything is possible.
I hear a knock, and step into the bathroom. Seeing no possible hiding spots in front of me, I turn to the bathtub that lies right next to the doorway, and I am soon very thankful for it's position when i see what's in it. I'm met with the sight of Jace, Alec, Isabelle and Jon crouched in the bathtub with their legs tangled together and heads tucked into their chests. They all turn their heads to glare at me at the same time, and we are all quiet until Jace says "Please explain to me why you don't have a fucking shower curtain?"
I look at his pissed off expression, and then down to his legs, which happen to be sandwiched between Jon's, who sits right across from him. I start giggling and before i know it, i'm laughing so much i have to hold on to the door frame for support.
I am also sorry that nothing much happens in this chapter but i have a better idea of where this story is gonna go, so hopefully my updates will become a little more frequent. But thanks again to all of those that follow, favourite and review, you guys all deserve giant cakes and a puppy!
