"So that thing you did to Simon when you healed him… That seems new."
"Yea it sort of is. All of this is pretty new to me."
"I'm guessing the rest of your company will visit the inquisitor first. You seem a bit tired so getting you settled in will be a suitable choice of things to do today." He said grinning at me. I tried not to show how weird this seemed but something tells me he could look past what I was showing just as I could with him.
"Let's go then." I replied. We started to make our way out of the Gard and towards the actual city of Alicante. "Max told me that you read his copy of Angel Sanctuary."
"Have you read it?" He asked
"I know the premise of it. I've wanted to read it but I haven't just yet because I need someone's opinion on it."
"Well I think it's pretty good."
"The story is intriguing… A fallen angel who'd break down the gates of heaven and search through hell just to save his sister he's in love with so that they can reunite and finally be together."
"Some authors can't help but love incest." He said
"No kidding." I said laughing.
"Other than read about incest what else do you do in your free time?" He asked
"Well before I was a shadowhunter I'd do a lot of reading, sometimes I would write. In the mundane world I wasn't really the type of person who'd participate on sports teams. I'd listen to a lot of music as well and just hang out with my friends."
"You say that with such disappointment."
"Sometimes I want to go back to a life like that, that was so simple… I just don't know."
"Seems like your shadowhunter buds don't appreciate you enough to a point where you'd consider being a mundane again."
"It's alright if they don't appreciate me because the things they do at times are predictable in my eyes. I get bored when I'm with them when there's always a different way of doing things that will make sure everyone benefits so I don't always do things with their permission."
"I think that you don't need anyone's permission to do great things."
"I need someone's permission for the same reasons that everyone else does."
"What's that?" He asked
"To be accepted."
"Despite the fact that we all look for acceptance we'll never feel like we fully have it."
"Is that why you didn't ask me if I didn't want to go to the Penhallow house? Because we just passed it."
"Oh sorry I kind of just forgot."
"It's kind of hard to miss a house with a sign that says Penhallows on it."
"I've been distracted lately."
"By what?"
"I've just been in my own head lately…" We then turned around and walked into the house. It looked quite vintage on the outside but was extremely modernized on the inside.
"This place is gorgeous." I said once I was inside; I took my shoes off then explored the place a little bit. Sebastian stayed a few steps behind me and laughed at my amusement. "The kitchen itself is larger than my whole apartment."
"Do want me to take your bag up to your room?" He asked.
"Sure." I said while giving my bag to him.
"Your room will be across from mine so if you need to talk to me about anything I'm just across the hall."
"Alright." I had a feeling he'd go through my things to try and find information about me but there's nothing interesting in my bag just clothes that Magnus gave me and my copy of The Fault In Our Stars. I continued to walk around then returned to the living room to see a girl with dark brown eyes, a delicately, pointed chin, and straight dark, black hair sitting on the couch while looking through a photo album. The only similarity we held looks wise was the fact that we both had black hair. I was taller than her by no more than a few inches, my eyes were lighter than hers and her face seemed to be shaped in a different way.
"Oh. I didn't know that our guests would be arriving so soon." She said, "I'm Aline."
"I'm Marcella. It's nice to meet you. I'm here earlier than everyone else because I've been really tired lately so they thought I need some rest. This house is absolutely beautiful."
"Thanks. Well you should be telling that to my parents they're the ones that were rich enough to buy this house." The front opened again to reveal the Lightwoods and Jace; Isabelle was the first to walk through and quickly rushed to go hug Aline. Everyone else was talking and reminiscing about old things and couldn't stop smiling. Seeing everyone together like this warmed my heart though I was aware of what would happen in the next few days. I didn't want to ruin the mood so I decided to go upstairs and see my room. After walking up the mahogany stairs I walked down a sunlit hallway from the large window at the end of the hallway that could practically blind you. Near the very end was a room that must have been mine because my bag was there. The room was large, much bigger than my room in the institute and had large windows. I moved my bag off the bed and decided that I should go to sleep for a bit. I managed to sleep before I dreamt of anything but woke up as if I had a dream. After that I walked to the washroom to fix my hair though I was surprised to see that it didn't look as bad as expected. I'm guessing that it was barely even six thirty pm right now by where the sun rested in the sky. I shuffled towards the stairs then walked down stairs to find everyone talking about random subjects. Max was sitting at the dining table with a toy soldier and a manga novel. I wasn't too interested in what everyone else was talking about so I decided to talk to Max.
"Hey Max."
"Hey. It's about time you got up."
"So what are you up to?"
"I'm just trying to kill time. I'm really bored right now there's not much I can do here."
"I know the feeling. If you could do anything you wanted right now what would you do?"
"I don't know I've never really had that chance."
"Max!" We heard Maryse yell from the kitchen
"I guess that's my cue."
"Once we're back in New York we'll find out the one thing that you want to do whenever you're bored or sad and go around the whole city to figure out what that is… I promise."
"That sounds awesome." He said while getting up, "Anyway see you later."
"Marcella come over here." Alec said. I got up then made my way over to them and Alec gestured more me to sit next to him despite how tight it would make the armchair. After getting seated with Alec's arm around me I listened in on Sebastian and Isabelle's discussion.
"So you speak French?" Isabelle sighed. "I wish I spoke another language. But Hodge never thought we needed to learn anything but ancient Greek and Latin, and nobody speaks those."
"I also speak Russian and Italian. And some Romanian," Sebastian said with a modest smile. "I could teach you some phrases-"
"Romanian? That's impressive," said Jace. "Not many people speak it."
"Do you?" Sebastian asked with interest.
"Not really," Jace said with a smile so disarming I knew he was lying. "My Romanian is pretty much limited to useful phrases like, 'Are these snakes poisonous?' and 'But you look much too young to be a police officer."
"Do you speak any languages Marcella?" Aline asked
"Before I went into High School I was entered in French Immersion." I said.
"I didn't know you spoke French." Alec said looking at me.
"Same here." Isabelle said. The rest of the day went smoothly though I was getting extremely tired despite all my efforts to stay awake.
I was standing in the doorway of my apartment while Jonathan was standing in the hallway.
"I'm gonna miss you."
"How long will you be gone?" I asked him
"It depends how long they need me there."
"You haven't even told your mom…" I stated
"I'm sorry that I made you the one to explain every thing to her."
"It's fine. What time do you need to be at Magnus's?"
"In twenty minutes."
"The cab ride there will be at least twenty minutes itself." I told him with a shocked tone.
"I just wanted to say goodbye properly." We hugged for about a minute until I realized how upset Magnus would be if he were late.
"I love you don't ever forget that." I told him.
"I'm luckiest guy in the world and I can't tell you how thankful I am to have such an understanding girlfriend." Once we separated and he walked away everything started to fade to black and everything around me started to change and I found myself sitting on Clary's couch in her apartment. I was watching some TV show while Jocelyn was washing the dishes and Clary was talking on the phone. She was painting her nails so the phone was on speaker.
"Hey Jon." Clary said, "I was just wondering when you were coming back. You've been gone for a little over a month."
"Miss me little sis?" He asked.
"Don't flatter yourself."
"Well, incase you were wondering I'm coming back tomorrow."
"Wait what… are you serious?" Clary said
"Would I ever lie to you Clarissa?" He taunted. Hearing his voice was great so I turned the TV off and turned myself so that I was facing the phone.
"Yes, Jon, yes."
"Well, I'm not lying."
"Tell him he's still not forgiven for forgiven for going to Idris without my permission." Jocelyn said.
"What did she say? I couldn't really hear her." Jonathan said
"Mom says she hates you with an incredible amount of hatred for leaving without her permission." I laughed at the response and smiled at Clary's remark.
"Oh come on. I know she missed me too... Now I hear the sound of my beautiful girlfriend's laughter in the background. Can you put her on the phone?"
"I can't really do that since I'm painting my nails and mom's washing dishes so she'll have to get the phone herself." I got up then sat next to Clary.
"Do you guys want me to take it off speaker?" I asked
"No it's alright he'll just have to be careful as to what he says." Clary said with a smirk.
"Deal."
"I don't even know where to start right now." I told Sebastian.
"You can start by telling me why you're at my place even though I'm not there." He said
"Well I'm just catching up with your mom and Clary and quite frankly we're gossiping about you."
"All good things I hope."
"Jonathan!" We heard a voice yell in the background.
"I'm sorry I have to cut this short but…"
"It's fine."
"Are you sure?"
"I'm sure."
"Okay. I love you, I love you, and I love you. Don't ever forget it." He then made a kissing noise into the phone.
"Love you too. Have fun."
"You guys are so cheesy." Clary said
"Oh shut up your relationship is much cheesier than mine. Anyway see you guys soon." He said before hanging up.
I woke up shocked and breathing heavily. I looked around my room then jumped when I saw Alec sleeping on the chair across from my bed.
"Alec, what the hell are you doing here?" I asked him. He jerked awake then sleepily opened his eyes. "You scared the crap out of me." He said.
"You think I scared you? You snuck into my room and sat on the chair right across from my bed!" I whispered loudly.
"Magnus told me that you were having nightmares. I thought that it would be a good idea if you had me to comfort you if you had another nightmare… Did you have one?"
"Sort of…" Alec then rushed to my side then hugged me.
"What time is it?" My curtains were closed so I couldn't really tell.
"It's about seven in the morning maybe even eight."
"Can you tell everyone that I feel sick today? I don't think I'm up for interacting with other people today."
"Yea sure."
"It's alright you can go now I'm fine."
"Okay… I'm going to get some breakfast then." He said. Once he left I spent the rest of my time reading the fault in our stars until I actually got hungry. I started walking down the stairs then stopped mid way while leaning on the railing and saw Isabelle sitting on the couch scrolling through a phone.
"Hey Izzy." I greeted
"Hey. Feeling any better?" Isabelle asked.
"Yea much better." I replied. The sounds of another person's footsteps walking down the stairs were reaching my ears… It was Sebastian. Oh great.
"Do you know where Aline is?" Isabelle asked.
"Experimenting with her fluid sexuality." Sebastian said while passing me.
"And Jace?" Isabelle added
"With her." I told her.
"Gross."
"Very gross." Once I made it to the couch next to Isabelle the door bell rang… This is going to be interesting.
"I'll get it." Sebastian said. Today he was acting different as if a sudden determination took over him. Moments later Clary walked in looking for Jace.
"Oh this will be interesting." I said to Isabelle. We didn't hear much of their conversation but only the sound of yelling.
"Should we get out of here?" Isabelle said
"Nah she'll be out of here in about. 3…2…1…" On cue Clary left infuriated with Sebastian chasing after her.
"I think he likes her." Isabelle said, "Do you think they'll eventually date?"
"No way."
"Why is that? Sebastian's a great guy." It's safe to say that was the last time Isabelle would ever say that about Jonathan.
"There are just so many wrong things with them being together."
"Or maybe you just want him to yourself."
"Um… no thanks." Once I got dressed out of my pyjamas and into something a little more acceptable Isabelle and I spent the walking around and exploring Alicante. The city is absolutely breath taking; the city is found in a shallow valley and divided by its river. The construction is mostly in gold- and honey-colored stone, with red tile roofs. Alicante rises up the side of a steep hill on one side, and its houses pile atop one another. From the river, canals have been dug. Apart from its unusual demon towers, Alicante is a city of canals, since wells must be kept shallow to avoid piercing the adamas veins below the city. It was more beautiful than I could ever imagine. We stayed out until it was dark out then returned to the Penhallow residence.