I'm going to have to shorten my chapter length for about a month. A have a (secret) reason for this, and I'm not going to tell it to you! It'll only be a month, soon the chapters'll be 3000 words again, though I assure you, the chapters'll be over 1000 words at least!
Oh, City of Infernal Games won't be changed, don't worry about that!
Also, Doc manager is broken, so I apologise for my change in format, but can't be helped!
Boogalee99: Thank-you, will do and Jem? Dead? NEVER. Unless he was lying to Will….?
Kelly Herondale: I feel like I should write a 1000 word response, but in all honesty, I'm lazy. But if the reason for your 'ok…' was the Heronstairsy bromance, it won't be stopping, but the Wessa is real soon. REAL SOON, and a massive chapter at that. It's long, passionate, yet T rated. If the ok was just chapter feedback, then thanks!
Zstar1: Your reviews bring a smile to my face even before I read them, so thank-you! Anyway, as for your addiction to this story, just… don't let your hair and eyes turn silver, alright? That'll mean this is serious!
JadeDragon341: Thank-you! Beauty is written by mysteria-wilson, and you probably couldn't find it because it's M rated! As for Jem's explanation of the film… well. I'm not going to forget about the fact dear Jemmy is Chinese, and a certain bad-ass Disney princess is also of that (what do you call it? Origin? I think it's origin!) origin!
CastleNCISBones: Really? You get Beauty and the Beast? LUCKY. We get traditional plays and modernise them, like Shakespeare ones. Me and my friends wrote the script for Macbeth one time, and it went a bit like this:
Macbeth: I will be the most powerful man there ever was!
Extra: Really? You going to go to the gym?
Macbeth: Pfft, no. I'm gonna go see me some Witches. SWAG! *struts offstage*
Morning and Eve: Thanks so much! (blushes) And I laughed for so long at your review! I mean, hilarious is SUCH a long word! And Mysteria-wilson is the author! And thank-you, thank-you, and believe me. They Will. (Will. Get it?) *silence* OK, I'll move on!
Fify: STC! You should not have asked those questions! My original idea was from shock, but what if Jem was hiding it? That could be fun! Oh, and DO NOT TRY THE BALANCING PHONES ON FEET THING! BAD IDEA, I SPEAK FROM EXPERIENCE! I'll put it this way; Me, Alex and t'other friend Beth on a school trip, me doing the phone thing, the fact I'm ticklish, a window, a crack, and a broken phone. YAY! School trips to Austria are FUN! Especially when people break their noses face-planting the snow!
Fearless Noodle: Thank-you! And handy tip: when you laugh out loud and someone looks at you funny, just be all 'OMGFANDOMFEELSYOUWOULDN'TUNDERTAND!' It works. Ish. I PMed you on everything else, I think! And that idea is HAPPENING!
Nerdgirlbookworm: Thank-you, and your wish is my command!
Mrs. Herondale-Jackson-Potter: Thank-you thank-you and I KNOW OMFG LET THEM EXIST PLEASE I WOULDN'T EVEN TRY AND GET WITH ONE OF THEM I'D JUST HAPPILY WATCH THEIR 'SLIGHTLY GAY' MOMENTS WITH POPCORN AND LOW LIGHTING! The author is Mysteria-wilson, And just. Mentioning. TFIOS. Had. Me. In. Tears. And John Green is one of the most perfect human beings. Do you watch the Vlog Brothers on youtube? (him and his brother Hank. They're brilliant.)
Lily Fray: OK! WOW! I'll make sure to finish it, then!
Jade Pendant: I was confident I wouldn't end them, but then Fify 'suggested' (ok, I lie, she was asking questions and I interpreted them wrong) that Jem was lying to Will. MWAHAHAHA! Plus, I like the Olaf idea so much! And I ship Will with Magnus (though Malec's an OTP of mine) (I actually ship Magnus with anything. He's a freewheeling Bi, right?), but I ship MagnusxGlitter, so yeah… ANYWAY, malliam works! Magiam is nice too, though. Because it sort of has 'magic' in it?
YourBestieAlex: Bit of a late review, for your standards. Tut tut! And I will include Mulan if I want to; she saved fucking China in a dress. Could you do that? NO. BECAUSE YOU DON'T EVEN WEAR DRESSES. *clears throat* And chowder for now, mes Amigo! (what's one amigo? Un Amigo? That isn't right, is it?)
These take me 45 minutes. I really hope y'all read them!
Tessa's head snapped up as she heard the laughter, bright and alive, coming from outside the door to Magus' spacious apartment. She grinned as she recognised it.
No one else had a laugh so carefree, loud and boisterous.
No one else had a laugh so musical, infectious and friendly.
Will and Jem. Tessa's smile widened as the knock came on the door, their laughter dying down.
Tessa looked to the others, scattered in; chairs, on the sofas and even (in Clary's case) sitting on the floor. She snorted when she saw they hadn't even looked up. She stood and opened the door since Magnus was getting changed. Again.
"I'm not providing a reason to not like Lady and the Tramp, I'm just saying that compared to Lion King-" Will broke off, giving a grin as he saw Tessa, immediately swooping her into a hug and kissing her, releasing her before she even began to pull away. Tessa smiled. Her boyfriend was an angel. A very, very, very attractive angel. Though an angel with almost black circles under his eyes. Tessa traced them worriedly but didn't comment, stepping aside to let the boys inside.
Jem had given her a warm smile and with a quick glance to Will, he stood aside to let Will enter first. Tessa frowned momentarily. They always took it in turns to enter a building. She hadn't noticed it at first, but now…
"Is there any reason you're debating Lady and the Tramp?" Tessa asked them both curiously, not bothering to introduce them to anyone yet.
Jem raised his eyebrows momentarily at the lack of introductions, his face briefly surprised before he ignored it. Tessa fought a smile. Jem was the politest person she'd ever met. He was the politest person she would ever meet. He was definitely the politest person currently in New York. Plus, he had handkerchiefs. HANDKERCHIEFS. What was wrong with tissues? Everything, apparently.
"We were ranking Disney films." Will explained, swinging a bag around. Tessa glanced at it- Garroway Books. She smiled again.
"That reminds me, you were going to tell me your favourite Disney princess?" Tessa asked, looking to Jem with a raised eyebrow.
"If you dare say 'Snow White' because she seems the domestic type, I will not hesitate to-" Izzy began to threaten, looking up and stopping dead, her mouth slightly open. Her pause had caused Clary to look up as well, as did all the guys and Maia. Clary, although she had a boyfriend, opened her mouth too. Maia raised her dark eyebrows.
The door to Magnus' bedroom finally opened and Magnus strolled out. The guys had emerged back into conversation, but Izzy, Clary and Maia remained staring.
"Day-um." Maia said, deciding that 'damn' was not the right term for this situation.
"Who's the hot Asian?" Izzy muttered to Clary. "Because the blue-eyed one's Tessa's." *
Tessa looked to Jem, well aware of his immaculate-hearing. He looked vaguely amused and embarrassed. He gave Tessa a charismatic and mischievous wink before looking to Magnus, who was leaning against the doorframe, grinning. Jem jumped.
Will looked as well and did a double-take. "Magnus!" He greeted finally.
"You look well!" Jem added.
"Fabulous!" Will continued.
"Brilliant." Jem added.
"Shiny." Will pointed out.
Jordan, Simon, Alec and Jace slowly looked up. Jace and Alec looked threatening, ready to kill Jem and Will if they insulted Magnus.
"You look different too." Jem noted. "I… I just can't place it."
Magnus' grin widened as he raised an eyebrow.
"Me neither." Will said, pausing, before snapping his fingers. "It's your eyes!" Will revealed. "You're wearing coloured-contacts!"
Magnus rolled his eyes and walked towards the two boys, shaking hands with the two of them. "I can't believe you managed to spot something I haven't changed."
Will shrugged. "We would have noted your skin tone or height, but we honestly can't tell." He said, looking to Magnus' heeled boots and make-up.
Magnus rolled his golden-green eyes, before looking to the group on the couches/chairs (or floor). He smirked slightly and looked to Tessa. "You didn't introduce them?" He asked her.
Tessa frowned and shook her head no.
Magnus' smirk broadened and he looked to Jem. "And you didn't faint from the lack of courtesy?"
Jem grinned and Will snorted.
"You lot, this is Jem Carstairs and William Herondale." Magnus said to the New Yorkers. "Jem, Will, this is…" Magnus sighed, not being one to like talking for ages. "Great. This is; Simon Lewis, Jordan Kyle, Jace Wayland or Lightwood, Alec Bane-Lightwood, Isabelle Lightwood, Clary Fray and Maia Roberts." Magnus introduced, gesturing to each one accordingly.
Will looked mildly disgusted. "Great. Two and a half Lightwor-"
"Ducks." Jem said easily in an attempt to shut Will up. Will immediately broke off from his sentence, his violet eyes wide and scared.
Jace had experienced the same reaction, except he whipped his feet up from the floor and jumped. "Where?" He asked.
Everyone beside Will and Jace laughed. "Not you too." Jem sighed.
Jace narrowed his tawny eyes and brought his legs down slowly. "What are you doing here?" He demanded rudely.
"How rude." Will commented.
"You can't stereotype him for being 'a typical rude American', he's British." Tessa jumped in.
Will and Jem simultaneously gave mischievous smiles.
"No really, why are you here?" Jace pressed.
Will rolled his eyes. "Magnus invited us to New York. Jem forced me to come to New York. Tessa invited me and Jem to come and see Frozen. I forced Jem to come see Frozen." Will said with a shrug.
Jace looked to Magnus, as did the other New Yorkers. Will said something to Jem quietly, who gave a quiet snort. Magnus shrugged. "I knew them in England very well. I worked with their… parents, actually." He explained.
Jem and Will were quick to glance at the floor.
"Thank-you." Will said quietly. "I- I owe you everything, if not even my life."
"Technically it's my life that's in debt." Jem said with an easy grin.
Magnus' glare was similar to Will's, before Magnus smiled. "You know, if I dressed down a little-"
"A little?" Jace and Will said simultaneously, giving one another a cool look as they realised they'd spoken together.
"-Then me and you could be related." He said to Jem. "What do you think?"
Jem laughed. "I think that there's a very long distance between Indonesia and China."
Magnus rolled his cat-eyes. "Spoilsport." He said to Jem, before snapping his fingers. "Right, you lot, let's go!"
They opted to walk. Soon, they came to pass a McDonalds.
Jem broke off from his conversation with Jace, which consisted of Jem giving multiple reasons that he could not possibly know Jace, and locked eye contact with Will.
"No." Will said firmly. "I know exactly-"
Magnus, who was walking in-between Jem and Will, looked to Jem curiously, who then began explaining the dare-story. Magnus laughed and Jem continued with the morning's tales.
"And since Will dragged me to the bookstore, we didn't have breakfast or lunch." Jem finished.
"No, none of us had lunch, either. We should definitely eat out." Magnus continued.
Tessa, on Will's other side, caught their conversation. "Well, there's a McDonalds there, does anyone want lunch?"
Agreement ran throughout the group. Will stopped dead and Tessa, since her arm had been linked with Will's, felt a horrible jolt as he stood still. "You're a demon." Will said to Jem. "I'd even go as far as to call you a duck."
"I like ducks." Jem commented mildly as the group went to enter McDonalds.
Jace gave a shiver at the building. "We… could always go to Taki's?" He suggested.
The group began talking at once.
Clary sighed. "Jace, you're not going to get heart disease from eating one big mac-"
"And they're actually gorgeous-" Maia put in.
"What doesn't kill you-" Isabelle began.
"You haven't lived until you try one-" Simon was saying.
"YES!" Will said loudly, pointing to Jace. "Taki's. Excellent idea. Always loved the… um… things they sell."
Jem raised an eyebrow at Will. "It's a restaurant." He informed Will.
"They do brilliant smoothies." Isabelle commented, already pulling Simon with her in Taki's general direction, the others following suit, Magnus giving a brilliant anecdote about what happened one time Jace had a smoothie and ended up streaking down the street with nothing but a pair of antlers on his head, which everyone but two were listening to.
"How do you know Taki's?" Jace asked.
Jem sighed. "I was looking into the likeliness that one can get a black eye by hitting themselves in the eye with a bean at the restaurant. Oh, and of course the lethalness that a paper cut from a fortune cookie can produce."
Jace blinked. "How…?" He began.
"Tessa." Jem said smoothly. "Was telling us."
"No." Jace shook his head. "I know you from somewhere. I'm sure I do."
Jem gave him a yes-of-course-you-did-I-totally-believe-you-and-of-course-you-aren't-insane-quick-Will-I-have-him-distracted-get-the-phone-and-call-the-mental-hospital-he's-completely-mad look. Which Jace found annoyingly specific.
A/N: So, to reinforce, shorter chapters than usual for the next 3, possibly 4 updates. I'm sorry, but there's good reason for it!
We'll be back to normal after that!
A/N2: Is anyone else having a stupid problem with Doc manager at the minute? The box I use to write this in is all mini. Like when you minimise a web page. Its tiny instead of full-screen. Just me having that problem?
Chowity chowder chow!