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N : Need You Now - Lady Antebellum
Requested by It's Kris

Another shot of whiskey
Can't stop looking at the door
Wishing you'd come sweeping in the way you did before
And I wonder if I ever cross your mind?
For me it happens all the time

It's a quarter after one, I'm a little drunk and I need you now
Said I wouldn't call but I've lost all control and I need you now
And I don't know how I can do without
I just need you now

For as long as Jace Wayland could remember, his best friends were Alec Lightwood and Sebastian Verlac. Alec was the sweet and quiet one. Sebastian was the sarcastic and loud one. Jace was the charming and smart one. All of them were incredible good looking; they were a triple threat. As they grew older, they were all still close to each other, but there were certain things that started pulling them apart. Mainly it was just life, and then the distance that came with moving out of childhood neighborhoods and to separate Universities and all different jobs.

Another thing that became a problem, mainly between Jace and Sebastian, was Clarissa Fray.

A feisty, red-headed photographer that Sebastian met one night when Alec and Jace were running late to their fortnightly drinks at a local bar. They had walked in, and the girl was just walking away, back to the table with her friends, and Jace hadn't really paid all that much attention to her. Except two months later, and Sebastian seemed to be head over heels for this girl, and he was introduced to her for the first time.

And he was in love.

Ridiculous, heart-stopping love.

Jace tried to ignore it, he tried to pretend that when he looked at her, all he saw was his best friends new girlfriend. He tried to ignore the way that when she laughed and tossed her head back, he didn't get a thousand stupid butterflies swarming around in his stomach.

What made it worse was that he knew Clary could do better than Sebastian.

He was better than Sebastian.

And he couldn't help but think that if he had been on time to have drinks with Sebastian that day, then there was a chance he could have been the first one to meet her, and then she would be with him, not Sebastian.

Because while Sebastian was most definitely one of his best friends, he had known him long enough to know that when he got bored, he was going to dump this incredible, amazing woman out in the cold. In fact, sometimes he didn't even have the decency to dump them before he climbed into bed with someone else. Sometimes he liked to have two, or three, going at the same time, just to keep things interesting. When they were younger, the boys had found it amusing. But now that they were almost twenty-five, things were a lot more serious, and they needed to be taking more responsibility for their actions.

He and Clary got close.

Jace didn't do it on purpose—in fact, he had tried to resist it for a while, because he knew that it was only going to make it harder on himself.

But he couldn't help it.

They had the same likes and dislikes when it came to music and movies, they had inside jokes, they danced together when they were all out drinking and Sebastian just wanted to sit in the corner and smoke his cigarettes. Sometimes when there was a movie coming out that none of their friends wanted to see, they would go together, and share a massive bucket of popcorn, their fingers brushing together every now and then. Or there were the times that they all went out for pizza; Alec, his boyfriend, Magnus Bane, Isabelle Lightwood and her partner Simon Lewis and then Sebastian, and they would sit next to each other, and Jace would pick the red peppers off her pizza and she would take the salami off his. And then there were the nights when they would call each other to ask some idle question, and then end up revealing far more about themselves than intended, and fall asleep with their phones propped between their ear and their pillows.

He never got any indication that she felt more than friendship toward him, though.

He kept telling himself that they were just friends—close friends, admittedly, but just friends. Sure, there had been times where some glances that seemed to drag longer than usual, but he was pretty sure they were just in his head.

Even when things began getting rocky between her and Sebastian, she remained steadfastly loyal to him, the bright green of her eyes dimming just a little when she saw him flirting with some girl behind the counter when they all went out for drinks. Even when he got angry at her when she said something that he didn't like, and snapped at her, she would snap back angrily, defending herself, but wearing a hurt expression on her face.

Until one night.

Clary had taken two photos that were up for a national award, and were being shown at a big gallery opening on a Thursday night. It was the biggest break in her career, and she had been so excited it was pretty much all she could talk about since she had found out three weeks earlier. They had all brought tickets, and Isabelle had dragged Simon and Jace out to get them nice, fitted suits. They all arrived; Jace, Isabelle, Simon, Alec, Magnus and Clary's brother, Jonathon Fray—among the first at the opening. Sebastian had told him that he was working late, but that he would be there as soon as he could.

Jace couldn't help but think that for something this big, he would have taken the whole fucking day off work if necessary, but he kept his thoughts to himself.

Clary looked breath taking.

Her hair was pulled back into some sort of intricate bun at the nape of her neck, and there were little braids twisted on each side of her head, a few soft strands around her face. Her make up was minimal, although her lipstick was a dark shade that emphasized her gorgeous, full mouth. The dress she was wearing was a long sleeved white, lace mini that showed off her perfect, curvy figure and clung to her thighs, her legs looking longer than usual in the high heels that she was wearing.

Jace actually stammered a couple of times in conversation throughout the course of the night when he caught glimpses of her out of the corner of his eye.

Sebastian never showed up.

And while Clary looked disappointed, she didn't look completely surprised.

It was just after one in the morning when there was a knock at Jace's apartment door. He had gotten home about half an hour ago, and had showered and changed into a pair of sweats, getting ready to settle down in bed with a bottle of beer and a good movie. He walked toward the door and opened it hesitantly, surprised when he saw Clary standing there. She was still in her party dress, although her hair was now loose and flowing around her shoulders. Her make up was a little smudged, her lipstick pretty much worn off and her eyes were a little red. When she stepped into the apartment, he could smell whiskey on her breath.

"Clary, what are you—"

"I broke up with Sebastian," she said bluntly, swallowing hard as she turned to look at him. Jace frowned in surprise. "I broke up with Sebastian because...Because he's not the one that I should have been with in the first place," she snorted and shook her head. "I wish that it had been you I met first. And I know that there's this code, that I'm your best friends ex-girlfriend, but Jace, you're the one that I want to be with—you're the one that I need—" she was babbling, and she looked as though she was beginning to panic at his quiet, so he shut her up in the best way possible.

Kissing her hard on her lush, pink mouth and holding her delicate face in his hands.

"I need you, too."

I'm currently on another Veronica Mars binge. I think I must go on one of these at least twice a year—re-watch all the seasons over again and the movie. Veronica is a total BAMF, Logan and Weevil are amazing, and Mac and Wallace are fucking awesome as well. It's soooooo fucking good!

My song recommendations this time are Waves by Kris Allen, Heathens by Twenty One Pilots and Waiting Game and Beggin' For Thread by Banks. Banks is seriously amazing, a complete an utter babe and her songs are sensual as fuck.

Anyway! Let me know what you guys think about Veronica Mars and also any new song recommendations! Leave a review, let me know what you think :) xxx