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I squeezed her shoulders once and went into the bathroom across the hall in one of the spare bedrooms to change while Aline changed in my bathroom. I slipped on my tight fitting black jeans, my black camisole short-sleeved leather jacket with black knee-high boots. I stepped into the hallway and heard my door open and Aline stepped out of the hall. She was wearing close fitting dark gray leggings with a white t-shirt and tall brown boots. She looked up and down the hall until she saw me standing before her and I reached out to take her hand and lead her down the stairs. We entered the living room and I saw Johnathan lying in the same position he was in when we left that morning. He turned when he heard us enter the room. He got up and came to give both of us a bear hug. I heard Aline give a small gasp and looked over at her to see that she was blushing. I gave her a quizzical look but she just brushed it off.
"So how was practice today?" he asked us.
Before I could tell him what had happened, Aline had interrupted me saying, "It was fun, Clary had told us this routine that she had made up at her old school that they wanted to do."
"Oh, that thing you tried to explain to me but I zoned out?" he asked.
"Yea, that's the one, but it isn't so difficult; you only think so because you aren't as special as I am." I told him.
"Or I'm not as much of freak as you are and I wouldn't want to be able to do something like that." He retorted.
"Oh, so now I'm the freak? At least when I do what I love I don't have to wear a cup to protect my genitals from getting crushed."
"Oh yeah that's right, but you do wear seriously short clothes that make it hard for me to be your big brother. I'm sure every time you're flying in the air and your skirt flies up, those perverted boys get their hopes up and their dicks harden at the thought of you."
"Are you trying to insult me or get me to through up?"
"Just go away while I calm my thoughts."
"It's your own fault for having such perverted thoughts in the first place. Come on, I know something that might clear your mind." I said leading Aline out of the room after she heard the exchange between my brother and I. I grabbed her arm and laced mine through hers and headed towards the field where Izzy was waiting with Adele, Celine and Madeline. We crossed over the hill and I saw Izzy standing on the hill while the horses were grazing. She heard us coming towards her and turned to greet us with a hug. I heard Aline give a slight gasp as the horses trotted towards us after they spotted us. Adele came to me and bumped her head against my shoulder while I rubbed her mane. Celine went to Isabelle while Madeline walked up next to where Adele was standing. I went to where Aline was and pulled her gently towards the horse.
"Now Aline, this sweetheart of a horse here is Madeline and she belongs to my mother. But as my mother doesn't mind us using her, you are going to ride her while I ride my horse Adele and Izzy rides her horse Celine." I explained to her.
"Wait a minute! You think that I am going to just get on a horse when I have never ridden one before in my life?" she squeaked.
"Don't worry, Madeline is a very forgiving horse and she won't let any harm come to you. Now come on, we are going to go for a ride." I said jumping up onto my horse.
Aline still looked uncertain, so I gave Izzy a look and she went over to pick Aline up and gently sat her upon Madeline. Aline made a vise grip around her neck and closed her eyes. Isabelle gave a chuckle and jumped onto Celines back to spur her reign. I clicked my tongue and Adele moved to where Madeline was waiting. She snickered softly and started to move forward, but stopped when Aline gave a slight cry. I gave a sigh and slid off of Adele to go next to Aline.
"Would you feel better if I rode behind you on Madeline?" I asked her.
She gave a nod while I told Adele to go wait in the grass. I told Aline to scoot forward and when there was enough room for me to vault on, I slid on behind her. I gently pried her hand from around Madeline's neck and wrapped them around the saddle stump instead. I kneed Madeline on her side gently to urge her forward and as soon as we started moving Aline leaned back into me and shrunk away from the horses legs. I had to giggle at that and led Madeline around the track. Every once in a while I would try and give the reign to Aline but she would just shake her head. We went around the track once, and as soon as I felt Aline relax completely, I urged Madeline over to where Adele was waiting for me to come back. I slid off the mares back and went over to my horse and jumped onto her back.
"Okay, now that our little stroll is over, let's go into town. There's this place that Izzy, Johnathon, Simon and I go to and the only way you can get in is if you own a horse. So you are going to see what riders in California are like. And sometimes we even race with our horses for fun." I said with a mischievous glance.
"Isn't it illegal to ride horses in the streets?" Aline asked me.
"It might be for those who don't know how to steer horses, but we know everything and don't worry we'll help you with Madeline although she is a great actress."
I let out a low whistle and heard Celine as she broke through the tall grass in the middle of the track and streak towards us. I explained to Izzy that we were going to Moon's Bay and she immediately agreed. She whipped out her phone to call Simon and tell him to meet us there. She wanted to know if Johnathon wanted to come but I told her that Johnathon and I would just fight the entire time. So, all six of us made our way towards the forest that would lead to the streets. I saw the line of forest start to thin and I knew that we were close to the city were all the clubs and businesses were. We broke through the forest and made our way to the sidewalk so our horses wouldn't have to run in the streets. I led the way while Aline was between Izzy and I. I heard the nickering and neighing of horses nearby and knew that we were close to the club that my Mom's friend Luke owned. The outside of the club was littered with people standing by their horses and talking with others while we cantered up. I slid off of Adele and tied her to the post while Izzy and Aline followed suit. Once the horses were all tied up, we went inside to the bar to get nonalcholic drinks. I turned around with my drink in hand and watched some of the riders prepare for the race that was going on today. Normally Izzy would enter in the races on Saturdays, but I wanted to show Aline how much fun riding was; especially during a race. Someone had gotten up on stage and announced that the race was about to begin outside, so I got up and headed towards Aline.
"Alright, cowboys and cowgirls! It's time for the race of the evening. I can already see some regulars on the track and oh look it here! We have Clarissa Morgenstern on the track with her prize winning mare Adele. Looks like this is going to be a good race." The announcer said.
I giggled and jumped onto Adele after untying her and steered her towards the starting line. I looked to my left and saw a tall brown and black stallion with a rider on his back looking at me. The rider was wearing baggy blue jeans, a brown vest and a red and white checkered shirt. I looked into the riders eyes and recognized the brown eyes behind the glasses. I smiled widely and tried to hug Simon without falling off of my horse.
"Simon, you made it and your racing! You never race!" I cried.
"Yea well, I wanted to surprise you when I won the race today and you didn't." he laughed.
"Oh cocky are we, well prepare to watch my dust trail."
The announcer held the gun in the air and signaled the start of the race; all of the horses pitched forward, but Adele and I were in the lead with Sebastian and Raphael following closely. I stood up slightly on her so she could move faster when I heard a loud neigh and looked to my right to see Johnathon beside me riding Hodge. I laughed and urged Adele to go at her fast speed and before I knew it, we crossed the finish line with Johnathon and Simon behind me. The cheering on the side from the spectators was loud and the announcer told the others that I was still the ultimate rider of the club. I laughed and gave Adele a hug around her neck. Simon let out a curse and I saw Aline and izzy come towards me with Celine and Madeline following them. I saw that there was a bright smile on Aline's face. This is why I brought her here; I wanted to see her smile and watch all of her worries go away. Johnathon hopped off of Hodge and came over towards us. He went to stand next to Aline so he could face me and I saw a slight blush cover her cheeks.
"No matter what I do, I just can't seem to beat you and Adele in these races. How do you train her, I mean every time I see you guys you're always riding her around that track?" he asked me.
"We are just that good of a team, brother dearest. If you want I could train Hodge for you, but that would mean him becoming attached to me." I said smiling at him.
"I think she just stacks the cards in this race, I mean she always wins so she must be doing something to win all the time." Simon said.
"I don't do anything guys! Adele and I just are a great team!" I tried to explain.
"Fine, we'll believe that for now. You just wait until next time." Simon said.
"I can't wait."
He just laughed at me and turned around to head back to Raphael. I turned and found that Johnathon was talking with Aline and she was furiously blushing and nodding her head. He nodded to me and I knew that meant he was going home. Considering the fact that Aline was following him, I figured that she was riding home with him. I sighed and went to izzy to tell her we were leaving.
"Come on Izzy, let's go." I told her.
"Oh come on, everytime we come here and you race, you want to leave right after you win." She whined.
"Oh come on! That is not true, it's just that after every race Adele is tired because of all the energy she used. I want to stay but I have to think of how tired Adele might be."
"Can't we just stay for a little while longer? Just an hour more, then we can go." She pleaded with me.
"Fine, we can stay another hour, just know that I am doing it for you. Now let's go back inside."
We went back inside and I heard cheering from everyone when I came back in.
"Well, the ultimate rider decides to stay after her triumph. Normally you leave, why did you decide to stay?" a guy said.
'Well Zack, I decided to stay because my friend wanted to have a little bit of fun so I stayed with her to help her." I told him.
"Tell your friend if she needs someone to help her have fun, I'm just a yell away." He said with a wink.
"Zack, she has a boyfriend."
"And?"
"Well, she's not one to cheat on him."
"What about you? Are you single or are you with someone?"
"Oh, I'm single but you are too crazy for me, but I will race you anytime so my horse can kick your horses ass any day, anytime."
"I'll be sure to remember you said that, Doll."
I walked away laughing to see Izzy staring daggers at me. I knew why she was looking at me like that and just shook my head at her saying no. She shook her head at me and sat down at the bar to watch a soccer tournament on the television. I just sat next her away from the TV and watched a certain golden haired boy enter the place. I heard a lot of gasping from the girls in the club and saw him smile widely at me. I got up from the seat and walked towards him. I have no idea why, I mean I'm still not sure about my feelings for him or he me. I mean yea we did kiss and every time he was near me my heart would start to flutter and I feel myself shudder every time he touched me. For some reason when I felt him smile at me instead of all the other girls in the club that made me move towards him. I gave him a hug and felt his arms wrap around me.
"Jace, listen about what happened earlier at the end of practice, I'm happy that you are still my friend." I said.
"Is that really all you want to be Clary? I mean do you want to be just friends?" he asked still holding me.
"I do if you want to."
"But what if I don't want to be just friends? What if I want to be a bit more than friends?"
I looked up at him with wide eyes and grabbed his arm to lead him outside to where Adele was waiting. I dropped his arm and got up on Adele to motion for him to get on his horse. He got on and I led him and Adele towards town where there was a pond sitting in the middle of a small forest. Once there I got off of Adele and waited by the pond for Jace to come. Once he did I turned around and faced him.
"What did you mean when you said that you wanted to be more than friends?" I said to him.
"When I said that, I meant that I don't just want to be your friend Clary; I want to be someone you can count on, someone to make you laugh and someone that can let all of your worries disappear." He said looking me in the eyes.
"So in other words you want to be my boyfriend?"
"Well, yeah."
"And what makes you think that I believe that you want to be my boyfriend and not someone that wants to date me just for status?"
"I don't think of you that way Clary. I don't even want to think of you hurt by anyone let alone me. I know that we have only known each other for a couple of weeks and it's kind of bad timing considering everything that went down at the party, but I don't want to pretend to not have feelings for you when I do."
"And what if I said that I have feelings for you too, and I'm just afraid of getting hurt?"
"I would promise you that if you just gave me a chance, I would be able to prove to you that I care a lot about you and that I would never want to hurt you even if I could."
"I think I would be willing to take the chance to find out if that is true or not."
"So, Clary, would you like to go out on a date with me this Friday, after our game of course?"
"I would love to go out with you Jace."
A/N: Phew! Finished with another chappie. So, Clary and Jace are finally going out on a date; a REAL date too! Reviews guys!