Jealousy bring out the worst in people
Nadia flung clothes all over her room trying to look for something appealing to wear. After all those long hours of shopping, she could not find a single thing to wear for her date to her own uncle's party that night. Isabelle, Alec, Jace and Clary invited themselves along, well Clary had to be dragged along but with a push from her mundane friend Simon, she went along. That was another thing, Simon had been told everything and now wanted to be a part of everything just because Clary and now his newest infatuation, Isabelle were a part of everything.
Someone knocked on her door, Nadia recognized the voice as Isabelle's, "Hey, your date is here. You might wanna hurry before Jace starts interrogating him."
Nadia detected the seriousness of that comment and quickly found a silver knee-length dress that had a slit up one thigh. She put a white flower clip in her hair and looked herself over in the mirror. She didn't look all that bad, now hopefully, Sebastian would think the same. Sebastian! She quickly ran out of her room into the large library where everyone else was waiting by the fireplace. Jace and Alec were on either side of Sebastian throwing him looks and questions that made Nadia feel uneasy.
"Sebastian," she rushed to his side. "Glad you found the place and got in."
With a relieved look, he got up and walked to her, "Yeah, Jace let me in…um you look beautiful."
"Thank you," she blushed. "You don't look too bad yourself."
He was wearing a long sleeved black oxford with dark jeans. The first couple of buttons were open, revealing just a little bit of his chiseled body. Nadia bit her lip when she noticed that he was smiling at her. Just then, Jace had to open his mouth and ruin the small moment.
"So we going or not?" he asked with a rather grumpy attitude. "Or are you two just going to stand there and stare at each other."
Nadia shot him a dirty look, "Shut it Jace. If you are so impatient why don't you go by yourself?"
"As if I am going to leave you alone with him," Jace looked at Sebastian suspiciously, not trusting this guy for one bit. However, he was confused; he could have sworn he had seen this guy before.
"Oh get off it," Isabelle sighed, "He's Aline's cousin and we all know her, so stop harassing the guy."
"Yeah, let's go," Alec got up and started heading towards the elevator but then stopped and waited for everyone else to catch up. Nadia followed with Sebastian at her side, not trusting Jace or Alec to be alone with him.
Once they got out of the glamour stricken church, they stood at the sidewalk wondering if they should call a cab or walk. Nadia rejected the idea of walking immediately and everyone else soon followed her lead when she told them that Magnus Bane lived on the other side of the city.
"Okay, so we get a cab," Sebastian shrugged as he stepped off the sidewalk a bit and flagged one down. Jace walked up and scoffed, "We need more than one. Wow Nadia, you really know how to pick the smart ones."
Jace flagged another one, but when he looked back at the sidewalk, Isabelle, Clary and Nadia went into the one Sebastian had called down. Alec walked up and shook his head, "Keep this act up and she will never talk to you again Jace."
The golden boy watched as Sebastian climbed in after Nadia in the back. Clary was stuck sitting in the passenger seat up front, although she did not seem to mind. Clary and Nadia, two completely different girls but with a shake of his mind, he was rid of those thoughts and got into the cab after Simon.
"Ah Nadia!" the glittery cat eyed man exclaimed as he opened the door to a wild party going on inside. "My favorite person in the world has finally come back to me, with some friends." He made a face as he looked over the company of people, "Mundanes and shadowhunters. When did you sink so low?"
"Magnus," she said with a hint of anger in her voice. He backed off and smiled, "Any friends of yours are a friend of mine, but if any of these shadowhunters cause any trouble, they will have to deal with me personally. No fighting in here, got it?"
"Yes sir," Sebastian said with a nod as he looked at Nadia. "Anything you say."
"Also, no sex," he narrowed his eyes on the boy next to his niece, who shot him a glare. He shrugged, "Ran out of condoms."
"Well knowing me, I can just zap some up," she smirked as she walked in. She snapped her fingers and a small package appeared in her hands, "Just like that."
"Hey, not in my room," Magnus called after her as she dragged Sebastian deeper into the place. Just as the others were trying to walk in, he blocked their entrance and gave them a long hard look, "No fighting, got it?"
"Yeah yeah," Jace rolled his eyes as he pushed his way past the glitter man. Alec was the only one who slowly made his way past Magnus, who looked at him with a rather interesting kind of look that made Alec blush a bit for unknown reasons. Clary and Simon were the last ones to walk in but Simon soon went in search of Isabelle while Clary was left alone for a little while.
"So would you like to dance first?" Sebastian asked unsure of what to do really. "Or get something to drink?"
"Um, how about we just sit and talk for a little while before dancing?" Nadia offered.
"Sure," he nodded with a small shrug. He was about to settle down on a red couch that was also occupied with a couple making out. Taking a hold of his hand, she looked off to the side, "How about somewhere a bit more private and quieter?"
Sebastian only shrugged and followed her away from the loud party to a quiet part of the party house. She lead him down a hallway and into a room. When he walked in he smiled lightly guessing that this was actually her room, the thousands of pictures of her and other people, along with gauzy fabric hanging here and there, and the large pillow like bed gave it away. It all just fit with her personality. Being in here with her on the first date meant things should be going well.
"Nice room," he finally said after she closed the door behind him.
"Thanks," she seemed to blush as she went over to her comfy bed and sat down. Not wanting to look too forward, he wandered around the room before sitting next to her.
"So," he started. There was a slightly nervous silence between the two.
"So," Nadia echoed. She bit her lip before looking at Sebastian who was just looking at her and not hiding the fact either. Becoming self-conscious, she asked, "Something on my face?"
"Yes," he answered, "Two beautiful chocolate eyes, the cutest button nose ever and the most tempting lips ever to come before me."
Nadia blushed and looked away, "You are such a flirt."
"I only speak the truth," he shrugged. "So, tell me, how long have you lived with your uncle and how did you end up at the institute?"
"For a while obviously from all the pictures but I just recently went to the institute," Nadia said carefully, not letting any information he should not know slip out. "Uncle wanted me to reconnect with some old friend, so he sent me there. Plus, they need help with the mundane. I've dealt with more than they ever will."
"I see," Sebastian nodded his head.
"What about you? How'd you end up here?" Nadia asked.
"Well, originally I was in Paris but then went to Alicante to stay with my Uncle and Aunt there," he shrugged as if it were nothing.
"Why'd you move from Paris?"
"My parents died," he said almost as if it were nothing but this shocked Nadia.
"I'm sorry to hear that, my parents also died but a while ago," she scooted closer to him and put her hand on his shoulder. He looked at her with a soft smile, "It's fine, I already shed my tears long ago. Now I'm living for myself and protecting others, as many should."
With a nod of her head, Nadia got and pulled him with her. "Talking about living for ourselves, would you like to go out there and start to have some fun dancing?" Sebastian only grinned mischievously in reply.
Clary had been wandering slowly on the dance floor, avoiding people awkwardly until Nadia bumped into her.
"Oh sorry," Nadia giggled a bit. Clary was barely able to hear her over the loud music pounding the songs into her brain. She could see that the gypsy was slightly pink faced and her hair was wilder than usual.
"No problem," Clary shook her head when she saw Sebastian walk over and hug Nadia from behind. He didn't notice Clary at first; well it must be hard for him to when his face was nuzzled deep into Nadia's neck making her giggle even more. However, just as Clary was trying to sneak off to sit on a couch off to the side, Sebastian looked up and made her presence acknowledged once again, "Oh hey, like the party so far?"
"Yeah, it's great," the red head sighed. "I'm just going to take a small break."
Not waiting for them to say anything else, she walked off knowing that they would not exactly chase after her. After all, she was just a mundane, not a shadowhunter or a downworlder, just another mundane. Plopping down on an empty couch, she watched lazily as everyone else was having some fun. Simon was flirting with Isabelle, Jace was swarmed by cute girl downworlders, Alec seemed to be hanging out with Magnus and finally, Sebastian and Nadia were having the time of their lives together, dancing, and laughing.
"Want something to drink?" Nadia asked her mouth close to his ear so that he could hear her.
"Nah, I'm good," his body moved against hers, not a single inch of space between the two bodies that moved as one. "Do you want anything to drink?" His lips moved against her ear causing her to shiver.
"No," her eyes fluttered as his mouth moved down to her neck. She let out a small moan when he started suckling on her collarbone, his hands roaming up her body. One slid all the way up to her head to pull it back slightly to expose more flesh to his hungry lips. Nadia's gripped tightly onto his shoulders as her head fell back. However, soon she was far away from Sebastian who was on the ground while someone she vaguely recognized dangerously approaching him.
Jace. He had pulled them apart and was now going to try to pick a fight with Sebastian. "How dare you touch her like that!" the golden boy roared as he jumped on Sebastian and the two started wrestling on the ground. Everyone else at the party stood back and watched. This angered Nadia to no end, she got up and started walking over to Jace but someone was already there pulling them apart.
"Hey! I said no fighting here!" Magnus bellowed in a deep, angry voice. He bent down and grabbed the boys and pulled them apart as if pulling apart two gummy bears that were stuck together somehow. He held them apart by the throat, "Now, you both get out of here and never think about ever coming back!"
Magnus was about to walk to the door but Nadia ran over to him, breathlessly, "Wait, uncle, you can't. Sebastian is my date."
"Sorry Nadia, but they broke the rules," he continued on to the door. She pursued after him nonetheless, "But it's Jace who started it, not Sebastian."
"Yeah but he didn't exactly stop it," Magnus magically opened the door and first threw out Jace, who was struggling the whole time; Sebastian was next to be thrown out.
"Uncle Magnus! You can't do this to me!" She whined as a small child.
"I can and I will," he shrugged as he tossed out Sebastian. Nadia glared at him before walking out and slamming the door behind her angrily. However, Magnus snapped his fingers and she ended up before him. He patted her head, "Be careful on the way back to the institute and remember that I love you."
"Yeah, okay." Nadia sighed before walking out the door again. Magnus stood back as he watched Alec run by and out the door, probably going to check up on Jace. Isabelle and Simon ran over to see what was happening as Clary joined them looking rather tense but they quickly ran out the door to see Jace and Sebastian fighting in the middle of the practically empty street.
Jace sent a punch right to Sebastian's face but he dodged it quickly. Ducking down, Sebastian struck out a leg to trip Jace before rolling back to avoid any hits from Jace. Jace had fallen but quickly got back up to his feet and went after Sebastian; once the dark haired boy got up, he sent a nice hard blow right to his face and this time it hit the target. Sebastian stumbled back holding his nose; he pulled his hand away to reveal blood pouring right down his chin and neck; yet, he would not give up yet. With long, confident strides he sent a low blow to Jace, jumped back then went at him again before Jace could send one back to him. This is when things started to get messy; Jace took out a seraph blade, yelled out its name and went after Sebastian.
"Nadia, make them stop!" Clary suddenly shouted at the warlock who was just standing there watching in horror. Snapped out of her own thoughts, Nadia finally took some action. She brought her hands up, whispered an incantation and twitched her hands to opposite side of the street, sending both flying the opposite directions. Quickly, before they could regain their stance, Nadia began to run towards Jace but changed her mind and ran to Sebastian while Isabelle and Alec ran to Jace.
Sebastian got up, brushed himself off, spat a whole wad of blood on the ground and started to walk back down the street towards Jace but Nadia caught him. He tried to struggle against her.
"Sebastian," Nadia pulled him back, "Stop it if you ever want to see me again."
Quickly, turning his back on Jace, who was now being held back by both Alec and Isabelle, Sebastian sent her an apologetic look. "I'm sorry, just that he got me all boiled up and, it's just…just so..."
"No, I'm sorry that you had to deal with him on our first date," she shot a dirty glance at Jace who seemed a little calmer but he was still very angry. "Stay here, I'll be right back."
Without another word, she left Sebastian standing out in the middle of the empty street and walked past the cars parked at the curb. She marched up to Jace and slapped him, "How dare you ruin this night for me?"
"I was protecting you from that scum bag," he yelled taking a step towards her but Alec quickly held onto him.
"His name is Sebastian and he is not a scum bag! Why Jace," her voice was shaky. Her eyes started to brim with tears from all the rage and anger towards him for doing what he did. "Why!"
"He was touching you inappropriately-
"We were dancing."
"Well that is a new type of dancing to me," he scoffed causing her to get angrier.
"You," she pointed her finger at him, "You jealous over bearing piece of shit! Just because I like someone else does not give you the right to barge in and hurt him! Jace, what the hell got into you? Why can't I have one night of happiness with the person I actually like? Why does your misery have to be mine? Ever since I left, all I could feel was your pain! Your pain caused me double the pain! That is all you are Jace, a pain… Why does everything have to go your way?"
"Everything doesn't have to go my way," he argued back. "I just want you back. I love you Nadia, you belong with me, not him."
Nadia took a step back, wishing this would just be over. "No Jace, please stop, we can't. I told you before. Please, just let it go."
"Tell me that you don't love me and I will let go," he pushed Alec aside and gathered up Nadia's small hands in his. His bright, golden eyes looked in hers waiting for her answer. Nadia let out a sad sigh, raised her hand to his cheek but shook her head. Looking away she finally answered, "I don't love you."
"Look me in the eyes and say it." He tilted her face so that she would directly look at him with those sad dark eyes of hers.
"I can't love you," she sobbed before pushing him away and running off to Sebastian.
Jace watched sadly as she ran to that dark child, it was heartbreaking to see the love of his life run off with someone else. Someone he did not trust nor care for. He felt a hand on his shoulder but he shrugged it off and started heading in a different direction. However, the night was hardly over yet and Isabelle, Simon and even Alec seemed to want to go back to the party, so he let them.
Clary watched from a distance but when Simon mumbled something to her, she hardly heard him. Hearing Jace say 'I love you' to Nadia hurt her slightly. However, Alec soon came over and started dragging her back into the party, which Jace was allowed back into after Alec talked to Magnus for a little while. Going back to the party was not a good idea, since Simon was turned into a mouse, or rat, and then taken by the vampires accidently.
What. A. Night.
Very long one here...so I was wondering, how many of you would prefer is this were a Jacexoc story? I'm not definately saying that this will turn into one but if I have enough people for it, perhaps since alot of the chapters I have typed up seem to be heading towards that...then again if I change a few things here and there it can go back to the original Sebastianxoc story.
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