So the lovely KS has been metaphorically poking me in the backside to get this update out so here you go.
"C'mon! It's been ages since I've been into town and I can't eat what I want at home!" I took hold of Jace's hand and tugged him towards the ice cream parlour.
"I promised your father we wouldn't be more than an hour! He'll literally kill me you know!"
"He won't, anyway we can just be really quick picking out sheet music; it can't be that hard, I don't care what I play." Jace grinned sarcastically.
"C'mon then, I'm warning you though, if you get fat no one will want to marry you."
"Maybe I should get two then." In the end I got two scoops of chocolate ice cream with chocolate sprinkles and a flake and Jace got strawberry. I was about to pay when Jace stopped me.
"A gentleman always pays."
"I don't see any around here." I said looking around him to emphasise my point. That earned me strawberry ice cream to the face. "Hey!" I wiped my face and then wiped my hand on his shirt.
"Umm… Ew… If this doesn't come out, you owe me a new shirt." Jace ate the rest of his ice cream in record time and then spent the next ten minutes trying to eat mine. "Why don't you go to the music shop Clary, I'll meet you there I just have a quick errand to run." I nodded and entered the shop.
I really had no idea what I was looking for, and I couldn't have been more wrong about there being only a little choice. It was full of sheets and books all inscribed with little dots or lines and numbers. Folders bearing foreign names like Bach, Handel and Brahms and instruments too. Oh my God the instruments. Shining grand pianos, violins, brass instruments in all shapes and sizes and others that I didn't have any clue what you did with.
"Can I help you young miss?"
"Morgenstern. And yes, I need to find a piece of piano music. Not something impossibly hard but that sounds impressive, is that, okay?"
"Of course Miss Morgenstern, I'll see what we have." The music shop owner was a small man and getting not only grey but plump in his old age. He had a receding hairline and a thick black moustache. He also had a very kind face. He bustled around the shop talking to himself and picking up random books or sheets before putting them back down with a shake of his head.
Ten minutes later Jace came in.
"Did you get what you needed?" I asked indicating the bag he was now holding.
"Yeah, where are you up to at choosing music?"
"Honestly?" I looked around at the man who was now making his fifth rotation of the room. "I have no idea."
-LINE-
Exactly one hour and two minutes after we had left we walked back through my front door.
"Clarissa! You are late!"
"Oh c'mon Jonathan! It's been two minutes!" He walked forwards so he was but an inch from my face.
"I do not care! Do you think Jonathan here wants to spend any more time with you than he has to? You are not good for anything Clarissa, go away I do not want to see you!" I nodded silently and approached the stairs. "So Jonathon, you have a visitor waiting for you, I believe she is Sebastian's sister."
"Aline's here?"
"Clarissa!"
"Sorry I'm going, I'm going!" I hurried up the stairs and turned into the main corridor. I could see the others in the sitting room. Sebastian was lounging on the couch forcing Magnus to take the armchair and Alec the floor.
"Hey you!" Sebastian called. "Err, Clary! Come here!"
"Yes?"
"Come sit with us. So you have boobs instead of a penis, we'll get over it." I smiled and sat on the rug. "You know, it's weird seeing you in a dress."
"Don't worry; it's weird for me too. I hate it, this isn't me."
"So," Sebastian said. "Aline has taken a fancy to Jace. This is going to be interesting. She's an awful person."
"Dude she's your sister." Alec piped in.
"So? That doesn't make her a good person. I know I'm amazing but I guess my parents only had enough awesome genes to make one good kid." I hit him on the shoulder.
"You're an idiot."
"Am not! Anyway, let's get back to what I was talking about! So, I'm wondering when she'll make her first move, and if Jace'll go for it. I mean, she's a bitch but she's not an ugly bitch."
"She's here you know. In the house." I said in a small voice. I felt strange, my heart was thumping madly and my eyes stung.
"She is? Where? When?" Sebastian was on his feet and out the door with Magnus close behind him.
"Now this I gotta see!"
"Hey Clary," Alec asked. "Are you, alright?" I nodded my head not trusting my voice.
"I- err, I got to go now." I hurried out the door before my actions could reflect the turmoil inside my body. I didn't understand. Of course Aline had always gotten on my nerves but not like this. She'd never incited a reaction like this in me. I hurried down the corridor and up the stairs towards my bedroom. When I passed the drawing room I saw Magnus and Sebastian huddled outside with the door slightly ajar. All too familiar voices were emitting out of that gap.
"So Jace, I think that you should take me out. A hot guy like you, and a hot girl like me," she giggled girlishly. "It would be, rousing."
"Oh really?" Jace asked suggestively. "And why's that?"
"Wow," Sebastian whispered. "She's tactless. I left before I could hear anymore but when I entered my room there was a package on my bed. I opened it to reveal a brand new pair of converses. It had a note that read:
"Don't get these ones confiscated. :P"
So I thought it had been a while since we saw the dickish brother that is Jonathan Morgenstern. I thought I also ought to have some more of the other characters appearing alongside Clary and Jace. So let me know what you think (Whether it be complements, improvements or ideas for the future), and as always I have absolutely no clue when the next update will be. Love you all!
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P.S I have the beginning of an original story that I'd like at some point to finish. I'm not looking to get it published or anything I just want it to be done. For that I need someone to check over it, preferable someone who is good at grammar and spelling and can just give some helpful hints about where I sound like an idiot. I'm a slow writer so it won't be much commitment (you'd be lucky if you got a chapter a month) but PM me if you're interested or stick it in a review.