Wow, it has been a long while since I last updated. Sorry about that, it's just that high school is a lot more (of everything basically) than I thought it'd be. Well anyway here you go and a happy All Hallows' Eve to all!
Note: I'm making All Hallows' Eve a Sunday in the story, cause it being on a Monday sucks.
CLARY'S POV
It had been a few months since the little Kaelie "incident" and Halloween is coming up. Or as Simon and I have always preferred to call it by its original and true name; All Hallows' Eve.
Isabelle forced me to go costume shopping a week ago and even got Maia to go too. Izzy still doesn't know about Maia's true feelings about Simon and as far as I can tell, Maia's feelings are the same.
Isabelle wanted to get everyone couple's costumes, but I felt bad for Maia seeing as she was the only single one in out group (Alec and Magnus were both visiting for the weekend of All Hallows' Eve) and succeeded in not having to get a couples costume for Jace and myself.
Maia is going to be a wolf (she had to force Izzy to let her pick out her own costume). Magnus is going to be a cat... a very glittery cat actually. Alec doesn't want to dress up (there's a surprise). Isabelle is going to be a sexy witch... cause I mean she's Isabelle so why not. Simon is going as Anakin Skywalker, it took him three hours to get Isabelle to let him but he succeeded. Jace is going to be batman, although he originally didn't want to dress either.
And finally I am going to be an Angel, cause Isabelle thought I'd make a great Angel. Although Jace argued that I was always an Angel.
Jon told us all about a party that one of his friends is going to be throwing on Sunday (the night of All Hallows' Eve). That's the main reason why Isabelle had forced everyone (but her stubborn brother) to get a costume.
Saturday morning I wander over to Simon's room. I walk in without knocking to find my best friend still tangled in his sheets, out cold. I sit down next to Simon and lightly shake him. "Si..." I say quietly. "Simon." My voice grows louder each time I say his name, "Simon, get up." I sigh and stand. I then proceed to slap my best friend and yell in his ear, "Simon, get your lazy ass up right now!"
Simon then almost fell out of his bed and sprung upright, wiggling out of the entangled blanks. "What!? What!? I'm up!" Simon looked around with wild eyes for just a second before they rested on me and he fell back against his wall. "Sup Clare?"
Simon rubbed his eyes as I sat down next to him. I gave Si a very serious look before saying. "Simon, I'm bored." Simon stopped rubbing his eyes and slowly removed his hands from his face.
"THAT'S what you aggressively woke me up for?" Simon looked as though he might kill me. "You're bored?" It was at that moment I knew what I must do... RUN.
I sprinted from my angry brother's room and ran over to my biological brother's room. I swung the door open and screamed into the doorway, "HELP! Simon!" Before continuing my escape, Simon hot on my trail. I turned around for a second to see Jonathon come outside his room... and then walk in the opposite direction.
I practically flew down the stairs and headed into the kitchen. I managed to put the kitchen table between myself and Simon when I got downstairs. We started running around it in a circle; when Simon ran, I ran; when Simon stopped, I stopped; when Simon changed direction, I changed direction.
After a few minutes we both stopped and placed our hands on the table, I had my back to the living room an front door, Simon had his back to the kitchen. Another minute passed as I devised my plan on how to escape, for Simon was clearly out for blood. I sprinted towards the door only stopping for half a second to twist the door open. But the moment I was outside I was stopped again as I landed face down on, not the porch but I person.
I braced myself up to look at just who broke my fall. It was Magnus. And when I looked up I saw Alec, Jace and Isabelle. Simon came up behind me and stopped dead in his tracks before he accidentally created a dog pile with Magnus on the bottom.
I looked back down at Magnus just as he said, "Clary sweetie, I'm happy to see you too, but you know I'm dating Alec right?" I felt a pair of hands go around my waist, then lift me up and set me down. I turned to find it was Jace, who still had his hand around my waist.
"So would one of you two care to explain what was happening." Jace glare's at both Simon and I while Magnus dusts himself off.
Simon and I share a glance with each other before Si answers, "Well Clary woke me up."
I finished for him, "And now Simon is out for blood." Si sticks his tongue out at me and I do it back to him.
"Yeah real mature guys." Isabelle looks between the two of us. "And in other news... Malec is home." Alec gave Izzy an exasperated look.
"Whey can't you just say our names?" Magnus was stifling a laugh and put his arm around his boyfriend.
Iz rolled her eyes before responding. "Oh shush, I do that more often to Clace, you're not special." Alec shrugs in agreement and I give Isabelle an incomprehensibly strange look.
"When do you call Jace and I Clace?!" I ask in disbelief and am greeted with a series of murmurs saying, "All the time." "Everyday." and "Always."
Isabelle shrugs once more. "I never say Clace around you because I know you'll give me," she motions to my face, "that look."
"Huh," I sigh and lean into Jace. "Well anyway," I break out of my trance. "What are you guys doing here so early? I mean I know Magnus and Alec are back, but it's only," I take my phone from my pocket. "Oh wow, 10 a.m.. Never mind then, what do you wanna do?" Everybody laughs for a minute before deciding to go out to Takis for some brunch.
After settling into a booth and ordering we start to catch up with Malec. Magnus commented on all the amazing party's and people he's met, while Alec on the other hand told us about how he's getting straight A's and is really enjoying his classes. Strange how different they are apart, but how perfect they are together.
After a few minutes Jace sees someone he knows and gets up. He walks over to three guys that look about our age, I recognize two of them from the football team but not the third one.
"So are you guys excited for tomorrow?" Isabelle throws me from my thoughts.
"Yeah I can't wait! I just wish you would wear a costume." Magnus accuses Alec. "It is a costume party after all my darling." Alec rolls his eyes and we all laugh at the two of them.
Jace returns to our table and slides in next to me. "What's so funny?" He puts his arm around my shoulders and I lean my head against his warm body.
"Nothing." Isabelle replies simply, still with a smile on her face. "So, who is that?" Iz gestures to the body whom I didn't know.
"Who? Oh, that's Cameron. He just moved here a week ago." Isabelle nods slowly, an interested look on her face.
For the rest of the meal the six of us talk about All Hallows' Eve until we head home around noon.
When we get home the first thing I see is Jonathan... With a girl... On the couch...
I glare at the two of the accusingly before Jon even notices we're there. Everybody but Simon just stands behind me as I stride over to the couch and face my brother and this girl. Jon stops mid sentence and looks up at me. "Hey Clare." He greet me slowly but I don't acknowledge it. I turn as squeeze myself in between my brother the girl, causing Jon to have to remove his arm from around her. They both move slightly apart and I turn to the girl.
"Hi! My name is Clary and this is Simon. You are?" I plaster a huge smile on my face. Everybody else still watching me.
The girl turned and looked at my friends, then me. "I'm Lily." She says it slowly, the way Maia spoke when she first met Isabelle.
"Nice to meet you Lily." I grab her hand and shake it quickly before releasing. "Now tell me," I pause for unnecessary dramatic affect. "What is your relation to my brother?" I hear Jon sigh behind me and then start to protest, I hold up my hand and look over my shoulder. "Let the girl speak, Jonathon." He threw his hands up and I turned back around.
"I'm his girlfriend?" She states this as more of a question than a statement.
"Girlfriend? Really?" Simon and I share a 'disbelieving' look.
I ponder this for a moment. "I see..." I then stand up and go back to my friends. "Well nice to meet you, have a good afternoon you two." I lead my friends back outside as Lily and Jon sit looking incredibly confused.
We walk over to Isabelle's house and everyone is laughing about what just happened. "So please explain, how was that necessary?" Jace questions me when we get inside.
I shrug and Simon speaks. "It always necessary to embarrass one's sibling when meeting one's significant other for the first time. It's common knowledge, Jace." Jace looks at me and I shrug while grabbing a soda from the fridge.
Alec pipes up, "True, I never let Isabelle get away with ending a first date on a good note... well until Simon, when she slammed the door in my face." Alec glares at Simon and his sister as Simon starts to smile at the memory.
"Yeah, that was pretty great." Alec smacks the back of Simon's head as he walks past him to get to the couch.
Simon rubs the back of his head and plops down on the arm of the chair Izzy is sitting in.
"Well I can't relate because I don't have siblings." Magnus adds to the conversation.
"Neither do I." Jace ponders and crosses one leg over the other. He gets murderous glares from Isabelle and Alec and adds, "No biological siblings I mean. Plus we never really did crap like that to each other." Jace points a finger from himself to the other two. "I mean you two did it to each other, but never to me."
"Well that would've been hard to embarrass you at least once a week." Alec commented to Jace, causing me to turn at stare at the blonde boy.
Jace didn't even look back at me right away, he just glared at Alec with a Thank you SO much look. He finally turned to me after a minute. "A new girl once or twice a week, huh?" I attempt to raise an eyebrow (fail) and I smirk at my boyfriend.
"Well I mean, you gotta understand this was before I met you and..." I shake my head and laugh at Jace's attempt at a logical response before leaning back into him.
The rest of the day we all just talked. Simon and I headed home around eight and I was super excited because tomorrow is All Hallows' Eve.
I wake up around eleven. After Simon and I got home the night before we binge watched a bunch of scary and cheesy Halloween movies. I snap awake because my phone is ringing. It's Isabelle. Of course.
I pick up and Izzy is squealing. "Hey get up now! We have to get ready for the party tonight." I'm about to protest but Isabelle already has a rebuttal. "I am fully aware the party isn't until six but my makeup is going to take a while and besides, it's not just you and me anymore. We also have Maia."
I laugh before responding. "Why does your makeup take so long? Are you painting yourself green."
Izzy sighs in disappointment. "No, haven't you seen The Wizard of Oz? Only bad witches are green."
"Actually it's only bad witches are UGLY. You can be green and beautiful, just look at Gamora or Poison Ivy." No response from Isabelle. "You know... from Guardians of the Galaxy and Batman?" Silence. I sigh. "Never mind, just look them up. So my house or yours?"
"Your house, mine is far too insane with all the sports hype." Isabelle sighs. "I'll be over in a few." She then hangs up and I listen to the silence for a few more seconds before turning off my phone and laying down.
Ugh. I can't believe Isabelle actually convinced me to go to this party tonight, same with convincing Maia. Though I suspected that had more to do with Simon than Izzy's inspirational words about makeup, shoes, and the perfect accessories.
I still don't know what's going on in Maia's head, but believe me, I plan to find out.
After about fifteen minutes Isabelle shows up in my living room with her usual suitcase full of makeup and hair products. I had texted Maia a while before and she showed up at about the same time as Iz.
Isabelle sat the two of us down contemplating what to do. After a few minutes she decided to start with Maia's werewolf look first.
I fiddled with my phone while Isabelle transformed the other girl. I was honestly very curious about how she would look after Isabelle's magical influence.
After maybe two hours, Maia suddenly appeared. Her face was dark brown in different areas with bits of black here and there. She had yet to put on her costume, but she still looked amazingly like a wolf.
"Wow," I put my phone back into my pocket. "Good job Izzy." Isabelle walked out of the door as I spoke and smiled. "You look awesome, Maia."
Maia gleamed and turned to look in the mirror. "Thanks." The she-wolf replied as she admired herself.
"Just don't mess it up." Isabelle glared at Maia as she walked off. Maia waved her hand back in a "whatever" motion. Isabelle shook her head before turning to me. "Your turn angel." Izzy winked before turning back to the bathroom.
I followed her quickly and sat down on the chair in front of the mirror.
JACE'S POV
Halloween. I never really celebrated the holiday before this year. It never interested me too much.
Though Alec and I used to go out and scare children. Never any under the age of seven though, we're not that mean.
Isabelle always went off to party's, after the death of their younger brother that is. She would take Max out every year to go trick-or-treating. Max loved it because Isabelle would always help him get a costume and decorate the house and of course, he loved the candy.
This year though, Clary and Simon got all riled up about the coming of Halloween. Well they call it something else, All Somethings' Eve? All Hallows' Eve, that's what it is.
Clary said it was because that's what the holiday was originally called, before it became all about candy and dressing up as "princesses, food items, and famous people in slutty way", Clary's words. Though I'm not sure how someone could be a slutty donut... though I would love to see that.
About three hours ago Isabelle went to Clary's house to help her and Maia get ready for Jon's friend's party tonight. Which I'm really not too keen on going to, but I'm curious about who Jonathon's friends are. I mean he doesn't go to school. Nor does he have a job... does he? I don't know, I haven't really talked to Jon much.
"Hey," The front door opened and I heard an all too familiar voice. Simon closed the door behind him and I sat up on the couch. "Isabelle kicked me out because I walked in on her putting makeup on Clary which apparently caused her to smear the eyeliner and I don't really have anywhere to go so... here I am."
I lied back down on the couch. "You talk too much, rat-face." Simon sighed and plopped down in the arm chair.
"Why do you still call me rat-face? And why do you only do it when Clary's not around?" I looked at him from the corer of my eye then closed my eyes.
"Same reason Iz only refers to Clary and me as "Clace" when she's not around." I opened my eyes and propped myself up to look at Simon. "She'd give me a weird look. Probably an even weirder one than if Iz openly called us Clace." I rested my head back on the armrest.
"That doesn't answer why you call me it in general though." Simon stared blandly at me and I smirked. Just then Magnus and Alec came downstairs.
Magnus was returning his phone to his pocket when he spoke. "Isabelle texted me. I am needed over there." Simon and I gave him a strange look as picked up my feet and sat at the other end of the couch. "They're having a makeup emergency and need my expertise."
"Oh well of course." I reply sarcastically. Simon shakes his head and smiles.
"I'll see you later." Magnus kisses Alec on the top of his forehead then leaves. Alec waves goodbye but doesn't say a word.
"Malec." Alec stares at me. "Malec. Malec. Malec." The stare becomes a glare.
He crosses his arms over his chest. "Can I help you?"
I put up my hands defensively. "No, no. I'm just thinking about how cute you two are." I speak in a baby voice and Alec raises an eyebrow in warning.
"Oh come on. Leave the guy alone." Simon says in a bored tone.
"What's it doing here?" Alec notices Simon for the first time since he came downstairs.
I look over to Simon. "The girls kicked him out and I've taken sympathy." My vision moves over to my brother. "You should too, I mean he is dating your sister."
Alec looks over to me. "Yeah okay. I'll do that when they get married." He stresses the sarcasm in that sentence.
"I'm sitting right here you know." We both look over to Simon as he throws up his arms.
"Yeah but I think you're forgetting something rat-face," Alec and Simon both look up at me as I stand up. "I don't care."
Simon rolls his eyes and Alec laughs. For the next few hours the three of us just watch tv until Magnus walks back in.
"Why aren't you dressed?" Magnus gives all of us an accusing glare. He is currently wearing a black cat suit and is covered in body glitter.
"Magnus, just how much glitter are you wearing?" The cat looks at me before replying.
"So much that there's glitter in places... you don't want to know." Alec and Simon share a look.
"Oh, but I do." I smirk at Magnus at Simon stands up before anything else can be said.
"Yeah I'll head home now to get ready." He backs away slowly. "You guys have fun with that body glitter. So, umm, yeah." He turns and closes the door behind him.
ISABELLE'S POV
When I finished Clary she look shiny. Like almost as glittery as Magnus, on a normal day because today he was wearing about five pounds of the stuff.
"I feel weird." Clary stated looking at herself in the costume. She wore a white tutu and a white body suit that had rhinestones at the top. The halo upon Clary's head was fuzzy and adorable. Her wings had tints of gray and sparkles splashes on them and she wore white, lace-up boots that were a bit below the knees, though she refused to wear the ones with heels.
"It's called looking pretty, darling." I put my hands on her shoulders and looked at the two of us in the mirror. Maia walked over making it three.
"Hey, she looks pretty everyday." Maia had a big smile on her face. Her wolf costume was basically a onesie and let me tell you... It. Was. Fuzzy! Maia's curly hair was the perfect touch to her outfit too, though you could hardly see the ears because of the way I put it up.
It was around 6:30 when we were all finished. I had gotten ready last since I had to help my two friends first, which is precisely why I had to call Magnus to help us. The girls were clueless and I needed to get ready myself.
I had on a short black dress that flared out. My stockings had swirls on them and my boots were knee high. I put on some black leather gloves with no fingers and my black leather witch hat. "I think my hair adds too much black." I curiously said aloud, running my fingers through the black waterfall.
"Well I can fix that." Clary walked over to a closet, grabbed something, then came over to me and took off my hat. She then proceeded to spray white streaks into my long hair. I didn't even have time to protest.
When I looked back to the mirror my hair actually looked of cool. Plus it's not like it was entirely white. "Thanks Clare. Hey what time does the party start?" Maia looked at her phone.
"It's 6:36 now." We both looked at Clary, she though for a moment.
"Umm, negative thirty five minutes ago. So we should get the guys and go. I believe Jon already left." Maia and I nodded an Clary led us out of her house and over to mine.
As we were walking across the yards Clary turned to look at us. "It should take about twenty minutes to get there. I know the way so I'll drive the lead," She ran into Jace... "car."
Clary turned around as Jace held her shoulders and raised an eyebrow. "You really need to start looking where you're going." He had a smirk on his face. "And what's this about you driving? Actually," Jace released his girlfriend. "I don't think I've ever seen you drive before."
"I have," I say over Clary's shoulder and everyone looks at me. "She's a horrible driver." Everybody starts laughing, but Clary just scoffs.
"I am not!" She turns to Simon. "Tell them Si!" He scratches behind his ear and looks away. More laughter.
By the time we reach Jonathon's friend's house, whom I've learned is named Will, it's 7:10.
The seven of us mainly stick together. That is until Magnus and Alec spot some old friends and Jace somehow sees someone he knows and drags Clary along with him. Simon and Maia have started talking about who knows what, Star Wars maybe? I heard something about clones, but who knows.
I look around until I spot Clary and Jace again. They've moved on from Jace's friend and are talking to Jon and his girlfriend, Lily, now. I walk over to join the conversation.
"Oh you do have a job. Yeah I was wondering how you actually made friends here." I catch the last of what Jace is saying.
Clary turns and smiles when she sees me. "Oh hey Izzy." She then turns to Lily. "Lily this is Isabelle, I don't think you two have been properly introduced yet."
I turn to Lily and she turns to me. "Hi, it's nice to meet you."
"Likewise." I reply with a small smile.
"She's Jace's adoptive sister. Or I should say that Jace is her adoptive brother, along with Alec over..." Clary turns to look around and so do I, though Alec is nowhere to be seen. "Over somewhere, I suppose."
"So Iz, what are you doing over here? Why aren't you with Simon?" Jace asks me.
I shrug. "I don't know, he's talking about some weird movie with Maia. I think it has to do with his costume." I look back over to Simon who is indeed still talking with Maia.
"Oh yeah that's his favorite movie. I thought you would've known that." Clary looks at me questioningly and then states. "Hey Jace isn't that your friend Meliorn over there?" She puts her hand on his shoulder and points over to Meliorn who is talking to a silver haired boy.
"Oh yeah, what's he doing here?"
Jon turns. "Oh he talking to Jem. That's Will's best friend, they're like brothers." Jace looks back to Jon. "I think that, Meliorn? You said his name was Meliorn?" Jace and Clary both nod. "Ok, well I think that Meliorn is here because he lives next door."
"Oh." Jace starts walking over to his friend and the rest of us follow. "Hey man." Jace hits Meliorn on the back and he turns around. After seeing who it is the two of them hug in that weird guy way where they pat each other on the back.
"Hey Jon, I was starting to think you wouldn't come." The silver haired one, Jem, says with a large smile to Jonathon.
"Yup and I brought my little sister too." Jon places his arm around Clary so that his forearm is covering her face. Clary slaps his arm until he releases her. Jon laughs before asking, "Hey where's Tessa? I wanted to meet her."
"I believe she's with Will." Jem says this calmly, but I still notice that he flinches a bit as he speaks. The two of them, along with Lily, walk off to find Will and Tessa.
Meliorn turns to Jace, Clary, and myself. "So... what's up?" Jace starts talking to Meliorn and they end up completely ignoring Clary and myself. After a little while we simply walk away, deep in conversation.
"So tell me, what do you think about Jace's new friend Meliorn? Honestly?" Clary catches me off guard by this question.
"Umm, I'm not sure. I mean he seems nice, but I don't really know him. He doesn't act like a lot of Jace's other friends though."
Clary nods, "Yeah, that's sort of what I was thinking. I've spoken with him before and he really is quite different from all the others."
I spot Alec and Magnus in the crowd and redirect our path to them. "Why did you want to know?"
Magnus spots us and waves us over. "I'm not sure."
"Not sure about what?" Alec asks as we reach him.
I wave away the question. "Nothing. So what's up with you guys?"
Alec shrugs and Magnus replies, "Well I saw some guys from last year, none that I necessarily liked too much, but nonetheless."
Clary and Magnus start talking some more and I realize how I opposite Clary and I seem at this party. It's usually me who strikes up a conversation with everyone and Clary usually has to tag along with me or more likely Jace. Alec comes and stands by my side.
"You're acting pretty strange, you alright Iz?" Alec wonders.
"Yeah I'm fine, it's just that for once I know less people than... well Simon." I watch Simon as I speak those last few words. He's talking with Jon, Maia Jem, and two others; a boy with black hair and a girl with long brown hair.
My brother looks over at them too. "You're right, that is strange." We both laugh and then Alec asks, "Do you know where Jace is? I haven't seen him at all."
I look around for a moment, "I can't see him now, but when Clary and I left him he was with Meliorn." Alec makes a disgusted face. "What do you not like him?"
Alec looks questioning for a moment. "Eh, not really. I mean he seems nice and all but I just feel like there's something off about him." Alec shrugs a little. "I don't know."
I look for a moment more and see Meliorn talking with Jace, our eyes lock before I look away.
By the Angel! This chapter was looooong. Those five O's stand for the five thousand words I wrote in this chapter. I figured that a long wait for a new chapter means that y'all deserve a long chapter. ;) Well anyway, I hope you guys liked this chapter! I'll try and write one for Thanksgiving and Christmas and in between and after and such.