Chapter 26

Jace's POV

A week had passed since Clary and I had gotten back together after our brief break-up and I was still trying to make it up to her. Apparently though, I was starting to annoy her.

What was annoying about sending flowers though? I felt bad about the things I had said to her and I just wanted her to know I was seriously sorry.

"Seriously Jace, just stop," Clary said, poking me in the chest with her good hand. She had been to the doctor a day after she punched Meliorn and the doctor had confirmed that she had broken her hand.

"This is the last one," I said as I handed her a rose.

She just smiled and took the rose from me. "Am I going to go up to my dorm and find a bouquet of these sitting outside the door?" she asked, tilting her head slightly.

"Maybe..." I replied with a shrug.

She just sighed but kept the smile on her face. "I forgive you, you know?" she said.

"I know... I just want to prove to you how much I love you and how sorry I am for the things I said to you while we were briefly broken up."

Clary continued to smile and she reached up to place a kiss on my cheek. "I'm going to go put this with the bouquet," she said, holding up the rose.

"Alright," I replied, smiling as she walked past me.

Clary's POV

I smiled down at the rose Jace had given me as I waited for the elevator to arrive on the right floor. I loved that he was getting me flowers but after about the third time I found a bouquet sitting outside my door, it started to become a little annoying.

Sure enough, when I approached the dorm room I shared with Maia, there was a bouquet of roses sitting on the floor with a white card attached.

I managed to put the rose Jace had given me into the bouquet and I picked it up and brought it into the dorm room before I read the card.

Meet me in the greenhouse at 12pm.

The greenhouse was the place Jace and I always went when we wanted to be alone for a little while and the fact that it was Sunday only made this plan of his better. I mean, we could spend the rest of the day up in the greenhouse if we really wanted to.

I put the card down again and walked out of the dorm room.

~o~O~o~

After leaving the dorm room, I didn't find Jace but I had run into Alec who had told me Jace had gone off to do something.

A few hours had gone by and when I looked at the clock, I saw it was almost 12pm so I started making my way up to the greenhouse.

When I opened the door and walked in, I couldn't see anyone so I shut the door behind me and walked further into the greenhouse, taking in the plants which were, as usual, beautiful.

I felt a pair of arms wrap around my waist and I turned my head to see Jace standing behind me. He leaned down and rested his chin on my shoulder and just smiled his breathtaking smile at me.

"So... why did you want me to meet you here?" I asked, returning his smile.

He moved closer to me and placed a kiss on my cheek before he let his arms slip away from my waist and he caught my good hand in one of his.

"Just come with me," he said in a whisper, his breath tickling my ear. He then stood up properly and started leading me through the greenhouse.

We weaved between the plants and eventually we rounded one of the hedges and beside what appeared to be a small stone pond, there was a picnic blanket set up.

"A picnic in the greenhouse?" I asked, looking up at Jace.

"Yes," Jace replied. "I just want to spend some time with you."

"You seem to want to spend a lot of time with me," I said.

"Is that wrong?" Jace asked.

I just shook my head as Jace led me over to the picnic blanket which had variety of sandwiches and other snacks set out on it.

Jace and I sat down and I picked up one of the sandwiches. "So... I never got the details of your 'fight' with Meliorn," Jace said before he grabbed a sandwich.

"There wasn't much to tell... I mean, I think he thought I was going to kiss him or something... instead, I punched him..."

Jace just laughed. "He deserves so much more than a punch," he said.

"I agree... but I'm not going to do anything else... I don't want to get in trouble," I said.

"What if he tries something again?" Jace asked.

"I doubt he will... have you seen how he acts around me? Whenever he sees me, he tries to get away from me as fast as possible... he's scared of me," I said.

Jace just laughed again.

~o~O~o~

We continued to have a conversation as we ate and before I knew it, I could see the sun setting in the western sky through the glass roof of the greenhouse.

"Wow... the sun's already setting," I said.

Jace turned around for a moment before he looked back at me. "We've been up here for a while..."

I just nodded. "Thank you... for planning this. It was nice..." I said.

Jace just smiled and he moved closer to me.

His hand reached up and rested on my cheek and he moved forward, pressing his lips to mine.

This kiss started out slow and slowly became more passionate.

Jace moved closer to me again and he ended up forcing me onto my back and he hovered over me.

I tangled my good hand in his hair again and kissed him back.

I wasn't sure exactly how long we were kissing but I felt Jace jump slightly and a moment later I felt something cold fall on me. I then realized that the sprinklers had turned on.

"Come on," Jace said, smiling slightly as he helped me up from the ground.

"What about the picnic stuff?" I asked.

"I'll get that later... let's just get out of here," he said and we both began to quickly make our way out of the greenhouse.

~o~O~o~

"Sorry about the sprinklers," Jace said as we walked down the hall.

"It's alright," I replied.

Jace just smiled at me and wrapped an arm around my shoulders as we walked towards the elevator.

The ride down to my floor was slow, but not slow enough.

"Thank you... again," I said with a smile as I stepped out of the elevator.

"No problem... I'll see you tomorrow," Jace replied.

I smiled and gave Jace a wave before the elevator doors closed and then I walked down to my room.

~o~O~o~

I had been in my dorm room for about fifteen minutes when there was suddenly a knock on my door.

Maia still wasn't back so I got off my bed, put my sketchpad down and went to open the door.

I had been expecting someone like Jace or Isabelle or even Alec but no.

Standing in the doorway was a familiar male figure with a head of white-blonde hair and it most certainly wasn't Jonathan.

A/N: Dun dun dun... review please!