the days passed by and it was christmas. Clary got dressed in a dark green simple dress with knee high socks. Her and aline blasted music thru the kitchen. They had done all the baking and they were just preparing food for the day.
Aline had really started showing and anyone who even glanced at her bumb was at risk. She had screamed at john several times and her mother was the only safe one in the house. Even her father avoided the pregnant woman.
Her parents entered the room and her mother took the knife out of hand and took her place and said "your father wants a word" Clary nodded and followed her father into his office. She closed the door and sat down.
Her father took his seat and said "How are you clary?" Clary smiled and said "I'm good, why?" Her father swallowed and said "I have a suggestion for you" Clary frowned and he started talking about love and life and clary was starting to think he was trying to solve their problems. talking about how she could be happy. but then very wrong words tumbled out of his mouth.
"I think you should date jace" Clary looked at him, didn't say a word. Her father looked at her and she realised He was dead serious!
Clary sat up straighter and asked "excuse me?, what are you saying" Her father leaned back in his seat and said "I think you and jace would make a nice couple" clary scoffed, oh the irony. Clary smiled and it wasn't happy. Her father couldn't tell what that smile was but he wasn't sure he ever wanted to see it.
"What about the guy i'm seeing currently?" Her father waved his hand and said "it's up to you but i think it would be in your best interest" Clary nodded and asked "And what is my best interest?" Her father looked a her and said "to be happy with someone who understand" Clary tilted her head to the side and asked "Is there a reason you think im not capable of knowing this" her father shook his head and said "It's my personal opinion that jace would be better suitable as your partner" Clary started at him and she asked "how?, what do you know about my partner, Why is jace better?"
Clary leaned back in her chair she was genuinely interested now, how is jace better then jace. Her father narrowed his eyes and said "He understand the business" Clary nodded and waited for him to continue. "He wouldn't question your involvement" Clary smiled and said "and who says he does, father i'll have you know that. He is well aware of 'business' and he doesn't question me, so tell me the real reason, why jace?" Her father narrowed his eyes and seemed to realise that his daughter was enjoying this and said "Because i approve" Clary narrowed her own eyes and said "That means nothing to me" Her father stood up slamming his hand down on the desk.
She was sure it sounded throughout the house. but she didn't flinch He didn't scare her. in a low angry voice her father growled out "you should care about it" Clary smiled and said "I know what i want and it isn't to please you in ever way i can"
Her father looked at her with anger clary stood up and said "you can't choose who i spend my life with, it's my decision. it will always be mine" He shook his head and said "I can change that" Clary narrowed her eyes and said "but you can't change my mind, you can't tell me who to love. that's up to me"
Her father looked at her and said "Tell me Clarissa, Who do you love. and how do you know you love him" Clary stood up and in a clam voice she said "it shouldn't matter who. and i know i do. because i can't stop thinking about him, he's in my head when i go to sleep and when i wake up. Everything that we do together makes me happy. just seeing him makes me happy." Her voice cracked and she said "I'm in love with him, nothing will change that. the way he makes me feel. I can't describe it in words. All i need to do is look into his eyes and im gone." She looked at her father's still angry face and roared out "Nothing you say will change that, force me to be with someone else and i'll never be happy. I'll run away for good this time"
Her father shook his head and said "you wouldn't" Clary smiled a smile that scared him and said "you know i would and i could" She turned on her heel and walked towards the door and her father followed her. She stepped out the door and her father said "Clarissa I'm not done with you" Clary stopped and said "Go on, I don't care" Her father laughed and said "You will do as I say" Clary laughed and asked "or what?" She turned around and her father balled his fists and said "I just want what's best for you" Clary shook her head and you could see the sadness in her eyes as she said "but I want love, you can't force that" Her father shook his head and said "you can learn"
Clary shook her head and said "I don't want that, I want a love that's consuming, and that's real, and stupid. The kind where I'm the girl in the movie who had the I-can't-live-without-you love. And i want it to be raw and un influenced" She ran a hand thru her hair and said "And i have that, And i won't let it go"
Her father smiled and it wasn't a warm one. It was evil. He looked at her and said "Clarissa leave" Clary smiled and said "with joy" She walked over to her shoes and tugged her coat on and turned around and said "merry christmas" She had her phone and wallet. she grabbed her car keys and opened the door.
The looked up at was met with the herondales. Clary stepped aside and they looked at her. Clary nodded and said "We'll merry christmas" she walked passed them or tried. Jace latched on to her arm and asked "it's christmas, get back inside" Clary smiled sadly and said "oh, i'm not welcome here" Jace looked inside to where her father stood and looked at his daughter in anger. Jace nodded and said "then im coming with you" His parents looked at him and without talking they we're trying to tell him no. But he wasn't giving up "you heard them talk, I'm on her side"
his parents nodded and they too turned around. Clary walked down the steps and said "don't ruin christmas, keep my mother company" clary unlocked her car and jace hurried after her.
She sat down in the car and jace got in beside her and clary didn't waste time in turning the engine on and pulling out of the driveway. Clary reaved thru the traffic and onto a old road. She pulled up at a parking lot and looked out over the view.
a field untouched by anyone and a lake at the bottom. She used to come here a lot.
Jace reached over and held her hand. For a moment she forgot he was there. Jace looked at the view and said "what is this place?" Clary smiled and said "it's a hiking track. you can walk around the lake" jace nodded and looked over at her.
Clary looked over at him and said "He suggested that I see someone he approves of" jace just looked away. He couldn't say anything to make it better, He heard them talking. "He said that he would approve and that that would make him better for me" Jace nodded and asked "May i ask who?" Clary scoffed out a laugh and said "That's the funny part, he doesn't know anything about you, what you look like, how you handle things, what you work with" Jace nodded and said "Who?, is as he but it 'better' than me?" clary smiled and said "you, he suggested i go out with you"
Jace stared at her and said "are you serious?" Clary nodded and said "I was partly relieved because i was going to tell him, but when he said it, it ruined it. It had nothing to do with you being the one he choose, it was the fact that he picked someone" Jace nodded and asked "like he could choose who you loved" Clary nodded and said "He doesn't deserve to know, He basically kicked me out anyways"
Jace pulled her over the centre of the car into his lap and tilted the seat back. Clary placed her hand on his shoulder and gave him a quick kiss and said "could we just sit here?" Jace nodded and said "by the way, merry christmas" Clary nodded and said "and hopefully a happy new year"
Meanwhile at the morgenstern household……
Celine and stephen stepped inside and valentine was stood in the same spot. Celine moved to speak up when jocelyn stormed out and looked around. She seemed to realise her daughter was no longer in the house and turned on her husband and asked "What have you done?" Valentine sighed and said "I just suggested something?" Jocelyn looked at him her eyes narrowed her eyes angry and her entire frame tense "Where did she go?" at this point her husband looked scared. He looked at the door and said "I told her to leave"
And that's when the screaming started. Celine and stephen looked at each other before walking around them into the kitchen where aline was stood. She looked up at them and asked "Did she leave?" They nodded and aline sighed and asked "Did he go with her?" Celine nodded and aline smiled in relief and said "then they should be just fine, now keep me company"
The screaming ended and jocelyn came back inside the kitchen and said "now that i've dealt with him, we can actually celebrate" They all sat down in the living room and aline asked "who did he suggest she go out with?" Jocelyn sighed and said "Jace" aline raised her eyebrows at first and then she frowned. A roller coaster of reactions But in the end she burst out laughing.
They all stared at her and aline said "That's so funny" Celine looked at her and asked "why?" aline smiled and said "well she's already seeing jace" As the words were spoken she seemed to realise that she said it. She spilled a secret to the worst people possible. she slapped a hand over her mouth as her eyes widened.
All three adults stared at her in surprise and aline shook her head and said "no, i didn't say that, please tell me i didn't say that?" Jocelyn looked at her and asked "are you telling me, that's clary and jace have been seeing each other this entire time" Aline paled and celine asked "So when she was sick and stayed with us they were a thing" Aline covered her face and said "I wasn't supposed to tell anyone" Celine walked over to her sitting down and said "This had to come out somehow" Aline nodded and said "She wasn't ready for that, i ruined it. on christmas"
So I'm this was uneventful but I have a plan now. What do you think will happen. And what do you want to happen?
