Here's the newest chapter...I think this might be one of my longest chapters yet and one of my favourites.

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Chapter 28

Clary POV

I wake up the following morning wrapped in Jace's arms. I look up at his sleeping face and I smile at how peaceful and content he looks. I softly unwrap myself from his arms in order to go use the bathroom; at first I'm shocked to see a light smear of blood on my thighs and in the spot I just vacated. It takes a second before I remember the events of last night from the party to the poker game to the passionate evening they shared. I quickly grab Jace's discarded shirt along with my bra and panties before making my way to his attached bathroom for a quick shower. I come out in Jace's discarded shirt from the previous night to find Jace now awake laying on his back staring over at me.

"I think you look better than me in that shirt." he says with his signature Jace smirk.

I blush at his words silently making my way back over to his bed crawling back in next to him. Jace wraps his arms around me pulling closer and pressing a chaste kiss to my temple. I turn to face him pressing my lips to his kissing him chastely until Jace deepens the kiss; when we pull apart I rest my head on his shoulder catching my breath. "Morning Jace," I say once I've gotten my breathing under control.

"Morning angel. How do you feel about breakfast?" Jace asks rubbing soft circles on my lower back.

"I would love some." I say glancing up at him, "but I need to grab my bag from Izzy's room."

Jace smiles at me lightly shaking his head, "no you don't it's already here." he says pointing over to the corner nearest to the door.

"What? Did you sneak into her room or something?" I ask confused as to how it got here since it wasn't there when we went to bed last night.

"Izzy dropped it off while you were in the shower. Apparently her and Simon have plans to go out for the day, so she figured that since you weren't in her room you were probably in here again." Jace says moving to get out of bed pulling on his boxers and a pair of athletic shorts.

"Oh. Wait does that mean she knows we slept together?" I ask nervously knowing Izzy has a hard time keeping secrets.

"If you asking as to whether Izzy knows that we had sex last night. I don't think so since you were in the shower and I was under the sheet, but honestly angel even if she does Izzy won't say a word." Jace says hugging me before going to the bathroom.

Once he closes the door I get out of the bed grabbing my dress to put on a hanger until I take it home with me. I also take off Jace's shirt tossing it in his hamper before walking over to my bag and grabbing and changing into a pair of jean shorts along with a green sleeveless blouse. When Jace exits the bathroom he grabs a t-shirt shrugging it on as we walk out into the hallway making our way to the kitchen.

When we reach the kitchen Jace turns to me asking, "what do you feel like having to eat? We have got bread for toast, cereal, oatmeal, eggs, and tons of other food seeing as we did groceries yesterday." he says going to the fridge bringing eggs and bacon out with him.

"Ummm...I'll take a BLT if you have lettuce and tomatoes here plus mayo of course." I say smiling over at him while grabbing a glass for some juice.

"Sure thing. Is white bread okay?" he asks glancing over at me before grabbing pans for the bacon and eggs.

I nod in response, pouring myself a glass of orange juice and then sitting down at the table watching Jace cook. I can't help but smile as he hums to himself while frying up some bacon for my BLT as well as some bacon and eggs for himself. I grab two plates taking and setting them down on the counter next to the stove, "need any help?" I ask.

Jace looks over at me, "no thanks angel I'm almost finished anyways." he says flipping the bacon and putting the bread in the toaster before grabbing the lettuce and a tomato.

"Fine." I say making my way back over to the table and my abandoned glass of juice. "Do you want anything to drink with your breakfast?

"Actually. A glass of apple juice would be great thanks." he says chopping up the tomato and lettuce.

I grab him a glass heading to the fridge pouring him some juice, then taking it back to the table setting it down in the spot next to mine. I sit back down at the table watching Jace put the finishing touches on our breakfast. I take a bite of my sandwich and let out a soft moan in pleasure, "this is amazing Jace. Thank you."

"No problem angel, I'm glad you like it...now finish up we have plans for the rest of the day." he says resting his free hand on mine and giving it a light squeeze.

I look at him slightly confused, "we do? I don't remember making any plans for today...and if you're thinking we're going to spend the day in your bed, well then your crazy." I say smirking when he grabs at his heart as if I've wounded him.

"Ouch. Clare-bear, how could you think that. I mean yes I would love to spend the day in bed with you, but in this case that isn't the plan. Today I want to take you someplace you are going to love while feeling at home and hopefully you can teach me a thing or two." Jace says smiling at me with love in his eyes.

"And where might that place be Jace?" I ask with a slight blush to my cheeks still finding hard to believe how much we truly care about each other. After spending years fighting and never getting along to be at this place in our lives with each other still surprises me although I wouldn't want to change it for the world.

After finishing up his last few bites taking he looks up at me, "it's a surprise Clare-bear, now you finish up while I go get changed." he says rinsing his dishes off before going back to his room.

As I'm finishing up my own breakfast I hear someone come into the kitchen, "that was quick Jace." I say before looking over my shoulder to see Alec walking to the fridge looking half asleep. "Oh sorry Alec, I thought you were Jace."

"Sorry to disappoint Clare." he says quickly looking over his shoulder at me. "So what do you two have planned for today?" he asks coming over to the table with a yogurt.

I smile at him, "Jace is taking me out somewhere. He says that he's taking me somewhere that I'll love and feel at home, but also says that it's a surprise."

"That sounds like such fun." Magnus says walking him sparkling from head to toe. "Surprises are so much fun...don't you think so Alexander." he says touching Alec's shoulder quickly before sitting down.

I see Alec slightly blush and look down at his yogurt avoiding eye contact with both of us. I look from Alec to Magnus and then back my mind constantly churning. I have my suspicions but leave them alone at least for now not wanting to make Alec uncomfortable since he has always been shy. I rinse off my dishes putting them into the dishwasher as I'm walking out I hear Magnus call out, "looking good Clary." I smile and can't help but think to myself we are going to be great friends.

"Ready to go Clare-bear?" Jace says bringing me out of my own thoughts.

"Ah ya just let me grab my purse be back in a second." I say running off to Jace's room. When I come back out I bump into a hard chest thinking it's Jace I say, "you didn't have to follow me I told you it would only take a second silly."

"Ah Rissa, I didn't follow you. I was looking for you to see if you were heading home and what your plans were for the day, but now I'm wondering why your coming from Jace's room and why all you stuff is in there." Jon says surprising me.

I look up at him a little shocked as I thought he may have gone home last night after the poker game. I try to figure out what to say after a couple minutes of silence I decide to go with, "morning Jonny I moved my stuff into Jace's room after I got up in case Izzy and Simon came back later and went to her room. I didn't want to interrupt anything, but I've got to be going Jace is taking me out for the day."

Before I can get too far Jon calls out after me, "where are you two going Rissa?"

I turn back to him, "he said its a surprise but that it's someplace I'll love. Now I really have to get going he's waiting for me downstairs...I'll see you back at home later bye Jonny."

"Okay...see you later. Oh by the way do you want me to take your stuff back home?" Jon asks.

"Ya thanks Jonny, that would be great actually." I say running back to give him a quick kiss on the cheek.

"No problem Rissa, what else are big brother's for...oh wait I know protecting their little sister's."

I pull back meeting his eyes and immediately realize that he knows everything or at least has a pretty good idea. Before I can even think of a response Jon goes on to explain, "I saw you two go into his room last night Rissa, I was coming out of the hall bathroom when you guys came upstairs and went into his bedroom." I look up at him shocked, but before I can come up with a response he holds up his hand to stop me. "I don't want an apology Rissa, and I'm not going to tell mom and dad but I do want to know are you okay? Did you guys use protection? And did he treat you right? Because if he didn't Rissa I'm going to kill him; even though he's my best friend I will." Jon whispers waiting for an answer.

"Yes Jon. Yes to all of you questions and before you ask anything else he didn't pressure me, he never has. I'm the one who started it and he gave me full control. He said I could stop at anytime if I wasn't ready to go any further. He was careful and kind and of course we used protection...geez Jon I'm not an idiot." I say looking him in the eye even though I know my face is probably as red as a tomato.

"Okay I'm glad, but I still don't think you should be doing that kind of stuff Rissa." he says.

"Jon, I'm 16 nearly 17. I love that you want to protect me but in this case you can't and instead you have to trust me. Now I really have to get going before Jace comes up here wondering what's taking me so long to find my purse." I say looking up at him.

"I do trust you Rissa, but your still my baby sister no matter how old you are. Although I do understand your point and get where you're coming from, so as long as your happy and careful I won't do anything crazy. Now get going I'll grab your stuff and see you later." he says pulling me into a quick hug before softly pushing me towards the stairs.

"Thanks Jonny." I say softly running back downstairs.

When I reach the bottom step Jace turns to me and smiles, "thought you got lost up there for a second. Everything okay Clare-bear?"

"Yea just took me a second to find my purse now and I was talking to Jon, now let's go I can't wait to see where we're going." I say as we make our way to Jace's car.

"What did Jon have to say?" he asked once we got to the car.

We get in the car and Jace pulls out of the driveway as I start to tell him about mine and Jon's earlier conversation, "well when I came out with my purse I walked into Jon and he asked me why my stuff was in your room. I tried to play it off like I moved it there this morning but it turns out Jon saw us go into your..."

"Seriously...oh god he's going to kill me and that's only if your father doesn't find out and kill me first." Jace interrupts.

"Jace calm down, please let me finish before you have a panic attack. So as I was saying Jon saw us go into your room last night and he knows that we slept together, but he promised not to tell my parents. He did ask me if I was okay, if we used protection, and if you treated me right which I responded to yes each time. Jace everything is fine this relationship is about you and me not Jon or my parents. I love you Jace and we did nothing wrong last night; you didn't force or pressure me and you let me set the pace for what went on, so please stop worrying." I say looking at him reaching over to light pat his arm.

When I go to pull my hand back Jace quickly grabs it taking bringing it up to my lips and kissing each of my knuckles before letting go. "Okay Clare-bear, well in all honesty I'm glad your brother knows because I don't want to hide how much I love you, not for one second. Also now we both know that he trusts us because if he didn't he would have run downstairs and strangled me till I was blue in the face."

As we approach our destination in silence but content I look out the window trying to figure it out where we're going, but there are just so many places that he could be taking me. A couple minutes later Jace glances over at me quickly before bringing his attention back to the road ahead, "Clare-bear can I get you to cover your eyes; we're almost their and I don't want to spoil the surprise."

"Sure I guess I can do that Jace." I say covering my eyes with my hands smiling.

Jace POV

We pull into the parking lot at the Museum of Modern Art and I look over at Clary to make sure her eyes are still covered. "When we stop keep your eyes covered no peeking okay." I say looking around finally finding a spot. Once we stop I shut off the car saying, "just wait here I'll come around to open the door no peeking angel." I open the passenger door grabbing her purse and helping her out of the car; once she's out I wrap my arm around her waist pointing us towards the entrance. I press my lips to her temple and whisper, "open your eyes angel."

As soon as her eyes open I can see how happy she is in her face, the way her eyes sparkle and light up as well as the huge smile radiating on her face. "Oh my god...the museum of modern art. Jace are we seriously going to spend the day here?" she asks with unshed tears in her eyes.

"Yes angel come on let's go in I want to hear all about what art means to you." I say giving her waist a light squeeze.

Before I can move to take a step forward Clary jumps up at me and I instinctually wrap my arms around her waist holding her close as she wraps hers around my neck. "I love my surprise Jace and I love you for bringing me here."

I set her feet back down on the ground whispering, "I'm glad you like your surprise Clare-bear, now let's go inside I want to hear all about your favourite artists and your inspirations."

She takes her purse from me and grabs my hand as we make our way to the entrance of the museum. I continue to sneak peeks at her from the corner of my eye and I just can't get enough of how happy she looks to be here. Clary loves art and she loves to draw; she can't get enough of it. It's her passion and I love how much it means to her, bringing her here just feels right it's like I get to see her in her natural setting. As soon as we enter the museum Clary starts off in some random direction pulling at me to keep up. We stop in front of a painting I have seen it before but can't seem to recall the name.

"Isn't beautiful Jace, with the bold dramatic brush strokes. The blending of colours and look as if he was fast moving while he painted; Van Gogh was an amazing artist in his time don't you think Jace." Clary asks me while never once taking her eyes off the painting in front of her.

"Yes Clare-bear, it's a beautiful work of art and the bold colour makes the picture stand out and unique. Makes it hard for the viewer to forget what their looking at." I say watching Clary's reaction to my words while still looking at the painting.

"Let's keep looking there is so much more beauty to see today Jace." she says to me taking my hand leading me in another direction to see more amazing works of art.

After walking around the museum for hours we decide to go out for a nice late lunch before heading back home. We decide to go to Taki's one of our favourite restaurants; it may not be anything fancy but the food is great and the service isn't half bad. We walk in and sit down at one of the booths in the back, "so Clare-bear did you have fun today?" I ask taking her hands in mine.

"Thank you so much for today Jace, I had so much fun." she says smiling at me from across the table.

"I'm glad you had fun. I had a great time getting to see the art lover in you and getting to learn the ins and outs of it." I say smirking at her until the waitress comes over.

"Hey there Jacey poo. What can I get for you today?" Kaelie asks in a sultry voice as she tries to flirt with me.

"I'll take a steak sandwich with cheese and a coke please." I say to Kaelie without looking at her before asking Clary, "how about you angel what do you feel like having today?"

Clary glances up at Kaelie giving her a smile. "I'll take a chicken caesar wrap with no tomato and a Dr. Pepper please. Thanks for asking baby." she says reaching across the table pulling my face to meet hers in a passionate kiss.

"Hmmph...get a room." Kaelie mutters as she walks back to the kitchen.

When we pull back to breathe I look at Clary in the eyes giving her one of my signature smirks, "you can take my breath away again anytime angel."

"Sorry about that she just gets on my nerves especially when she flirts with you even though I'm sitting right where with you holding my hands." she says to me avoiding my eyes as a slight blush creeps into her cheeks.

"There is nothing for you to be sorry about angel, but just remember you have my heart meaning no one else can have it and I wouldn't want them to because you are the one for me." I say honestly.

We talk about the our time at the museum today as well as what we're looking forward to with school starting back up tomorrow; when our food arrives we simply eat with bits of conversation in between. Once were finished we decide that it's about time we head home since we've been gone all day. I drop Clary off back at home walking her along the front walk up to her doorstep giving her a quick kiss and wishing her a goodnight and that I'll see her tomorrow at school since I know Jon drives her.


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