Twenty Eighth One Shot:
Teacher
Clary POV:
My mom, my little brother Danny, and I have just moved into our new house and I still didn't know how to feel about this whole situation. My dad died a year ago, and my mom couldn't afford the house anymore. Turns out living in Oregon is a lot cheaper than living in New York. I was outside getting the last box when I heard a voice.
"Hello?" I heard and I got out of the moving van and saw the most gorgeous guy I've ever seen. "I'm Jace, I'm your neighbor." He said and I'm a little stunned for a moment taking in his beauty until I compose myself and smile.
"I'm Clary. Nice to meet you." He opens his mouth to speak but a little boy runs up and grabs him around the waist.
"Jace!" The little boy says out of breath. "You promised you'd take me to the comic book store!"
"I know, I was just coming over to say hi to our new neighbors." Jace says and the boy looks up at me and smiles.
"I'm Max." He says and I smile.
"I'm Clary."
"You're pretty." He says and I can't help but blush.
"Thank you." I said. "How old are you Max?"
"I'm 9!"
"I have a brother who is 9, I think you'd be great friends." I said and he got really excited.
"Where is he?" I smile and look at the house.
"Danny! Get out here!" I yell and I hear a load groan.
"What do you want Clary?" He yells from the window.
"Would it kill you to just listen to me for once?" I say and I hear him laugh.
"I did that once. I was in the hospital for a week." He said and Max laughed. And so did I.
"Nothing major." I tried to reassure them. "He wanted to wrestle, I didn't realize he couldn't take on his sister." Suddenly a figure appeared on our porch.
"You body slammed me off the couch." He said and I laughed.
"You never specified the rules." I said and he rolled his eyes. "And I told you it would hurt."
"Whatever. What do you want?"
"To introduce you to our neighbors. This is Max and Jace. Max is your age." I say and he joins me on the lawn. "Where do you go to school Max?"
"Alicante Elementary School."
"That's where Danny will be going." I said and I pulled him into a hug. "And, I have a bunch of comics in one of these boxes if you'd like to take the ones you've never read before." I said and his face lit up.
"Really?"
"Yea. I've had them for years, I don't read them anymore. You are more than welcome to take what you want." I said and he ran over and gave me a hug. I gladly reciprocated and looked at Danny. "Why can't you ever hug me like this Danny?"
"Because you're the devil." He said and my jaw dropped as I let out a laugh, and I could hear Jace trying to hide his laugh. "Mom wants that last box in the house. It has her brushes in them."
"Alright." I said and I let Max go. "Go show Max my room, and the box of comics you little mutant." I said and he rolled his eyes and Max followed him into the house. I turned around and Jace had a smile on his face. "He doesn't like a lot of people."
"I can see. Is he okay?"
"My dad died last year, and they were really close. It really tore him apart." I said and he nodded.
"I understand. Our parents died too, I take care of Max all by myself now."
"That must be hard."
"It is, but we do okay on our own." He says and I grab the box but I have a hard time picking it up. "You need some help?"
"That would be great." I say and he grabs the box and laughs.
"What's in this box?" He asks as he exits the truck.
"My moms art supplies. That the fourth box of them."
"She's an artist?" I nod and I lead him into the house. "Where do you want this?"
"Hold on." I say and he nods. "Mom! Where do you want this last box?" I shout.
"Bring it in here!" I hear her say from the other room. I motion for Jace to follow, and we walk into the back area and my mom looks frazzled. She turns around when I clear my throat and her eyes widen. "Who is this?"
"This is our neighbor, Jace. Jace this is my mom, Jocelyn."
"Nice to meet you." Jace says from behind the box.
"You can just set that down there sweetie." She says and he places the box on the ground. "Thank you."
"No problem." He smiles and I nearly melt.
"Alright mom, the truck is unloaded." I say and she smiles.
"Wonderful. I'm going to start dinner soon, if I could find the pots and pans." She starts looking in boxes.
"Don't worry about it mom, we can just order food."
"I know the best restaurant in the area. You should definitely check it out." Jace said and I smile.
"Sure, mind showing me where it is?"
"Sure, I'll take you there, and grab Max and I some dinner as well." He says and we begin to leave when I turn around.
"Mom, Danny is upstairs in my room with Max."
"Who is Max?"
"Jace's little brother. Him and Danny are the same age."
"Wonderful. He already has a friend." She smiles.
"Let's see how long he keeps him." I mutter and Jace laughs. I grab my keys and open the garage and lead Jace to my car. It wasn't anything special, just a Jeep, but my dad and I fixed it up, so it meant a lot to me. Jace directed me to the restaurant and we got our food and went back to my house. Max ran out with a bunch of comics and I laughed. We parted ways and I delivered the food to my mom and brother. Maybe living here wouldn't be so bad.
Time Jump – End Of Summer
Clary POV:
This past summer was unbelievably amazing. Jace and I had gotten really close. He would take me out, and we never really defined anything but I felt like it was going to get there soon. He was perfect, and I couldn't wait to see where things went.
It was my first day at my new school, and there was nothing like being a new senior. It absolutely sucked. I had just gotten my schedule, and I have been trying to open my locker for about 8 minutes when the bell rang. I groaned, my locker finally opened, and I grabbed my books and now had to look for my classroom. I was late, and I was hoping that I could try and be invisible today, but clearly that wasn't happening. I opened the door to my history classroom, and all eyes were on me. The teacher was facing the board and when he turned around his eyes and mine widened. Jace. Why the hell wouldn't he tell me he was a teacher. I mean, he's only 21. God this is embarrassing.
"Sorry I'm late." I said and he still looked shocked. "I'm Clarissa Fray, I'm new." I said giving him more time to comprehend it.
"Welcome." He finally said. "There is a seat next to Isabelle. Meet me after class." He said and I nodded. I made my way back to the empty desk.
"Hi, I'm Isabelle, but I prefer Izzy."
"I'm Clary." I said and she nodded. I tried so hard to focus on what we were learning, but I couldn't get over the fact that I had made out with my history teacher over the summer. I was doodling in my notebook when the bell rang. The other kids practically ran out of the classroom. I slowly packed my bags and soon it was just Jace and I left in the room. He went over to the door and shut it and turned around.
"What the hell." He said and I took a deep breath. "Why didn't you tell me you were coming here?"
"We never talked about it. You certainly didn't mention that at 21 you were a teacher." I nearly yelled. "God, this is fucked up." I said and I put my head in my hands. After a moment I looked back up at him. "We went out on dates, we…we had sex." I said and he winced. "Do you know how fucking weird this is?"
"For you or for me? Because I'm pretty sure it's against the law to eat your student out." He said and I groaned.
"What are we going to do?" I said and I looked back at him.
"We're going to pretend everything over the summer didn't happen." He said and my jaw dropped.
"Really?" I said and I stood up. "We're just supposed to forget the fact that we made out? Have seen each other naked? Have taken showers together?" I said and I could see this was turning him on. "Cause I for one, have sketches that prove that we have more than a student teacher relationship."
"Clary." He said and he sat behind his desk. "Whatever happened over the summer can't be brought back up. I'm your teacher."
"Fine." I said and I grabbed my books. "It's all forgotten. I need a pass." I said and I looked at my schedule. "I'm late for my art class." I said and he nodded and he wrote out a note. I walked over to his desk and leaned down and grabbed it. "Have a wonderful day Mr. Herondale." I said and I could hear a low growl escape his lips. I smiled and than walked out of his class. I turned the corner and bumped into someone.
"I'm so sorry." He said and I bent down to grab my books.
"It's not a problem." I said and I looked up.
"I'm Sebastian." He said and he helped me up.
"Clary." I said and he smiled.
"You're new right?" I nod. "I thought so, I would have noticed a beautiful girl before." He smiled at me, and although he was quite the charmer, there wasn't anyone that I wanted more than Jace. "I'll walk you, so you don't get lost."
"How kind of you." I said and he laughed. He was about to say something when a throat cleared behind us. I looked back and saw Jace standing there, and he didn't look happy.
"Get to class." He said in a deadly calm voice.
"No problem Mr. Herondale." Sebastian said and he grabbed my books. "If you'll follow me Clary." He said and I smiled and turned back around and started walking towards class. If Jace wanted things to be forgotten, than I was going to forget them, and if he couldn't control his anger, that's on him.
School ended and I got into my car and made my way to Danny's elementary school to pick him up. When I pulled up Danny and Max were both standing there. Danny got into the car followed by Max.
"Hey Max." I said and he smiled.
"Hey Clary, Jace got stuck at work." He said and I internally groaned. "He told me to ask you for a ride."
"Of course." I said and I started making my way home. When I pulled into our driveway Jace's car wasn't there, and Max hopped out unlocked his front door, wave and than disappeared. Danny and I made our way into the house to find my mom nowhere. Danny disappeared into his room, and I went into mine. I threw my book bag on the ground and laid on my bed. Today was weird, and having to see Jace every day was going to be terrible. I don't know how I'm going to do it.
Time Jump – Five Months Later
Clary POV:
Things have been extremely weird at school. Jace and I have avoided each other since the first day. He doesn't look at me, he doesn't call on me in class, he doesn't speak to me when we see each other at our houses. Occasionally I pick Max up, but Jace always tells Max to ask me, he never asks me himself. It was as if we didn't know each other at all, and I know that's what he wants, but it really sucks on my end.
I had to stay after and finish a painting for my art class. I had told my mom that I couldn't pick Danny up, so that I could stay and finish. When I finally looked at the clock I realized that it was 4:30, and I should probably head home. I got to my car when I was stopped by Sebastian.
"Clary." He smiled and I turned around.
"Hey Sebastian, why are you still here?" I asked. Not that I really cared. He had been asking me out for a couple months, but I guess he didn't really get the hint. I really didn't want to go out with him.
"Soccer practice. I saw you walking to your car and decided to say hello." He leaned a hand against my car. This didn't seem to be ending well.
Jace POV:
I had another late day today. I had just given a test, and I stayed to grade them. It was easier than going home and constantly having Max interrupt me. I was making my way to my car when I saw that Clary was walking to her car as well. I felt like a stalker but I stopped walking and went behind a pillar to watch when I saw Sebastian approaching. I would see them around school and I hated it. I hated that I couldn't be with Clary, I hated that we were avoiding each other, I hated that amongst everything, we had lost our friendship. We had a great time when we were together. We laughed, and joked, and made fun of each other. She was beautiful, and sweet, and sarcastic, and everything I thought I'd never find all in one girl, yet here came Clary, and she ended up being my student. They were talking when Sebastian leaned in. My fists clenched, and I started towards them. I didn't know what I was doing, I was just moving. It got worse when he kissed her. I started walking faster, and when I got to them, I pulled him off of her and punched him. He went down, and he was unconscious. I was pissed, and when I looked back at Clary she looked horrified.
"What the hell?" She said and I couldn't speak. I just turned around and went to my car. I heard her calling my name but I didn't stop. I just got in my car and headed home. I just made a huge mistake, but in the moment I didn't care. That was going to come back and bite me in the ass.
Clary POV:
After Jace ran away I stood there shocked. He had just knocked Sebastian out. I didn't even want to see if he was okay. I got in my car and started on my way home. When I pulled into the garage, I saw Jace's car in his. I walked over there and pounded on the door. Max opened it and I smiled.
"Hey Max, is Jace here?" I ask and he looks to the right. Clearly Jace is motioning to him.
"Uhh."
"You don't have to lie." I said and he looked down. "I heard you guys have some really tough math homework tonight." He nodded. "Danny is at my house working on it, maybe you can go over and figure it out together." I said and he smiled, grabbed his stuff and ran over to my house. I walked into Jace's house and saw him in the living room. I slammed the door and crossed my arms over my chest.
"Yes?" He said and I scoffed.
"You punch a student, and all I get is 'hey'?" I said and he started walking into the kitchen, and I followed. "What the hell was that Jace?"
"I don't know alright? I saw you two talking and when I saw you kissing I lost it." He said and he grabbed two bottles of water and handed me one. "I hate this situation Clary. It really sucks."
"You think I like it?" I said and he glared at me.
"You obviously don't care if you're kissing guys in the parking lot after school." He spat and I let out a dry laugh.
"Not that it's any of your business anyway, but I didn't kiss him. He kissed me. He corned me against my car when I was trying to leave." I said and his eyes softened. "Trust me, I didn't want him to kiss me."
"I didn't know."
"Of course you didn't, because you avoid me Jace. You don't make eye contact with me, you leave later or earlier so we won't run into each other, and sometimes you refuse to answer a question I have in class."
"I do not."
"Yes you do." I said and he sighed.
"I hate this." He said and I took a seat. "I hate that when I see you all I want to do is kiss you, or that all I could think about this past summer was everything we were going to do together. I was going to ask you to be my girlfriend." He said and I let out a breath. "I really like you Clary, and pretending like I don't is killing me."
"I don't like it either, but you're my history teacher Jace, and I don't want you to lose your job because of me." I said and he looked me in the eyes.
"I don't know how much longer I can do this." He said and I was confused. "Seeing you in my class, and seeing you sitting at your window sketching, and watching you interact with others the way I want to be able to interact with you is torture. I can't do it."
"What do we do than? I see no solutions to our problem." I said and I sat down next to him. "I like you Jace. I loved hanging out with you all summer, and getting to know you, and everything else we did. You made me feel special, but I won't let you get fired for me." I said and he looked at me. I sighed and stood up and made my way to the door. "I'll see you in class tomorrow Jace." I could see him about to protest but I opened the door and walked out. There was only so much heartbreak I could take, and looking at him, and being alone with him was pushing me over the edge.
Time Jump – Two Months Later
Jace POV:
Ever since Clary and I had that discussion, I realized that there was only one thing that I could do. I needed to switch schools. I couldn't keep going to school, having her in class, and seeing her at home playing with Max, and just accept that we could never be together. I had been applying to different schools around the area and so far no luck. I was upset.
When I got home from school today I checked my mail like I do every day and there was a letter from the private school I had applied too almost a month ago in there. I immediately dropped the other mail on the table and ripped it opened.
Dear Jonathan Herondale,
After close examination of your resume and the subjects that you would be able to teach, we are pleased to inform you that there is a position opened for you. If you are still looking for a job, please let us know immediately.
Thank you,
Jia Penhollow.
I couldn't believe it. I finally had an out and I was so excited to take it. I ran towards the phone and called the school as fast as I could.
"Hello?"
"Hello, my name is Jonathan Herondale, and I was wondering if I could speak to the principal?"
"One moment please." She said and the line went silent before someone started speaking.
"Jia Penhollow, who am I speaking with?"
"My name is Jonathan Herondale, and I just got the letter regarding the job." I said and I could hear her smile.
"Yes. Our 12th grade history teacher had some medical problems and can't finish out the year, and we were wondering if you'd be interested in taking over his position."
"Absolutely. I would love the job."
"Great. You can start next week." She said and I couldn't stop smiling.
"Thank you so much." We said out goodbyes and I practically jumped up and down like a teenage girl. I don't know what I was eve doing but the sound of the door opening snapped me back to reality and Max ran inside. "Did Clary drop you off?"
"Yea." He simply said and went to his room. I ran outside and saw Clary and Danny walking into the house.
"Clary." I said and she turned around. I motioned for her to follow me. She sighed and told Danny she'd be right back. We walked back to the forest where we meet many times over the summer.
"What do you want Jace?" She said, I knew this was killing her as much as it was killing me. I didn't even answer, I grabbed her by the waist and pulled her into a kiss. She was stunned for a moment but soon starts kissing me back. I had missed this so much and I could tell she did too. The kiss was needy, and aggressive, but filled with so much passion, and urgency. We needed this, and I didn't realize how much until this moment. After a few moments we pulled apart and she was breathless. "What did we just do?"
"We kissed."
"But we can't Jace. It's wrong, and against the law." She said as she stepped away form me.
"That's why I wanted to see you. It's not against the law anymore."
"What are you talking about?" She said. She was clearly confused.
"I got another job."
"Huh?"
"After our talk a couple months ago I realized that I want to find out what life with you is like, and I can't do that teaching at your school." I said and she looked confused. "I started applying to any school in this area and I heard back from one of them today. They offered me a position and I'm taking it." Her eyes widened and I stepped closer to her and grabbed her hands. "I have never felt the way I feel about anyone the way I feel about you. You understand me, and you make me laugh, and smile, and you make me feel alive. I can't let that go to waste because I am your teacher. So I'm switching schools, and if you still think it's wrong, than I won't pressure you into anything, but just remember, you graduate in less than five months, and you can bet your ass that once you are no longer in high school, I will try my hardest to get you again." I said and I could tell she was processing it all.
"You did that for me?" She asks and I let out a laugh.
"I did it for us." I said and I tucked a stray hair behind her ear. "Losing my parents taught me a lot, and one thing I learned was that life is so short, and there isn't time to wait and wonder what could have been. We need to take things into our own hands. And that's what I'm doing. I'm switching schools so I can be with the girl that I want. And if you want me Clary, I'm yours."
"I don't know what to say Jace." She said and my heart nearly broke. Maybe she was past it, and didn't want me anymore. "I just I can't believe it. Thank you." She said as she threw her arms around my neck.
"I have a week left at your school, and than I'm done." I said as she pulled back. "Next weekend, I want to take you out." I said and she smiled.
"Okay." She said and I couldn't help but pull her back into another hug. Things might be weird for a little, but I couldn't wait to see where things went with Clary. Switching schools might have been a hassle but I'd do anything for her, and now we were finally going to be able to see what our future held without any restrictions or reservations.
Authors Note:
This one shot was requested by a number of people, and I hope that it lived up to all of your expectations. I am currently in the middle of two other one shots, and they should be finished relatively soon! The consensus is out, I will only be doing Jace and Clary one shots! Thank you for all of your input! I really appreciate it :) Let me know what you think!
