Part Two...

JACE'S POV

When he held her hand Jace could tell it freaked Clary out a little. He wasn't entirely sure why though. That reaction could've been for a myriad of reasons. The main two being either she did like him or she didn't. Clearly, two very different assumptions and Jace didn't want to get it wrong, so for now his best bet was to go with the latter. Even if it was the former he wanted to let things continue to progress on its own with Clary remaining oblivious to who he actually was.

Despite this train of thought, there was one other thing that Jace was focusing on. Clary hadn't pulled her hand away from him. She had actually squeezed his hand back after he wrapped his fingers around hers. Then, when the ride got to the very top Jace looked over at Clary to see that she was looking down with wide eyes. Probably a bad idea.

As soon as the ride began to drop Clary's eyes slammed shut and her hand gripped Jace's so tightly he winced. He watched her as they fell, he had been on this ride so many times as a child that it didn't even affect him anymore. Clary's flaming red hair flew up above her head making it look like actual fire. He laughed when he saw her knuckles turning white from gripping the metal handle bar, her other hand was also turning white from gripping Jace's hand. He really didn't mind though.

The drop slowed as they reached solid ground again. Clary's eyes remained shut even after the protective harness was released and the others started to stand up. Jace pulled Clary's harness up over her and pulled her hand so that she'd stand up.

"Clary it's over," Jace said when she didn't stand. At that one of her eyes cracked open. She opened them both when she saw that he was, in fact, telling the truth and they needed to leave. She still didn't let go of Jace's hand even after they were several yards away from the ride. It was only when Simon gave her a weird look that Clary seemed to realize what she was doing. She pulled her hand away from Jace quickly and awkwardly before walking over to Isabelle and Simon and avoiding Jace's gaze.

Way to ruin it, Si. Jace thought but he restrained himself from rolling his eyes.

"So what are we doing now that we've survived that?" Clary asked clearly still having a deep hatred for the giant drop.

"Well," Isabelle started. "We've got two more rides to go on and then I don't know about you guys but I'm getting pretty hungry." When there was a chorus of agreement from the group Isabelle turned back to Clary. "So I guess we'll get something to eat and then head back home."

As Clary and Isabelle continued their conversation Jace noticed that Clary's sharpie was sticking out of her back pocket so much so that it looked like it might fall. Jace remembered that he needed to respond to her message. He weighed out all his options for a moment before realizing that stealing her writing utensil would be easiest. Quickly, Jace reached over and lightly grabbed the sharpie. He pulled it out of her pocket in one swift movement before taking two steps back so that he wasn't even near her. Clary looked back for a moment but didn't seem to think twice about it as she turned back to Isabelle.

"What was that?" Alec questioned him and Jace saw that literally everyone except for Isabelle and Clary had seen what he just did and were staring intently at him. Jace just pulled back the sleeves of his hoodie and uncapped the sharpie.

"Left my pen at home."

Hey. I'm good but a little busy right now.
I'll talk to you later, promise.

He drew a little heart at the end before capping the sharpie. Jon, Alec, Magnus, and Simon were all watching as he wrote this and they all had the same expression. The expression saying "wow, I didn't know you were such a softy."

Jace rolled his eyes. "Shut up." He then tapped Clary on the shoulder. When she turned around he held up the sharpie. "Drop something?"

She shoved her hands into her back pockets and then patted her front pockets before taking the sharpie from Jace. "Thanks." As she took the sharpie though Clary caught a glimpse of her own wrist and a soft but genuine smile appeared on her face. Jace's heart seemed to throb at that sight but in a good way. He loved seeing Clary smile and he loved it even more when he was the cause of her smile.

When he turned back to the guys again they all still wore that same expression except now it seemed more intense. Jace let out a deep and angry breath as he glared at the four. "I told you to shut up."

"We haven't said anything," Alec pointed out motioning to all four of them.

"You don't need to," Jace said. "The looks on your stupid faces say enough."

"Whatever you say," Alec put up his hands defensively.

Jon then whispered. "Whipped." And they all stifled a laugh.

Jace raised an eyebrow. "What'd you just say?" He demanded.

"Nothing," Jon shrugged. "Just that you seem a tad bit whipped."

Jace rolled his eyes. "Being in love doesn't mean you're whipped."

"So you finally admit you do love her?" Simon asked and Jace hadn't realized he said that word. All four waited silently for a response as Jace's mouth opened and closed like an idiot.

"Ready to continue?" Clary asked as she and Isabelle suddenly appeared at his side. Jace looked down at the small red head and he knew what his answer was. So, despite being cut off, and Clary literally being right there, Jace turned back to Simon and the others.

"Yeah," He said. "I am admitting it."

"Admitting what?" Isabelle wondered and she and Clary looked around at them all for an answer.

Jace just shook his head. "We'll tell you guys some other time, for now, let's just go to the next ride."


"I'm beat," Jon complained as they climbed into the Lightwood's mini van. This time Alec was still driving though Magnus sat next to him. Clary was behind Magnus and Jace behind Alec. Jon sat behind Jace with Isabelle next to him and Simon next to her.

"Same," Alec complained even as started backing the car out of the parking lot.

"Do you guys still want to stop to eat or are you willing to wait 3 hours and order pizza at the dorms?" Isabelle asked and there were differing answers.

Jace spoke up above everyone. "I don't give a shit what the rest of you think I'm starving and we're stopping."

"I second that motion," Clary yawned. "Despite how tired I am, food wins."

"Agreed," Simon said.

"Alright," Isabelle leaned her head on Simon's shoulder. "Looks like we're still getting food first."

"How about this," Alec cut in. "What if we just went to a drive through?"

"I like the sound of that much better," Magnus said and suddenly everyone else was agreeing to Alec's ingenious idea.

They ended up pulling up to McDonald's solely because it was the first place they saw. Alec was ducking his head in and out of the car window as he took and placed orders from each of them in turn. When they got their food it was quickly sorted and passed around. Everyone ate quickly not caring about taking the time to enjoy the food. Alec was the only one to actually eat relatively slowly seeing as he was driving and all.

"Content," Jonathon's voice cut through the silence after about 15 minutes. "That is how I can describe right now... and full." Everyone laughed a little at that.

"Can't argue with that," Simon said. "Next time can you guys not let me order three burgers?"

"Don't forget about the large fries and large chocolate milkshake you had," Clary added.

"And refused to share," Isabelle pouted and there was more laughter.

"We should do this every weekend," Magnus said as the laughter died down.

"But I still don't know why we did it this weekend," Alec said and suddenly everyone turned to the girls.

Isabelle shrugged. "I already told you guys, it was a spur of the moment decision. And trust me, we will likely be doing something similar to this next weekend." Izzy shot Clary a look that Jace almost missed. He glanced over at Clary to see if she'd react and she did, she gave Isabelle a small, thankful smile that almost seemed sad.


About an hour went by when all that could be heard was the radio playing softly. Nobody spoke, they were all too tired to. When Jace looked around he saw that everyone (except Alec) either had their eyes closed or was gazing out the window. Nobody was on their phones so the only light came from the occasional street lamp and the moon.

Clary appeared to be trying to go to sleep too. She had kicked off her shoes and was trying to get into a comfortable position. Jace chuckled silently as she made a frustrated expression when she couldn't find one. He rubbed her shoulder to get her attention and when she looked up he motioned for her to lean against him. After a moment of trying to figure out some other comfortable position Clary obliged. She was curled up in a ball as she rested her head in Jace's lap. She only twisted around a moment longer before settling down and it only took a few more minutes before Jace felt her breaths become even and realized she was now sleeping.

He resisted the urge to stroke her hair but couldn't stop himself from tucking a stray lock of orange hair behind her ear. Her arm was in a position so that Jace could see the writing on his wrist. He smiled as he pulled back his own sleeve and stared down at the matching marks. It still amazed him that they were able to do this. It was magic and it was the thing that brought him as close as he was to Clary. He loved it almost as much as he loved her.

When Jace looked up he saw that Alec was watching him from the review mirror. The two just stared at each other for a while, silently communicating and somehow understanding exactly what the other was trying to say. Once Alec looked back at the road Jace's gaze fluttered back down to the girl sleeping in his lap. She looked so peaceful just lying there. He knew it was cliche but he couldn't help wondering how he could've been so lucky as to have her in his life.

So I just got to say that I get so many comments about how people are dying for Clary to know like now and I just sort of laugh cause... oh man y'all still got several chapters to go. I know that I'm sort of the devil but do you really want the story to end soon? I didn't think so.
But I also wanted to say that the Six Flags chapters were some of my favorite to write. I love Clace moments because I am just a tad guilty of being a huge romantic. Love stories are my weakness which sucks because I try not to be like a soft person (irl) but everyone has a guilty pleasure I suppose.
Anyway, I hope y'all liked this chapter! Like I said, they were super fun to write so I hope y'all enjoyed reading them just as much as I did writing them. Please review and I'll update soon!