Chapter 57: Day Three - Simon

Okay we're back for day three! I just want to send a massive thank you to A, whose reviews have literally shaped these chapters. I knew that I wanted to do them, but not really what I wanted to put in them, and your suggestions have made writing these chapters so much easier! I hope you all like them :)

Simon's POV

"I'm sorry I missed you graduation Becky - it's just we were on tour, and I tried to get away, I really did, but Magnus couldn't figure out how without missing a concert…" I say. I'm currently sitting with mom and Becky at this cafe we used to go to all the time before I moved to L.A.

"I get, my dorky little brother is a big rock star - he doesn't have time for the little people anymore…" Rebecca says, taking an exaggerated sip of her coffee.

"Hey, you two will never be the little people - no one is ever little people, well maybe Clary but that's a height thing. And I saw all those photos on your Facebook - you sure looked like you enjoyed the trip I sent you on," I say, watching the waitress walk by with more meals that aren't ours.

"Of course I loved it - I just also happen to love giving you a hard time. Of course I get why you couldn't come to my graduation," she says, reaching across and grabbing my hand, "and besides, I could see you watching me walk across the stage on mom's facetime. I guess we're just a modern family."

"Well we're all finally going to spend the holidays together this year - with everyone," I say, moving around some coffee cups to make room for our meals that have finally arrived.

"With everyone," mom says, winking at me, "including the Lightwoods. Including one Isabelle Lightwood."

I feel myself blush at the same time Becky says, "real subtle mom."

"Well tell us about her. Every time I bring her up over the phone you find some excuse to end the conversation. Well you got no excuses this time," she says, nudging me on the arm.

"Well… actually, because I knew you would bring this up, and that you wouldn't drop it until I told you every last detail, I actually invited Izzy to breakfast. She isn't coming for a while - I thought we should have some time just the three of us first." I look at both their shocked faces and realise that maybe they don't want to meet her. Maybe they wanted the whole morning to be just the three of us. "But I mean… if that's not a good plan and I text her and tell her that the plans have changed and she shouldn't come…"

"No it's not that…" Becky says, still sort of shocked.

"It's just… we've never met anyone you dated," mom finishes.

"Well, there hasn't exactly been any others," I tell them slowly. There hasn't really been time for others. Or to put it better - I haven't wanted to make time for anyone but Izzy. "Anyway, I would appreciate it if you guys didn't grill her too intensely. I met her parents the other night and it wasn't exactly smooth sailing."

"Tell us what happened," mom says, looking at me like a wounded puppy.

"You do you instantly assumed I was the one who messed up?" I ask, looking at them both.

"Well…" Becky says, before punching me softly. "If it wasn't you then what happened?"

"Well Magnus and Alec are dating as well," I begin.

"As in your manager Magnus?" mom asks.

"How many Magnus' do you know?" I ask playfully. "Yeah my manager. Anyway, I kinda missed the whole thing, but something must have happened between Alec and his dad, because all the sudden Alec went on this big rant out acceptance and happiness and then left with Magnus. And then Izzy started getting angry at her parents, and then Alec's mom followed Alec and Magnus. Izzy yelled at her dad for a few more minutes caused this whole scene in the restaurant. And then we went back to the Lightwood's house and hung out with Izzy's little brother and her mom and Alec and Magnus."

"Did you stand up for Alec?" Becky asks me.

"I didn't really think it was my place - I'd only met the man once before. I didn't think I should really start yelling at him. But I left with Izzy - and didn't discourage her at all. Does that count?" I ask, playing with my napkin. I know I probably should have said something, but at the rate things were going, I was hoping that Robert Lightwood would be my father-in-law one day, and he already didn't like me…

"Well I mean it stands for something… and I'm sure Alec knows you're on his side," mom says.

I'm about to reply, with then bell goes off indicating that someone has entered the cafe. I look over to the door, and see Izzy beginning to unwrap her scarf. She spots me and starts making her way over to our table, so I get up and meet her half way. I help her take off her coat and hang it up on the coat hanger by the door.

"Mom, Becky; this is Isabelle Lightwood. Iz, this is my mother Elaine and my sister Rebecca," I say, and then offer her a seat at the table. "I'll go get you a coffee. Anyone else want anything?" Both mom and Becky hand me their mugs so I go to the counter and order the four coffees as quickly as possible. I'm sure nothing can go too wrong too quickly, but I'd really like to be there to stop any embarrassing stories I'm sure their both dying to tell Izzy.

I rush back to the table and am relieved to see that they're talking about Izzy's job. "At the moment I only work for Jace - he was my first client, and I'm still young and trying to figure everything out. And he's really just getting bigger so I think it's good to be available for him whenever he needs it. Simon told me you're a nurse, Ms Lewis?"

"Eline's fine. Yeah, I'm just down the road at The Brooklyn Hospital Centre. That's how we found this cafe actually - we'd all come here for breakfast on Sunday mornings before my shift. It meant we'd have an hour every week when we were all together, and then Simon and Beaky could just walk home after."

"That's sweet. My family never really did anything like that. We were lucky if one parent at a meal with us. We'd usually just order in and then you could eat whenever or where ever suited you best. It was a bit lonely sometimes…"

"Well Simon left, and then I went off to college, so I get what that's like. You know we could all be in the same country, but it felt like we were worlds apart," Becky says, smiling over at me. I really have missed her - I make a mental note to spend more time with her after the band starts taking it's break."

"Oh of course - Simon said you're an art history major. He was very proud of you when you graduated you know," Izzy says, clearly more confident with the easier conversation.

"So he tells me," Becky says, nudging me again.

The waitress brings our coffees over. "So have you got any jobs lined up?" Izzy asks, blowing on her coffee before she takes a sip.

"Well actually, I was working at the information desk of this museum up at Jersey for most of my degree, and one of the curators there was looking for an assistant, and I managed to get that job. So I'm going to do that while I get my PhD. The goal is to become a curator one day, and you've got to start somewhere."

"Congratulations," Izzy says, softly putting her hand on Beaky's arm. "We'll have to go up and see it one day," Izzy tells me.

We talk easily for another hour, until I have to leave for rehearsals. Izzy was going to come with me so she could hang out with Magnus and Alec and I for a while, and then she said she had to go Christmas shopping.

"Well, we'll see you at Clary's Christmas," mom says, hugging Izzy.

"I'm looking forward to it," Izzy says, hugging Becky. Mom winks at me over their shoulders, and holds her thumb up.

"We'll see you two at the airport," Becky says, wrapping her scarf up tightly.

They head off in one direction, while Izzy and I go the other.

"I think that went okay," Izzy says, rubbing her hands together for warmth.

"That went better than okay - they love you," I say, grabbing one of her hands and putting it in my pocket.

"You think so? That was the first time I've met anyone I'm dating's parents."

"For. Sure." I tell her, kissing her hand. "They couldn't get enough of you."

"Well that's a relief. After what happened the other night…"

"Let's not think about that right now - and anyway, we're running late," I say, pulling her down the steps to the subway. Usually I wouldn't risk it with public transport, but it was the middle of the day, so it shouldn't be too busy, and traffic would be a mess.

When we do show up, only a few minutes late, Magnus scolds me but not Izzy, whom he promptly pulls over to a row of seats to gossip with, presumably about the breakfast we just had. Alec looks just as confused as I feel.

He shakes his head, "anyway, we should probably get to rehearsing."

After a couple of hours rehearsing for tour and New Years Eve, we decide to call it quits.

"And don't you forget about your little video Simon Lewis. The other boys in this band have done a good job and I don't want you messing that all up."

"Always on the attack Magnus," I say, holding my hands up. "You know I'll do a good job - you're just afraid it's going to be better than Alec's."

"Whatever you say to help you sleep at night," Magnus says, rolling his eyes.

"You're doing your video today?" Izzy asks.

"Yeah, I was going to do it when I got back to my hotel room," I say, grabbing and swinging her hand.

"You want some help?" she asks, watching our hands swing.

"That'd be great,"I say, kissing her temple.

She insists that I shower before doing my video, and picks out my outfit so I'll "look the part."

"Honestly between you and Clary, and let's face it; Alec. You all really needed me in your lives."

"Okay whatever, can we just get this done so we can watch a movie or something?" I ask.

"Of course - I'm ready to go when you are," she says, catching my phone.

"Lights… camera… action," I say, and then she points to the phone and does a thumbs up, letting me know she's starting filming. "Hello everyone who is watching this! I hope you've had a great day so far… if not then I hope I can make your day a little brighter with this video. It's the third day of Christmas and I'm here to answer any questions you may have, or fulfil any of your wishes where possible. I've got the lovely Isabelle Lightwood behind the camera helping me today, so everyone say hi to Izzy, and be nice."

She laughs at the messages coming through, before asking the first question, "okay Simon, what did you do today?"

"Well, I had breakfast with my mom and sister and you, Iz, and then I had rehearsals for the rest of the day; we're getting ready for tour and New Years!"

"What has been your favourite performance you've ever done?" she asks.

"There have obviously been… so many favourites. But I'd have to say my favourite, or definitely most memorable as in 'holy… ship' moment would be our first concert at Madison Square Garden in New York. I was sixteen the first time we did a concert there - it was sold out and just crazy. I remember the first concert I went to was with Clary and it was at MSG. It was an Oasis concert in 2005… I think I was nine. Anyway it was this crazy thing, and I think we both had this moment when they sung 'Don't Look Back in Anger,' and we both turned to each other and were like 'this is what I'm going to do one day'. You know like perform for people, and have music be our jobs. So it was just this really surreal moment the first time we got to perform on that stage. It was definitely my first - 'I've made it' moment."

"That's super cute," Izzy tells me, and then realises what she's meant to be doing, "okay… let me see here. Ummm… well a lot of the questions are about you and me."

"I don't mind. Why don't you come on this side of the camera, and we can answer them together?" I say, moving over on the bed to make room for her. After a little convincing, she sets the phone up against the TV and then sits next to.

"A lot of people have asked about our first date," she tells me.

"Well then, let's tell them. Our first date was after one of our concerts. She was there because Jace was there I think," I say.

"And my brother," she adds.

"Right, and Alec. And then I met her after the concert and obviously was instantly… she took my breath away, so I asked her if she wanted to go get a drink, and for some reason she said yes," I say, wanting to grab her hand so badly, but knowing she probably wouldn't want that right now.

"Not for some reason - I'd heard Alec talk about you before, and you seemed like a nice guy, and then I'd been hanging around Clary a lot and heard nice stories. I wanted to see if the man behind the tales was real."

"And was I?" I ask, grinning at her.

"I'm still here aren't I? I think I may have read a few chapters that no one else has - I can confidently say that you're better than anything anyone told me about."

I can feel myself starting to blush, so I quickly try to work in a joke, "and you're definitely very different from Alec, which is a good thing."

She smiles at me a lightly hits me on the chest. "Okay… next question. If you could travel anywhere, where would you go?"

"I'd love to spend some more time in New York. I haven't been here for more than a week in… years," I reply.

"Oh yeah, me too," Iz says.

"But just for a holiday… maybe to Japan somewhere. We haven't really gotten to explore much of Japan, and I'd love to go skiing again. And I love Japanese food."

"Oh if we're going off the food we'd be eating," Izzy says, "then I'd have to go to Italy. I'd love to get a car and just drive around the country side and drink great wine and each cheese and pasta and bread…" Looking at her, wistfully looking off at this dream she has… looks like I know where I'm taking her next time we both have a break. "what are you looking at?" she asks when she notices my staring.

"Nothing… nothing," I say, leaning towards the phone to get the next question. "Ummm… how about favourite song? God… umm at the moment…. it really changes all the time…. I'm quite into Crosby, Stills and Nash at the moments… maybe 'Helplessly Hoping,' but I'm sure that'll change in like, twenty minutes. What about you Iz?"

"Mine is easily, 'Never be Alone'," she says simply. I still remember every second of the moment I sang that to her; the first time we said I love you to one another. I can feel my cheeks redding again, and want nothing more than to kiss the beautiful raven haired girl sitting next to me, and it takes all the self control I have to look away from her, and back to the phone.

"Next question…"

Hope that was cute and fulfilled all of your SizzyFam needs and wants! Only Clary's day left now, and then Christmas - again if you want to see anything in these chapters I'm open to whatever! Hope you have a good day/night, and I'll see you tomorrow.