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Counting Down to You: Day 12 (1.3K)

December 12th

I float around until a hand softly brushes my chin. I mumble something and feel someones breathe against my face

A calming voice whispers my name, and I struggle to open my eyes.

The hand continues to run through my hair, curling it softly.

"Clary, sweetheart. I need you to open your deep green eyes."

My eyes snap open at the voice, and I am met with a pair of golden eyes.

"Jace," I whisper as my voice cracks.

He smiles at me, and my eyes start dropping again.

"What are you doing here?" I mumble.

"No one could get inside without a key, so I hopped on a flight as soon as I could to get here and open the door without them breaking the door down."

"Am I okay?" I whisper

"I think so, Babe; you have a fever still. I am hoping it will pass soon."

"Mmmm," I say, and I try to open my eyes.

"Let us get some water in you. Do you think you can sit up?"

I mumble a thank you and add, "I will need help."

I feel Jace's presences move closer to me and start adjusting the pillows behind me. He gently pulls me up and rests my back against the backboard. Since I cannot keep my head up, and it falls on my shoulder.

Jace leaves the room and comes back with what I assume is a cup because the next thing I know, a straw is entering my mouth.

Jace tells me to drink, and I take some sips before it is pulled away from me.

"Good, I will let you sleep after you take these pills."

I try to nod, but I am unsure if it happens or not. Jace presses the pills to my lips and asks me to open them, and I obey. He then pushes the straw into my mouth.

I swallow the pill, and Jace pulls me close to him in a cuddle.

"Stay away; I do not want you sick too."

"You cannot keep me away," he answers and pulls me closer, and I fall asleep.

I wake up and open my eyes, and I find myself presses into Jace's chest, listening to his heartbeat and snoring.

I feel all sweaty as my hair clings to my face as I pull away.

My stomach hurts from my very full bladder. As I pull away, Jace pulls me closer. I struggle to escape, but I am too weak to put up a fight. I whisper his name, but he does not move. I whisper again, and he pulls away and looks down at me with his eyes looking into mine with his eyes only semi-open.

"How are you feeling?" he mumbles.

"Gross, but I am conscious now."

He tilts his head to the side with an expression that makes one assume he will take that as good news.

He lets me go, and I struggle to sit up; and as I climb to the edge, my head grows foggy and my vision clouds with black fuzzy dots.

Jace quickly comes to my aid and holds me upright on the bed until my vision returns.

"I am going to escort you to the bathroom, okay? I am carefully going to lift you, and I'll wrap an arm around you to the bathroom."

I nod and limply follow him, scratch that. He carries me to the washroom.

After all, is done, he places me on the toilet cover and grabs my toothbrush and helps me with my teeth. I manage to brush, and he lifts me to spit. Then brings me back to the bed as I beg to shower.

As I collapse in bed, I bring the covers over my head and let out a sigh.

"Babe, come out. I am going to make you some food. You haven't had anything in almost two days."

I sigh again but don't move.

"Why are you hiding?" he asks.

"I have not seen you in 12 days, and this is our reunion. I am all sweaty, and it surely is not from sex I planned," I admit, while also keeping my voice low.

He laughs, "sickness and in heath. You can't keep me away if you tried. I have a key as well. We have plenty of time for sex when I return for Christmas."

"Okay, Edward."

"So I am Edward now?" he asks, and I can visualize the smile on his face.

"Yeah, you enter when you want, and you want to wait for sex."

He laughs, "glad to know the bug hasn't sucked the humour from you. I am going to make you some cheese and crackers, then we'll talk about showering"

I remain hidden but nod. He gets up and leaves but returns and I crawl out, probably looking worse with parts of my hair sticking up from static.

I nibble on the food, and we(more so him) talk about work and what we have missed. Once the food is finished, he pulls out two packages.

An orange one that was located under the tree and a purple one, almost identical to the one I received on the first day.

He hands me the orange one first, and it reads day 11.

I carefully open the box, and inside is KitKat and heresy's kisses, sugar cookie flavour.

I smile and look up at him. He returns the smile and says, "The kisses were to replace my kisses, but since I am here." He leans forward and plants a kiss on my forehead.

I thank him, and he places the purple gift in my hands.

I unwrap the bow, and my jaw drops in surprise. It is a new charm bracelet that is empty with a tiny box beside it.

"Open it," he encourages, so I do.

I pop the small white box open, and it is the empire state building, with the words NYC craved into it.

I look into his eyes, and he says, "This bracelet won't be like your other one that was based on the berry theme; this one is all our special places. NYC is where we live and started our journey together as a couple."

I smile, and I lean towards him, and he hugs me. I mumble a thank you before I pull away to place the charm on the bracelet.

"Can I shower now?" I asked with pleading eyes.

He rolls his eyes, "Sure, I give you such meaningful gifts, and all you want is a shower?"

I shrug and whisper, "One day I'll show you what they mean to me," then I push the covers off of me and crawl out of the covers, giving him a smile, then asks if he is ready.

He sighs and gets up and practically carries me to the washroom places me in the bathtub and sits outside inside Ii slip, which I somehow do not.

He helps dry me off and brush the knots out of my hair before tucking me back into bed.

We lay there talking, and I release something, and I have to ask. "Why did they let you go? You should be working."

"Berry, it is Saturday. I do not work until tomorrow night. I was off today; I did not quite expect to be flying to NYC and back, but so be it. You needed me, and I do not think you would have wanted the door broken."

"I guess," I mumble, and then ask, "So you managed to quickly book a ticket when we are so close to Christmas?"

He answers back with, "Yeah, I got lucky."

My slightly feverish brain finds this odd, but I accept it. Why would he lie?

We lay in bed talking and enjoying each other's company while we still can since tomorrow he leaves until the 23rd.

AN: I hope you enjoyed this chapter! I hope everyone enjoyed the Jace moment, kind of a mini-plot twist. He will be leaving and won't return until the countdown is over. Sorry to the smut addicts, hehe. No sexy times while sick.

Questions: What colour is next? (new colour/packaging), What are the holiday seasons going to look like for you this year? What gifts would you like to see? Anyone see the theme for any of them? Lastly, is Jace lying about something?

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