CLARY'S POV
Friday evening Clary sat in her room on her bed. Simon was laying down next to her and both were just sitting on their phones scrolling through the feed of various social media accounts. They had been doing this since they got home from school and that was over 5 hours ago. They had the type of friendship where they didn't need to talk, their presence was simply enough. It was only when Simon sighed that their silence was finally broken.
"Have you ran into Isabelle or Alec since the first day?" He wondered not taking his eyes away from the screen.
"Nope, although I have spoken with Magnus a few times and with Will, it's almost like we were never apart," Clary responded. She looked at a few more pictures before shutting off her phone and looking down at Simon. "Have you even seen Jace though? It's like he's a ghost. I've at least seen the Lightwoods around."
Simon set his own phone down next to him and looked up at Clary though he didn't sit up. "Nope, haven't even heard anyone mention him since the first day."
"So weird," Clary said and leaned back against the wall.
"Have you spoken to Maia?" Simon wondered. "Or has she tried to talk to you again?"
Clary shook her head. "No, we got assigned seats on Wednesday so I'm not even near her anymore."
"This is ridiculous!" Simon exclaimed and he abruptly sat up. Clary watched him curiously as he threw his hands up angrily. "We're sitting here with a world of drama, opportunity, and mystery surrounding us and yet all we can think or talk about are the people that we used to know. 'Used to' being the key words there!"
Clary sat forward slowly and raised her eyebrows at him. Simon wasn't usually one for spontaneous yelling. "True, but it's also true that those people were a huge part of our lives, of who we were and still are, for 6 years."
Simon shook his head and sighed. "But for 2 years now we've been on our own. They shouldn't have this power over us anymore."
Just as Clary was about to respond the doorbell rang. She ignored it though figuring her mom would answer it. "I agree but we don't always get to choose how our emotions react to stuff. So it's not our fault that we can't stop thinking about them. They're in our classes so they're in our heads, that's just-"
"Clary," Jocelyn yelled from downstairs cutting Clary off. "Someone is at the door for you."
"Who?" Clary called back giving Simon a curious look.
"Just get your butts down here now!" This time it wasn't Jocelyn but a male voice that yelled. Clary grinned at Simon as she recognized who it was and the two hopped off her bed and ran downstairs.
Clary slid into the foyer to see the one and only Will standing before her. She smiled and ran up to him to give him a hug just as Simon came up behind her.
"Will, what are you doing here?" Clary asked as she stepped back from him. She could hardly believe he still remembered where she lived.
"We," he said pointing to them three and then out at his car where Clary could faintly see the outline of two other people. "Are going swimming."
"Now?" Clary asked and Will nodded.
"It's almost 8 pm though," Simon pointed out and Will shrugged.
"Who cares?" Will scoffed with a shrug. "I faintly remember Simon living next door so both of you get your swimsuits and then meet Jem, Tessa, and I out by the car."
"Where are we going swimming though?" Clary asked and Will's grin grew.
"My family moved since last we saw you," he said. "I have a pool now. So, hurry up and get your asses out here."
"Wait!" Clary yelled but Will ignored her as he ran back to his car so Clary just turned to Simon. "Who is Tessa?"
JACE'S POV
"Hey Jon," Jace greeted his friend as he sat down across from him at Taki's. He was meeting Jon along with a bunch of other friends there and from the looks of it, most of the others had gotten there before him.
"Hey man, you remember Sebastian Verlac right?" He said gesturing to a guy with black hair and dark eyes.
"Yeah," Jace said slowly. "We went to the same middle school. You play basketball right?" He asked the boy directly.
"Football now, you play too right?" Sebastian answered.
Jace shrugged and spoke casually. "Eh a bit, only got on varsity last year and made JV as a freshman. No big deal." He smirked at the end and Sebastion laughed.
"Yeah, everybody's heard of the legendary Jace Herondale."
Jace cocked an eyebrow. "Oh? Only a week of school and I'm already being gossiped about? Tell me more."
"Please," the boy sitting next to Jace said. Jace thought he remembered him. Raphael, maybe? "On the first day of school you were mentioned. The whole consolidation has caused the drama and gossip to be amplified by like twenty."
"The only reason you were talked about though is because we were trying to remember some of the people from middle school," another guy, Meliorn Jace thought, said. "It was one of our friends that brought you up because she recognized your cousin's name."
"Who?" Jace asked suddenly really curious.
"Her name's Clary," Sebastian said as he took a bite of a burger Jace hadn't realized he had.
Jace's stomach dropped at the name. "As in Clary Morgenstern?" When they were in middle school they had been best friends. Of course, Clary had Simon and Jace had Alec but somehow they managed to have two equal best friends, though Jace would be lying if he said he never put Clary before Alec. And he'd also be lying if he had never secretly hoped their relationship would become more than what it was. That's why it hit him extra hard when they drifted apart.
"No," Raphael said and at first Jace thought it was going to be a joke but when he looked at the boy his face was totally serious. "Fairchild."
"Fairchild?" Jace echoed and looked back at Sebastian.
"Her parents divorced last year," he clarified. "So now she's a Fairchild instead of a Morgenstern."
"Interesting," Jace whispered as the others began to talk about something else. His phone suddenly vibrated in his pocket and Jace pulled it out to see it was from James Carstairs. He knew that Jem was with his cousin now because Will had invited him over for some late-night swimming with Jem and Tessa. Jace opened up the message curiously.
Jem: Sorry to do this but Will is making me.
You know how you said you couldn't go swimming with us tonight... well there was sort of a reason Will invited you in the first place.
Jace raised an eyebrow at the text. Then two pictures popped up on his screen and Jace's mouth gaped. The first one was of Will and Clary standing side by side in swimsuits, their hair was soaked. Clary was smiling widely and as Jace looked at it he realized that he barely recognized her. She had changed a lot since 8th grade.
The second picture was of Tessa, Clary, and Simon in that order. Clary was sticking her tongue out at the camera and Tessa had obviously been caught mid-laugh. Simon was looking away from the camera clearly trying not to burst out laughing and Jace could assume that after the photo was taken he probably failed. Jace glared down at his phone before he exited out of the photos and texted Jem back.
Jace: Don't know how he's expecting me to react to this. Haven't talked to them in years and tbh I haven't thought about either of them in years too.
Jace slammed his phone down on the table earning him a look from Jon. He just shook his head as he crossed his arms over his chest and leaned back in his chair. One thought going through his mind: Will was dead
Sorry, it's short. BUT be excited because this is the beginning of Jace and Clary becoming reacquainted... please review!
