Tenth One Shot:
Spin the Bottle/7 Minutes in Heaven
Clary POV:
"Come on Clary, it won't kill you to go to one of these parties." Simon said and I rolled my eyes.
"I think you're wrong. I think it would kill me. I'm not friends with any of those people, and you're going to be trying to get Izzy to notice you all night. I'll be alone." I said.
"I wouldn't leave you alone. I just want Izzy to see that I exist."
"Promise me you won't leave me?" I say and I could see his smile widen.
"I promise." He said and I just groaned. He got up and hugged me. "You're the best Fray."
"Oh. I know I am." I said and he finally let me go. I wasn't excited about going to this party, but if it makes Simon happy, it can't be too bad.
Time Jump- Night of Party
Clary POV:
It was the night of the party and Simon was freaking out. He has been crushing on Izzy since freshman year, and I don't think he really knows what to do about it. This party is a way to get close to her, but once he gets close I have no idea what he'll do if he gets the nerve to talk to her.
When we get there everything is normal. Kids are dancing, drinking, making out, and laughing. It didn't seem so bad. I don't know why I was so against this in the first place. Simon and I were standing near the stairs when I realized that I had to pee.
"I'm going to go find the bathroom, I'll be back." I say and Simon nods. I walk through the house, and realize that I have no idea where I'm going. I find a door and open it and when I walk into it, I realize that I am no in the bathroom, but I'm in the basement. I'm about to leave when I feel someone grab my shoulder and move me over to one side. I am surrounded by other people, and I have no idea what's going on.
"Alright people, these are the rules of the game for you first timers." A boy says. "This is a combination of spin the bottle, or flashlight in our case, and 7 minutes in Heaven. We will spin the flashlight, and whoever it lands on will be guided to the closet, and than 7 minutes in Heaven will start. Everything happens in the dark so you have no idea who you're with. Boys are on the left, girls are on the right. Sounds good? Cool. Let's get started." He says and sets a flashlight down in the center of the circle.
It has been maybe 30 minutes since the game started and the flashlight lands on me. I instantly get nervous and swallow hard. I feel a hand on my shoulder and I get up. I'm led to a closet. A moment later the door opens and someone else enters. It's quiet for a moment, but doesn't last long because my nervous talking decided to take over.
"I would say it's good to see you, but it doesn't seem like the right thing to say." I blurt out and I hear him laugh, and it is a beautiful laugh. Not a second later his lips or are on mine. The only way I could describe the feeling would be intoxicating. Every cell in my body reacted and my arms immediately wrapped around his neck while his hands rested on my hips. The 7 minutes seemed to go by way to fast, and there was a knock on the door. We broke apart and I was brought out of the closet. I had no idea what just happened, although I'm pretty sure I just fell in love, but I didn't want to chance ruining that kiss so I left the basement.
When I got back upstairs I was looking around for Simon. He wasn't anywhere near where I left him but it had been almost 40 minutes. After looking around for 10 minutes I finally found him in the backyard talking to Izzy, and I couldn't believe my eyes. He had actually done it, that dork was actually talking to his dream girl. I felt bad interrupting but I wanted to let Simon know I was leaving. I walked up to him and Simon looked way too happy.
"Hey Si, I'm going to head home."
"Are you sure Clare? I've barely seen you tonight."
"Yea, I'm sure. I'll explain it all another time. I just wanted to let you know." I said and he smiled.
"Alright Fray, I'll see you at school on Monday." He said and I waved goodbye and made my way back to my car. When I got home I lay on my bed and thought back to that kiss, and I was determined to find out who I kissed.
Time Jump – Two Months Later
Clary POV:
It has been two months since that party and I still wasn't any closer to finding out who I kissed. It was actually starting to drive me nuts. All I had were some minor details that could honestly match a multitude of guys at this school. I talked to Simon about it, but he was so clueless to helping that it didn't really help. When I got to lunch and started walking to Simon and I's table I almost stopped dead in my tracks when I saw Izzy sitting with him. I knew they had been getting closer, but this was the last thing I expected. When I sat down Simon had the biggest smile on his face.
"Hey Clary, you know Izzy right?"
"Kinda. It's good to see you." I say and she smiles.
"You too! How are you?"
"I'm good. You?"
"Very good." She says and smiles at Simon. I had to give the nerd credit, he did good.
"So, any progress?" Simon asks and I just shake my head.
"Progress in what?" Izzy asks.
"A couple months ago, Clary and I went to Magnus's party, the one we met at and she accidently got caught in one of his spin the bottle/7 minutes in heaven game and she still doesn't know who she kissed and it's driving her crazy."
"Oh my god. I hated that part of the game. That's why I stopped playing. How many guys did you end up kissing?"
"Only one, it was the most amazing kiss I've ever experienced so I stopped playing."
"Do you have any other physical traits besides looks that you remember?"
"I know he was tall, like probably a foot taller than me. His hair was kinda long, but not too long, and he smelled like like the perfect mix of mint and man. I don't even know d that's a scent but that's what he smelled like" Izzy simple smiled.
"I hope you find him one day." I nod and than lunch is over.
Izzy POV:
Once lunched ended I rushed out of the caf go find Jace. After having that conversation with Clary, I knew that she must be talking about Jace. I mean, Jace had been obsessing over this girl he kissed at that party and he had some details that reminded me of Clary. When I found him I dragged him into an empty classroom.
"Are you any closer to finding that girl?" I asked and he looked confused, but than understood.
"No. And it's driving me crazy."
"Tell me the details you remember?"
"She was short. Very short, and her hair was long. It smelled like strawberries. And she was funny. She had a feisty side to her too. I could just tell." Honestly it had to be Clary.
"Why do you want to know Iz?" He asked.
"Cause I think I know who it was."
"Really?!" He said with so much excitement in his voice.
"Yes, and I have a great idea."
"What?"
"I'm gonna throw a party and I'm gonna rig the game and put you two back in the closet. If you feel the same chemistry you did all those months ago, knock twice and I'll flip the light on."
"That would be perfect Iz. Thank you!"
Time Jump- Party
Clary POV:
Simon and Izzy had been getting closer over the months and when Izzy decided to throw a party Simon dragged me too it. I really didn't want to be there but her I was. Izzy walked into the room grabbed my arm and dragged me to the basement.
"Izzy what's going on?"
"Spin the bottle/7 minutes in heaven! Maybe you'll find your mystery boy!" I groaned but I knew I wasn't getting out of this. On the first spin, the stupid flashlight landed on me and Izzy squealed. I was pushed into the closet, and a second later someone else was pushed in.
Before I could say anything his lips were on mine and I felt that same chemistry that I felt all those months again. After a couple minutes he pulled back and we were both out of breath.
"It's you." He said and I let out a laugh.
"You remember that night too?"
"I've been driving myself crazy trying to figure out who you were."
"So have I, but I didn't even know where to start."
"Why don't we start now?" He said and he knocked on the door twice, and a second later the lights flickered on. "Clary?"
"I have to say, I didn't think it was going to be you." I said as I looked up at Jace.
"Why not?"
"I didn't peg you for the type to stay hooked one one girl for long."
"Trust me, once we kissed, I was hooked."
"But I'm nothing special."
"I beg to differ. I didn't even know who you were, and you got me to completely stop hooking up, flirting, and looking at girls."
"Well, I guess it's appropriate to say it's nice to see you now." I said and he laughed. The door opened and Izzy was standing there with the biggest smile on her face. "You totally rigged this."
"I had too. You both were looking for each other and I put two and two together when you both started describing each other and I figured why not put you two in here and see if you still feel the same thing, and you clearly did, so you're welcome." She said as he walked away. Jace and I laughed as we made our way out of the closet and up the stairs.
We decided that we didn't want to stay so we took a walk to this little park down the road. When we got there we sat on the swings.
"Were you really looking for me?" I ask and he lets out a laugh.
"Yea. I tried to after we got out of the closet, but you left really fast."
"I didn't want to be there in the first place. Simon dragged me, and somehow I got involved in that game, and after I got out of the closet I stopped playing. I didn't want to ruin that kiss, so I left."
We sat in a comfortable silence for a while until he spoke again.
"So what do we do now?" He asked and I let out a little laugh.
"What do you want to do now?" I asked.
"Well I know what I don't want to do."
"Oh yea? What's that?"
"I don't want to stop kissing you."
"Is that so?" He nodded. And I couldn't help but blush. Thank god it was dark out. "I'm going to go out on a limb and say that you've never been in a relationship before."
"No, I haven't. I haven't even spent a week with the same girl." I couldn't help but feel a little turned off by this.
"So what makes me any different from those girls?"
"The way I feel when we kiss. I've never felt anything like that before. I've never had any type of chemistry with any other girl, and when I look at you, my mind isn't immediately drawn to sex. I want to get to know you. I want to know all your strange quarks, and what makes you laugh, what makes you cry. Don't get me wrong, all the physical reactions are there, but there is more wen it comes to you. More than I've ever felt before."
"Wow." I say and he laughs.
"Also, when I look at you, the first word that comes to my mind isn't hot, or sexy, or easy."
"Than what is it?"
"Beautiful. And I've never called a girl that before."
"You think I'm beautiful?"
"Absolutely."
"Well, I haven't had a lot of boyfriends, but I can guarantee you'll be better than them."
"How many?"
"Three."
"What happened?" He asked and I couldn't help but flinch at the thought of my last one.
"Well my first one was in like 7th grade, and he asked me out on a dare. I was the prude of my class, and his friends bet him that he couldn't get past second base with me. That ended with me slapping him in the face and a humiliating rumor he started about me. The second was when I was a freshman. It wasn't bad, just dumb. He liked me until he got what he wanted. Not sex, my cousins number and than we broke up. And my third, well, let's just say he wasn't very gentle."
"He hurt you?"
"He got violent when he was angry."
"Do I know him?" I hesitate which isn't a good sign. "Who?"
"Sebastian."
"Verlac? Really? When?"
"Summer leading into sophomore year. He was my brothers friend. He was also over my house and flirting with me. I thought he was cute, and he seemed to like me. I was stupid to think he'd ever actually like me."
"Why is that?"
"He was in college and I was 15. That type of thing never works out."
"How bad did it get?"
"Not too bad. I had a couple bloody lips, and some black eyes."
"How long were you together?"
"We broke up before senior year started."
"You dated that asshole for two years?"
"I told you I was stupid."
"Why did you two break up?"
"He got some girl at his college pregnant. Said he wanted to do the right thing and be with his family. I pray for that poor girl and their kid."
"Well, I promise I'm not in this because of a dare, or your cousins number, and I certainly promise I will never lay a hand on you."
"I appreciate that. It took me awhile to bounce back from that. One of the reasons I didn't want to go to Magnus's party that night. I was still really paranoid and slightly freaked out."
"But look where it lead you." He motioned to his body and I couldn't help but laugh. "So what do you say Clary Fray, would you do me the honor of being my first official girlfriend?"
"I think that sounds absolutely amazing." I say and I stand up to join him and he pulls me into a kiss. It was everything it was before and even more. When we broke apart I couldn't help but smile.
"Do you need to be home by a certain time?" He asks and I keep a straight face but internally I can't help but feel sad. I don't have anyone to go home too.
"Nope." I say as I keep the smile on my face.
"Do you think we should go back to the party than?"
"Probably. I'm the one who gave Simon a ride. I would be the worlds worst best friend if I ditched him." He laughed and nodded as he taking my hand and leading me back to his house. When we got inside the party was over and Izzy and Simon were cleaning up. Jace offered to take over Simon's job so that we could leave. Simon had to be home by midnight, and I wasn't one to go against his mothers rule. When we got in the car Simon spoke.
"Did you tell him?"
"No."
"Why not Clare?"
"It didn't come up."
"You know he's going to find out eventually."
"I know." And that's where I left the conversation. Simon was the only one who knew and I planned on keeping it that way until absolutely necessary.
Jace POV:
After Clary and Simon left Izzy wouldn't stop staring at me. After about 10 minutes I started to get uncomfortable so I spoke.
"Why are you staring at me Iz?"
"What happened?!" She nearly yells.
"We talked, and now we're together."
"This is so exciting!" She started jumping up and down. After about 5 minutes she started calming down. "Have you told her yet?"
"No."
"Why not?"
"It didn't come up."
"You know, she'll find out eventually, might as well tell her before that happens."
"I know." I knew that I should tell Clary, but I didn't want to bum her out with my sad life story. So for now, unless it's brought up, I wasn't going to mention it.
Time Jump- 4 Months Later
Clary POV:
Jace and I had been together since the party and it has been the best four months of my life. Although he still didn't know the most horrific thing in my life, I knew that it was going to come up eventually and I really didn't want it too.
There was a school field trip coming up and we needed a permission slip signed by our parents. I sighed and singed the paper myself but apparently I wasn't discrete enough because Jace noticed.
"Clary, you can't just sign that yourself. At least forge a parents name."
"That would be so unnecessary."
"Why?"
"I'll explain it to you one day."
"Clary."
"Please Jace. I don't want to get into it right now." He nodded and let the subject go which I was thankful for.
Time jump - 2 Months Later
Jace POV:
Clary and I had been dating for six months now, and although I was new to the whole relationship thing, I still hadn't met her family and I thought that was a little odd. She met my family a week after we started dating and they loved Clary. Maybe she was worried they wouldn't like me or wouldn't approve of me but I could at least take a chance and see for myself.
Clary and I were hanging out today, and I decided that I was going to ask her.
"Clary?"
"Yea?"
"How come you haven't introduced me to your family yet?" I could feel her tense.
"Jace." She started but I cut her off.
"No, we've been together for six months Clare, and you haven't even so much as mention them. Are you ashamed of me? Are you afraid they won't approve? Cause I think these last six months have been amazing yet you still haven't introduced me to them."
"You really want to meet them?"
"Yes."
"Alright. Let's go." She said as she grabbed my hand and we got into her car. After a 15 minute drive we pulled into a cemetery, and my blood instantly ran cold. I knew this cemetery, because my parents were buried here too. She finally pulled up next to a tree and parked the car. She got out without saying a word to me and started walking. I followed and she stopped at a grave that read 'Jocelyn and Valentine Morgenstern.'
"Clary." I said but she just shook her head.
"They were killed by a drunk driver when I was 11."
"What happened to you?"
"My brother, who was 16 at the time fought tooth and nail during court to get custody of me even though he was still a minor himself."
"Did he?"
"Kinda. He got custody as long as there was an adult in the house until he was 18."
"Who stayed with you?"
"My parents best friend, Luke. He would have taken us in but his job was way too demanding to take care of kids, but my brother was almost 17 when they died so Luke decided to take a year and a half off to help us."
"I'm so sorry. I wouldn't have complained if I knew."
"I know. Nobody knows. I changed my last name to Fray after they died so that people wouldn't pity me. I didn't want to be known as the girl who lost both her parents. It would have made everything harder."
"But didn't everyone notice when your name was just different one day?"
"I haven't always lived here. It wasn't until they died that we moved."
"From where?"
"Virginia. But both of my parents grew up here, and they wanted to be buried here, and after they died Jon used their life insurance money to buy us a house so we could always be close to them. The story made national headlines, so anywhere I went people knew my last name."
We stood there for a while before I took her hand and started leading her away from her parents grave.
"Where are we going?" She asked but I just kept leading her. When we finally got to my parents grave she was clearly confused.
"Much like you, I lost my parents as well." She gasped and then looked at the grave.
"But Maryse and Robert."
"Again, my story is similar to yours. They were my parents best friends and they agreed to take me in after they died."
"When?"
"I was 7."
"How?"
"Car accident. They were coming home and the car slipped on a sheet of black ice. Wrapped around a tree. They were both gone instantly."
"Where were you?"
"At a friends house." I could feel her squeeze my hand a little tighter. "Why haven't you introduced me to your brother than?"
"Once I turned 18 he never came home. I haven't spoken to him in almost 8 months. He could be half way around the world by now."
"So you're telling me, I drop you off at an empty house all the time?"
"Yup. Before the school year started I emancipated myself, which is why I could sign that permission slip. I'm my own family."
"If you ever need me Clare, just call. I'm only a phone call away."
"I'll definitely take you up on that. Sometimes it creeps me out to be there alone." I laugh and kiss her temple.
"Come on, let's go get some lunch." She nods and we head back to her car and make our way to our favorite diner. But this car ride doesn't feel tense. It feels relaxed. The air is finally clear between both of us. We have no secrets and it felt really good.
Time Jump-Six Years Later
Clary POV:
Today was the day that Jace and I were getting married, and I couldn't be happier with everything that happened.
After college he proposed and I couldn't say yes fast enough. The last six years have been amazing. He has been there during my nightmares, and my flash backs, and I've been there for his. He was there when Jonathan decided to come back, and he never left my side. I was pulled out of my memories when Izzy knocked on the door.
"Are you ready Clary?" She asked and I couldn't help but smile.
"Absolutely." We walked to the entered E of the ceremony and as soon as I walked in my eyes fell on Jace's. He had the biggest smile on his face, and I can only assume mine matched his. When I got to the alter I already wanted to cry from happiness. But I knew I'd save them for when we recited our vows.
"Now, the vows." The priest said.
"Clary, before I met you my life was a lot of going through the motions. I never thought I'd find someone who would make me feel alive the way you do. That night be shared our fist kiss in the dark closet, I was hooked. I wanted you, and I needed you, and after a couple months of not knowing who you were, I was lost. But thanks to Izzy I had another chance to find you, and look at where we are now. Everything we have together is everything I've ever wanted but didn't think I'd find. I love you Clarissa, and I can't wait to officially start our lives together." He wipes the start tears that fall and I couldn't believe everything he just said.
"Jace, the night we met, I was there by force and accident. I never wanted to go to that party, and I stumbled into that game when I was looking for the bathroom. I never knew that I would be here right now because of that night, and I honestly wouldn't go back and change a thing. Everything we've been through together has shown how strong we really are, and how much we truly truly love each other. I didn't have a great past when it came to guys. I was never the one anyone ever wanted. But with you, it's always been different. You've always been there for me, you've always wanted the absolute best for me, and no matter what you've loved me through everything and I can't thank you enough for all of your love and your kindness. I wouldn't want to start a life with any one else. From the moment we kissed, I knew you were it for me. I love you more than anything Jace."
"I know pronounce you man and wife. You may kiss the bride." The priest said and Jace wasted no time to kiss me. When we pulled apart he pulled me into a hug and whispered 'I love you' and I couldn't help myself. I whispered 'I'm pregnant' back and he stopped moving. He pulled back and looked at me, and I couldn't help but smile.
"Really?"
"Really." I said and he pulled me into another kiss. This was the beginning of the rest of our lives and I was completely ready to dive into it with Jace by my side.
Authors Note:
This one shot was requested by oesteffel, and I'm so sorry it took me so long to write this one! I've been having a slight case of writers block, but I was thinking about a one shot that I wanted to write, and than I remembered the ones you all requested, and I decided to combined the two ideas! I hope you enjoy this one shot, and I hope it lived up to your expectations! I'm also really trying to update my other stories, but like I said, I am having some writers block so just hang in there with me, and I promise that I'll try my hardest to get all my stories updated, and to write all of your requests! Remember, if you have a story idea just message me or leave a review! :)
