Good news, I finished all of my finals now! Hopefully that means I will be updating around twice a week now.
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Simon was in the bathroom stall wondering what the hell was going on with Izzy. Was she flirting with him, or just teasing him? Clary had always been the one on Simon's mind, but Izzy came out of nowhere and started getting inside of his head. It didn't help any that she looked like a supermodel. Simon came to a realization, the only way that he was going to solve this was by convincing Izzy to stop flirting or teasing him or whatever it was she was doing. He left the stall, washed his hands, and then washed off his face for good measure before making his way back to his table at the food court. "Izzy," Simon started.
"Yes, Simon?" She asked.
"I am going to need you to stop with doing whatever you are trying to do, because it is messing with my head," Simon explained.
At that moment Izzy reached across the table and started moving her finger in circles on Simon's hands. Then she gave him a mischievous smile and queried, "Now what could you be talking about?"
Simon instinctively pulled his hand back before answering, "That! Stop doing that!"
"I wasn't even doing anything though," Isabelle pouted.
"I am not kidding, stop doing that. That is not something that friends do. I don't know if you are just messing with me or if you are actually interested in me, but my feelings are solely for Clary."
"Is that so? You wouldn't mind proving to me that you have no feelings then would you?" Isabelle goaded.
Simon was caught off guard and froze up. After a few moments he regained his composure before replying, "I don't know what you have up your sleeve, but fine I'll bite. I will prove to you that I see you as just a friend and you will in turn leave me alone right?"
"Sure thing," Isabelle answered. "If you pass my test then I will stop."
"Okay, so what do I need to do?" Simon worriedly inquired.
"All you have to do is close your eyes for me," Isabelle informed him.
Simon hesitated, then after a few deep breaths closed his eyes. He was ready for whatever she would throw at him. A few seconds pass and then Simon felt something warm encompassing his lips, he was just about to open his eyes to find out what was happening when Isabelle chided him, "That won't do, you promised to keep your eyes remember?" Simon nodded his head in response.
What was he feeling though? It felt so warm and soft and nice. Then he felt something grab him from both sides of his face and pull him in. He then realized what had to be happening, she was kissing him wasn't she? But what should he do? Simon knew he should pull away but it felt so good. His mind was going blank as he was drowning himself in the kiss. Simon finally regained his senses, opened his eyes, and pulled away from Izzy. "What was that?!"
"Why do you sound so upset?" Isabelle teased. "You could have pulled away at any time. I wasn't forcing you to stay for as long as you did."
"That's not funny, for the last time Clary is the one that I like!" Simon yelled in anger.
"Really now, is that true? Think long and hard about what your feelings for Clary actually are and then let me know," Isabelle advised him. She then told him she was going to a taxi home and said goodbye.
What the hell was going on? One thing was clear however and that was that he needed to have a talk with Clary. He needed to sort out his feelings and fast.
Simon arrived at the apartment and found Clary in the living room. "Hey Clary, we need to talk." Simon said nervously.
Clary gave him an awkward smile in return as she replied, "I was thinking the same thing myself actually. You first?"
"Um okay, this is going to be a little hard for me to say. We have known each other since kindergarten right? When I met you my whole world was turned upside down, but in a good way. I have always wanted to tell you this but I could never find the right time, I am in love with you," Simon ranted.
Clary looked taken aback and started, "Okay…"
Simon cut her off before she could continue, "Now all I ask is if we can kiss once. I know it is a weird thing to ask of you, but I really need to be sure. That is only if you are okay with it and all. It is a very weird question and I brought it up out of nowhere and…"
This time Clary cut him off, "Okay."
"Oh good..wait what did you say? Did you say you were okay with it?" Simon asked in disbelief.
"Yes, I have been confused about my feelings towards you as well and this would definitely clear things up," Clary explained. Simon was too shell-shocked to answer so he simply closed the distance between himself and Clary. "Well here we go Simon." With that she leaned her face into his until they were kissing. Simon noticed immediately that it was awkward and there was no spark when he kissed her like there was with Izzy.
Simon pulled away after a few more seconds. "Yeah…" Simon stated in disappointment.
"That pretty much sums it up," Clary answered in agreement. "I am pretty sure we fit as best friends only. I don't know what I was thinking."
"Yeah to be honest I always thought that kissing you would be amazing, but that just felt wrong. I guess we just love each other, but we are not in love with each other."
"But that's not wrong or anything," Clary clarified. "Not to change the subject or anything but why were you at the mall so long anyway?"
"No reason!" Simon answered a little too quickly.
Clary raised her eyebrow and questioned him, "Someone seems a little suspicious. What were you two doing?"
"N-nothing I swear!" Simon exclaimed as he made a break for his room. That was too close, Clary did not need to know about what happened at the mall.
Isabelle made it back to her apartment and found that both Alec and Jace were inside. "What are you guys doing? You have your own place don't you?"
"Well that's a very rude thing to say your guests," Jace countered.
"You two are not guests. Guests are invited in, they don't just show up whenever they want," Isabelle pointed out.
"Fair point, how was your date with the nerd?" Jace asked.
"I'm definitely making progress. I'd say that he is probably think about me right now. I am sure that I put seeds of doubt into his mind about his feelings for Clary," Isabelle assured them.
"What makes you think that?" Alec cut in.
"Well I started making out with him and he didn't pull away for a long while. If he really loved her would he let that continue?" Isabelle questioned.
"Or you know he was just in shock and couldn't process what was going on," Jace argued.
"Oh shut up, there's no way I could be wrong about this. Back me up Alec."
"I'm sorry but I have to agree with Jace, if someone did that to me out of nowhere I would probably freeze up too," Alec reasoned. "Everyone reacts to things in their own way so I can't be sure, but it's fairly likely. Anyways if he really did like you why would he pull away then?"
"He's in denial," Isabelle suggested. "Watch, you'll see soon enough that I am right."
Simon came out of his room and sat beside Clary on the couch, "I have something to tell you and I don't want you to get angry."
Clary looked over at him and gave him her full attention, "Okay, what is it?"
"Well while we were at the mall Izzy started making out with me," Simon confessed.
"So you made out with her and then came home and asked to kiss me too? What a player," Clary said.
"That's why I came home and asked you if we could kiss, she got in my head," Simon explained.
"So what you are trying to say is that you might have feelings for her? Is that right?" Clary asked.
"To be honest yes, I mean you have seen her. Izzy is just wow. On top of all of that she was teasing me the whole time we were hanging out, it's obvious how she got in my head," Simon realized.
"Well it's fine with me if you start dating her, we already agreed we wouldn't let dating getting in the way of our friendship," Clary assured him.
"Dating?" Simon questioned. "I doubt that would ever happen, but I appreciate you being cool with my feelings for her and all. Okay, now let's pop in some Harry Potter movies, we haven't watched them in at least a year now."
"Sure thing boss man," Clary responded. Yes this was the dynamic that he and Clary were meant to have, best friends.