Sizzystan, May 14th: And here we go. Hopefully simon's going to sweep izzy off her feets with his music skills. Pls don't let him suffer to much when he finds out that izzy's playing with him…
collasoll: As an avid Simon fan myself I sure hope things go well for him, but you will just have to wait and see.
Simon awoke on Friday morning feeling light as a feather, words could not convey his excitement. Today was the day, if things went well he would be offered an official spot at Java Jones as a performer.
Simon slowly made his way out of bed and walked to the bathroom to take a shower. Today he would not be late, he needed to start the day off right. Simon took rather short showers so within ten minutes he was dressed and in front of Clary's door. He knocked on on her door a few times and when there was still no answer he called out her name. A familiar grumbling came from the other side of the door letting Simon know that Clary was awake.
Now that that was done Simon made his way into the kitchen and took two bowls and spoons from the kitchen drawers and a box of Lucky Charms. Then he grabbed two glasses of milk, walked to the fridge, grabbed the milk jug, and poured some into each glass.
Funnily enough, doing all of this in the mornings made Simon feel as if he was Clary's caretaker. Mornings were never her strong point, but Simon was always an early riser. Due to this, Simon was used to preparing things for Clary in the mornings, but somehow they were still late quite frequently.
Tired of waiting on Clary, Simon started on his bowl of cereal as he continued to ponder about what songs he should sing. He had written a few songs recently that he felt were pretty good, but he wasn't sure whether or not he was ready to play them. It took a lot of time and effort to memorize the words, chords, and pitches for each song. Simon had been a little out of practice due to the... distractions going on in the past few weeks since college had started.
When Simon was just about done with his bowl he heard Clary's footsteps approaching the kitchen. "One of these days I am afraid I won't be able to wake you up at all Fray," Simon teased as he nudged her with his elbow.
Clary let out a long sigh, "If only that were the case, I could use a few more hours of sleep in the mornings."
"Hold on now, you were the one who picked out the morning class. You have no one else to blame but yourself for your lack of sleep," Simon pointed out.
Clary growled, "Hindsight is 20/20, starting next semester I am not picking any classes that start before eleven. I need my beauty sleep, otherwise I look like a zombie fresh out of a horror movie." Simon chuckled at her reference. "What time is it now?" Clary had started on her bowl of cereal, which was a good thing because as Simon checked his watch he saw that they had about ten minutes to finish up and head for class. Simon showed Clary the time which caused Clary to mutter, "Stupid morning classes. Don't worry Simon we won't be late today, I am almost finished here."
The walk to school lasted roughly ten minutes which Simon and Clary usually had to run in under five minutes. Today however, was one of the few days that they could take it easy and look at the scenery. By scenery Simon meant noisy cars, old buildings, and the occasional rat. Home sweet home, take it or leave it this is where he had lived his whole life.
When Simon and Clary arrived to class they took their usual seats whenever they saw that there was no one else in class. "Um Simon, where is everyone else?" Clary asked in confusion.
Simon looked around the classroom again before answering, "I am not sure. Were we supposed to meet somewhere else today?" As Simon said that he pulled out his phone to check his email. Sure enough he had one new email from Mr. Smith that said class was canceled. "Well that is just great, apparently he sent us an email at three in the morning letting us know class was canceled."
Clary looked like she was about to burst a blood vessel in her head she was so angry. "Are you kidding me?" She fumed. "I could have slept in today! I am going to kill him."
"Calm down, it's our own fault for not checking our email before leaving for school, everyone else apparently got the message," As Simon was finishing his statement Izzy, Jace, and Alec walked into the room. "Well not quite everyone anyway."
Izzy made a double take across the room before inquiring, "Where is everyone? Don't tell me, class is canceled today?"
Simon nodded his head as he responded, "We were just wondering the same thing so I checked my email and sure enough it is."
"Well how about we head over to Java Jones and scout it out now?" Isabelle suggested earnestly. "I know your thing isn't until tonight, but we could hang out there for a few hours anyway."
Jace and Alec looked like they could care less about going anywhere with Simon. At that moment however Clary chimed in, "Sure, that sounds like fun. This will also help alleviate some of Simon's worries."
"I'll go too," Jace mentioned which made Simon and Alec roll their eyes. Simon had noticed before how Jace had been a little too interested in Clary, which didn't bode well with him. Jace was not the type of guy he imagined Clary being with, of course he had always thought he would be the one with her. Jace however seemed like a player to Simon and one that would only end up breaking Clary's heart.
When they made it out onto the street Clary walked on Simon's left side and then Izzy was on his right while Jace and Alec had noticeably put some distance in between themselves and Simon by walking nearly a block behind him. "So Simon, are you nervous?" Isabelle questioned.
"Well now that you brought it up yes, I am extremely nervous," Simon started. "I could forget the words up there, play a wrong note, or maybe I am actually really bad and people just gave me compliments out of pity." As Simon said this he was looking at Clary.
"Oh come on Simon, would I ever lie to you?" Clary pointed out. "Believe me whenever I tell you that your singing skills and ability to play instruments are the best I have ever heard."
"Is he really that good? My expectations just went way up for tonight then," Isabelle chatted.
"What have you done now Clary? Don't get her hopes up, there is already enough pressure on me as it is!" Simon exclaimed nervously. He was starting to wonder if he should just back out, maybe he wasn't ready for this kind of thing after all.
"For the love of God Simon, you are playing at a coffee shop not at a concert. People aren't expecting you to be an idol or anything, they just want to hear local live music," Clary countered. "Stop thinking so much about everything that could go wrong, just focus on the here and now and have fun."
"I hate to break it to you Simon, but Clary is right," Isabelle said. "I was just joking about having super high expectations, I just want to hear you playing. You shouldn't be feeling pressured about this in the least bit. I promise that there won't be any hecklers tonight, so just try to play your heart out tonight."
"I won't make any promises," Simon replied. Simon spent the rest of the walk to Java Jones silently, deep in thought. When they arrived at the coffee shop, they sat down at the nearest booth. Simon, Clary, and Izzy sat on one side while Jace and Alec opted to sit across from them. Simon looked around the coffee shop, it was quaint and cozy. It seemed like the perfect venue for Simon, Clary had done a nice job of picking out a venue.
A barista came up to them and Simon saw that his name tag read 'Magnus.' Magnus was a tall Asian male that was wearing eye-liner, had gel infused hair, and had what seemed to be glitter all over him. "Hello biscuit," he called out to Clary. His eyes scanned across Simon and the rest of the group before lingering a little too long on Alec. "Is the person playing tonight with you right now?"
Clary seemed unnerved by the barista's unusual style sense, because she answered immediately, "Yes, the person playing tonight is none other than my best friend Simon Lewis." As she said this she pointed at me to indicate which of us was Simon.
The smile on Magnus' face fell as he heard Clary's response. He sighed, 'And here I was hoping it would be the blue eyed one." Alec choked on his drink when he heard this.
Simon didn't know how to respond so he simply mumbled, "Sorry I am such a let down." Clary put her arm around Simon's shoulder to reassure him.
"Now Magnus, that was quite rude. What did we talk about?" Clary chastised. "You need to think before you speak."
Magnus turned back towards Simon as he explained, "I am sorry whatever your name was, I tend to speak my mind." That didn't really sound like an apology to Simon, but he did not want to anger the person who got him the gig so he kept his mouth shut.
Simon whispered in Clary's ear, "Maybe you should introduce him to everyone else?"
Clary face palmed before stating, "My bad for not realizing that we all needed introductions. This is Isabelle, Jace, and Alec they are all siblings." Then she pointed towards Magnus, "This here is Magnus Bane, he also happens to be the reason that Simon is playing tonight."