(1 week later)
"Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday dear Fireball! Happy birthday to you!" I wake up to someone singing this in my ear. I'd recognise that voice anywhere.
I groan and roll over. "And happy birthday to you to Jace." I say stretching my arms above my head and opening my eyes. I hear him laugh and turn to my right to see him. He has a card and a box in his hand. I laugh and reach over the side of the bed. I pick up his box and card off the floor. He looks down and grins as well.
"Wow what a great choice in wrapping paper! It's like you copied me!" He says handing me my present and card I hand over his.
"You know great minds think alike and we both love doctor who so this was the perfect wrapping paper." I say to him in a matter of fact both decided on a blue wrapping paper with the universe all around it making it look like the Doctor Who theme when David Tennant was the Doctor. He grins at me and nods his head as if to say 'open your stuff'. So I do. My card is amazing. It's a lovely orange colour with yellow and red flowers on it. It has written on the front 'To my artistic best friend' and underneath is a photo of Jace and me from our 6th birthday, I'm holding out a drawing that I'd done of us and Jace is grinning proudly next to me. We both have gummy smiles. I'm missing my top two teeth and Jace is missing his top to as well as his bottom two. "Aw Jace." I say tears rolling down my cheeks.
"Hey don't cry." Jace says shifting on my bed to be able to reach my face and wipe the tears off. "You haven't even opened the card and you're already crying." He says a small smile playing at his lips. I open the card up and read the inside. 'To Red, A way to celebrate our every lasting friendship! 14 years of friendship 11 years of sleep overs. Open your present and have a great night. Love, Your best friend Lace' it reads. I feel more tears falling down my face. Then I start laughing.
"Oh my god you remember when I couldn't say your name?" I say more laughing coming out of my mouth as I fall across my bed clutching my card to my chest.
"Of course I remember Red. You were so small back then. No one ever believed that we were the same age. Especially when you couldn't say my name. It was adorable. For 5 years I was Lace all because you couldn't pronounce the J in Jace." He says joining me in my laughing falling over onto the bed. My head by his feet.
"Yeah well at least you wasn't Lohnny." Jon says joining us on my bed.
"Guys please it's my birthday you're not supposed to embarrass me on my Birthday!" I say putting my hand over my face.
"Hey it's my birthday too. And I love annoying and embarrassing you as my birthday gift. Anyway speaking about presents you haven't opened yours!" Jace says and pokes me into the side causing me to laugh. He does it again and both boys burst out laughing along with me. We lay on my bed for five minutes just laughing Jon led across the bottom, I'm next to him and Jace is laying by my pillows. My head next to both of their feet.
"Ok guys I want to open my present now!" I say and sit up and turn to face them. Jon and Jace raise themselves so were sat in a triangle on my bed. I smile at Jace and peal the lid off my present. Inside is a new set of pyjamas, my favourite hot chocolate, and a voucher for my favourite Chinese take away 'Jade Wolf', two new DVD that I've wanted for ages and face masks. 3 face masks one for each of us. A birthday tradition of mine that we all cuddle on the sofa and have face masks and watch films. "Jace! These are perfect! Thank you so much!" I say and fling myself towards him wrapping my arms around his neck. I feel him chuckle rather than hear him.
"It's ok Clary. Can I open mine now?" He asks. I pull back from him and nod. He opens his card and his eyes go wide. My checks flush red and I look down at my hands. "Clary. Wow you art has gotten so much better." He shows Jon my drawing. It's of Jace and I. Were both laughing, it's one of the many photo's Izzy seems to always takes of us now. I copied it off her phone. He opens the card and grins. Written inside is 'To Jace, May your birthday be as great as my life has been for the last 14 years having you as my best friend. I hope you never change and we always stay best friends! Lots of Love, Love from your best friend Clary xoxo' "Thanks Clary," Jace says and leans over to give me a one armed hug.
"Open your present." I say to him biting the inside of my lip hoping he will like it.
He grins at me then opens the box. He looks down then his brows crease in confusion. He pulls out the tequila and a card. He looks at me like I've lost my mind. "Read the card." I prompt. He looks back down and reads the card out loud.
"You look in my when you're hungry, and it often makes you angry. For what we have in there never tickles your fancy." He says and looks at me. "Are you making me scavenge for my present?" He asks and I just grin at him. "Ok so where do I look when I'm hungry. The cupboards and the fridge." He gets up and walks off the bed. He gets to the fridge and finds some limes with another note. "You look into me often to see your vanity because you think that you're god's gift to humanity. Well that one is easy. The mirror." Jace says and walks to the mirror.
When he gets to the mirror there's a bag with a gift in it. He picks it up and pulls out a set of batman pyjamas. He smiles at me then looks back in the bag to find another card. "God another one?" I nod, he sighs. "Fancy and treat, come and find me I'll take you on an adventure without losing your seat. Ok this one is a bit more difficult. If Jon had written this I know it would be the DVD collection but because it's you it's either there or its books." He says looking at me as if he's going to get a clue out of me. I just look back at him blankly. "Ok well I'm going to go with… books because it's you." He says and makes his way up stairs to the library.
He gets there and finds paracetamol and looks up at me.
"For your headache after the tequila." I say with a straight face. He grins at me and tucks them in his back pocket. Underneath is another card.
"I have a face but there's no body. A case with no space. You'll have to pace yourself or you'll trip on the stair case. Ok is this the clock at the end of the hall?" he asks looking at me. I'm guessing Jon gave up with our game as I can smell bacon being cooked down stairs. I nod my head to Jace and he makes his way to the clock. There's another piece of card. "If there is any more after this then I'm giving up." He says sighing clearly getting pissed that he hasn't had his present yet. "When dread leads my tears to shed you will often find me led on my… Bed? Seriously Clary have we done all that and the present is in your bedroom?" He says I laugh at his face and pull him to my room. I reach under my bed and pull out a long rectangular box. It's too heavy for me to lift up so I just leave it on the floor.
"Ta-da! Happy birthday!" I say to him and grin. I knew the scavenger hunt would annoy him but hopefully this gift will make it all better. He grins and sits down on the floor to open his present. He pulls the paper off and looks down at the keyboard that I bought him.
"Clary…" He says and looks up at me. I see the shine of tears in his eyes. I know he never cries.
"Shit Jace do you not like it?" I ask him getting down on my knees in front of him. I reach up and push his head up to look at him. "Talk to me Jace if you don't like it I can take it back and get you something else. I just thought that you'd want one over here to play for when you decide to start playing again. I hope it's soon I miss listening to you." I add quietly.
He reaches forwards and grabs me and pulls me into a hug. "Oh Clary its perfect! I can't believe you remembered me playing. I haven't played properly since I was 10. But I think… I think I would like to start playing again. But only on one condition." I look at him and signal for him to continue. "You have to practice singing with me. And don't you tell me that you don't sing I hear you in the shower every morning." He says sending a wink my way.
"Ok let's go set it up. Maybe Jon's made us breakfast. It is our birthday after all." I say and get up. Holding my hand out to pull him up after me. He gets up and then bends back over and picks up the piano taking it with us down stairs.
"Jon have you made breakfast?" I shout coming down the stairs. He shouts back that he's made us some and it's in the oven in the kitchen. I walk in get our food and walk back into the living room where Jace went when we came down stairs.
I walk in and he has the keyboard set up. He grabs his breakfast and starts eating it quickly. As soon as were both finished he plugs his present in and starts messing about with the keys.
"Come on then Fireball what shall we sing." He asks me and Jon chokes on his coffee.
"You're actually going to play?" He asks and Jace nods his head.
"How about something new, we could look up the keys online? How about 'Over and over again' by Nathan Sykes? I really like that one." I say to Jace. He shrugs and looks up the keys to the song. He gets a bit of paper and writes them down then turns to me.
"Ready?" he asks. I nod my head and he starts to play the tune and I start to sing.
From the way you smile
To the way you look
You capture me
Unlike no other
From the first hello
Yeah, that's all it took
And suddenly
We had each other
And I won't leave you
Always be true
One plus one, two for life
Over and over again
So don't ever think I need more
I've got the one to live for
No one else will do
And I'm telling you
Just put your heart in my hands
I promise it won't get broken
We'll never forget this moment
It will stay brand new
'Cause I'll love you
Over and over again
Over and over again
We only play the first verse and chorus. I look down at him and smile. "You still play as beautifully as you did 7 years ago." I say sitting down next to him. He smiles and starts to play the piano again as I lean my head against his shoulder. He plays for a while then I decide I'm going to shower and put on my new pyjamas and lay down on the sofa with my brother and best friend and watch my new movies. Jace goes in the shower after me and we all spend the day in our pyjamas. We order pizza for dinner and Chinese for supper. It has been one of the best birthdays ever, even if I've only spent it with these to dummies next to me. We're going to have a night in the house with all our friends and my mother tomorrow when she gets back from her trip. For now I'm content just sitting her with my two boys watching TV eating Chinese and laughing at each other.
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