Taki's looks like a run-down shop from the outside with jail like windows, ensuring that you can't see inside. But when you walk through the door, where two security guards stand, the whole place looks completely different. The seats are all mix and match but it just helps with the rustic feel of the restaurant. The tables are all made up of different types of wood shaped so that they can sit a lot of people at. When we come to Taki's we always have to push tables together because our group is so big. Usually there is 10 of us but with Seb gone there is only 9. I sit in between Jace and Jon across from Izzy and Simon. We all look at the menu but we all know that we'll order the usual.
Aline comes over to take our order. Aline has an Asian look to her, thanks to her father who is part Asian, making Aline one forth Asian. She has black hair that is cut and styled into a shoulder length bob. Her brown eyes sparkle as she walks over to us. She looks at us all, "The usual?" She asks we all nod our heads before I speak up.
"Oh and two stacks of blueberry pancakes to go." I say and then turn to her as I remember that mom wanted extra syrup. I go to open my mouth but she cuts me off.
"Extra syrup?" She raises an eyebrow and I nod. "When did they get back?" She asks as she puts her pad back away.
"They got back yesterday. We had a family day yesterday otherwise we would have invited you and Helen over. How was your trip to visit your grandparents?" I ask
"It was great! They love Helen and were very accepting about me being with her. It was amazing they didn't even bat an eyelid when I introduced her as my girlfriend." She says and her smile lights up the place. "We'll talk more when school starts cause if I don't get back to my shift my managers going to blow." She says and discreetly points over her shoulder where I see and older man going very red in the face and glaring at Aline. I laugh and say good bye and turn back to my friends who are having their own conversation.
"But in the bigger picture who is better Super-man or Spider-man?" Simon asks debating yet again with Jordan over who is better. I grin and know what to say to shut them up.
"Batman is better. Next question." They all look at me and everyone but Simon and Jordan burst out laughing. Simon and Jordan both gape at me then they have to agree that Batman is indeed the best.
"How can you get them to quite arguing by muttering three words?" Izzy asks after she stops laughing. "We," she signals between her and Maia, "have been trying to get them to stop for about 5 minutes and you just say that and they be quite? That's your superpower. It must be. Clary the Boy Silencer!" She says causing the rest of the table to laugh and Jordan to pout.
"I am no boy! I am a man!" He sulkily crosses his arms across his chest. I laugh harder.
"Yeah ok, Kyle! Whatever you say!" Maia says which causes the rest of the table to laugh harder. I'm laughing so hard that I fall into Jace who wraps his arms around my shoulders to keep me from falling whilst also leaning against me to support him from falling at the same time. My head is resting on his shoulder whilst his in on top of mine. I'm still laughing and I realise that the rest of the table has stopped. Jace must realise around the same time as me as we both separate and look at the rest of the people at the table. I start to blush and hid my face by drinking some of my Fanta that Aline must have put down whilst we were all laughing.
"Does this mean that Clace has happened?" Jordan asks from the end of the table. "Ow. Maia what the hell!" He says and glares at Maia. My guess is she kicked him or pinched him. She may have even clawed him with her werewolf nail, who knew.
"What's Clace?" Jace asks looking between me and ever one else at the table. I sink down and I can see that he notices and pins Jordan with a glare. "Kyle, what is Clace?" He asks but Jordan shakes his head. "Lewis?" Simon does the same and hangs his head low and looks to Izzy. "Fray?" He asks Jon and Jon also looks away. "Anyone?" He asks and looks towards me.
I sigh and look at Jordan giving him eyes that say 'I'm going to kill you later'. "Clace is the ship name they have for us. They think that were going to end up together but like I've already told them. Nothing has or will happen between us because we're just best friends." I give him a look saying 'don't say anything that could be suspicious at all, they already thing were together don't make it worse' and because Jace knows me so well he can read all that just by looking into my eyes.
He laughs out loud. "A ship name… for me and Red… Oh my god… I can't breathe." He says all between breaths. "You guys do know that Clary is like a sister to me right?" He asks and looks at everyone in the eyes except me and one other person. Jon. I look towards Jon and see that he's avoiding eye contact with me. I sign determined to find what that's about later. Then I remember our gift of my mother and instantly light up again.
I hit Jace in the arm and he looks towards me. "We get to see Coldplay tonight." I grin and see he's remembering too and he grins as well. I look at the time and see that its 11 o'clock. "The show starts at 7 do you want to come back to here before for dinner or shall we order a pizza in?" I ask forgetting everyone around me.
"Let's stay at home. We can have a Coldplay session where we just lazy around eating pizza and waiting for it to start?" He suggest.
"That's a brilliant idea we'll do that! Start about 3:30? That way we can get about two and a half albums done before we have to leave?" I say back to him getting really excited about the idea again like I was yesterday.
"Yeah, I'll drive us on my bike then shall I?" He asks and I grin. He knows I love his bike. I lean towards him and ask him to bend down so I can whisper in his ear.
"Can we go to that place again and can you show me how to ride it again? I want to be able to tell my mom that I can ride one before I can nag her to buy me one." I say and pull back and give him my puppy dog eyes. Despite what he says he actually does have a hard time resisting my puppy eyes. He chuckles and looks down at me and into my eyes.
"Yeah of course I'll take you. We had fun last time if I remember correctly." He grin widens as he remembers my failed attempt at lifting the front wheel of the bike of the ground. I laugh too and we both agree to go there before we go home after the concert.
Jace and I spend the afternoon listening to Coldplay. Belting out or favourite songs so loud that my mother, Luke and Jon all came in to tell us to be quite. We just turned the music up louder and claimed that we couldn't hear them, and carried on shouting out the lyrics. When 'Fix You' came on Jace bowed and asked 'may we dance?' I put my hand in his and bowed and said back to him 'we may'. Which caused him to laugh because he knew I was quoting Frozen, which I was watching just before he came into my room he sat and watched the ending with me. He placed his one hand on my waist and I placed mine on his shoulder, our conjoined hands held above us and out to the side.
We danced like that for a few minutes until Jace pulled me closer and put my hand around his neck and both of his on my hips. He pulled me close to his chest. I placed my head against his chest and sighed. He placed his head against mine and the song changed to 'The Scientist' and then to 'Yellow' whilst we carried on dancing.
"Clary! Jace!" My mother shouts from outside the door. "You're going to be late for your concert." She breaks whatever spell Jace and I were under as we fumble about my room getting ready, putting our shoes and coats on. We leave my room not saying a word to each other. The concert goes by and we just go home. I tell Jace not to worry about teaching me how to ride on the motor bike.
I didn't expect that us dancing like that would leave us in the uncomfortable situation we are in. We were acting shy around each other and apologising for the slightest touch against the other. The only time Jace didn't say sorry for touching me is when he asked if I wanted to go on his shoulders to see the band better because I'm so short. That was basically the whole night's conversation.
Later that night I pledge to myself, 'I will not be alone with Jace anywhere, that I'm not going to let it show how effected I am from that night and the night before'. It caused such a divide between us, and he doesn't even know about what happened the night of the wedding. I don't know what to do with him, do I tell him? I really don't want our friendship to get ruined by my emotions about the wedding night that keep clouding my senses. I just want to tell him everything, but I know it will ruin what we have. I try to ignore my feelings but it gets harder the more time I spend with him. I know either way my friendship with Jace is compromised. I need to tell him. And I will… just not yet. Maybe I will be able to tell him at Jon's birthday when we've had a drink. Maybe then it won't be as hard to tell him. But until then I will have to try and avoid being alone with Jace at all costs.
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