Authors Note:
Okay, so I got carried away today and couldn't stop writing this story so I have this chapter for you all and I hope you like it! I'm really loving where this story is going, and the slow progression of their relationships, and I hope you like it as well! Let me know what you all think! :)
Chapter Three:
The rest of the week passed and Jace couldn't get Clary out of his head. No matter what he tried, she was always what his mind came back too. It was weird for him to be hung up on a girl. It had never happened before, and the fact that the person who he couldn't stop thinking about was someone who he didn't really consider until he actually talked to her was strange.
Jace had soccer practice today and he was wondering the halls of the school passing time. He wondered past the art room when he saw her vibrant red hair. He stood in the doorway and watched her paint. He loved watching her completely in her element. He could see how much passion she put into her work, and she was good. Not surprising, he had always seen her around with a book she was constantly drawing in. Jace was so lost in his mind that he didn't realize Clary was staring at him.
"What are you doing here?" Clary asked and Jace was brought back to reality.
"I was walking around and I saw you in here." Jace said as he pushed himself out of the doorway and started walking towards her.
"And you just decided to stand and stare?" She asked and Jace laughed.
"It's very mesmerizing to watch you paint." Jace said. "You're really good." Jace said and a blush crept across Clary's face, and Jace couldn't help but want to make her blush again.
"I sure hope so. I plan to make it my career." She said as she started painting again.
"You want to be an artist?" Jace asked and she nodded.
"Yup. I want to own my own gallery, and sell my paintings, and have the world know who Clary Fray is." She said and Jace couldn't help but smile at how ambitious she was. He wished he had his life figured out. It was quiet for a moment before Clary spoke again. "What about you?"
"I don't know what I want to do with my life." Jace confessed and Clary stopped painting and looked at him.
"Well, what are you interested in?" Clary asked.
"I don't know. A bunch of stuff I guess." Jace responded.
"Do you want to play soccer professionally?" Clary asked and Jace shrugged.
"I mean, I'm good, but there are a lot of good soccer players out there."
"Have any hobbies?" Clary asked and Jace laughed.
"I play the piano, but I doubt I could go anywhere with it." Jace confessed. He had no idea why he was spilling his soul to Clary, but she was just so easy to talk too, and he felt like he could trust her.
"Are you any good?" Clary asked and Jace smirked.
"I'm pretty good." Jace said and Clary laughed. It was the most beautiful sound Jace had ever heard. His phone proceeded to go off signaling that it was time for practice, Jace stood up and Clary smiled at him.
"Well, maybe one day you can play for me." Clary said and Jace smiled. A genuine smile.
"Maybe I will Red." Jace said and he started walking out. Jace liked the chemistry between them. It wasn't awkward, or uncomfortable, or tense. It was natural, and their conversation just seemed to always have a purpose and he liked that. Jace changed quickly and made it out onto the field. He went through the motions of practice but his mind was completely focused on Clary.
Clary had washed the paintbrushes and was on her way out of the school when he saw the boys soccer team practicing. She stopped in her tracks and decided to sit and watch for a little. She didn't have to be home anytime soon, and she was a little curious to see how good Jace actually was. She took a seat on the bleachers and started sketching mindlessly. Her eyes immediately landed on the golden boy standing in the middle of the field, shirtless, with one foot on the ball. Her cheeks flushed red, and she ducked her head and tried not to stare. He was captivating, and she was drawn to him in a way that didn't make any sense, but she didn't mind. She was pulled out of her thoughts when her phone started ringing. She looked at who was calling and it was her mom.
"Hello?" Clary answered.
"Clary, I need you to pick a few things up from the store." Her mom said.
"Sure, what do you need?" Clary asked.
"The ingredients to make meatloaf and mashed potatoes." Her mom said.
"Of course. I'll see you at home." Clary said and she hung up. She packed her sketchbook and made her way down the bleachers. She took one last look at the field and her eyes locked with Jace's. He smiled at her, and it took everything in her not to melt right there. She smiled back and made her way to her car. She didn't know what was happening between them, but she wasn't complaining.
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Izzy was late to school and standing at her locker getting her books when she heard voices. She closed her locker and started making her way to class, but before she turned the corner completely she saw Aline and Kaelie talking to Maia and Helen. She stood at the corner listening to what they were talking about.
"You can't be serious?" Izzy heard Helen say.
"I'm so serious." Aline said.
"How did you find out?" Maia asked.
"Stupid bitch left her journal out when she went to the bathroom yesterday." Aline said and Izzy was confused.
"But are you sure it said she thought she was pregnant?" Kaelie said and Izzy's heart sank.
"It was very clear that she really thought she was pregnant." Aline said. "I'm not surprised. Izzy is such a slut, I'm surprised she doesn't eat Plan B pills like tic taks." Izzy couldn't listen to anymore. She ran right out of the school and over to the tree she was sitting at a couple days ago. How could she be so careless? She knew one of those skanks would do anything to get dirt on her. They hated her, she knew that, but she didn't care, and now they would tell the whole school about her business and Izzy don't know how to handle that.
Izzy didn't want to face the school today, and decided to just sit under that tree for however long she wanted. She was in a complete daze, she didn't know how much time had passes, all she knew was that her social life was completely shattered, and she just had to suck it up and take it.
Simon was sitting in class and talking to his friend Jordan. Simon wasn't really paying any attention to what he was saying until he heard Izzy's name. Simon shook his head and turned towards Jordan.
"Sorry, what was that last thing you said?" Simon asked Jordan.
"Izzy had a pregnancy scare. According to Maia anyway." Jordan said.
"And how does Maia know?" Simon asked.
"Aline told her this morning." Jordan said.
"And how does Aline know?" Simon asked trying to get to the bottom of this.
"Izzy left her journal on her desk the other day when she went to the bathroom and Aline read about it." Jordan said and Simon was disgusted.
"That's an invasion of privacy." Simon spat at Jordan and he just shrugged.
"I didn't read it dude, I'm just telling you what I know." Jordan said and the bell rang. Simon knew that this was flying around school, and that it wasn't just a rumor Aline read it directly from Izzy.
Izzy sat under that tree for what seemed like forever when she heard a bell. She looked at her phone and realized that it was lunch time. She didn't care anymore, about anything really. She put her phone down and continued to sit there. There were kids who were leaving the campus to go get food and when they would spot Izzy they would start whispering. I guess this was Izzy's new reality. She had tried so hard to keep the tears away but she couldn't do it anymore. They started streaming down her face, and she had no will to stop them.
Simon walked outside to grab his lunch out of his car. When he was halfway there he noticed a girl sitting under a tree. He looked over and saw Izzy sitting there looking completely devastated. He couldn't imagine having his personal business whispered around school, and his heart went out to the girl. He knew that he had been yelled at by her for sitting next to her before but he didn't really care right now, she needed someone, and he decided to be that someone. Simon walked right over to her and sat down. Izzy looked at him with tear stained cheeks, and tear filled eyes and he put his arm around her and pulled her into his side and let her cry.
Neither Izzy nor Simon knew how long they were sitting like that, but Simon knew he was missing the rest of the day. When Izzy started to calm down she pulled away from Simon and dried her eyes.
"What are you doing here?" Izzy asked.
"I saw you crying and thought maybe you could use a shoulder to cry on." Simon said.
"But why? I was awful to you." Izzy said as she remembered her last encounter with him, she truly was a bitch to him and he was just trying to help.
"No one deserves to have their business painted around for everyone to know." Simon said and Izzy let out a dry laugh.
"Figures Aline would find a way to put me on blast and ruin me." Izzy said. "I can't believe I even considered a friend."
"Aline doesn't have a loyal bone in her body." Simon said and Izzy looked at him curiously. "I'm gonna share a little secret with you about her." Simon said and Izzy was curious as to what Simon of all people could know about Aline. "A couple weeks ago I was doing some office work, and I was on an errand to give Mr. Hamilton some papers and when I turned the corner I saw Aline and Helen making out."
"No way!" Izzy shouted and Simon just nodded. Izzy couldn't help the laugh that escaped her lips, especially because she was laughing because of Simon.
"I swear to god. They were in the middle of a pretty heated make out session." Simon said and Izzy laughed again.
"I can't believe she's a lesbian." Izzy said and Simon just nodded. "And she called me a slut. At least I'm not swinging both ways. Who knows how many people she's been with."
"No idea, and not really interested, but I thought maybe you could use a little pick me up." Simon said as he got up. He held his hand out and Izzy took it and he helped her up. "You should head home. There is no reason for you to stay here and face all the students who will file out at the end of the day." Izzy nodded and they both started walking towards their cars. They weren't parked that far away from each other and when Izzy opened her door she stopped and looked at Simon.
"Thank you Simon." She said and Simon turned around. "You had no reason to do what you did for me, especially after how I treated you."
"It was no problem Isabelle. I'm happy to help." Simon said as he got into his car. Izzy got into hers and started her way home. She didn't know if a friendship just formed or if he had just felt sorry for her, but at the moment Izzy didn't care. He had comforted her when she didn't deserve it, and she was thankful for that.
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It had been a week since Magnus walked out on Alec, and Alec was still devastated. He knew that one day he would have to come out to his family, but he just couldn't do it yet. On some level, Alec understood why Magnus had did what he did. But that didn't mean he had to like it. Every time Alec had caught a glimpse of Magnus on campus his heart broke all over again. He wanted to be with Magnus, more than he ever thought he'd want to be with someone, but maybe he wasn't ready, and maybe it would take some time to be ready to completely commit to Magnus the way he wanted too, but knowing he was so close to being completely happy and having it ripped away was the worst feeling.
Magnus hated walking out on Alec but it was the right move. He had been the 'dirty little secret' before and it wasn't fun. He couldn't put himself in that position again and as much as it pained him to walk away, he had to do it. For himself and for Alec. Since they weren't the same major, Magnus and Alec didn't cross paths often, which was fortunate for the both of them, but when Magnus did catch glimpses of Alec, is was like a weight was put on his heart.
Alec had decided to go home for the weekend so he was sulking around in his room. He hadn't really talked to Izzy or Jace in a while and he really needed some time with his siblings.
When he got home he went straight up to Izzy's room and knocked on the door. When she opened it he could tell she had been crying. He was immediately filled with worry and walked into her room.
"What's wrong?" Alec asked and Izzy broke down, clearly someone terrible had happened, and he would get to the bottom of it, but he just needed to be there for her right now, and that's what he was going to do. After about 10 minutes of Izzy crying into Alec's chest the door bursts open and Jace is standing there all sweaty from practice. "What's wrong?" Alec asked for the second time because Jace looked pissed off.
"Izzy, is it true?" Jace asked and Izzy sat up and whipped her eyes. "Please tell me it's a sick rumor."
"Is what true?" Alec asked. They both looked at Izzy and she simply nodded.
"Izzy." Jace said and Alec stood up.
"Alright someone tell me what the hell is going on." Alec said and Jace looked at Izzy and she just nodded. Jace looked back up to Alec.
"Izzy had a pregnancy scare." Jace said and Alec felt like he just had the wind knocked out of him.
"You what!?" Alec said trying not to yell. "How did that happen?"
"I don't know. I was really drunk." Izzy confessed and Alec held the bridge of his nose. He knew that Izzy was clearly really affected by this but he also couldn't help but feel so angry at her. "I'm sorry."
"Izzy, you can't keep partying like that." Alec said and she nodded.
"I know. I'm done. I promise. This was eye opening." Izzy said and Alec nodded. He gave her a kiss on the forehead before going to his room. He laid on his bed and stared at his ceiling. He wanted to text Magnus and talk to him. Tell him about Izzy, and how he felt. But he couldn't. Magnus told him to call him when he was ready, and right now just isn't the time. He threw his phone across his room and closed his eyes.
Magnus was walking around his apartment thinking about Alec. He hated that he had completely grabbed his attention and now he couldn't let him go. This was torturing him even more but he couldn't stop thinking about the beautiful man who he was starting to fall for.
When the doorbell rang and he opened it to see Ragnor standing there he couldn't have been more relieved. He welcomed him in and they sat down in silence for a moment before Ragnor couldn't take it anymore.
"Why did you ask me here?" Ragnor asked and Magnus sighed.
"I was falling in love with a closet gay Ragnor, and I cut him lose." Magnus confessed.
"So what's the problem?" Ragnor asked.
"I didn't want to let him go." Magnus said.
"But you did?" Ragnor asked confused.
"I can't go through that again. You know how hard it was with Woolsey. I refuse to be that unhappy because of a man again." Magnus said and Ragnor sighed.
"You just have to be patient with him." Ragnor said.
"I'm afraid he won't ever come out." Magnus said.
"Than maybe it wasn't meant to be." Ragnor said and Magnus sighed. He knew that the possibility of Alec never coming out was true and that killed Magnus even more. Because no matter what happened with them, or in his life, he knew Alec was special and that he would never find someone like him ever again.