A/N: Okayy so this is kinda a filler chapter because it's going to be the calm between the storms dun, dun, DUNNNNNNN
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Chapter 12: Seeing life through an artist's eye
They were all in Cris' hospital room, just talking and hanging out as if they were at someone's house when Charlotte rushed through the doors. Cris was sitting on the edge her bed, her leg now had a purple cast on it, with Jamie on one side and Jem on the other, she had apologised for earlier but he seemed to want to forget it and said "I'm sorry too, you were just emotional it's alright,"
"Mrs Branwell!" Simon says surprised that she would be in here. She ran over, a look of relief spread over her face. "Oh, thank the angel," she breathed and gave Cris a hug that nearly knocked her further on to the bed. "Charlotte, what's wrong?" Cris asked, and she could tell Simon was going to say 'You got attacked, that's what's wrong,' so she looked at Simon, who had his mouth open, about to speak, shook her head lightly and he closed his mouth again. "The police came, and of course they sent everyone home early, obviously except you guys, they were going to get your attacker" at the words 'your attacker' Cris shivered, Jem seemed to notice this and he put a comforting hand on hers, she smiled gratefully back at him. "And take him to the police station, but he was out cold still," She looked at Jace at this who gave a smug expression. "So they decided to leave him for an hour and come back to see if he had woken up then," She pauses then takes a deep breath then continues, "When they came back, they found he was gone, the restraint's locks had been picked and the two guards were on the floor unconscious,"
Cris couldn't believe what she was hearing, she sat there shocked "Well, aren't people trying to find him?" Maia says as she looks sympathetically towards Cris. "Yes of course they are but they've had police searching everywhere in London for the past hour, and they're sure that every spot in London has been checked and he's nowhere to be found" her voice was very quiet at the end. "So you mean he's out there trying to find Cris," Jamie says worriedly, "We don't know he's still after her," Tris says trying to lighten the mood. Before anyone else can speak Charlotte says "Yes, Tris, that's true but I'd rather not take any chances, so that's why I'm proposing Cris stays at one of your houses, preferably a house that isn't near her own, in case he sees her near her house,"
As far as Cris knew everyone lived near her, "She could stay at mine, I live a couple of streets from her" She couldn't help but notice Jem's face turn grave for a second before turning back to normal. "Will that be alright with your parents" Cris asked him and smiled and answered "Yeah, they're in New York at the moment on a business thing" Charlotte seemed to accept this, she gave Cris another quick hug and said goodbye, but Cris still seemed unsure "Okay but are you sure?" she asked just as Charlotte disappeared through the doors.
"Cris. It would be an honour," She laughed at this and Jem said he had to leave so he got up and was about to walk away when Cris grabs his hand and pulls him into a hug. She knows he is shocked by this as she can feel his heart rate beating fast against her. When she lets go she smiles at him, he gives a small smile back, trying to hide a shocked expression. Jem then walks out of the room and Jamie says "Wait, I forgot something I wanted to ask Jem, I'll be back in a minute," Cris is confused slightly and nods her head.
When he is out of the room, all eyes turn on her "And I thought Izzy was the heart breaker," Will says and Cris answers "What…" but before she could finish Jace says "Oh honey, you don't know?" he questions as Will and Jace sit on either side of her. The girls and Simon laugh at his supposedly impression of Magnus. "Know what?" she questions again. Will carries on from what Jace was saying as if Cris hadn't said anything "Of course, she don't know, she has the self-appreciation of a geek" Cris looked to Will confused, she didn't really get what he said, she looked to Tessa, who should know Will best, in question of this but she merely shook her head, as if saying 'you know it's true'.
Jace agrees with Will's statement and says "Crisi, whatever way this turns out you're, at least, going to be breaking one heart, maybe two," He says the last bit deliberately looking at Simon, who blushes profusely and looks down at the floor. "What the fuck are you talking about?" Cris asks again, a bit annoyed at how vague they are being. But before they can say anything Jamie walks back in the room and says "Hey, you stole my seat?" Jamie frowns mockingly and Will says "Dude, get your own head rest," and before any of them could question it both Jace and Will plonk their heads on to Cris' shoulders. Cris rolls her eyes at this, Jace and Will are both smiling, and their smiles seem to be reaching their eyes. Before any of them can do anything Clary says "Smile" Cris smiles the same cheeky smile as the boys are doing as Clary takes a photo.
The three of them laugh at this, and Jace says "This is so going on your Tumblr," Cris smiles and says "Sorry, it's reserved for fandoms only," Hazel seems confused at this and says "But I've seen pictures of you on your Tumblr," Cris is confused, she never posted pictures of herself on it, then realisation hits her. Jace and Will seem to realise Cris realisation and removes themselves from Cris and were about to get up when Cris elbows them both in the stomach.
They let out gushes of air, "How did you get on my account?" Will seems to have gotten over being winded and says "I didn't choose computer science for nothing," Cris glared at him and nearly shouted "You choose computer science so you could hack my Tumblr and post pictures of me on it?" The girls, Jamie and Simon laughed now realising what they were talking about. "Now you get it," Will says happily and Cris scowls at him.
Izzy's phone went off then and she says "Guys we should probably go now," The others, apart from Jamie, seem to realise what she is saying and they all get up. Jamie comes over to Cris and quietly says "We should go now as well," He hands her a pair of crutches and they follow the others out the room, Jamie holding the doors open for Cris.
Cris hugged the girls and Simon but purposely left Jace and Will out. And went walking off in a different direction to the others with Jamie. When two guys hug her and pick her off the ground. She knew immediately it was Jace and Will. "Pikachu, Charmander, put me down and get in your Poke balls" They both whined like dogs would and put her down, "Bye guys," Cris said and they both said bye and went off again in opposite directions.
0.o.0
It was about 11 o'clock and Cris and Jamie were still watching 'How I met your mother' in his living room. It had been really nice actually, they had just been talking about nothing really and she thought that Jamie was really sweet; that the Jamie before, wasn't this Jamie who was caring and passionate, not the man-whore she used to know. He yawned then and he asked if she was tired. She nodded since she really was and he picked her up and she looped her arms round his neck for support, when she did this he sucked in a breath. She loosened her arms at this since he was clearly uncomfortable with it.
"Put your arms round my neck again" He breathed lightly walking up the stairs "I thought you were uncomfortable with it," she said but still looped her arms round his neck, pulling herself in, this way she could feel his heart racing. "No" he stutters "I don't mind" he continued. When he reached the top of the stairs he says "I'm sorry but my bedroom, is the only one free" she looked in his eyes and they had mischief glimmering in them. He kicked the door open and brought her in to the room, filled with movies, books, video games and sports posters that were scattered over the walls.
He also had this one wall filled with drawings that ranged from trees, to people to fan art. She already knew he could draw pretty well, from when she was in his art class but this was outstanding. "Wow" she breathed as he set her on the bed. "You like them?" he asked referring to the drawings. "They're amazing" she said, and that all she really could say because she was speechless. He took one of the drawings down and showed it to Cris, it was many drawings of a familiar girl in different clothing and different hair styles, although they were all noticeably the same girl.
Each drawing of the girl had a label at the bottom, the labels read: Clary (then there were three different ones of the girl as Clary: mundane, Magnus' party and shadowhunter, there was also ones of the girls as Tris: one of Beatrice, Abnegation and Tris, Dauntless. Cris reached out to get a closer look but he pulled the drawing away. She then realised there were more drawings of the girl on the wall but she couldn't read what the labels for them said. And she reached out further to get the drawing, when Jamie turned his head and brushed his lips on hers. Cris was shocked by this but she couldn't help but feel her lips tingle as she felt blood rush up to her cheeks.
She was kneeling on the bed, staring up at him, he was standing looking at her in the face, and he brought his head down to hers, she tilted her head slightly as he bent down further. Then they were an inch apart, and strangely she didn't want space between them anymore. She crashed her lips to his and he immediately moved his lips against hers and she did the same.
She felt electricity run through her veins as he pulled her upwards, never breaking the kiss, until she was no longer on the bed and she was hovering over the floor. To make sure she wouldn't touch the floor, she wrapped her legs around his waist and he groaned in to her mouth. At her actions, he pinned her against the nearest wall, his body pressing hers against the wall, leaving not a millimetre of space between them.
He removed his arms from around her and she thrust her fingers into his hair clutching on to it, making him groan again. He moved his hands over her waist, which made her shiver. At this she tightened her legs round him and moved his mouth more hungrily over hers. She lets out a groan and this seems to make him press further into her. She can't think at his moment all her thought are consumed by him and the kiss, she can't think about any consequences this may have because she is too lost in the moment.
Suddenly he picks her up again and lays her on the bed, this breaks the kiss but he lays on top of her, lowering himself on her so that he presses on to her at every point except for her broken leg. He leans down to kiss her again and their lips collide making sparks fly. Their lips move against each other as if they have limited time, her hands travel up his chest, feeling the cotton shirt and the taught muscles under it, and along his arms, shaping the muscles in them. He shoves his hands in her hair which makes her gasp.
She presses against him so that there is not space between them and the kiss deepens. Then a knock at the door makes the pause and Cris whispers "Ignore it, they'll think we're asleep," At this they continue but another knock comes and pushes them apart. Jamie groans and Cris laughs at Jamie's reaction, since the guy obviously won't leave without someone answering the door, Jamie says "Stay here, I'll be right back," he says and he runs out the door. Once she hears the clatter of foot steps down the stairs stop, she gets up and hops out the door and peers round the wall, so she can see who is at the door without being seen by either Jamie or whoever is at the door.
Jamie opens the door and seems momentarily surprised, then a voice says "Hey, what's with the sex hair?" Izzy she thought immediately as her mind started to come together again. Jamie stepped back and stuttered nervously. It seems Tessa and Maia were also there as the three of them stepped through the door. "Izzy!" Tessa exclaimed slapping Izzy's arm. Izzy didn't seem to listen to Tessa as she looked to Jamie for an answer, Jamie just spluttered out random syllables. Cris hobbled to the top of the staircase to watch this display, she would have stopped it but it was too funny.
To make it even more so Maia says "So is Cris here or were you with someone else?" Tessa face palmed at this and Jamie looked mildly horrified. Then to make things worse Izzy says "Or are you on your own?" and raises on eye brow suggestively. Cris laughs and says "I, sure as hell, hope not," Tessa smiles at this removing her hand from her face, Izzy and Maia laugh and Jamie looks relieved to see her. She was about to make her way down the stairs when Jamie says "No, you don't" then he gestures to the three girls and says "Come up,"
When they get into the second living room Cris sits down and asks "So, what are you doing here at 11 o'clock" Izzy seems to completely ignore this and asks "So did you to make out or something?" Jamie's face turns a dark red, "Just get straight to the chase, Iz," Cris says and Isabelle seems to have a moment of realisation "Oh, where we interrupting something?" Jamie puts his head in his hands and Cris laughs, "Actually you are," Cris answers Isabelle's second question and Tessa's eyes bulge, Maia's mouth hangs open and Izzy doesn't look surprised. "Tessa you owe me 5 pounds," Izzy states and Tessa curses. "Any way since you interrupted us, I think I deserve to know why you are here," As if completely forgetting why they were here they look to each other, then Maia says "Oh yeah, um Jem called me, apparently he couldn't get hold of you," Why would Jem be calling her, he knew where she was, he could easily get here but he didn't he would call instead of seeing her face to face.
"Did he say why he wanted to call me?" Cris asked curiously, she still didn't understand why he would need to call her. "Uh, he didn't say," Tessa lies; she looks down at the lap fiddling with her necklace. "Okay, um does he want be to call back or something?" Cris asks trying to get a real answer from them, she knows Tessa was lying but she didn't press it, if the girls lied to each other, which they didn't normally do, they only ever had a good reason for it.
"Yeah, he did so you gotta call him, now" Izzy says way too fast making the words merge together. "Okay, wait I'll just get my phone," Cris said standing up quite painfully, Jamie noticed this and said "No, I'll go get it" Cris started to protest but he lightly pushed her so she sat back down, and went downstairs to retrieve it from her bag. "You've got him whipped," Maia exclaims and Izzy says "Jeez, you were only with him for a few hours, how come you've got him so whipped?" Tessa sighed and Cris said "We were only kissing for like ten minutes maybe less," They were all looking stunned at this.
"Are you like an angel?" Izzy says her mouth wide open. Cris scoffed "Pfft, I wish," then she paused and spoke again "Any way why did he call you, and there's no point in lying again, you know I can see right through it" They looked at her and sighed simultaneously, "Look, Jem just needs to talk with you, okay, he wanted to be the one to tell you" Tessa says and they all wear this look of worry on their faces. What could Jem have to say that would make them like this?
