The next morning she ran down the stairs with Jace following her. She saw her mom crying watching the morning news in the living room. Jonathon was being interviewed and she tensed. He was lying about it.
"It was consensual." He said in the TV screen. She heard Jace scoff. "Consensual my ass." Clary whacked his chest but it was too late her mom had already seen him.
"Who are you?" He mother snapped. "Clary who is he."
Jace walked towards her mother and held out his hand. "I'm Jace Herondale. And if I do say so myself I was the one who got your daughter out of a shitty situation."
Her mother didn't take his hand but instead looked at Clary. "This is the guy from the band you and Simon like. Did you sleep with him?"
Clary blushed but did her best to look apalled. "No! Why in God's name would I sleep with somebody while in the same day I was raped agaisnt a bathroom wall? Think mom! If you're really going to believe Jonathan I'll just leave now! He raped me! My brother raped me! It wasn't consensual. I promise it wasn't!" Her voice cracked and she wrapped her arms around Jace as tears fell. "And you weren't there to take me home! Jace took me home and I didn't want to be by myself! I don't understand why you are accusing me of anything!" She sobbed.
Jocelyn looked at her daughter with regret and wished Clary was hugging her. She knew she messed up for not being here for Clary the previous night and she hoped Clary would forgive her. "I'm sorry Clary," Jocelyn said. "I should've been there."
Clary gave her a cold stare and wiped her tears, "You're right. You should've been."
Jace pulled Clary out of the house and into his car, "So what would you like to do today, Miss Fray?"
The ended up going to a restaurant called Taki's and then Jace taking her to a park. She had said she wanted to feed the ducks and he had looked at her like it was the biggest betrayal he had ever faced. When she didn't understand he explained his irrational fear of ducks to her which caused her almost to die of laughter.
"What!" Jace defended over the sound of her beautiful voice. "Everyone has a stupid fear."
"You're right!" Clary said as her laughter died down. "I think mine might even be more ridiculous."
Jace mockwd hurt, "Ducks are evil, nasty, cannibalistic creatures, Clary! How can't you see that?"
This time her laughter caused her to stumble into him and they fell to the ground. Her laughter seized when she realized how close to his lips her were. She looked into his golden eyes as he brushed a strand of her red hair from her face. "What's your fear?" He whispered softly and curious eyes met her own.
"Cotton balls."
And his lips were on hers in an instant. He allowed her to be in complete control with her staying on top of him and having full power to pull away at any moment. But she didn't his lips were like a drug. They addicted her as she tasted the. In the end it was him to pull away, breathing heavily. It must have looked strange, at what looked to be a little girl and an older boy laying in a grassfield at the park making out. But Clary didn't mind what anyone else thought.
"I'm sorry," Jace began. "I shouldn't have done that."
She smiled and ran her fingers lightly across his cheek. "I didn't mind."
That night Jace took her out to a restaurant which had karaoke and intended to sing something for her, little did he know of the voice Clary had as she ran up on stage. And during the song he knew that she wasn't singing for him but rather herself.
"Because Of You" lyrics
KELLY CLARKSON LYRICS
Play the Kelly Clarkson Quiz
"Because Of You"
I will not make the same mistakes that you did
I will not let myself
Cause my heart so much misery
I will not break the way you did,
You fell so hard
I've learned the hard way
To never let it get that far
Because of you
I never stray too far from the sidewalk
Because of you
I learned to play on the safe side so I don't get hurt
Because of you
I find it hard to trust not only me, but everyone around me
Because of you
I am afraid
I lose my way
And it's not too long before you point it out
I cannot cry
Because I know that's weakness in your eyes
I'm forced to fake
A smile, a laugh everyday of my life
My heart can't possibly break
When it wasn't even whole to start with
Because of you
I never stray too far from the sidewalk
Because of you
I learned to play on the safe side so I don't get hurt
Because of you
I find it hard to trust not only me, but everyone around me
Because of you
I am afraid
I watched you die
I heard you cry every night in your sleep
I was so young
You should have known better than to lean on me
You never thought of anyone else
You just saw your pain
And now I cry in the middle of the night
For the same damn thing
Because of you
I never stray too far from the sidewalk
Because of you
I learned to play on the safe side so I don't get hurt
Because of you
I try my hardest just to forget everything
Because of you
I don't know how to let anyone else in
Because of you
I'm ashamed of my life because it's empty
Because of you
I am afraid
Because of you
Because of you
She ran down the stage and into his welcoming arms. He held her tightly against him and he felt sobs shake her body. So much was happening to her in so little time. He wondered if he was partly at fault for this and he would make sure if she told him to go he would.
"You were amazing Clary." He whispered in her ear. "Everything about you is beautiful but you voice is the best of all."
She looked up at him. She was so small, so very very small. He was afraid he would crush her with his big body but he had made it his duty to protect her. He would do his best not to hurt her.
"It's my turn, Clary. Im gonna sing to you."
And he got up on stage and let his heart bleed.
There you are standing with all your friends
So I wait till you're alone again and the minutes feel like eternity
All these words buried inside my heart
Every step feels like the hardest part, but the last 6 feet are gonna kill me
So just take this chance
I've got it all planned
I'll pick you up at 8 and we can drive around
Take you to the beach and we can head downtown while you hold my hand
We'll park it, lay down on the hood of my car
Listen to the airplanes as we count the stars, tonight I'll be your man
And tomorrow we can do it again and tomorrow we can do it again
If I could give you the world tonight
Then I would, I'd still give you all my time
And I'd be rich cause love is everything
So just take this chance
I've got it all planned
I'll pick you up at 8 and we can drive around
Take you to the beach and we can head downtown while you hold my hand
We'll park it, lay down on the hood of my car
Listen to the airplanes as we count the stars, tonight I'll be your man
And tomorrow we can do it again
Let's take this moment, it's ours so own it
So come with me, don't let it go to waste
No you don't wanna m-miss out on us
I'm telling you regrets don't fade away
I'll pick you up at 8 and we can drive around
Take you to the beach and we can head downtown while you hold my hand
We'll park it, lay down on the hood of my car
Listen to the airplanes as we count the stars, tonight I'll be your man
And tomorrow we can do it again
I'll pick you up at 8 and we can drive around
Take you to the beach and we can head downtown
We'll park it, lay down on the hood of my car
Listen to the airplanes as we count the stars, tonight I'll be your man
And give you all I can and tomorrow we can do it again
This time she ran up on stage and hugged him. Later on while he was driving her home she told him she was going to kiss him but he was too tall and she couldn't reach him.
So at the next stop light he had leant down and given her the chance and she took it gratefully.
I know its mostly songs but the songs sorta explain everything. I'll give a cookie to the person who can name both songs used.