Clary had been unconscious for a day and a half before waking up a couple of minutes ago. She had had another so called panic attack and Maryse had ordered everyone out of her room. Bullshit, Jace thought, she was terrified! Apparently she had been abused by her parents murderer and blamed herself for their death. Jace sat on the floor, his back against the wall, opposite Clary's door. It was midnight now and he could hear the grandfather clock chiming. Everyone was downstairs apart from him. Slowly Clary's door cracked open and she stuck her head out. She looked around without seeing him and silently crept down the stairs. Jace couldn't help but stare at her ass as she went. Curiosity got the better of him and he silently followed her. She slipped past the open door which led to the kitchen where his family were. At the door she pulled on her converse and slipped out the door, quietly shutting it behind her. Jace grabbed his jacket when Maryse called from the kitchen,
"Where are you going Jace?"
"Just for some air," he said and left before she could say anything else.
Outside he looked around and saw a flash of red go around the corner. He ran after it and turned to find Clary hurrying down the road. Jace pulled his jacket around him and followed her as she walked to the other end of town. She took series of turns and then entered a park where a bunch of people were. Forgetting to be silent Jace stood on a twig causing Clary to turn around. Jace lept behind a bush before she saw him. Peering through the leaves he saw she was wearing black skinny jeans, a black crop top that showed of a strip of her ivory skin and a leather jacket. Her vibrant hair was wavy and hung to her waist. She had a smokey eye and blood red lips. After a second of surveying the surroundings she turned and headed towards the group. Jace slipped along behind her and his by a tree when he saw who the group was. The V! Lead by Sebastian Verlac. Peering around the corner he saw Clary head over to them. Sebastian put his arm around her waist, pulling her to his side, and gave her a peck on the lips. Jace could see her stiffen and her hands balled into fists as she smiled up at him. "Clare, we need you to make another delivery to that Carter man. He's in pandemonium waiting for you," Sebastian said and handed her a packet of white powder. She pocketed it and smirked before leaving. Once she had rounded a corner she stopped and took a deep breath. What the hell was going on? I mean obviously the V were using her to deliver drugs but she was dating Sebastian Verlac?
Jace followed her to the club. She winked at one of the bouncers who let her skip the cue, he turned to stop a teenager ad Jace slipped in after her. The music was pounding, the lights flashing, the bodies writhing in sweat clad garments. Through the see of blonde and dark hair Clary's stood out. He made his way through the crowd to see her dancing with a muscular guy with piggy eyes. She slid her hands seductively into his jacket and nodded at him. He then bought a slab of money out of his pocket and slid his hands up her top, stuffing it in her bra and no doubt coping a feel by the way Clary glared at him and slapped his hands away. Then, as abruptly as she had arrived she left. Jace tried to go after her but was caught by a skinny blonde bimbo whose dress barely covered her ass. Oh well, he thought as the girl started grinding on him, giving up on following Clary.
The next morning Jace went down to breakfast, forgetting the events of last night or very early this morning. When he saw Clary sitting at the table the memories came swirling back. He felt his mouth fall open just as Clary looked up. She looked to Isabelle besides her and gave her a nudge with her elbow. Izzy looked up and smirked.
"A little bit hung over are we?" She asked and Clary bit her lip to refrain from laughing all the while looking at his chest. "Using the are We's are we Isabelle?" He said and looked down. His chest was covered in many bright pink lip marks. "Crap!" He muttered and ran upstairs to have a shower.
Clary's POV:
Something was up with Jace. Clary thought he might suspect something about last night. She thought she had seen him in Pandemonium but she thought she had been wrong. Crap, if it was him Seb was going to kill her. He acted like they were dating and had asked her out several times but she had declined untill he got angry. He had launched himself at her and it had brought back memory's of when her parents were killed. Clary had given in to his demands and now delivered the drugs his gang supplied. She had first aproached Sebastian when he stopped her in the park and told her he knew who her parents murderer was. In return for the information she had had to join his gang. He hadn't actually told her yet though. He said he would when the time was right and right now Clary's patience was starting to wear thin.
At that moment Clary got a text from Luke. He had been her mums best friend and had offered to take her in but he could barely afford to feed himself let alone a growing child. Clary, we need to talk! It said. She typed out a reply and saved it to my drafts. Izzy looked over at that point and grabbed the phone. "What the hell? You reply to people's messages but never actually send them? Why?" She said in disbelief as Maryse walked in, her heels clicking against the tiled floor. "Mu-" At that moment Clary shoved some toast in Izzy's mouth, grabbed her phone and ran upstairs. She had nearly got to her room when a hand shot out and grabbed her, slapping a hand over her mouth even though it was pointless. Clary struggled against the person, memory's of that night coming back to her until she whirled around, kneed them between the legs and cracked her hand across their face.
"Crap!" Jace whimpered, his hands flying to his balls. Clary looked down at him for a second before laughing, silently. Tears streamed down her face as she looked at Jace's expression.
"Whats happening?" A small voice asked. Clary turned to find Max looking up at her questioningly. "Did you do that to Jace?" She nodded and Max burst into a stream of giggles along with her. "It's not funny," Jace complained, standing up. "I'm going to find some ice." He left and Clary followed him. In the kitchen Jace was routing around in the freezer.
"What are you doing?" Izzy asked as Jace pulled out an ice pack and slapped it on his balls. "Clary kneed me," he muttered and Izzy burst out laughing. She saw Clary and high fived her. "Clary I love you," she managed to get out between giggles.