Chapter 5
Jace watched his fiancé as the steady rise and fall of her chest soothed him. He kept thinking that it was going to stop and he was going to have to go through everything he had that morning.
The meeting between the group had been put off until Clary had gotten some rest. She had fallen asleep after telling Jace everything that had happened. He couldn't believe it. She had seen the future most defiantly. Clary told him it had ended after she saw herself but she wasn't herself. Jace knew she wasn't telling him something. That she was keeping something from him but he couldn't force himself to push her.
He thought he had lost her only a few hours ago. He thought that she was dead and all Jace kept thinking was what he was going to do if she died. He didn't know. He couldn't see himself without her. Clary kept Jace on the ground. She made sure that he never risked his life in a stupid raid when they went out. She was the only one that scared him. In two ways, he was scared of losing her and he was scared of her temper which was frightening. She was the only one that could calm him when he was mad with one touch and she was the only one that understood him.
For the first year that they were going out Clary and him used to sit up for hours and just talk. About how they grew up. Jace had to tell Clary about Valentine and all the things he had done; how he had tricked him and it made him seem weak. But in front of Clary he felt strong and proud to be alive.
Clary made him laugh. About everything, the little stories about her and Simon doing stupid stuff and the photos that she showed him when they moved in together which were now hanging on the walls and standing on the furniture. Jace now felt part of a family; his favourite picture was of him and Clary when they went to the beach one summer. Jace was giving Clary a piggy back. Clary was in shorts and a t-shirt, her bright hair blowing backwards in the wind, she was kissing Jace's neck and he was smiling at the camera in his cut offs and t-shirt. It was a fun day with the gang. That photo was positioned on the bedside table and he always noticed Clary looking at it and smiling. He guessed because it was only a year after everything had died down with Valentine and that they were still just getting used to the idea of being together.
Jace looked around the room, this room had been his for years, the walls had been bare though and it had been lifeless, some place where Jace stayed not lived. But when Clary moved in it was different, they painted the walls and brought new furniture that actually made it look like someone lived there. The closet was full of clothes, part of the floor too, which Jace had to clean up all the time. The pictures on the wall gave it life and the little teddies that sat on the top shelf of the closet made Jace smiled every time he went in there.
Clary stirred and Jace stiffened in terror. Was it happening again, but she just rolled over, her eyes fluttering in her sleep and said, "Jace..." he smiled at how paranoid he had gotten in such a short space of time.
Carefully Jace got up, flexing his muscles from being laid down for the whole time and went to the door. He opened and closed it with no noise what so ever.
As he walked down the long corridor of bedrooms, on his way to the library that he knew everyone would be discussing what had happened. It seemed such a long day, it started off with Clary and him having an argument, to them... making up and then planning a holiday to Jace having the scare of his life. No wonder he was tired.
Jace got to the double doors, which belonged to the library and heard the murmurs of his friends and family. It was safe to say that Magnus and Simon were know his friends, even if he didn't like the idea. But Jace listened carefully and tried to make out what they were saying.
"Does anyone know what happened?" Asked Maryse, concern rippling her voice.
"Jace wouldn't say anything." Said Alec. "He just told me to leave when I came to see how she was.
"He can be stupid that boy sometimes." That was Issy. "Doesn't he know we all love Clary too? Maybe not as much as him but I was worried about her."
"You know Jace." Said Robert. "He protects what is his. And we all know Clary is his."
Jace's heart softened toward Robert. If he knew that Jace was listening he would never of said all those things.
"Yeah, well we need to find out." Said Maryse. "I know something happened. I've never seen Jace so confused."
"Yeah well you obviously weren't there when he was trying to choose something different to eat at Taki's." Simon... "Oh and, Jace. I know your listening. You have been for a while."
Jace opened the door. "You should've watched your mouth then because I have a stake with your name on it." He threatened.
Simon put his arm around Issy. "You wouldn't dare."
"Hey." Issy said, smacking him lovingly like Clary did to Jace. "I may love you but I will not be put in the middle of this." But you could see the love in her eyes when Simon kissed her on the nose. When they were twenty Simon and Issy had gotten married. Simon hadn't aged a day since and with Issy growing increasingly older day by day she always had a worried look on her face. Jace knew what she was going to do. She was going to turn herself. Jace knew what love did to you and without a doubt if turning into a vampire was the only way to be with Clary then he wouldn't think about it. He never did with Clary.
"Enough you two, it's quite sickening y'know." Barked Magnus Bane. It had been awkward for the past month; he and Alec had split up. The thing was, there was a way for Simon and Issy to be one, but for Alec and Magnus or Malec as Jace used to call them, couldn't. And he didn't think that either of them were up for the idea of Alec becoming a vampire, didn't matter how much they loved each other.
"How is she?" Asked Maryse, standing up from behind the desk. Even though her and Robert had given power of running the Institute to Alec they still seemed to have control when they came back and I think that Alec had no reason to disobey, he hated to order them all around. Partly because Jace tended to make fun of him every time he did.
"She's sleeping. She has been the whole time."
Simon raised an eyebrow. "That's a change." He muttered.
Jace shot a dark look at him and grinned. "Well at least I know how to rock my girl's world. All you know how to be is a rock."
"Yeah well, sometimes it's handy to be a rock in that kinda field."
"Yeah, I'll tell you how that feels one day, leech."
"Enough." Issy warned her face and tone dangerously fierce. "As much as I love to hear my sex life on show. I doubt my mother or father do."
Jace grimaced. He completely forgot. They were normally so used to throwing sex jokes around the table that they sometimes forgot the parents were here. Well at least it wasn't Clary's mother and Luke. It was an awkward enough situation when he asked them if Clary could move in with him.
"So if you're, 'girlfriend' is asleep, why are you here?" Magnus said, putting emphasis on the girlfriend part. They hadn't told the parents about the engagement and they were keeping it that way until Clary felt comfortable with telling hers.
"Well I wanted to ask you guys something?"
They all nodded serious looks on their face.
"Well I was thinking, especially since what happened to Clary that we need to take a holiday."
Maryse nodded. "Okay, well have a week off to rest"
Jace shook his head. "I was thinking abroad, for at least three weeks, with everyone."
Jace had never seen Maryse's mouth drop so far.
So I know this has taken soooo long but I had writers block. Hope this is okay and please review.
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