Jmads, here's to you. The second chap.
Truth be told, I have no idea where this is going.
Hope you like it. :]]

CPOV

'Well, that went well.' I rubbed my temple. 'Si and Izzy. Then there's the thing with Meliorn. And the party. Is Jace coming? Jace…'

My face fell. Jace. Jace was always so busy. He didn't even have time to go online, unlike the Lightwood kids. My hand gripped on the ring. It was dangling from a chain around my neck. Jace had given it to me on one of our dates. I still remember how it happened.

Flashback

I sat down on the mat next to Jace. We were having a date in the park. It was a starry night sky. I smiled. Jace took out an apple from the basket. We finished eating awhile back. He took a bite and patted his legs. I put my head down on his legs.

We were silent for awhile. "Don't you think it's so beautiful?" I asked.

He nodded, gazing at the stars. He looked down at me and said. "The hell it is." He leaned down, our lips meeting. It was sweet and lingering. The kind of kiss you'd want more. He finished the kiss. He stood up, leaving me staring at him with a questioning look. He just shrugged and put his hand on his back pocket. He seemed to be trying to get something. A box? A small black box. What was in it?

I stared at him. He knelt down in front of me. OH. MY. GOD. Was he proposing? I-I-I didn't even know what to say. I loved him but it was just that…-

-He opened the black velvet box. A silver ring on the middle of it gleamed. On its side, there was an intricately written JxC. My mouth hang open, a silent gasp of wonder held me. "Jace…" I tried to say.

He just shook his head with a smile. "Clary, will you love me forever?"

Tears blurred my vision. "I hate you. I can't believe…" My lips stretched to a straight line.

"You hate me? You can't just hate this hotness," Jace gestured to his awesome body. (A/N: AWESOME, I tell you.)

I laughed. "You're so egotistical."

"And here you are, still loving me," Jace said wistfully. "Now, will you love me forever?"

I laughed, tears streaming down my face. "Damn you." I tried to wipe away the stupid tears with my long-sleeved shirt. I laughed again. "Yes. YES. And to think you were-"

"—proposing? Don't worry. Not gonna happen anytime sooner." He grinned, took off the ring from where it was securely placed and slipped it in a necklace which I didn't see he was holding awhile back.

I admired the beautiful jewelry. He hugged me, my chin on his shoulder. "I love you."

"I love you too, dear sweet Clary."

End of Flashback

MePOV ;))

But that was until after a few weeks, he had been avoiding her. It gradually started with the occasional 'too-busy' excuses to the actual no text, call or any kind of message/interaction between the two. At first, Clary didn't seem to mind but the growing persistence tugging inside her heart appeared to be less comforting and more of doggedly.

Clary sighed. What was happening to the both of them? Their relationship was being strained. She didn't want to be like her parents, edgy and scarred forever. She wished they could've tried to understand each other. We did, her mother would say, it was just too much. Love is never enough, she'd comment. Clary sighed again.

"Jace…" Clary murmured, her hand pressed on the cold window overlooking the street where Jace and she used to kiss before she needed to get inside the house.

Her phone rang. She didn't make an effort to answer it.

She breathed out. Her breath, cold and whitish in hue, made a blur on the wet glass.

It had unexpectedly rained, ruining the bright sunny day. Clary wasn't even partially interested. She was just too upset. Her mind kept whirling to the things that happened for the past few weeks. She hoped Jace was okay.

Sighing, she answered the phone. "Hello?" Her quiet voice replied.

"Clary, you still coming?"

"Can't."

"What? Why?"

"Too sick." This was half true. She was sick. Sick of everything.

A pause. She heard a rustling and whispered talking. Someone sighed from the other line. "Alright. See you some time soon, 'kay?"

"Yeah." She hung up.

Clary leaned against the window, feeling the shock of cold bite her soft, porcelain skin. It felt good, numbing even. She closed her eyes. She needed to feel something. She tried to remember their moments. Jace. His touches, his kisses. His voice. His golden blonde hair soft and silky. His bright yellow eyes alluring her. Jace…Jace. Jace!

She missed Jace so badly. He promised he'd be here for her. No matter what. Where was that going then? Was their relationship still viable? Are they breaking up? Was it nothing when he said he loved her?

Her lips were in a straight line. She wouldn't cry. No. Jace had said that tears wouldn't solve anything. Not a thing. Damn it. I hate this.

She opened her eyes and touched the area on her chest where it ached, close to the heart. She just shook her red head and gazed outside with longing and an expression of something unreadable.

School's fault.
The late updates, the no updates.
Angsty story, ugly story.
Blame it all to school.

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