Next Month…
JPOV (Jace)
Clary had called me saying that she wanted tonight to be "the night" and Christmas vacation had just started so neither of us had to be at the school in the morning. Plus, it was Christmas Eve. She told her mom that she was spending the night at Izzy's—which technically wasn't a lie since she was right down the hall. She invited her new boyfriend, Simon, and Alec invited Magnus. I lit candles all throughout the room and sprinkled rose pedals all over the floor. I made a playlist of all of her favorite slow songs and put it on my iPod dock so it would be ready to play.
There was a knock at the door and I ran out to the door shouting, "I'll get it!" I opened the door to find Simon standing there. "Oh, it's just you," I said, disappointed.
"Yeah, it's good to see you, too, Mr. Wayland." He pushed past me.
"Sorry, but I'm kind of waiting for my girlfriend." He didn't know that I'm dating Clary but she thought he could figure out tonight since he's one of her best friends. There was another knock. I opened it to find Magnus. "You know where Alec's room is," I muttered. Half of my nights are filled with him and Alec moaning each other's names from the room right next to mine. I grinned as I heard another knock five minutes later. Izzy wasn't home from the store yet so Simon was sitting in the living room with me. I opened the door to see my beautiful girlfriend. "Hey, Clare," I greeted her, smiling.
She stepped inside and wrapped her arms around my neck as I shut the door behind her. I pinned her against it and connected my lips to hers. "Ahem…" I heard from not too far away.
We both turned to see my girlfriend's rat-faced best friend. "H-Hey, Simon!" she said, trying to sound enthusiastic.
"When were you going to tell me that you're hooking up with our Science teacher?"
"Um, now?" she stuttered, which I found completely adorable.
"Is this why you have straight A's in his class?" She tossed him a nasty glare.
"I have straight A's in every class. And you know I would never hook up with someone just for a damn grade. And you also know that Science is my best class—no matter who's teaching it." She grabbed my hand and started to bring me towards my room. "And, FYI, we're not just hooking up, okay? I love him."
"Well, don't come crying to me when he breaks your heart!" he screamed as Clary shut my bedroom door.
"Well, that killed the mood a little bit," she said, sitting on my bed. She looked around the room and gaped. "It looks amazing."
"Well, you're young so I kind of figured you haven't done it before so I wanted to make your fist time special."
"Jace, that is so sweet. But you should know something." I went to sit down next to her and grabbed her hand with my own. "This isn't my first time."
I looked at her questioningly. "Who did you do it with?"
"My ex-boyfriend Sebastian," she answered quietly. "We dated for a couple months last year. We did it for the first time a month after we started dating. It was the first time for both of us. The night I was going to tell him I loved him; he was in a car crash on his way to pick me up for our date celebrating being together for two months. He died on impact."
"I am so sorry," I whispered, wrapping an arm around her shoulders. No one should be hurt like that. It must be awful to lose the one you love.
"Jace, do you remember how you said that this is the most serious relationship you have ever been in?"
"Yeah, and I meant it. Why?" I asked her.
"Well, this is the most serious relationship I've been in, too. And I never felt this way with anyone, not even Sebastian." Before I could respond, she leaned over and kissed me slowly and passionately. I blindly grabbed my remote for the iPod dock and pressed play. The slow melody of A Thousand Years by Christina Perri filled the room, which so happened to be her favorite song. I felt her smile against my lips. "I love you," she breathed, her lips brushing against mine.
"I love you, too, Clary."
She went to lie down and I followed her. I hovered over her and started peppering kisses up and down her neck. She unbuttoned my shirt and slid it off my shoulders and proceeded to run her hand down my sculpted chest.
Meanwhile…
MPOV (Magnus)
Alec and I were now cuddling on his bed, watching a movie. "Alec, do you know what today is?"
"December 24th?" he guessed stating the obvious.
"No…" I responded, trailing off.
"Christmas Eve?" he guessed again.
"Try again," I told him. If he doesn't get this right, I'm sleeping on the pull out couch.
"I don't know, Babe, why don't you tell me?" he said, nuzzling his face in my neck.
"I shouldn't have to tell you, Alexander." I grabbed my bag and stormed out of the room, heading towards the living room.
APOV (Alec)
What just happened? I mulled it over as I lay in my bed. I was considering going to Izzy and asking her but I could hear her getting busy with Simon in her room next to mine. I was then thinking of going to Clary, but I could hear romantic music playing in Jace's room on the other side of my room. I knew he was planning for them to have their first time together tonight so I wasn't going to interrupt that.
CPOV (Clary)
It was almost midnight and Jace was holding me tightly against his bare chest. I turned around to face him and said, "Babe, you kind of have to let me go. I need to get a glass of water."
He let me go and asked, "You're not going to go out like that, are you? I like it, but we're here with four other people. And I'm pretty sure only one of them is going to like seeing a naked girl walking around." I sat up as I giggled. I put on his boxers and threw on his black button up shirt. "Damn," he muttered.
I laughed, smiling as I leaned over and kissed him on the lips. I walked out to the kitchen that leads out into the living room when I heard someone crying softly. I walked to the living room and saw a figure hunched over on the couch. I recognized it as Magnus.
"Magnus, are you okay?" I sat next to him and put an arm around his shoulders "What happened?" I asked softly.
"Alec forgot my birthday was today. And we were talking about it just a week ago."
"I see. Will you excuse me for a moment?" I stood up abruptly and stormed down to Alec's room, not caring that I was just wearing my boyfriend's shirt and underwear. I passed Jace in the hall and proceeded to Alec's door, banging my fist against it. He opened the door and I pushed him into the room, slamming the door behind me. "Alexander, do you know what day today is?"
"Magnus asked me the same thing, and I can't think of it."
"It's his birthday, you dumbass!" I yelled. "You guys have been dating for as long as Jace and I have and I remember when Jace's birthday is." Guilt was written all over his face.
He sat on his bed and rested his head in his hands. "What do I do? I knew his birthday was sometime this month but I wasn't sure what day."
"Did you get him a present?" I asked. He nodded and reached under his bed to pull out a package wrapped in glittery wrapping paper. "Now go out into the living room, apologize, and give him that present." He bolted out the door. I slowly followed him out to the living room.
APOV (Alec)
I can't believe I forgot my boyfriend's birthday. He's one of the most important people in my life and I love him so much. I went to him on the couch and sat next to him. "Maggie," I said softly. "I am so sorry. I wasn't 100% sure what day your birthday was, but I did buy your present a couple weeks ago." He looked up at me and I took in his tear streaked face. The guilt built up in me and I felt even worse. I handed him the sparkly wrapped package.
He slowly tore at the paper and smiled when he saw it. It was a glittery, heart shaped picture frame holding a photo of us kissing. I had written I love you on it in silver sharpie.
"You're eighteen now. We're a little bit more legal than yesterday. Yesterday, I was dating a student who was also a minor. Now, I'm just dating a student. But don't worry; we just have to sneak around until June."
"I don't mind the sneaking around. It's actually kind of hot," he said quietly with a soft smile.
I chuckled and said, "I love you, Maggie." I leaned forward and pressed my lips to his.
He pulled away to say, "I love you, too," before crashing his lips back to mine. He pulled away again and put his present in his bag. He grabbed my hand and led me to my room. "Thank you, Clary!" he yelled out to her.
"You're welcome!"