CPOV
I walked over to the traitor. "How could you do this to me? I trusted you. You know how I feel about him." How could he do that? Is it really just because he has unrequited feelings?
I looked over at Jace and he was ready to pounce on him. I swear I saw steam coming from his ears. The bailiff escorted me to my seat. As I brushed by him he whispered in my ear, "Even though I knew you were screwing your teacher, the pregnancy came as a shock to me, too. I guess you're just a slut." I turned back towards him and slapped him straight across the face before the bailiff could stop me. Simon gripped onto my arm so tight I was sure there was going to be a bruise later.
"Don't touch her!" Jace screamed. Alec rested his hand on his shoulder and lowered Jace back into his seat.
"Mr. Lewis, please take the stand. And Miss Fray, please take your seat." I sat in between Izzy and Magnus once more. Simon took the oath and sat down.
"Mr. Lewis," the principal started. "What were you doing in the home of Mr. Garroway and Mrs. Fray?"
"I was visiting Jonathon Morgenstern. It had been awhile since I last saw him."
"And how did you happen to stumble upon the couple?"
"I noticed that Clary's door was open—which it never is—so I looked inside where I saw the two of them." The pictures were pretty self-explanatory. There was no way that Jace was going to get out of this. And Magnus full on confessed.
"Thank you, Mr. Lewis, you may step down," the judge said. "We are now going to take a brief recess before continuing with the case of Alexander Lightwood." He banged his gavel and stepped down from the bench.
"Clary, they're not going to let me near Alec before his trial." Tears were running down Magnus' face as he buried his head into my shoulder.
I looked over at Alec to see the sadness swimming in his eyes. Once he got my gaze, he gave me a small nod, showing that he wants me to give Magnus the promise ring. "Okay, Magnus, I'm going to give you the present that Alec wants you to have. It came with a note." I reached into my bag and pulled out the ring box along with the crumpled note. He read the note with more tears threatening to spill out. A wistful smile graced his face as he opened the box, revealing the beautiful ring. He immediately took it from the velvet and put it on the same finger that I wear my ring on. He looked at Alec and they both mouthed, "I love you," at the same time to each other. The love shining in their eyes was so genuine and so pure. They remind me of a gay version of me and Jace.
I rested my head on his shoulder and wrapped my arms around him. The bailiff approached us and said to me, "Miss Fray, Mr. Wayland and Mr. Lightwood would like to speak to you." I squeezed Magnus one more time before walking over to my boyfriend, his brother, and their lawyer. Jace automatically took me into his arms.
"Thank you for giving him the ring, Clary," Alec said. I turned to him and squeezed him tight.
"He really loves you, Alec." He smiled a sad smile and wiped a tear away before even letting it escape his eye.
Court was back in session. Before the judge could even speak, the doors in the back of the courtroom burst open with a crash. "Magnus Bane!" a shrill voice screeched.
Everyone's head whipped to the source of the sound.
Holy crap…Are those…? It can't be…
MPOV
Are those…my parents?
(A/N: I was going to end it here but I didn't want to be cruel with giving you a short chapter and a cliffhanger…)
What are they doing here? I don't talk to my parents much. They don't like the fact that I'm gay and ever since I told them, we haven't been on really good terms. It seems that the only times I see or talk to them is at dinner, but I end up going to Clary's or Isabelle's for dinner most of the time. My mother marched right up to me and hissed, "Magnus Bane, stop this nonsense. This is going too far if you are going to court over some guy. Your father and I decided that we are sending you away. There's this place that corrects boys like you. You won't be gay anymore." She was smiling as if it was the most brilliant idea she has ever come up with.
"Mom, there is nothing wrong with me. I love Alec and I'm prepared to fight for him."
My father was very quiet about it all. My mother grabbed me by the arm, her nails digging into my skin. I cried out. "Don't hurt him!" I heard Alec yell. He tried to come to us but the bailiff wouldn't let him. Even Jace tried to calm him down, even though he probably would have acted the same way if I was Clary. The judge called order and everything seemed to freeze. Two other bailiffs came and apprehended my parents, escorting them to the parking lot.
"Let's get this over with before we are disrupted again." The trial passed by in a blur. I confessed, Alec confessed, and now it was time for the closing statement. I expected it to be Simon again, but instead, the back doors opened to reveal Mr. Fell.
"Ragnor?" questioned Alec in shock. "Why would you do this to me?"
"You should have been with me, Alec. What can a student give you that I can't?"
"In this case, I can think of several things," I said suggestively, seeing Alec turn bright red out of the corner of my eye. I hadn't even noticed I said it out loud until I saw his blush. Fell looked like he was ready to claw at my face.
He walked up to the stand, took the oath and sat down. "I know both of them confessed, but I wasn't a hundred percent sure they were together when I reported it."
"What caused you to report it, Ragnor?" the principal asked calmly.
"My source—one of my students—came up to me and told me after class. I guess that I was blinded with rage and jealousy that I believed him whether or not it was even true."
"What was the name of your source?"
"Simon Lewis," he said quietly.
"I'll kill him," I whispered as Clary put a comforting hand on my shoulder.
"Not if I kill him first. With these hormone changes, I can do some serious damage." I smiled at my pregnant best friend as she rested her head on my shoulder.
"We are going to take a brief recess as the jury comes to a conclusion."
"Maggie, I'm going to lose him," she whispered. "Who knows how long he needs to stay? I don't want our child to be born without him there." Izzy just looked at us sadly, not knowing what to say.
The judge returned a few minutes later. "The jury has reached a verdict." Luke and Jocelyn each put a hand on one of Clary's shoulders. They didn't want Clary and the baby to be heartbroken, even though they didn't like Jace as it is. "In the case of Jonathon Christopher Wayland, the jury finds the defendant…guilty. Since this act has resulted in the pregnancy of a minor, the defendant is granted twenty years behind bars with a bail of fifty thousand dollars." It looked as if Clary was silently screaming, her jaw dropping to the floor. The dam broke. Tears cascaded down her cheeks. I even saw a tear slip out of Jace's eye as he looked over at Clary.
JPOV (Jace)
Twenty years…I have to last twenty years without my Clarissa. I have to miss out on the first twenty years of my child's life. I have to go twenty years without marrying and waking up next to the love of my life. I don't have fifty thousand dollars. What are we going to do?
A tear escaped as I looked at my darling Clarissa who has completely broken down, sobbing in Magnus' arms. I turned back to the judge as he gave my brother's sentence. "In the case of Alexander Gideon Lightwood, the jury finds the defendant guilty. The defendant is granted ten years with the bail of fifty thousand dollars. Family and friends may say goodbye."
As soon as the judge said that, I felt a force almost knock me to the ground. I looked down at what was wrapped around my midsection just to see flaming hair. "Clary," I whispered. She looked up with tears glistening on her cheeks. "I love you so damn much." I squeezed her tighter and kissed the top of her head.
"You can't leave us." I leaned down and brushed my lips against hers.
"You can visit as often as you want." I kissed her tears away and soon felt the bailiff's hand wrap around my elbow to pull me away. "I love you," I said to her as I felt the metal of the cuffs circle around my wrist.
"I love you, too," she told me through the tears, hugging me one last time. I heard Alec and Magnus say goodbye before we were escorted to one of their cells. At least Alec and I are in the same cell.
"Fifty thousand dollars…" I said dazedly.
"A hundred thousand…" Alec corrected. At my look of confusion, he clarified. "Clearly, I have the money. I've had my job longer and I don't spend more than I need to live off of. But I'm not leaving here without you."
"Alec, if you have the money, you should ask the bailiff to see the judge so you can write the check. Don't you want to see Magnus as soon as possible?"
"Of course, I do. But you also need Clary and she needs you, too. You guys are going to have a child together. I'm not going to get out of here until I know for sure that you can get out too."
I sat on the bench, looked down at my hands, and sighed.
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