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Clary's point of view:
As we walked down to Taki's they begun to tell me stories of their past, I couldn't help but smile at them and their friendship, as they laughed together knocking one another until one fell onto the empty road. I didn't have many stories to tell about demon hunting because I hadn't been on many missions. In Idris we were sent through portals to have a fight and gain experience every so often, but we focused on our fighting back at home.
As we made our way into the diner they were still laughing about a previous story. There was werewolves and some fair folk inside. As we walked in we sat to the side in a booth when someone walked towards us.
"Jocelyn?" I turned my head towards the voice to see where it was coming from.
"Oh sorry I thought you were someone else." He went to step away before I interrupted.
"How do you know my mother?" He turned with an almost stunned face.
"Clary? I haven't seen you since you were around 6 years old. My names Lucian, call me Luke I'm an old friend of your parents. You'll have to say hi to your Mother for me."
"It's just my Mum now, I'm sorry I don't remember you, but I'll pass on the message." I let out a small smile, I hated thinking about my father.
"I'm sorry to hear, enjoy your meal." He nodded his head and left.
Before anyone could speak a waitress came over, she was quite pretty and must have been a Fair Folk. She winked at Jace and I got jealous, I tried to suppress the feeling, I shouldn't be jealous of anyone, Jace defiantly wasn't mine, but I couldn't help it.
"Your usual Jacey." She said twirling her hair with her pen.
"Yeah just the usual."
"Us to." Alec responded to her gaze.
She turned to me and I hadn't yet looked at the menu. "Ugh sorry, one second."
I turned to Izzy, "What do you recommend?"
Jace simply turned to the waiter, "She'll have number 27."
When she left I turned to Jace. "What exactly is number 27?"
"Trust me you'll like it, there not much human food choices here."
It didn't take long for Izzy to start talking about some time they were out at a Downworlder party and Jace had some Fairy food.
"Come on Izzy, she doesn't want to hear what happened." Jace said with what I thought was almost a blush of embarrassment.
"Hey Jacey." I teased, and he rolled his eyes. "I think I can decide for my self, go ahead Izzy." I said with a beaming smile.
"Long story short, he ended up running around the city of New York, with nothing on but, a helmet." Alec and I bursted out laughing. "Hands down best birthday ever." I laughed a little harder at that.
And in perfect timing the food arrived, she placed down everyone's usuals, and I turned to find a stack of fluffy Choc chip pancakes, with strawberries and ice-cream.
"By the angel how'd you know?" I turned smiling to Jace who had the exact same thing.
"You can't go wrong with Pancakes." He shrugged with a smile.
We continued laughing, as they talked about memories, I begun to understand more about the group, and Alec seemed a little bit more loosened up then before, actually chatting and laughing with me. I didn't really share any stories, but I think that was the best part of it, I really got to see how close they really were. On the walk home it was the same thing, I was fiddling with one of my throwing knives I had brought just in case.
We were mid way through a story about Isabelle's (accidental) first kiss, when I saw something out of the corner of my eye behind Jace, and right before it jumped, I yelled out to Jace who jumped, and I yelled out 'Jestaph' as my dagger lit up I threw it right at it's neck it begun to spasm and I Quickly grabbed my dagger out of its neck, and slashed it through, and it dropped to almost nothing, leaving back to hell.
"Holy Angel, how'd you see that Clary?" Said Jace who was obviously in shock from the tall tentacle demon that was behind him.
"I'm kind of trained to see them, how'd you not?"
"Both very good points, we better get back there's probably more where that came from." Alec said as we went back to the institute which was only a few houses away.
We went up the elevator as Alec and Izzy finished the story, when we reached the right floor I have Izzy a hug as we stepped out the elevator and said a simple goodnight and a wave to Alec and Jace, Alec and Isabelle turned down the hall, and me and Jace went the other way to get to our rooms.
When I reached my door I turned the door and was about to step in when I heard Jace's voice
"You mind if I come in for a few minutes?" He said looking at his feet avoiding my gaze.
"Yeah of course, come in." I said as I opened the door and walked in I went and sat on my bed and made sure my sketch book was closed, and put it on the side table. I sat at the top of the bed with my legs crossed, Jace came and sat at the end of the bed, crossing one foot and dangling the other over the edge of the bed. And faced me.
"What's up Jace?" I asked after a few seconds of him just staring at me in the eyes.
"I just wanted to say thankyou."
"For what?"
"Saving my life a few minutes ago." His gaze never leaving my eyes.
"Jace you never have to thank me for saving your life."
"I'm just not used to it that's all, I'm used to saving everyone's life."
"Well someone's gotta look after you Jacey." I said with a smile.
"Your never going to live that down are you?"
"Why Jacey, does it bother you?" I said fluttering my eyes and giving him a wink.
"Hahaha very funny." He said with a small smile.
"I think so. Should I get you a fairy drink to help you loosen up." I said grinning.
"I think... Not." And he jumped off the bed and begun tickling me, like my Brother and Simon used to.
"No! No! Please stop" I tried to say between laughing fits.
He stopped and leaned back, which allowed me to realize how close we were to each other only centimeter apart. My smile slowly faded and so did his as I looked into his eyes. He slowly moved his face towards me, when my heart begun to roar like a crowd in a grand final. But I started to think, I haven't known Jace for that long, and he defiantly doesn't know me well enough, and as our noses almost touched I pulled away.
"Sorry." He said with his head down, walking fast towards the door.
"Wait, Jace." But he continued to walk out the door, closing the door behind him.
And I thought to myself what would I say if he did turn around. Yeah I like you and I want to kiss you so badly, but is don't know you enough, it would be a mistake,what would happen if we broke up and still had to live in the same institute, I'm still to upset about my Father, I looked down at my leather jacket that now had to be washed because of demon ichor.
I went and had a long shower and changed into my pajamas and fell asleep thinking aout Jace and what tomorrow might bring. I woke up mid way through the night, and opened my sketch book to the last page and flipped over to a page that wasn't full, and drew another rune that I had dreamt of, but wasn't in any of the books.
Jace's point of view:
I went straight to my room, blocking out Clary even though she called after me. I'm so stupid. I completely blew things with Clary, she probably hates me, I should know she's not like most girls, and wouldn't want to kiss me, but her laugh, and smile, I just ahhhh.
I shouldn't even have tickled her in the first place she's not 5 and either am I. She probably things I'm some crazy 5 year old boy, who tried to kiss her.
Why am I feeling like this about her in the first place, I never feel like this about any girl, maybe it was just because I haven't kissed a girl since I was on Idris a year ago. No that wasn't it. Shit I can't be falling for this girl can I? No a good shadow hunter doesn't love! I know this. I said as I paced up and down my room.
Maybe a shower will clear my head, but as soon as I stepped in that shower, and even after I couldn't get Clary out of my head. I couldn't stop thinking about what would have happened if she did let me kiss her, what then, but I can't think like that, because I shouldn't feel like that in the first place.
I had been laying in my bed for a few hours and it was about 12:30am and I decided not to bother staying in bed, I went to the kitchen to get a glass of milk.
I went down stairs and that was when I saw Alec come home.
"Where did you go?" I asked and he froze like a dear in headlights
"Why are you up this late Jace?"
"Couldn't sleep,and your changing the topic. "
"I was at Magnus's house."
"Okay cool, tell me about it in the morning."
And we went our separate ways. I didn't want to push him on it,because I knew how hard it was for him at the moment. He hadn't told anyone but his sister but I knew, his my parabati of course I would know.
I grabbed a glass of milk and went back to my room. I still couldn't get to sleep so I decided to get up and change into some training gear, I did some dagger throwing for what felt like hours until Izzy was awake.
"Why are you up at 9am throwing daggers?"
"Couldn't get much sleep." I said not moving my gaze from the target.
"I don't believe that, what's on your mind? Is it Clary?" This time I turned to her.
"No why would it be?" Clary hadn't told Izzy had she? She isn't usually up this early.
"Your lying. And did you know that you don't have to throw dagger that hard to hit a target?" She smiled and walked off to the kitchen, after a few more goes I made my way to the kitchen and grabbed a mango.
"You going to tell me the truth?" Izzy said as she made some breakfast concoction.
"There is no more truth to tell, I told you the truth."
"No you didn't, you used to always tell me the truth, and Alec. Even if you didn't like the girl." She said with a slight frown.
"Well I just don't have anything to say about her."
"You know you do, and Jace we are shadow hunters, but were allowed to love someone."
"I hardly know her."
"Yet you feel like you've known her your whole life, and everytime she says your name, it's like wind chimes in your ears. And you can't help but to stare at her when she's not looking, or into her eyes when she speaks. And her laugh or smile are the best thing you've ever seen."
"I'm starting to think you like her."
"Don't change the subject Jace, I've had a crush on someone before, I'm a girl, and were hopeless romantics."
"Well Izzy, I think your just hopeless."
"Don't say that Jace, tell me look me in the eyes, and tell me you don't believe any of that, that you don't feel any of that with Clary."
I was about to say something when Alec came to my rescue.
"There you guys are, I've been looking for the last 10 minutes for you guys, you weren't in your rooms. Get ready to gear up, we have to go demon hunting."
As I went to leave Izzy grabbed my wrist, "We'll be talking about this when we get back, and when I say we I mean you."
With that I walked off got quickly changed and made my way to the weapons room.
Clary, Izzy and Alec were already picking out their weapons and making sure they had there stele's.
"How many demons did it detect." I asked Alec as I walked over to grab my seraph blade.
"Only a few, hopefully it won't be long till we can get back."
"Why do you want to get back so soon." I said with a smirk and a wink referring to last night.
"You forgot didn't you." He said with an unamused gaze.
"Forgot what?" Izzy and Alec both rolled their eyes.
"Today Max and Dad are going to visit." Izzy said stuffing her stele into her boot, making sure it was secure. I didn't dare to look at Clary.
"Oh shit, I forgot."
"Couldn't tell." Said Izzy just as unamused as Alec. "Come on let's go so we can be back in an hour."
We headed off, Alec leading the way to an abandoned gated up house. It was almost old enough to crumble. Izzy's necklace that Magnus had given her begun to pulse.
"I think there close enough to be on the first floor. Which is good I wouldn't trust anything in this house enough to climb it."
We walked in and there was about 3 Archaieral demons . Clary and I took one each, while Izzy and Alec got the other.
It was not usual to find demons anywhere during the day, but the house was boarded up, they were pretty big, and were lucky for the tall roof and little light. I quickly started to slash the demon, across it's face, and then multiple times through the wings, it wasn't long till it showed it's dozen and dozens of sharp teeth, as soon as it leapt, I stuck my sword out, into it's chest, and then pulled it out and gave it a big gash through the throat. It begun to spasm until it fell and if not for the ash and ichor it left no significant existence.
I turned to see that Alec and Izzy were almost finished, and I went to check on Clary when I saw she was fighting two of the demons, the other must have appeared later. I quickly ran over to her and started helping her with one of the demons, but she had almost killed both by the time I got there, and it took one slash for me to kill it, and I turned to find, she had just killed the other, Alec and Izzy were finished and came over to us.
"Better check the rest of it just in case, but my necklace has stopped pulsing." We went through the house, trying our best not to step in holes, in the stairs and on the ground, especially upstairs.
We were walking back, and Alec and Izzy were discussing something I couldn't quite hear, but they seemed to be smiling.
"Thanks." Clary said as she sped up to meet my longer strides.
"Don't worry about it, you already had it covered anyway." I started trying to walk home faster before she could say anything.
She was almost jogging now to keep up with me. I was just praying to the angel she wouldn't say anything about last night. I still felt stupid, and it was weird, I had never been turned down by a girl before.
"You know if it's really bothering you enough, that you can't even look at me or talk to me. Maybe we should discuss what happened last night." Clary said as we made our way through the front gate of the institute.
"It's not bothering me, so we don't need to talk about it." I said sternly, and her face turned to a slight frown.
"Max!" I said as he ran towards me and I kneeled down to give him a hug. Izzy and Alec were talking to Robert about the mission.
"Hey Robert." Clary said as she made her way towards him and gave him a formal handshake. "We haven't really been able to meet formally."
"Yes, you must be Clary, you look just like your mother, I've heard a lot about you, Hodge said you even bet Jace, quite the accomplishment."
"Thank you, I don't plan on fighting him again, I don't know if if be able to beat him again." She was being modest, but in my defense, I really wasn't fighting at my best.
"I'm sure that's not true, it's good to see someone able to put him in line."
"I wouldn't go far enough to say that." I smiled and gave Robert a short hug.
"Hi I'm Max." Max said sticking his arm out to Clary.
Clary took it and shook it. "I've heard lots about you. I heard if I wanted to read any good manga I should talk to you. What are you reading at the moment?"
Max smiled, "You've probably never read it before, Attack on Titan VOL 8."
"Oh I love that series, my person favorite is VOL 18, but I'd hate to spoil it for you." And all of a sudden Max was glowing and beaming of happiness.
"I don't know anyone else who likes Manga. I'll show you the rest of my collection!" He said grabbing her hand and pulling her towards his room, she quickly turned her head and gave us a smile.
"Nice to meet you Robert." She yelled as he pushed her to the elevator.
"By the Angel, I think he has a new favorite." Robert smiled, at the elevator they had just left through.
"I think he has a new crush." Izzy smiled causing Robert to laugh. I tensed. Was I jealous of an 9 year old?
I tried to convince myself I wasn't. "Jace maybe you should join them, I have to discuss some things with Izzy and Alec." Izzy turned and smiled at me with a wink, I rolled my eyes at her and waved to Robert and left to set off to Max's room.
I stood against the frame, admiring the two Max was like my brother, and he treated me like his brother to, it was nice, it made me feel like I really had a family, sure Izzy and Alec did, but they are and were always so close.
Max and Clary were both on the floor. Clary was leaning across the bed frame, and Max on his knees frantically pointing at things on his shelf. Clary had this gorgeous smile on her face, and in that moment I wanted to be a part of it.
'What about that one!?' Max said pointing at different books of his ever lasting bookshelf of Manga.
'Yep. That one to.' Said Clary with a giggle. 'Have you tried writing one yourself.'
Max looked down and fiddled with his thumb, almost sad or nervous I can't quite tell. 'I can't draw.'
"Well Clary will be able to help you out with that, she's a very talented artist." I smiled never turning my gaze from Clary, she was shocked at first and then gave me one of those smiles I love.
"Really! Could you clary? Please." He said trying his best puppy dog eyes, and hands in front of him begging.
"Well I'll try, but you better start with that story."
He smiled so brightly I had never seen it before.
"Really?!" She gave him a nod, and he jumped over to her and gave her a giant hug. "Thank you, thank you thank you!" He smiled running out the door. "I'll be back I'm going to get some paper.
I went and sat down following her stance with my legs out leaning against the bed frame.