Chapter Seven-
I saw sunning out by Jace's pool; he was still in his room sleeping. It was currently the middle of July; the last couple of weeks had flown by. I hung out with Jace practically every day and I had barely seen Sebastian. I think the last beating scared him a little, so he left me alone to heal I think. But the bruises were almost gone, I only had a small one on my face left and it was that gross yellow color that meant it was almost healed. I put makeup on it to cover it because Simone was coming today; he would be here in a couple of hours. I was wearing a pair of short shorts and a tank top, I had my bathing suit underneath it but I was always weary of being so exposed to people, not sure if there was evidence of what Sebastian had done to me anywhere on my body. It was only mid-morning but the sun was shining down with harshness and I sighed lightly while I whipped a hand across my forehead, whipping the sweat away. I was hoping Jace would wake up soon so we could keep planning what we were going to do tonight. Jace wanted to go to the amusement park a couple of towns over, but I wanted to go to the beach and just hang out. Alec wanted to go mini golfing, drunk and Izzy wanted to go to a movie. So we were all at a stand still waiting for everyone else to cave. I jerked into a sitting up position when I heard a noise behind me. Pulling the sunglasses off my face I watch Jace walk out onto the deck with a bowl of cereal in his hands. But the thing I was staring at was his bare chest; he was only wearing a pair of shorts and nothing else. My breath hitched in my throat and I quickly put my sunglasses back on before he noticed me looking. I was sure my face was bright red but I was hoping he would think it was because of the sun.
"Dang it's hot out here red, why are you hanging out, out here?" He asked before plopping down on the lawn chair next to me and I shrugged.
"I like the sun." I defended and he laughed before shoving a spoonful into his mouth.
"Yeah that's what we're saying last year when you had that wicked sun burn. I am pretty sure I am quoting here when you said 'I never want to go into the sun again.'" He laughed loudly again and I glared at him.
"Well I changed my mind." I said like a toddler and he just smirked and my annoyed frown turned up into a smile and I started laughing as well.
"Okay so to change the subject, what's going on for tonight?" I asked after a moment and he shrugged.
"Everyone is still pretty set on what they want to do, so let's just give Simone the options and let him pick one." I nodded slightly before adding.
"But let's not tell him who wants to do what because he will pick whatever Iz wants to do no matter what." I commented and nodding laughing a little.
"That boy is whipped." Ever since the party last month Iz and Simone had talked on the phone almost every night. Isabelle wasn't upset about the date she had to go on with him anymore, I think she generally really liked him. I was happy for both of them, even more for Simone since he's had a crush on her since he met her. I wish I could say the same about my crush. I looked at him for a moment and could feel the sting of him never showing me any interest. I know we lived far away from each other but I didn't understand why we couldn't give it a go. Hell Simone and Izzy were and Simone didn't come here once a month. I forced myself to take a deep breath and then push all the feelings away.
"Okay well I am going to head back home and make sure everything is ready." I said after the silence started to become awkward, at least for me. He nodded lightly and I stood up and left his back yard, walking maybe just a little too fast to get away. I walked back over to my house and sighed happily as I entered and the coolness from the AC hit my face. I pulled the sunglasses off my face and headed into the kitchen. I froze as I noticed Sebastian standing at the fridge. He had barely been home since the confrontation with Jace in the living room. He closed the fridge and looked at me coolly.
"So I heard Simone is coming for the week." He said nastily, like it was the worst idea ever. I nodded slowly and he licked his lips before walking over to me.
"Come on then." He said and I turned and silently followed him up the stairs. I was too nervous to disobey him, not wanting him to leave any marks on me. It would be a lot harder to explain them to Simone then it had been to tell Jace. He led me into his room and I gulped down tears as I walked in and he closed the door.
Jace's POV
It was twilight and Clary would be over with Simone in a little while, I was currently hanging out back with Alec and Izzy. We were sharing a bottle of Captain Morgan's and some coke.
"So are you guys dating now?" Alec asked after winching on the captains before slugging some coke to help with the taste. Izzy shrugged before grabbing the bottle.
"He lives forever away, I will never see him. But it's fun talking to him and I am going to live up this week as if we were." She commented before taking her own shot. My mind was reeling at her answer, why couldn't I just have some fun with Clary when she was here? I didn't have long to dwell on my thoughts before Clary and Simone walked into the backyard.
"Hey!" Clary said before stumbling slightly and Simone caught her before she could fall onto the grass. I sat up straighter as they reached us. Simone had a look on his face and it seemed like Clary was drunk. She planted herself into a seat and almost fell over again before righting herself.
"So what's going onnn?" She mumbled before giggling into her own hand.
"Are you drunk?" I asked and she shook her head vigorously.
"No!" She said before busting out into giggles again.
"She's been drinking since before I got here, at three this afternoon." Simone commented in an annoyed tone, he must have been a bit pissed at Clary. I was mostly just confused. Alec, Iz and I were drinking a little but we weren't planning on getting drunk just a little tipsy but Clary was full on drunk.
"Don't be so dramatic." Clary said sadly before turning chipper again and looked at Jace.
"I want to swim!" She declared before starting to tear off her clothes.
"Whoa hold on their mermaid." I commented standing up and trying to stop her from pulling her shirt off over her head. She beat me and had the shirt off before I could force it back on. My heart thumped in my chest as I stared at Clary with her shirt off, she was wearing a bra and it was amazingly beautiful. She suddenly seemed to realize what doing and she shyly put her arms up across her chest.
"Come on Clary we were going to go to the movies remember." I asked slowly thinking that maybe a movie would be the best option tonight.
"Noo sir!" She said before quickly pulling her shorts off and jumping into the pool before anyone could comment.
"What's up with her?" Isabelle asked Simone as the four of us stood watching her scream and splash and have a grand old time by herself in the pool.
"I have no idea." Simone mumbled.
"Hey do you have any towels?" Simone asked and I nodded and headed into the house to get one, I returned after a moment and handed it to Simone.
"I think I should just take her home, we can all do something tomorrow?" He asked and we all agreed and then watched as Simone tried and failed to get Clary out of the water. Finally I had to jump in and pull her out, her pouting all the while.
"You guys are no fun." She commented while shivering in the night air wrapped in the towel. After a moment Simone put his arm around her shoulders and started to pull her away.
"Bye guys!" She said and then they were gone.
"That was bizarre." Alec said with a shake of his head and I couldn't help but agree.
Simone's POV:
I had to basically drag Clary back to her house and up the stairs, but as soon as we made it she flopped onto her bed and seemed like she was half a second from falling asleep.
"Clary you need to put some pj's on." I commented not wanting her to sleep in her wet underwear all night. She sluggishly sat up and just tore her bra off. I looked away quickly, but I had seen her breasts and I wasn't sure if I could ever look her in the face again. I silently walked over to her dresser and quickly found some pjs for her before tossing them at her on the bed. I heard her struggled to put them on. When she was finally done I sat down on the bed as she laid down. I started to slowly rub her wet hair and tried to relax her into sleep. I was worried about her, she never drunk like this and never would by herself. Her eyes started to close and she mumbled something and I had to strain to hear it.
"What?" I finally asked as she mumbled it again.
"You can if you want to Simone, I won't mind." She murmured and I looked down at her confused.
"Do what?" I asked slowly, thinking maybe she was being drunk and crazy as she rolled over from her back to her side facing me.
"Sebastian does it all the time." She quipped back and I was still confused.
"What does Sebastian do Clary?" I asked as she seemed like she was sleeping for a moment before she answered me.
"You know Simone." She sighed deeply and I almost left her alone but something was nagging at my stomach that something was wrong.
"Clary tell me what Sebastian does to do." I shook her a little and she opened her eyes and looked at me.
"Nothing that I don't deserve." She said blankly and my heart fell into my stomach, was that bastered hurting her? I never liked him.
"Does Sebastian hurt you Clary?" I demanded a little too harshly and she curled into herself and I knew the answer without her having to say it. My fists clenched into my palms and as I restrained myself from leaving the room and punching the dick in the face. Clary officially dozed off as I heard her lightly snoring.
"Please stop." Clary whispered sometime later when I was finally almost sleep, it had only been about nine o'clock when we got back to Clary's house and I had tooled around on my phone before starting to doze off myself but Clary saying something jolted me out of it. I glanced at the clock on Clary's bedside table and it said it was just a little after midnight.
"Please don't your hurting me." She said again as she starting thrashing around a little and I sat up in shock, unable to move unsure of what to do.
"Stop!" She yelled once more before sitting straight up and gasping. She looked over at me before dashing off the bed and wrenching the door open with force. I followed her from the room but stopped in the hall as I listened to her throwing up into the toilet. I slowly walked back to her room to give her privacy and sat on her bed waiting for her to return. She came back after five more minutes and she stiffened as she looked at me looking at her. I was sure she wasn't drunk anymore after sleeping for a couple of hours and puking a lot of it up.
"What do you know?" She asked quietly and I could tell there was more to the story then I knew so I was going to pretend I knew everything.
"You told me everything." I said stiffly and she started crying before rushing to me and crying into my chest.
"Please don't think less of me Simon; I really don't like when he does it to me I just don't know how to stop him. Susan knows and she doesn't care so it's not like I can tell any adults they clearly won't care. And if my mom found out then she would never let me back, and then I would never see Jace and I love him Simone. It's worth the pain I go threw just to see him I swear. Please don't let Sebastian know you know because he'll been ten times more brutal and it's already really bad." She rushed everything out and I didn't know how to process the information and she finally stopped after running out of breath. She slowly turned and looked up at me, she could tell by my face that I was upset and couldn't seem to find the words to talk.
"You didn't know everything, did you?" She commented before stepping away from me slowly as I tried to process everything.
"Tell me everything, now." I am sure I sounded verminous but with everything she blabbered I could only guess one thing and I hoped I was dead wrong, but if I was right then Sebastian was a dead man.
AN: Oh man, Simone knows now! Update soon I hope. R&R please, they make my day! Also what do you think of Clary slowly destructing on herself? She has been ignoring her pain for so long that she's starting to impload a little. Still awhile yet until Clary's big breakdown/meltdown thought!