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Clary's head jerked up. Jace was standing behind her, panting a little.
"Jace, what are you doing here. How…" Clary asked, shocked that he had found her.
"Why did you leave again? Huh. Clary you can't keep leaving. Can't keep running from your problems… Running from me. What did I do wrong this time. Clary we had an amazing night last night. I don't understand how you can't see that." Jace said, slowly walking towards Clary.
"Jace. You took advantage of me. I was obviously drunk. If you thought for even one second if I would have done that when I was the smallest bit sober then you were lying to yourself. Jace… you're a cheater" Clary said, baking away from the boy.
"What? I'm not a cheater. We talked about that, you understand why I had to do it. Clary I had to save you-" Jace said, but Clary interrupted
"I'm not talking about that. I understand that. I'm talking about Lydia." Clary said, as her back hit a tree.
"I don't care about Lydia. I only care about you. And anyway, you cheated to, what about Joe" Jace said, his face centimetres from Clary's.
"Joe and I broke up last night, hence why I was sitting in my bed alone drinking booze. And I care about Lydia. She's been nothing but good to me. I really care about her and I can't believe what I did to her. Jace, we can't." Clary said. Jace could smell her breath. It smelt like mint and apple. He remember the first time they kissed. The sweet tasting apple, surrounded by greenery. It was almost the same. Almost. Clary ducked under Jace's arm and quickly walked towards the park bench.
"Jace, if you care about me at all, you'll let me go. I will come back. I promise. It might be a day, or a week, or a month or a year. But I will come back. I'll call home once a week. I promise. Please, let me go." Clary pleaded
"I love you" Jace said, as a last attempt.
"and you should love Lydia" Clary said with a small smile. She picked up her bag and started to walk away. She knew where she was going to go. But all she could think about at that moment was what she wanted to say. I love you. Three words she would probably never get to say aloud to Jace again.
Jace watched as Clary walked away. He was hoping so desperately that she would say it back. He could see it in her eyes. Her mouth opened a little. She wanted to say it. He would let her go. If she really loved him the way he knew, she would come back. What was that mundane saying? If you love something, let them go. If they love you, they will come back. If they don't, they were never yours.
When Jace got home, Max was sitting at the front door.
"Is she with you?" he asked, looking hopeful.
"No, sorry little man. Uh, I didn't find her." Jace said, not wanting to tell him the truth
"Oh, well, umm, Jace. I um need a new trainer now I guess and…" Max said, while looking at the ground. He sounded like he was trying not to cry.
"I'm sure anyone here would be more that happy to train you" Jace said, ruffeling his head.
"Even you?" Max asked
"Happy as ever" Jace replied. Max looked up at Jace with a small smile. He then turned and headed toward the kitchen for some breakfast.
Clary walked up to the wall and drew a portal rune. She took in one large breath and stepped though. She landed just to the side of a beach. Venice Beach. The sun was warm and there where people all around her laughing and heading out to the surf. She turned and saw down the street a nice looking institute, which has a beachy feel to it. She walked down to it and knocked on the door. A girl answered. She looked around Clary's age. She had long blond hair, nicely tanned skin and was tall. She also had amazing blue eyes, kind of like Alec's.
"Hi, I'm Clary. I just got hear and was needing a place to stay." Clary said
"Hi. I'm Sophie. Come in" Sophie said and stuck out her hand. Cary shook it and walked into the institute. It was really nice, but Mayres would have hated it. It wasn't neat. There was sand everywhere. It looked and felt like a real home.
"We have a few spare rooms up there" Sophie said, whilst pointing up the stairs "so I'll show you up to them and you can choose one" They walked up the stairs and Clary went up and choose the one at the end of the hall, next to one with a large window. She went into the room and saw a bed, a desk and a wardrobe.
"I'll let you get settled. We're going out for breakfast in about half an hour if you want to join" Sophie said
"Yeah, that sounds great thanks" Clary said and put her bag down on the bed. She quickly got changed into cute bikinis Izzy made her buy, and a midriff and some shorts. She then started putting her clothes away in the draws and her drawing stuff on her desk. She then headed back down the stairs just as Sophie walked out of the room, talking to a boy. Clary looked up to see that she recognised the boy.
"Hey Joe"
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