...Hey guys... Don't kill me, I promise I have a good excuse. Ok, maybe not, but school was really kicking my butt and were you going to take my anatomy and physiology final for me? I think not lol. Not only that but it has been difficult for me trying to write in first person, when I'm so used to writing in third person, but I'm up for the challenge. Well, without further ado, here's my extremely late update. Oh and I'm sorry it's kind of short, I promise I'll try harder next time ;)
Grinning widely, I ran towards him and tackled him in a hug.
"Jace, I've missed you so much," I said enthusiastically.
Smiling, he wrapped his arms around me, returning my hug. I reveled in his warmth.
Jace had been my best friend back in London, for as long as I could remember. We used to do everything together. I used to tell him everything, except for my shadow predicament. That was until he left without warning. Remembering this, I unraveled myself from his embrace and punched his shoulder. "Why didn't you tell me you were moving to the states?" I questioned angrily.
He grinned sheepishly, rubbing his shoulder, "I missed you too Clare."
"After all this time, no phone call, and you knew my mom?"
"I'm sorry, Clare."
Rolling my eyes, I stepped back from him and turned around. My eyes met seven confused faces and one grinning face, the latter one being Isabelle's.
Smiling and squealing excitedly, "So this is Clare? The girl you were telling us about? The one you're in l-"
"Alight, Izzy. I think that's about enough." Jace interrupted harshly.
Isabelle looked taken aback by his harsh interruption. She furrowed her eyebrows and opened her mouth to retort. As if noticing the impending argument, Simon quickly came behind her and pulled on her right arm to turn her away. He smiled at her and said, "Grapes."
Apparently, Isabelle understood what he meant and laughed. "I can't stand you, Simon," she said, smiling at him.
Next to me Jace whispered, "So we're just going to ignore that he just said 'grapes?'"
"Apparently," I replied.
My mother walked in from the kitchen with a cake in her hands. The blue circular cake had three lit candles sticking out of it, with an intricate design of the London Bridge depicted on the face of the cake. Under the picture, the words 'Welcome Home/ Happy Birthday Clary!' were written out in the frosting. I chucked at the latter portion of the writing and looked up to see my mother's face filled with pure joy. She looked at me expectantly, "Come and blow out the candles, Clary."
I walked towards her laughing and said, "Mom, my birthday was two months ago."
She smiled and said, "I know, but I wasn't there to celebrate it with you, so I thought we could celebrate both." Standing in front of her, I thanked her and blew out the candles.
After the sharing of the cake, Robert and Maryse announced they had to leave. They left with Alec and Max. Simon and Isabelle decided to leave with them, leaving my mother, Luke, Jace and I.
We sat in the living room, my mother and Luke sitting across from Jace and I.
"Jace, you never told us you knew Clary," Luke started.
Jace smiled wearily, "I'm sorry, I didn't know she was the same person."
"It's alright, Jace." my mother said. Patting Luke on the knee, glanced at the clock and said, "Well I think it's time for us to got to bed, right Luke?"
Luke agreed standing up and helped my mother off the couch. "Don't stay too late Jace." With that, they both disappeared up the stairs.
Elbowing Jace's arm I said, "I really did miss you, you know."
He smiled and opened his mouth to respond but suddenly, from the corner of my eye, another shadow appeared, creeping from the ceiling. My head snapped towards the shadow as it zipped past the living room lamps, bringing a cold chill into the room.
The energy rolling off it was stronger than I had ever felt. It curled around in a winding motion, moving through the living room as if it were searching for something. It must have found what it was looking for because it stopped abruptly and turned to me. I stood abruptly. Jace looked around the room, searching for what I was looking at. He stood and worriedly looked around the room.
"Clary is everything ok?" He questioned.
I did not respond as my eyes continued to follow the shadow. The shadow surged forward towards me. Frightened, I stepped backward into Jace. This had never happened before. The shadows were just supposed to be there, they weren't supposed to come near me.
The shadow whizzed foreword, moving even faster now. I tried to step back, but Jace was blocking my path.
"Clary what are you looking at?" he questioned again. The shadow was getting closer. Bracing for the impact, I pressed further into Jace and squeezed my eyes shut. I felt a burst of cold wind that knocked me down to the floor, as the shadow flew through me. Screaming, I began to crawl backward. The shadow followed as if it were a sick game. It stilled and whizzed past me once more. I heard a blood-curdling scream and then nothing.