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How is everyone? Hopefully loving life?! Feel free to tell me whatever in the reviews! Without further ado here is chapter 11!
I stare at my sketch book. Searching my mind for something new to create, but nothing comes up. In my frustration, I get up and walk down to the kitchen. I find mom sitting with Seb at the dining room table. They seem to be in deep conversation, so I turn to leave.
"Clary! Come here honey." My mom calls me to join the two of them, so I turn back around and sit in the chair to the left of my mom.
"What's up guys?"
"Oh mom and I were just talking about something." Seb looked up at mom questioningly and she nodded. I wonder what this secret conversation was that they were having through body movements.
"Honey, there is something important we need to tell you. Well, you know how your father has been contained in Idris?" Oh no. Something is wrong. I wonder if someone else in prison killed him. What if he escaped and is coming here after me? What if…. "The clave has come together to rehear his trial. They've decided to release him prematurely."
I felt my skin turn white and the hairs on my arms stand straight up. My back started to ache at the thought of him coming back here. Everything had been so…normal since he was taken away. My breathing picked up and I could feel a panic attack on the verge.
"Honey it's okay. They say he has improved immensely. I think he will surprise you. He isn't the same Valentine that…used to live here. It's going to be okay." I looked over at Sebastian and immediately noticed both of his clenched fists. He looked like he was holding his breath, like he was going to pop. Well at least I'm not the only one here who thinks this is a bad idea. Mom looked calm, like usual. I wish I had as much control over myself as she did.
"W…when is he coming back?" Hopefully she was giving me a month's notice. I'm completely unprepared for this.
"He should be here Thursday." Two days. Two whole fucking days. My eyes almost popped out of their sockets. I had to get out of here. Simon. He is exactly what I need.
I got up without saying a word and ran out of the house. I heard Seb yelling after me, but just ran as hard and fast as I could. Time flew by as I ran to Simon's, and it seemed like I got there faster than I should have. I opened the door and walked back to Simon's room. I knocked twice and he told me to enter.
"Oh, hey Clary! What's up?" He was sitting at the edge of his bed, with the Xbox controller in his hands. It looked like he was in an intense game of Call of Duty. I haven't played that game in so long.
"I'm freaking out Simon. My dad is coming back." Simon didn't know the complete story of my relationship with my dad, but he knew I didn't like him.
"When? Sit." He patted the spot on his bed right next to him. "Come play with me and rant." So I did as he said and lost myself in the game. Everything seemed to disappear, all my problems I mean. They were gone and it was all thanks to Simon and a bunch of bullets.
"Hey Simon?"
"Yeah?"
"I just wanted to tell you….thanks."
"Anything for you Clary."
I rolled over, my dream of Simon fading away. As I rolled over I thought I felt another person, but just shrugged it off. Nobody else can even fit in my bed with me. Opening my eyes, I saw an abundance of purple, and quickly realized this was not my room. Oh yeah. I'm at Magnus' house…and I'm in bed with…Jace. I turned my head slowly to reveal golden eyes staring back at me.
"I can't believe you were dreaming of Simon and not me." What? Wait was I talking in my sleep…that's embarrassing.
"How did you know I was dreaming about Simon?"
"You may or may not talk in your sleep. I'm really curious as to what Call of Duty is." I forget that they don't have technology in Idris.
"Well it's a video game. Simon is literally obsessed with it."
"How long have you and him been friends?" I looked at Jace in the eyes, and then down to his hands. Looked like he was fiddling with his thumbs.
"Ever since I can remember. Are you nervous?" I know I always mess with my hands when I'm nervous.
"No. What do I have to be nervous about?" Well his buttons are easily pushed. Good to know.
"You know you didn't have to get so upset. I was just asking."
"Look Clarissa. If you are trying to say that this situation is making me nervous, believe me it's not. I've been in many beds with gorgeous women before." Well that little…wait. Was he implying that I'm gorgeous? That sneaky jerk. I don't want to hear about all of the women he has…been with. Am I jealous? Oh crap no. Come on me don't fall for the self-centered jerk wad.
"Oh." I turned around and pulled the covers up to my chin. If he wants to be an ass then I'm just going to go back to sleep. Maybe I'll dream of a hot guy. He will have gorgeous hair and sparkling eyes, and his sense of humor will be unique. He is going to be better than Jace, exceeding all expectations.
"Clarissa? Clary?" I felt the weight of the bed shift closer to me. Soon he was so close I could feel the heat radiating off of him. All of a sudden the covers were ripped off of me and I rolled over to face him. "There's Clary. I knew you were in here somewhere." He gave me his sparkling smile and I couldn't help but involuntarily forget about his earlier comments.
"Jace it's cold…what are you wearing." My laughter escaped as I took his clothes in. He had a shirt with Chairman Meow's face printed out on it, and his pants were fuzzy with llamas all over them. I swear this had to be the funniest thing I had seen on a man. "You know wearing Chairman Meow doesn't make you him!" Here I go bringing the cat back into this.
"How dare you insult this gorgeous outfit. It took me hours to put it together. I'm offended." Jace crossed his arms over his chest and pouted like a three year old.
"Jace stop!" I was laughing so hard at him I could feel tears start to emerge. He looked ridiculous. All of a sudden Jace's eyes lit up with an evil glow and he pounced on me. He was tickling me…and now I'm crying. "NO!" I told him once before that food was my only weakness, but I lied. This, this right here is also my weakness.
I laughed and laughed until I felt like I couldn't breathe. Jace seemed to have been laughing as well and eventually stopped the torture. As we both calmed down from the frenzy, we collapsed on the bed. It was silent for a couple of minutes between us until I broke the silence.
"Jace…thanks."
"For what? Tickling you? I mean I'm down for another round." I could feel the vibrations of his chuckles through the bed.
"No. Thank you for helping me. If I would have come alone…I don't know what could have happened."
"Anything to help out a lady."
"Is Alec your best friend?"
"Yeah, that and brother. Even though we aren't blood related, we are so close it makes up for that. Robert and Maryse treat me like family too. They are good people."
"He is gay right?"
"Yeah. I still remember the day he finally told me. I mean I had known for a while, so it was nice that he finally trusted me with something as serious as that. You know funny as it is, Isabelle has been trying to set him up with Magnus for a while now."
"Oh really? I like that. Let's set them up."
"Yeah, one problem. He currently has the hots for the one and only, Sebastian Morgenstern."
"Oh…well I think Seb is into girls. So that wouldn't work out well for him anyways. All the more reason for us to set him up with Magnus. Does Seb know about it?"
"Yeah. Izzy told him when she first found out. She's not the type of person to trust with your deep dark secrets."
"Do you know what time it is?"
"Last I looked it was 2 in the morning."
"Darn. I was hoping it was a little closer to 6 or 7. I don't think I will be able to go back to sleep. I'm too hyper right now, thanks to your tickling attack."
All of a sudden Jace shot up and left the room. He came back several minutes later with a bottle containing a lavender colored liquid.
"Here take three drops of this."
"What is it?"
"I stole it from Magnus' potions room. I was in the sleep section. Pretty sure it is a sleeping potion."
"But you don't know for sure if it's a sleeping potion?" Why does he think I would take this without knowing what it is?
"Oh come on don't be a prick. Just take the damn potion." I just looked at him. So he's going to call me a prick because I'm not dumb enough to blindly take this potion. "Fine. See." He opened the bottle and let three drops of the liquid fall into his mouth.
"Don't you think it's a little dangerous to take that without knowing what it is?"
"Nothing is too dangerous for me. I live for danger." Right after he finished his sentence he passed out. Luckily he fell right onto the bed. I had to move him to get him under the covers. He seems fine to me. I grabbed the potion and took three drops for myself. Quickly I set the bottle on the side table and hopped back into bed. Within a couple of seconds, I too was out cold.
I felt myself come back from the depths of sleep once again, but this time I couldn't roll over. My eyes opened slowly as I took in the sunlight from the windows. I wonder what time of the day it is. Once my eyes come to full focus I see Chairman Meow. Well the t-shirt with his face on it. I really should use Jace as a pillow more often. This is so nice. He smells good. Like freshly cleaned clothes, I guess downy maybe, and soap. I mean I am awake now, but I kind of want to pretend to sleep so I can lay here longer.
"Damn I slept like a baby." I looked up at Jace's face. He gave me a sleepy smile going along perfectly with his bed hair. I imagine my life before Jace and it seems dull. I know it's only been a couple of days, but honestly I've never gotten so close with someone so fast before. I knew Simon for basically my whole life and never told him about my dad, but I've already revealed that secret to Jace. It felt so natural too, being here with him. I wonder if he felt the same way. "Earth to Clary?"
"Oh sorry. I was lost in my thoughts."
"You seem to get lost in that head of yours often. You thinking about me?" Yes…I tried to contain the truth by bringing up the best distraction.
"Pancakes. I want pancakes." I start to unlatch myself from Jace, despite the fact that I wanted to stay there forever. He sat up and I couldn't contain my giggles at his outfit. I have to get a picture of him in that before the morning is over. It's golden.
"Make me a sandwich."
"What?" It's breakfast that's dumb.
"I'm kidding I want pancakes. But someday you will make me a sandwich. I can promise you that."
"Just because you said that, I'm never going to make you a sandwich. I'll make everyone else sandwiches except for you!" I smiled and left the room. "You coming?" I yelled back at him, slowing down so he could catch up.
"You know you walk fast for a midget."
"Hey! I may be tiny, but I will kick your ass." Now the thought of training with him is in my mind. I really want to train with him. I wonder how many fun encounters we would have in a session.
"Correction, you will kiss my ass. One, I am unbeatable. Two, I'm not going to let you win just because you are a lady. You will bow down to my greatness."
"You better watch it or I'll forget to make the right amount of pancake batter."
"NO! My bad, forgive me my queen."
We got to the kitchen and I made us breakfast. I made enough for Magnus as well, but he never came down to join us. Jace and I talked while we ate a bunch of the pancakes. We both threatened each other with the syrup a couple of times, it's casual. Once we were finished eating we decided to go see if Magnus was alive. After knocking on his door a couple of times with no answer we just walked into his room. He was still at his desk where we left him last night.
"Hey Magnus…you alright?" He turned to face us, and as expected he looked like death. He stayed up all night doing research for me and Jace. While we were off stealing his potions and using his kitchen supplies he worked his touche off to solve our problems. Well now I feel like a horrible guest.
"Clary! Jace! Hey. Come in come in. Please sit down." He gestured over to his bed, so we sat there. "Okay so I did a little research and found out a little bit more about your situation. Or well I found out the history behind this symbol. It has been used once before and backfired. I read of experiments on a shadowhunter that was kept secret from the public. The symbol was placed on his right thigh just like yours and within a week of receiving it the shadowhunter went rogue and turned into a demon. They locked him in the void and never messed with the symbol again. You two are the first in the records since this."
"But we haven't gone crazy…will we later?" I suddenly filled with fear at the thought of being locked away in the void for the rest of eternity.
"No Clary, I think you guys were a success. You see the meaning of this symbol is a uniting of two things. In your case you and Jace are united with the symbol and the demon blood and angel blood are united in you. If I am correct this symbol connects the two of you in a stronger way than a parabatai bond, but very similar to it."
"So is it another form of parabatai?" Jace already has Alec, so this doesn't make sense.
"No not necessarily. I don't know the extent to the connection between you two yet, but it is strong. When you are in full power mode like what happened yesterday, I believe some of your gifts transfer through your symbols to Jace. That would explain the blue tears."
"You are saying that I can become what Clary becomes?" Jace looked calm. I don't know how, because just the mention of that alternate me makes my heart attempt failure.
"Yes. Well no, but yes. I think this is what happens. I can't be for sure until we see it in action." My eyes widened at that. I didn't want to turn back into that thing yet. I don't know if I'm ready for that. "Tessa should be here by the end of today. Once she gets here I'm going to have you train with her. Hopefully she can teach you to control your gifts. She had to go through something similar in a way to what you are currently going through."
"Okay. I guess that sounds like a plan. Uh Jace?"
"What?"
"I forgot about everyone back in Idris…"
"Oh yeah. We should probably let them know we aren't six feet under."
"Yeah that's a good idea. Magnus? Need us to do anything for you?"
"No not at the moment. Well actually could you go to my potions room and find me some rest? I'm currently running off of nothing and need to keep going now while my mind is on this."
"Yeah we will go get that for you." Jace and I hurried to the potions room, found the right bottle, and took it back to Magnus. After that was done we went looking for an emergency phone but had no luck. We ended up going back to Magnus for help.
"You guys should have asked me for help earlier. I can send them a message with fire. Write down what you want them to say here." He scooted a piece of paper over to us and Jace took it. I watched as he wrote:
Maryse & Robert,
Sorry for the sudden disappearance. Clary and I are fine, we just had to go take care of some business. Will be home soon. Tell Alec he sucks.
Your Favorite Son,
Jace.
Magnus took the note without reading it and sent it to the Lightwood residence by fire mail. He told us it would take a second to get to them, and they could send one back within the next half hour without actually needing a warlock's help. We waited there with Magnus talking about his club Pandemonium. He told us we could go there tonight to chill out since we wouldn't have anything else to do. After seven minutes had passed a small fire appeared in the air. Magnus grabbed it with his bare hands. I wonder if that burned or if he felt nothing. He gave us the note and we read it together.
Jace & Clary,
You two are in huge trouble. Were you even thinking when you left in the middle of the night without notifying anyone? Maryse and I have been freaking out and don't even get me started on Sebastian. You need to come home now. Where are you? Jace, Alec does not suck. You are treading on a thin line son.
Your Angry Parents.
This is good. Usually I would be flipping out right now. If my mom ever got this angry at me it was like all hell was coming to consume me. But when it wasn't your real parents mad at you, it didn't seem as deathly. I looked at Jace and he had a smile on his face. I wonder if he was thinking the same thing as me. He started to write on a new sheet of paper and I watched, eager to see what he was thinking.
Angry Parents,
Sorry to have troubled you. Honestly I did think about it before we left, but I just did it anyway. You see, sometimes split second decisions are the ones that work out the best in the end. Sorry to make you upset. Hope the anger fades. Anyways Alec does suck. You just haven't figured it out yet. If I tell you where we are you would be upset, and then you would come and eat all of our pancakes. I can't risk the pancakes…so forgive me.
Hottest Man on Earth,
Jace.
P.S. I'm a sucker for thin lines.
I know this is a time to be serious, but really it is nice to joke a little right now. Is it the best idea? No probably not, but it does make everything horrible fade away a bit. I don't know if Maryse and Robert know if Alec is gay, and if not Jace is sending hints. If Alec see's these notes he is going to be furious. Magnus set the note on fire again and it burned away. I wonder if I have warlock powers like that. How much like Magnus am I?
Less time passes until we get another ball of fire floating in front of our eyes. I feel like Magnus is annoyed. I guess being the messenger isn't really the best job. Jace opens the note again and we start to read.
The parents are pissed. This is Alec.
"Jonathan Lightwood. You better hope we don't find you because when we do, you will wish you were a little less jack ass in your letters to us. If you don't tell me in the next letter where you are, I'm going into your room and giving all of your stuff to mundanes." – Words from mom and dad. Dude are you seriously going to act like this right now? We thought that creep Valentine took you both in the night…Max was convinced he killed you. This isn't cool tell me where you are. I won't tell mom and dad. Just let me help you. I'm your parabatai after all. You need me.
The True Favorite Son,
Alec.
P.S. Stop hinting to them about my decisions on love. If they find out I'm as good as dead.
Jace's smile left and he turned serious all of a sudden. He stared at the note for a little bit, I guess reading over it a couple of times. He and Alec must be really close.
"Jace tell him where we are. He is right. You two are parabatai and I think you should tell him."
"I didn't know if you were okay with that or not. Thank you." With that he started to write another note.
Alec,
I'm sorry. I know I'm dumb sometimes. It's just easier like that. Clary and I are in New York. We are at Magnus Bane's place. Go to Ragnor Fell. Tell him you are coming for us and he will let you use his portal. I'll notify Magnus you are coming. You can bring Izzy but that is it and Alec, please don't tell Maryse and Robert. This is very important and they can't know yet. No one can.
You are full of shit,
Jace.
P.S. Wear something hot. Magnus is a catch.
He gave the note to Magnus and it was sent to Alec. While waiting for a reply we thought it would be a good idea to let Magnus know that we invited more people to his home.
"Magnus. Um so we kind of just invited two more people to your house…"
"And why did you think you could do that?"
"Well I don't know we just kind of did it."
"Do you want to owe me another favor or what?" I didn't know what to say and luckily Jace had an idea.
"Magnus forgive me if I'm wrong but you are into men right?"
"Oh handsome, you have no idea. Is this you confessing your secret love for me?"
"No. I'm a sucker for ladies. It's my brother. He is definitely your type. What do you say? Maybe you two could go on a date?"
"So you want me to let two more shadowhunters in my house in exchange for a possible romance? When will I meet this brother of yours?"
"Well he is coming along with my sister." With that Magnus' eyes lit up.
"Oh so soon. Well then you have no extra favors for me. When will they arrive?" The next note popped up in the air and Jace grabbed it.
Jace,
Okay fine. Izzy and I are suiting up and then we will be on our way. Is all black hot enough? I don't think anyone can surpass Sebastian on the catch level. I mean he is just…ugh. I wish he played for my team. Maybe Magnus is a good idea. He can help me move on. I don't know though…think he is my type? Anyway we should be there within the next half hour. You are okay right? You're scaring me a little with all of this top secret crap. See you soon.
Your brother,
Alec.
"Alec says that he and Izzy will be here within the next half hour." Magnus' eyes widened and he quickly stood up.
"OH MY GOSH. THAT IS ENTIRELY NOT ENOUGH TIME!"
Ok so I know the ending of this chapter was kind of random but I was starting to fall asleep and I already wrote more than I planned for this chapter so yeahJ
Anyways I said there would be fire! It's not really a large amount of fire but it's pretty neat if you ask me. Like I want to send my friends mail with fire. That's just lit. Lol I'm so punny.
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