Sup fellas? Hope you are all well. This chapter doesn't have much action, but is definitely leading to some action. Be patient my friends. I hope you like what you read! Oh and happy Friday everyone!
"THAT IS ENTIRELY NOT ENOUGH TIME!" He started to walk around his room, blue sparks of fire shooting out of his hands. "I must clean everything. You know being absolutely gorgeous, like me, takes time. You two be useful and get the kitchen sparkling. Then I want you to make your room presentable as well." He turned and continued cleaning his room.
We both got up laughing and left Magnus to his cleaning. After getting the kitchen done and then making our bed and shoving our borrowed clothes under the bed, we went down to the living room to wait.
"You know I just noticed that you are wearing glittery pajamas and that they are basically falling off of you. You probably could have just worn the shirt and you would have been fully covered." Jace smirked at me.
"Whatever. You wish I only wore the shirt. I can't help that I'm small."
"It would have been very thoughtful of you to only wear the shirt. Really though how did you end up so small when your brother is tall? It's kind of hilarious actually. You two don't really look alike."
"Yeah it's kind of weird. People have asked us how long we have been dating before when we were in public."
"Hmm interesting." We continued our small talking until there was a couple of knocks coming from the front door. I almost got up to go answer it but Magnus came running down and got there before me. He opened the door to reveal Alec and Izzy. They were both fully clothed in shadowhunter gear and equipped with many weapons. Isabelle looked gorgeous as usual. I wish I looked like that in my shadowhunter gear.
"Hello there. Come in please. Join your friends in the living room." They both came trudding in to the living room and fell down onto the couch across from the one we were currently occupying. Izzy and Alec looked at me, then Jace, then each other, and then back at Jace. They burst out into laughter as Magnus came over to join us.
"Jace what in the angel are you wearing?" Alec could barely make out his sentence through his laughs. I looked over at Jace and he knew he lost this one.
"Shut up Alec." Ha kid has no comebacks. Loser. Alec and Izzy continued to laugh for some time, but when they finally stopped I broke the silence.
"So I'm sure you are wondering what happened?" Jace, Magnus and I took turns telling parts of the story until they knew everything we knew. We all stopped talking and waited for their response, but for a couple of minutes they didn't say anything.
"Can we see your symbols?" Izzy must be a visual type of person. Jace and I stood up and lowered just enough of our pants to show the symbols. "Why have I never noticed this on you before Jace?"
"I don't know I usually wear pants?" Smartass.
"So what are we going to do until Tessa gets here late tonight?" Izzy couldn't be bored already.
Magnus spoke up, "I own a club called Pandemonium. We could go there and loosen up a bit. I assume Clary and Jace could use something to relax them both?" Magnus was right, I really could use some dancing.
"Let's do it. One problem though…None of us really have anything suitable to wear to a club."
"Nonsense. You will all go shopping and buy something new. I have plenty of money you can use. I'm going to stay here and do some work but you guys go crazy." With that Magnus got up, winked at Alec, and walked up the stairs.
Alec's face turned a light shade of pink and the corners of his lips turned up slightly. It was almost unnoticeable, but I was staring and happened to catch it. Maybe tonight Alec and Magnus will get it on out on the dance floor. Then Jace and I can dance and Izzy...hmmp. Izzy needs someone to be her go to dancing partner…maybe…Simon. Yeah he would do good! I'm such a horrible friend I haven't even gone to find him or check on him since Raphael turned him into…a vampire. Oh my poor best friend.
"Yeah let's go shopping!" Izzy's eyes lit up and I looked over at Jace. "I need to go find Simon and check on him. We can leave once I'm done with that."
"Okay I'll show Iz and Alec around the place and then we can all meet back up here in the living room?" Jace seemed to know that I needed to go see Simon alone.
I left the living room and went up and asked Magnus where Simon was in the house. He gave me directions and within a couple of minutes I was in front of the room he was in. I didn't know, just slowly opened the door and walked in. I first met eyes with Raphael, who was sitting on the edge of the bed Simon was laying on. The room had no windows and was completely dark except a small light coming from a single candle. Raphael waved me over to the bed, so I went. Simon was laying there, pale. He was alive though, which is what mattered to me…Well I guess he really isn't alive anymore.
"Hey guys. I uh…just wanted to come see how you were doing Simon." Raphael put in some headphones and blared some music, so that Simon and I could sort of talk alone.
"Clare…"
"Simon are you okay?"
"I'm as okay as any new vampire can be." He looked down at his fingers, avoiding my gaze.
"I'm so sorry Simon…I tried everything I could but my father…he just…he…" A tear fell from my face and Simon sat up wiping it from my cheek.
"Fray. Stop crying. You did everything you could. I'm thankful for that. You got me out of there. Clary…I never understood how bad your dad actually was to you. You don't have to tell me everything now…or ever really, I just want you to know I'm here. I'm still your best friend and I swear to g-go-" Simon sighed, "I swear I will do everything I can to keep that man away from you."
"Thanks Simon. It means a lot. Honestly I'll tell you everything right now if you have time…actually I'll tell you everything if you do something for me?" His eyes lit up a little.
"Anything for you Fray." His smile was like home. I've missed Simon.
"You haven't met them yet, but I've made some new friends. We are going to Magnus' club tonight and it would mean everything if you would come with us?"
"Fray you know clubs aren't really my thing, but for you I'll go anywhere." He reached over and grabbed my hand in his.
"I think you will really have a great time. There's a girl, Izzy, I think you will really like her." I told him everything about Alec and Izzy. He seemed intrigued about Izzy, and was in on the plan to set Alec up with Magnus.
"So you think I'll like Izzy?"
"Oh yeah she is just your cup of tea."
"Interesting. Anyone else I need to know about?" My mind filled with Jace and our adventures together over the past couple of days. "Woahhhh wait. A guy? Fray give me the details." How can he read me so well? I swear I had my poker face on and everything.
"I always forget you can read me like that, but yes. I mean we are just friends…his name is Jace." I really like telling Simon about Jace. I feel like I could talk about him for hours, and I really don't even know much about him. After a while of talking and just catching up with each other, I get up to go join the others for shopping. "Uh I'll call ya when it's dark out alright?"
"Sounds good Clary." I turn to walk away.
"Oh yeah text me if you want anything new to wear for clubbing!"
"Will do."
"Bye!" I walked out of the room and went back out to the living room to see everyone waiting there for me. How long had I been in there?
"OH finally. I though you got lost in there or something." Izzy seemed delighted to see me. I saw a clock on the wall and read the time…looks like I was in there for an hour and fifteen minutes. Ooops.
"Sorry guys! I hope you don't mind but I invited Simon to come with us tonight." They all looked at me and then at each other and shrugged. "Okay then let's go!"
We all went out the door and started walking towards the nearest shopping area. Since they have all grown up in Idris, they don't really know much about mundane cities and the life here. It was really funny to see their reactions to the hippies on the side of the road or the frat boys walking around the streets. I was the only one who knew where to go so I was forced to lead the group. The nearest shopping center was a good thirty-minute walk away, so we had some time to get to know each other.
On our journey there Alec and Izzy argued about mundane politics and at one point I swear I heard Alec cat call a frat boy. While they argued about that for most of the walk Jace and I talked about various topics, some including hobos and turkey legs. I learned that if Jace was a hobo he would start a rebellion that only hobos could join. They would live in a blanket fort and eat turkey legs for the rest of their lives. Now why would he do this? I don't know, but I did get a crack out of it. The shopping center came into view a little further ahead from us and once Izzy noticed she got really excited.
"OH MY ANGEL. Clary, what kind of stuff can you buy at a mundane shopping center? It looks huge from here!"
"Well I mean anything you can think of could probably be in there." Izzy's eyes shot wide open and a giant grin covered her face.
"We are going to make weekly trips here from now on. I want to buy everything black and skin tight in that ginormous building. I mean it." I went to reply to her but she kept going on and on about the things she was going to buy. She wouldn't make it as a mundane. Izzy would go broke and end up in Jace's hobo clan snacking on turkey legs.
We finally got to the doors of the mall and headed in. It wasn't as crowded as I would have guessed, but there were still a butt load of people roaming around. We needed to find some semi fancy stores to go searching in so we could find good quality party clothes. I looked behind me at everyone and they all seemed very tense. Jace's hand was hovering over the seraph blade on his side. It looked like Alec was scanning the room for any possible situations. Izzy seemed a little more relaxed than the boys, but she was tense too. I needed to calm them down. Hmmmmm. Maybe some ice cream would do the trick.
"Hey follow me guys." I started to walk away, just assuming they were on my tail. Within a couple of minutes, we were all in like at a little Dip n Dots station. They all seemed confused and I realized they probably didn't have Dip n Dots back in Idris. I always forget how much they don't know. "Guys you all like ice cream right?" Alec looked at me funny.
"Well yeah, what person in their right mind doesn't like ice cream?" I can see a little bit of Jace in the way Alec talks. No wonder they are such great friends.
"Well this is a type of mundane ice cream. Trust me you'll love it." We waited for a little longer in the line until we reached the front. They all looked at the flavors and finally picked what they wanted. We got the largest cup sized they had and then went off to search for clothes.
"You know mundies really do get on my nerves all the time, but they just earned some points on my good side with these magical tiny dots." Jace never fails to surprise me with his comments.
"Well I mean my crunchy fudge brownies are pretty close to the goodness of this ice cream, right Jace?" I didn't know Izzy could cook, but judging from the looks on Alec's and Jace's faces the cooking wasn't all that great.
"No. No, not again. I don't want to talk about those demon brownies. They mess you up real bad." Jace started walking faster until he was next to me, leaving Alec to deal with Izzy and her cooking talk.
"So can Izzy actually cook or does she just think she can cook?"
"I really want to let you find out on your own, but I couldn't do that to The Clarissa Morgenstern." He looked down at me with a small smile creeping up on his lips. "Her trying to cook is about the same as me trying not to attract women. They just aren't abilities we were meant to have."
"If I do recall correctly, you do have the ability to not attract women. I don't know if you've noticed, but I happen to be a woman." I could see it in his expression that I had stumped him. HA. Take that Jace. Now was that all completely the truth, no, but the joy I get from messing with Jace makes up for the white lies.
"Oh Clarissa…you won't be saying that for much longer, trust me." I thought I had stumped him, but he just came back hard. I wonder how much truth was in that. Does he want me to fall for him in that way? Does he really or am I just another one of those girls to take up his time for a couple of weekends?
In the middle of my thoughts I saw the perfect store for us off in the distance. Clubs'R'Us. I know its cheesy but that place has everything we need. Everyone followed as I went into the store. Right when you walk in it's almost like the store is an actual club. It's dark with all black walls and some sort of strobe light system going off. I grabbed Izzy's hand and pulled her into the depths of the store and we started our search.
After about forty minutes had past, and both Izzy and I had piles of clothes we had tried on. None of them were the right outfits for us though, so we threw them out. I was about to give up the search when I felt a tap on my shoulder. I assumed it was Izzy, but when I turned around I was surprised to see another familiar face. Jace.
"Try this." He reached his hand out to me and I took the outfit he had in it. Right after he let it go he turned around and disappeared into the many racks of clothes. I couldn't quite see what the outfit was or what it looked like until I got back in the changing rooms. There was a lot of light in there making it a ton easier to see.
I held the dress up that Jace had picked out for me. It looked like it was going to be crazy short on me and skin tight. The color was jet black and it really was gorgeous. I wonder where he found it in the store as I shimmied it on my body. As I predicted, it went just a little past my butt and was really tight, but I like it. I usually don't go for stuff this sexy but I mean I'm kind of rocking this outfit.
After I took off the dress I went back out into the store and after a little bit of wandering, found the rest of the group. Everybody seemed to have found something to wear for tonight so we checked out and went back to Magnus'. When we finally did get back it was around six, and I thought Izzy was going to pass out.
"GUYS. I have to go get ready." She pushed through everyone into the house and as she went up the stairs she yelled, "the hours are ticking!" We all got a crack out of her freaking out. That's one of the main things that sucks about being a girl. For most, it takes like 12 years to get even somewhat ready. Luckily for me, I wear like zero makeup so I only take about 15 minutes.
"I'm gonna go get ready too! See ya later guys." I went back up to our room and laid my new dress out on the bed. I'm still really shocked that Jace picked it out. He has pretty good taste in fashion for a guy. As I get ready I start to feel my nerves picking up. I wasn't really sure why I was nervous until I paid a little bit more attention to what I was thinking. Literally, every other thought was about Jace. I think I'm nervous to see him after I get all dolled up. He's only ever seen normal Clary, not Hot Mama Clary.
I'm not going to get anything done unless I put some jams on. Grabbing my phone, I swipe through my Spotify until I find the best band for my mood. Fall Out Boy. Heck. Yes. I put it on Dance, Dance and dance my way to the shower. After about fifteen minutes I get out and start blow drying my hair. A little while later, the crazy curls are dry and I do my makeup. Usually I keep it really light or just don't wear any at all. It's not that I can't do my own makeup, I can, but I'm too lazy to do that every day. Since we are going partying, I think I'll give myself a little heavier look than usual. Maybe like a smoky eye or more eyeliner than usual.
I transformed my face into hot mama Clary, and then went out to the bedroom to grab my dress. Letting go of my towel, I slipped the dress over my head and onto my body. I went back into the bathroom to make sure I was all good to go down to the living room and almost shocked myself when I saw my reflection. I look hot. Like hot mama Clary has reached a new level.
The dress clings to my body and my hair is wild, but it suits me that way. Or at least I think it looks great like that. I guess I'm ready to go down and meet up with everyone. I slip on the high heels that Izzy made me buy with the dress earlier and left the room. I hope I'm not the last one to be ready.
I carefully walk down the stairs, making sure not to trip and fall. I do have a reputation for falling. When I get about halfway down the stairs I start to hear two male voices. I guess Jace and Alec are ready. That must mean Izzy is still up there. I'm glad that I'm not last, but now my nerves pick up fast. I wonder if I went with too much make up. What if the dress is too much? Oh my gosh what if I'm awkward the whole night. Oh my gosh.
I reach the bottom of the stairs while still mentally freaking out. Once my feet reach the ground my eyes lock with Jace's. He breaks the eye contact to look me up and down, so I do the same to him. He has on a tight white V-neck that fits to his body with a leather jacket and black jeans. As I look back up to his face he is already looking at me with a smirk.
"Like what you see Clarissa?" I walk towards closer to where he stands.
"Eh, you're alright." His smirk turns to chuckles as he shakes his head while he looking down at his feet. I look away from him to notice Alec sitting on the couch behind Jace. He is basically wearing what Jace is wearing, except his shirt is black and he doesn't have a jacket. I walk over and sit in the couch across from the one Alec is in.
"You can tell me what you really think about me Clary, Alec won't mind." He is teasing me. "I mean Alec would probably agree with what you are thinking anyways."
"Alec do you hear something? It's like this squeaking sound going off nonstop, but I can't figure out what it is." It's about time for me to mess with Jace some more. I think Alec will play along too.
"You know Clary, I've been thinking the same thing for the last hour. It's like a buzzing sound that won't go away." Jace started to pout like a three-year-old so I knew it was working.
"I bet we are crazy, it's probably just in our heads."
"Yeah your right." Jace got up off the couch and went out the front door without looking at either of us. Dang I guess we made him actually mad.
"Ummm. I think I'm gonna go see if he is okay." Alec nodded with a concerned look on his face. I walked over to the front door and then went out. He was sitting on the bottom step looking out toward the street. The hairs on my arms stood up as goosebumps covered my body. It was chilly outside, so I wrapped my arms around my body as tight as I could and sat by Jace. "I'm sorry if we made you mad. We were just playing around." He looked over at me and started laughing.
"I'm not mad. I just didn't have any comebacks so I came outside instead." He looked over at me smiling, but the smile quickly went away. He leaned forward and pulled off his jacket, looking at me the whole time. Once it was off he wrapped it around me and the smile returned. "Better."
"Jace you didn't have to-" He stopped me mid-sentence. I could feel myself starting to blush.
"Clary. I could see the hairs standing up on your arms. I mean I may have picked out the sexiest dress in the store, but it wasn't anywhere near the warmest. The least I can do is give you my jacket."
"Thanks Jace." I scooted over until my side was up against his side, and I laid my head on his shoulder. "The least I can do is keep one side of you warm." I started giggling at myself and so did he. We sat like that for what seemed like hours, but was probably ten minutes, until Izzy and Alec came out the door.
Jace and I both stood up and went down the remainder of the stairs, and waited until Magnus, Alec and Izzy followed. They seemed to be in deep conversation about something I didn't know about so I blocked them out. My left side felt cold now that it wasn't up against Jace's. I looked over at him walking next to me and saw goosebumps on his arms. He needs his jacket too. Maybe I should give it back. I look away and start taking it off when I feel a hand on my shoulder.
"Clary, I'm not taking my jacket back. Just enjoy the warmth and happy."
"But you're cold…"
"I'm not cold. I'm hot. I've always been hot like this. Don't worry about me, I can handle it." He started doing the legendary Jace smirk at me again and I couldn't help but to smile. Man I really do seem to like Jace. I mean how often is it that you meet a person that actually does keep you smiling?
"Okay fine Mr. Hot Stuff. I'm keeping this jacket forever and never giving it back."
Before Jace could say anything to reply Magnus started giving us directions on where to walk. I didn't realize before, but we kind of didn't know where we were going until Magnus spoke up. We followed his directions: left, left, right, left, right, straight two blocks, destination on your right, and ended up at Pandemonium within thirty minutes.
From the outside the club looked packed. There was a really long line of people who looked dolled up, and there was a huge, beefy man at the door. He must be the bouncer…I wonder if he is as scary as he looks? Definitely made for the job.
There was a sign that had the club's name on it above the door going in. It was all caps silver, with blue lighting coming out of the back of the letters. As we got closer to the front door I started to feel vibrations in my chest from the bass. I hadn't been to a club since before my life went insane, it feels good to be here. Magnus waved to the bouncer and he let us all in. We entered the club leaving the cold outside along with the line of waiting people.
I looked around the club at all of the people. One of the first things I noticed was the diversity I was seeing. There were faeries, mundanes, downworlders….and demons. My entire body tensed as I locked my eyes on a single demon at the other side of the room. He seemed to notice me right away too, because he was staring back. A cynical smile came across his face and I felt my blood start to boil. My dad went crazy because of these demons. He made me this way because of the evil that corrupted his mind. Demons did this to him. I want to kill all of them. I felt a hand on my shoulder, and it turned me around.
"Are you alright? What are you looking at?"
I pointed the guy out to Jace. "There's a demon disguised as a party goer over there." I knew when he found him because of the tension in his body.
"Well I guess our relaxing time has been cut short, let's go kick some ass." I smiled at Jace and followed him into the crowd of people.
Alright, so we finally made it to Pandemonium. We saw a demon enticing Clary and Jace which will lead to some action for chapter 12! There's going to start being more and more action in the story so buckle up.
Anyway, next chapter there will be fighting. There will be bonding. And there will be parents. Really excited to see how we are going to run into Maryse and Robert.