Thank you for all of your nice reviews! Again, some more people have mentioned dialogue and I'm sorry if you don't like that this story doesn't contain much, if any, but that's just not what I want to do with this story. Appreciate your input though. Happy Resurection Day!
Disclaimer: I do not own any of these characters. All rights belong to Cassandra Clare.
The first time they ever fought was over a kid named Simon. Clary had mentioned him in the passing before, about a best friend she had left back in Detroit. He came to visit her on long weekend in October because she couldn't get away from volleyball to go see him. Clary spent a lot of time with him that weekend because that's what you do when you have company over, and Jace was very protective over her and who she spent her time with.
The first time they met, Clary was in her room showering after volleyball and Jace had come by to see her before he and Alec spent the day together at Cedar Point. Simon was sitting at the kitchen island waiting for Clary. It wasn't like Jace didn't know he was coming, Clary had been so excited all week. To say they got off on the wrong foot would be an understatement. In Jace's defense Simon had started it, by calling him a fake dyed blonde with a low IQ who didn't appreciate Clary. I think Jace would have let it go, if not for the last part.
Clary, who could hear the yelling from the bathroom, came running down stairs with her wet hair in a bun and a fluffy towel wrapped around her. Both Jace and Simon openly gaped at her. That was when Jace figured out why Simon had been so harsh to him, because he himself was in love with Clary. So, naturally, he called him out on it.
This led to a row between Simon and Clary because she had no idea, she was a really oblivious person and he had left before they even got to hang out. Clary was upset and she was angry with Jace for being so irrational. They fought, he left mad and hurt, she stayed upset and teary eyed. It took him two whole hours to call her from the bathroom at Cedar Point and apologize for what happened. She apologized too, and that was the end of that. Her and Simon made up and Jace and him made an effort to get along, for Clary.
Simon started coming around a lot more after that and eventually realized how much Jace loved her. By the way he brought her food, gave her massages, peppered her with kisses, randomly bought her flowers, helped her with homework, never missed a game when he could help it, gave her space when she painted, watched chick-flicks with her, and told her he loved her every second of every day. And he could tell she loved him. Through the way she let him steal her food(which nobody else got away with), was at every single one of his games, took care of him when he was sick, took naps with him when she knew he was tired but refused to listen to anyone else, watched film with him, and kissed away all of his worries about his future.
His dream had always been to go to OSU. It was only a couple of hours away, he loved their campus, and he loved Urban Meyer. The only problem was that they already had a quarterback, and he didn't know how long he was going to stay or if they would red shirt him, which he didn't want. He wanted to get his time in and go to the NFL.
And until this year, he didn't have to worry about leaving anybody behind. Alec was going to OSU to become a doctor and they were going to room together. Now he had Clary to worry about. If she asked him to go to a community college I have no doubt in my mind he would go there for a year and wait for her. She didn't even know the power she held over him.
They had talked about colleges before and I know she didn't want to go to OSU but she would consider it if he went. She told him that if they were going to last it was because they loved each other not because they did or did not go to the same college. Plenty of couples who attended the same colleges split and plenty who went to different colleges stayed together and vice versa. She didn't want him to change his whole future for her. So he decided when the time came to commit he was going to choose what was best for him, even if it was her.
Both of our teams were undefeated by the time playoffs came around and both Clary and Jace felt pressure to play better. With out meaning to, we all told Clary that she was the only reason we were this far and that she needed to keep playing her best if we wanted to continue. You could see the pressure that was on her shoulders and you could tell she was feeling it. Her body ached from the amount of effort and work she was putting in at practice and Jace was feeling it to. He was the quarterback. The best high school player in Ohio and everyone was putting pressure on him, except Clary.
When ever they hung out not a word was said about their sports. Until she broke down crying. She babbled about how she didn't know how he could handle all the attention and the pressure. About how sorry she was that all anyone ever talked to him about was football. About how sorry she was that she was complaining about this small amount of pressure when he had the weight of the school on his shoulders. He just held her and let her cry on his shoulder, like she had let him do so many times before.
He told her that she was the best person he knew. At volleyball. In school. The best person. The best artist. The best friend he had ever had. Which was a high compliment seeing as how close him and Alec were. That was all she needed. She was back to normal the next day. Back to the leader on court and the comic relief when things were going south.
That Saturday was the first volleyball playoff game in the afternoon and football game in the evening. So Jace was there, with Alec and Jon, sitting by our parents and Luke, watching us warm up. I think his presence calmed Clary down, because her passes fell right into place and her serves never missed their destination again.
This game was like another regular season game. We were number 1 in the conference so we were playing the last place team. Needless to say we crushed them in the first three sets with the second half of our bench. Jace kissed Clary good game and goodbye before they exited the gym and to the locker room.
Three hours later we were in the bleachers decked out in neon colors and had our pig flippers and cow bells at the ready. They were in the same position as us. Number one in the conference with home field advantage so they were out there in their black uniforms. We crushed them. 56-3. And that how's the rest of playoffs went. Our games on Wednesday and Saturday. And from our game on Saturday to the Boys. We saw what we could and that was that. Well, until we lost.