Just Roomates
Chapter Seven: Bye Bye Bye
Chapter Songs
Humdrum Blues ~ The Growlers
Ode to Viceroy ~ Mac Demarco
Bye Bye Bye ~ NSYNC
Tighten Up ~ The Black Keys
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"Jon, you don't have to go. It's not like you're serious about the Seattle United club" I begged at the side of his car where he packed a week's worth of clothes and what not.
"I already said I was going, I can't just take it back" Jon explained as I hopped along with him, my arm around his waist.
"Then let me come with you, brother and sister bonding time" I looked up hopefully.
"And you're just going to miss all your art classes?" Jon rose a brow.
"It's nothing I don't already know" I answered but I knew he was right.
"Nice try Clare, but you'll have to stay with Jace. Maybe you can stay with Izzy for a few days" Jon proposed.
"Think of all the girls who would pay a good dime for this opportunity. A week alone with me, thee Jace Herondale" Jace popped out of the hallway door coming near the car.
"It just so happens to be that I'm not one of those girls" I rolled my eyes.
"You know it doesn't take much to turn you into one" Jace threw a wink.
"Jon!" I whined.
"Jace behave, Clary calm down you know he's just trying to ruffle your feathers" Jon clarified.
"I want to ruffle more than just your feathers" Jace smirked.
I shoved him in the chest making him move a foot or two with him cracking up.
"If you were half as funny as you think you were, you'd be five times as funny as you really are" I snapped.
"Guys don't start the week like this. I'm running late so I'll call you guys when I get there, behave" Jon pressed a kiss to my forehead and gave Jace a short bro hug.
"Bye guys, try not to kill each other while I'm gone" Jon hopped in the car.
"Can't make any promises" Jace and I both said at the same time.
I could hear Jon laughing as he drove away. Then the reality of the situation settled in. Oh my gosh, I'm actually alone with Jace Herondale for a whole week. The notorious player that Isabelle had described him in high school.
"I think we need to set some ground rules" I looked up at Jace.
"Okay what's your safe word?" Jace asked completely serious and I just stared at him horrified.
After a few moments Jace choked out in laughter. "That was priceless, oh gosh your face" he cut himself off with more laughter, "and you're eyes were so wide"
"You're a real asshole you know that?" I started walking towards the door but completely forgot about my ankle.
Jace caught me in his arms when my leg buckled.
Jace was looking down at me with a concerned look and his golden orbs met green.
"This doesn't change anything, you're still an asshole" I pushed out of his grip.
"Feisty, just the way I like them" Jace winked.
"Ground rule number one: No flirting." I looked at him, "Ground rule number two: You will treat me as your friend and nothing else. Last but not least: you can't take a shower before me in the morning or you take a cold shower, oh and you have to make me breakfast in the morning"
"Nice try" Jace smiled.
"It was worth a shot" I smiled too.
"Come on let's fix that ankle of yours" Jace put his arm around my waist.
"Hey!" I slapped his arm.
"You can't get hurt on my watch unless I want my valuable parts in a blender" Jace explained as he helped me up the stairs.
"I would hardly call them valuable" I muttered.
"What was that?" Jace looked to me.
"Nothing"
"Mhmm"
Jace half carried me up the stairs and through the apartment then threw me on the couch.
"Hey!" I defended.
"Don't get your panties in a twist" Jace walked into the kitchen and into the freezer.
He pulled out an ice pack and wrapped it in a towel.
I sucked in air through my teeth she Jace placed the cold ice pack on my ankle.
"Sorry" Jace said with a small smile, "Icing it helps the swelling and numbs it a little" he explained and I nodded.
I didn't know what else to say, it was- strange? Jace is never kind to me, he's normally making passes at me or making sarcastic comments on my height but never kind.
"What are you doing?" This would be a good time to get that one eyebrow lift skill.
"What do you mean?" Jace eyebrows furrowed.
"I mean why are you helping me- why are you being nice?"
"I'm not incapable of helping" Jace defended.
"You surely don't act like it half- well most of the time" I said.
"Well since we're going to be friends, I'll treat you like one" Jace shrug.
"Oh how you get a girls heart pumping" I said sarcastically.
"I feel like there's more chances for inappropriate comments then there were before 'we' made this agreement" Jace said and I slapped him at the top of his head.
Jace responded with sticking his tongue out.
"Real mature" I rolled my eyes.
"I never claimed that title" Jace said.
"Clearly. So are you going to make me breakfast or not?" I rose my eyebrows with a small smirk.
"I'm not your maid" Jace scoffed.
"You would do it for a dear ol' friend, plus I could trip and make my ankle worse" I answered.
"You're really pushing it Morgenstern" Jace rolled his eyes as he went to the kitchen.
I smiled happily as he got me food. Suddenly my phone started buzzing in my right pocket. I fished it out and answered the phone.
"Hi" I answered.
"I heard you got your ankle broken by Mr. Sebastian Verlac, aka the soccer hottie I've been fantasizing about" Isabelle rambled.
"That I did, now I'm stuck on the couch with your brother nursing me back to health and making me breakfast" I added with a proud smile.
"Jace is making you breakfast!? You must be pretty special" Izzy said with amusement.
"No I think it's just so he can tell Jon all the nice things he did for me when he gets back"
"Mmm, so you're all alone with Jace?" She said seductively.
"Unfortunately" I ignored her innuendo.
"Come over tomorrow, wear cute clothes and plan on spending the night" Izzy said.
"Why?"
"Coming Max! Sorry got to go bye!" Izzy clicked the end button.
Jace came in with a bowl of cereal and took a huge bite of it.
"Here you go" Jace handed me the cereal.
"You just slobbered all over it!" My eyes widened.
"Had to test it" Jace plopped down in the seat next to me.
"There are plenty of other seats you can sit in" I stated as I got a spoonful of cereal in my mouth, ignoring the fact the spoon had just been in Jace's mouth.
"I like this one because it's right next you" Jace said with a big soppy smile.
"So when do you leave for a tour of another team?" I asked flipping through the channels.
"Why? Getting ready to morn my absence?" Jace lifted a brow.
"More like cherish in joy" I looked over.
"I go in the middle of the summer, but like I said all the good teams are in New York, but I'll out and give other teams a shot"
"I think you should broaden your selections, really consider other teams" I told.
"You just want me out of the house" Jace stated.
"I could lie and say that I really care about your teams or I could be honest and say all I want is a house to myself" I smiled.
"I'll ignore that because I know deep down you really care about me and my wellbeing. But speaking of my wellbeing I'm going to take a shower, who knows the last time I showered" Jace smelled his arm pit as he got up.
"You disgust me" I wrinkled my nose.
"Because my charms are disgustingly handsome" Jace winked, "Anyway red, I'm about to hop in the shower, feel free to pop in anytime"
"Hey! What did we say about the innuendos!?" I asked sternly.
"Not an innuendo just an innocent offer" Jace smiled.
"Go take you're stupid shower" I heard Jace chuckling into the shower which made a small smile twitch onto my lips.
I flipped threw the channels and ate my cereal.
Before you know it my alone time was all gone and Jace popped out of the shower wearing nothing but a towel around his hips.
I don't know if it's the way he ran the second towel through his hair, or the drops of water slowly dripping down his muscles, but for the love of god I could not take my eyes off of him. My eyes were glued to his muscular chest. I stared at the rigid bumps of his stomach, his whole body glistened in water. Every girls wet dream.
"So what are you think about for lunch?" Jace asked.
But I was too busy looking at his his dark ringlets of golden curls.
"¿Almuerzo?" Jace asked.
"Hmm?" I look to his face which wasn't as wet as the rest of his body.
"Lunch" he answers.
"Hmm, uh- Italian, Mexican, American, Korean, anything really" I listed.
"Glad to know our options aren't limited" Jace smiled.
I watched Jace walk into his room and watched the muscles move on his back.
"Hot, hot, hot" I whispered as he entered his room.
I wobbled to the sink and set the bowl in there along with countless other dishes.
Someone should really do something about that.
I changed into a pair of tights and a sweater. I ran comb through my tangled locks and went out my door.
"Well it took you long enough. Sit" He demanded as he pointed towards the barstool.
"I thought we were going to lunch" I furrowed my eyebrows.
"We are" he said as I sat on the chair.
"Here, this will reframe you from twisting it again, because when you twist it once it's easy to do twist it again" Jace pulled out an ace bandage.
"It's fine I'll be careful" I started to wiggle off the tall chair but Jace put a hand on my thigh, which tensed under his grip.
"You know if your ankle doesn't get treated properly, it can get filled with fluid and doctors will have to drain it by a needle" Jace rose an eyebrow.
I firmly stuck my foot in Jace's hand as he had a small smirk play on his lips.
"This will ruin all my outfits I hope you know" I crossed my arms over my chest.
"I don't think that's what ruins them" Jace muttered.
"Asshat" I said as I pushed at his shoulder as he chuckled.
"Come on, let's go" Jace offered me a hand once he finished wrapping my ankle and I bluntly ignored it.
I grabbed my bag and walked out the door. The ace bandaged actually made it a little easier to walk- though there was still a slight limp instead of my full hunch back limp. I hopped down the stairs with Jace not far behind.
"You get to drive there and I drive back" I told as we neared the car.
"Nice try, get in the car" He clicked the door open as I scowled.
Once Jace got in the car an realized I was still outside he gave me a stern look.
"I'm starving here, so if you wouldn't mind getting your butt in the car, that would be great" Jace said but I remained outside of the car.
Jace heaved a breath.
"Fine you can drive the car back home" Jace said.
I smiled cheerily and popped in the car.
"You're really getting easier to crack these days" I stated.
"Well you would too if you're body was eating its insides. Starvation isn't pretty" Jace rubbed his stomach as he backed out the garage.
"So do you have a place in mind?" I asked.
"It's a surprise" Jace responded.
"You know I'm getting really sick of all these 'surprises'" I air quoted.
"You're just a sour person who doesn't like surprises"
"I'm not sour!"
"Are too"
"Are not"
"You're stubborn too" Jace added
"Am not!" I countered quickly.
"What stubborn person would admit to their stubbornness? So I think you just proved my last statement" Jace said with a smirk.
"You're so annoying" I crossed my arms.
"No, there's a difference between being annoying and always being right"
"No, there's really not" I rose my eyebrows.
"Whatever you say" Jace had the same stupid smirk playing on his lips.
I leaned forward to flip through the radio stations.
"Hey! Go back" Jace said.
"Too late?" I answered.
"My car my music" Jace started to control the radio with the buttons on the steering wheel.
"Hey that's not fair!" I started changing to the channel I wanted, but while we were fighting for a station I heard a song that perked up my ears.
A small smile pushed on to my face as started popping my shoulders to the beat.
"No, come on" Jace went to change the station but I slapped his hand away.
"Hey! Hey! Bye Bye Bye" I started singing, "I'm doin' this tonight, you're probably gonna start a fight." I danced through the lyrics that I wasn't too sharp with.
"I wanna see you out that door" I held out the fake microphone to Jace and he just shook his head incredulously, but I kept my hand out.
"Hey look an were here" Jace pulled into a parking spot.
"Come on" I pouted as I kept my hand firmly by his mouth.
He un did his seatbelt completely ignoring me and the microphone.
"You're no fun" I gave up and almost hopped out.
"Might sound crazy, but it ain't no lie, baby bye bye bye" Jace sang the last lines of the song.
A wide smile spread on my lips as Jace rolled his eyes.
We jumped out of the car and into the restaurant. From what I could tell it was a Korean barbecue place. Yum.
My mouth watered at the sent of the food, Jace picked well, I can't lie.
"Jace? Party of two?" The waiter called out.
"That's us" Jace nodded his head to the gentlemen.
"Follow me then" the waiter showed us to our table.
"So you're a fan of Korean barbecue?" I rose my eyebrows once we sat down.
"Who isn't?! Are you not? In that case you're going to walk home, and I know you're geography isn't that sharp, I would feel bad" Jace smirked.
"Bs, you would be more then happy to leave me here" I rolled my eyes.
"Though it sounds like a tempting idea now, it won't when your brother comes home" Jace smirked, "I'm kidding, who else would make fun of me and make sarcastic comments about every little thing I do?" Jace rose his eyebrows.
"Are you sure you're not just describing yourself?" It was my turn to raise my eyebrows.
"Ha-ha and the ginger has an edge, shocker"
I rolled my eyes, "In response to your earlier question, I do lik-love Korean barbecue, I was just trying to make conversation"
"Good to know" Jace said.
"Why-" I started.
"Can I take your orders" A waitress with blue locks asked.
"I'm sorry I haven't looked at the-" I got cut off again.
Jace ordered the food without looking at the menu in a quick list as the waitress quickly wrote it out.
"Oh and two Cokes" Jace added.
"Diet Coke please" I corrected.
The waitress scribbled down the orders, "I'll be right back with you're drinks"
"That stuff is disgusting, and it's worse than normal Coke you know?" Jace told.
"Yeah but it tastes better" I crossed my arms.
"Do you even have taste buds!? Diet Coke tastes like death" Jace retorted.
"Does not!" I squinted.
"Yes-" Jace got cut off.
"Here are your drinks" The waitress came back.
Jace gulped down a sip and almost choked.
"Wrong one" he coughed as he handed me my Diet Coke.
"Dramatic much?" I said with some sass.
"Not even a little" Jace said drinking his Coke.
"Better?" I asked and Jace nodded.
"Here is your raw meat and your rice" The waitress heated the grill in front of us so we could start cooking our meat.
"Mmm, just the smell makes my mouth water" I sighed as we flipped the meat.
"Hey! That's not cooked yet, it's still pink" Jace said as I started to take meat off the grill.
"Ugh, I can't wait much longer" I looked at the thin steak.
"Here, these are cooked" Jace move meat to my side with the tongs.
I quickly dipped the meat in the sauce with my chopsticks and pooped it into my mouth.
Mhmm.
It took me a little while to notice that Jace wasn't eating his food he was just flipping meat.
"Excuse me, could I trouble you for a fork?" Jace asked the waitress.
"I'm sorry but we only use chopsticks here" The waitress replied.
"Since when?" Jace asked curiously.
"Recently" she nodded and walked away.
Jace opened his chopsticks and placed them between his two finger but as soon as he went to pick up his steak the chopstick fell. He tried again, but no avail, his chopstick fell… again.
"Are you having trouble?" I looked up at him with a small smirk.
"No" he scowled and he finally got stake on his utensil, but right as he opened his mouth the piece of meat fell.
I let out a small chuckle.
"Here let me help" I suggested with a sly smile as I moved to his side of the booth.
"I got it" Jace said as he dropped the chopstick yet again.
I looked at him with cocked eyebrows.
"Fine" Jace said sarcastically.
"Here rest the first stick between your thumb and forefinger" I said as he placed the chopstick in the correct place.
"Then we grab our second stick and you tuck your middle finger under the stick" he did so, "and then use your pointer finger to keep it in place"
Jace clamped the two sticks together but they were completely out of shot.
"Here it'l be easier if you did this, you have the second chopstick too out of shot from the other" I said as I adjusted the stick.
"Thanks" Jace said.
"We're not done. I want you to do twenty practice pickups" I crossed my arms.
Jace cracked a smile and rolled his eyes as he was about to take a bite of meat.
But I hit his chopsticks so the meat would drop.
"Hey-"
"I take my teaching very seriously, so if you'd do as I ask" I told with a small smile.
"Get out of here" Jace said with a laugh, I noticed his hair bounce as he laughed and the childish dimples make him lose a few years. He's a pretty handsome lad.
"Well I charge fifty a lesson" I said with my palm out.
"Maybe I could teach you a few lessons of my own" Jace winked.
"Hey! We agreed no innuendos" I bickered.
"I was just offering some of my wisdom to you, if you took it for anything else then it's really your imagination that's the real problem" Jace said with a small smirk.
"Mhmm" I said as I rolled my eyes.
"So when did you get into soccer? Because in middle school you were all football savvy, you were going to be the lead quarter back when you got to high school" I said as I ate.
"And I was. I played three varsity sports in high school" Jace shrugged.
"Three!? Where did you find the time?" I asked with bugged eyes.
"There were definitely issues, but four years later I'm in college" Jace shrugged.
"So whadya play?"
"Well I ran cross country, played football, and soccer" Jace explained.
I pretended to throw up as he mentioned all the sports.
"Running!? Gross!"
"It's not that bad when you get used to it" Jace said.
"Yeah right" I rolled my eyes.
"Run with me, I'll teach you how to run"
"I'm pretty sure I know how to run" I rolled my eyes yet again, "It's like a really fast walk"
"They're are good forms of running" Jace informed.
"You act like I run on a daily basis" I furrowed my eyebrows.
Jace laughed.
"Is it too much to ask for a running buddy?" Jace pouted his lips.
"See you have one Morgenstern for sports and active activities, and you have another one to eat junk food and watch movies with"
I explained.
"I need a substitute, for when your brother's gone"
"Not my problem" I smiled sweetly.
"Are you guys ready for the check?" The waitress asked.
"Sure" we both answered.
"Here you go" the waitress set the check on the table.
I grabbed my wallet from my purse and set my debit card in the slot right as Jace did.
"I got it" Jace nodded for me to put my card away.
"Uh yeah, I don't think so" I shook my head and grabbed the check.
"Here you go" I handed the check to waitress.
"I'll give you guys a minute" She set the check back on the table.
"A minute won't be needed sugar, here you go" Jace exchanged my debit card with his and handed the check to her with a wink.
She giggled and walked away.
"That's not fair" I crossed my arms.
"It's not fair she can't resist my irresistible charm? Or it's not fair you don't have any?" Jace rose a brow.
"I have charm!" I said a bit loudly.
"Oh really?" Both of Jace's eyebrows shot up.
"Yes" I said in a matter of fact tone.
"Especially with all the rice in your hair, right?" Jace smirked.
I was about to decline the statement but the I looked at my red locks with spots of white.
I started brushing through my hair vigorously.
"All set, have a good day" the waitress gave the bill back and smiled back to the kitchen.
Jace wrote the tip and total but not before I spotted loopy handwriting on the second copy.
"She gave you her phone number" I said in a soft whisper and a little laugh.
"Oh look at that, she did" Jace said with a knowing smirk.
"You cocky bastard" I shook my head.
"It's my charm"
"Come on, let's go" I hopped out from the booth and made my way towards the door, and Jace not too far behind.
I pushed open the door right as some one was opening it.
"Sorry" the stranger and I both said at the same time. I looked up and saw a pretty face looking down at me with a small smile, I smiled back.
Then I felt a small nudge on my back. Oh right, Jace.
I walked out the door and Jace clicked open the car.
"I'm stuffed to the brim" I said as I got into the passenger seat.
"It happens to the best of the first time around" Jace smiled, "I remember coming here with Izzy her first time, and of course she was wearing tight jeans, so they wouldn't button back up after she used the restroom. Awe you should've of seen her face it was priceless" Jace said with a small laugh.
"I could imagine" I laughed as I pictured Izzy with a worried face as she tried to zip up her jeans.
I looked over to see Jace staring at me.
"Looks like you missed a spot" he said.
"What?" I asked but Jace was already leaning toward me.
Jace's fingers picked at the top of my hair and a piece of rice fell in my lap.
Jace's eyes flickered down to mine, as his hand lingered.
My breath got caught as I met his golden orbs. His eyes were so pretty, and I get he's always been attractive but I've never had the need to take a good look at him. His dark golden locks fell against his face, and his hollowed cheekbones gave his face sharp angles. All his golden features, eyes, skin, and hair complemented his features, he's hot.
"And how did that get up there?" Jace's breath fanned over me as he smiled and moved his hand to the steering wheel.
"Oh gosh! I had that there when that guy was there! Ugh!" I scratched at my hair, also trying to get rid of the sensation Jace's fingers left.
"I don't think it was your hair he was looking at" He threw a wink at me.
I rolled my eyes as he drove home.
I looked down to turn up the air conditioning when I saw buttons to the seat warmers.
Hmm.
"So is your team any good?" I asked.
"We're the best, I mean sure we have our down days, but we're pretty good" Jace smirked as he passed me a sideways glance.
"How's art going?" Jace asked as he rolled up his sleeves.
"It's going, my instructor is a bit of a jerk, but" I shrugged my shoulders.
"Do you need me to beat him up?" Jace rose a serious eyebrow.
"Well he would be a fifty year old lady" I nodded.
"Details, details" Jace pushed his hair from his face.
Jace turned up the cool air.
"Sure is hot" I said with a small smile.
Jace nodded as he stuck his hand under his thigh.
"I think my legs are sweating" He said puzzled.
"Tmi" I said but I had to bite my lips from smiling.
"I'm dying" he ran another hand through his hair.
He went to turn up the air when he noticed the lit up button.
"Hey, my seat warmer's on" Jace pointed out as he narrowed his eyes at me.
"Keep your eyes on the road! You must've bumped while turning on the air" I shrugged.
"That's the way you want to play it?" Jace rose a brow, "Well let the games begin"
"Hey! I have no part in your seat warmer- and if I did, it was a joke!" I defended quickly.
Jace isn't anything but subtle when it comes to pranks or jokes. One time in middle school Jon had put pink stuffed hearts in Jace's locker, so when he had opened his locker the pretty pink hearts had all spilled out. So Jace being Jace had spent the night in the same week and dyed Jon's hair pink in the middle of the night.
Jon is a very heavy sleeper.
"I don't want to wake up to a shaved head" I shook my head as I grabbed hold to my hair.
"Guess you should've thought about that" Jace turned into the driveway, "And if I were you, I would sleep with my eyes open"
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Sorry this might have a few- many mistakes I just wanted to post it today! I'm sorry my schedule is so busy and time flys.
I'm pretty disappointed in the tv show, it's nothing like the book and I get it can't be exactly like it but it's like a different story with the same names, but I'm very upset. I like the movie so much more.
I'll try to post soon!
(Did you like my Tmi thing ;)
What do you guys think of the show?