"Jace, please. We have to. It's gnawing at my conscience!" Clary pleaded desperately.
They had just finished their supper and Simon had left the Institute. Isabelle was still away with Meliorn. It was a surprise that she liked him at all since he was so vague and unyielding to everyone else, but when he was with Isabelle he was a different person. It was easy to see that he had changed and he truly loved Isabelle. Clary thought back a few days ago when Isabelle had told her parents. Robert, Maryse, Jace and Clary, had been sitting in the library, patiently waiting for Isabelle to make her announcement. She had come in a few minutes; all dressed up, and wearing a long, white dress, with long sleeves. Her hair hung loosely down her back and she looked like a princess instead of her usual, bad ass self.
"Mom, dad, she said looking at her parents, "I am no longer single!" she said with flourish.
Jace and Clary had looked at each other in surprise. Isabelle hadn't told any of them. Before they could ask her new boyfriend was, Maryse questioned Isabelle.
"Um….it's a….boy right? I mean…you're not dating a girl…are you Isabelle?" Maryse asked with concern, voicing Robert's unasked question as well.
Isabelle went purple. "No mom, not at all, Meliorn's a guy, he's just one of the Fairfolk," she said.
Robert and Maryse were visibly relaxed. They still hadn't been able to get over the fact that Alec was gay and it would have been a shock for them if Isabelle turned out to be like that too. Jace and Clary were merely surprised that she had decided to go back to dating Meliorn and that she was actually telling her parents. Poor Alec, Clary thought to herself. It would take a while before he was ever truly accepted by his parents. It was a good thing he wasn't here. Just then, Meliorn came in, dressed in a royal blue fighting outfit, and as he sat down to speak to Robert and Maryse, Isabelle joined Clary and Jace on the couch.
"So Izzy," Jace began, "what brought all this on? And telling Maryse and Robert? You've never told them before!"
"Well, I never knew how romantic Meliorn could be I guess. I never really knew what I saw in him before, and then he followed me here from Idris, refusing to be the one who would represent the Fey, a great honor, just so that he could find me. And then when he found me, he told me how much he admired me and loved me, and when we decided to get back together, he insisted that I tell Maryse and Robert. He's a real gentleman," she told Jace, watching his as his face turned into shock with satisfaction.
Clary broke out of her reverie and returned back to the present. She scolded herself severely for letting her mind wander to Isabelle and Meliorn.
"Please Jace?" Clary asked again.
"Ok," Jace said. "I guess you're right Clary. Although Luke and Jocelyn might know, we still have to tell them and make our relationship official. Still, I fear that Jocelyn and Luke, however supporting they may be, they are parents, and they will naturally put boundaries on our relationship," he said worried.
"Of course they will Jace!" Clary said laughing. "It's ok though, because they're not going to be at the Institute, and they can't do anything about the fact that I'm here, with you," she said, leaning her head against Jace's shoulder. "We should go now," she said, "while it's still bright outside."
Jace sighed and said dejectedly, "ok..."
Clary took his hand in hers and looked him in the eye. "It won't be bad. I promise."