Love To

Chapter 28:

My fingers slid over Jace's stomach. He sighed and pulled me closer.

"Well, this is weird…" Isabelle spoke from the foot of the bed. I jumped out of my skin and pulled the covers up around my chest.

"ISABELLE!" I threw a duck at her face, but she knocked it aside.

"You guys had sex." She stated more than questioned. I saw Jace roll his eyes but I felt the blush creep over my face.

"Uh…no…we….well Jace and I…er…we heard about how healthy sleeping in the nude was and…uh…decided to try it?" I offered. That paragraph of a sentence shredded up the last bit of my dignity. I mean sleeping in the nude, really? Jace snorted beside me.

"Together?" Isabelle looked down on me.

"Oh fuck it! WE HAD SEX! Jace and I had sex! S.E.X.!" I screamed. Jace was shuddering with laughter beside me as was Isabelle.

"Yay! The virgin said it!" Isabelle chuckled.

"Screw off!" I slid out of the bed, ignoring Jace's groping hand and Isabelle's averted glances. Why the hell was she trying to not look at me naked? It's not like we don't have the same parts. I stomped into the bathroom and went straight for the shower. About half way through the shower I heard Jace's bedroom door close and moments later heard the bathroom door open. Jace slid into the shower. This reminds me of the time Maia described her and Jordan's sexual adventures, it was like the reverse of their showers. Oh God! Does that mean I'm Jordan in this relationship? Hell no! If I was anyone in Maia and Jordan's relationship, I was Maia. And now I'm rambling on and on in my mind about one of my best friend's relationships because I don't think it would be very appropriate to talk about Jace in this erm…lighting. I mean last night was amazing and all, but it was dark and now I could see, well, everything! Okay, enough with the dirty thoughts of my boyfriend, then again…we are in a shower… Ha ha get it? Dirty thoughts, shower? He was now kissing me as the water sprinkled down. He moved to my neck with his lingering lips.

"What did Isabelle want?" I breathed, trailing my fingers up his spine.

"Magnus called. Jonathan won't talk, but Max came up with a very good idea." I held him back.

"Max?" I quirked an eyebrow. Ha! I could do it now! The advantages of having a smart-ass boyfriend.

"Yeah, he heard Alec and Isabelle talking about Valentine and how to capture him. Well, he suggests that we set a trap with Jonathan as the bait."

"That's a tad easy, don't you think?" I smiled. Sometimes I wonder why the simplest things were so hard to figure out.

"If you look at it in easy terms. But, if it's Valentine, we know it won't be easy."

"True." I sighed.

"So you're sure this will work?" I looked down at the thing that is in technical terms "my brother", but to me creepy demonic pervert.

"Why do you doubt my mad skills Clary?" Magnus skidded around the room.

"Do you even know where Valentine is?" Isabelle leaned against the wall.

"Why must you doubt my boyfriend's mad skills?" Alec piped in. I smiled at that. Magnus's confidence was rubbing off, but then it wore off when he realized what he had just done. Jace choked and Isabelle gaped.

"You're gay?!" Jace squealed.

"DUH!" My hand flew to my mouth, clapping it shut. "I mean, what? You're gay?" My voice went up an octave.

"Wait? Clary knew before I did? Ugh! You're such a jerk!" Isabelle growled. "And I confided in you about Simon and this is how you pay me back?" Laughter escaped my lips as the door opened slowly to the bathroom and Simon shuffled out. He had heard…everything.

"AND THE TRUTH SHALL SET YOU FREE!" I screamed, tossing my hands up. Jace looked shocked, and when I say shocked I mean he stood there, eyes wide, wan skin and everything. He let out a few more chokes.

"Uh, maybe I should take Jace into the other room…" I grabbed his hand and started pulling him into one of the spare bedrooms.

"Don't show him your boobs Clary! It won't help his physical and mental state!" Isabelle yelled and I shot her a glare over my shoulder. Lucky for me, Simon was still too enticed with Izzy's words that he didn't hear what she said to me.

I led Jace to the bed and sat him down. I stood in front of him. He just kept staring.

"Jace, are you alright?" His silence was very eerie.

Staring.

"Jace?" I snapped my fingers in his face. "Jace snap out of it." I shook his shoulders. Then I thought of Izzy's words. Would that work? No, that will be the last resort. I did what needed to be done and slapped Jace across the face. His hand went up to his cheek where a red mark was already emerging.

"OW! WHY THE HELL DID YOU DO THAT?" He squawked.

"I'm pretty sure you died for a second there, so you're welcome." I sighed.

"Because slapping me did a whole lot of good…" His voice dripped with anger and sarcasm.

"Well you are talking, aren't you?" I snipped.

"Wait, why wasn't I talking again?"

"Alec told you he was gay."

"OH! Now I remember." Then he gasped and pointed a finger at me. "I remember!"

"There is a God!" I threw my hands up in mock humor.

"I remember that he said that. And you. You knew! And you didn't tell me!" He was really mad at me?

"Yeah, because that would've played out well, 'Oh hi honey, how was demon hunting? Did you know Alec is gay?'" He glared at me through squinted eyes.

"Okay, seriously? Could you stare at me like you didn't just lick a lemon?" I huffed, folding my arms.

"You still didn't tell me." He growled.

"Are you going to keep complaining about this?"

"Yes."

"For how long?"

"Until I want to stop." He was so stubborn. Fine! He asked for it. I lifted my shirt. His eyes widened.

"And when do you want to stop?" I coaxed.

"Now." He said immediately.

Sorry about the very drawn out review, got to love school. I would've posted it earlier but I had I-Help and blah blah blah. Any who, I hate to tell you this and I am really sad about this, but the story is coming to a close :'( I know you hate me, I'm a terrible person, etc. I as much of you don't want it to end, but all good things must, right? I have decided I will go to chapter 35 so we have a few more. I will, however, be writing another story and I really would like you guys to check it out. I think you'll like it. I'm so sorry, but I hope you enjoy the next few chapters. Seriously though, check out my other story! It's a mix of a bunch of my favorite 90's movies: 10 Things I Hate About You, She's All That, Clueless, Reality Bites, Never Been Kissed, etc. And even a little Perks of Being a Wallflower (the book is from the 90's and that's when it takes place) and the movie is amazing!

I really feel horrible but I don't want to end up dragging this story out. I hope you feel my pain, even though you may hate me for a while.

Sorry- Emma

P.S.- The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones is going to be out on DVD November 19 :)