Love To

Chapter 29:

"Alec, if it's any consolation, I only did it for dramatic effect." Jace gave his brother a nervous smile. "And I want you to know I'm cool with the whole…gayness." Alec blushed but a smile quirked at the corners of his lips.

"I'm so happy you're gay! But, I am mad that you didn't tell me earlier. I could've helped you with your dates! Fed you lines through a miniscule Bluetooth thing, dressed you up, given you kissing tips!" I grabbed Isabelle's arms and turned her to face me. I gave her a cold stare and just shook my head trying to make her shut up.

"What? If anyone knows how to please a man it's me!" She yelled.

"Okay we did not need to hear that! Clary, hold her down while I put a silence rune on her." Jace walked over, reaching for his stele.

"No Jace! You touch her and I will hurt you." I glared menacingly. He reluctantly put the stele away. "Okay shall we continue with this plan?" I smiled over at Magnus.

"Well the plan kind of consists of you and your unnatural ability to create runes so we get to have a little art class today." He chuckled.

"Wait, what?" Jace looked confused.

"Clary here can draw new runes. Didn't she tell you?"

"Well I couldn't tell him now could I? Seeing as how I had no damn clue." I threw my hands up in surrender.

"And now you do. So if you'd please?" He ushered me over to the sofa and sat me down where a piece of paper and a pencil sat. He gave me the pencil.

"Now think transformation."

"What?" Was Magnus crazy?

"Just repeat the word in your head as you hold the pencil on the paper."

Transformation, transformation, transformation…then the pencil moved. I saw the rune without 'seeing' it. After my hand stilled I glanced down on the paper. The rune looked like two ovals and a slash drawn through them.

"Well, how do we know it works?" Isabelle crossed over the room and picked up the paper, examining it.

"Test it." Magnus leaned back.

"On who?" I looked to each person.

"I'll do it." Isabelle smiled. Weird, disturbed child.

"Jace you do it. You're better at marking than I am." I averted his gaze. I didn't want to mess it up and risk hurting Isabelle. He came over, took the paper from Isabelle and then grabbed his stele again. Isabelle stuck out her arm for Jace and he gripped it lightly. The black ink looking design swirled out of the tip. Then it was over and Isabelle morphed down closer to my height. Her hair grew into her scalp, transforming into curls and the hair started to lighten to blonde. Her thighs stretched out as did her legs and her feet shrunk.

"Well isn't it nice to see Marilyn Monroe grace us with her presence. Even if that presence has been dead for a while." Magnus grinned.

"And you knew her, didn't you?" I turned to him and he grinned.

"Yes, but we weren't lovers. She was preferred the president, you know that whole gag." Magnus beamed in remembrance.

"You're such a door knob." I sighed. "So it seems to have worked. Thank you Isabelle!"

"Now what?" Alec spoke from the corner.

"Now we change Jace into Jonathan and Clary gets to play Clary."

"Oh the joy! Why can't I play Jonathan and Jace play Clary?" I pout. Why did I never get to have the fun roles? In the kindergarten school play, I always was casted as a tree or a bush or a rock.

"Has all the logical fiber in that head of yours been incinerated?" Jace scoffed next to me. "Clary, I love you, but not enough to wear a dress for you."

"You're no fun. I think it would do you good to wear a dress. Feel my pain for a few hours." I snipped.

"Simmer Clary." Simon tried to make me calm down.

"Oh go suck a blood bag Lewis!" I growled. He should be backing me up. "Fine I'll be Clary tonight."

"Great!" Magnus clapped his hands.

"When do we leave?" Jace smirked.

"In an hour or so."

"And where is Valentine?"

"Where he has been since you first left him."

"So he's still at the hotel."

"Yeah, he just thinks you and Jonathan are running around Manhattan. He doesn't doubt his little boy's ability to kill."

"Obviously." I huff. Then I yawned. I was kind of tired.

"Do you mind if I nap first?" Magnus nodded.

"Long night Clary? Didn't get a lot of sleep huh?" Isabelle giggled.

"Shove it Isabelle." I glared at her. I walked down the hall to one of Magnus's many bedrooms. I kicked off my shoes and huddled under the blanket. The door opened and someone sat on the bed. Their arms wrapped around me. Jace. I snuggled into him and closed my eyes.

"Hey Fray." He muttered into my ear. I slapped his chest.

"Really Simon! That was not funny!" I grumbled.

"You really need to look before you act." He rolled on to his back and I did too. We lay there side by side, staring at the ceiling.

"So you recovered from Isabelle's news?"

"I guess I kind of knew. Ever since that night at Hotel Dumort she's looked at me different." He sighed.

"Oh I see."

"So did you and Jace move the relationship to the next level?"

"Okay we have just hit the line between friendliness and awkwardness. Can I skip a turn?"

"Nope."

"You suck you know that right?" I huffed. "Ha! No pun intended! Get it? Because you're a vampire!" I laughed at my own joke.

"Continue Fray." He hissed.

"Fine." My laughter subsided into little giggles. "In technical terms we did."

"So you got, in 'Olivia Newton-John' terms, PHYSICAL?"

"Sure. If that's what you want to call it." Simon and his nerdiness.

"Yeah…I should not have asked."

"Why? Gross mental images?" I smiled in the dark.

"No but now there are!" He groaned.

I know you guys prefer the Clace scenes but I appreciate Clary and Simon's friendship. It's so sweet:) Any who…I would've updated yesterday but I had to babysit and this morning I was up at seven to go move boxes for I-Help, so once I got home I had nap time. How I love naps… And on an even happier note, since my phone was incinerated…, I can now get an I-Phone 4s for a penny! Happy Days are Here Again! The countdown to the 19th hath begun! 10 freaking days! Yay! Please review I love hearing from you guys! And a huge thanks to those who are following, favoriting, and reviewing you guys are just AWESOME! And I also urge you to check out my other story 10 Things She's Clueless About, it is a high school story but it's all mundie.

Tootle Loo!- Emma

p.s.- Any of you guys American Horror Story fans? Murder House is the best but I haven't seen Asylum yet so we'll see and Coven is pretty good so far…