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Chapter 24
CPOV
(One and half months later; March)
"Miss Morgenstern! Wake up!" Mrs. Blackwell, my history teacher, snapped.
My head bounced up. "What?" I muttered, rubbing my eyes.
"You are absolutely not allowed to sleep during my teaching! That's very rude, young lady! I bet you wouldn't like me to sleep during this class!" Ok, someone has pissed in her cereal.I thought darkly, letting my annoyance show on my face.
"I would be more than pleased if you slept the rest of this year, or at least this day. So if you don't mind, I'd like to continue my sleeping." I snapped back, regretting it immediately as I saw her face turn red. Isabelle bursted out laughing behind me and high-fived with Magnus who sat next to her.
"Miss Morgenstern, get out! You're going to principal's office! NOW!"She screamed, her face and neck as red as my hair.
I got up sighing and collecting my books, then walked out of the door. I had to force my self not to slam the door behind me. I took my book to my locker and walked slowly towards the principal's office. I opened to door that leads into the waiting room. There was three other students sitting on the chairs. I sat down and took my phone. I looked up few moments later as I heard two familiar voices behind the door. The door opened and Jonathan walked in with Jace.
"Clary? What the hell are you doing here?" Jonathan asked sitting next to me. Jace sat down on my other side and took my hand.
"Uh, Mrs. Blacwell threw me out. I fell asleep during her class and she got mad. Okay, I may or may not have snapped at her aswell." I said looking at my brother. He bursted into laughter and patted my knee.
"That's my lil sister. Mrs. Blackwell has threw me out aswell, many times! What did you say to make her that angry?"
"She said something about me being rude, and she'd bet I wouldn't like her sleeping during the class. So I said that I'd be more than pleased if she slept rest of the year or at least the day."
Jonathan and Jace were laughing hard as I finished.
"Okay guys, it's not that funny. Stop." I said smiling. "Why are you guys here anyway?" I continued.
"I was late and Mr. Aldertree didn't like it very much. And Jonathan went to get his science book from his locker without asking as I went to bathroom, without asking aswell. Okay, it took us 15 minutes to get back, so he had collected our stuff into our backpacks and threw them to us as we got back and told to come here." Jace smirked.
"Oh sweet baby Jesus." I muttered. "Why I'm not surprised at all. Idiots." I laughed shaking my head.
"Next!" The principal called from the door as some kid walked out of his office. He looked at me and saw Jon and Jace aswell. "Oh god, not you two again.. Come on, come in with Clarissa." He sighed. We got up and went into his office. Our principal, Mr. Starkweather, was an old man with greyish hair and wrinkled face. He was pretty nice and fair.
"So.. Clarissa what have you done this time? It's your second time here this week. Please tell me it's not Mrs. Blackwell again." He asked.
"Second? Clary what the hell?" Jonathan asked and Jace looked at me confused from the other side of Jon.
"Yes, it's her. We had a little argument and I was sent here." said ignoring my brother and Jace.
"Well, I'm glad Miss Lightwood stayed out of it this time." Mr. Starkweather said nodding. Izzy and I were thrown out by Mrs. Blackwell a.k.a The Sunshine (note the sarcasm..) two days earlier. We weren't listening her and she just lost it, started to scream at us and Izzy wasn't taking any of it. So five minutes later we were sitting in the principal's office.
"Yeah." I muttered.
"And what comes to you boys. Is it something new? Something you haven't done like thousand times before?" He asked looking at Jace and Jonathan.
"Nope." They said together.
"Okay, you're free to go then. But please. I don't want to see any of you this week. Got it? Stay out of trouble." We nodded and thanked him as we went out.
"So you were here with Isabelle, huh?" Jonathan asked walking towards our lockers. His locker was next to mine, since we were both Morgensterns. In our school the lockers were in alphabetical order, so me and Jon had next to each other as had Jace, Isabelle and Alec. (AN/ I have indeed no idea what the order of the lockers are in US, but let's just pretend that they are in alphabetical order, right? Yeah, please continue!)
"Uhh.. yeah.. Iz didn't keep her mouth shut, so Mrs. Blackwell sent us to principal's office." I said shrugging.
"No surprise there then. Now come on, let's got to lunch." He said, closed my locker and pulled me to eat.
The day went by and finally it was my swimming practise time. First we had to ran to warm-up. I changed into my running clothes and went to the field where Jace and Jonathan were practising with the rest of their team. I waved to Jace and he waved back smiling before turning his attention back to their coach. I ran for 45 minutes and went to change into my swimsuit and then went to shower. After my hair was wet I put my swim cap on and places the goggles on top of my head. Half of my teammates were already there and 15 minutes later rest of them came too. Our coach whistled and we gathered around her.
"Okay team, some of you already know about the competition that is at the end of the school year. There will be teams from around the country. There are one competition for the four fastest girls and one for boys. So, today I'm testing you and then I'll announce who four girls and boys will get into the teams. Do your best and remember, someone is always the last one. This is not competing against each other, this is about forming the best teams for our girls and boys. And those who don't make it to the team, will be there as a supporting team. There are 4x100 meters of freestyle in the relays. Any questions? No?
Okay, you will also compete as an individual person. You will swim equal distances of butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke or/and freestyle. The distance will be this time 200 meters. You can decide which one of these you want to take part, you can choose all of them or just one, two or three. What ever you want. And your practise times have been changed. We'll swim on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays before school at 6:00 o'clock in the morning and your school will start at 9 o'clock. The dryland workouts, like running stairs and other nice things, are on Tuesdays and Saturdays- Tuesday after school, from 3 to 6.30 and on Saturdays at 9-11.30 in the morning. I expect you to do what you need to keep yourself in shape also on those days, in this case Fridays and Sundays, when you don't have practise. Run, go to gym, swim for fun, anything. Are we clear?" She finally asked.
We all nodded and she whistled again, and we jumped into the pool. The school's pool was a long course pool (50 meters) and it was like my second home. I love swimming, it's all about beating your own records. You don't have to pay attention to anyone else, just focus on yourself. I love how my muscles flex with every stroke and I love the feeling of water on my skin.
The coach took time as we swam, one by one, 100 meters. Kate, my teammate, was swimming back from the other end of the pool fast, so I placed the goggles on my eyes and made sure the black cap was where it should be. I was sure Kate would be on the team, she was so fast. When her hand touched the wall, coach lifted her hand up and told me to wait. She wrote something down while I climbed on top of the starting block.
"Okay Clary, dive as I whistle." Coach said. I nodded and bent my knees a little. I dove as she whistled. The familiar feeling of the water surrounded me and I slid as far as I could before coming to take air and began to stroke. I was quickly at the other end and did a flip turn. I pushed myself from the wall with my legs. I slid under the water again as far as I could and came to take air again. I did front crawl with my arms while kicking with my legs. Then I felt the hard title wall under my hand and lifted my head up to breath.
"Good job Clary!" The coach said smiling at writing my time down. I jumped out of the pool and went to get my towel. I dried myself and put our team's track suit on. I took off the goggles and cap aswell as I went to sit next to Alexander who's a really good friend of mine.
"Hi Alex. Do you think you got into the team?" I asked as I sat down.
"Hey Clare-Bear. Nah, but I think Eric, Brandon and Nick did. You definitely did. You should've seen coaches face as you did the flip turn. It was priceless!"
"Hey, you'll never know! You might have got in! When she's telling us the results?" I asked, avoiding the compliment. I've never been good with taking compliments from guys.
"Nick said she'll put the names on a paper, and the paper will be on the notice board tomorrow." He said smiling.
Alex had dark brown, a little curly hair and greenish eyes. He was wearing the same tracksuit I was. It was black with thick gold stripes on sleeves and both sides. It had our school's name written on one sleeve, St. Xavier high school, and on the other sleeve was our school's symbol, golden wings.
"Okay, I'll check it tomorrow. You want to come with me to check it after first class?" I asked.
"Yeah, why not." he answered.
"Hey you who are ready, go outside and run up and down the bleachers after you have run multiple times around the field!" Coach said to us before whistling again.
Alex and I got up and went outside. We jogged to the field again where the football team was practising.
It was a bit chilly outside but we had our tracksuits on. The football team had already outdoor practises, though it was a bit cold. But they had warm clothes on so I guess it didn't bother them. Alex and I began to run. After we had ran 2 times around the field, I saw Jace jogging towards us, carrying his helmet.
"Alex, I'll stop for a moment; Jace is coming. You can keep going; I'll catch you!" I said to Alex and he nodded as I slowed down.
"Hey baby." Jace said as he was next to me.
"Hi." I smiled.
"Who's that?" Jace asked looking at Alex's back.
"Alex? Oh, he's my team mate. Hey guess what! We've a competition at the end of the school year! There'll be one relay and the rest is for individuals. We tried out today to the relay teams, one for four girls and one for four boys!" I said smiling widely.
"I bet you'll be in the team, you're my dolphin." He said leaning down to kiss me. I laughed against his lips and pulled away after two seconds.
"Dolphin? I look like a damn dolphin?" I laughed and hit his arm playfully.
"Okay, maybe not dolphin. How about a seal?" He asked smirking.
"How about no?" I said. "Jerk." I laughed.
"Just kidding." He said kissing my nose.
"LIGHTWOOD; GET BACK HERE!" Jace's coach yelled.
"You better go, I'll catch Alex. See you at your car after practise?" I said.
"Yeah, sure. Love you baby." He said he he jogged back to his coach. I watched as he ran, his legs' muscles flexing sexily.
"Love you too!" I yelled as I tore my eyes off of his legs and ass. He laughed and turned around to jog backwards and winked at me before turning back again and running to the others. I saw Alec and Jonathan throwing a ball to each other. Jonathan's number was 12, Alec's 29 and Jace's 78. They had also their tracksuit on, their names on the back side. For example on Jace's jacket was his number, 78, and his last name; Lightwood. Because there were two Lightwoods on the team, they had the first letters of their names in it. J. Lightwood and A. Lightwood. I had only my last name and the school's symbol on the back of my jacket; Morgenstern and golden wings.
"ALEX, wait!" He was on the other side of the field and I ran to catch him.
"You ready to run those bleachers?" He asked smirking.
"You bet I am. Catch me if you can!" I giggled as I ran to the bleachers, but he caught me too easily.
We ran up the stairs as fast as I could and back down, giving Alex a high-five and sent him to run. He came back down quickly and slapped my hand and I went again. We did this for the rest of our practise, pausing for a while to catch our breaths.
Finally our coach whistled from the doors and we went back inside with the rest of our team mates who were also outside.
"Okay, good job everyone! Now, tomorrow's Thursday, when do we have swim practise?"
"At 6 o'clock." Kate said.
"That's correct miss Sanders. Now, sleep tight, see you tomorrow morning!" Coach said smiling happily, as if it was her dream come true to wake up at 5 o'clock.
I went to change my tracksuit to my normal clothes. I took a quick shower and put on my clothes. I packed my swim bag and closed my locker. We had our personal lockers in the locker rooms, our last names on the locker's door.
I met Jace at his car. He opened the door for me before getting in aswell.
"Your place or mine?" He asked before leaning in to give a kiss.
"I have to wake up at 5 o'clock tomorrow, but you can continue sleeping. You want to come to my house?"
"Yeah, that's fine, you can take your and Jon's car, I'll give him a ride." He said and pulled back. He started the engine and drove to my house.
"JON! We're home!" I yelled as I opened the front door.
"He went to Sarah's. Said he'd come back by 10." Jace said as he headed to kitchen.
"Take something for me too! I'm hungry!" I yelled as I flopped down on the couch. Jace laughed from the kitchen and five minutes later he came to sit next to me with sandwiches and apples. It was Jace's special. Warm cheese sandwiches. They didn't look very delicious but tasted amazing.
"Oooh, thank you baby." I said giving him a kiss before biting my sandwich.
"Mmmmm.." I groaned.
Jace just laughed and ate his sandwich.
"Thank you Jace." I said after I had eaten my food. I curled up against his chest and he wrapped his arms around me. He lifted me to his lap as he put his feet on the couch and rested his head against a pillow. I pulled me on top of him and wrapped his arms around me. I rested my head on his chest, listening to his heart beating
We fell asleep, me on top of him, on the couch obviously 'cause I woke up as Jonathan shook me gently.
"Clary. Jace. Wake up and go to bed, it's already 11 o'clock. You were asleep as I came home 3 hours ago. I thought Jace's neck would appreciate if he slept in bed." He whispered.
"Where's mom? And dad?" I asked before shooking Jace awake.
"They're already asleep in their room. You should go too." Jon said.
"yeah, sure. Jace come on, wake up." I said to Jace. Slowly he opened his eyes and stretched his arms.
"What time is it?" He asked with his husky voice. God I loved that sound... I thought.
"11 o'clock. Let's go to bed. Come on." I said getting up and trying to pull Jace with me.
"Not yet." He said and curled into a ball on the couch.
"Okay sleep there. I'll lock my door. Good night Jace!" I said and took my plate from the table, taking it to kitchen.
"No, NO! I'm awake, I'm awake!" Jace panicked and jumped up and took his plate to bring it to the kitchen aswell.
"Okay, sleeping beauty, let's go." I took his hand and pulled him up the stairs with me, turning off the lights as we went by.
We changed our clothes and got into bed. Jace slept just in his boxers and handed me his t-shirt, knowing I loved sleeping in his t-shirt. He pulled the covers over us and I snuggled up to his side closing my eyes.
"Good night Jace." I whispered before I fell asleep.
"Good night princess." Jace whispered back and kissed my hair.
Hello my dears! I really hope you enjoyed the chapter! It's little different, but hope you still liked it... Tell me? Reviews, please! :)
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