City of Connections
Summary: Clary and Jace always had a special connection, though they have never met. They grew up together, faced the good and the bad times together, and eventually fell in love with each other. What happens, though, when they do meet? What happens when they must face the Shadow world together, deal with Valentine, find the Mortal Instruments, and find out what exactly that permanent rune is on their hands? And why that rune seems to give them their connection?
Chapter 1: First Sight
Clary POV
Jace. I called to him in my thoughts. Are you going going to Taki's? Again? I thought amused while I was walking on a trail with Simon who was my best human friend. He didn't know about the shadow world or Jace because it would be a disaster.
What? He answered. Izzy's cooking is poisonous! I can't eat that thing. It could probably kill a demon!
I was chuckling in my head by the time he was finished. It was true. Even though I have never ate Isabelle's cooking, I still knew it tasted horrible from Jace's thoughts. It was quite hilarious actually.
Oh shut up! You wouldn't be laughing if you had to taste this... I don't even know what it is. Jace thought to me. Oops, I guess he caught that part. No duh. Jace thought while thinking about the brown thing Isabelle made while he walked toward Taki's.
By the time he was done thinking I was laughing out loud. "Clary? Are you okay?" Simon asked while looking at me like I was mentally insane.
You think he would be used to your spontanious outbursts at times, you know? Jace thought but was, as usual, right. Simon should expect that now.
I just nodded my head at Simon while looking at the scenery at the park. The landscape was beautiful. The sky was a mix of colors that flowed effortlessly together in a natural pattern. The way the sun kissed the horizon, the way the trees blended with the noutains and the way the flowers mixed in with the luscious grass. The things in this picture were begging to be drawn and were all perfect with each other.
Like us. Jace thought, his mind ecohing my own. Jace and I had a weird relationship. We were a couple in a way, though we have never seen each other but we did know each other more than anyonr else we knew, and that was enough for now. But Jace was right, he and I were perfect for each other. It was so natural to be that way.
I love you, I thought to Jace while flashbacks consumed my mind.
Flashback:
It was the first time I had ever told Jace I loved him like a lover. I was 14 and he was 15. I was sitting under a tree in my backyard trying to find the nerve to just come out and tell Jace that I was in love with him. It was easier said than done.
Finally, I got the nerve to call out to him. I was so incredibly nervous that my hands were shaking. Jace, there is something I need to tell you, I thought.
That is good I need to tell you something, too. Jace thought. He seemed kind of nervous. Why? After each of us tried to get what we said out we soon realized it wouldn't work that way. After little discussion we decided to say a shortened version of what we wanted to say at the same time.
I love you! We both thought.
I love you, too. Jace thought happily. He always loved it whenever I told him that I loved him, much the same as I did when I hear him say that.
This was our relationship. Us only communicating through the truthness of our thoughts. We were in love with each other but we never met, no matter how much both of us wanted it.
When I got back to my house Jace was asleep, resting for going demon hunting tonight, and I saw Jocelyn, my mother painting at the kitchen table. "Hey, mom," I said while I went to the fridge to get a soda. I wasn't mad at my mom for lying to me about the shadow world, I knew why, I just wish that I was a part of it like how Jace was.
"Hey, sweetie, are you doing anything tonight?" My mother said, still a little preocupied in her painting. "Yeah," I said. "Simon and I are going to Pandemoniun tonight. I will be back later." My mother shrugged nonchalantly, "Don't forget your cell-phone," she continued "I want you to call in case their is a problem."
I smiled. Even though my mother hid me from the shadow world, she was okay with me going to a club where demons and downworlders like to hang around.
"Sure thing, mom," I called while walking up the stairs, getting ready to take a shower. I dressed in a pair of jeans with a black tanktop with a jean jacket on, silver hoop-earings, and a necklace when I heard the door bell ring. "Hey Fray," Simon said as I answered the door. He was weraing jeans and a gamer t-shirt. He didn't really like going to Pandemonium but he was going because I like to. "Bye, mom," I called on my way out the door. As Simon and I walked down the stairs we saw Madam Dorthea exiting her apartment. She wasn't really a witch or a downworlder or anything but she was mysterious. Simon and I smiled to her and got into a cab as we prepared to enter Pandemonium. Jace was walking down the street with Alec and Izzy in a glamour, getting ready to hunt a demon. Good luck. I thought to him though he probably didn't need it. Jace was the best of the best.
Thanks. Jace thought. Love you.
I was dancing to the song Replay by Iyaz when I saw him.