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Chapter 15: Expect the Unexpected
Jace's Point of View
I woke up with sunshine warming my face from the open window. Yawning, I took a shower to wake myself up. Still sleepy, I brushed my teeth and quickly ate breakfast, the food sliding down my throat without me really tasting it. I wasn't going to risk running into them, not after last night. I still can't believe I said that. It was true that I was thinking that, but I must have sounded like a jerk. Hell, I was a jerk.
I couldn't stay at the Institute right now. I can deal with seeing Clary today. I'll just tell Maryse to tell Izzy to train Clary today. I wasn't going to risk another episode. Especially after what happened last time. I shuddered when I thought about Clary punching me in the face.
Shaking that thought away, I thought that I could hang out with Selena today. It's not like I'm wanted here anyways.
I found her number in the pocket of my jeans that was in a crumpled mess on the floor. I was too tired to fold it last night – shocking, I know. Reaching in my pocket, I felt my fingers feel the slip of paper. I took it out and put it on the table as I threw the old jeans in the hamper.
I punched in the numbers and heard the ringing. I glanced at the clock, wondering if I should hang up. It was rather early and I didn't want it to seem like I was desperate.
"Hello?" a voice said on the other line. Too late for that.
"Hey Sel, it's me Jace."
"Oh hi!" she chirped, sounding much brighter than before. I smiled despite myself.
"I was wondering if you wanted to go out for lunch today," I said, sounding more like I was asking a question.
"Aw, I would love to but–"
The rest of her words were drowned out as I heard the sharp bell of the Institute ringing. Who was at the door? I wondered.
"I'm sorry, I didn't hear that last part," I said, putting the phone between my ear and shoulder, jogging to see who was there. "The doorbell just rang and–"
Clary and Izzy were already there, opening the door. And a look of utter disbelief crossed my face and I dropped the phone.
Clary's Point of View
I barely registered the fact that I heard Jace somewhere in the background, his phone clattering on the floor. He was just as shocked as I was.
Because, standing there in the flesh wasn't just Aline but Selena and Aden as well.
"What – how – wait – huh…" I stammered before trailing off, utterly and thoroughly confused.
Aden, a Shadowhunter? And Selena? What was going on here? My mind whirled with a million and one other questions.
"Clarissa?" Aden's voice broke my thoughts.
"How do you know my name; I didn't tell you last night…"
"Oh, everyone knows your name. You're famous."
"Wait," interrupted Jace. "You knew that we were Shadowhunters?"
"No," Selena answered. "I personally thought that you guys were mundies, no offense or anything."
"That's what I thought," Izzy responded. "We marked ourselves so our other marks wouldn't show."
"That's what we did," Aden responded, but he was still looking at me.
"Oh," was my clever response. "Why don't you come in? And hi Aline."
"Hey Clary," Aline greeted and stole a quick glance at Jace as we walked down the corridor.
"Okay, these are your three rooms," Izzy waved her hand to the three rooms across from her room. I had to admit, Izzy sounded like a professional and was being a good host. But then again, she's probably done this a million times since she lived here all her life. "My room is right there," she pointed to her room. "So if you ever need anything, don't hesitate to ask."
I swear that I heard a double meaning in her words. I could even picture her winking to Aden if I didn't have dibs. Silently, I thanks the Angel – since when did my luck change? Aden was a freakin' Shadowhunter. The hottie that Iz was counting on coming here with Aline was mine. Izzy usually always got the boy but then again, I was with Jace.
"Okay then," Aline said. "Where are the rest of your rooms?" Again, she stole a glance at Jace. I guess Selena didn't tell her that he was hers. Sucks. I know how that feels.
"My room is right next to Izzy's on the left," Jace answered, not getting that Aline liked her, which was a first for Jace.
When no one said anything Aden asked, "Where's your room Clary?"
"She doesn't live in the Institute," Jace said in a 'duh' kind of voice.
I smacked his arm. "Be nice Jace."
"Hypocrite," Jace muttered, too low for anyone else but me to hear. I shot him a look.
"Oh right, Jocelyn and Luke are your parents, right?"
"Stalker much?" Jace muttered.
"Jace," I warned. "Yeah," I said turning to Aden.
"As for blondie here," Aden said, shooting him a look, "I don't stalk you, everyone knows who you are. Every respectable Shadowhunter knows who you are." I felt heat rush to my cheeks.
"So you're calling everyone a stalker Jace?" Izzy snickered. He crossed his arms and looked away as I hid a small smile.
"So Sel, we have things to talk about," Jace said pointedly and lead her to his room. Aline just raised an eyebrow at them two. I guess she didn't feel that much of a loss, not that she should anyway.
"Hey Aline," Izzy said suddenly, "do you want to see my room? I have tons to show you," Izzy babbled and dragged Aline into her room, tossing me a wink and you're welcome look before she closed the door.
That just left me and Aden.
"Looks like were alone, aren't we Clarissa?" Aden smiled.
"Clary. You can call me Clary."
"Okay Clary," he said, putting emphasis on my name, "looks like we have a lot to talk about, don't we?"
"Yeah, we do. Want me to show you around?" I offered, looking up at him.
He smiled. "Sure."
.o.O.o.
I ended up dragging him to the Central Park, one of my favorite places. It was big and wide and just so…peaceful.
"So," I said, jamming my thumbs in the fronts of my jeans. "You're a Shadowhunter?"
"Yup," he answered, looking down at me.
"Did you know I was one at the club?" I asked.
"No. Did you?"
"Nope," I said, popping the 'p'. "Now tell me, why did the bartender give you an alcoholic drink?"
He wrinkled his nose in a cute way, as if hoping I wouldn't ask. "Well, I came here two years ago, before you even knew you were a Shadowhunter, and I convinced the guy to give me drinks. And I guessed he remembered me which is why he gave it to me without a fight."
I could sense that he wasn't telling me all of it. Like how he 'convinced' him to give him the drink. He must have been really young then. "You're not an alcoholic are you?"
Laughing, he replied no. "And you're not asking me the question you really wanted to."
I bit my lower lip. Where to start? "Okay, why are you here?"
"What, as in this Earth or here in NYC?"
I bit back a laugh – that was similar to what Jace once said to me. "You know what I mean."
"Yeah, well, I'm nineteen right, so I was traveling around with my friend, Selena who by the way, looks way to friendly with that blondie, and we were traveling around to search for an Institute to live in since we were done training in Idris and Aline wanted to come visit you guys so she came with."
I blinked at 'nineteen'. I was about a bit more than a year younger than him. "Haha yeah, she and Jace were 'together' if you know what I mean, last night. Oh, did anything…" I left my question hanging in the air.
He immediately picked up on it. "Yeah, my parents and Selena's used to be very close and they were out hunting one time – our parents were parabatai, and…they never came back. I was only thirteen."
"Oh, Aden, I'm so sorry," I said, placing a comforting hand on his upper arm. He gave me a small, sad smile.
"It's okay. Me and Selena had each other. She's like the younger sister I never had." Relief washed over me when he said him and Selena were sibling close. Like Jace and Izzy. Well, not at the moment but…
"That's nice. My brother turned out to be…" I trailed off, memories of Jace springing into mind.
"Not what you excepted," Aden finished, laughing a short laugh.
"You could say that." We walked in silence for a few minutes, listening to kids squealing, parents chatting, and birds chirping.
Suddenly, my phone started ringing. I grabbed my phone. "Hello?"
"Hey, Clary, it's almost lunch time. Are you and Aden going to come back or go to Taki's or something?" I could just picture her nudging me right now.
"Let me ask," I responded and put my hand over speaker. "Do you want to head home and eat Izzy's suckish mush that she calls food or do you want me to show Taki's?"
"Well, if you put it like that," he laughed, "Taki's it is."
Taking my hand off speaker I quickly said in it, "'Kay, Taki's. Bye!"
"I heard what you said!" I heard Izzy faintly on the other end before I snapped my phone shut, efficiently ending the call.
"Shall we?" I smiled up at Aden.
"We shall," he grinned back.
Jace's Point of View
The first thing I said to Selena was something like 'OMG, you're a Shadowhunter!' and then bombing her with questions.
She was touring Institutes to see where she and Aden would live as siblings and decided to check out ours out with Aline since we were around the same age.
After talking for what seemed like minutes, Izzy called her for lunch. "Don't eat any of it," I whispered to Sel, "It tastes like dirt." She giggled in response.
"Hey, do you know where Clary and Aden are?" Izzy asked with a wooden spoon in her hand. Aw, by the Angel, she was making soup again. We all know how well that went last time she made it, when the bloodsucker who was a mundie back then came.
"No," was all I said. I honestly didn't but where were they?
Izzy sighed and ended up calling them. Apparently they were going to Taki's. I didn't really care right now, as long as Sel was here, she could do whatever the hell she wanted. It's what I wanted in the first place for her. A small part of me knew that wasn't true but I shoved that inside a box and locked it securely. I was going to have a good time with Sel, without thinking about Clary.
We all ate the repulsing soup in silence, though it wasn't quite as bad as it was last time, it was still pretty bad.
"You were right," Sel whispered to me.
"When am I not?" I smirked back. She rolled her eyes and took another spoon-full of soup.
Clary's Point of View
Aden loved Taki's. We talked from anything to everything. We were getting along greatly and I was liking him more and more every second.
The way he talked, using his arms to help explain what he wanted to say. His perfect smile, the twinkle in his deep blue eyes, the way you could see his muscle without him even flexing it, and best of all, his personality.
When it was almost time to go and we were waiting for the waitress to bring us the check there was a silence for once. "Did you and Jace break up?" Aden blurted out, seeming like he didn't want to ask the question.
Startled, I answered truthfully. "Yeah, we did. What, did everyone know that we were together too?" I joked.
He cracked a smile, seeming to get over his embarrassment. "Well, that's what everyone thought, anyways."
"Here's the bill," the waitress said, putting it down on the table as she eyed Aden. A bubble of energy filled me before I identified it. I was jealous.
I brought out my wallet to pay, when Aden reached over and put his hand on top of mine. "No need," was all he said as he pulled out some notes.
"No, its okay," I protested. "You're the guest."
"And a male. What kind of man would I be if I made a pretty girl like you pay?" he asked and winked before paying. I blushed and looked down, suddenly very interested in my converse.
"Shall we?" he asked, getting up.
"We shall," I said, quoting him. He laughed as we went through walked through the doors.
"Taki's is really nice. I had a nice time," he said, looking sideways at me as we started walking back to the Institute.
"Yeah, me too." Suddenly I felt pressure in my hand, and I looked to see Aden holding my hand. I looked up to see Aden looking at me, as if asking if it was okay. I squeezed his hand reassuringly, smiling.
And we walked down the street, hand in hand.
Jace's Point of View
Sel, Izzy, Aline, Alec and I were all just chilling in Izzy's room – which I have no idea why in her room, I mean it's so messy – but whatever. We were all catching up and talking.
Izzy, Aline and Alec were sitting at the edge of the bed while me and Sel were curled up at the pillows. We kept a steady stream of chatter up, and I just zoned out for a minute, wondering what Clary and Aden were doing.
The thrill of Sel coming was dulling and I was just out of it. I sighed, wondering if Clary was thinking of me, like how I was thinking of her. Ah, whatever, I thought. It's better for her. After all, I did this to put her happiness first. Not to complain like a stupid ex about dumping his amazing girlfriend like an idiot.
As if conquered up by my thinking, Clary and Aden entered the room, hand in hand, laughing. Everyone stopped talking and stared at both of them.
"What?" Clary asked self consciously and tugged the collar of her shirt nervously.
"Oh, nothing. Nice of you two to finally cared to join us."
"Nice to know that we were so missed," Clary snorted.
"Greatly," I couldn't help but to add in, speaking before thinking. Clary just looked at me, her green eyes piercing gold. At least she wasn't glaring, I thought. That was something. Maybe we could be friends again…eventually.
We continued talking, promising to show them something that they haven't all seen yet. Eventually, dinner time rolled around.
"DINNER!" Maryse bellowed from somewhere in the Institute.
"Coming!" Izzy yelled back. Turning to us she said, "Come on, who's hungry?"
"I am, unless you cooked," I joked.
"Word," Selena agreed and we high-fived.
"Well then," Izzy huffed. "Let's just go."
Clary's Point of View
We all shuffled out the door behind Izzy, entering the kitchen.
"Oh, hello Aline. Who are your friends?" Maryse greeted, smoothing out the nonexistent wrinkles on her pencil skirt.
"I'm Selena Carstairs," Selena introduced herself, shaking her hand.
"Aden Lovelace," Aden introduced and shook hands with Maryse as well. I waggled my eyebrows up and down at him when Maryse wasn't looking. Lovelace? You've got to be kidding me. He just smiled at me, as if he could guess what I was thinking.
Maryse smiled and from the corner of my eye, I could see a flicker of movement. Surprisingly, Magnus was here for dinner too. And the way he was looking at Selena and Aden – shocked and something else that I couldn't identify – was scaring me.
As if he couldn't quite believe what he was seeing. Tossing Magnus's weird looks aside, we all sat down at the table excluding Maryse who was going to eat with Robert later. Aden sat down on my right at the head of the table.
I looked up, surprised to find my eyes locking with tawny. I looked at Selena, who was sitting next to Jace, who was watching us. She blushed, a faint pink coloring the silver when she realized I caught her looking. Ah, well, she knows about the 'fight' already. That left Aline sitting across from Izzy.
We all had spaghetti with chicken, with a side of salad. Unlike Izzy, Maryse was actually a really good cook. Somehow, that didn't run in the family, or at least, with Izzy it didn't.
Dinner was surprisingly quite at first, only hearing the quite scraping of the forks on the plate. I guess we all felt too weird to talk in front of Maryse. Plus, we have been talking for a long time anyway. I looked up, to see Aline looking at Jace weirdly. Furrowing my eyebrows, I made a mental note to ask him about that.
"So," Maryse started, clearing her throat slightly, "how long do you guys plan on staying?"
It was silent for a moment; no one knew how to answer. "Well, Aline is going back but me and Aden still have to decide," Selena spoke.
Maryse nodded her head understandingly. "It's hard to pick, I assume. Why don't you live in Idris?" Maryse asked curiously.
"Well, we've been there for a while, longer than most places we've stayed at but something about it was quite…right for us. It was a beautiful place, don't get me wrong, but Sel and I decided it would be better if we didn't live there," Aden answered this time.
Maryse nodded, but I had a feeling that if she could, she would move back to Idris. It was spectacular there, but this is home for me. "Where did you guys live?"
Selena and Aden locked eyes for so briefly that I wondered if I imagined it. "We've been all over," Selena replied, not really answering the question, as if she was purposefully avoiding it.
"Yes, but there has to be a place where you spent your childhood or a place where you lived the longest," Maryse pressed. I could see Izzy, Alec and Jace giving her a pointed look but she just brushed it off.
"It's okay. We grew up in California before finishing up training in Idris," she said with a sad smile.
"And," Aden added, "we've lived in Hawaii for a long time too."
"Ah, that's nice. I take it that you prefer warmer places then?"
"Well, not necessarily. California could be cold sometimes, but nothing compared to here. But we've been to many places where it was cold so we will get used to it quickly."
"So you are considering living here?" Again, Selena and Aden shared a look.
"We aren't sure if we are, but it's really nice here. And there are people our age, for a change."
"It could be a pleasure to have you here," Maryse said whole-heartedly but I noticed that she looked like she wanted to wince. Ah, right. Max. Max wasn't near our age, and I guess saying that made her remember. I felt a pang of guilt; I could only imagine how horrible it would feel to lose your son when he was so young. Even if we Shadowhunters expected a short life, he was still very young.
Little Max, who was like Simon at his age. Glasses askew on his nose, reading Manga with a gamer tee on. I sighed; even though I didn't know him that well, I still felt his loss.
After that, everything fell into an easy chatter, Maryse leaving after a while to do something. Surprisingly, me and Jace didn't have a fight at the table but every once in a while, I would feel slightly uneasy with him there.
Then, we went back to Izzy's room to hang out while Maryse and Robert ate. Selena, Izzy, Aline and I all gave each other makeovers, and tried to convince the boys to let us do it too.
"Please," I whined, looking at them with puppy dog eyes.
"No. No way in hell will I let you touch me with that glob," Alec replied, disgusted.
"Sorry," Aden looked at me apologetically, "I'm not with you on this."
"Second that," Jace said, looking at the "glob" in disgust. Okay, so I don't like makeup that much either, but hey, it made me look better. And it would be funny if the boys wear it.
"Hey, well, we wear the glob, so you can too!"
"No one told you to," was Jace's and Aden's response at the same time.
I looked at them for a second as they looked at each other, shocked that they said the same thing at the same time. They were more alike than I realized. "Yeah, well, I guess it's true. Girls can do everything boys can and do it better," I said, turning around and looking at them. I knew putting it like this would annoy Jace and since Aden was so much like Jace, it would annoy him too. Thus, successfully getting them to wear the 'glob'.
"Burn," Alec said.
"You're also a guy," Jace replied.
"Yeah, well I'm gay."
"You're gay?" Aden and Selena asked at the same time. I guess they didn't notice Magnus and the looks he was giving Alec then.
"Silver, stopping copying me. I know I'm awesome and all but get a grip!" Aden said.
"Always the cocky one," muttered Selena. Silver? I wondered. I guess it made sense, I mean she's all silver. Cute nickname.
"Anyways, Alec," Jace said, "but that doesn't make you any less of a guy. And that gives you all the more reason to wear it. I mean, your boyfriend does too." Alec turned a bright tomato red, his blue eyes swirling like a hurricane. One that was going to beat down Jace hard.
"Shut up."
"That's the best comeback you got?" Jace taunted.
"Clary, control your boyfriend," Alec angrily commanded. Silence fell upon the room. "What? He is her friend, isn't he?" It felt like everyone just let out a breath, as if we were all holding it. But I could tell that Alec forgot that we weren't dating anymore. Selena looked a bit curious, cocking her head to the side but not saying anything.
"No one can Alec. I can do whatever I want."
"Oh blah. Fine, let's see you put that glob on," Alec said, smiling. Jace never backs down from something.
"This 'glob' has a name you know," Izzy educated.
"We don't c are Izzy. Fine, I will if you do it too."
"Fine but that's not fair," Alec complained. Jace arched an eyebrow, beckoning him to explain. "What about Aden?"
"What?' Aden asked, clearly missing what they Alec had just said. "Why is everyone looking at me?"
"Just say yes," Alec told him.
"Yes to wha–"
"He just said yes! You guys have to do it," I interrupted, smirking. This was going to be fun.
"For what?" Aden thundered.
"Take a seat," Izzy ordered, waving to the chair.
"Oh no, oh no. By the Angel no!"
"Too bad." And we dragged him into the chair.
.o.O.o.
Hours later, Aden ended up having dark blue eye shadow on his eyes with some blush on his cheeks. I got to admit, this was pretty funny. He would have made a good girl.
Alec had light blue eye shadow with matching nails and mascara. Jace had glittery gold eye shadow, gold toes and he was wearing eyeliner. I couldn't help but to smirk at the sight of it.
"Alliekinz!" someone called as it burst through the door. A tall Asian, with green cat eyes and coffee colored skin entered the room in a flourish.
"Hey," Alec smiled, forgetting about the "glob" on him.
"Ohmygosh, you look so good Alec!" Magnus gushed. "Love the color, brings out your eyes. And the mascara, just wow. Wow to all of you boys actually. Never looked better." He winked a glittery eye at them.
Immediately, all boys blushed a deep scarlet. Well, at least I thought Aden was, I couldn't tell with all the blush on. "Ah, well, I think it's time to go to sleep. I'm tired from traveling. Bye Clary," he said, giving me a quick peck on the cheek and dashing out the door.
"Ah, yeah, I have to go home or else my parents will freak. Bye!" And I was out of the door. I could see everyone's disbelief looks from my peripheral vision as I fled but I ignored it. I knew that they thought I was going to like make out in a corner with Aden or something.
However, I had stayed really late and it didn't help that my phone was about to die any minute. I raced home, making it back in a record of time. However, not enough that I was going to save my behind. I burst through the back door, breathless.
"Hey Clary," Luke greeted casually from the kitchen, lounging on the chair.
"Don't hey Clary her!" another voice scolded. My mother. I wanted so badly to sigh.
"Mom," I weakly said.
"Clary," she said, looking at me and crossing her arms and tapping her foot. Aww, hell. "We have you been?"
"Well, I was with–"
"Jace, I know! You really need to control yourself! I was this close from calling Maryse!" Jocelyn yelled, demonstrating with her fingers how close she was to calling.
I tried not to wince. I thought that they already guessed that we broke up. "But–"
"No buts! You–"
This time Jocelyn was cut off. "Honey," Luke soothed her and gave her a meaningful look.
She took a deep breath. "Sorry hon. I didn't mean to yell. I know you guys fought and made up, but you have responsibilities."
"Mom," I told her, looking at her in the eye. This was not going to be easy to tell her, but I'm sure she would be jumping for joy with the news I would tell her; she was never found of him and now I see why. "We aren't together. We broke up days ago."
I could see the look of surprise on both of their faces. "Aw, honey," Mom said, coming up to me and taking me in a huge bear hug. "It's okay," she said calmingly, rubbing circles on my back.
"It's okay mom. I'm fine."
She gave me a look of disbelief but let it drop. "Wait, then who were you with?" Luke asked. I forgot for a moment that he was even here.
"Oh, a couple new Shadowhunters came with Aline and we had dinner. I lost track of the time…" I trailed off, hoping they would get it. I sure wasn't about to tell them about Aden yet.
"Oh, that's nice." It looked like he was going to say something else too but he was cut off by my yawn.
"Tired?" Luke asked. I nodded. I wasn't lying, I actually was. Waking up early and going to sleep late had a toll on me. I wondered why the let me sleepover if they thought that me and Jace made up. Maybe they thought tonight. Whatever.
"Goodnight," my parents chorused and I quickly went up the stairs.
I threw on my PJ's and flopped onto the bed, beat.
Strangely, I went to sleep thinking about Aden. I woke up again a few hours later, having the urge to draw on the door. Somewhere in my mind, I was aware that I was going through the DP again. I went through the swirls without hesitation, thinking about Aden.
I blinked. I was in what I guessed was a very old fashioned dining room. It was rather big, enough room at the table to seat at least twenty. A massive gasolier hung from the ceiling, lighting the room with a pale yellow glow. On a sideboard, there was china set in it, a gilt-framed mirror that ran the length of the room. There was also a low glass bowl of white flowers decoration the table's center. It was nice for something old.
I saw the girl – what was here name? Tessa – Will with one girl and women that I did not recognize. I had no idea why I was back here. I was done with this stupid rune and I was just going to give it to the Clave; it had to be some use to them. Looks like I always come up with runes at the weirdest times.
The fair-headed girl that looked around Tessa's and my age was in a shimmered low-cut gown. Another Isabelle, I thought to myself. She was in what I assumed a fashionable dress and was wearing a ring on almost every single finger. She was pretty too, just like Izzy. And it looked like she was tall and skinny.
"And Jessamine – Jessie, do look up. Jessie, this is Miss Theresa Gray; Miss Gray, this is Miss Jessamine Lovelace." I gasped, not bothering to stifle it. I knew that no one would hear me anyway.
Great, I sarcastically thought, my ex's stupid ancestor would be friends with the guy I was currently dating ancestor. Damn, could this get any worse?
And there was a black darkness before I was set in another room. I blinked; I thought I was getting pushed out per usual. I was now standing in a hallway and I was unsure what to do. Why was I standing in a random hallway? And I wanted to leave now. But how do I leave? All those other times, I was forced out by…something. I didn't want to dwell on that.
Suddenly, I saw Tessa creep out her room and that's when I realized that I heard music being played. A violin? It was really good. Probably Will, I thought. Musical skills probably run in the family.
The door was slightly ajar and Tessa put her hands to it, the door swinging open. "Will?" he called out. "Will, is that you?" He didn't even stop playing as he said this. It's obviously not Will.
And was he blind? Couldn't he just see who it is? I crept up behind Tessa, not wanting to be her again like last time. That was just creepy. Although, I was as close to her as I could get.
Tessa didn't say anything. I agreed with her, the music was too beautiful to interrupt. However, whoever is was did break it off themselves.
"Will–" he started, but saw Tessa. I swear, it looked like he saw me too. "You're not Will." And that's when I really looked at him. He had silver hair and eyes. Even his skin was silver, although it was probably heightened by the moonlight streaming in through the window.
Please, I thought, he is not related to Selena. This is all too weird. That we are friends with the families that were friends after a hundred something years. I still didn't know what year this was, but it couldn't have been that long ago. But how is it possible that Jace's, Aden's and Selena's descents were all friends?
Oh Angel, the universe was strange. "I'm so sorry," Tessa said, clearing her throat and breaking me away from my thoughts, not that I minded. I didn't exactly want to think about this right now. "I – I didn't mean to come in here like this. It's – my room is across the hall…"
"That's all right." He lowered the violin from his shoulder. He was so skinny! I wonder where this silver trait came from. "You're Miss Gray, aren't you? The shape-changer girl. Will told me a bit about you."
"Oh," Tessa said.
"Oh?" The boy's eyebrows rose. "You don't sound terribly pleased that I know who you are."
"It's just that I think Will is angry with me," Tessa explained. "So whatever he told you –"
He laughed. "Will is angry with everyone," he said. "I don't let it color my judgment." Sounds a lot like Jace sometimes. Strange…
He turned to lay the instruments and the bow on top of a wardrobe. When he turned back, he was smiling. He had a rather nice smile. "I should have introduced myself earlier," he said. "I'm James Carstairs. Please call me Jem – everyone does." So I was right! He was a Carstairs. I wondered what they would think if they knew that all the ancestors are friend.
And that's when I was pushed out and blackness enveloped me like a blanket.
Unknown Third Person Point of View
The sharp sound of the phone ringing pierced the quite.
"Hello?" a man answered.
"Hello. Is all going according to plan?" a deeper voice answered. Usually he didn't even bother with a hello, but he was feeling a bit nice today. But even on his nice day, he was not one to mess with.
"Yes, everything is. All we need is a couple more weeks and the job should be finished." Even though the other man couldn't see, he smiled. He had a feeling that this was too easy.
"Good," was the only reply from the deep voice before he hung up.
"Thanks for the goodbye," the other man muttered sarcastically into the phone, slightly annoyed before he hung up as well.
Cue the scary music =) You like? I know that this chapter was slow sadly, but at least the ending was kinda cool, right? This was only a filler chapter. Wait till you see the next few chapters – it's going to get intense.
If you will, please tell me what you guys think of the whole Selena Carstairs and the Aden Lovelace thing if you read The Infernal Devices. It's just a little extra thing if you read it. I was planning it since they went into the club and then you see the connection in the DP and I really liked it.
Also, who did you think was the people on the phone? Aw, yes, a killer but at least I know who they are =) The secret word: BQQ. And yes, as always, I have a reason: because I had one yesterday! *whoot whoot* But the mosquitoes suck (literally) but luckily everyone but me got bitten *smiles* Oh and thanks for the many reviews again! Love you guys! Think we can make it to 108? I can't believe we got to 100 =) You guys made my month, really.
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