They were out shopping. Jace was pushing the cart while Clary was finding the items on her list.
Jace hated shopping. The only reason he had been in Wal-Mart that day he met Clary was because he needed beer for meeting eith old college friends. When Jace had been a kid, the only good thing about going shopping with his mom was the candy aisle. Now even that wasn't enough to drown out the constant noise of kids yelling, crying and misbehaving, and the annoying sound from the radio/speakers.
Clary had pulled her hair up in a ponytail; her long red locks swinging with her every step. She was looking at two kinds of butter; Jace had no idea why, and looked like she was in deep thought.
She was wearing a light blue blouse and white pants, the material slightly silky looking. Jace thought she looked a little too fancy, (after all they were at Wal-Mart) but then again he was in a suit.
He had picked her up right after work, which explained the clothes, and together they had ended up here.
"I really like mangoes," Jace said suddenly.
"I know," Clary replied, "What do you want me to do about it?" she went over to a shelf and found a new organic brand of something, Jace didn't really care.
"Maybe we could buy some?" Jace asked, pushing the cart over to Clary.
Clary looked at him; he could feel how her gaze studied him.
"Sure, let's get down to the fruit then." she turned around and started walking, but Jace being Jace, couldn't help himself when he opened his mouth and very loudly said:
"That's what she said!" Clary turned around; he was almost expecting her to yell at him. But she didn't.
Actually she did quit the opposite: she smiled and yelled back, "Tell her that she can find better bananas at Magnus's!"
Then Jace heard one of the most beautiful sounds; Clary's laughter. It had been so long since he had last heard it, but it still sounded just as beautiful.
Across from them an older couple stood with eyes wide and mouth open. When Clary saw them she quickly shut up.
"That was just a joke…" she said, the awkwardness of it all clearly showing on her face. Jace, being the gentleman he was, moved over to Clary.
"It is such a great day," he said to the older ones, "The two of you should really enjoy it. Buy some... bananas. Have a great day!" Jace then took his wife by the arm, leading her away from the shocked couple.
"Buy some bananas? Jace they probably think that we are the weirdest couple ever, why couldn't you have said coffee or something more...mature?" Clary didn't sound mad or angry at him, just a little shocked and astonished.
"Come on Clary, live a little. I could have said that I liked wearing tutus and eating little children, and they wouldn't care. For all I think they didn't even hear what I said, just that I said something." Jace smiled down at her, but she had suddenly gone a little stiff.
"Let's just find you mangoes, and go pay." Clary said before walking off, leaving a very confused Jace.
Was it something I said? he asked himself.