It was 8 pm; outside the sky was dark, but not black. In New York the sky
was never black; there would always be light. But even if Jace lived in the
city that never slept, the city full of light and people, he still felt
alone, dark, empty, and betrayed.
He was still at his office, the lights were out and the Herondale Inc.
building was sleeping. All except for him.
Clary hadn't told him, he still couldn't believe it. She had been carrying
his child and she hadn't told him. She had lost his kid and she hadn't cried
on his shoulder.
He had no idea where to go, because he didn't want to go home. Magnus and
Alec were in France; he couldn't go to Simon because Isabelle would be there
(and Isabelle was Clary's friend), and there was of course Jordan and Maia,
both of them friends of Jace and not Clary.
Jace had known Jordan and Maia since their first year of college. Jordan had
shared some classes with Simon, but Simon had always been the geek, so when
Simon had introduced Jordan to Jace the two boys had instantly hit it off.
It had been Jordan and Jace who had gotten so drunk that they had sneaked
into the principal's office, painted his desk pink, and filled the cabinets
with Magnus' glitter. Simon had picked them up at the police station.
Jace had getting to know Maia through her ex-boyfriend Daniel. They had met
at a party and since Maia always had been a tomboy, she had fitted right in.
When Maia had found out that Daniel had cheated on her with one of the girls
from his class, it had been Jordan and Jace who had beat him up and Simon
had bailed them out. After that the group had done many crazy things, like
the road trip during summer break in their junior year.
There had been parties which had ended with a drunken Magnus running naked
down the streets; again Simon had picked him up at the police station.
Actually every party or "good idea" had ended with Simon picking someone up
at the police station. In the end every police officer had known Simon on an
almost friendly basis.
It had been in the end of senior year when Jace had needed help with fixing
his car. He had called Simon but the nerd didn't pick up; he didn't want to
call Magnus (a car full of glitter didn't seem as appealing as it could,) so
Jace had gone out to look for Jordan. He had finally found him, but he had
also found something else, or rather someone.
Flashback
Jace walked down the hall. Muffled sounds from the different rooms followed
him down. He stopped in front of Jordan's door; he knew it wasn't locked, it
never was. He pulled down the handle and pushed the door open.
"Hey Jordan doing some-" Jace stopped dead in his tracks, his eyes widening
and his blood running cold. This, he thought, was like his worst nightmare
coming true.
In front of him, on Jordan's bed lay Jordan, butt naked. Of course Jace had
seen Jordan naked before, but Jordan wasn't alone. He was with a girl, but
not just any girl. It was Maia and just like Jordan, she was naked too. It
was like seeing your parents having sex in the kitchen. Maia was covering
her chest with a pillow, her legs still around Jordan's middle.
Jace made a very un-masculine sound from the back of his throat.
"Would you mind?" Jordan asked raising an eyebrow. Jace opened his mouth
trying to say something, but nothing came out so he closed it again.
"I will explain later Jace, but would you let us finish here first?" Jordan
asked again, this time he sounded like he was talking to a 3 year old, and
in that moment Jace really did feel like a little kid. Maia just nodded,
pointing at the door with her eyebrows raised. So Jace did as he was told,
probably for the first time in his life.
End of flashback
Later Jordan had come to Jace's dorm and told him why he and Maia hadn't
said anything. Jace of course didn't really have anything against it, but
the picture of two of his best friends in bed together had kind of grossed
him out. It was also that moment that Jace had realized that Maia was a
girl.
Jace looked up from the papers on his desk. Jordan and Maia would always be
his friends; they would know what to do about Clary and they would
understand. He slowly got up from his seat and picked up his phone from the
desk, dialing the number that he had known since college.
Jordan picked up after the first ring, just like always. "Hey dude, what's
up?" he asked, he sounded a bit distracted and Jace could hear Maia laugh in
the background.
"What are you doing right now?" Jace asked, walking around his desk and
picking up his coat.
"Hanging out with Maia, why?" Jordan asked, suddenly concerned.
That was the problem with friends, Jace thought; they always knew when
something was wrong.
"Mind if I join?" Jace asked, walking out of his office and locking the door
behind him. "Clary and I-we're not really.." Jace trailed of, not really
knowing what to say. But he didn't have to, Jordan already knew.
"Sure, I'll find some beers and then we can talk." Jordan said.
"Yeah," Jace said, swallowing hard "Sounds good."
There wasn't any "bye" or "see you soon", Jace just ended the call and
walked into the elevator, closing his eyes and hoping that his friends would
have some answers. He really needed that now.
hello here is the next chapter hope you like it :)
Eva