So here's the second chapter. Sorry for the late update and I hope you like it. :)
- Two hours later-
The girl finally fell asleep in her arms. She slowly laid her on the bed and covered her with the blanket. Quietly, she left the room and with one last look, closed the door. She sighed.
"So Maryse, what happened? You were there for quite some time." Maryse turned to look at her dark – haired husband.
"She wouldn't stop crying, Robert. She kept saying that -. "They were interrupted by the sound of someone's voice.
"Mom! Dad! Dinner's ready!" They both turned to look at the bottom of the stairs and saw their son, Alec.
"Okay, were coming." Maryse gave Robert's arm a light squeeze. "We'll talk about this later." She turned around and walked towards her son.
"So who cooked this time?"
Her son smiled at his mother fondly and replied "Not Izzy that's for sure. It was dad and me and Jace."
"Jace? Really?" Maryse asked with amusement.
Alec scratched his head. "We'll he tried to but he ended up burning the garlic and himself in the process. His fine but I can't say the same for his shirt."
-Silence-
"Hey Mom?"
"Yes?"
He turned to her with a blank expression "We should really teach those two to cook."
Maryse laughed "Of course!"
"Hey! What's so funny?"
"Oh! Isabelle, I didn't see you there." Maryse turned to her daughter. Both of them looked so alike, the only difference was their eyes for Isabelle's were black instead of blue.
"Apparently, you still didn't answer my question."
"It was nothing, I was just reminiscing."
Isabelle raised an eyebrow. "Okay...If you say so." She scanned the room. "Where's dad?"
"Right here." Her father stepped forward.
"Okay, can you guys stop talking so we can eat now?" Jace asked, leaning on the table.
"Alright, fine." Isabella said throwing her arms up in a dramatic way. "Why are you so hungry?"
"We'll I'm sorry but unlike you, I don't believing in staving myself the get the so called perfect figure." He smirked at Isabelle and sat down on one of the chairs.
Isabelle's faced turned bright red from both fury and embarrassment. "That was a onetime thing! And don't you dare act like you don't spend time to look your best! You are the only guy I know who actually spends the same time as me to get ready! Sometimes even longer!"
"Now, now Izzy, you don't have to throw another one of your diva tantrums beside you don't know what I do with that time. What if I was just sleeping? Or staring at the ceiling? And anyway, I already look good so I don't need that much time."
Isabella was about to hit him with her whip when Robert grabbed her hand and said "That's enough both of you! Honestly, I cannot believe you still act like such children! Why can't you be more mature, like your brother Alec? He never would never start a fight or reply at someone that rudely! Isn't that right, Alec?"
Alec slide further down his chair. "I really don't want to get involved in this but sure dad, whatever you say." He said nervously. He always hated it when his family fought since they always looked at him to back them up on what they thought about.
"Alright! All of you sit down, now!"Maryse interrupted. Isabelle and Robert quickly took a seat while Jace and Alec straightened up. They all knew that she didn't get angry that easily but when she did, let's just say that they all wished they were invisible, better yet, never born. She smiled at her family. "See, this is much better."
She took her seat and looked at her family. "Alright then, Let us eat."
A few minutes passed and nobody said anything aside from "Can you please pass the ..." and "Thank you".
Isabelle was starting to get annoyed so she decided to start a conversation.
"So Mom, who is she?"
Everyone turned their attention to her. Maryse thought for a while before replying "I don't know. She didn't stop crying."
Isabelle nodded slowly "So she didn't say anything? At all?"
"The only thing I know is that she lost her parents. I don't know why, when or how." She looked at her children and said "Did any of you see anything when you found her?"
Isabelle played with her hair, Jace scratched his head and Alec just stared at his plate.
-Flashback-
Jace was lying on the coach and he was extremely bored. He turned to look at his siblings. Alec was busy reading a book while Isabelle was busy applying a new coat of nail polish. He sighed. "Why did Clary have to be busy today?"
"You guys want to go for a walk?" Isabelle blew on her nails. "Sure why not, I'm done doing my nails. Alec, you coming?" He stretched and yawned. "Yeah okay, I want to take a break anyway."
Jace jumped up. Glad that he could finally get out of this dull house.
"Great! Let's go!"
"Wait!" Isabella thought and said. "Shouldn't we ask permission first?"
Jace quickly grabbed a piece of paper and a pen from the coffee table and hurriedly scribbled a note. He then dropped it on the table and used a used coffee mug to hold it in place.
"There! Now let's go!"
-An hour later-
"Jace! Where are we going?" Isabelle asked catching up to her brothers.
Jace stopped walking and waited for Isabelle to catch up before saying "Why, you're tired already?"
"No! But these are new boots! I don't want them to get ruined! At least... not before the new ones come out."
"Then why did you wear them?"
"Were you not listening? I just told you! They're new!" Jace slapped his forehead with his hand. Jace slapped his forehead with his hand."I will never understand females."
Jace's train of thought was disrupted by the sound of Alec's voice.
"Hey! Over here! Hurry up!" He was waving wildly at them.
"Wow!" Jace ceased running and stared at the sight in front of him. Alec was standing beside a girl with brown hair. Her eyes were closed and her body was covered in scratches. Blood was still oozing from her forehead. "What did you do to her, Alec? I mean I know you're not interested in girls but I never thought you'd actually hurt one."
Alec glared at him and replied "Jace, now is not the time for you smart-ass remarks."
"Alright, alright, but seriously what happened to her?"
Alec looked the brunette lying on the ground. "I have no idea, I just found her here."
"Let me take a look at her." Isabelle kneeled to the ground and searched for her pulse. It was very weak. She continued to check for broken bones. She found that she broke her other wrist. Isabelle sighed in relief. "She fractured her wrist but that's it. At least it's nothing too serious." She said to her brothers.
The girl on the ground opened her eyes slightly revealing that their colour was light blue. She spoke in a whisper but Isabelle could still hear her. "Help me.." Then she closed her eyes again.
Isabelle got up quickly. "We have to get her out of here, now."
Since Alec was the nearest. He bent down and picked her up slowly and carefully. "Does anyone have a piece of cloth?" Isabelle took out her handkerchief and placed it on the girl's forehead.
"Okay, let's get out of here."
-End of Flashback-
"Nope we didn't see anything else." Jace finally replied after remembering what he seen that day.
Maryse nodded. "We'll when she's ready, she'll tell us." She got up from her chair and said "I'm going to bed now. It's been quite a day. When you're done eating, can one of you bring her some food and water, just in case she wakes up in the middle of the night."
"Sure mom." Isabelle replied. "Good night."
Maryse smiled. "Good night."
Maryse was right; the girl did wake up in the middle of the night. But she poked it with the fork and decided to go back to sleep but after an hour she was wide awake. Knowing that she wouldn't be able to sleep anytime soon, she wrapped herself with the blanket, left the room and went down stairs.
-The next day-
"Can you believe that it's 11 in the morning and everyone else is still asleep?" Jace asked his best friend Alec as they were walking down the stairs.
"We'll for mom and dad, no but for Izzy, sure, you and I know that she spends hours prepping up even though she's just staying in the house." Alec answered.
"Yeah, true. What does she do anyway? I mean, she looks the same to me, it's not like she ever changes her look or something."
"Umm Jace?"
"What? She's not behind me is she?"
"No, but look." He pointed to a figure sleeping on the coach.
Jace quickly took out a seraph blade. "Shh, it must have snuck into the house last night?"
Alec rolled his eyes and walked towards the coach.
"Alec! What are you doing? Get back here!" Jace said through gritted teeth.
"Would you just look?" He pulled the blanket slightly to reveal the girl they found a few days before.
"Oh, right I knew that. I was just joking around." He said as he hid the seraph blade.
"Sure, you were." Alec rolled his eyes again. "Sometimes, you can just be as dramatic as Izzy."
"Hey, better safe than sorry. So, what is she doing here?" Jace walked to the front of the coach.
"Beats me, she probably couldn't sleep."
"Do you think we should..." He trailed on.
"Should bring her back to her room? Yeah, I think we should." Alec finished for him.
"So, you or me?"
"You do it, you're nearer."
"Uh huh, get her phone." He scooped her up in his arms and started to walk up the stairs. Both he and Alec walked up the stairs in silence. When they reached her bedroom, Alec opened the door to let him in. The first thing he saw was the food left on her bedside table.
"Well what do you know, she's dieting." Jace joked as he placed her as best as he could on her bed.
"Sure, Jace, you go and think that." Alec covered her in her bed sheets while Jace took her dinner and headed towards the door. Before Alec left her room, he took her phone from his jean pocket, placed it on her bedside table and closed the door.
Okay finished, hope you enjoyed reading it and please review.
