Hello!
I am so sorry my readers! I hope I haven't lost to many of you, school gets in the way far to often for my liking. If any of you have checked out my other story 'I am, Clarissa Fairchild' you will see that I decided against completing that story due to a minimal number of reviews.
Here is my hypothesis:
No reviews = No motivation = no story
So when I saw that I only got about 3 reviews on my last chapter I was sad but considering all of the reviews I have been getting, it's okay.
Just this once, another issue I had was that I couldn't… actually… log… in… awkward
Here it is:
Impulses, Chapter 7: Time
It seemed that since Clary had become engaged to her perfect boyfriend Jace, she'd been non-stop sorting things out. Of course she had Isabelle to help her but there was just something inside Clary telling her this was her wedding day, hers and Jace's, nobody else's and that she should plan it. This however caused major levels of stress and less time for Jace which did not go unnoticed.
They were always arguing, about this and that… things that really did not matter at all. Evidently Jace was frustrated, but Clary was on her feet all day everyday trying to organise the ceremony that would to tie her to Jace forever. Three months into the engagement and things were just getting busier and busier, the wedding was in two months and it just felt like Clary had gotten nothing together. Isabelle had sorted out the flowers, specifically medianox flowers from Idris as they were Clary's favourite. Every time she saw them she remembered the Green-House where Jace took her on her birthday when Jace had first kissed her.
The dress was sorted, she just had to keep Jace's eyes away, just because she was now a qualified Shadowhunter didn't mean she was about to let some of the Mundane traditions go, she truly believed that is Jace saw her wedding dress something bad was bound to happen.
So as she sat in the cake shop by herself staring at the cake catalogue picturing chocolate, sponge, cheese and all other forms of cake, she wondered when this would all stop. Surely it wouldn't be this stressful for the whole engagement process.
"Are you okay Ma'am? Do you see something you like?" The overly round chef asked in his strong French accent. Clary had chosen a white tiered cake with small pale yellow flowers decorating the outside. It was beautiful and it apparently had a gooey mango centre, Jace would love it.
"Um, I'm looking to order cake number 57? If that is okay?" Clary asked standing up slightly to show the chef the cake she wanted.
"Of course, how far away is the wedding day?" He asked politely.
"It's in about a month, my friend will email you the date" Clary smiled at him as he said Au Revior and turned back to the kitchen.
As she walked back to the Institute, she felt a buzzing against her side and reached into her jean pocket and pulled out her phone. Of course it was none other than her perfect fiancé Jace Lightwood.
"Yes?" She spoke quietly into the phone glad to hear his voice,
"Where are you?" He could her the annoyance in his voice as he replied without even saying hello.
"Sorry, I was out getting the cake sorted out. I should be home soon" Clary told Jace hoping he wasn't to annoyed with her, it seemed she was always in trouble with someone. Isabelle for not organising the wedding, Jace for organising the wedding.
"That would be nice since I haven't seen you for the past two days" Jace had been down in Los Angeles on a training mission with some Clave instructors and other Shadowhunters. She had missed him of course but had also been so busy the days had gone by extremely fast.
"Okay, I'm sorry. I'm about ten minutes away" She muttered into the phone and hanging up before she could hear Jace's reply. She knew she was always out and busy but she didn't mean to not see Jace, it was just difficult.
-Impulses-
The oak door creaked open as Clary entered the large foyer of the Institute. She put her bags down on one of the hall cabinets and walked down to the kitchen. On her way down the corridor naturally she bumped into the annoyed Jace.
"Finally decided to come and visit?" He asked sarcastically.
"Do you want a nice wedding or not?" She asked in a sharp tone, he was just being unfair as far as she was concerned.
"Yea I want a nice wedding, which means marrying the woman that I want to spend the rest of my life with, but how can I spend the rest of my live with you if I aren't even spending tome with you during our engagement?" His voice rose a little as he crossed his arms across his muscular chest.
"I'm just trying to plan our wedding the way we'd like it Jace" Clary mumbled quietly. She looked down at her feet and shuffled her thumbs together, "If you don't want that then you're marrying the wrong person" before she knew what was happening Jace's hands were passionately wrapping around her waist pressing her hard against him as he crashed his lips down on hers. They just stood there for a moment before Jace pulled away, his arms hanging loosely around Clary as he pressed his forehead down against Clary's which made her feel all warm inside.
"Clary, I don't ever want to be with anybody else. I just… want to see you, I want to be with you right now" He said to her swaying against her slightly which Clary liked.
"Okay" She mumbled quietly pressing her head into Jace's chest, letting him hold her tightly. She'd wanted this, having his strong arms hold her safely into him, keeping her from harm.
"It's just… there's so much to do and I'm never going to get it all done" Clary whispered into Jace's chest knowing he could hear her clearly.
"Baby, it's okay, maybe just let Izzy help out a bit more, you know she's dying to" Jace soothed her, rubbing her back slowly which calmed her down quickly, just his tender touch slowed her breathing and appeased her thoughts.
"You know what I think?" Jace asked quietly pulling away only slightly so he could look down to face Clary.
"That I'm being a stress-head, and should stop doing everything myself and-" Clary started but was cut off.
"No Clary, I think, you need to spend more time with me and stop worrying!" Jace hugged her closely and kissed her softly on the head. It was times like these when Clary couldn't even remember a time or place when she didn't have Jace, but thank god she had him right now.
Ok,
I know this was a short chapter and I am extremely sorry but I need to explain so please stick with me!
Here we go:
Less Reviews = Shorter chapters
Less Reviews = late updates
More Reviews = Longer chapters
More Reviews = Earlier updates
Longer Reviews = Longer chapters
Longer Reviews = Earlier updates
Is that okay? I hope so. I do need encouragement to finish stories, so to give you guys encouragement to encourage me here's what I'll do: Over 10 reviews and you get the wedding scene next chapter! Hmmm? Less than 10 chapters will result in a filler chapter but you'll still get a chapter! I hope I'm not being to pushy… if I am let me know and I'll re-organise I promise. I don't want to be a pushy author.
Thankyou so much guys! I am terribly sorry for the late update! I am
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