A Hidden World

Chapter 3

Boyfriend?

I was walking down the stairs and I could see from the window I just pasted that it was already dark outside. I have been sleeping a day? How is that possible? I still felt tired and my body was a little numb too. And the sting in my arm? How did I get that? Demon he said. That can't be true, but again I couldn't explain the last night's events and Simon believed what he said.

The stairs led to a big living room. The walls were painted a light yellow colour and the sofas were dark blue. Between the sofas and the lighted fireplace was a coffee table. Jace was sitting next to it and the light coming from the fireplace made him glow. Under his white t-shirt I could see his toned muscles as he breathed evenly. His yellow curls were thrown above his eyes while he was reading, then he spoke without talking his eyes from the book.

"I told you, you would be fine after the sting was out." He said raising his head and smiling to me.

"I can walk now, if that's what you mean. But I still feel awful. I can't believe I have been sleeping a whole day." I said as I a walked to the window and looked outside. The yesterday's disastrous scene was gone. Everything was clean and in place. The broken furniture were replaced and the pool was clean only reflecting the moon's light.

"Yea, we cleaned the mess." I hadn't heard him walking up to me when I turned to find him in front of me.

"Did you kill it?" I said looking at him as he closed the curtains.

"No." He sounded angry. "I couldn't since you were unconscious. I had to get you out and when I went to look for it, it was gone."

He went to the sofa and he mentioned me to sit beside him but instead I sat opposite him. He may look gorgeous but I didn't know him. He was a stranger to me and I realised again that we were alone.

"Where is Simon?"

"Somewhere with Isabelle I suppose."

"Well...I suppose I have to leave now. Thank Isabelle for the dress I will....."

"Oh you are not." He snapped at me.

"Excuse me?" I said starting to feel a little uncomfortable with this situation.

"You can't leave. You are still ill and besides it is dark outside you can't ...."

"What?" It was my turn to snap back at him. I was feeling angry now. He can't just lock me up. I had to find Simon and get out of here. I search for my phone realising that it had gone into the water with me when I fell into the pool and it wouldn't be working now.

"Please Clary." He said softly to me with his incredible voice that for a moment I thought I would stay. Before I could say yes to him I came back to reality from a thumb at the door.

Jace got at his feet immediately and went to the door.

"Stay where you are and try to be quite." He said looking serious now.

"What? It is probably someone at the door."

"No, Clary don't!" He shouted at me as I opened the door to find a black haired boy with beautiful blue eyes in front of me.

"I see you are up." He said coming inside.

"You shouldn't open doors like that." Jace said to me. He seemed angry now.

"Why? Besides I don't think demons would knock. Not that I believe..." I said mostly to myself "that there are demons." But he heard me.

"Believe me, you wouldn't want to see them."

"There is no turning back." The dark haired boy said sadly. "If you get the powder in your eyes....it is permanent. You will always see them and you will probably go crazy like most humans."

I watched him as he was walking out of the room not before saying to Jace that the perimeter was clean and then leaving us alone.

"So Simon...is he ....."

"Yes, he will be able to see them."

"Why?"

"Well..." Jace started with a smug looking on his face like he was giving a lecture. "...you see the powder is actually dragons' ashes and has the power to...."

"No I didn't mean that." I said starting to feel a little irritated by him. He looked confused as he pulled his eyebrows together looking at me. "I meant why did you give him the powder? Why, since you knew there is no turning back."

Jace looked at me, surprise filling his face. "I thought you didn't believe."

"Just answer me."

"Well, we didn't. He said that he had met someone in the past and had the powder in his eyes. Something about his father and how he was killed by a demon......"

"No, that's not possible because his dad died in a car accident when he was a baby."

I couldn't believe what I was hearing. I had come close to believe this story about demons but this was too much.

"I know." He looked sceptical when he said.... "It seems impossible for him to have survived all these years. If demons knew that he could see them, he would be already dead."

I had started to feel a little dizzy and I slowly sat down. The floor was cold but it help me think more clear.

"Are you ok?" he asked trying to hide the agonize out of his voice.

"Yea, I'm fine. It helps me to think."

"Well,.." He started." "...if you want my opinion... your boyfriend should have told you that. It isn't like..."

"He is not my boyfriend." I said still looking at the floor not bothering looking up at him but I could tell i got him by surprise because he stayed silent for a few seconds before continuing.

"As I was saying..." he started but got interrupted again, this time by Isabelle.

"Jace I made dinner, you should come before it is...... is she ok?"

"Yea, she is just thinking."

"Clary?" a familiar voice came from behind me. I stood up to face Simon.

"Is it true?" I asked him trying to control my anger.

"What are you talking about?"

"Save it. I already told her." Jace told him. Simon shot a hatred look at him before he turned to me.

"Clary.... if I had told you would think I am crazy and......"

"Right now I don't want to hear anything. I am going home." I said and left with Simon shouting and Jace following me.

"You should stay inside." He told me as he grabbed my hand and turned me around to face him.

"No, I should be home."

"It isn't safe for you now. You were attacked just yesterday."

"So what?" I said furious now. I wanted so badly to hit him right now that if he wasn't holding my hand I would have given him a punch on his pretty face.

"It may be after you Clary." He said trying to convince me. "Some demons don't like the fact that their pray managed to escape.

"And now I have to stay inside the house never getting out again?"

"No, but it would be a good idea for a few days to stay with us and since your parents are out of town it would be easier. We don't need to put them through....."

"Ok." I said so he could stop bugging me.

"What?" He didn't expect that I would agree so quickly.

Neither did I to be honest. I was angry and the whole thing frustrated me. I would stay with them one more day but I wouldn't be alone. I would make Simon stay with me too; hell no, I would stay with some strangers without having someone I know. But again it seemed I didn't know Simon either anymore.

"You heard me. I may be angry right now but I am very tired to argue more so...." A smile trailed on his hips failing to hide it. "But I need to get home to take some clothes."

"Mmm....I don't think ....."

"Look I agreed to stay one more day, so don't worry I will be back. I need clothes I can't just walk around will Isabelle's clothes."

"Fine." He said and let go of my hand. "But I am coming with you."