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"We aren't actually discussing pet names, are we?" I scoff as Jace drags me along. We are past the side of the house and have made it to the front yard.
"You do need an intervention," he replies as he allows me to stop. "So why wouldn't we?"
"We have some serious eavesdropping to do," I inform him impatiently. When he gives me a blank stare, I point to the back yard again, and Jace grimaces.
"Why would you want to watch that?" he questions. "We could talk about how you need to call me something a lot more manly than Jaciepoo."
"Fine then, I'll call you Goldilocks," I snap. "We have something to do right now."
"I'm hurt, Clary," Jace says. "My hair is a lot prettier than Goldilocks."
"Blondie?" I suggest, as I refrain from hitting either his face or mine, I'm not sure which.
"Meh," Jace replies with a shrug. "Not that good."
"Rapunzel," I suggest, raising my eyebrow.
Jace rolls his eyes. "If you call me any of those, I swear I'll call you Little Red Riding Hood." I scrunch up my nose at the thought.
"Really?" I insult. "Is that the best you can do?"
"What?" he defends, "I like it!"
"Well I don't!" I snap.
"Cherry Pie?"
"I will call you Banana Split!"
"Carousel Carrot?"
I blink at this one. "What?"
"It's a good name," he defended. "Why not?"
"It's weird!" I complain. "You're weird! Can we please argue about this later…after Simon and Isabelle officially become a couple!"
"Rat-face has no chance," Jace says with a dismissive wave of his hand. I look at him questioningly, and he just shrugs. "What? I think that our conversation is much more important than being nosy!"
"Fine, then," I snap. "Why the hell would you want to call me Carousel Carrot?"
"Well firstly, Carrot is for the color of your hair, of course, and because depending on the way that you cook a carrot, it changes flavor, and you happen to be very unpredictable" he reaches his hand out and twirls a strand of it around his index finger, and gives it a gentle tug. He doesn't release my hair as he murmurs, "a carousel goes around and around, never ending, just like the way that I feel about you."
I blink at the unexpected deepness as I jump at him, flinging my arms around him and pulling his lips abruptly to mine. He yelps slightly at the unexpectedness, but chuckles afterwards, holding me against him as he kisses me softly. I pull away quickly, my cheeks flushing from embarrassment.
"Told you that you were unpredictable," he murmurs to me with a smile.
I look down, still slightly mortified as I mumble, "It's your fault. You shouldn't say sweet things like that if you don't want me to do that."
"In that case," he says just a softly, "I need to start saying sweet things to you more often."
"Next time," I say, "try a more normal name, though. That was still weird."
"Agreed," he says with a smirk. "I tried though."
"Want to try again?" I ask, raising an eyebrow.
"Is my prize another kiss?" he questions in return.
"Depends on whether or not your answer is as good," I inform him with my arms crossed, secretly hoping that I do like his reply.
"Clare Bear?"
"Sure thing, Jacie," I reply sarcastically, rolling my eyes.
He snorts and taps his chin as he tries to think of better ones. "My Emerald?" he asks, raising an eyebrow. "You know, because your eyes is that really pretty green color," his tone makes it sound as though he was sharing common knowledge, which earned him another kiss, though this one was a bit less brief than the last. When I finally release his mouth from my own, he just looks at me with a raised eyebrow and a smirk that told me that he was enjoying this a lot more than he should.
"How about I just give you the one that I'm going to call you regardless of whether or not you like it?" he asked, crossing his arms and looking at me with the same raised eyebrow, though his smirk changed into something softer.
"What is it?" I ask suspiciously.
"Angel," he said. "What you said yesterday about a halo, and you being angelic…well you are to me, and I was serious about that."
I smile at him as I walk to him slowly and wrap my arms around his neck. "You're so sensitive sometimes," I murmur to him as he leans down. Our noses are brushing when he stops, and I'm pretty sure that my breath takes a pause as well. "How are you so sweet when you're my brother's best friend?"
Jace breathes out a laugh and shakes his head slightly, causing the tips of our noses to brush together lightly as we look into each other's eyes. "You bring it out in me," he says quietly, raising an eyebrow in a maddeningly perfect arch. "I don't know what you do."
I lean forward and close the remaining distance between us. As soon as his lips are against mine, I sigh and relax as though a heavy weight has been taken from my shoulders. His arms wrap around my middle, folding me into his chest, a gesture that I warmly invite as his lips move softly against mine. I'm smiling as much as he is as I kiss him, relishing the way that nothing is hurried and everything around me seems to have slowed down, including my heartbeat.
When he pulls away and looks at me with those eyes of his, I feel my throat close up slightly as I try and grapple for something to say that will break the spell that we're under. "I think I'm going to call you my little ducky," I inform him, hoping for a laugh or one of his many goofy grins. Instead, all he does is shudder.
"It isn't that bad," I protest.
"I hate ducks," he mutters to me. "They're vicious, hideous, vile creatures."
"You're making them sound like the girls at our school," I inform him dryly earning a snort.
"No, they're infinitely worse," he says, his voice completely serious. This is what throws me off…is Jace actually serious? He shudders again at the thought of them before he seems to realize that I'm looking at him strangely. "What?"
"You're joking, right?" I questioned, trying to keep the smile off of my face and out of my voice.
He looks at me with wide golden eyes, and says, "I may joke about a lot of things, but I will not joke about ducks."
I run a hand through his hair, and his eyes close, much to my satisfaction. "This is priceless," I conclude. "Jace Herondale, football player, and player of women…afraid of ducks."
"Ex-player of women, Clarissa," he says, "remember that, and I am not afraid of the stupid, carnivorous, yellow beasts. I'm simply not fond of being around them because they make me slightly nervous."
Part of me wants to ask about the carnivorous comment, but the rest of me is unable to because I know if I open my mouth the only thing that is going to come out is a fit of giggles. My boyfriend is afraid of ducks. That was it, I couldn't take it anymore. A peal of laughter escapes my throat as I breakdown, my head leaning forward into his chest as I start shaking. "You're afraid of ducks?" I question, my chest heaving slightly. I probably don't look very attractive at the moment, but I can't help it. "They have to be one of the cutest things in the world, and you're terrified of them!"
"This is serious, Clary!" he protests, sounding mildly hurt. The tone of his voice sobers him up slightly. I straighten up immediately and look at him in the eyes. He is frowning at me slightly, and I sigh, as I lean forward and brush my lips against his in an apology. He seems to accept it rather easily, letting me know that he wasn't really all that hurt. He smirks slightly as he holds me close. "Thank you for giving me that piece of emotional damage."
I open my mouth, suddenly feeling like a bit of a bitch, when Jace rolls his eyes and shakes his head, "Joking, Angel, don't worry. I'm not upset."
The sound of the nickname sends shivers up my spine as I smile at him. "I think," I say quietly, "that I'm just going to call you Golden Boy."
Jace smiles at that and remarks, "I like it."
"I thought you would," I say. "Now, let's go and see if there's anything left of the conversation between Simon and Izzy to listen to!"
Jace grimaces slightly but nods in agreement. "Fine," he groans, "let's get this damn thing over with!"
Hello my wonderful readers! Sorry about the lateness of the update. Here's your fix of Clary/Jace. Hope you liked it, if you didn't…I don't know what to tell you. This is all I've got for right now. I'll try and get the next chapter up as fast as I can. At least you know that some Simon/Izzy action is about to start, that's a good thing, right?
I wanted to reply to all of you about your reviews, and I hope you appreciated the gesture, but damn, that was a lot of space on here.