Hey, guys, sorry for the long absence. I hope you like this next chapter because this is one od my most favorite songs from Rock of Ages, and I hope you guys enjoy it.
PS I don't own any Rock of Ages or Shadowhunters.
At a local church, Jocelyn Morgenstern organized a meeting with her fellow church lady friends. She pins a poster of Izzy Lightwood on the board in front of the women and speaks aloud, "Take a good look, ladies. Take a good, long, hard look. This girl, this abomination, this repulsion is responsible for so much filth. She's Satan's mistress. She's like a machine that spews out three things: sex, hateful music, and . . . sex!"
The ladies groan in disgust over the famous singer. One of them says, "That girl is the reason why my daughters shaved their heads!"
Another woman tells them, "Last month, my parents went backstage at her concert and she gave them autographs on their butt-cheeks."
"My son ate the head of my neighbor's horse because of Izzy Lightwood!" Another lady added.
Jocelyn looks back at the poster and proclaims, "Well, her filthy little hateful music sex ride is over. Gotta stop! And we're the ones who are gonna do it."
Jocelyn: Well, you're a real tough cookie
With a long history
Of breaking little hearts
Like the one in me
That's okay
Let's see how you do it
Put up your dukes
Let's get down to it
Hit me with your best shot
Why don't you hit me
With your best shot?
Hit me with your best shot
Fire away
You come on with a come-on
You don't fight fair
That's okay
See if l care
Knock me down
It's all in vain
I'll get right back on my feet again
Hit me with your best shot
Why don't you hit me
With your best shot?
Hit me with your best shot
Fire away
Pow! Pow!
Pow!
Well, you're a real tough cookie
With a long history
Of breaking little hearts
Like the one in me
Before I put another notch
In my lipstick case
You better make sure
You put me in my place
Hit me with your best shot
Come on!
Hit me with your best shot
Hit me with your best shot
Fire away
Hit me with your best shot
Why don't you hit me
With your best shot?
Hit me with your best shot
Fire away
As Jace clocks out, he stares at Clary's punch card for a moment. He couldn't help but think of her. Then, he looks back and is startled by Alec behind him. "Jesus, Alec, where the hell did you come from?" He gasped.
His boss shrugs his shoulders. "I teleported. Hey, I need you to come to work early tomorrow. I need you to help Mike and Dennis unload and stock the drinks."
"I thought Catarina was going to do it," Jace complained to his boss.
At that moment, Catarina passes by them and answers with her thick Hispanic accent, "Jace, you know I don't like to do that. I don't want to risk cracking a nail." When Magnus first starting working at the Bourbon, he somehow convinced Alec to hire his friend, Catarina, who came from Spain. She was short and slim with olive skin. Her hair was black with blue and white highlights.
"And what do I have, claws?" Jace smirks.
Alec sits on one of the chairs. "So, Jace, why are you in such a hurry to get out of work?" He asks, curious about his friend's eagerness to leave.
Before he could answer, Catarina interrupts, "He has a date with Clary." After Jace gave her a look, the Latina walks away.
"Oh, yeah, you got a date with Clary." Alec sighed. "I'll admit one thing and it's that you two are actually . . . right together."
The blonde raises an eyebrow. "Right? You couldn't say lovely or cute."
Alec rolls his eyes. "It's a compliment. Honestly, I do like Clary. She's very perky and kind. She reminds me of Isabelle."
It was always a surprise to anybody when Alec mentions his sister or calls her by her first name Isabelle. "Really?" Jace asks his boss.
"Absolutely." Alec folds his arms and smirks. "Actually, I see a little bit of her in you too, Jace. Your dedication to music."
"Well, Alec, I-I can't work here my whole life." He admits to him as he sat down. "This is your place. You built this place with your blood and work. I'm a musician. I don't see myself doing anything else but playing my music."
The taller man gives him a look and says, "Okay, but here's some advice: the music industry will always try to change you. Music doesn't stay the same forever. Don't let the fame get into your head. Being a musician means focusing on the music, not the attention and so-called love you're receiving."
Jace stares at his boss in complete surprise. For one thing, he knew that Alec was older and wiser than him. He actually looked up to Alec like an older brother. More than that. Alec was his best friend. "Thanks, Alec. So yeah, I'll come in tomorrow. See ya!"
The blonde ran passed Alec as Magnus appears. "What's up with Jace?" Magnus smirks. "He's as jumpy as a virgin at a rodeo."
"He's got a date with Clary," Alec informs his friend.
Magnus hops on top of the table next to Alec. "Ooh, how exciting. So anyways, Alexander, there's a midnight screening of the Rocky Horror Picture Show at the Mondo Plex. Wanna join me?"
His boss bites down on his lip. "Sure, what the hell. But I am not dressing up again like last time."
"Oh, come on! You made a good Rocky Horror!" Both of them began laughing as they take off together.
After that, Jace Wayland walks into the men's restroom of the Bourbon Room. He fixes his hair combing it back as usual.
Jace: So long
I've been looking too hard
I've been waiting too long
Sometimes l don't know
What I will find
I only know it's a matter of time
When you love someone
When you love someone
In the girl's restroom, Clary teases her hair to it stands by itself. Then, she turns the hand dryer on and switches it up towards her. She grabs her hairspray and sprays it all over her hair.
Clary: It feels so right
So warm and true
I need to know if you feel it too
Jace sprays cologne on himself and begins to leave the restroom.
Jace: Maybe I'm wrong
Won't you tell me
If I'm coming on too strong?
Once she was done with her hair, Clary applies lipstick on her lips. The redhead then draws "C+J" surrounded by a huge heart on the mirror with her lipstick.
Clary: This heart of mine has been hurt before
This time I wanna be sure
Outside of the Bourbon Room, Jace had his backpack and guitar case with him. He hops on his motorcycle and drives up to the front.
Jace: I've been waitin' for a girl like you
To come into my life
I've been waitin' for a girl like you
A love that will survive
Clary Fray steps outside of the Bourbon Room as Jace pulls up. She happily gets on the back of his bike and he drives off.
Clary: I've been waitin' for someone new
To make me feel alive
Jace: Yeah, waitin' for a girl like you
To come into my life
Both: Won't you come into my life?
The two lovebirds were on the motorcycle throughout the city. Clary continuously gazes at every store, person, or exotic thing in town and smiles. As she stares at the city, Jace felt her hands wrapped around him and her palms testing on his abs.
Can she feel how fast my heart is beating, he thought to himself.
At last, Jace drives up the hills right up to the Hollywood sign. Once he parks his bike, Clary jumps off and sprints to the balcony of the sign. "Holy crap!" She gasped as she looks down at the city of dreams. "Wow. It's like a giant velvet blanket covered in diamonds."
"Yeah, it's beautiful, isn't it?" Jace says as he unfolds a blanket for them to lay on. As Clary sits down on the blanket, Jace unzips his backpacks and takes out a few bottles of beer and one big bottle of Scotch whisky.
Clary looks at him and asks, "Where did you get Scotch from?"
"I swiped it from Alec's liquor cabinet in his office." He answers as he opens their beer bottles for them. "You won't believe the amount of alcohol Alec Lightwood consumes on a daily basis. He even has each type of drink for each occasion."
"Well that explains a lot." The redhead takes a sip of her beer. "Did you live here your whole life?"
Jace clears his throat. "No, I'm actually from Detroit. Yeah, I moved here about two years ago. It was because of the whole musician dream thing."
"Oh, I see. So, what did your mom think about the big move to L.A.?"
This was the first time Jace was ever gonna tell someone about his past. He sighs, "She thought it was stupid. My dad just totally didn't get it. His advice was 'You're gonna fail anyway, so why not fail closer to home?' Plus, my brother just made fun of me for it."
Clary purses her lips and nods. "Okay. Total optimist."
"What about your folks?" Jace asks the redhead. "What did they think of the big move?"
"Um... Not a whole lot really." Clary Fray confesses to him. "My dad left my mom and me when I was about four, and my mom died in a car accident when I was nine years-old. I was raised by my grandma. Yeah, she, by the way, was all for me getting out of Oklahoma."
"Really?"
The girl nodded and explains, "Yeah, she said to me: "Honey, there ain't nothing for you here and the last thing that I want you to do is wind up stuck here like me." Man, l adore her. I can't believe I'm actually here and I'm gonna meet Izzy Lightwood. I'm just hoping that I don't faint in front of her."
"Don't worry." Jace assures her. "Izzy's cool so you don't have to freak out."
After he says that, Clary looks at him with wide eyes. "Wait, you met her before?"
"Yeah, I've met her a bunch of times." Jace answers.
"How do you know her?" Clary questions him.
"Well, her big brother is my boss." Jace reveals to her.
His revealing truth was the one truth that shocked Clary the most. "Wait a minute. Alec is Izzy's brother?" Now that Clary thinks about it, Alec and Izzy looked an awful lot alike.
"Yeah, same parents and blood. Alec really doesn't talk about her that much. You wanna know why? But you can't tell anybody else about this."
"I swear I won't tell another living soul." Clary vows to her.
"Before she was Izzy, she was just Isabelle. She was just an ordinary girl with dreams and a big heart. When she was eighteen, she started a band with four of her friends. She begged and begged Alec to let her play at the Bourbon. Alec didn't want to because he knew what kind of shit went on in his bar and he didn't want his precious little sister to get mixed up with the wrong crowd. Finally, he decides to let her band play. Everybody loved them and that was also the night that the Shadowhunters met their manager. Alec find out that not only did Izzy take the deal, but she also kicked her best friend, Josie out of the band."
It amazed her of how much she was learning. "But he's still proud of her, right?" She jokes with him.
Jace knew that Alec would kill him if he found out that Clary knows about this. "Not exactly. I mean, yeah, he is proud of her success. Just not the whole people seeing his sister as a sex goddess."
"Is it me or is there something going on between him and Magnus?" Clary asks.
"What do you mean?" Jace responds.
Out of the blue, Clary bursts out laughing. "That's cute! Maybe I should tell you when you're older."
"Wait, Magnus and Alec?"
"Isn't it obvious? Don't you see how they are with each other? Magnus always follows him and stays in his office. Also, Alec never gets pissed at him or tells him to go away. Plus, they're literally on a date right now at the Rocky Horror Show." Clary mentions.
Her words then reminded Jace Wayland of the last time he saw the Rocky Horror Show. "Oh, God. Not again. Magnus and Catarina dragged me and Alec there one time. Both were dressed up as Columbia and Frank-N-Furter."
"Oh, my god! You're kidding, right!" Clary tries not to laugh so hard.
"Yeah, the wasn't even the only worst part. After that, we all got drunk. I threw up in Catarina's purse, she got some Korean man's phone number, and Alec and Magnus . . . yeah, if I told you about them, you will never look at them the same ever again."
Both of them started laughing. After they stopped, they stared into each other's eyes lovingly.
Clary: There's nowhere on earth
That I'd rather be
Than holding you tenderly
Both: I've been waitin' for a girl like you
I've been waitin' for a boy like you
To come into my life
I've been waitin' for a girl like you
I've been waitin' for a boy like you
A love that will survive
I've been waitin'
For someone new
To make me feel alive
Yeah, waitin' for a girl like you
Yeah, waitin' for a boy like you
To come into my
Life
Suddenly, they found themselves with their arms wrapped around each other. Clary interlocks her hands on Jace's neck and closes the gap between their lips. They kissed passionately for what felt like centuries.
Clary slowly pulls back and whispers, "Wait."
The handsome blonde smiles. "What?"
"You're gonna sing me a song."
Before he knew it, Clary drags Jace by the arm to the lights in front of the Hollywood sign. She hands him his guitar and leaves him in front of the light. "Oh, no. Oh, no, no, l can't." Jace stutters as his date shines the light at him.
"You are gonna sing whether you like it or not." Clary giggles, having completed faith in Jace. "Now, breathe! Don't be nervous."
He took a deep breath in and out. Jace felt his heart beginning to accelerate. "Okay, uh... This is something l kind of started working on after we met." Jace begins to play his guitar.
Jace: Just a small-town girl
Livin' in a lonely world
She took the midnight train goin'
Anywhere
A singer in a smoky room
The smell of wine and cheap perfume
For a smile they can share the night
And it goes on and on and on.
For a moment, Clary stood there in silence and smiled at Jace. "Heh. I love it. It's so beautiful. I can't believe you wrote that. How'd it feel?"
"The breathing really helps." Jace admits to her.