NOTE: The characters in this story are AU and OOC. You have been warned.
DISCLAIMER: Cassie Clare owns the TMI and the Characters. I, however, owns this story.
"Wait... WHAT?!"
I was already inside Apartment 805, sitting beside who I thought was going to be my new roommate.
"You thought that you'll be moving in with me?" The nerdy guy with curly hair and glasses-honestly he looks more a bit like a rat with curly hair and glasses-said ot me, laughing. How dare he laughs!
"Uh, yeah because you were the one who I got in touched with, right?"
"Oh! No! No! No! I was doing this for a friend. My fiance and I are moving in together and we decided to help our friend find a roommate."
"Is... Is she okay with this?" Because I am totally not okay with this.
"Yeah, sure she is. It'll be much nicer if a guy would live with her?"
Is he out of his entire mind? "Are you sure about that? You guys don't even know me. I mean, what if I get drunk and rape her, huh? Have you ever thought about that?"
"Nope. You're Jace Herondale, right?"
Oh no. Herondale. Now I seriously don't want to live here anymore.
"Look-"
"I'm Simon Lewis. There, now we know each other."
Wait, what now?
"You seem like an okay kind of guy, Jace and you don't look like you'll rape our friend. She's a tough cookie."
"You... You don't know me?"
"Nope. Why? Are you a model or something?" He said, with genuine curiousity sparkling in his eyes.
"No. No. Never mind."
They don't know who I am? Wow. That's new and... great. Just great. As long as they don't know me, I'm cool with this. Besides, this apartment's looks, not-so-girly. I mean for two women living here, it's a pretty cool place to stay for a guy as well.
"Okay, well, Izzy will be here any minute and I think Clary goes off at work at aroung 5 today."
"Clary?"
"Yeah," he pointed to a picture behind me, "the red-headed girl, that's Clary."
I turn around and to my surprise, it was the red-headed coffee girl earlier.
What a great coincidence.
What a great coincidence.
I said to myself when I entered my apartment. It was the guy from the coffee shop. The guy with the golden hair, the guy with the perfect statuesque, the guy... that flirted with Emma.
"Clary, Izzy!" Simon got up and gave Izzy a kiss on the lips and hugged me.
Izzy greeted my supposedly new roommate. "It's nice to finally meet you, I'm Izzy. Clary's best friend and former roommate."
She offered him her hand and he took it. "Jace, nice to meet you too. And congratulations on getting engaged." He said. Hmm. He seems courteous.
"Thank you, Jace. Please, have a seat." Izzy went into the kitchen and probably saw me still standing in the doorway.
"Clary!"
I snapped out of my thoughts.
"What?" I looked at her with much annoyance.
"Shut the door and get to know your new roommate."
Izzy went inside to get something to eat and Simon excused himself to help her. I looked back at Jace, catching him looking at me too. I was startled-and I don't even know why-that I immediately looked away again. Then I heaved a sigh and walk towards the chair across the couch where, Jace was sitting.
We didn't talk much and we didn't even looked at each other... Well, I didn't, but I had the strangest feeling that he did.
A couple of minutes had passed by when I finally got the courage to talk to him, but when I shifted my gaze from the floor to him, I caught myself lost for words.
What are you doing, Clariss Fray?! Don't be so worked up over your new roommate. You might scare him off!
"Uh..."
"Sorry, it took so long, we haven't got the time to prepare you anything so, we just made you juice." Izzy said as she reappered in the living room holding a tray of orange juice.
"No, it's fine. I'm a little full." Jace said rubbing his stomach. I wonder if he has abs? What the hell, Clary! Stop thinking nasty things such as abs!
As soon as Izzy and Simon sat down, they already started the interview.
As soon as Izzy and Simon sat down, they already started the interview.
To be frank, I was a little nervous. I mean, I was really surprised to know that I'll be sharing the apartment with the red-headed girl in the coffee shop. I have to admit, I'm pretty happy it was her. I don't even know why.
"So, Jace. Tell us about yourself." Izzy asked looking intently at me.
Okay, I have to be careful on how I answer questions. I don't want them finding out that I'm from a well-off family.
"Well, I'm Jace Herondale, and I used to live in California-"
"Where in California?" Izzy butted in.
"LA."
"Wow, do you live alone?"
"No. I live with my parents but I have a bachelor's pad."
"Really? Wait, you live with your parents and you have a bachelor's pad?"
"Yeah, well. It's just me and my dad so, I did want him to feel alone so, I spend most of my time at my parent's house."
"Where's your mom?" It was Clary who asked. She looked sincere in knowing where my mom is.
"Oh, she died from cancer."
"I'm sorry." She said and she looked genuine about it.
"It's okay." I smiled at her, "Anyway, yeah, uhm, I had a degree in Business at Brown-"
"Brown?!" Izzy and Simon said at the same time, well, more like shouted. Clary didn't say anything but her eyes widened.
Oh crap. I should've left that part out.
"It was through scholarship." Which technically isn't a lie. I got through my college years without paying any tuition because my dad is one of the stockholders in Brown.
"Oh, okay. So, business? A businessman, huh. Where do you work?"
"Oh, I'm not employed."
"You're... not?" Simon asked, "but I thought you were. You said so yourself."
"Right, the thing is... I... I got fired just recently. But don't worry. I saved up some money to pay my share for the rent." I said, confidently.
"Are you sure? I mean, you may have saved up some money but you still need to fine a job to sustain it." Izzy said to me.
"Oh, yeah." Damn it! I almost forgot about that. "Yeah, I'll... I 'll find a job. Don't worry."
"Do you have a girlfriend?" That question startled me. I never expected Clary to ask that question. Probably, I was expecting Izzy to ask me that but not from the red-head.
"Oh, I'm sorry. Is it too much? I wanted to know because, I don't want to 'cause any trouble if she found out that you'll be sharing an apartment with-"
"No. I don't have one. Never had one. Girlfriends and Marriages isn't really my thing."
"No. I don't have one. Never had one. Girlfriends and Marriages isn't really my thing."
Wow.
Well, no surprise there. I mean after he flirted with Emma, on his way out of the coffee shop he stopped by to one of the tables where, I think three college girls were sitting, just to say hi. And I don't think he's really that friendly to other people, just girls.
Player
"I'm sorry?"
"Huh?" I looked at their faces, Izzy and Simon where sort of embarrassed while Jace looked more like... displeased.
Oh, no! I think I said it out loud.
"Did you... just called me a player?"
I panicked, "Uh, I meant, uh... Were you a player before? You know like... uh... in sports! Yeah! Sports! Did you play any?" Lame cover, Clary.
He kept on looking at me skeptically but then smiled, "Yeah, I did a little sport when I was in college. I used to play soccer so, I guess I am a player."
"Oh" I mentally slapped myself in the face.
"Ha ha ha. Wow. Athletic. Great, right Clary?" Izzy said while she nudged and then she widened her eyes like mentally telling me to stop being stupid.
"Uh, anyway, I forgot to ask you, how old are you?"
"Oh, I just turned 25"
"Oooh. Clary's 23. She just graduated recently."
"Oh, really, where?"
I was the one talking now. I didn't need Izzy telling him stuffs about me that might embarrass me.
"NYU. I majored in Literary."
"Oh, that's... interesting. So you make stories?"
I was about to say something until Izzy butted in. Izzy and her big mouth.
"Yes! She's a really great writer! I would have shown you some of her works but her bag got snatched last night so, all of her works were-"
"Izzy!"
"What?"
"You... your bag got snatched?"
"Uhm," I looked around. Anywhere but him.
"Yeah and her money, her written works her apa-"
"Izzy, shut up."
"No, it's okay." Jace said, "I'm sorry"
I shook my head. "No, it's..." I felt like crying again. I swallowed away the tears.
"It's okay."
"It's okay."
I said as Simon tried to helped me settle down.
"You sure, man?"
"Yeah. I'm sure. It's just a couple of stuff."
"Okay, well, Izzy and I better get going." Simon grabbed a box, Izzy's things" and walked his way back to the living room. I followed a couple of minuted later and saw that they were about to leave. Izzy was hugging Clary then when she saw me looking at them she smiled,
"Please take care of Clary. She can be a little... handfull"
I smiled at that and just nodded and waved goodbye to them. As the door closed, they were gone and it was just me and Clary, alone in Apartment 805.
SURPRISE! Another update!
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