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Chapter Twelve
"Did you hear? The new kids have arrived," Clary said, bursting into the dining room. She faltered when she saw Isabelle. Isabelle and her tear streaked face, in her hands a small wooden solider.
"I guess you haven't heard from Max, then," she said, sitting down next to her friend and Jace.
"I'll be lucky if I ever even see him again, let alone hear from him," she scowled. "Can we talk about something else?" It seemed suitable that they grant the mourning girl this small wish.
"How did the meeting with Simon go?" Cecily asked as she drummed her knuckles against the hard base of the table.
Jace frowned. "Who's Simon?" he whined, obviously not liking not knowing what was going on.
"Nobody you need to bother yourself with. And it went okay; he was relatively okay with everything, considering. He has this hilarious friend, Maia, who was there and her and I got along with each other tremendously," Isabelle managed to smile.
"Well that's good. I'm guessing he took the news well?" Clary said, shifting in her chair. This agitated Jace even more.
"What news?" he complained. Isabelle ignored him.
"Better than me. You remember," she nodded to her best friend, and Clary smiled solemnly.
"Can someone please tell me what's going on?" Jace said to everyone, but the question was directed to Clary. He stared at her, and she refused to make contact with his puppy dog eyes and puckered lips.
"Not going to happen honey," she said, patting his arm.
It was at that moment that Will came in, and something was obviously bothering him, as he was clearly about to burst.
"Did you meet the new kid? He is so annoying. Honestly," he said, shaking his head. He sat next to his sister, one arm hanging off of her chair. Cecily snorted.
"He can't be that bad. What did he do to you that set you off so bad?" she asked, tilting her head sideways to look at him.
"Well, nothing much. It's just… the attitude of that guy! I miss Jem. He was a good roommate," he said, nostalgia in his eyes.
Jem Carstairs had been relocated to the local hospital as his illness had worsened over the weeks that Clary had been at the orphanage. Since then, Will had tragically been without a roommate. It seemed that the new kid would be replacing the bed-ridden boy, and William was not happen with the current turn of events.
"Hey, weren't there two newbies?" Jace asked, leaning back on his chair. Clary flinched as his hand nudged her elbow.
"Yeah, but I only saw one. If the elder is anything like the former, though…" Will shrugged.
That was when two boys entered the small room that had become a meeting place of sorts for the slightly insane group of orphaned teens over the years.
Every head turned to examine the two, except Will's; of whom kept his eyes trained on a mark on the wall.
The elder of the pair was obviously the one behind, though shorter. He was stocky and muscular, with sandy blond hair and greyish green eyes. He had an air of simplistic authority to him.
The second was tall and skinny, though still attractive. His hair was brown, tousled in a way that few could pull off, but he did with ease. His eyes shone a bright green, and his facial structure was remarkably angular.
The latter boy scowled when he caught a glimpse of Will, but his eyes quickly fell to Isabelle, and his brows furrowed in recognition. It was the shortest of the pair, however, who voiced his brother's thoughts.
"Izzy?" he questioned. Isabelle was motionless. Her expression was one of she remembered something, but couldn't quite put her finger on what it was.
"Who…?" she asked awkwardly.
"Gabriel… your idiot cousin who you married when we were three with Alec the maid of honour and smartass other Cousin Gideon who took the place of the priest… that ring any bells?" the taller boy asked sarcastically. At that moment, he held a starting resemblance to both Jace and Will, though at the same time he was completely the opposite. Will scowled.
Isabelle's expression cleared and her whole face became brighter.
"Oh my god, I remember you weirdos now! We had a lot of fun, didn't we?" she said with nostalgia.
"I'm sorry for interrupting the little family reunion, but did you say that Alec was the maid of honour?" Jace guffawed.
Isabelle grinned. "We got him in a dress and everything. One of the best days of my life. We should get married more often, Gabe."
"Please tell me that you have pictures of this," Clary giggled.
Gideon, looking a bit uneasy, shrugged at her awkwardly. "So, Iz. Care to introduce us?" he asked, glancing around the room as he talked.
"Oh! Yeah, I'll do that now."
"So, apparently Will and Gabriel have already met, but Gid, this is William Herondale, one of the two biggest prats in the universe. The other is Jacey Herondale over here, Will's cousin," Jace smiled easily at the boys, while Will refused to make eye contact.
"This here is Clary, my best friend and one of the four most amazing people you'll ever meet," Isabelle said, tapping Clary on the head as she rounded the room. "Another of the four is Cecy, Will's sister. The other is Tessa, but she's off somewhere."
"Sebastian and Jonathan are off doing creepy stuff that I find I don't want to know about, and I think that's everyone. Everyone that I care to associate myself with in this orphanage, at least," she said, smiling brightly at her cousins.
"Where's Alec?" Gideon asked. He had always gotten along with Alec more than anyone else in their slightly messed up family.
"Oh! That's who I was forgetting. He's at Magnus', I'm pretty sure. Magnus is his boyfriend."
"It's good to see you again, Izzy," Gabriel said, pulling his cousin in for a bone crushing hug.
"It's good to see you too," she whispered against his chest.
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