I decided to give you guys a bonus type of chapter. I realized I never wrote anything about clary hating jace. And why Sebastian is doing this. This chapter will be a little short.
Clary POV:
It is Friday. The last day of school. Graduation is tomorrow. Just get through this day and then you will be free.
My phone dinged signaling a voicemail. I play it.
"Hi baby, I just wanted to let you know your dad and I will be at your graduation. We will be home tonight around 2 or 3 am. Text me. We love you! See you soon." It was my mom. I am so excited they are coming home. They left Monday afternoon to Colorado to a function.
I grab an apple and look in the mirror one last time. I look at my forest green dress. It was off the shoulders and the sleeves were tight and came to my elbows. The waistline accented my tiny waist. I wore black flats and my hair was nicely curled. Isabelle will like it.
Isabelle, Tessa, and I have been hanging out and they are really nice. I wish we became friends earlier. Izzy wants to be a fashion designer while Tessa wants to go into law. I want to major in Art.
When I got to school, I couldn't help but feel weird. It is my last day at this school. I feel like I could've made fun memories here. But I never tried. I walk to my locker and find Simon standing there.
"Last day," he says and hugs me. I hug him back and he looks at me and he says, "Looking good, Clare."
I chuckle and say thanks. Behind Simon, I see Isabelle and Tessa walking towards us. I smile as they reach us.
"Oh my god, Clary you look so nice," Tessa says. And Isabelle nods.
"Thanks, it's the last day so I guessed I would you know dress up," I say, blushing.
"oh no," Simon says, horrified. I look behind me and see the four people that have made my life miserable. I wait for them to do something but they just walk past me and into their classes. I look at Isabelle, surprised. She has a smug look on her face.
"Don't worry they won't do anything to you today. I mean it is the last day," Isabelle says. I sigh in relief and we walk to our classes as well.
Jace POV:
I walk into the school with Sebastian and the girls. Yesterday, Isabelle has lectured us that we would not do anything to Clary or the rat face. Well, today is going to be so boring. It's the last day and I've never been so happy. I get to leave this hell hole. And I get to leave New York too. I am going to UCLA with an athletic scholarship. I will be majoring in Business.
"Who is that?" Aline asks in a snarky way. I look up and see a girl. Her back turned to me and just from what I could see, I could tell she was beautiful.
And then she turned around. Clary. I took a sharp breath in. she looked so pretty in her forest green dress. Her long hair, curled to perfection. I couldn't take my eyes off of her.
"Uh, she is so ugly," Kaelie says. She sounds jealous af. I know she bullies Clary because she is jealous of her.
"Um, Jace. Pandemonium at 8 tonight?" Seb asks. I could tell he was distracted. His eyes glassy. Distant.
"Yeah. Definitely," I reply. We walk past Clary and her friends and go in our classes.
Isabelle POV:
"Yay! We have survived high school!" I beam happily walking out of the building with Tessa, Clary, and Simon.
"It feels good," Tessa says. She takes a deep breath and Clary laughs.
Clary turns around and points her middle fingers at the school and yells, "Fuck you!"
We laugh and pile up in our cars. We have decided to go to Pandemonium tonight. We were all meeting up at my house in an hour to get ready.
1 Hour later
The doorbell ringed and I go to open it. Clary and Tessa were here. We walked into my room and started to get ready. I did all of our makeup. While Tessa did Clary's hair. After 2 hours we were done.
We looked in the mirror and damn. Tessa wore a white strapless dress. It was tight on her and reached mid thigh. She wore clear heels and her hair was loosely curled.
I wore a deep blue chiffon dress. It has thin straps and reached just above mid thigh. My black hair is straightened and in a high ponytail.
Clary wore a maroon dress. It had a deep V-neck and it defined her waist. It has a skirt that flowed. The dress reached just above her knees. Since she is so short. We forced her in 6 inches black pumps.
"Selfie," I whip out my phone and we take multiple pictures. Once we took a few 100 pictures we go downstairs to eat.
"We are going to have so much fun," I say.
"We are going to dance and drink and just enjoy," Tessa adds.
"Not too much drinking. We do have graduation tomorrow morning," Clary butts in.
"Oh come on, Red. Let loose already," a deep voice says.
"Jace, what do you want?" I ask my annoying adoptive brother.
He walks over to the fridge and whips out a water bottle and gulps the whole thing down. "I'm going to the club," he says.
"Dresses like that?" I point to his black v neck and jeans.
"Simplicity sis. Girls totally dig it. Right, Tess?" he says.
"In your dreams, Jace," Tessa says. He laughs and walks out.
"We should head out too," Clary suggests. "Simon will meet us there."
We all pile in our cars and drive to the club.
Clary POV:
The loud music drummed in my veins. The strong smell of sweat and alcohol laced the air. Isabelle dragged me over to the bar. Simon and Tessa were somewhere dancing away. We ordered drinks and silently sipped them.
"You know Izzy, I am glad I got to know you," I tell Izzy.
"Me too Clare," she smiles. "I'm sorry for what you've been through,"
I smile at her and Tessa comes and grabs me and Izzy to the dance floor.
We danced for a good long time. Letting go and just dancing. I got really thirsty so I walked over to the bar. I felt a hand creep up my hips. I whipped around to see a drunk creep breathing near my neck. I tried to push him off but he was too big.
"Let go of me!" I yell. Then he was off of me. I looked up to see dark hair and a very angled face.
"I will break your face if you come near her again," a low, menacing voice says. The creep crawls away and the person who rescued me looks at me and I gasp.
"Sebastian," I whisper.
"You alright?" he asks. Genuinely worried.
"Uh yeah. Thanks," I say. He nodded and ordered himself a drink.
We both sat down at the bar. It was awkward. Sebastian clears his throat and says, "you look really nice, Clary." I think that's the first time he's said my name and not any petty nickname.
"Thanks, Seb, but why are you being so nice to me all of the sudden?" I ask.
He was silent for a long time and I was giving up hope. Then he sighed and said something I would never have guessed.
"I am really…sorry, Clare. I am sorry for being an ass to you. I am ashamed of all the things I've done to you," he says, regretfully.
"Why?" Is all I could ask.
"I wanted to hurt you like you hurt me," he says. Now I am confused. I never did shit to him.
"Seb, what are you talking about?" He looked like he was struggling so I put my hand on his shoulder. He relaxed under my touch and answered.
"Clare, I have liked you since 1st grade. But you never liked me back. I tried to control it. I tried to forget these feelings but I just couldn't. Then in middle school, when I asked you to the dance and you said yes, I was so happy. Then Kaelie told me that that you kissed…Matt and I was very hurt. I was angry. So I forced myself to hate you." He ordered himself another drink.
"Seb, I never kissed Matt. Actually my first kissed was you," I say a little embarrassed. He looks at me shock written on his face. "Yeah, it was during freshman year when you uh tricked me into thinking you've changed."
He has his head in his hands. "I am so stupid. How could I believe that that BITCH!?" he was breathing hard.
"I treated you so bad. Trust me, Clare, I never wanted it to go this far. I was going to drop it in 8th grade but Kaelie kept filling my head with lies and I kept believing them. It was so hard for me to do all these horrible things. My anger took over me. I know sorry is not enough. It will never be. Hell, I drove you to the point of suicide. I ruined your life."
I have never been so confused. How can he just say all this? Sorry will never be enough. Because of him, I lost my confidence and self-esteem. Well, I guess it's not all his fault. It's that bitch Kaelie's fault too.
"I still like you, Clary. I do." What? Did I hear that right?
"But…but you said I was ugly and fat," I tell him. He makes a choking sound. He looks at me disbelievingly and then sighs.
"Of course, you would think that because of us calling you those names. Clary look at me," I look at him and see nothing but honesty. "You are one of the most beautiful girls I have ever met. You are not fat or ugly. You are really pretty and you have a very good heart. Many guys have wanted to be with you but we scared them off. It just made me jealous. I wanted you to myself and I still do but I guess I blew that by a long shot."
This is all giving me a headache and all I can think of is guys wanted me.
"Who is 'we'?"
"Jace. We both kind of threatened the guys to back off."
"This is unbelievable. I can't believe this. Seb, do you understand that you have ruined my life. All through high school and middle school, I lived under you guys. I have very low self-esteem because of you. I hate myself because of you. I couldn't join volleyball because of you! Sorry will never be enough. I will never forget everything you guys have done to me. I can try to forgive you but I need time." With that, I get up and leave. I have so much to say but I don't have the energy. I just want to go home.
I walk over to the entrance and I looked back trying to find Isabelle or Simon. Then gold catches my eyes. I look over at the corner and there I see Jace. His lips locked with a girl who has dyed red hair. One of his hands were under the girls barely there dress and the other was groping her boob. The girl was furiously rubbing herself on him. I don't know why I had a sudden urge to be that girls. I quickly shook my head. Seeing Jace like this made me sad. I was hurt, jealous, and angry. I hate him. I hate this man whore. Every time I see him, he is always with someone new. He and Seb have made my life miserable. I will never forgive him.
I walked out of the club and decided to go home. I was feeling drained and exhausted. I took a shower and changed into my pajamas. I texted Isabelle that I went home because I wasn't feeling well. I looked at the clock and it was 11 pm. I put my phone on charge and fell into a dreamless sleep.
Okay so here is the new chapter 4. I know I said chapter 4 will be the time skip but I feel like I should add this bit in it. Let me know if it was a good decision or not.
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