Jace
I wake up to the sound of my phone buzzing against the wooden top of my nightstand. I reach over to grab it and see it's my mom. I make an attempt to get up, but find Clary has ensnared me with her arms and legs. Her arms are wrapped around my stomach and her legs are thrown over my own. I smile to myself and decide I'll just keep the conversation short and quiet.
Hitting the answer button, I put the phone to my ear.
"Hey mama," I whisper into the receiver.
"Hi Sweetheart, I was just making sure it's okay that I come over today," my mom replies.
"Of course, but guess who's going to be here," I tell her, smiling down at Clary, knowing how happy she'll be to see her.
"I know Will most likely will show up at some point, but he did call me this morning to ask you who was staying there," she replies.
"Um, Clary. I'm sure she'll explain everything when you get here, but she's staying with me for a while," I tell her.
"Oh dear! Thank goodness! I completely disliked that little twat of a fiancé, but I stayed quite because I do love that girl. Oh, are you two together now?" she sounds as excited as Will.
"Twat, really ma? You've been spending too much time with Will. And no, we aren't together, just, getting close again," I tell her.
"Oh, good. I'm so excited to see her," she finishes, "I'll be over in about two hours, bye sweetheart,"
"Bye ma," I hang up the phone and slowly place it on my night stand before wrapping my arm around Clary. She sighs in contentment and her eyes begin to flutter open. She looks up into my own and smiles.
"Good morning," she sighs, resting her cheek on my chest. I hold my breath, waiting for her to realize our position, but she doesn't react. Either she hasn't noticed, or simply doesn't care.
"My mom called, she'll be here in about two hours," I tell her.
"OH! Yeah, I wanted to bake some cookies!" she disentangles our limbs and hope from the bed, adjusting her thoroughly twisted pajama top. I sit up in bed as she rushes into the bathroom in her room to brush her teeth I assume.
I lie back against the bed and roll over to her side, letting her scent encase me and feel the warmth she left behind. With a hearty sigh, I get up to brush my own teeth and change.
After changing into a pair of jeans and a t-shirt, I walk over to Clary's room to see all the clothes stacked in neat piles on her bed and her body still in pajamas.
"I was thinking of donating so of this and then heading over to Tessa's shop for some stuff," she informs me as she grabs a pair of jeans and a blouse to change into.
"Would you mind if my mom tags along? I have some work I had to finish before Will decided to take us out last night," I ask her.
"Sure! I'm sure she's going to be curious as to why I suddenly popped back into her son's life when I'm supposed to be 'happily married' and I've missed her so much," I don't miss how she puts air quotes around happily.
"Cool, it shouldn't take long to finish, so after I'll meet you guys and take you for lunch," I offer, "And my mom is very happy you pooped back into my life," I tell her, hoping she isn't nervous.
"Good, because I missed being a part of your life," She smiles before walking up to me, placing a kiss on my cheek and going into the bathroom to change.
I head down to the kitchen to make some coffee and make sure I have all the ingredients for Clary's famous chocolate chip cookies. As luck would have it, I do. When she comes down the stairs, she grabs a cup and immediately begins mixing the dough.
"Go do your work, maybe you'll finish," she pushes me towards my office as I chuckle. I am able to write out some emails and check the company numbers for this quarter. I just finish as my coffee runs dry and I smell baking cookies. I walk out of my office in the direction of the kitchen when I hear the doorbell ring.
My mom is standing there with an excited grin on her face.
"Sweetheart, you know I love you, but where's Clary?" she asks, placing a quick kiss on my cheek, then she pushes me aside and walks quickly in the direction of the kitchen. Just as I'm about to shut the door, Will rides up and runs to the door.
"Hey du- IS THAT CLARY"S COOKIES?" he also pushes me aside and runs into the kitchen. Chuckling, I shut the front door and walk over.
I see Clary hugging my mom tight, only an inch or two shorter as Will attempts to pick up one of the burning hot cookies.
"Oh sweetie, how I missed you," my mom coos, holding Clary's face in her hands.
"I missed you too, how's everybody?" Clary asks, going to the fridge to grab the milk and pour a glass for Will. She scoops three cookies onto a small plate for him, setting it at the table with his milk. Patting his head like a child, she goes to stand next to my mom again.
"Oh, wonderful," my mom tell her simply, pointedly looking over at me. Clary sees and smiles broadly at me.
"I know you're probably wondering why I'm in Jace's kitchen baking cookies," Clary states, becoming shy and awkward.
"This happy sight has brought up questions," my mom smiles, "Are you two dating now?" she asks, despite my denial this morning. I look at her horrified, when Will responds.
"He wishes," Clary just laughs and shakes her head.
At this, my mom proceeds to come up to me and slap me on the back of the head, "You're wasting time," she whispers "I want that girl as my daughter in law," she mutters, smiling at Clary warmly.
"I'm working on it," I huff.
"Well, ma, I needed to pick up some things, so how about you come with me and we'll talk about everything that's happened," Clary suggests. She used to always refer to my mom as 'ma' as well. It's always brought a smile to my mom's face.
"Okay dear, I'm just going to grab one of your amazing cookies for the road," she warps a cookie in a napkin and leads Clary out the kitchen.
"Can I borrow your car?" she asks me.
"Sure, "I hand her the keys and she smiles.
"I'll see you later," With that, I'm left with my cookie inhaling cousin who has managed to snag another three cookies from the tray. I return to my office to hide.
Clary
I drive ma and me into town so we can go to Tessa's shop.
"So, I guess I'll just say that I'm leaving Simon," I drive, gauging her reaction.
"Why?" she asks, confused, but not all that heartbroken.
"Well, he had been cheating on me with my best friend. You remember Izzy right?"
"Oh yes, a wonderful girl, but I guess not all that wonderful," she mutters the last part, making me laugh.
"Yeah, so I caught them and I left. I went to a local coffee shop and I saw Jace. He called me over and we talked. He offered to let me stay with him until I got things settled," I finish, not really sure what else to say.
"I'm sorry sweetie I really am," she looks at me mournfully.
"Thank you, but it's for the best. I'm sorry that I abandoned everyone for Simon. I didn't realize how much I'd missed Jace and Will, and you until I was surrounded by it all again,"
"Don't blame yourself sweetie. You were in love and we can't blame you for that. I'm just happy you found out sooner than later," she offers these words and they are strangely comforting. We pull into the parking lot and we get out. I pull ma into a hug.
'Thank you," I tell her.
"Of course, but just so you know, Jace is in love with you. Always has been and always will be. You can trust him," these words don't shock me as much as I thought they would. We love each other, Jace and I, but I'm not sure if it's the kind that would warrant marriage.
"I do trust him, with my life," I reply.
"Then you know what you want," she walks away and into the store with a cryptic air about her. I follow to find Tessa at the front desk.
"I've decided to take you up on your offer," I tell her.
"Oh, this is going to be fun. I'm calling in the bug guns," she smirks at me, "MAGNUS!" from the back emerges the most sparkly, and familiar man I have ever seen.