The Bad Boy and I

Chapter 9

I woke up the next morning with a splitting headache, and in a bed with someone beside me. I looked over to my side, and saw Will sleeping peacefully. I started to panic. Oh no, what had we done? We were both fully clothed, so that brought down my panic a bit. I got out of the bed, and into the washroom that was built into the side of the room.

I looked in the mirror. My grey eyes were red, and my hair was messy. And then I froze. The side of my neck, had about twenty hickeys. A side of my neck was basically purple. All the memories of the previous night then came back to me. I remembered the feeling of Will's lips on my neck, and my hands tugging at his black hair. I swore, and walked out of the room.

I walked downstairs, and found Isabelle, Clary, Cecily, Alec, and Jace all asleep in the living room. I woke up the girls, quickly. They tiredly sat up, and stared at me.

"What the hell happened to your neck?!" Cecily exclaimed.

"Will." I mumbled, while looking away from them.

"Did you two...?" Clary trailed off.

"No!" I said hurriedly. "We didn't."

"Oh god, my parents are going to kill Alec and I." Isabelle cringed. "We were supposed to be home last night."

"My aunt will kill me too." I said worriedly.

Cecily waved it off. "Just say that you both slept over at my house after, because you were too tired. My parents are coming back from their trip tonight, so they won't know."

I sighed in relief. "We should."

We woke up the boys, including Will, who I made Cecily wake up. We all then stood at the door, while Alec spoke to Gabriel. I avoided Will's eyes, though I felt them on me.

"What happened to your neck, Tessa?" Jace asked.

"I-um-uh." I stuttered.

"It was me." Will's voice rang out.

Jace then smirked at me, and I blushed. I didn't look at Will. Alec then returned, and we all piled into our cars. Cecily drove us back to her house, and I grabbed my clothes. I quickly changed, and did my best to cover up my neck. Cecily then drove us home. I said goodbye, and got out of her car, and walked inside my house.

My aunt Harriet thankfully wasn't home yet, but in the kitchen sat Nate, and Clary's brother Jonathan. I immediately blushed, he was very good looking.

"Where have you been?" Nate asked.

"Gideon Lightwood's party." I replied.

"Aunt Harriet's is going to kill you if she finds you spent the night there." He said.

"Please don't tell her." I begged.

Nate laughed. "I won't."

"Did Clary go?" Jonathan asked.

"Yup." I said.

"My mom is going to kill her." He laughed.

I chuckled too. I was about to walk away, when Nate started talking again.

"What happened to your neck, Tessie?" He asked amusedly.

I cringed, and turned around to face the both of them.

"I've never seen hickeys that bad before." Jonathan's green eyes danced in amusement.

"Who was it?" Nate smirked.

"Will Herondale." I mumbled.

"Figures." Nate said amusedly. "You'd better hide that before aunt Harriet comes home."

I nodded, and walked briskly upstairs. I threw my dress in my closet, and stood in front of it for a moment. I grabbed a scarf, and put it around my neck. I then looked in the mirror. It covered about 90% of my hickeys, and my hair was concealing the rest. I sighed in relief, and laid down on my bed.

An hour later, my aunt Harriet came home. She didn't notice my hickeys, and I thanked my lucky stars. She asked me to come to the grocery store with her because she needed a few things, and I agreed. We got into her car, and drove there.

"So, have you met anyone special?" She asked amusedly.

"No." I lied.

"Oh c'mon, Tessie, there has to be someone." She pressed.

I sighed. "Alright fine, there is someone."

"Ooooh, does he like you?" Aunt Harriet asked.

"I'm not sure." I frowned. "He's quite the player."

"Is he good looking?" She smirked.

"Very." I blushed.

Aunt Harriet laughed, and so did I. We arrived at the store a few minutes later, and we both walked in. Aunt Harriet started talking about a woman from her work who was being quite rude, but I zoned out. I was snapped out of my trance, when we heard a voice.

"Harriet?" A woman's voice said.

I turned around, and almost gasped. There stood Will, with his mother. I had met his mother once before. She had long black hair, and bright blue eyes, that got passed down to her children. Her and aunt Harriet worked together. Will was smirking at me, and I avoided his eyes.

"Linette!" Aunt Harriet said happily.

"It's nice to see you, Tessa." Linette smiled at me.

"You too." I smiled back.

"Who is this?" Aunt Harriet smiled at Will.

"This is my son, Will. He's friends with Tessa and my daughter Cecily is as well." Linette said.

"Oh! He looks just like you." My aunt gushed, and Will smiled amusedly at her.

Linette and aunt Harriet walked a little bit away, and started talking. Will and I were left there, standing awkwardly.

"Nice neck." He said.

I forced myself to look at him. He was smirking at me, looking very pleased with himself.

"It's your fault." I muttered.

"I know." Will said amusedly. "I'm happy it is, too."

I rolled my eyes. "You're an idiot."

"Twenty-one." He said, and then smirked. "You were the one asking me for sex, last night."

My eyes almost popped out of my head. "I didn't."

"You did. I said no, because you were drunk and didn't know what you were doing." Will sounded amused.

My eyes widened even larger. "What--what did we do last night?"

He shrugged. "Just kissed."

I blushed, and looked away from him. Will said it as if we were talking about school, or someone's favourite colour.

"I rather enjoyed it." Will smirked.

I blushed. "I can't remember it."

"Then why are you blushing?" He raised an eyebrow.

Darn, he caught me there. Luckily for me, aunt Harriet and Linette walked back over to us. They talked a bit more, and I felt Will's blue eyes on me. Linette and aunt Harriet finally stopped talking, and we all said goodbye, well, Will only smirked and winked at me.

"I didn't know Linette's children were your friends." Aunt Harriet said, once they had left.

"Yeah." I said.

"Will is quite good looking." She said amusedly. "Do you like him?"

"He's the boy I was talking about in the car, aunt Harriet." I mumbled quietly.

"Really?!" She exclaimed. "Oh Tessa, I saw the way he was looking at you when you weren't looking. He likes you!"

I rolled my eyes. "Trust me, he's like that with every girl."

She shook her head. "This was different."

I just looked away and sighed. There was no way Will liked me.