City of Rising Stars

Ch.20 Chairs (Willem's POV)

   Standing near Jess's door, I admire her beauty and vulnerability when she's asleep. Her luscious brown locks drape across her face and her hand is over her face, as if it could protect her from the dangers of the world. She's at peace. Something so rare for a shadowhunter that we cherish it was more then mundanes do. I mean, what do they got to dead when we are all risking our lives behind the scenes to save their lives. They don't even acknowledge us. Don't even know we exist. Children fantasies. They would say. But we say that all stories are true. All the sense in a pile of nonsense waiting to be found. Jess is even more beautiful asleep. I never thought I would fall in love. I thought what's the point!? I've heard all the gushing stories about mom and dads romance and Ive seen Tess with her scores of boyfriends. And yet, something is different about Jess. She didn't know she's beautiful. Which makes her more beautiful. She doesn't spend hits at her mirror adding costs of mascara and she isn't spending a fortune that could but the Institute on cloths. She's beyond that. Which of course I admire. I finally decide to lay down right next to her. I throw my shirt off due to the heat and gently lay down pulling the blanket over me.
   (Jess' POV) "AHHHHHHHHHHH! WHO IN RAZIELS NAME ARE YOU?!?!" I scream at the top of my lungs. I grab the chair at my desk and start hitting the stranger on my bed. "GET. OUT. OF. MY. ROOM!!!!!" I continually beat him. And he yells back. "WHAT THE FFFFFRIIICCKKK! OW! STOP IT OUCH JESS STOP ITS ME WILL! OW! OW! STOP IT!" He finally gets a chance to turn around and I realize that it was Willem. "ARE YOU FREAKING CRAZY?!" He stood up from the bed and put his hands up in surrender.
"I'm sorry! I couldn't help myself! I missed you so I came here to see you and I ended up here!"
"YOU SAW ME 12 HOURS AGO AT MIDNIGHT!" I sigh exasperated and collapse on the bed hitting him one last time with my pillow before hiding underneath it.
"Oh Will, I'll never get over you. Get in if you must."
"I would like it very much."
I got back into her bed hugging her.
She nuzzled her chin into my collarbone and I stroked my hand through her soft hair.
"By the Angel Will, why did I ever agree to date you?"
"Because you are smart enough to not turn me down."
"Or because I'm stupid enough to say yes." She said sweetly.
"Anyone who dates me isn't stupid."
"Will, I'm the only one who has ever dated you and I'm pretty sure I had a seizure or something when I said yes to you!" She said jokingly.
"Well, you ain't got no seizure anymore so come on, I wanna kiss you."
"How direct Willem. Very well."
She leaned in to kiss me right when i did, and it was deep and amazing. It all ended too soon when Jem walked in to tell us to put some clothes on and lock the door.