Saving Valentine's Daughter (Clace)

Chapter 8

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Clary 

"Clary?" I hear a knock on the door. 

"Come in." I reply. I put my sketchbook to the side and Jace walks in. He rubs the back of his neck and looks down. Wait, is he blushing? 

"Hey, I have a question. I mean umm. . . yeah." He bites his lip and looks up at me.

I giggle. "What is it?" I fold my hands and lay them on my lap.

"Well, I was wondering if. . . you would like to go on a date with me." He blushes a little more. 

"I would love to Jace." I smile and stand up. "Where to?"

"You know how you love the garden, so I thought maybe its time for a birthday treat." He smiles as butterflies gather in my stomach.

"That's really sweet, how did you know it was my birthday?''

"Research, I wanted to know more about you." He holds out his hand and pulls me up. He intwertwines our fingers and walks us up to the garden. But when we walk in, it looks so much different from before. There are lights hanging everywhere, the flowers are blooming even more, there's a picnic place set up and a little picnic basket. 

"Did you do all of this?" I ask Jace. He nods his head and looks down at me to smile. "It's so beautiful." I gaze around in awe. 

"Like you." I hear him say. I don't know if I'm imagining it so I turn around and look at him.

"Huh?" 

"You said all of this is beautiful. Nothing can be compared to a beauty like yours." He smiles and looks down. "Let's eat." I follow him to the picnic basket. 

"You're so sweet to do all of this." I smile at him.

"Well, this isn't all. Close your eyes and hold out your wrist."

"Why?" 

"Just do it." I close my eyes and hold out my wrist. I can feel Jace touch my hand and put something cold on it. I open my eyes and I look down at my wrist. It's a gold bracelet with my name in cursive. I tear up a little and I hug him. 

"Thanks, Jace. No one has ever done this." I smile. 

He grins and puts his finger under my chin to make me look at him. "You're so beautiful when you smile." He says.

I can feel heat spreading throughout my cheeks. "Wh-What?" I hide my face behind my hair. He moves my hair out of the way and looks deep in my eyes and has a serious face.

"You're beautiful when you smile, Clary."  He then kisses me. I don't resist. I wrap my arms around his neck and he scoots closer. It seems like forever before we break apart. "By the angel, you have no idea how much I've been wanting to do that." He breathes. 

I blush. I had nothing to say. He holds my hand gently. 

"To love is to destroy and to be loved is to be the one destroyed." I whisper. "It's what my father told me. He always told me if I loved someone I'd end up breaking them if they loved me, they'd break me. I have no clue what to say." I look down.

"Clary, nothing is gonna happen. I promise. What your father said is a lie. You need love and people love you Clary. And I..." He makes me look in his eyes. "Am falling in love with you, Clary." Before I can protest he kisses me again. This time I can feel the sparks coursing through my veins and I also feel the love. He really does mean it. 

"Stay with me, Clary, please." He says and I nod. 

"I... I will, Jace." I smiles a little.

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--Violet--