Jace and Clary: This love

chapter 20

I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO UPDATE MORE FREQUENTLY SORRY IF I TAKE TOO LONG I TRY. AND SORRY IF ITS A LITTLE SHORT.
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Clarys POV

it's been about a week since everything happened, jace has loosened up a bit and is now slowly getting strength back in his arm and by slowly I mean very slowly, he hates it.

Things are getting back to normal, valentine is dead so that means it's all over there is no more of any of it. Things can finally roll back into place. It's about time. But I have this gut feeling that it's not over that there is something more t- "clary" it's jace "everything is fine there is no more Valentine we are finally free" "but wh-" "no clary no buts" I just sigh but nod my head he is right I am being paranoid. We are sitting in the library on the big couch they have in there. I crawl into jaces lap just needing to be held. He holds me so perfectly so tight but not too tight it perfect. Mom and luke walk in and normally I would get up but i am too comfortable to move so we just stay like that. I look up at mom and she has this sad look on her face and I don't know what for. Ill just ask her about it later.

I just lay there listening to the calm beats of jace's heart and before I know it i am out and peacefully asleep.

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Still clary's POV

I wake up still in jace's arms I look up and see that he is asleep. I slowly creep out of his lap which is hard because he still has a firm hold on me but I get out of his arms without waking him which is surprising so he must have been very tired.

I walk around the institute looking for something to do and I see mom in one of the bedrooms. So I decide to talk to her.

"Hey"she looks up
"Hey honey" she looks upset
"Mom are you okay"
"Wha- oh yeah I'm fine why wouldn't I be"
"It's just you looked upset I guess earlier"
"Oh its nothing honey I promise"her voice cracked in the middle of her sentence. She is not okay I know it.
"Mom you can tell me please"
"Okay.. it's just earlier when I saw you with jace and the way he was holding you, you needed him to hold you so you could feel safe..and it's just that you used to always come to me to hold you when you needed to feel safe an-" now is is crying

"Oh mom I will always need you to hold me"
"Really" she has stopped crying by now
"Yeah really..like right now" tears start to pour from her eyes and my eyes are watery
"Oh honey" she grabs me and pulls me in like the ways she always did and held me. I can sense someones gaze on us so I peak up and see jace at the door frame smiling. I smile back knowing that he was never asleep and that this was his way of getting me to talk to my mom.

He knew.

He mouths "I love you" I smile even bigger and mouth back "I love you" he walks away with a smile on his face, letting me and mom have our little moment.

Jace's POV

I decide to go to the training room, this is the longest I have went without training and I feel like I am going insane. I walk in and see alec leaning against the wall like he was waiting for me, and by the look on his face he was.

"I was wondering how long it would take for you to finally come in here" I just smile

"It feels like forever since I trained" this time alec smiles

"I bet..you wanna change that" he know exactly how to make me feel better, clary does too but it's different with alec.

"Is that even a question hell yeah" I don't have my strength fully back in the arm but I might as well make it stronger by training, it will speed up the process. We both gear up and get ready for the fun.