With Loves Last Breath

Chapter 3

Clary and Jace fell a little ways behind Alec and Magnus as they made their way to the hall. Jace looked over at Clary and saw her glancing at him. They both turned away, blushing feverishly. Jace walked slightly closer to her, but Clary moved away, too nervous to be standing that close to him. Suddenly, Jace turned and grabbed her wrist, forcing her to face him, their faces just inches apart.

"Oh for the love of-I can't take this anymore!" Jace yelled. Clary looked at him, startled. He looked over at her face, and saw the worry and also a little fear. "I'm sorry Clary, it's just that, well, there have been some... feelings between the two of us lately, and I feel like we need to address them before one of us explodes." Like me he thought.

Clary gawked at him, the surprise evident on her face. "Oh.... oh...". She felt her cheeks go bright red with heat. "Umm..what do you mean by that, exactly?"

Jace stared at her with an exaggerated look on his face. "You know what I mean." Clary tried to give him a blank stare, but Jace saw right through her. "Don't play dumb with me Clary Fray! I have known you for ten years. I know everything there is to know about you, and it's pretty clear that your crushing on me, hard." Clary gaped at Jace, her mouth opening and closing like a fish.

"I..I..I said no such thing. When have I ever hinted that I..like you?" she stuttered, blustered  by Jace's words

"Clary, you look at me all day! I turn my back for two minutes and you'll be gazing at me the entire time. At school, you always volunteer to be my partner! There is TONS of evidence that you like me! And I don't know why you won't just admit it, because...I like you too. Heck, I think I might even love you..."

"I..." Clary didn't know how to respond to that. That stood there starring at each other for a few moments. Clary looked deep into Jace's eyes and saw that he was sincere. "Ok...IF I liked you, and you liked me back... what would we do now?"

Jace smiled down at her. "That's simple. I would do this." At that point, he had his hand on Clary's neck. He leaned in slowly, and Clary closed her eyes in the hush of the moment. Just as their lips were about to touch, Simon came up behind them, and said ""What are you guys doing?"

Clary and Jace sprang apart, and stared at Simon, trying to figure out how to explain themselves.

"Oh, um, Clary and I were just-" Clary cut Jace off by saying "He wad just checking for something in my eye, right Jace?" "I..wait, what-" Ooww" Clary stomped on his foot. "I mean yes, she had some dirt in her eye ad I was trying to get it out." Jace said through gritted teeth.

"Well, the ceremony is going to start any minute so we should hurry up." Simon said as he walked away. Clary turned to look at Jace. "Umm, so... how about we just pretend that never happened?"

Jace looked at her, hiding his disappointment. "Oh, yeah right, totally" he agreed. "We should go in" he mumbled. "Ok, I'm right behind you." Clary said to him, embarrassed that Simon nearly walked in on them kissing. Though she was a little mad at Simon for interrupting the kiss, it was probably for the best. Jace walked away, grumbling to himself.

Clary turners toward the city's skyline, very confused.

What the heck just happened?

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A/N Well, how is it so far? Is the Climon/Clace love triangle working? I hope this made up for the really short chapter! I'm going to be changing the name of this by the way, so I will have the new title ready next time I update. If you have any suggestions, feel free to comment below! Till next time...

Bookworm❤😊