Mundane high school

Chapter 7

Hi guys! I'm so sorry, it's been ages since I last updated! I just have been finding it hard to write, but I hope you enjoy the chapter!

"Clary wait!" I call but she is already gone. I sprint down the stairs and out of the house just as Clary starts to back out of the driveway. I run behind the car so that she has to stop. She stops and I quickly get into the passenger seat. "What do you want Jace?" She asks sounding annoyed. "If you still want to, I think you would be a great fake girlfriend, I mean you fit all the criteria and stuff." Wow way to go to Jace 'you fit all the criteria' I think. "I don't want to Jace." She says. "Please Clary." I beg. "Ok." She says reluctantly. "Thank you so much Clary." I say and instinctively kiss her. She seems very surprised and pulls back. "Sorry, just thought you could use some practice, you don't seem, like the kind of person to have a lot kissing experience." I recover. I actually thought Clary might have liked me as more than a friend, but I guess I was wrong. I wish we weren't fake dating.

Clary P.O.V
Jace went to kiss me! And I pulled back! Why did I pull back? Maybe it was because I know that it was only fake. I know it was only because we are fake dating now. Why did I even agree to do this? "I think you're the one who needs some work on your kissing skills! I need to get going see you tomorrow." I pull out of his driveway and start to head home. On the way I see a girl who looks about 12 sitting on a bench on the sidewalk crying. I decide to pull over and see if she's ok. "Hi, are you okay?" I ask walking over to the bench. "Does it look like I'm ok? Who are you anyway?" She snaps. "I'm Clary. Do you want to to talk about it?" I ask her. She sighs "I'm Emma, and it's just I think I have a crush on my best friend and he was just telling me about this girl he likes and I couldn't handle it." Emma tells me. "Oh, thats horrible. Does the girl sound like any one you know?" I ask her, boys tend to make up girlfriends sometimes, well Simon did I don't know what other boys do, maybe they like real people. "She sounded familiar but I couldn't think of who it was. She had long blond hair, brown eyes and he said I don't know her but she sounds familiar. Julian used a lot more description than that though, he's a painter." Emma tells me. I think the girl Julian likes sounds a lot like Emma. "You know Emma, the girl sounds a lot like you." I tell her. "Really? She sounded so much prettier than me!" Emma says. I just chuckle and ask her. "What school do you go to?" "I go to Idris High." She replies. "So do I, I have to go now but I'll see you around. It was nice meeting you." I say. "Bye Clary" she says, as I turn back to car to drive home. When I get home I find Simon and his mum Elaine sitting down eating dinner. "Hey Clary, want some dinner? There's some on the bench. I made it just in case you got home in time, I know it's your favourite." She says. I walk over to the bench and find a plate of pesto and chicken parmigiana. Yum! "Thanks Elaine, this looks amazing!"
I say as I walk down to the table with my food. "That's all right Clary. How you settling into school? I feel like I have hardly see you anymore." "It's great actually, I have made some amazing friends. And I'm sure you know about one of my best friends Izzy, is Simon's girlfriend. And I actually got asked out by the guy I like today." I tell her, my cheerfulness clearly fading at the mention of Jace. Simon looks like he's still registering me telling his mum about Simon. "Wha-wha-what! Me a girlfriend! No way!" Simon unconvincingly lied. "Simon! You've been here what, a week or two and you already have a girlfriend! You couldn't even get one back home! My little Simon's growing up!"  Elaine exclaims. Simons blush just gets worse as his mum squeezes his cheeks. "Wait, are we just going to ignore the part where Clary said she has a boyfriend? Did Jace ask you out?" Simon asks me. "Yeah, but I'll tell you about later, okay?" I say and we quickly finish our meals and head up to my room. "What, you and Jace?" Simon yells.  "Simon calm and down and I'll explain." I say to him. "But Clary, i know you like him, but it's Jace, he's the biggest player at school. I just don't want you to get hurt." He explains. "I know Simon, just let me explain, ok?" "Ok" he replies. "We aren't really dating, it's only fake so Jace can get back at Aline. I really like him, but he just needed someone believable, and I was that person. This means nothing to him expect revenge, he made that pretty clear. And the worst part was that he went to kiss me and I pulled back, because no matter how much I wanted to kiss him, I knew it just fake." I say, and only once I finish I realise that there are tears streaming down my face. Simon just embraces me and we sit on my bed in silence until we fall asleep.

Jace P.O.V
I'm in bed thinking about the days events, when my conversation with Clary pops into my head. Did I really have to kiss her? I was so dumb to think she might actually like me, after how I've treated her. And now we are fake dating and that just pretty much ruins any chance I still had of even just becoming friends. Good job Jace! I hear someone knocking my door 'Alec?' I call 'No it's me, Izzy. Can I come in?' She asks 'yeah whatever' I say. She comes in an sits next to me 'What's wrong?' She asks me 'I think I just messed up any chance at being friends with Clary.' I say 'What?' She demands angrily. 'Izzy calm down. I was thinking about our revenge plan on Aline. Although it's a great plan, I don't want her to think I still care about her. Clary and I were talking after we finished out homework and she was asking me about Aline. I told her what I told you and we decided that I should fake date someone. We were trying to come up with someone, and I couldn't think of anyone Clary offered. I just sat there staring at her a minute, wondering why on earth she would offer. Anyway I think she took it the wrong way and thought I was disgusted by the idea. She left, but I followed her out to her car. I ask her to be my fake girlfriend if she's up to it, because she fits all the criteria. I have no idea why I would say that. Anyway she agreed and I went to kiss her for practice, and she pulled back and drove off.' I explain to Izzy. I feel a sting on the side of my face, and realise that Izzy just hit me. 'Are you insane! You can't just fake date her, and then kiss her straight away in private. Plus I know you want to actually date her." She says. 'First ouch, second I don't want to date her and even if I did she would never want to date me now.' I say 'Jace I know you can't see your feelings for Clary, but the rest of us can and I don't want you to stuff this up.  You better fix this, before you run out of time.' Izzy says, before saying goodnight and leaving.
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-Tilly