Reunited(completed)

Chapter 4

Chapter 4- Beach Adventures

Clary's pov-

I woke up and check my phone. I see that it's 8:42 and I already have texts from Izzy.

Bride-to-be
Hey chica! We're all going to the beach today so get your suit on and head down for breakfast then we'll roll out. We're leaving at 10:30 breakfast at 9:30. See you soon!

Awesome! Beach day! I looked to see that Brody was already up and in the shower. When he got out I hid around the corner, as he passed I jumped onto his back. He screamed a little. I laughed and said "Beach day today so get your suit on." He shook his head at my craziness and I took a quick shower.

When I got out I threw on a bikini with a cover up over it. I put my hair into a messy bun and grabbed Brody's hand and pulled him to the elevator. We went downstairs and ate breakfast with everyone.

During breakfast I avoided Jace at all costs. I couldn't handle seeing him and Jenna this early, especially after last night.

We hopped into the van and took off for the beach. We set up our towels and the boys took off to the water and us girls started to tan.

I sat up on my elbows and watched the guys playing catch. I admired the way Jace's muscles flexed and that clearly the years of playing football for Stanford helped him keep his sexy eight pack. Brody was hot but Jace...whole other scale.

Aline, Becca, and Jenna got up to go get snacks and Izzy nudged my arm. "Why don't you just talk to him, Clary?" She asked. "I just can't, Iz, I can't." I said. I got up and walk along the beach a little ways away from the boys so my feet were in the water.

I felt water splash on my ankles and looked up to see Jace's jogging over to me. I looked at Brody and he was nodding as if to say 'you can do it'.

"Hey, you ok?" I looked up at him. "Hey Jace, ya I'm fine." I rpelied.

"Clary, I know you, I know when you're upset and I know when your lying about being upset." He looked at me with the 'tell me' look.

"I guess just a late night last night. Just really tired." I replied. "Oh ok." He said.

"Can I ask you something?" I asked him. "Sure, go for it." He replied.

Go for it...maybe I will.

"Not that I want to bring up old memories but...why didn't you fight for me?" I looked up at him. "What do you mean?" He asked me.

"When I broke up with you, I did it because I was scared of getting hurt, but I thought you cared enough to fight me on it. I kept telling myself, any day now he's going to be knocking on my door demanding that I don't give up on us. I didn't even get a phone call or a text or anything. Why?" I asked hesitantly.

"I thought it was what you wanted, so I figured I wouldn't fight you on it because I want you to be happy." He replied looking out into the water. "Oh" I said. "Don't ever think that I don't care about you." He said before he walked away.

'Care' as in present tense. He still cares about me. I felt the bubbly feeling return so I went to talk to Izzy to distract myself from it.

As I walked up to her, I noticed the smirk on her lips. "What?" I asked her catiously. "I saw that over there. I could practically see you blushing from here." I shook my head at her and laid down to tan more.

When we loaded back into the van, Izzy told everyone that we were going to a club tonight so we needed to get ready. When we got to the hotel I said bye to Brody since Izzy was getting me ready.

All of us going clubbing...this should be interesting.

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Bye Angels,
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