City of Heavenly Fire Fanfic

The Morning After...

Jace was only aware of few things at first: One, he was in the infirmary. Two, he was a in a lot of pain. And three, he wanted to see to Clary.

He moved to stand up, but a pain burst in his side. He yelled in pain.

"I wouldn't get up." Clary was standing at the foot of the bed. "Do you know what happened to you?"

"I think I do. The last thing I remember is looking into your beautiful green eyes and then everything went black."

Clary looked down and smiled. She was trying not to blush. "Well, that didn't answer my question. I asked if you remembered what happened not the last thing you remembered."

"Then the answer to that question would be, no. I don't exactly remembered what happened. Please, refresh my memory." He was smiling at her. He remembered everything clearly. He just wanted to hear Clary tell what happened.

He sat there and smiled at Clary, looking into those emerald green eyes of her's. He never thought he would get to look into those emerald eyes ever again. He never took his eyes off her as she recited the entire story. She had a few tears in her eyes. At one point one rolled down her cheek as she spoke and he leaned over and wiped it from her cheek. He didn't like it when she cried. It always made him sad to see her upset. But also mad because he wanted to find out what caused her to be so upset. At one point Jace realized Clary had asked him something. He was too busy looking at her and not listening.

"Sorry. What did you ask? My head is still a little foggy."

She smiled and asked him again, "I said, do you think you are feeling well enough to stand up?"

"Yeah, at least I think. There is nothing that can support me."

"What are you talking about? Don't you see your 'smoking-hot' girlfriend sitting next to you?"

That made him laugh, causing his side to hurt. He grabbed his side. And he asked her the question that has been racking his brain ever since he woke up: "Where did Sebastian go?"

Clary looked down at her hands in her lap. Her smile disappeared. "We don't know. Me and Isabelle were fighting him and then he suddenly vanished. And then I heard you groan and raced over to you."

"Where's Alec?"

Clary sarted to smile again. "I think he and Magnus are currently ocuppying one of our many rooms."

"How do you know?"

"I saw them making out in the hallway after we brought you here."

"That's good. Alec would be happy again. I'm really happy for them. I couldn't take listening to him complain about Magnus anymore. Plus, he was constantly getting drunk and being hungover. It is not pretty when Alec is on a hangover."

Clary laughed. "So, do you wanna get up and walk around?"

"No, I think I just want to lay here with you for a little while."

Clary smiled. "Okay." She moved so she was lying down next to him. He wrapped his arm around her waist and they fell asleep like that. His arms around her and listening to the rythm of his breathing and his heart beating. Nobody's heart beat like Jace's. No one's ever could.

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Alec couldn't remember much. The last thing he remembered was falling asleep next to Magnus. He didn't think last night would ever happen again. It made him so happy. The feeling of Magnus laying next to him was amazing. To see his sleeping face again.