Shadowhunter stories ~mainly Malec!

Love triangles and Malec- part 5

The next morning Clary rolled around in Izzys bed, having stayed the night after her breakdown. Izzy used all her strength and powers of persuasion to get her out from under the covers but hiding seemed better than excepting the truth, to Clary . She had to break Simons heart, there was no escaping it.

The school doors flung open and Izzy and Clary strutted in, it was safe to say they were the cool girls, the hot girls everyone wanted to be. But no one would want to do what Clary was trying to pluck up the courage to do. She locked eyes with Simon , who was across the corridor, his eyes were so big full of hope and love his lips curling up ear to ear. How could she rip that away from him?

"Hey," Simon sang pulling Clary in for a kiss. Clary jerked back in the spare of the moment leaving Simon confused and shocked. The two stood awkwardly for a moment, kind of frozen in time- both knowing what was going to happen next but praying it wouldn't "Can we talk?" Clary sighed, pulling Simon aside.

Simon could see it in her eyes, the guilt, the hurt , the sadness. His heart began to beat sporadically his mind racing with possible scenarios or outcomes to this situation but suddenly it all stopped "I can't do this anymore," she blurted out so fast it was a miracle Simon got any of it. His face dropped, his usually bright exterior seemed some what dim. She knew right then she broke him; she broke the one person she would never dream of breaking.
"Why?" he questioned, sounding physically in pain, his eyes pricked with tears.
"I love you Simon, I really do but I'm not in love with you," she reached out for his hand put he pushed it away "I...I think becoming more than best friends was a mistake,"
And then he was gone. All the pieces of his broken heart trailing behind him, weighing him down.
Clary had no tears left in here, she just stood shaking while izzy made her way across the corridor to comfort her.

At lunch Jace, Alec and Magnus were sat together. The table looked pretty dull without the girls laughs and big grins and Simons nerdy remarks . "Where are the rest, they're usually here by now,"Jace frowned.
"Dunno revision maybe?" Alec lied, him and Magnus were both there when Clary decided she had to call to quits with Simon but it wasn't their place to tell Jace, it would just complicate things. Unfortunately high school had a habit of that; gossip spread quick, rumours spread faster.
A group of girls walked past their table talking ridiculously loud "Did you see Simon run out of school this morning crying?" One of them giggled,
"No but I heard its because that ginger one broke up with him,"
Jace's head flung around so fast he could have got whiplash.
"What was that?" he shouted at the girls
"Yeah... Lidia overheard Clary ending it with him this morning, supposedly over you" she smirked. A smile emerged over Jace's face as he get up to leave; however Magnus had other plans. He grabbed his arm yanking him back in his seat "sit down blonde," he spat . "What you heard them Clary wants to be with me,"
Magnus rolled his eyes "she just ruined her,what, 16 year friendship with Simon and you think now is the best time to bring up your feelings for each other. Give it time. Let everything settle before you go disrupting the peace again," Jace huffed and sank back into his chair- "this is going to be a long wait" he thought.