quick as lightning

17. Slapdown showup

"If you just walk in and grab the cup valentines men will follow you like a beacon." The door opened and I smiled a 'thanks' before we all went out and de glamorized walking towards where Luke's desk was.

There were too many officers in the central room so Clary and I looked to eachother forming a plan. At that moment Clary busted into tears and I slapped Jace. "How dare you say those things to her!" I lead Clary over away from the desk and he moved to follow.

"What?" Jace was stopped by police officers.

I rolled my eyes. "Don't act like you don't know. She will never be good enough for your cheating self." Clary looked through the empty drawers before a woman came up.

"So this is the famous boyfriend." She looked from Clary to Jace. "What are you looking for?"she directed the last to me.

"A house key, luke leaves an extra in his desk and I don't have my bag and Clary lost hers." I sighed and she nodded.

"Babe, listen to me-" Jace finally got a grip on our plan and the blonde woman stopped him.

"You don't get to call her babe, she's done with you, got that?" She looked to the officers holding him back. "Take him outside."

"About that key?" Clary repeated my question.

"Sorry but everything's locked up in evidence vault upstairs. You won't be able to get it until he's cleared." Then she looked at the strip of skin you could see through my cropped sweatshirt. "Piper did you get tattoos for your birthday?"

"Oh, um, yeah." I placed my arms covering my waist and another on my neck. "Thanks though, I think I'll just go get my bag." I lied and Clary followed me outside.

Almost instantly the blonde boy was breathing down my neck. "Did you have to slap me so hard?" I chuckled, walking up to meet the lightwood siblings. Funny, I didn't feel that awful feeling when I saw Alec, I just felt semi-blank.

"Did you call for backup?" Izzy did her handshake with the redhead before the strawberry blonde bounded up.

"What took you so long?" Alec skimmed his eyes over the group.

"Well long story short, we found the cup but we lost it." Clary tilted her head and I laughed.

"The cup?" Isabelle repeated and I outlined the cup in the sky.

"You know." I said, "the goblet of Huffelpuff." Clary rolled her eyes.

"The mortal cup." She translated and I nodded.

Alec looked as if he wanted to roll his eyes. "This is a disaster."

Jace stopped him. "No, demon pocks is a disaster, this is a inconvenience." I chuckled at that.

"Chicken pox is a inconvenience, trust me I have a scar." I was about to show said scar when Clarys phone went off. "I wish I had a phone." I Muttered.

Izzy crossed her arms. "What happen to yours?" And I tilted my head from side to side.

"When Not Dot came at me-"

"A demon." Alec Interupted.

"When the demon came after Clary and I, This was before Jace took us to the institute." Piper clarified. "I couldn't find a weapon so I, Uh, threw my phone into its throat and it started choking, kinda saved my life." Jace was snorting the whole time and Alec looked as if he were trying not to grin.

"Let me get this straight." Izzy grinned. "Instead of running or hiding, you threw a phone into the demons throat." They were all cracking up.

"Whatever-Shut up." I walked to Clary whispering. "Hey can I talk to Simon for a sec?"

"Sure."  She passes me the phone and I football threw it as far into the road as I could. "PENELOPE FAIRCHILD!" Clary yelled at me and my eyes went wide as I covered her mouth but it was too late.

"Penelope?" Now they were all chuckling at my name.

"I swear if a single one of you calls me that I will beat you up." I threaten before clapping my hands together. "Now what's the plan."

"This is a terrible plan." I groaned as we made it to the second floor in the building the woman we needed her badge to get past The vault security.

"Im guessing your going to be the distraction Izzy asked Alec, since I'm turning over a new leaf." I raised an eyebrow before starting to unbutton the top of his shirt.

"What are you doing?" He asked, not fighting me though.

I rolled my eyes. "Ladies like muscular chest, you have one, you use it." I patted his chest before sending him over. Izzy and I watched him start walking in what he thought was a swagger. "This is going to be a disaster, oh god this was a bad idea." I covered my eyes and Izzy was enjoying his fail, grinned and pulling my hand off so I could see.

"Especially since she's into women." Izzy notes and I snorted. With my hearing rune I listened in.

"You come here often?" Alec asked and I lost it, loud peals of infectious laughter came along with a few snorts and I covered my face with my hands.

"He just quoted the bee movie." I was laughing before sighing watching him stutter. "Let me take this." I pulled my hair down and tossed it over my head before walking up and grinned.

"Hey, I came over here to ask you something but totally forgot." She smiled back at me and Alec bewildered stood beside me. "Your just so beautiful, it's distracting." I flirted, using my charming smile.

"Oh, thank you." She smiled, blushing, and my hand crept towards her badge laying on the table.

"What time do you get off work? How about we go for drinks soon?" I offered quickly tossing the badge with speed no mundane could see. Then I accidentally spilled the water on her desk and she began to scramble with things as I drug Alec behind me.

"How did you do that? Get her distracted like that?" He asked and I grinned at him.

"Look at me, I'm a walking distraction."