When Life Chooses for You

Chapter One:

Part One: Resistance 

Clary rested her head on her pillow staring out and into the open. She blinked. The door creaked open as Isabelle's figure came into view.

"Hey Izzy" she weakly said turning on her back.

"Hey" she leaned on the doors frame. "Are you ok. We missed you at breakfast" by we she meant Alec, Isabelle and her boyfriend, Jace.

"I wasn't hungry." Clary muttered. Isabelle found a spot next to Clary on the bed.

"Clary, I know you hate my cooking, you don't have to mention it again." Clary smirked and and sat on her elbow staring at Isabelle.

"You finally understand me." Clary snickered a bit before resting again on her back.

"You should come out and eat." Isabelle lightly pranced in her own hair. "You'll get hungry again." Clary moaned before throwing the sheets off and pushed Isabelle off the bed.

"K. I’m leaving now." Isabelle muttered before bouncing out the door. Clary managed to find a pair of black skinny jeans, and blue shirt before throwing herself out the door.

In the kitchen, Jace and Alec were at the table talking.

"I bet a greater demon could possess a shadowhunter" Alec claimed, staring at Jace with interest.

"Maybe" Jace considered "but not me."

"Where's Maryse and Robert" asked Clary, getting their attention. Jace turned embarrassed a bit of their conversation.

"Ah" Alec responded "They left last night to Idris." Clary nodded and sat down next to Jace. He pushed a plate of bacon and sausage to her.

"Thanks" she muttered, grabbing a slice of sausage and bit it. Alec glanced around the room, before getting up to leave.

"I better go see what Izzy's up to." He muttered before leaving. Clary turned to Jace munching on a piece of bacon.

"What were y'all talking about." Jace looked bummed and still embarrassed.

"Ah nothing but about monsters." He snickered a bit. “We missed you for breakfast.” Clary nodded.

“I wasn’t hungry. I'm making myself eat this.” She said with a moan. She bit her lip and tousled through her red hair.

“So what are you going to do?” Clary shrugged and pushed the plate away.

“Nothing much.” she said coming up with an idea. “Could we train?” she asked without hesitation. Jace’s face was surprised.

“Why not.” he said grabbing a lock of her hair. “It turns me on watching you fall like a young girl.” Clary pushed herself up and began out the door. She walked into the weapon room and found a dagger and tucked it in a nearby weapon belt. Jace’s arms wrapped around Clary as she winced.

“You know you don’t need to train to get better.” he whispered in her ear. “You are an awesome shadowhunter in my mind.”  Clary laughed turning herself around to face him. His small lips were pulled into a smile. She reached for a kiss and instead went and whispered in his ear.

“We should practice” she told him backing up. He had a stunned face. She knew what he wanted. “Later” she said walking out back. She could hear Jace’s footsteps behind her.  They found a spot as Jace threw a mat onto the floor.

“Why not get some flips in?”  he sarcastically said. Clary found herself onto the platform and landed a perfect backflip. Jace smirked.

“Now if I could get that in action.” he said walking closer to her. “Do a front one.” She nodded reluctantly.  She wasn’t very good at front flips she’d only been practicing on this flip for a week. But, she landed it. She smiled, her heart jumping in her chest. She did turns and flips, twisting that small body across the mat. Jace was staring now mouth gaped open and eyes wide. She stopped and fumbled with a dagger.