Book Of Love

Bumped (Pt 3)

Part 3

Jace put his hands up in defence, "Okay, Okay. I'm sorry but what do you want me to say?" "I want to know why you left me after you kissed me. Why you never returned any of my texts. Why you left the country without telling me. Why you said you loved me and denied it the next day." I swipe my hand across the table causing the cups to fly off and scatter on the ground. The lids popped off, as the coffee leaked out, Jace stood up tall, "Fine. Just please calm down Clary." Breathing out slowly, I sit back down. "Where do you want me to start?" He asks. "From the day you began to act all weird around me." I frown as a phone dings. Jace fidgets in his pocket. He pulls out his phone and checks his messages. I try to look over but all I see is green message bubbles. He must use a lot of his data. He never used any of it to text me back. "I'm so sorry Clary I have to go." "Fine leave me again, with no explanation." I fold my arms. "I'm sorry." He says as he backs away, putting his phone back into his pocket. I watch as he walks away. Fists clenched, I follow him being careful to stay hidden. I hid behind trees, benches and rubbish bins. Peeking my head above the bench, I search for him but groan as he was nowhere in sight. How could I lose him, he was right in my eyesight. Seeing him get in a car, I smirk and get into my own car.

A few minutes later, I park my car in a hospital car park. Confused, I get out still being subtle as I follow him inside. The large building was heavily guarded, but I manage to get past the front desk after claiming that I'm Jace's brother. I peeked around the door, where I saw him enter in. I quickly slid down to the floor with my back against the wall, totally not eavesdropping."I've missed you mother." Came Jace's worried voice and I gasped. Mother?! His mother's in hospital?! Someone's foot bumped into mine and a betrayed voice speaks, "Clary what are you doing here? Did you follow me?" "No, I mean yes, I mean.. I'm sorry Jace I just wanted answers." I tilt my head to the side, slightly pouting and giving him my puppy dog eyes. "Well, I guess I should have told you, it was my fault for keeping secrets from you." He grabs my arm, and drags me up, pulling me into the room. On the hospital bed, lay his mother.. A lady with dark brown hair, brown eyes and black bags beneath her eyes. "My mum had type four cancer, there was no chance of survival for her."

"Jace I'm so sorry. " I look down, feeling bad. Everything he did was because of his feelings for his mother. "Clary, that day after I kissed you, I went home and got a call from the hospital. Saying that my mother had approximately four months left to live. I wanted to spend as much time with her and in that time, I realised that if I spent as much time with you as I did with my mum, something might happen to you. And I discovered that hanging around you, made me fall for you. Clary I fell in love with you. But I was afraid of losing you, so I left you. It was the only way I wasn't going to fall in love with you more than I already had. I ignored your texts and blocked your number because that's what reminded me of you and everything I saw a text of yours, I wanted to cry because I missed you and I wanted you back. I ignored what my heart said and listened to my head , so when I wanted to text you, I couldn't find your number." Jace was holding my hands in his, surprised that I didn't notice him with his hands in mine, I asked, "What about when you left the country?" "I had to. The best hospitals were in Las Vegas. I only just got back two days ago with my mum once I heard that there was a good hospital here in Austria." He let go of my hands and walks over to his mum, stroking a gentle hand on her forehead, I notice that she doesn't respond.