FIGHT ME

He's Not My Boyfriend

"Simon?" he heard Izzy call his name hesitantly through the door of his bedroom. He was still trying to wake up, his face buried in his pillow. "Are you OK?"

"Come in." Simon said, as loud as he could. When he didn't hear anything, he turned and said again. "Come in, Izzy."

She opened the door and poked her head in. "Hey...are you sure I can come in?"

Simon narrowed his eyes as he reached for his glasses. "You don't normally need permission to come into my room. What's up?"

"I'm really sorry about Jace's behavior last night." She said, coming in and sitting on his bed. "It was...well, he was rude. I even smacked him upside the head. I think Alec yelled at him when Magnus and I walked off."

"It's not your fault." Simon yawned, remembering. "Maybe he's gotten so many hits to his head that he can't remember how to be a decent human being."

Izzy winced. "Well, he felt bad and he's coming over for lunch."

"Oh." Simon said. "Are you cooking?"

Izzy shot him a dry look. "Ha-ha...I thought you might?"

Simon smiled. "You're joking." He said. "You want me to...what if I had plans?"

"It's Saturday, Simon." Izzy said. "You haven't had plans on Saturday for six months. It's kinda sad really."

"I could...I could..." Simon sighed. "Why am I being punished? I didn't do anything wrong."

"Well, you did walk off." Izzy said. Simon glared at her.

"So?" he got out of bed. "It was either that or hit him and I'm pretty sure he'd kill me."

"I know." Izzy sighed. "I'm sorry, but just do this. And if he messes up again...he's dead to me."

"You'd do that for me?" Simon pulled on his sweatpants. "It's OK. Guys like him are usually jerks. First impressions and all that."

"Guys like him?" Izzy asked.

"You know, the hot, pretty ones." With ridiculously pretty eyes.

"Magnus did say you were ogling him." Izzy said, grinning. "You think he's hot."

"Please Izzy." Simon rolled his eyes, his cheeks pink. "Everyone and their grandma knows he's hot. That's why he is a jerk."

Izzy was silent.

"Fine." Simon sighed. "Lunch. But if he pisses me off, I'm out."

"He won't." Izzy grinned. "Just to be clear, you think he's hot?"

Simon gave her a blank look and she held up her hands in defense. "OK, OK, I'm going."

Simon was almost done with the dessert when Jace rang the doorbell. Izzy got up off the couch and skipped to the door. She wasn't allowed in the kitchen whenever Simon was cooking. House rules.

"Jace, you made it." Simon heard her say.

"Well, Alec said if I didn't fix it, he'd kick my ass." Jace laughed. "I mean he can try, but I'm more afraid of his boyfriend. That guy's really scary."

"Nah. Magnus is harmless." Izzy said. "Simon, Jace is here." She called out.

Simon mimicked her silently as he took a deep breath and walked out of the kitchen. He resisted the urge to widen his eyes as he saw Jace. The blonde was dressed in all black. Black boots, black jeans, black jacket with a dark grey shirt underneath. He also had a barely concealed grin on his face. In fact he looked like he was holding back a laugh.