Running in Circles- The Mortal Instruments Fanfiction

Chapter 2

This chapter is dedicated to AnnabethMellark for being my first vote!! Thank you so much!!
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Childhood ends when you find out there are no monsters in the closet... and that they are really out in the street.
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Simon woke up without the comforting presence of Izzy beside him.

He must have overslept. This happened a lot because to Izzy, waking up anytime after 5:30 was considered "oversleeping". He stepped out of bed and had a quick shower. Then he went downstairs, and, seeing no one, decided to go to Taki's.

After several mugs of bloody coffee, Simon was full, and decided he would take a walk in Central Park.

After walking around for an hour, Simon sat down on a bench and closed his eyes for a minute... Next thing he knew, it was nighttime.

He checked his watch and cursed- it was almost 11:00. He decided to spend the night with Jocelyn and Luke- they were always happy to have him. Besides, he had learned his lesson last July when something similar happened and he had ended up being attacked by Church and then Jace. Afterward, Jace had blamed it on Simon's yellow shirt, claiming that he "looked too much like a duck".
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The next morning, after a quick breakfast and a thank you to Jocelyn and Luke, Simon headed back to the Institute.

He opened the door and was attacked in a bear hug by a mass of red hair, Clary. She took a step back and slapped him in the face.

"Ow, Fray, that hurt!" Said Simon.
She pulled out her phone and began typing into it furiously.

"Damn it, Simon, I thought you were dead! You had us so worried, Jesus. You couldn't just call us or something to tell us you're alright? We've been searching for you all morning!" Clary continued on this vein for the next 10 minutes.
Suddenly, there was a sound best described as about 12 drummers on steroids attacking a percussion set. With a microphone.

By the time the door opened, Simon was thorough scared, and jumped when Izzy, Jace, Maryse, Robert, and what looked like the entire New York Conclave burst in and all started yelling at once.
Eventually, Jace stood up on a table and yelled for quiet.
Simon took the opportunity to explain that he was only at Jocelyn and Luke's and that he went there for the night all the time without this big of a deal being made. he finished by saying, "You shadowhunters couldn't just get Magnus to do a tracking spell for you? No wonder you can't ever get anything done!"

To this Izzy said, quietly, "we did ask but he said he was busy and to not even try asking Alec to help because he's busy too."

Simon choked and looked away.

Just then Alec walked in, blushing, and said "I came as soon as I could, sorry." He blushed an even deeper shade of red and looked down.

At this, a few people in the crowd tittered disapprovingly, but on the upside, it gave Simon a chance to slip away upstairs and change.
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Thank you all so much for reading this!! It will get better soon I promise right now it's just kinda filler because otherwise the story will be like 3 chapters long... Anyway, you know what to do: vote, comment, and have a great day.
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Ev.