The Heirs

Chapter 21 : The Night

As soon as Jon left, Bass and Jace can feel the tension radiating from Clary's. Bass didn't know that Aline will drop a bomb like that tonight. It's not like he doesn't want Jon to know, but he thinks the timing wasn't right. Bass wasn't also expecting how Jon looses his control over his emotions. The way he gripped Clary's hand also made him winced. 

Clary's really worried, looking at Simon, asking them what did they use to drive here. Bass just observed her, clearly she hadn't notice she's been talking a lot of stuff that she shouldn't talk about. Bass wasn't that surprised when she started asking those questions, he found out tonight about Jon because of Jace but he never knew that Clary knows about it, the way he looks at Simon, Simon knows too. As they left Bass glanced at Jace then to Clary. She keeps pacing back and fort looking at her phone from time to time. Aline looks like she was about to cry. None of us choose to speak at Clary and bombard her with questions.

Bass sighs "why don't you guys go first take Aline home?" he asks Magnus and Alec, Magnus stood up agreeing. 

Aline stood up, hugging me goodbye. Bass pulled away and looked at her beautiful eyes. Those eyes that I've always loved, he thought to himself. He lets out a sigh and peck her to her forehead, he somehow still care about her, he cups her face "Hey, it's going to be alright, okay? Call me when you got home," she nodded. They bid their goodbyes, Clary telling her that she'll call when she have news. 

It's been an hour and half since Jon left, and Bass can't take this tension.

"Now care to.... " Bass never got to finish what he was about to ask, because Clary's phone rang. 

"Eric...." she says exasperatedly. She answered her phone, with a worried tone. Bass glance at Jace then back to Clary. 

'Is he in there? What?.... Eric...Simon what happened?' Clary asks again. 

'Shit. Damn it.' we both heard how Clary cursed looking at her phone.

"What happened Clare? And who's Eric?" Bass asks, Clary blinks and look at them, realizing that they're both staring at her waiting.

"I.... I can't , I have to go." by that she rushed to the door, Jace runs to her and grab her arm, "Clary wait. " Jace says.

"Why won't you tell us, what's happening?" Bass questioned her sternly. He's clearly the older brother here, how come he cannot control the situation.

"Jon is racing tonight!!!!" She yells annoyingly, Bass and Jace was shocked hearing Clary's yell, they both saw how anxious Clary looks like and she looks like she's about to cry, Jace held her not letting her go, "he's into drag racing, so please can I just leave?" she pleaded looking at both of us. Jace caressed her cheeks when he saw that Clary's tears are already falling.

"He can't race like that, and if he loses...." She says between her sobs, "Hey. It's okay Simon's gonna be there right? You asked Simon to follow him," Jace told her. She nodded and then her phone rang again.

'Izzy? Oh God. What? Where? Okay, we'll go there right now' Clary hangs up and told Bass and Jace that they have to go there right now.

"I'll drive" Bass says.

Clary told us, that we're going to Eric's loft, Oxford Ave. in Bronx. By the time we arrived it was past midnight. We buzzed Eric and he let us in. By the time we reached the door and Eric opens it, Clary hugs her. Jace stiffened a bit, and Bass felt the possessiveness in him. Bass nudged him, giving him that look. Now is not the time to feel jealous look. Jace groaned inwardly.

"Hey Clare" Eric greeted Clary engulfing her to an embrace. Clary pulled away, slightly sobbing.

"Where's Jon? And What the hell happened?" She demanded.

" Why don't you guys go inside," He looks at us.

"Oh Eric this is my Older Brother Bass and Jace my Boyfriend." Clary introduced us, we just nod in greeting.

We went in and saw the bloody mess on Jon, that's a lot of blood stains, Bass thought to himself, completely shocked to what he just saw. What the hell just happened, he mentally asked himself. "Jon!" Clary jumped hugging Jon on the couch. 

"Easy Clare, can't breathe. " Jon says, smiling weakly at our sister, and when his eyes landed on us he was a bit taken a back. Clary shook her head, giving him the 'don't get me started' look.

"What the hell happened? And Simon when I told you to follow Jon, that includes of keeping him off from punching someone, or crashing someone's car or worst his car!," Clary asked Jon and looked into Simon. Bass looked at Jon sternly, Jon shrugged with a sorry face.

"When I got there Raphael was half dead and your brother also almost," Simon groaned and glance at Eric, "ask Eric what happened," Simon bickered, Clary looked at Eric sternly waiting for answers, Eric chuckles.

"Well. When Jon arrived I was talking to Raphael, he asked who Raphael is, I told him he's Raphael Santiago and he's new, then it happened so fast that he tackled Raphael. Then minutes later Simon arrived," Eric explained. Jon just smirked looking at Clary, Clary looked at him and smack his face playfully.

"Why the hell did you do that?" She asked

" Well I remember you telling us about that Raphael dude and please, not in the face Clare." Jon says. Jon has a cut on the eyebrow and lip, but his knuckles are bloody hell bleeding hard. He really did throw a hard punch.

"So I get that you punched Raphael but Clary told me you're into drag race can you explain everything?" Bass beats Clary for the lesson, he glared sternly at Jon. Jon just looked at him then to Eric.

"Wait! Forgive me for being rude, I'm Eric Trueblood I organize the streets here in Bronx and Isabelle over there is a Cousin of mine," Eric introduced himself, and we all looked at Izzy.

"What do you mean cousin?" Izzy asked.

"Maryse has a Brother and that Brother is my Father." Eric told us, that explains it. Izzy nodded at him.

"So you're into street racing brother? And Clary knows about this?" Bass asks again, "well, yeah! Clary knows but I lay lowed, Mom almost caught me and after the dinner I needed to blow some steams. But I never got to race because I got into a fight with Raphael which is good also," Jon answered proudly.

"Good? What Good. We're having a dinner on Wednesday you can't look like that. And oh Izzy no one should know about this understand?" Clary slightly shouted at Jon. And then looked at Izzy. Jon just smirked again

"It's fine okay? Why don't we go home I'm sleepy," Jon says.

"I... Umm I'm sleeping over at Bass's tonight. I left my car there." Clary says, glancing at Jace.

"Okay. Just... I can't say it," Jon groans, Bass is there so what if she's sleeping over, Jon thought to himself.

We all said our goodbyes and left Eric's loft.

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