Unexpected Love

Chapter One - Clary's POV

I've never really thought about it before, but at this time of day New York almost looks like something that only exists in someone's imagination when you can't see anything but the millions of lights that make the city shine brighter than even the starriest sky. I lean back, close my eyes and just when I'm about to let the thought take over, someone knocks at my door and pulls me out of my magical dream world. "Can I come in?" When I look up, I see Isabelle standing in the doorway wearing nothing but underwear and an oversize, loose-fitting sweater. "Isabelle... Hey... Aren't you supposed to be training with the guys?" A faint smile appears on her lips. "Yeah, but... Jace started asking how thing were going with Magnus while our parents were in the room and then Alec got mad and in no time I was witnessing a fight so I decided to take the rest of the day off and just relax" she says and throws herself onto my bed as if I had indirectly asked to come in. "Hasn't Alec told them that he's... You know.. Yet?" I ask and lies down so I can look directly into Isabelle's beautiful brown eyes. A long time ago I realized that everyone in the Lightwood family are incredibly beautiful and born to be supermodels, but Isabelle is so much more than that. She is the most enchanting human being I have ever seen and when I look at her it feels like I'm in heaven. "No, Alec hasn't come out yet, but I think he might do it soon. I mean, have you noticed how he and Magnus look at each other? You'd think that they have known each other for an eternity" she says and smiles at me and I smile back as I see her move closer to me. "I want to do something with you so I don't have to think too much about everything that is going on right now", Isabelle whispers and kisses my earlobe. I smile as my eyes move down her body and I let my hand stroke her hip. She looks at me with a twinkle in her eyes but it isn't the twinkle you normally see in her eyes. No, it's more like a firework of lust. She smiles at me and runs her hand down my arm and I don't know how to feel. One part of me is screaming "Kiss her!" while another part of me is screaming "Stop it! You love Jace!"and for some reason I choose to listen to the part of me that wants me to kiss Isabelle. A smile spreads on her lips as I look into her eyes and move closer to her and then I just kiss her. Isabelle moves to sit on top of me, keeping my legs from my moving, and my hands move down to her gluteus maximus to push her closer to me. Our kiss intensifies and the feeling of exploding fireworks fills my body but in the middle of our make-out-session the door is opened. "Clary?"

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"Clary, wake up", Jace says quietly and strokes my arm. "I am awake", I mumble with my face buried in my pillow and push his hand away. "Okay, did you sleep well?" I lift my head and look up at the divine creature standing in front of me. "Yeah..." He looks at me suspiciously and raises an eyebrow. "I really hope that big pool of saliva on your pillow is there because you've been dreaming of me." "It is", I say without thinking about it and start blushing. I don't want him to know that I have been dreaming about Isabelle. It would ruin our relationship even though we haven't made it official yet. "Why are you blushing?" I don't know what to say because I'm afraid of telling the truth, but as I'm about to answer Jace, someone knocks on the door. "Come in", I say and see a beautiful and well known face peek in from behind the door. "Clary, I need to talk to you", Isabelle says and smiles nervously - a smile I have never seen on her face before. Oh... This can't be good... "I'll be there soon. Can you wait a minute so I can get properly dressed or is it urgent?" "Please, come out here now. It's pretty urgent." I turn my head to kiss Jace on the cheek and get out of bed, wearing nothing but my underwear and an oversize t-shirt. A nervous smile appears on my lips as I join Isabelle in the hallway and close the door behind me. "This is going to sound really weird, and promise me you won't misunderstand this, but... I had a dream about you last night and we did some things that... You know...", she says with a nervous look in her eyes. "Yes, I know. We kissed. I had the exact same dream. I wonder what it means." Isabelle shakes her head. "I don't know but no one can know about this no matter what. I mean, Alec is only just starting to realize that he's attracted to men and he hasn't told our parents yet. If they suddenly find out that their daughter has been dreaming about kissing a girl then... I don't even want to think about what would happen if they found out. And if Jace finds out that you have been dreaming about me, your relationship is ruined and that can't happen 'cause you're such a cute couple and I've never seen Jace this happy." I look down, suddenly feeling overwhelming sadness and guilt. Gosh, I really want to kiss her right now. I fix my eyes on her lips, smiling, pull her closer to me and place a soft kiss on her lips but I instantly regret my actions when I feel Isabelle pushing me away. "I am so sorry... I don't know what came over me", I mumble and look away. "I guess I haven't quite woken up from that dream yet." "You don't have to apologize, Clary. You just surprised me... Also, Alec is heading this way and as I said before: no one can know about this dream." There is a sparkle in her eyes that I have never seen before - as if a new side of her has opened up and it's just waiting to be explored.

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"Anybody ready for some a training session?" Jace yells and automatically hands me a seraph sword as if I haven't been training enough for the past couple of days. "I'm not", I say and hand the sword back to him. "We have been training like crazy for three days. Don't you ever get exhausted?" "Are you kidding? He has more energy than Max has when he's had too much sugar", Isabelle laughs. "Who are you to talk," Jace snorts and puts the sword down. "Let's get to training." Just when I thought I couldn't be more fascinated by her, I notice the grace with which she moves; she's elegantly soaring through the room like a ballet dancer unlike Jace who looks like a clumsy giant in comparison. "What are you looking at?" he asks, interrupting my thoughts. I shake my head and look at him, smiling. "Sorry... I got lost in my own thoughts." A smile spreads across Jace's face but there is something different about his smile, something wrong - it almost looks fake. "Were we in the middle of a training session or what?" I ask briskly and smile back at him. As Jace starts sparring with Alec, I walk towards Izzy, letting myself become one with the seraph sword, and we start sparring. In no time our sparring turns into a wrestling match between the two of us with me lying on top of her in an attempt to hold her down but she's too strong and soon she's sitting on top of me. Her face moves closer to mine as she leans down, quietly whispering: "Be careful Clary." I can't help but smile. "I will." Unconsciously, my hand moves up to her butt and just when it reaches its goal, Jace stops sparring with Alec. "Clary!", he yells and I quickly remove my hand and close my eyes. What is wrong with you?! I wish I could just disappear. "What are you doing?!" I push Izzy off of me and stand up, preparing to yell back at him. "Oh, If only you knew! I have lost my best friend and I'm not allowed to see him! You're busy hunting demons and I don't feel like going on missions with you anymore! Not everyone is as strong and brave as you Jace Wayland!" With those word I walk out of the training room and away from Jace. I am really not in the mood to talk to right now so I run to my room and lock the door. This was not supposed to happen. He was not supposed to know about it. No one was supposed to know about it and Isabelle should have stopped me before I went too far. Everything is ruined and it will never be the same.