Mortal Secrets: A Normal Day, Sort Of

Jace's POV

I found me pulling into the parking lot and taking my helmet off with the cold flushing my cheeks. Burr. Today is cold. I don't like how it is getting colder, meaning I won't be able to ride my bike.

Scanning the parking lot I saw a familiar red-head walking from the bus lanes. She was wearing ripped blue jeans and a huge old sweatshirt. Her hair came down to about her shoulders, one side was shaved. I remember when one day she came to school, all her long auburn red hair was cut off and side of her hair was shaved.

Glaring at her I turned before my heart started to feel bad. Why do I still do this? Why am I still rude to her? She is nothing but nice. I met Isabelle and Alec at the stairs, my siblings, to head into the school.

My leather jacket was keeping me warm, but the holes in my black jeans were making my legs chilled a little. As we stopped next to the group I noticed Sebastian was missing. Must be late.

I honestly wasn't paying much attention to the group's conversation; it's normally about the hot chicks in school. The red-head would not get off my mind. The pain I bring her just for the popularity. Why should I care about her? She is just a freak.

Alec and Isabelle came over to me and started for our plan tonight. "We are going to go hunting in this new place we found the other day. It's in the area of Idris, there seems to be a bunch of activity there."

"Okay, yeah that seems cool." I gave a quick nod, sweeping the halls for the one girl. Still not in the building I went back to my siblings.

"Yeah, that seems like a good place to go to get out." Isabelle agreed, "I will need to plan for tonight." Isabelle and fashion will keep her concentrated for a while.

Sebastian's presence was made known when he came over dragging my red-head with him. "Look who I found. Freak." He spat, throwing her onto the floor.

Feeling guilty for what I was about to do, I meander over to her. "Freak the Fray." I spoke bringing my hand up to creases her cheek, "here at my feet." I glared into her bright emerald eyes, "what a surprise."

Quickly I got up and looked back at the group with an evil smile on my lips; turning back to Clary and looking down at her I gave her a kick at her side. "Slut." I shot at her.

That's when it crossed through me. I felt sorry for her, for my actions. I felt guilty for everything I did, said, and done to her. I felt so sorry for everything.

Before she could notice I turned and walked away with the gang. I would see her in our first class. I would also see her in second, fourth and fifth. Nothing to worry about. Anyways I knew she sat by the tree every lunch day.

I must pull through this long boring day before I could go out on my hunt and let off steam. This won't be long, at all. Right?

By lunch time I was just done with the day. I wanted to leave and go home. I was nearly pressured into hurting Clary and her friend Seymour again. I just excused myself to the bathroom to get out of it. It works everything I don't want to hurt her. They just go onto a different topic when I leave.

It is last period I could do this. Pull through the last twenty minutes of class, then home, then hunt. Simple and easy. Nope. The teacher drug on and on. I was bored out of my mind. I lost track of time because I started thinking about Clary, I wish I could get everything to stop and her to feel better. She is strong, she never lets people make her show emotion.

The final bell rang throughout the school causing me to jump out of my thoughts and hurry to meet my siblings to leave. This night should help me pull through the day.

Finding Isabelle and Alec at their car I got onto my motorcycle. Us three got on our way to the Institute to grab our gear. Of course, Isabelle made us wait as she changed into something different.

"I'm sorry the school won't let us wear the good clothes." She scoffed as she saw our faces of annoyed. "I guess some people are not happy campers today," grabbing her seraph blade she tucked it away along with other blades, she continued, "but no worries a hunt will cheer everybody up!" Luckily she always kept her whip with her or we would be here longer.

"Are you ready?" Impatient Alec urged her on. "We don't have long of the day left."

I grinned and gave a funny remark, "Although, with my charming glow we should be fine."

"Shut up Jace. Your ego is too big for your own good." Izzy scoffed, hitting my shoulder, with a hint of a smile playing on her lips.

We ended up taking the subway train out of the busy city. Then after out of the city, we went on foot to the mountains around Idris. There Alec led us past the lake to a place I have never seen. In a side of a mountain, there was a huge gaping opening to a cave. The cave seemed to go deep just from looking at it.

Silently we three made our way into the cave, on high alert. I thought back to went I met Clary, she was a kind girl. Clary was a teacher's pet. You would never imagine her hurting a soul. That was until sophomore year.

There was a rumor going around school that she had killed her family. Only her father lived. People would stay away afraid they would get hurt, only a few dared to ask her if it was true, she never denied nor agreed.

That's when our group got worse at bullying her, we were doing it before, but we did really hurt her. Izzy, Alec and I do it to fit in, be one of the normal people in school. I hate every second of my life at school knowing I am hurting poor Clary.

As we entered deeper into the cave we met up with demons. With our skill, we easily killed them and advanced. The cave was covered in gemstones and it was admitting a blue hue across the walls.

When we got to a split in the cave we just went to the left, so when we left we could get out by staying to the right.

Near the middle of the cave, there was a huge room with water in the center. There were many passages leading out then back around, good for spying on people in the room.

"Only us," Alec spoke, still with his seraph blade held up.

"There were a decent amount of demons leading to here. There must be something valuable." Isabelle was searching high and low for a hidden anything.

Suddenly I could hear footsteps sounding louder as they got closer.

"Quick hide!" Alec led us to a perfect place to look out into the middle.

The footsteps stopped right in the middle of the room. I couldn't quite see who it was. I didn't want to know because soon the cave started to vibrate as if someone was known of their presence.

"Clarissa," a loud booming voice hissed to the person in the room, "nice of you to have joined on this fine night, I've been waiting."

The person didn't seem surprised. nor scared, she just stood there with confidence. "Yes, I am here now."

"Good. You know what you must do now. You must've made up your mind. If not you would not be here, you would be dead." The voice hissed at the girl still, she doesn't show fear.

With that, the voice was gone from the cave and it was replaced with silence.

Izzy's hand slipped on the rock sending a loud thud shudder through the room. The girl's head shot in our direction, with a flash of red, faster than I could blink an arrow was heading in our direction, just inches from my head. If I didn't move it would have got me.

I looked back at the girl to notice she was gone, out of thin air. Glancing back at the arrow, it caught a falling rock and was now stuck in the gemstone wall.

"Wow." I breathed. She has a good shot. "Alec, you just might have competition. Better step up your game." Alec was in awe against the wall. Izzy was too.

After a while, we had all gotten out of our shocked state. Alec had the brilliant idea of taking the arrow with us. We struggled, getting it out of the thick rock, but we got it. We didn't want to spend much more time in the creepy cave, after what just happened. Only a few demons came across our path on the way out.

At the Institute, Maryse was going wild over the arrow. It was a long black arrow, with an extremely sharp tip to cut through anything. and the end there was red and black feathers, with a red ribbon hanging off the end. On the ribbon was a black 'M' .

Maryse sent us to our rooms for the night. She was furious about the arrow.

The only thing we could do was go to school, but all night I could only think about the flash or red hair and my one and only red-head. Could there be another red-head? Or was that her? No. That can't be her. Never, she was at home, far away.

I pulled into my parking spot at the school. There sat the one and only, Clary. She had a sketchbook in her hands scribbling away.

"You know, she is in my art class." A hand was on my shoulder, Izzy was looking at the girl. I could see it in her eyes she was sorry for her, she too felt bad. "She is good at drawing." She said again, now looking at me.

Alec came up beside us, "you know if you like her just go talk to her. It won't be bad." Alec never would give me advice like this.

I couldn't she hates me. I've been so rude. "I can't," I gave in.

"Why? Why Jace? Is it because all the stuff you have said?" Izzy questioned.

"I hate her." I hissed, throwing her hand off my shoulder. I walked up to Clary and grabbed her sketchbook out of her hands. "What is this crap?" I sneered at her.

I was surprised, but I couldn't show it. Her drawings were amazing. I hate her.

"Give that back!" She tried to yell at me and snatch the book. I held it high above her.

"Come on, grab it? Or are you too short?" I laughed at her shortness. Still holding the book I walked over to a trashcan and shoved it into it. It felt good to be rude to her. But why? What did she do to you? I headed inside the building to meet my gang, Izzy and Alec both had a frown on their face and shaking their heads. Their black hair shown under the school lights.

Everyone else was smiling and praising me. "Good job man!" Sebastian took me into a man hung. "You showed her who is the boss."

Did I? Or did I just prove how much of a jerk I am?

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~Max