So here we are, two years later. I never planned on updating this story and honestly, I cringed looking back on it. But last night I was in the fanfic mood, so I logged in to access my favourites, ended up reading my own, and here we are.
Am I going to continually update this story? I don't know. But I want to now. I remember when I was writing this, I told myself I had to finish it because there was nothing more annoying than loving a fanfic that's not finished and seeing it hasn't been updated in years. So we'll see, maybe I'll finish it.
Jace and I walked hand-in-hand over to the pool to join the others. "What are we playing?" I asked, stepping into the pool. "Chicken fight," Simon said, excitedly. "Chicken - what now?" asked Jace, pushing his golden hair out of his eyes.
"Basically, there are two people in a team. One person sits on the other person's shoulders and then the top person has to try and knock the other teams into the water while the bottom person manoeuvres. Got it?" Magnus explained.
Everybody nodded and then we split off into our teams: Magnus and Alec, Simon and Izzy, and Jace and me. Jace bent down in the water so I could climb onto his shoulders, ready to start the game. He gripped my calves and I wrapped my arms around his neck as we waited for Magnus and Izzy to climb onto their partners.
"And, go!" Magnus shouted, leading everybody to charge forward. There was a flurry of limbs and a spray of water as we tried desperately to knock the other players off.
Magnus and I had both chose to aim for Izzy so she fell first into the water, and then Jace and Alec turned to each other. Magnus and I began pushing and pulling at each other as Jace and Alec made faces and taunted each other.
After a few moments of struggle, Magnus pushed me, hard, and I let go of Jace, falling into the water. I was only under for a few moments before I was pulled up and out by Jace's strong arms.
Jace deposited me on the ground and I turned around to watch Alec running around the pool, with Magnus still on his shoulders, as they chanted, "We win! We win!" over and over again.
Jace stuck his middle finger up at Alec and turned to pout at me. "Don't worry, we've got two weeks. We'll get them back," I reassured him. He kissed me on the forehead and then we walked over to where Simon and Izzy were standing.
"Hey, do you guys want to move down to the beach?" Simon asks us. We all agree and climb out of the water. We decide to leave our things where they are, and then I grab Jace's hand as we walk down to the beach with the rest of our friends.
"What are we doing tonight?" I ask my friends when we reach the sand. "Ow!" Izzy complains about the burning sand, before saying "well I thought you'd want to hang out with Jace, but maybe we could do something all together later?" "Yeah sure, that sounds good." I tell her smiling.
"Can you guys drink here?" Magnus asks Simon, Izzy and I. "No, the drinking age here is 21 I'm pretty sure," Jace tells him. Izzy pouts before perking up and saying, "but maybe in the hotel. Our father is the owner after all."
We spend the day swimming in the sea, splashing each other, and lying on the beach. It's the happiest I've felt in a long time but having Jace here is the best part of it all.
Later that night, I'm sitting in front of my mirror while Isabelle curls my hair for my date with Jace. "So what are your plans tonight?" I ask her. "Oh not much, just going out for dinner with Simon and then probably going back to his room."
"Oh?" I raise my eyebrows at her. "It's not like that!" She scolds me. "Or maybe it is. I don't know. I want to, obviously," she corrects herself as she curls the last part of her hair.
I get up, studying myself in the mirror. I'm wearing a white summer dress paired with gold sandals. "You look beautiful," Izzy tells me. "So do you," I reply while giving her a hug.
Jace said he'd come pick me up, so I sit down on the bed and wait. Izzy uses the opportunity to pester me. "Do you think you and Jace would ever, you know, sleep together?" I sigh as my cheeks heat up and think for a moment before answering. "I'm not sure. He said once that we couldn't while he was still my teacher but look where we are. We've taken it too far already, so I don't know if we're sticking to that."
"Exciting," Izzy screeches as a knock sounds at the door. I shush her before opening the door. Jace is standing there, wearing a white shirt and denim shorts, looking as handsome as ever. "You look stunning," he tells me before offering me his arm. I take it and off we go.
It's really difficult returning to this and not remembering my plans for the direction of the story. Possible scenes and ideas used to float through my mind all the time and now I don't remember anything.
This is such a short chapter and it's really not good but it's been so long so I guess if any of you are still reading, let me know whether you want me to continue.