(Izzy's Pov)
It's been a few hours since we got back from the beach. This whole time I have been texting with Simon. We have gotten really close lately and it doesn't help much that the more I talk to him the stronger my feelings for him become. I look over at the time to see that it is around 12:40 am, and I can't help but think how the time flies when I'm talking to him. When I look back at my phone I see a text from him asking me if I want to call, I start to smile and text him back saying yes. He then immediately called, I let it ring a bit so he didn't think I was so desperate. Once I finally answered and as soon as I did, he started talking in the most goofiest voice I have ever heard. This made me laugh, but once I calm down I tell him how I love that he makes me laugh. I could tell I made him smile from how his voice was. We continued to talk for about another hour before I heard a knock at my door. I tell Simon that I have to go and that I would love to talk to him tomorrow. He was very understanding and we said our goodbyes. This whole time the person at my door continued to knock. I throw my phone on my bed and go over to the door, to open it. I saw Jace standing outside my door and looked like he was nervous and worried.
"Hey, what are you doing here?" I ask.
"Hey, I snuck out of Clary's room when she fell asleep. I need to talk to you," He says, looking down at his hands. I moved out of the way and let him in the room, closing the door behind him.
"Okay about what?" I ask.
"First off I wanted to make sure you're okay? Clary told me what happened," Jace says.
"Yeah I'm fine, what's the other thing?" I ask, crossing my arms.
"Well, since you're Clary's best friend I figured I could use your advice." He asks.
"Okay, shoot, what advice do you need?" I ask.
"What kind of ring do you think Clary would like?" He asks. I can not believe what I am hearing. I cannot help but squeal. I am so happy right now, Clary will be so surprised.
"Oh my god! You're going to propose aren't you?" I ask, trying to contain my happiness.
"Yes, I am going to but I have no idea when. It has to be perfect, she is the love of my life. I want her and only her for the rest of my life. So I could really use your help. Can we go shopping tomorrow morning around 7:00 am?" Jace asks.
"Of course I would love to," I say and Jace just smiles.
"Okay, I'm going to go to bed," He says, walking towards the door.
"Okay goodnight," I say, walking him to the door. I hug him goodnight and watch him leave. I close the door behind him. I go over to my drawers and change into some pjs. I turn off my light and go to bed.
The next morning I woke up to my alarm going off. I turn off my alarm and get up to get ready. I quickly hop in the shower, and then get changed into a cute outfit. Once I look at the time, I see that it is 6:45 am. I quickly start working on my hair and makeup. By the time I am done, it is 7 0'clock sharp. As soon as I open my door, I see Jace standing outside my door. We both make our way downstairs and head down to our car. I get in the passenger side and Jace goes over to the drivers side.
- 20 Minutes Later-
Once we got there, we went inside and Jace automatically went to one section of the shop. I follow him and he is looking at these simple cut rings. I noticed that all the rings he was looking at had a medium size diamond and two smaller diamonds on each side. He was obviously going for a simple cut ring, nothing too extravagant but still really beautiful. I go over to him and look at the one he is looking at.
"Are you sure you want to get one of these? I ask, looking at his face and back at the rings.
"Yes, I think Clary would love one of these." Jace says with confidence in his voice. I just nodded my head and then this one ring caught my eye.
"What about this one?" I ask, pointing to it. As soon as he saw it, a big smile appeared on his face. Jace immediately called over the salesperson.
"Hey, I would like to get this ring," Jace says, pointing to it. The salesperson took the ring out and put it on the counter.
"This ring is a sterling silver clear round cut engagement ring. Nice choice, this lady must be very special."The salesperson said.
"She is. The best thing in my life and this ring is perfect for that," Jace says, making the salesperson smile.
"That will be 2,500 dollars," The salesperson says. Jace immediately grabbed his wallet and handed over the amount. The salesperson takes the money and the ring so he could wrap it up. Once he is done, he hands us a bag with a small box inside. He grabs the bag and we start making our way to the car. We get in the car and make our way home.
"I can't not believe you got an engagement ring, " I say, looking at him. He just smiles and continues to watch the road.
"Me neither, but I can't go any longer without proposing. I want her to mine forever, no one else's. In order to do that I have to make my move." He says.
"Aw, that is really cute. I wish I was able to be that vocal about my feelings." I say looking down.
"Okay sis, what's the matter?" Jace asks.
"I like Simon a lot, I might even love him, but I can't seem to tell him." I say.
"Well Iz if he likes you it shouldn't be that hard to talk to him. I say go for it, you never know what will happen," he says. I just nod my head and look out the window, thinking about a few ways I could ask him out. Once we got home Jace ran inside and as I was starting to get out of the car, I started to hear noises. I slowly turn around to see Simon and I can't help but smile. Not too long after I see two people come out from behind him. I then realized that his hands were duck taped and he had his mouth taped as well. As soon as I saw him, my heart started to beat faster and I felt so scared. Seeing his body covered in runes, and his chiseled face. His face is also stubbly, then my eyes moved over to his neck and landed on his circle rune. Valentine is back, but how is that possible?
"You, you were dead. How are you alive? I saw Clary kill you." I say backing up a bit.
"Ha - ha, no she didn't we just made it look like she did. She's weak, there's no way she could kill me." Valentine says, laughing. I continue backing up, slowly trying to get inside the institute. Simon is still being held by Jonathan which makes me more worried. Before I could get inside the institute, I grabbed my Valentine and the next thing I knew it became dark.
-1 Day Later-
As soon as I open my eyes all I see is darkness. I slowly get up and start to look around. As I do that I see Simon sitting in the back left corner. I slowly crawl over to Simon to see that he has his head down, I put my hand on his shoulder and shake him. Once he woke up, he looked completely shocked and startled. Once he looks he sees me and looks into my eyes, he starts to calm down a bit. Once our eyes locked I jumped onto him giving him a really big hug, which it didn't take him that long to hug me back.
"I'm so glad you are alright," I say, tightening my grip on him.
"I will always be okay with you here," Simon speaks. This makes me blush and smile harder than I ever thought possible. I finally let go of him and looked into his eyes again.
"We need to figure out how to get out of here," I say. Simon just nods and then gets up. He goes over to the bars and grabs a hold of them. I get up and go to him, I look at him and notice that he is very concentrated. Once he is done, he opens his eyes and looks at me.
"Okay, there are only two guards a few feet from us. All the other guards are with Jonathan and Valentine, so we have to be careful." Simon says, whispering to me. I just nod my head and start looking for my stele. I can't seem to find it, so I look over at Simon. He nods his head and grabs the bars, it looks like he is focusing all of his strength to pull the bars open. I begin to lose hope until I start to hear the bars moving.
Once he pulls the bars apart, we quickly sneak through. Once we are, our eyes land on the two guys in front of us. I pull out my sword and stab both of them in the back. Once they fall to the ground we continue forward. When we get to the door, I gently stick my head through the peak of the door and check to see if I could see them. There was no one there so I quietly walked through the door with Simon following. As soon as we were both in the room a bunch of men appeared. I grab my sword and my bracelet starts to become a whip. I throw my whip and it attaches to one of the guys necks, bringing him to me so I can stab him. Simon runs to one of the guys and grabs his head, holding it up so he has access to his neck. I do the same thing to the other guy as Simon is still draining the guy's blood. Once we finish them off Jonathan and Valentine show up. I run over to Valentine and start to fight with him. I see from the corner of my eye that Simon and Jonathan are fighting, I could feel myself starting to worry.
I shake my head as if I'm trying to shake away my worries. I continue fighting Valentine until I hear Simon fall to the ground and it sounds like he is in pain. This catches me off guard and causes Valentine to throw me against the wall. Both of them start laughing as I cough up blood. I slowly look over at Simon and see that he got stabbed. The next thing I knew I was being picked up and thrown back in the cell, except this time they separated us. They put Simon in the cell across from mine. Once they left I crawled over to the front of my cell and lay there watching Simon.
"Hey Simon, are you okay?" I ask, as I'm coughing up blood.
"I - uh - I have been better," Simon says,while he holds his wound.
"Don't worry, help will come," I say, looking around for something to tell Clary. I then notice something in the very dark corner. I start to crawl over to it. When I got there I picked it up and it ended up being my stele. I guess they forgot to take it away from me. When they threw me in here the first time it might have fallen out of my pocket and rolled over in the dark. I bring it up into the light and draw the rune for a fire message. Right after I do, that everything becomes pitch black.
-2 Hours Later-
I'm laying down in the back of my cell. I then hear what sounded like a portal open. I quickly look up to see Magnus, Clary, Jace, and Alec. Clary spots me and is trying to open my cell.
"No Clary don't. Don't worry about me. Get Simon, he's about to die. You need to give him blood." I say, going to the front of my cell. Clary nods her head and goes over to Simon's cell and unlocks it with a rune. Jace and Alec come over to me and unlock my cell, I quickly run out and over to Simon. Once I get to him I see Clary cutting her wrist and starting to feed him. I knee down to him and watch as he's starting to wake up. I looked at Clary's face to see that it was hurting her a bit. Once Simon was fully awake, he pulled away from her arm. Simon tries to get up but is having trouble. So Clary and I get up so that we could help him. As we walk him out of the cell, I look at Magnus telling him to open a portal. He nods his head and waves his arms, making a portal appear. We quickly run into it and once we appear on the other side at the institute. Clary and I lay Simon on the couch and then Clary pulls me away. She brings me into her room and sits me on her bed. I look at the time to see that it is 12:00 pm.
"Hey Iz, are you okay? Clary asks, putting her hand on my hand.
"Yeah I'm fine. Just a little bit of bruises," I say, laughing a bit.
"How long were you there? Valentine's alive?" Clary says, freaking out.
"I was there for about 1 day, but it was torture. I was surprised too, that he's alive." I say. The next thing I knew, Clary pulled me into a really big hug. I hug her back and start to tear up. She hears me crying and tightens her hold on me. "Thank you for being the best girlfriend a girl could ask for," I say, as the tears are still coming out.
"Same girl, same." Clary says, laughing a bit. We then hear a knock at the door which causes us to let go. I get up and go to the door. I open it to see Simon but before I could say anything he grabs my arm and pulls me with him.
"Where are you taking me?" I ask.
"Just wait," Simon says, laughing. I then notice that he is going straight for the doors which have sunlight going through them.
"Simon! No stop. Simon the sun!" I yell. He just continues to drag me towards them. The next thing I knew we were outside and he wasn't burning. "Simon! You aren't burning!" I say, laughing a bit.
"Yeah, I know," he says, laughing as well.
"How?" I ask.
"I have no idea. Maybe when Clary fed me her blood," Simon says. I start to think about it, but it doesn't make sense. I just ran up to him and jumped into his arms, giving him a big hug. Simon immediately catches me and hugs me back. All I feel now is my heart beating really fast. I then let go and got off of him turning around. "What's wrong?" Simon asks. Instead of answering I turn around and walk back up to him. I then grab his face and connect our lips together. It was very slow and it took a while before he kissed back. After a bit I pull away and back up a bit.
"Simon, I like you a lot. I hope you feel the same, I have been trying to tell you for a while now." I say, as I begin to feel a pit in my stomach. I put my head down and just start at my feet. Simon then takes his hand and puts it under my chin, making me lift my head. He looks into my eyes and then brings my face closer to his. He starts to lean in and slowly closes the space between us. I am a bit shocked so it takes me a bit to kiss back. Once I do, I wrap my arms around his neck and stand up on my tippy toes to make it easier. He brings one hand to my face and the other on my waist. Simon then pulls away from me and looks at me.
"I have liked you for some time now too. I was just scared you wouldn't like me to," Simon says. This makes me smile really hard. "Would you like to be my girlfriend?"Simon asks. My smile gets even bigger than I ever thought it could.
"Yes! I would love to." I say, as I hug him again. He hugs me back and smiles. After a little bit we let go and got back to the institute. "You should get some rest. I'll walk you to your guest room," I say. Simon just nods and follows me. We get to his room and he lays down on the bed. I kiss his cheek and make my way out of the room and go to mine. I lay down on my bed and close my eyes, needing a quick nap after everything. I put my covers on and quickly fell asleep.