(Clary's Pov)
The next morning I quietly get up out of bed and grab my sketchbook. Once I have it in my hands, I make my way back to the bed and get in beside Jace. Immediately he wraps his around my waist pulling me closer. I gently smile back at him and start to draw the beautiful, handsome sight in front of me. Within a few minutes, I already have half of his body drawn. The way he is drawn is the exact same way he is at this very moment.
This whole time I am just thinking about how much he has made my life better. As I am about to finish the drawing I can feel Jace starting to rustle around. Looking over to find him moving his head on my stomach and tightens his arms around my waist. He is so cute and I can't believe he chose a broken girl, with so much baggage. As I am in deep thought, I feel Jace rest his chin on my stomach. I put my sketchbook to the side and to see that Jace is looking up at me. He has this smirk on his face as he stares at me.
"Nice drawing, that's a handsome dude." Making his smirk bigger.
"Yeah, it's the love of my life, he's very sweet and makes me incredibly happy." I say. I then notice that Jace starts to blush which only makes blush as well. Jace reaches to my face. Pulling me in, softly kissing my lips. I smile and slowly start to kiss back, Jace is climbing back up my body. Making our faces lined up. He pulls away and kisses my cheek, laying down on my side.
"You look very beautiful, especially in that night gown." Jace says, leaning his head down, to kiss my shoulder.
"I love you so much," I say.
"I love you too Clare." I look over at the time to see that it is 7:30 am.
"I hate to say this, but we have to get ready for graduation." I say, sitting up. Jace groans and rolls over on his stomach. I get up out of bed and start walking towards the door. Before I can open the door I start to feel arms around my waist. My body is being pressed up against a hard surface. This makes me laugh as I wrap my arms on his. I turn my head to look at him to see that he is smiling really big.
"Jace, I have to go," I say, laughing. I turn around and grab his head, giving him a small kiss. Once I pull away, he pouts. I kiss his cheek and he finally lets go. I then open the door and make my way to the bathroom.
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As soon as I get out of the shower, I quickly change into this really pretty dress. It was one of those A-Line V-neck Short Chiffon Burgandy Dress With Lace Beading Sequins. Went down to right above my knees. I hold the back of it tightly as I walk out of my room and go over to Izzy's room. Once I enter the room, I see Izzy in this beautiful blue dress. It was very long and it had a slit on the left side going all the way up and reaching her mid thigh. The back was very strappy and there was a deep V - line plunge. I clear my throat, causing her to turn around. She smiles really bing once she sees me and comes over to hug me.
"Oh my god Clary you look beautiful!" Izzy exclaims.
"Ha, thanks, so do you. Um, can you zip up the back?" I ask, turning around.
"Sure, but seriously girl Jace is going to drool once he sees you in that dress. Not like he hasn't already seen how beautiful you are." Izzy speaks, as she zips up the back of the dress. I feel my cheeks start to get hot.
When she is done, she goes back to her vanity to finish her makeup. I follow her in and sit down on her bed. When she is done, she has me sit on the chair in front of her and do my hair and make up. Of course she didn't let me look until after she was done. She decided to keep my hair down and do a fancy braid in the middle of my hair. For my makeup, she did a red eyeshadow look with a mauve matt lipstick. I look so beautiful I love what she did to me.
Izzy keeps her hair down with a simple smoky eye look, with a red lip. She quickly goes into her closet and grabs me some black heels that are about 3 inches high. I quickly put them on and went to look in the mirror. We don't have to put on our cap and gown until we get to the school. It took us about 2 hours to get ready, but once we were, we quickly made our way down the stairs to go to the living room. As I am walking down the stairs, I see Jace talking to Simon and Alec. His eyes quickly glance at me and then back. Quickly after he looked back at me, his mouth wide open.
Immediately blush hit my face as Jace continued to stare at me. I started to jog down the stairs to get to Jace. When I get to him and jump into his arms. Lifting my legs up as I wrap my arms around his neck, tightening my arms around him. I can't help but giggle as I surprised him. He immediately wrapped his hands around my waist. Someone then clears their throat, we both turn out head to the sound to see Alec giving us a look. I quickly kissed his cheek and then let go.
"Come on guys, stop being lovey dovey. We have a graduation to go to." Alec says. I go grab my keys and make my way to the car. With the others following me. I start the car and once everyone is in I start driving to the school.
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The graduation started about 10 minutes ago. We were sorted in alphabetical order and Izzy and Alec just got called. Right before I was called up, I was looking around in the audience to see a guy that looked really familiar. He was very tall and very handsome, he had to be around in his 40s. I take a deep breath in as soon as I realized who he was. Quickly realizing that I had let out that breath. It's Luke, my mom's boyfriend. He lived with us before my mom died. My parents were divorced for obvious reasons and Valentine took Jonathan. I was only 6 when I went to live with them. Tears run down my face as I remember all the good times we had. He was like a father figure to me and I can't believe I lost touch with him once mom died. Once Luke realized that I saw him I could see that he too was tearing up. I quickly snapped out of my thoughts once I heard my name.
"Clarissa Morganstern, please come up." The principal spoke. I wipe my tears and stand up, making my way over to him. I quickly grabbed my diploma and went back to my seat, just waiting for this to be over so I could go see Luke.
-30 Minutes Later-
It was finally over. I never had to go to school ever again and my real life could start. We all threw up our caps and once it landed on the floor, I ran and jumped off the stage. Running as fast as I could in the heels, I was wearing. Luke stands up when he sees me running towards him. I jump up and wrap my arms around him with my legs hanging. Tears pour out of my face as I land in his arms. Both of us laughed, as we finally reunited after so many long years. He finally puts me down after what seemed like forever. My smile couldn't have gotten bigger. I then hear footsteps behind me turning around to see them. I go over to Jace and hug him really big.
As he's letting go of me he says "Clary what was that about? Who is this guy?"
"Guys, this is Luke Garroway. Luke, this is Izzy, Jace, Alec, Magnus and Simon." Pointing to each one of them.
"Clary, Magnus and I already know each other." Luke says, going towards him and hugging him. I nod my head with my smile never leaving my face.
"Clary, is he an ex boyfriend? He looks a bit too old for you?" Jace questions.
"What? Ew no! Jace, he was my mother's boyfriend before she died. He lived with us and was practically my father figure." I say.
"Oh, I didn't know, sorry."
"Yeah, I haven't seen him since I went to live with Valentine." I say.
"Yeah, I'm sorry about that, Clary. Valentine threatened me. But I couldn't miss your graduation." Luke says.
"It's okay, I am just glad that you are here." I say, going to hug him again.
"Well, I am sorry Luke. I am Clary's boyfriend." Jace says, extending his arm for a shake. Luke takes it and shakes his hand.
As we continued to catch up, I just could not believe how happy I am right now. I don't think I could get any happier. We all decided to get dinner to celebrate. During dinner I noticed that Jace and Luke go off on their own. I decided to push it aside and finish my meal.
(Jace's Pov)
I decided that now is the right time. I pull Luke outside and I start to get ready for the question. Luke looks very confused as I start to work up the courage to ask him.
"Why did you bring me out here?" Luke asks.
"Okay, I know we just met, but you're clearly important to Clary. She doesn't count Valentine as her father and she thinks of you as a father figure. But I love Clary very much and I can't picture my life without her. She is very special and she has changed me for the better. I want to marry her and spend the rest of my life with her. So will you be okay with me asking Clary to marry me," I asked.
"You seem like nice gentlemen, and from what I can see Clary is very fond of you. I think that she wants to be with you for the rest of her life too. So you have my blessing to ask her to marry you," Luke says, smiling as he puts his hands on my shoulders, shaking them.
"Oh my god, thank you so much!" I said.
"No thank you for thinking of asking me. Even though I'm not her biological father and haven't seen her since she was 6. It means a lot and that you thought about it."Luke says.
"Well, of course I would do anything for her," I said.
"So when are you planning on doing it?" Luke asks.
"I have no idea, all I know is I want it to be perfect. She deserves the world after all the crappy shit she has been through already," I say. Luke then pulls me for a hug, thanking me for making her so happy. Soon we joined the rest of them and the night seemed to go by fast. Once we finished dinner, we all went back to the institute to play some board games. It ended up getting really heated and everyone was yelling and fighting over who won and who lost. By the time we were done playing it was around 2: 30 am. Everyone was tired so we all split off and went to bed. Luke was staying over in a guest room and he went over to Clary giving her a kiss goodnight on her head and then going to his room. Clary and I go to her room and she changes into this really hot nightgown with lace at the top and bottom. I take off my shirt and change into some sweatpants. We both lay down in bed, and Clary turns around so her back ist to me. I turn off the light and hug her from behind, with my face in her neck, breathing in her scent. Slowly falling asleep with the women I love.