43Hey fellow fanfictioners! Hope u all had a happy happy turkey day yesterday! Any who, I know I'm not finished with my first fanfic, and I promise to update 'Picking up the Pieces' later today. I just had this idea for another story, and needed to get it down…..If I get enough positive reviews/feedback (because you don't HAVE to review, but u can PM me) than I may just follow through with this story. So that being said, updates probably won't be consistent, unless you all want them to be….
Happy reading my dearies!
"Morning beautiful… Get enough sleep?"
I groan unattractively in response.
"Come on, we have a meeting in about an hour, that and Tess and Maia won't stop calling my cell looking for you…"
"Unless you have," I stop as soon as he shoves the cup of coffee towards me. "Thanks," I mumble.
"Anytime," he replies with a wink.
"What's the meeting for?"
"Did you forget?" I shrug at him. "Rush week is in 2 ½ weeks. We all have to prepare. Oh and I believe, YOU had mentioned hazing the newbies with the upcoming sweetheart formal. I can't believe you forgot…. You are possibly the worst person to have in charge," he says laughing and dodging a pillow I throw at him.
"Whatever! That's why I have you, duh! My very handy right hand man!"
"You still plan on hazing your girls by making them ask my newbies as dates?"
"No, well I don't know, probably. I was thinking to make them choose a newbie from your group, but now I'm not sure. What if I make them ask the guys who are already members? Make them wait on their dates hand and foot before the actual event?" I ask his advice sneakily.
"That's actually a good idea. I'll make my boys do the same with you girls."
"Well make sure the guys don't take it easy on em, but strictly PG. We'll set ground rules later, but at least we have a plan to set up rules for now."
"This year's gonna be a good year I believe. Are you as excited about being president as a junior as I am? Who would have thought; you and me Frat presidents!"
"I can't believe I was even nominated, first of all. And I'm pretty sure our relationship gave me the head start on Aline."
"Please, everyone loves you. If anything you helped me with getting nominated."
As we were conversing I had made my way out of the bed and into my jeans and sweater.
"Well, I do believe, Mr. Lightwood, that we have many ways to keep on benefitting each other," I say seductively while leaning over him in his arm chair.
"Haha, Clary. Always teasing," he says as he lowers me into his lap.
"I aim to tease! But I really should go."
I get up and grab my messenger bag, and pop my Mac book inside, and head for the door.
"I'll see you in a bit. Here, don't forget this," he says as he hands me his letterman jacket, and kisses the top of my head.
"Oh yeah," I shrug it on over my current sweater. "Thanks Alec. See ya."
As I make my way down the stairs into the foyer, I hear his frat brothers shouting 'walk of shame' and laughing. I wave bye to them, not taking offense because they'd always teased us that way since our freshman year. You see, Alec and I re-met during rush week of our freshman year. I was pledging for Iota Zeta Iota, and he was pledging for Alpha Kappa Sigma (A/N not totally familiar with Greek frats, but its fiction, so go with it...lol). My sorority and his fraternity were the top two houses on campus. Idris Alicante University was known for its frat houses, and we made sure to make our dean proud, because if she wasn't we wouldn't have a chance to have the fun we wanted to have throughout the year.
My Sorority was the top at IAU on academics, athletics and philanthropy. Alec's was at the top based on academics, athletics and networking. We both also are heavy on socializing, we throw the best parties, have the best study groups and not to mention, each member is an A student and each play a sport of some sort. I just so happen to be the captain of the swim team, and was made captain of the cheer/dance squad when I won the president chair of our house. My VP was my best friend Tessa, who I went to some elementary, junior high and high school with. Maia completed our trio as our Secretary. She's also been our best friend since I was in the eighth grade; she is a year younger than both Tessa and me. We were all on the cheer/dance squad, but where I was on the swim team, Maia was on the softball team and Tessa was on the golf team. Our house was one of the biggest on campus competing in size with the Alpha's. Most of our members had their own room; of course newbies were made to bunk with each other, two to a room. The alphas are the same way with their newbies, so I don't feel so bad about it. If anything it helps us bond as sorority sisters, and them as frat brothers; being new and all.
As for Alec and me, we've been dating since the end of our first semester of our freshman year. But we did happen to know each other long before that. We knew each other in grade school up until we were about 9 years old and I moved from New York to a small town in Rhode Island. Tessa was my first and only friend when I moved there, and since my mom travelled a lot for work, her parents always let me stay with them, so we were more like sisters before we got here. My dad lived in upstate New York, and I hadn't seen him since the divorce, although he sends me gifts on my birthdays and Christmas. He's also paid my college tuition in full, even though I was offered a full ride scholarship through swimming. So even though he's not around physically, he still lets me know he hasn't forgotten about me. My brother Jonathan was in an all boy's boarding school when my parent's got divorced, so I only saw him every other holiday because he chose to stay with my dad during his other school breaks. Even though we rarely seen each other, we still had a good relationship. He now owns his own very successful company, at the age of 23 called Morgenstern Industries, where he buys, trades, and sells businesses.
Now, back to Alec and me; like I mentioned we were friends before as kids. He, his twin sister and I were thick as thieves. We did everything together, so when I had to move we all took it pretty hard. We had kept in touch for the first few months, but eventually stopped talking. What can I say, we were 9. So imagine my surprise when I seen him in the newbie line for the Alpha's during rush week? I couldn't get over how tall and built he was; he still had the same almost black hair and striking blue eyes. I was hoping Issy was with him, but he said she went to some university in southern California. We caught up and talked throughout that whole first night as we walked around campus. It turns out that a year after I moved his parents adopted his cousin who was a year older than us. I remember seeing him only a handful of times when he'd visit them, but he never really played with us. Unfortunately his parents died in a plane crash on their way to Paris for their anniversary. I asked Alec if he was going to IAU also, but the guy, Jace, was accepted at Ol' Miss on a football scholarship. Because Jace had moved here from London, his academics differed from the states so they had started him in the same grade as Alec and Issy to help with his transition. Alec was here at IAU on an academic scholarship, which he probably didn't need either. His parents were pretty loaded and I'm sure they were more than willing to pay for their son's education.
During rush week and our hazing, Alec and I grew very close. We had went to our first formal together and he asked me to be his sweetheart in front of everyone; the entire crowd. Romantic, right? Well of course our house president's adored us so much because they permanently renamed the first years formal, to 'the sweetheart's formal'. We were the campus's cutest couple from what we were always being told. He was tall, creamy skin, dark hair, blue eyes, and beautiful smile. I wasn't so bad myself, very short, but curvy in the right places, long thick curly red hair, big round green eyes, and creamy skin that matched Alec's. Everyone who was anyone knew who we were, but the nice thing about college is that no one is mean about anything here. I'm pretty involved with campus events as well as sorority events; I'm even in a band, and we perform for every frat party there is. Alec is my number one fan, he always says how it's sexy to have a girlfriend who can sing and play guitar. He was always sweet on me, and I loved him for it.
Now, even though I love him, I'm not in love with him. That's right, I said it. He isn't either, trust me, we have discussed this. To the outside world, we were the perfect couple, but to him and me, we were just really good friends. We only stayed the night with each other occasionally, one, for appearances, and two, because we just liked each other's company. Confusing? Let me lay it on thick, ALEC IS GAY. He told me a few months into our relationship, I actually had to force it out of him. He made me promise to not tell a soul, and to this day, I have kept it and always will. He was afraid that he would be treated differently if anyone knew, and me being the good friend that I am, I told him that we could just keep it between us, and let people think we were still in a relationship if he wanted to. He was ecstatic about my idea, and that's how we've been ever since. There was also the plus that none of the other guys here bothered to give me a second look because to them, I was Alec Lightwood's girl. I was definitely okay with that, my education meant more to me than having a boyfriend. I honestly believe them to be too much of a distraction. So to the outside world, we were going on an almost 3 year strong relationship, and to us, well we couldn't have been dealt a better hand.
When I walk into the house, I'm bombarded by Tessa and Maia.
"Where on earth have you been?" Tessa shrieked, obviously freaking out because we may be a little late for the meeting.
"Seriously, Tess. I really hope that was a rhetorical question," Maia said as she looked at me laughing.
"Ladies, I'm almost ready. Just let me put on something a little more presentable," I said laughing at both of them as I ran upstairs.
Five minutes later I was out the door with my girls flanking me, wearing a white blazer over a pink lacey tank top, over some stone washed skinny jeans and nude flats. We actually made it to the assembly hall with minutes to spare. The other frat houses were already there, except one. Damn Omegas, they were always late. I truly think they were only chartered for the partying. I go to sit in the front along with the other presidents, and next to Alec. We go over the events for rush week, and inform everyone where they can set up their sign up areas. The rest of the meeting was more of a lecture from our dean about why we should rush specific candidates, but to make sure people weren't left out due to socializing issues. I actually respected our dean, she was stern, but still had a soft spot for fun; however, don't expect to see her mingling with us students. After this meeting, Alec and I decided to inform our houses tonight about the rules of engagement for the sweetheart formal that we're going to host together.
Back at the house, the girl's took the updates of rush week pretty well. The hazing for our newbies was another story.
"What do you mean, the newbies aren't asking each other to the formal?" Kaelie shrieked.
"Some of us have Alpha boyfriends, what if they ask them?" Aline asked crossing her arms.
"Well let's see, most of us are going to be assigned a little sister, and the rest of us who aren't assigned one will be helping each other out in guiding them. All we have to do is to make sure the girls know that there are boundaries and also, the Alpha's know that there isn't any flirting allowed. Hence, if one of our little sister's do ask one of our boyfriends, than just make sure you/we are supervising at all times. Same goes for the boys, I believe they will be asking some of you."
"Can we decline?" Maia asked. Her boyfriend was the VP of the Alpha's and I was pretty sure she didn't want another guy hanging around her, especially another girl hanging around Jordan.
"It's up to you, and if you'd like we can make sure that we let them know who is and who isn't single. Satisfied?"
That made them a little happier, and with that our meeting was adjourned.
Rush week came faster than I expected, but fortunately we were more than prepared.
"Hey Clary, can we talk?" Alec said jogging to our booth.]
"Sure, my shift is about done, but I have to come back in an hour. What's up?"
"I just got news that Max's lab results weren't good," he said sadly. Max was his little brother who was 11. He'd had leukemia at the age of 5, but had been in recession for almost 3 years now.
"Oh no. I'm so sorry Alec," I said as I hugged him. I had only met Max once, but he was a character. He seemed so much older for his age that I couldn't believe we had a 10 year gap in age. Maryse and Robert had surprised Alec for a campus visit once 2 years ago with Max, and of course I was introduced as Alec's girlfriend. I hate to say, but his dad seemed a little too happy about Alec having a girlfriend, and of course I was more than aware of why.
"He's going to be getting another bone marrow transplant soon, so I'm hoping he'll be okay. But that's not exactly what I wanted to discuss with you. You see, because of this, my sister and brother want to be closer to home, so they're transferring here. I was hoping you'd let Issy rush for your sorority, and make her your little sister if she makes it in."
"Of course I would. When will they be here?"
"They should be arriving sometime soon. I'm sorry I didn't mention anything sooner, but I've had a lot on my mind with Max."
"Are you going to be taking a leave of absence from school?"
"No, we're only an hour away from his children's hospital, so I'll be here."
"Well if you need to road trip with anyone, let me know and I'll drop everything."
He pulled me in for a hug and kissed my cheek. "Thank you Clary. For everything. Oh, and one last thing, Issy and Jace aren't aware of, you know, me or our mutual agreement," he whispered to me
"Okay, do you think they'll notice anything?" I whispered back.
"I don't know to be honest. But we have to be careful, okay?"
"Careful about what?" I heard a female voice approaching.
"Isabelle?" I asked in shock. The girl seriously walked off a runway, lustrous black hair, beautiful almond shaped brown eyes, and cheek bones to kill. Her teal maxi dress and tan sandals made her all the more appealing.
"The one and only! How the hell have you been Clary?!" We ran to each other and hugged. "So Alec told me that I had to rush to hang out with you guys. Where do I sign up?"
"You're in luck. My booth is right over here, do you play any sports?"
"I used to do cheer, but not since high school."
"Well we're cheer during football and basketball, but we are also a dance team; are you against trying out for it again? There's also golf, swim, softball, soccer, volleyball, and any other sport that requires balls."
"Oh, wow, so to rush, I have to deal with balls?" We cracked up into laughter with that.
"Not for swim or cheer… But yes for my members, we have to be involved in athletics."
"I could do cheer and dance. Will you show me where to sign up for that too?"
"You're in luck, I just so happen to be the captain," I say to her with a wink, earning a incredulous look from her. As we were talking we were heading over to my sorority's booth. "Welcome to my sign up booth. Tessa here is my VP, and Maia there is our Secretary, and little ol me, well I just so happen to be the president of Iota Zeta Iota."
"I-Z-I? As in IZZIE! This was meant to be! My nickname is the same as your sorority name!"
We all laughed, and gave Issy her paper work to fill out. As she did that I made my way back over to Alec.
"I think she'll fit in just fine," I say smiling to him.
Before he responds he wraps me in his arms by my waist and kisses me on my lips. For a second I hesitate, but then I place my hand on his cheek and my other around his neck. After he releases, I look at him questioningly.
"That's great," he responds. "I have someone else for you to meet. You may not remember him, but he hung around a few times. Jace, come here."
I look in the direction Alec just called to and before my eyes was the most beautiful sight to see. As Jace turned around and looked at us, I couldn't remember to breathe. He was gorgeous, beautifully sculpted from the heavens above. His hair literally shined in the sunlight, with eye's a shimmering shade of tawny to match the blonde strands. Before he got to close, and before Alec noticed, I let out the breath that I knew I was holding.
"Hey, I just finished that paperwork. Do they really care about my interests, or do they HAVE to ask that?" He said as he chuckled. And my gosh, was it a sexy chuckle!
"Unfortunately, yes we do care. And I wanted you to meet Clarissa Fray, my girlfriend."
"Hi, please call me Clary," I say as I put my hand out to shake his.
"Oh, wow, so this is her? You're you? Wow, it's nice to finally meet you!" he exclaims as he pulls me in for a hug. Oh my gosh he smells amazing too! I lightly hug him back not wanting to feel rude, but I notice how good it feels to be wrapped in his arms. "Mom and dad won't shut up about you two," he says releasing me. "I swear, they are waiting for you to graduate to start planning the wedding!"
"Really?" I ask surprised that I made that much of an impression.
"Seriously, they won't get off my back about finding someone like you," he smiles sincerely at me now.
"Um, well thank you? I think."
"Oh trust me, it's a compliment. Hey Alec, is it cool if I still stay with you tonight?" I start to turn away because of the blush invading my face.
"Yeah, of course. Clary, you're still coming over later?" Alec asks me.
"If that's okay. But I have to get back to my booth, I'm gonna make sure Issy's, um, well, you know. See you later?"
Instead of answering, he leans down for another kiss, which I immediately reciprocate. But it just didn't feel okay anymore with Jace RIGHT there. Oh no, was I that dimwitted to have a crush on someone that sexy? And of course, he just so happens to be my fake-boyfriends brother. So much for a good year, I guess…..