“I may have accidentally said something and now my whole family kind of thinks we’re dating. Oops.” Jimon pls
“Simon,”Jace says, appearing in Simon’s window sill. It has happened enough times nowthat Simon can suppress his scream of terror.
He clutchesat his chest regardless, “A door, Jace. This house has a door. You might want to use it sometime.”
“You havevampire hearing,” Jace counters, frowning, “Shouldn’t you hear me coming?”
“Yeah,yeah,” Simon says, waving his hand around dismissively. “You’ve been invited todinner tomorrow night, by the way.” He continues, swiftly changing the topic.
Jace’sfrown deepens. “Dinner? Where? With who?”
“With mymother and sister,” Simon says, “Turns out you’re not as sneaky as you thinkyou are. I may have panicked, and now my whole family thinks we’re dating.”Jace’s face goes through a series of emotions. “Whoops?” Simon adds, belatedly.
“You toldmy family we’re dating?” Jace says. His expression has landed on somethingquite unreadable.
Simonshrugs. “What else was I supposed to tell them? You sneak in through my window. Oh, no, that’s just Jace. He’s aShadowhunter, and sometimes he likes to come to me for help. Also, I’m avampire. Surprise!”
“Goodpoint,” Jace says. “Am I going to have to kiss you?”
“What?”Simon asks, floundering. “No, I, what? Are you seriously considering going?”
Jaceshrugs. “I have been invited, haven’t I?”
“I guess?”Simon squeaks. He wasn’t expecting Jace to actually take the invitation.
“Cool,”Jace says, “See you tomorrow.” He hesitates for a second, then jerkily movesforward to press a kiss on Simon’s forehead, and disappears out the window.
Simonwatches him leave, utterly confused and slightly sexually frustrated. Sometimes,he really, really hates his life.
