I wake up to freezing water being poured on my head. I open my eyes to find my brother standing over me smiling as I glare at him.

"Come on Clare, time to get up for school. Don't want to be late for the first day to school." Jonathon says while walking out of my room. At that I jump up off my bed to go get a shower.

I know that it might sound crazy that I am excited for school, but I get to see my best friend Simon that I haven't seen all summer. His father got a promotion for his job and had to move. I use to spend everyday with him and my other best friend, Jace. I haven't seen Jace since we were 10 years old. His parents got in a car accident and he had to move in with his godparents. He didn't tell Simon and me because he wasn't sure where they lived, only that they were great friends with his parents. We didn't get his phone number because he himself didn't know what it would be. Well, that was six years ago and even though we miss Jace, we got on with our lives.

I got out of out the shower and went to my room to look for an outfit. This school year will be about the same as all the other years since Simon and I don't know anyone here. Of coarse we knew people at our old school, but we never really talked to them much, only when we had to. Then at the end of the school year last year Simon had to move. I didn't really know what to without him for most of the summer, but we talked on the phone everyday, whenever we could. I sketched and painted a lot this summer because there wasn't much else to do, until my step-father Luke came home from work one day and told my family that we would be moving to where Simon was living. I was more than excited. Luke and Simon's father both work for the same company and both got promotions to go to the same place. So now I live somewhere name Idris that is not like New York. It's more rural- not really- but it's beautiful and my mother, being an artist, could have new ideas.

I end up wearing blue jean shorts and a black top with converse. My usual wear.

I go down stairs to the kitchen and grab some toast, fruit, and coffee. My brother comes down the stairs in some khaki shorts and a polo shirt with tennis shoes. He grabs some cereal and sits down beside me.

"You want to ride with me to school? I'm leaving in ten minutes if you are."

"Yeah just let me grab my stuff and I will be ready." My brother is a senior and I'm a sophmore. He normally drives me to school, but he always asks because sometimes I ride the bus or walk with Simon. The school has a bus, but I really don't want to ride it and school is a little to far to walk to.

I go in the bathroom and brush my teeth then grab my backpack and sketch pad from my room. I walk outside and see my brother waiting in the car for me.

I get in and he starts driving. He turns on the radio on after about ten minutes of small talk and one of my favorite songs- I love music so it's hard to choose what song is my favorite- "Love Somebody" by Maroon 5 starts playing and I sing along. Jonathon has a red convertible and the top is down. He turns up the music and starts to sing along too.

We arrive at school while singing and the radio blasting. Once the song ends we start cracking up and get out the car. We see a lot of people staring at us, but it's not unusual. Jonathon, with his light blonde hair and good looks, is always being stared at by the girls around and being sized up by the boys. The eyes look at me for a few seconds then slide over to Jonathon, who has already started flirting with some of the girls around. He is such a player. I start to walk towards the office when Simon gives me a bear hug. I didn't see him, but then again he came up from behind me. I squeal and hug him tightly back.

"I haven't seen you in forever! How have you been? I've missed you!" I said once he let me go.

"I know, but it wasn't that long, just summer. Now we live near each other again and we will hang out just like we used to. I am guessing that you need to go to the office, because you just got here two days ago and don't have your schedule yet. I am so glad you are here! I was afraid I would have to go to a new school where I didn't know anyone."

"Well I for one don't want to be late to class so lead the way."

After we got my schedule and locker, it was time for Simon to get to his locker to grab his stuff. He has the same homeroom as me and said he would come to my locker and take me to class. I found my locker pretty easily, considering it's not a really big school. I opened it and stuck all the extra papers that the lady gave me in there then waited for Simon. I started looking around at the people near me and saw a dark haired boy with blue eyes watching me. I guess he got the courage to walk over to me because he startedover to me.

"Are you new here?" The boy asked me.

I said, "Yeah, my name is Clary."

"Well, Miss Clary, I am Will. It is a pleasure to meet you. May I ask why are you not getting to class?

"Oh, I'm waiting for my friend. He said that he would walk me to class because we have the same homeroom."

"Is this friend perhaps a boyfriend?"

"Simon? Oh, God no. He has been my best friend since we were kids."

"Well, then may I see your schedule?"

"Sure." I handed him my schedule.

"Well it seems we have some classes together. Would you like me to walk you to your classes?"

I feel as if Will would be a good guide and I nod. Just then Simon comes and asks if I am ready to go and I nod and say bye to Will.

"It won't be long before I see you again." Will says and turns to go down the hallway.

"What was that about?" Simon asks

I tell him about how Will was taking me to my classes and Simon said, "Well I don't have to go halfway across the building in two minutes." And we started laughing then made it to class.

We took seats at the back and taking while waiting for the bell to ring. I had my back turned to the door when another student came in. Simon's face had a look of shock on his face as he looked past me, then he took his calm face as though he saw someone he thought he knew but realized that he was wrong. I turned around to see who he was looking at and saw a boy with golden blonde hair walk into the room. My first thought was the same as it always is when I see golden blonde hair. Jace.

I look at the boy more closely and see this boy has golden eyes, and his skin has sorta golden tone to it. I see that the girls are oogling over him and realise that he is the school's golden boy and player. No, this is not my Jace. Jace never did any of those things. As if sensing my stare on him, he looks in my direction. Something passes over his face, but it was so quick I might have imagined it. He just smirks at me and I roll my eyes and start talking to Simon again.

The golden boy comes and sits down next to me just as the bell rings. I try to ignore him, but I guess he doesn't like that because he starts talking to me.

"Hey you must be new here."

I mumble a "yeah" but he won't leave me alone and Simon wasn't helping because he already zoned out.

"You're little red who was with Jonathon this morning."

"Do you need something?" I say and look over at him.

"No, but I would like something. Can you guess what that is?"

"No but neither do I want to."

"Well I will tell you anyways. I would like to get to know you, Red."

"And I assume that is in the bedroom?"

"If you like it to be."

"I think I will pass, Goldie."

"My name isn't Goldie."

"And my name isn't Red." BY this point some of the girls were giving me death glares while others just stared at golden boy.

"Well, my name is Jace, and that is what you can call me."

My breath caught and Simon must have heard his name because he snapped his head up and asked, "What?"

He just looked at us like we were the weirdest people ever, but we were completely in shock.

I recovered first and said, "Well, Jace, my name is Clary."

Shock passed over his face very fast but composed himself quickly.

"Nice to meet you, Clary."

The bell rang after he said that and I started to walk towards the hall but only to be joined by Jace. Simon had already left and was going towards his class.

"Could I talk to you for a moment?" Jace asked.

"Depends if you actually want to talk or do something else."

"No I just-" Jace was cut off by Will.

"Hey Clary! Ready to go to class?"

"Yeah."

"Herondale." Jace practically growled.

Will had a smile on his face but his tone was not friendly. "Lightwood. I see that you have met Clary already."

"I think that I may know her better than you think."

"Oh, how is that? Did you hook up with her? Doesn't look like it to me."

"No! I would never-"

Will cut Jace off with a laugh then, "Oh? Is that so? I doubt you can say that."

Jace opened his mouth to speak, but I cut him off sensing a fight about to happen. "Will, I need to get to class, so can we go? You can have your little cat fight later. And Jace, the anwer to your question is yes." and with that I grabbed Will's arm and we started walking away from a confused Jace.