The perfumed air of the greenhouse was split by shards of sunlight that lit up the girl sitting on the ground in an angel-like aura. The sketchbook across her lap was open at a drawing of a flower. Clary brushed her pencil across the paper, filling in the flower petals. She sighed, the greenhouse was one of her favourite places to be. As much as she loved the institute, the greenhouse was one of the things that reminded her of her mundane life and it always held a special place in her heart.
Clary felt a pair of arms wrap around her and a voice whispered in her ear "You know that would look a lot better with a drawing of me by it." Or maybe the greenhouse meant so much to her because it was the place she had first kissed Jace. Jace, her charming, talented and yes, cocky boyfriend. Clary sighed "Not every drawing I do needs to have you in it, Jace!" she said smiling. "No" said Jace "But some of your better pieces feature yours truly." Clary smiled gently. She put her sketchbook to the side and turned to face Jace. He was as beautiful as ever. Golden hair framing his luminous eyes and dazzling smile. He smiled at her, his eyes shining. "What do you want?" said Clary lacing her fingers with Jace's. "Do I need a reason to see my beautiful girlfriend?" he said. Clary smiled. "Of course not" she said happily. As much as she found fighting demons exhilarating, it was always nice to spend time with Jace. "I thought if I could pull you away from your sketchbook, we could spend the afternoon together" said Jace. "That would be nice" said Clary. A few strands of gold hair fell across Jace's face. Clary leaned forward and brushed them away, before kissing Jace softly. He smiled under her lips. "I love you Clary" he whispered. "I love you too Jace" replied Clary. Jace kissed her softly and she cuddled into him.
"Ahem!" Jace and Clary both looked up to see Isabelle in front of them. "I hate to interrupt your romantic moment but Alec wants to talk to all of us." said Isabelle before turning and heading back to the institute. Jace sighed. "What does he want this time?" he said exasperatedly. Clary stood up and took Jace's hand. "Let's go find out." she said.
Alec, Isabelle and Simon were in the kitchen already by the time Clary and Jace arrived. "At last! You couldn't be a bit slower next time, could you?" said Isabelle sarcastically. " Leave it Izzy" said Simon. "What's going on Alec?" said Jace ignoring Isabelle. "Well, I'm sorry to spring this on you but we're going to have a visitor staying for a while. I got correspondence from the London Institute this morning saying they were sending a young shadowhunter over here to finish their training." Alec went to the door.
"Everyone this is Jenna!"