I wake up to a pounding headache. It must have been one heck of a party. I get up and get two Advil tablets and gulp them down with a glass of water. After I had breakfast I went upstairs to get ready for school. I was now on my way to Izzy's. Alec is Izzy's older brother who is in college now and she also has an arrogant adopted brother Jace. Sure I think he's cute and all but he's just an arrogant asshat. I finally get up to Izzy's house no scratch that mansion. Mayrse Izzy's Mum says it's an old church or something. I got up to the front door when I felt my stomach flip. I felt like throwing up but I swallowed it back and tried to put on a non-sick face. I knock on the door and Izzy answers straight away looking smug. And she has every right because last night Simon and she talked about what they were and they kissed and are now going out and I was happy for them. "Hey Clary!" she said cheery. "Hi Izz-" I stopped and held my stomach painfully which got me a worried look from Izzy. "You alright?" I nodded even though I wasn't okay. Then it got to the point where I needed a bathroom quick. I held a hand over my mouth. "Excuse me one sec," I said running to find the closest bathroom. I needed to puke badly. I ran into a bedroom not knowing whose it was and went straight to the sink and puked. What did I eat or drink last night? I looked around the bathroom to see which room I ran into but stomach had other plans. I felt my stomach churn and puked again. I felt so sick now.

"Couldn't keep away from me huh?" I heard a familiar annoying voice. I turned to see Jace smirking at me. I just had to end up in Jace's bathroom didn't? I thought annoyed.

"What do you mean I can't keep away from you?" I asked confused and lightheaded.

I heard him chuckle. "You and I danced and then kissed," he said as if I remembered. But I don't remember anything. I then turned back around to the sink and threw up once again. I heard Jace laugh at me. "You really can't handle your liquor can you?"

I frowned at him. "But I didn't drink at all. I don't have a hangover and I seem to remember getting home. But the thing is I don't remember the party at all," I said still trying to remember something at least. "Well isn't that just weird," I said sarcastically then he left the room. Not a moment later I thought I heard him groan. What's up with him now? Then I saw Jace run into the bathroom and throw up into the toilet since I was at the sink. I was now grinning at him. "You really can't handle your liquor can you," I said mimicking his tone.

"Whatever Fray," he said and threw up.

IPOV

Where the hell did Clary run off too? Probably back to kiss Jace. I smile at that thought, they are so cute together. I went up to my room when I heard someone throwing up coming from Jace's room. I pop my head into his bathroom to see him and Clary throwing up badly. It was so disgusting. "I thought you didn't drink last night," I said raising my eyebrows at her. Both Clary and Jace turned around surprised. "Not much of a second date if you ask me," I teased and she was blushing. It was so cute! And I can tease her so easily now. I could tell that she liked him and Jace liked her but they were so stubborn. "Okay one I didn't drink last and two Jace and I aren't a thing," she said looking pale. She's in denial. Clary then threw up again luckily in the sink. I scrunched my nose in disgust. I then looked to Jace who had been quiet this whole time. "Yeah I don't know whether you're lying or faking or are actually or not. You don't even look it," I raised my eye brows at him now. And now Jace was looking pale and leaned over the toilet bowl and threw up. "You believe me now?" he said slightly irritated. Why are only Clary and Jace sick? What did they have last night? "This is so weird. I mean how are you two are the only ones throwing up. I mean Jace you've been to many parties before and this has never happened," I frown in confusion. "It's a mystery," he said sarcastically then threw up again. "Isn't it just great that he can still be cocky and sarcastic while sick," Clary said rolling her eyes and then she threw up now. "You forgot charming and handsome as well," he added thoughtfully. They are really meant for each other. "Look I'll go tell Mum that you're too sick to go to school then I'll ring Luke Clary and we'll see what happens from then on," I said leaving the room.

CPOV

Great I may have to spend a whole day here. My Mum is dead and well my father is in jail and Luke's at the bookshop and I doubt Izzy and Mayrse would let me go and stay home alone. After spending probably an hour in the bathroom throwing up in the sink I got up and tried to walk. "Where are you going?" Jace asked me frowning.

"I'm going for a walk. My legs feel numb and I need some fresh air," I said walking out. As soon as I got out into his room I felt like throwing up again. As much fun as it would be throwing up on Jace's floor I spared the thought and ran back to his sink and threw up once more and groaned. I felt dizzy and my headache coming back. Then Izzy came back trying to not look at the sink. "Oh what great news have you brought back to tell us Izz," he said obviously sarcastically and I saw Izzy roll her eyes. "Well you two are obviously not going to school and Clary will stay here so that Mum can look after her because isn't Luke home. And I'm going to school now. Oh and have fun today and try and not to kill each other," she winked at me and left. It will probably take all I've got to not kill him. "Oh great lucky us," I heard him mumble.

"Oh yeah like I'm going to enjoy spending time with Mr. Asshat over here," I mumble to myself or so I thought. I heard Jace laugh, "Asshat? Usually I get called Asshole, Assmaniac or Golden boy," he laughs.

"I only keep the best for you, Blonde," I rolled my eyes.

"Blonde? That's so original."

"You're such an arrogant Asshat."

"What dictionary did you eat?"

"Obviously the one with some actual sense. What one did you eat?" I asked him and he had nothing to say. "Well I never thought I'd see the day that Jace Wayland is speechless," l laugh to myself.

"And I never thought I'd see the day that you'd kiss me," he said smugly. I kissed him?

"I did what? I'm still confused that I can't remember anything when I didn't drink and you can remember everything when you did drink," I mumbled to myself so I thought.

"It's a conundrum. Although I wish you remembered the kiss," he said thoughtfully

"Oh god I have to put up with you all day," I say dramatically.

"You know girls would do anything to be in your place."

"What to be throwing up all day feeling sick," I say although I knew what he meant.

"You are so stubborn you know?"

"Think of something I don't know then come and tell me," I rolled my eyes.

"Well there is one thing actually," he says and I look at him frowning and confused.

"And what would that be?"

"Well you may not see it yourself but your actually pretty," I could feel myself blush.

"Are you sure that you're not trying to swoon me," I raise my eyebrows at him.

"How could you dismiss our love," he says dramatically sarcastic.

"How could it be dismissed when there wasn't anything in the first place?" I knew that he was going to say something back but I threw up once more feeling sick all over again.

"I have to ask you something though; why do you always date the sluts and not have an actual real relationship?" I was really eager to find out why he does what he does. I looked at him to see his face looking sad. "I guess I'm scared that I will be broken," I sad with actual emotion which isn't like him at all. I decided to sit on the floor of his bathroom. "Really? How do you think all those girls feel when you do that to them!" I say shocked to hear him say that.

"I know I'm selfish all right! You know nothing about me!" he yells at me and I scoff at him. I really want to know but I won't force him to. "Well let me tell you something! I haven't had the best past either but I put it in the past and try to move on!" I say angry and he looked shocked. Did I really just tell him that? Oh my god what have I done now? I sigh and look at my hands which were now sweaty. "Look I'm sorry I just…It's just hard," he now looks gloomy and depressed. "Look I know that. It's hard and you think that your life will never be the same again. You feel all the emotions at once and it takes over you. It destroys you," I sighed thinking about my father and how he would hit me or punch me and even kick me. He'd say that it was my fault that my mum was dead and the fact that I looked like her didn't help either. It wasn't until Luke can my step-father found out what happened and threw Valentine into jail.

JPOV

I was so upset at this point of time. I look over to Clary who was looking the same as I am. Did she go through the same sort of thing as I did? "Look Clary I know that you don't trust me but you can tell me," I say softly to try and push her.

"How do I know that though? You could go and tell the whole school and I just know that it wouldn't be pretty," she says then threw up again. The only way she would tell me is if I tell her my story. It was the only way. "Look Clary I'll tell why I do what I do okay? I have told nobody, the Lightwood's only know little bit and pieces of it," I look at her for a moment and she nodded. "Okay well I lived with my biological family with my father Stephen and my mother Celine. We lived happy for a while until my mother died and everything went downhill. I was 5 when he started to hit me kick me and yell at me. I never felt so alone in my life. I also had nightmares that sometimes involved my mother saying that everything would be okay. When my father came home drunk that was the worst…" I trailed off and I felt my cheeks wet. I was shaking as well.

"When he was drunk we would abuse me by throwing me and even cutting me sometimes and I would black out and sometimes when I woke up I was lying in a little puddle of my blood. He would also tell me all the time that 'to love is to be destroy, and that be loved is the one to be destroyed.' And when I was 10 I was adopted by the Lightwood's and at first I was really quiet and I was sure that they hated me but I eventually opened up and I knew that they didn't hate me but they accepted me," I stop and was feeling sick all over. I lean over the toilet and puke for at least 3 minutes and I was moaning in pain. I felt Clary rubbing circles on my back trying to soothe the pain. I can't believe I told her everything. I just hope that she will keep it to herself.

CPOV

"Oh and to answer your question earlier I'm scared for an actual relationship because of everything my father has done and said to me and it still haunts me. And I don't know why I date the sluttiest girls in the school. And even when I do dump them they don't back down what so ever," he says and I smile while I laugh a bit. When he stops vomiting he sits back down on the ground. I grab one of the cups from his sink and fill it up with water and hand it to him. "I don't know if the water will make it good or worse. I've never been this sick before and you were vomiting for quite a while," I smile a bit concerned for him. He murmured thanks and drank it. I can't believe that he is so broken and he looks so depressed now. And he's never told anyone apart from me now. I guess I can tell him my story. I mean if he does tell anyone I won't hesitate to tell his. "Okay I'll tell you mine," I sigh and take a deep breath. "Well my mother and I were going somewhere one day in the car when something rolled over the road and we barely missed it. Anyway it was 15 minutes when something flew towards the front windscreen and hit my mother. I was in the backseat not knowing what was happening. The car swerved into some nearby bush land. I don't really know what happened after that but I got taken into hospital and was told that I had gotten a concussion and that…" I trail off now crying. Jace came over and hugged me in a comforting way. There were tears on his shirt now.

"I got told that my mum had died when the thing came at the windscreen and the car rolling off the road didn't help either. They were even surprised that I survived. My father took me out of hospital and took me home and that's when the worst years of my life started. He would slap me kick me yell at me. He would say that it was my fault and that he hated that I look almost exactly like her. He would say that I was ugly and that no boy would ever like me he would also that that I was a heartless bitch and that everything was my fault. And when he was drunk like that he would throw me and I would be unconscious in my own puddle of blood. When I was 12 my step-father found me and threw my father in jail. I now live with my step-father trying to get over the worst years of my life," I finished and was hugging him tightly trying not to cry.

"I guess we both have had pretty messed up childhood," he says and I laugh a bit because it was true.

JPOV

I thought my life was bad but Clary's was just as bad.

"Oh and just to say I've never told anyone that much. The only person that knows that much is Luke my step-father. You won't leave me would you?" she asks pleading with sadness. Usually I would have said yes but Clary's different. There was no way I was going to leave her. She isn't completely to what I thought she was. I acted the way I did as a cover up in a way. Deep down I hated being an arrogant ass who was the school player. I just didn't want to feel alone again. "I will never leave you Clary. There is so much more to you than I ever thought."

"Aw I'm touched Jace," she says sarcastically while getting up. We haven't been out of the bathroom for hours. "We may as well go downstairs and eat something," I say getting up myself. We walk down the stairs and my legs felt stiff from sitting for so long and that was the same for Clary. As I was walking down the stairs I didn't realise that there was something on the step and slipped on it making me fall down the stairs colliding into Clary who was now rolling down the stairs with me. When we rolled down to the bottom of the staircase we were lying down and I could see her laughing. Usually she would be angry or pissed off put she was laughing. "What's so funny?" I ask confused and slightly jittery. This was a new side to her that I didn't know very well. "I never…thought that…you could be…so clumsy…" she says in between her laughing. Now that I think about how didn't I notice those pencils on the step? I've certainly never lost focus before. I could tell that she was trying to keep her laughs in. "Okay fine you can laugh at me just this once," I eyed her and she started laughing so hard that there were tears going down her cheeks. "Okay seriously Red was it isn't that funny," I huff and she settles down a little. "It's just that I've never seen you so out of focus before," she says getting up then put out a hand to help me up which I took. Clary was something different as in a good way. She didn't just want me for my looks or that I was popular or just to get into bed with me and I like it. We went into the kitchen and she sat on one of the kitchen stools. "What on earth is that bowl full of?" she asks looking disgusted. I turned to see that she was talking about a bowl that was supposedly a salad but looks as if it was burnt to a crisp. "That's Isabelle's. I don't understand why she tries so hard when she just can't cook what so ever," I say truthfully. Everyone knows that she can't cook to save her life.

Clary was laughing again. "You're telling me. She's made me eat some of her stuff and I almost puked it straight out. I've never really had the guts to tell her though because I don't want to hurt her feelings. But then again I don't have to because you and Alec seem to say it often enough," she shrugs and I couldn't help but laugh.

CPOV

I couldn't help but laugh at him when he fell even though he did collide into me. We went to the kitchen and he got out 2 mangoes. "You like mangoes?" I ask just surprised and he nods. I knew Jace was hot and I thought of him as an arrogant ass but he's different today and I like this side of him. After he cut the mango he put it into a small bowl and handed it over to me. I said thanks and ate the mango. We didn't eat much because we were still not well enough to eat anything big. The mango was sweet and juicy and just what I needed. I look over to Jace and he seemed to be in his own little world and I couldn't help but smile at him. After we were finished eating we went down to their movie theatre place. It was so big and amazing, I always loved coming into this room and watching a movie. "What movie do you want to watch?" he asks me as I sit down on one of the big comfy seats. "Um anything that isn't all that lovey dovey stuff," I say with my face flinching and he looked at me in surprise. "What?"

"Lovey dovey? And I think your one of the first girls I've ever met that doesn't like romantic movies." He smiles at me.

"Well I'm not like any other girls. And I hated the Notebook. Izzy made me watch it and I fell asleep," I say like it was just yesterday. Jace chuckles, "I feel your pain. Izzy made me watch Mean Girls, Confession of a shopaholic, the princess diaries, legally blonde I could go on," he says and I really couldn't help but laugh at him. I couldn't even imagine him watching chick flicks. "Well I'd rather watch stuff like the Avengers, Iron Man, and Thor and so on," I say and he was looking at me in total astonishment. "Thank god because I don't think I would've survived watching another chick flick. Their so sappy and dull. I usually hear Izzy talking about which guy she thinks is hot and why life isn't fair blah, blah, blah," he says getting a movie out.

"Oh yeah? Well I usually get the It's so weird that you don't have a celebrity crush and that I really need one because that's what girls do. But even if I did she wouldn't even know who it is because it's from a movie that she doesn't even know," I huff a bit irritated. When Jace came to sit next to me I saw that he had put on the Avengers. "So do you have a celebrity crush?" he asks me curiously. I think about it for a while. There was just so many really. "Well I do like Chris Hemsworth and Hugh Jackman. I mean they're so hot but anyway their just actors so it's nothing more nothing less."

The movie has been playing for a while and we sat there in silence watching. "Did you know that there's another Avengers movie coming out next year?" he asks me. There was? Oh thank you Jace now I'm going to be excited for next week or so I thought sarcastically. "They're doing another one?" I ask excited and I could tell that he knew I was excited. "Yes and I can't wait to see what they've done with Loki and all. I mean the guys a dickhead."

"I think his horn things and funny. He looks like an ape," I say he was laughing then I did the same. I was actually enjoying me time with Jace. We have a lot in common and it was good to talk with someone who went through the same sort of things as I did. Even if I told Izzy and Simon they would try to calm me down and say that it would be okay. It would be nice that they would do that but only Jace knows the feeling and it's not a great feeling. We haven't vomited all afternoon since we ate so it must not be a bad sickness. In the corner of my eyes I could see him watching the movie. The air conditioner must be on because I could feel myself shiver. "You cold there Red?" he grinned pleasantly and I nod. I actually was cold. He pulled me over and wrapped his arms around my waist. He was so warm. I rested my head on his chest and could hear his calm heartbeat. I wrapped my arms around his waist and we watched the rest of the movie.

JPOV

She looked so peaceful and innocent. I don't know what she's done to me but I feel something I've never felt before towards her. I looked down to see that she has fallen asleep. She was so cute and adorable.

"I'm Home," Izzy sang. Oh crap she's going to get the wrong idea. "Jace! Clary! Where are you two! If I come in to see that you're making out I think that I may puke!" she shouted around the house and I laughed to myself.

I thought I'd just yell to say that we weren't kidnapped during the day or anything, "Down here Izz!" I yell back to her. Not a second later Izzy was in the movie theatre staring at me. She was going to lose it badly. "Aw she's so cute when she's asleep. You didn't do anything to her did you?" she looked at me suspiciously. I'm so lost. Why didn't she get angry at me? "Aren't you going to get angry at me or something?" I asked her looking blankly at her.

"Why would I when you two are so cute together. I mean the sexual tension between you two was- well I don't know the word for it. Everyone knew you like her and the way she looks at you it's obvious that she likes you too. She's so oblivious to it and completely stubborn to admit it as well," Izzy smiled at me when she finally finished her speech. I was too stunned for words. It was that obvious that I like her? And she likes me too? I smiled widely now. "I don't really know what to say. How I feel towards her something I've never felt towards any other girl I've ever met and it scares me sometimes."

"Well have you told her how you feel?"

"No obviously. But I can't tell her she thinks I hate her."

"Just tell her and stop being scared. She likes you and you like her end of story," Izzy said walking out. I really hope that Clary wasn't half awake now. I went to try and change the movie when she was waking up. "Clary you're finally awake."

"How long have I been out for?" she asked stretching.

"Um about an hour at least. Oh and Izzy's home."

"Oh I know I heard you two talking," she tensed a bit. Oh crap how much did she hear?

"How much did you hear?" I asked hoping she didn't hear the part when I said that I liked her.

"Um everything." Crap!

"Look Clary I didn't-" the next thing I knew her lips were on mine. So she didn't hate me at all. I kissed her back and I felt my whole body tingle with excitement. "Just to say I never really hated you I just thought you hated me," we broke apart now.

"What a conundrum then because I thought you hated me."

"Let me just say thought if you tell anyone those personal things I may have to kill you," I knew she was being sarcastic because she wouldn't be able to live with guilt of killing me. "Well that goes same way with me too," I smiled at her.

"CLARY!" I heard Izzy yell out to her.

"I better go and see what she wants before she trashes the house trying to find me," she said getting up and I heard him laugh.

CPOV

I got up to Izzy's room to find her glancing at me. Oh boy here we go now!

"Okay what do you want Izzy," I asked still wearily.

"What do I want? What happened between you and my brother?" she in a Duh tone.

"Well we were obviously throwing up almost all morning. I started to get a cramp and we also decided to get something to eat. I don't know what happened but he slipped on something and he crashed into me and ended up lying side by side laughing a bit. We then went to eat then went to watch a movie and I was cold so he wrapped his arm around me and I must have fallen asleep. I was about to wake up when I heard you two talking about and decided to pretend I was still asleep when I heard you talking about him actually LIKING me," I explained to her and her eyes were wide.

"Oh well about that I'm sorry but I had to find out. And it's obvious to everyone that you like each other even all the cheerleaders get jealous that he doesn't give that much attention to them," Izzy smiled at that thought.

"Wait so he does like me?" I wanted to be confirmed before I did anything too stupid.

"He doesn't just like you per say; he loves you. It's written all over his face when he sees you. And between you and me you'd be such a cute couple," she squealed the last part.

"Okay, okay thanks Izz. I better go back to him them," I waved her off and went back to Jace.

All I can think now is please hope to the Angel that Izzy is right.