Simon P.O.V.
I find Isabelle on the roof of the Institute. "Isabelle? What are you doing up here?" I ask her. "N-nothing." She says and I know she is lying. I sit by her and wrap my arm around her shoulder. "Are you okay Isabelle?" "Never better." She says. I know she is lying because she says this barely above a whisper, although I hear it just as if she is yelling, and I can smell her tears. Being a vampire really heightens your senses. "Are you crying?" I ask her. "No." she says. I look into her eyes, which are full of tears and there are tear tracks on her cheeks. "What's wrong?" "I wa-want Max b-b-back. So I c-c-could pro-protect him. L-Love him more. Its m-my fa-fa-fault I didn't li-listen to him and he got ki-ki-killed." She says as she sobs and the end of the sentence is barely above a mumble. She is looking into her lap, trying to avoid my eyes. "It isn't your fault Isabelle. You couldn't have known that Sebastian was actually Jonathan Morgenstern. You coudnt have known that Max would be killed. You didn't know so you treated himjust like usual. He is in a better place. If Max was my little brother I would think that just about anything is better than this. You have to move on but keep him in the back of your mind. It will help you become a better person." She looks up at me. "You really think that it will make me a better person?" She asks like a child. "No. I know that it will. Max loved you. And he never left you. Not really. He's in you and Alec and Jace and Mayrse. He had Alec's calm and collected manner. But beneath that was you your fierceness and determination. He was like Mayrse in looks and the way he loved people. He didn't show it but it was there. And he had Jace's fire and smarts. He is still in you Iz. Don't forget it." She looks like she is about to cry again, but instead she smiles. "Simon, you said everything I needed to hear. I just didn't know I needed to hear it. Thank you." She says. Then she kisses my cheek and leaves. All she needed was a friend. Someone who would tell her it's alright to cry. And that Max is better off. Someone to comfort her. I just happened to be that to do just that.