Clary stood in her dorm room, she began to unpack her bags, not that she had a lot to unpack a few small bags, that's all she had brought with her. That's all she had brought, she didn't want to think of her past she needed to start a new. And this was where she was going to do it. She got lost in her thoughts when there was a knock at her door. She jumped as she turned around, she saw a tall man, with the deepest blue eyes she had ever seen.

"Hey, sorry to bother you but I was wondering whether you knew where the student registration is?" The boy asked nervously.

Clary shook herself out of her thoughts "No, I'm sorry but I was about to go look for it soon, we can go together if you want?" Clary had never really trusted people easily, but the man before her looked kind.

"Yeah, sounds fun, let me just grab my keys." The man turned to go before spinning back around "Oh, I'm Alec by the way."

Clary let out a little chuckle "I'm Clary." Alec smiled and wandered out of Clary's dorm before returning a few seconds later. "Ready to go," Alec said with a smile.

"Sure," Clary said before grabbing her bag and locking her door. She and Alec began to wander through the dorms, there was a silence between them but it wasn't awkward, it was nice.

Alec broke the silence "So what are you studying then?" Alec asked.

"I'm studying to be an art teacher, you?" Clary inquired looking up to Alec, "I'm studying Pre-Med." Clary had a certain kind of look on her face that said 'really' but she smiled anyway.

Alec continued, feeling like he needed to explain "Both of my parents are surgeons, so I guess it kind of runs in the family."

"So you're training to be a surgeon then." Clary asked.

"No, actually I want to train to be a general paediatrician, I love working with kids, but I'm not as brave as you to go into teaching." Alec smiled and Clary chuckled. They carried on walking through the campus until they arrived at a building with a huge sign saying "STUDENT REGISTRATION".

"I think we've arrived." Alec said as he as he nodded towards the sign. Clary smiled as she got into the queue.

Alec and Clary waited to get registered with the school administrator while they were waiting they began talking about their families "So have got any brothers or sisters?" Clary asked casually, not wanting to seem too stalkerish.

"Yeah, I have a sister and two brothers, Izzy, Jace and Max." Alec said looking down the queue to see how far away they were from the reception.

"Oh right so; you have a big family then." Clary said examining the queue as well.

"No not really, it's only six of us what about you, do you have a big family?" Alec asked returning his gaze back to the girl beside him.

Clary looked down at her feet "No, just my mum and dad, but I don't really speak to either of them anymore."

"Oh right, that's …" Alec seemed lost for words. Clary looked up at him and flashed a faint smile towards him "Don't worry its' better that way, what about your siblings what are they doing?" Clary asked, obviously changing the subject but Alec didn't really blame her.

"Well, me, Jace and Izzy are all in our first year of university, but Max is a lot younger than us he's in his first year of high school." Alec said.

Clary looked puzzled "Wait so are you like triplets or something?"

Alec started to laugh "No, I'm a year older than Izzy and Jace, but I took a gap year to travel around the world." Alec explained.

"Right so Izzy and Jace are twins then?" Clary asked with as still confused look on her face.

Alec smiled softly, "No, Jace is actually adopted, we were close friends when we were young, but when he was 10 his parents died in a car accident, and so it was logical for us to look after him he had no other family."

"Oh, you're family are good people," Clary smiled, "Better than mine anyway," Clary muttered under her breath quiet enough that she thought Alec to hear, but he did however he didn't want to pry.

Alec and Clary waited in silence for the rest of the queue, not wanting to meddle in each other's lives any more. Alec and Clary finished registering and picked up their welcome packs and schedules. Alec asked Clary quietly "Have you got everything you need?" Clary nodded silently before loading all her papers back into her back before turning to leave.

Alec and Clary began to walk back towards the dorms when Alec stopped in his tracks. Clary looked up at the man beside her; he looked stunned she looked around for an explanation before asking "Hey, hey Alec are you ok?" Alec stood there not replying to Clary's question.

Clary was confused but as she looked up, she thought she may have understood. Walking towards them was the most beautifully tanned man, with the most amazing green, amber eyes. Clary looked up at Alec who had started to look nervous "Hey Alec, do we need to go, is everything ok?"

Alec didn't have time to answer because by the time Clary had asked the question the man was stood in front of the pair. Alec looked astounded and Clary just looked plain confused "Well, hello Alexander." The man said casually.

"Magnus?" Alec managed to breathe out.