(A/N I do not own any of these names except for Sophia Lass)

Chapter One-2 year after CoHF

Clary's POV

"Jace, stop it!" I shrieked as Jace picked me up and threw me over his shoulders. "Where are you taking me? You do remember that I can take you down in five seconds, right?"

"Geez, be patient little girl." I felt Jace chuckle from underneath me.

"Little girl? Are you trying to get yourself killed tonight?" I asked, playfully smacking him on the face, which was easy to do. "Put me down."

"If I were to do that, then you would have never came with me."

"Why do would you think that? I thought we were going to a movie."

"We are, but we got to make one little stop first."

"Ugh! If you put me down, I promise I will not turn away from wherever you are taking me."

"You swear?" Jace questioned me, as if he didn't believe me. Wow, I have never lied to him, I thought, except for maybe once or twice.

"I swear by the Angel. Now put me down before I really do smack you in the face."

"Fine," Jace said, as he swung me off of his shoulders. Immediately after he put me down, he reached for my hand, and started to sprint.

"Jace, what is going on?" I yelled, almost out of breath. Thank God for training, I thought, just keeping up with him.

Jace's POV

She will be so surprised, I thought as I ran down the street. What I didn't tell Clary, is that we are going to a party, but not just any party, one of our good friend's party. Magnus Bane. I guess when your best friend, and parabatai, is his boyfriend, you actually get invited to his parties.

Magnus Bane is the high and mighty warlock of Brooklyn. What people don't know about him is that he loves glitter and that you pretty much need to be a millionaire just to get an appointment with him.

"Jace, where are we going? If you didn't want to go to the movies, you could have just said so." Clary yelled, struggling to keep up. I started to laugh.

"It's not that Clary." I slowed down to a walk, but didn't let go of her hand.

"Then what is it?" Clary demanded, brushing her fiery red hair out of her face.

"We are going to Magnus's party."

"WHY?"

"Because we were invited."

"He never invites us. There has to be a reason," Clary stopped dead in her tracks. Great, we are going to be late.

"Fine. He's going to propose to Alec." I lied. It's not Magnus that's going to propose, it me. I'm going to propose to Clary.

Clary's POV

He's hiding something, I thought.

"Okay, great. So why did we have to run to death? When I can just create a portal to get there." I demanded, drawing my stele out of my high-heeled boots, that Isabelle got me.

"I didn't want to be rude and besides, we are here." Jace responded as I looked around. When did we get here? I thought.

"Okay, that was fast. Let's go in." I buzzed the buzzer, and the door opened.

Magnus's POV

I buzzed Jace and Clary into my apartment. "Alec, is everything ready?"

"Yes. I just texted Jace and asked him if he had the ring. Isabelle, do you have the banner ready?" Alec yelled to his younger sister.

"Yes. Do you want to tell me why I am here? I have been here for over two hours, and nothing has happened yet." Isabelle complained, taking Simon's hand.

"Alec, would you like to explain to me why you didn't tell your sister?" I whispered into Alec's ear.

"Sorry, didn't really get a chance," he whispered back. "Jace just texted me."

"What did he say?" Simon asked.

"He says he's right down the hall."

"Places everyone." I yelled as I magically shut off the lights.

Clary's POV

I opened Magnus's door, to the lights off. "Jace, what is going on? Nobody's here."

"Surprise!" Jace yelled, along with Izzy, Simon, Magnus, Alec, my mother and stepfather, Luke."

I felt myself blush, deeply, with my jaw dropped.

"Guys, what's going on? I thought there was a party going on. That's what Jace told me." I sent a questioning look to Jace. What is it that he is hiding from me, I thought. Obviously there's not a party going on.

"Clary," Jace said, getting down on one knee, "will you do me the honor of marrying me?"

I looked around the room, thinking this had to be a prank. I saw my mom, crying into Luke's shoulder, but they weren't sad tears, they were happy tears. She knew about this, both of them. Izzy and Simon, has astounded looks on their faces, as if they didn't know anything was happening. Magnus, on the other hand, was taking something out of his pocket. What is it that he gots? I wondered, but then remember what Jace had said something about Magnus proposing to Alec.

"Jace, I don't know what to say," I started, and ran out the door.

Jace's POV

"Clary, wait!" I yelled down the hall, dazed and confused.

"Jace, I'm so sorry. I thought she was going to say yes." Jocelyn, Clay's mother, came up and hugged me. She looked just like Clary, and it made my heart ache. Two years. It took me two years of convincing Jocelyn that I am nothing like the man who raised me.

"I'm so sorry Jace. Maybe all this was a mistake." Alec came up to me, and told me. That's when I saw Magnus slip something back into his pocket. When he told me that he was going to propose, I thought it was a joke, but it wasn't. I was seriously shocked.

"Magnus, can I please talk to you for a moment." I asked him, walking outside the apartment.

"What is it?" Magnus asked, messing with his spiky, glittery hair.

"Were you going to propose to Alec?"

"What? No… I just…" Magnus stuttered.

"Magnus, why didn't you tell me? I thought you were kidding."

"Well, I wasn't. So if you excuse me, I have a back up party to throw." And with that, he walked back into his apartment, slamming the door shut.

Clary's POV

Oh my god, I can't believe that just happened, I thought as I walked out of the apartment. I can't believe Jace proposed to me, and I just walked out on him.

I shivered as I walked out into the brisk, autumn air. About a mile away, from Magnus's apartment, two things happened. My phone started to buzz and I realized where I was going. I was walking towards the institute.

Simon's POV

"Dang it Clary!" Jace yelled, throwing his phone back into his pocket.

"Jace, calm down. I think I have known Clary longer than you have, but I'm not exactly sure. But, I think I can guess where she is going." I yelled back to Jace. It was 9pm and Magnus's party was just getting started. How come no one has complained about all the loud music? I asked myself.

"Really Simon? Can you please explain to me where you think she is going? And while you're at it, can you explain to me why she would run away from someone as handsome as me?" Jace spat like there was venom in his mouth.

"Wow, you are really heartbroken, aren't you?"

"Do you want me to punch you in the face? You haven't had enough training yet to deflect it, guaranteed. Now tell me where you think she is?"

"The institute." I told him, and got up to go meet Izzy.

Jace's POV

I got up and left the party.

"Where are you going?" Alec asked me over the loud music.

"The institute," was all that I said, and walked out the door.

Clary's POV

"Why am I here?" I whispered to myself, walking into my bedroom at the institute. "Oh now I remember, I'm running away."

I walked across my room, grabbed my bag and put my Codex, my sketch pad, colored pencils, my photo album, clothes and anything else that might be important.

I just stepped through the portal, as Jace burst into my room, with a look that broke my heart completely.

Jace's POV

I burst through Clary's door, just in time to see her mouth the words I'm sorry and I love you. After that, she disappeared through the portal. I got to say, that was the first time I had cried since I was 10 years old.