A/N; So this is my new story I've had this for soo long that I finally got irritated and decided; "Hello new fanfic!" yes I am going to finish my other one! Read it called what happened? !

DISCLAIMER; I DON'T OWN ANYTHING!

Prologue PART 1

A Teenage Crush

It was true love, the real thing-Clarissa Fairchild was sure of it. None of that teenage hero-worship, puppy love, crush stuff for her, even if she was only fourteen. She was in love.

Her friends were plastering their walls with poster of pop, television, and movie star. Clarissa day-dreamed over a picture of Jace Herondale that she'd cut out of her brother Jonathon's high school yearbook.

For two years she'd kept her infatuation a secret. Then one afternoon, while she and several friends were in her room studying for the next day's demon exam, one of them knocked her diary off the nightstand. The picture of Jace fell out.

"Wow." Isabelle picked up the picture and began to pass it to the other girls. "What a hottie! Who is he?"

Clarissa looked at the three pairs of eyes waiting expectantly for her answer. All three of the Nephilim girls at one time or another "gone steady," while Clarissa never had. With her fiery-red hair and sparkling green emerald eyes she was beautiful. Beautiful when among her friends, cute was in.

It was on the tip of her tongue to tell them Jace was her brothers best friend. When her mouth opened, however, "He's my boyfriend," popped out.

The girls gave off an assortment of oh's and ah's.

"Has he kissed you?" Aline giggled.

"All the time." Clarissa crossed her fingers behind her back. Two big lies in less than five minutes.

Isabelle, Mia, and Hailey kept questioning her about Jace. She continued to spin a web of lies. Finally becoming so disgusted with deception, she snatched the picture back and buried it in the pages of her diary. "Enough. Let's get back to demonology."

The next Saturday she and Isabelle went to see a movie. As they were leaving the theater, Isabelle grabbed Clarissa's arm.

"Hey look, party city has its valentines day cards out. I need to get one for Simon. I'm sure you'll want to get one for Jace too."

"Umm, I'd rather wait. Ill help you pick out Simon's, okay?"

The two of them looked through dozens of cards. "this one's pretty." Izzy held up a card. It was a seascape photograph with the outline of two lover gazing out to watch the sun sinking into the sea.

Clarissa opened the card. "Valentine-My Heart Is Yours," she read aloud. "Isn't that a bit mushy for Simon?"

"Yeah, you're right." Izzy took the card form her and started to put it back. "But it would be great for Jace, though." She stuck the card back in Clarissa's hand.

"Izzy, I don't think…"

"Sure. It's the perfect card for an older man."

Oh, well, she could always save it for the future. Sooner or later she'd have a boyfriend, and it would get Izzy off her back for now. "Okay, you talked me into it."

Later that evening they were listening music in Izzy's bedroom and munching on popcorn.

"I've got an idea," Isabelle announced with her mouth full. "Let's sign our valentines."

"I'd rather do it later."

"Are you going to write something mushy that you don't want me to see?" Izzy's eyes lit up.

"No, I just…" Clarissa's mind struggled to come up with a plausible excuse.

"Fine." Izzy bounced up off the bed. "Then we'll do it now. I'll even give you a stamp."

"I'll just give it to him in person."

"No. it's much more romantic to Mail it."

Clarissa signed the card with a simple 'Love, Clarissa."

"Clary, why don't we spray the envelopes with perfume?"

Clarissa no longer felt like arguing with Isabelle. She silently held her envelope out and let Isabelle spray it liberally with Heavenly. She expected Isabelle to suggest putting red lipstick kisses on the envelopes, too, and was grateful she didn't.

Clarissa put the card in the envelope, wrote sown the address of the apartment Jace and Jonathon shared, and stamped it. She had to tuck it under the to flap of her purse since it was too big to fit in all the way in.

The girls played a game of scrabble, then izzy's mother drove Clarissa home.

It wasn't until the next day when she saw a commercial for valentine's day that she remembers the card. She flew up the stairs and tore through her purse.

"oh, no,' she whispered. calm down and think, she told herself. She searched her room. It wasn't there, either. If she'd dropped it coming into the house one of her parents would have returned it to her, especially if they saw the name in the front of the envelope and smelled the perfume. She could have dropped it getting in or out of Isabelle's car, or into the car, or back at Isabelle's house.

Quickly she ran to her phone, dialed and waited.

"Isabelle, it's Clarissa. Did I leave my valentine there?" She closed her eyes tightly and held her breath.

"Yes, you did, but don't worry. I mailed it today when I mailed Simon's."

"You what?" Clarissa couldn't believe her ears.

"I mailed it for you. That's okay, isn't it?"

"Sure." Her heart dropped to her ankles. "Thanks, Izzy. I'll see you at the institute tomorrow." Now what was she going to do? She should have been more careful in the first place. She could have put a false address on the envelope, Isabelle wouldn't have known the difference. She should have thought to tell Izzy she already had a valentine for Jace at home. Or to be downright honest, she shouldn't have told the first lie that had started this whole mess...

a/n; not beta-ed again! I'm way too sleepy to get it beta-ed, I just wanted to post it. ill also try to post part two tomorrow!

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