I don't own the main characters, Cassandra Clare owns them, i only own the plot and possibly some minor characters!

Chapter One:

Clary POV:

I've never had the best home life. I never knew my dad, and my mother liked to get physical. My brother ignored all of the signs. He pretended that I didn't get beaten up. My brother was popular; he was the captain of the baseball team, a ladies man, and an all around asshole. He hung around with the popular crowd, which consisted of our neighbors, the Lightwoods. They moved across the street about 7 years ago, and my brother and them got along great, and it also helped that everyone loved them because they were the best looking people in town.

"CLARISSA! Get your ass down here!" I hear my mother yell from downstairs. I internally groan, knowing that today isn't going to be a good day. I walk down stairs and before I can even blink she smacks me across the face. "What did I tell you about bad grades young lady?"

"Anything below and A will result in a punishment." I recite back to here.

"Exactly, and your midterm grades just came back."

"Mom, it's an A-, and I can pull that up easily."

"An A- is still below and A, you are so stupid, you know that right?" I nod in agreement hoping that it'll lessen the punishment. "God, why can't you be more like your brother? You're such an introvert, and you have no friends. Would it kill you to try?"

"I don't have any time to make friends mom, I have to study." She laughs at me and makes her way into the kitchen. Today was going to be a very long day. School goes on like it normally does, being invisible in the halls, casually getting bumped into because no one can see me. Being on five feet tall really doesn't help when walking the halls of high school. I get home and notice that my mom is passed out on the couch. I get the ingredients out for dinner, and start making it. After about an hour my brother comes home with Jace and Alec. They are all on the baseball team and after practice they all eat dinner here.

"Yo, what's for dinner?" He asks as he enters the kitchen followed by Jace and Alec.

"I'm making homemade hamburgers." I answer as I am making the patties. I look up and lock eyes with Jace. We have never really been friendly to each other, but ever since they moved him and my brother have been close so I see him enough. And I had to admit, he is gorgeous.

"Well hurry it up bitch, we're hungry."

"It'll be ready in 20 minutes." Him and the others go up stairs and I continue to make dinner. After about 15 minutes my mom enters the kitchen looking livid. Shit. This will not end well.

Jace POV:

After we left the kitchen we went up Jon's room, and chill until dinner is ready. I've known Jon for a long time, but I've never seen him so mean to his sister. He always complains about her but to flat out call her a bitch, that was uncalled for.

"Jon, why did you call your sister a bitch?" Alec asked and I could see Jon tense a little.

"Because she deserved it, she's useless. I can't wait until she's gone."

"Isn't she younger than you though? Won't you be gone first?"

"She's graduating a two years early. She's technically a senior." My jaw dropped suddenly, she is only 16, yet she is graduating before all of us.

"Shit. She's smart as hell."

"She a fucking nerd is what she is, but if I had to deal with my moms punishments I'd want to get out as well. Personally I think my mom wants her gone, which is fine by me. She's a pain in the ass." Jon keeps talking up I decide that I need a glass of water so I make my way down to the kitchen. When I reach the landing I hear a loud smashing noise coming from the kitchen. I look down and I see that Clary's mom has her pinned up against the wall.

"God Clary, why can't you do anything fucking right. You are so worthless." She tightens her grip on Clary's collar and shoves her against the wall. I wince and the next thing I know Clary is on the floor holding her neck. I make my way into the kitchen and she looks up at me."

"Uh, dinner will be ready in a couple minutes, if you could let Jon know, I'd really appreciate it." She says, completely ignoring what just happened.

"Yea, of course." I walk back up stairs and let Jon know that dinner is ready. We make our way downstairs and sit at the table. Dinner is great as usual. In all the years we've come over after practice we've eaten dinner here, and Clary makes some of the best meals. When dinner is over Alec and I say goodbye and make our way over to our house.

"Do you think the way Jon treats his sister is odd?"

"Kinda. Has he always treated her like that?" I ask. I can't remember him ever being that mean to her.

"I know he's never liked her, but I was shocked when he called her a bitch."

"Same man." We make it to our house, and we go our separate ways. I can't believe what I just witnessed, and I wish I could ask her about it but I'm not that close to her and it's none of my business. I lay on my bed for the rest of the night and think about Clary and realize how completely blind I've been to her the past 7 years that I've lived across the street. There was something different about her that was really intriguing. And I wanted to know more.