***Gabriel P.O.V***

If there is something siblings are good, it's being an absolute pain. My brother, Gideon was demonstrating this perfectly by insisting that I woke up, even when I didn't want to. Dragging myself out of bed, and down to the kitchen, I made sure Gideon would suffer making me leave my nice warm bed. On entering the kitchen, Gideon looked over at me smirking "sleep well?" he asked, causing me to scowl at him. "I was until you woke me up" I said. Making Gideon smirk even more. I was about to make some comment when my sister walked in, wrapped in a blanket, looking as though she had been woken up earlier than expected. "Gideon force you out of bed too Tati?" I asked and after a yawn, she nodded in response. Gideon gave us both a funny look before saying "I had to get you two up. You both agreed to help at the Institute today" he said, making me groan. The Institute was a home for kids who could live at their actual home, for one reason or another. My family had been involved with the Institute for years, and once upon a time I used to enjoy going.

That all changed when two of the people who used to live at the Institute started helping out. Not just any two people but William Herondale and James Carstairs. I didn't have much against James, or Jem as he insisted on being called, but what stopped me actually fully liking him was the fact he was Best Friends with Will. Will and I had hated each other ever since he had broken my arm in a fight. At least when he was living at the Institute, I had some power over him, but now he was helping? I hadn't thought it was possible but he has gotten worse. Where I was dreading seeing Will, Tatiana on the other hand seemed to have had a burst of energy. For reasons unknown to me, she had developed something of an obsessive crush on Will, despite the fact he had no interest in her what-so-ever and was often nasty to her in an attempt to get rid of her.

I glanced at Gideon "you are going to be there, should I get the urge to strangle Heronfail?" I asked. Gideon blushed then, and struggled to look me in the eye. I leant forward then, what was he not telling me? "I um, promised Sophie that I, uh, would take her out today" he mumbled. Sophie was someone else who had helped out at the Institute. Gideon had taken an immediate liking to her, but Sophie seemed to be reluctant to respond to my brothers numerous attempts to get to ask her out. I think it was because she was poor, and we were rich, and she didn't wasn't to bring any shame to Gideon. Gideon had insisted that it didn't matter to him, and eventually they started dating. They were still in the early days of their relationship, but they seemed happy. Standing up, I looked at my brother "well you had better well make sure you enjoy yourself and make it worth leaving me with him" then turned and left.

~some time later~

On arriving at the Institutes office I went to find Charlotte, who ran the place. On entering the office, I realised that there was someone else in there, with Charlotte. Looking up at me Charlotte asked "on your own today Gabriel?" which made me shrug "Tatiana did turn up this morning, but god knows where she's gone. Gideon's abandoned me to be on a date with Sophie" I said. Before Charlotte could respond, the girl spoke "Brothers. What a pain in the behind" which made me smile. I then realised she had spoken in a strong Welsh accent. The only other person I knew who had a Welsh accent was Will. Charlotte then confirmed what I had begun to suspect. "Gabriel, this is Cecily, Cecily Herondale. I was wondering if you could show her around, introduce her to people? She needs to learn the ropes, and you know them better than anyone" which took me by surprise. I was touched that she had such faith in me, but Herondales sister? I was going to ask why Will didn't train his sister, but decided against it. "Um, yeah sure" I agreed, more hesitantly than I had wanted. Cecily, as I now knew she was called, grinned.

Leaving Charlottes office, I glanced at my new companion. "Well it makes sense to give you a tour first. I'll take you to the main entrance, we can start from there" I said, unsure what else to say. I made an awkward move to start walking. Cecily started walking next to me, and surprised me with what she said next. "Charlotte said your name is Gabriel. You're not Gabriel Lightworm are you?" which made me clench my jaw, clearly Will had been talking to Cecily about me. "It's Lightwood. Not Lightworm" I corrected, trying to control my anger. Cecily nodded knowingly. "Will told me all about this guy, Gabriel Lightworm, and all I could think was 'what an odd surname' and I kept asking Will what your actual surname was, as I highly doubted it was actually Lightworm, but he insisted that it was. I'm glad it's not. Lightwood is much better" and for some reason this made me smile. Maybe she wasn't as bad as her brother.

"What exactly has darling Will said about me?" I asked, as I had a feeling I would need to set a few things straight. Cecily shrugged "not much. To be honest, I don't think what he has said is true. I mean, he couldn't even get your surname right!" and with that, I decided I liked this Herondale a lot more than the other Herondale. We had reached the entrance, and I was about to start talking when we were rudely interrupted by Will.

***Cecily P.O.V***

I'm glad that the first person I was able meet was the infamous Gabriel Lightwood first. When we were children, we had lost our oldest sister Ella. It had broken Will so much, and it was at his request that he got sent to the Institute. In the few bits of contact I had had with Will, he had often complained about someone called Gabriel Lightworm. When I made the choice to come Institute, I had hoped that I would meet the real guy. Not only had I met him, but it seemed as though I was going to be spending a lot of time with him, which I was happy about. He really didn't seem as bad as Will made him out to be.

Gabriel had offered to give me a tour, and we had decided to start it at the main entrance. We had just arrived when my dear brother turned up. It seemed as though Will was not as happy to see me, as I was to see him. He stormed over, glowering at us. "Cece I thought I had told you to go home, but instead you decide to stay here…with HIM" which made me frown and fold my arms over my chest. I was not going to let him get the better of me "well if you hadn't been so nasty I wouldn't be in this situation. You ignoring me made me come here, and you refusing to have anything to do with me has lead me to Gabriel here" I said, not wanting him to get the better of me. With this, he turned on his heal and stalked off.

He had once said that he hadn't wanted me, or my parents here, as this was his place of safety after the events of our past. My parents, who had also broken, had accepted this, but I hadn't. Families were meant to support each other, and how could we when ours had divided. Mam and Dad each other, so I decided to leave to support Will. He unfortunately didn't see it like that, and wanted me gone. My brother might be stubborn, but so was I. I looked over at Gabriel, "I'm sorry you had to witness that. I would still like that tour if you are still willing to give it" I said, making Gabriel smile. "I am very much willing to give it" he said, and he did. I decided that I liked Gabriel Lightwood.