True love or just a bet

I was in my room just listening to some music when I got a text from my best friend Simon. -are you going to Isabelle's party- instead of texting him back I called him, and he answered after the second signal "hey Frey." He said "hey I was just wondering. Are you talking about the end of summer vacation party that only the seniors are invited to or is this another party?" I said. "The end of summer vacation is next week, and we are going to that one. Remember that you promise me that you would go. But no this is another party over at Izzy's house she just texted me. And I am going and so are you." "who are going? And of course, you are I would be surprised if you wouldn't go to your own girlfriend's party and also, she is my best friend, so I think that I should know when she is throwing a party but then again, she almost never tells me these stuff until the very last minute. So, if I were to guess she is probably going to come to my house within the next hour or so" I said. "all of our friend group. And you are right she is probably already on her way over but please just go freely this time I promise you will have fun this time" "fine I am going. But if I am having a bad time I am going." I said after thinking for a few seconds "fine but you have to be there for at least an hour. And don't you have to ask your mother first?" Simon asked. Yeah right, she is never home I thought "no, she is not home. When is the party by the way?" I said. "tonight. And of course, she isn't. well I have to hang up I promised Eric that I would practise with him before the party." He said. "see you tonight. And have fun." I said. "yeah see you then." He said and hang up.

About an hour later I got a text from and unknown number. -hey clary this is Alec lightwood. I got your number from Izzy. I was told to text you to make sure that you are coming to our party tonight and to tell you that even if you don't want to that Izzy will go and get your herself and that she is on her way to your house now. So, you don't have to text back if you are going or not. - I decided to go downstairs to wait for her. And just as I went to the kitchen, I heard the doorbell, so I went over to open the door. "hey clary I know that parties are not really your thing, but I promise one of my friends that I would get you to come." Isabelle said right away. "Izzy, I have already told Simon that I am going so don't worry" I said, "great let's go." "go where and have I not already told you to not give out my numbers to people without my consent" "to my house silly to get you ready for the party and it was only Alec this time. At least I have not given your number to some of my friends who have asked for months." "am I ever going to found out who this friend of yours is and can you at least tell me if I know the person" I said as I walked after Isabelle knowing that she wouldn't let me take some of my own cloths with me. "yes" was the only thing she said when she opens the door to the car and I open the other door. When I got inside the car, she started the car "yes to what." "both of them I was planning to tell you when school starts but only if you please join the cheer squad like you told me you would if me and Simon ever gets together. And as you know, me and Simon got together last month so know it is your turn to hold your promise and I will hold mine. But the one thing I can tell you is that it is the last person you would think about." She said, "I really have to stop making promises that is things I don't want to do." "yes, you do but at least you haven't broken even one of them." "sure, and only one of the things I bet on haven't happened yet." "wait are you talking about you bet with Simon." "yes." "what was that bet about again" "well it was if I don't get a boyfriend before the end of the first semester of the year and date him for a month or it doesn't count. I have to start dating the biggest player of the school and don't break it up until at least a month later, but I can't sleep with him. And if I get a boyfriend, he has to shave all of his hair of." "who would you say is the biggest player of the school" "well there is three people that it could be. We have Jace, Sebastian and Jonathan. And I can't date my brother so that leaves Jace and Sebastian." "good well we are here, and my brother have some of his friends over right know to help him set up the party. But I already told him that I would bring you here before the party starts." She said as the car came to a stop. I have been to her house many times over the last years or so but then it has always been more people.

When we got inside, I didn't see any one. "where are your parents and little brother." I asked. "they are on a business trip over the weekend and they don't trust us enough to take care of Max, so they took him with them. but let's go up to my room and find some party cloths for you to wear." She said. And started to walk up the stair. When we got up there stood a guy who I don't remember seeing before and he said "hey Izzy, who is your friend I don't think I have meet her before" "right magnus this is my friend Clary she goes to school with us. And Clary this is my brothers friend Magnus. We are getting her ready for the party, so she can impress some guys, so I can finally see my best friend with a guy. And by the way where are my brother" Isabelle said. "can I please help you know how much I love make overs. And this one needs my help. And he should be back any moment. He and Jace is out buying some things for the party." He said. "yes, that would be great but not too much glitter this time. And we just have to find the perfect dress for her. I should have something that fit her. And in the meantime, you can make some cupcakes for the party. I was supposed to make them before but then my brother literally lifted me out from the kitchen and told me that I am not allowed inside the kitchen anymore." She said. "yeah sure do you have everything here." I said not even trying to talk her into making me chose my cloths. It has never worked before and I don't think it will this time. "yes, I asked Alec to buy everything and he did yesterday. So, you go downstairs and then I must have you back within the next two hours. In that time, I should be able to get myself ready. And if I don't see you here at five, I will get Alec or Jace to lift you up here. So please if you excuse us, we have to get ready." She said "just one question. Aren't you supposed to help Alec with the party Magnus?" I said. "Nope I got excused this time. See you later biscuit." He said and took Izzy by the hand and walked away to her room. So, I walked back down and walked inside the living room to watch some tv before I start the baking.

After about twenty minutes I decide to start with the cupcakes. So, I put on the oven and walked to the fridge to take out all of the ingredients I needed. And just as I started to mix all the ingredients, I heard the front door open and two voices. "Izzy are you home and please tell me you are not inside the kitchen I already told you that you are not allowed in there after the last cooking failed." Said who I could only assume is Alec. "no, I am in my bedroom." Yelled Izzy back. And after she said that I went back to mixing the cupcake mixture. "hey Clary, why are you inside our kitchen. And when did you get here." Alec said when he stepped inside the kitchen with Jace close behind him. "well your sister asked me to make so cupcakes for her. And she told me that I was not allowed upstairs until at least two. And I don't know maybe a half an hour ago or so." I said "that sound like her. And know I do remember that she wanted to make cupcakes yesterday and she even made me go out and get all of the ingredients. And when I got back, I suddenly remember why she is not allowed inside the kitchen. So, she told me that she would ask you to bring some to her or make you do them. and so sorry for texting you without your permission I know how you are with your number. I will delete it if you want." He said "don't worry I don't care if you have my number. And can you please tell me what Izzy this time did to get banned from the kitchen how long are the ban for." I said, "can I also get your number I promise not to text you anything to rude." Said Jace. "sorry blondie I don't think so. But if you don't mind, I only have about an hour and a half to get this ready and you have a party to prepare for." I said. "one of these days I will get your number and when I do, I will finally make you like me." Jace said and winked at me before he walked out. "sorry for my friend but you are right I will leave you alone. But I will tell you the story later. And please try to be friendlier towards Jace or wait I have an idea I just have to talk to Izzy about it." Alec said, and he also walked out.

Alec point of view

I knocked on my sisters' room and I heard two voices "come in if you are not Clary." So, I open the door and said, "don't worry it is only me." "well what do you want." Said magnus. "I have a plan to bring Jace and Clary closer." I said and saw the look the both of them gave me. "do tell my dear brother." "well you know how much Clary likes bets and have she ever won any of them." "no not yet. But she might win the one she has with Simon. You know the one with her not getting a boyfriend this semester either. And before you tell me the plan lets us just call some of our friend and tell them all at the same time." Izzy said, "yes you take care of Maia, and magnus you can call Jordan and I will call Sebastian." I said. And took up my phone and called Sebastian. "hey bro so sorry for not being there for you today but what do you want." He said. "well you know how Jace have had a crush on Clary for about five years." "yeah of course the only people who don't know about that is Clary and some people who are younger then us." "well I have a plan, so I will put you on speaker, so you can hear the plan together with some of our friends." I said as I put the phone on speaker. I looked around to see if Izzy and magnus had done the same and they had. "can all of you hear me." I said and hear a bunch of yes. "well the plan is that I will make a bet with both Jace and Clary. And the bet is about their relationship. So I will ask Clary later tonight if she can come and join me outside and one of you will ask Jace the same thing and when we get them out there I will make a bet with them saying that I bet you guys that you can't be together for a month without falling in love with each other and if I win they will get an paid vacation to some very fancy place and if I lose I will do whatever they both want for a week. And we know that Clary can resisted a bet, so she will agree but the hard part will be to get Jace to agree with the plan because he knows that he have already lost. But don't worry I will just tell him about it know." I said. "well that sounds great and all, but I think that we should have some rules for how the relationship have to be. And I think a month is not long enough let make that three months. And also, shouldn't the consequence be something they don't want to do. And something we want them to do" Izzy said.

Clary point of view

About and hour and twenty minutes and I was almost done I just had to decorate them. I think I did a pretty good job. When I was done, I looked at the clock on the wall and saw that it was almost twenty minutes over five. Damn Izzy will kill me. "are you ready yet. And if you don't go up by yourself, I will have to bring Jace here do he can lift you up to her room." Said Alec "please I can probably bribe both you and him with my cupcakes over here. But the problem is that it will probably not work on Izzy and how long have you been here." I asked. "about five minutes but let go or she will kill both of us." He said.

"where have you been, I told you to be here at two exactly or I would get someone to get you here. But no time to argue hop inside the shower." Izzy said to me the exact second, I walked inside her room. So, I did what she asked me. When I got out of the shower, I saw some of mine underwear and a robe on the toilet, so I took them on and walked out from the bathroom and sat down in front of the mirror. With Izzy behind me. "so, who is the lucky guy that will get you as his girlfriend." She said "I have no idea. Maybe the guy that you want to set me up with or maybe someone else I have not thought about it that much." I said. "well don't worry I will get you hot enough to make all the boys want you. and who knows maybe you will have a boyfriend in the end of the night." She said. And before I could answer she put on the hairdryer.

About five minutes later the door open. And in walked magnus. "so is it my turn yet." He asked. "yes, you can take care of her makeup and I will do the hair. But what do you think up or down?" Izzy said. "down most definitely he likes it like that. And I will do that know. Have you decided on what outfit you want to give her, so I know what colour we are going for?" Magnus said. "no, I haven't decided yet, but I still thinks that we should go with the black dress he will love it. Or maybe the light blue one. What do you think." Izzy said. "the light blue dress. I love the colour." Magnus said. I guess I should be used to this being that ever seen I first meet Izzy she has tried to make me more like her.

About one hour later and I was all done. With this very cute light blue dress and the ridicules high heal she made me wear. "all done. But you have to stay in here for about twenty more minutes. So, I can make sure that everything is all done. But don't worry I will send Alec in so you two can talk" Said Izzy. "what are we supposed to talk about exactly Izzy. And when does this party of your even start." I said. "around seven. but people tend to be late. And I don't know just talk about something, so I don't have to worry about you just sitting on my bed and thinking about how you might be able to sneak away. And I texted Simon and told him that you are here. So, he won't have to worry about you not getting here and that you are home alone in your pyjamas and watching television. Like I know you planned to do. And don't give me that look I know that that is what you planned to do." Said Izzy and walked out of the room. I wasn't planning on running away but I think that Izzy might know me better than I do myself.

A few minutes later I heard a knock. "come in if you want, I don't really care what you do." I said. The door open and in walked Simon and Alec. "well if it isn't the most positive girl I have ever seen." Said Simon. "well you to would be angry if you would have not only Izzy but also magnus not letting you fix your own cloths or even your own face and hair. And have you two ever had two people pulling your hair and put on so much make up on your face that you don't even recognise yourself. So, I think I have a reason to be angry and to top it all of I have to go to a party I didn't even want to go to in the first place." I practically screamed at them both. "well if it makes you feel any better, I think that you look very pretty don't you think so to Alec." Said Simon in a way to make me feel better. "yes, the boys won't know what hit them. so please take a deep breath. And I will make you think about anything else. Like maybe you can tell me a story about how you lost that bet with my sister right before school ended. And what the conscience was" said alec. That made me smile a little "right that one. Well it started with me and Izzy sitting at lunch with all of our friends and I told her that if she ever would get together with Simon. I would join her at the cheer team. And if they never did I would have her do whatever I wanted for a hole month." I said laughing when I thought of it. And then the both of the boys started to laugh to. We all laughed so hard that we didn't realise that someone stud outside of the door just looking at us like we were crazy. "what are you laughing about." Said Jace when we finally stopped laughing. "an inside joke that you are not in on." I said. "yeah well I am here to tell you that Izzy wants to talk to Clary about something really imported." Said Jace. And I walked out.

Two hours later and the party was full on. And I have to say that I was having a pretty good time. "clary can you please join me and the rest of our friend in the backyard we all have something we want to talk about." Said alec. "yeah sure." I said not really knowing what they were planning. When we got out there, I saw all of our friends standing there with Jace in the middle. And of course, Alec pushed me towards him. "do you have any idea what this is about." I whispered to Jace. "no, I have no idea. But because it is our friends it can be anything." He whispered back. "so, you must be wondering why we are out here." Said Alec and of course it is him behind all of this. I decided to just node my head as in saying yes. "well we might have a bet we want to have with the two of you." said Izzy. Damn why does it always have to go back to a bet of some sort. "what kind of bet?" Asked Jace. "if you two can be together for three months without falling in love with each other. You get to choose what the punishment will be for all of us. But if you do fall in love. I get to choose what sort of punishment it will be." Said Alec. No no no anything but that. I will so lose this bet. I might have a slight crush on Jace and if we have to spend more time then necessary then I will probably fall in love with him. "but before you agree we have some rules how this relationship will work." Said Izzy "first this will not be a real relationship so the bet you and I have Clary is still on. But if you do want to end this fake relationship and start a real one then it counts." Said Simon. This seems like a very stupid rule, so I will only have three moor months after this fake relationship to find a real relationship "second rule. You have to hug each other every time you see each other. But after the first week we want to see you guys kiss each time you see each other" said Maia. Yeah that sounds fair and like all the other couple "third rule is that you have to go out with us and act like a real couple at least once a week. But when we are at school you have to act like a real couple the entire school day. You have to make the other student believe that you are a real couple." Said Sebastian. Well duh who would have thought of that rule "and fourth rule is that you have to move in to one of your houses after the first month. And don't look at me that way it was all Izzy's idea. I just couldn't think of any moor rules." Said Jordan. And of course, she did she is always this way. "and fifth rule you have to think of a pet name for each other" said magnus. "and finally, the most important rule there is. If one of you have got felling for the other person you have to tell it to one of us. And I mean any kind of romantical feelings. So, what do you think?" Said Alec. I have to think for a few seconds. But apparently Jace have already thought of an answered for the two of us. "I can't speak for Clary, but I think that it is a great bet and you know how much she loves to bet on things. But I can't think of anytime she actually won. So, I will agree on this one. What do you think babe?" said Jace. "sure, what do I have to lose. And you will have to think of a better nick name for me Jacey." I said. "great the bet will start tomorrow with breakfast over at Clary's house. You can now go back to the party. Clary can I speak to you in my room" said Izzy "sure, lets go." I said.

When we got up to Izzy's room she said "are you sure that you are ready for this. It will probably be hard with all the girls stare at you in a mean way. And all the boys will probably stare at Jace in a bad way. I just want to make sure that you know what you are getting yourself into." "don't worry it will be fine. And also, I have a secret I have to tell you." I said "is it about the giant crush you have on Jace. Because I already know." She said. "how in the world do you know that. And also, it is not a giant crush. Just a small one that would probably go away if you wouldn't have given me this bet." I said. "Clary if you have had a crush on him for over three years it is not a little crush. And also, I won't tell anyone. But you do realise that you have to give out your number to all of us and that includes Jace." She said. "yes, and I am okay with that. Have someone told my brother about this." I said. "yes, I asked Simon to call him to tell him the news. And what I heard he told Simon that he was okay with that and that he is coming home tomorrow with Luke." She said. "does that mean I have to go with Jace at the party next week and also hang out with him all the time next week when the school start. And also, what should we say if anyone ask us how and when we got together?" I said. "you just tell them that you got together at Isabelle's party and that you realise that you really liked each other. But if that is all I really want to go back to the party. And if you don't want to join me you can go to one of our spare rooms. You know that nobody is allowed up here when we are having a party." She said. "yeah you do that. I will see you tomorrow." I said and walked away from her room and to one of the spare rooms.

This is my first story on mortal instrument. And I really hope that you like it. And also, I don't own any of the characters I only owns the plot