Hey, I am author of A New Life so if you know that story, you might enjoy this story. I've read a lot of stories about the characters in TMI going to high school, so I'd thought I'd give it a try. Idk if people will like it, but here we go.

Clary POV

So, school starts today. Yay? Junior year of high school. Great. Two more years, and then I am free- sort of. My brother Jonathan and I are starting the same old school, Idris High.

I walk in the doors of my school, and I am greeted by a few of my friends. Maia, Simon, and Izzy wait for me by the door. I check behind me, and Jonathan has disappeared off to somewhere, probably with his friends.

"Hey, Clary! How was your summer?" Maia Roberts asks. We barely got to hang out this summer, due to traveling.

"It was great! Sorry I wasn't able to see you at all!" I say in response, hugging her.

"Guess, what Clary?" Isabelle Lightwood says, looking at Maia with a mischievous face. Maia responds by slapping Isabelle's hip.

"You don't get to tell her. I do." she says, crossly.

"Tell me what?" I say curiously.

"Bat asked me out!" Maia says excitedly.

I grin. "That's great Maia!"

"Hey talk to me, Clary!" My best friend Simon Lewis says.

"Hi Simon. I am trying to bond with Izzy and Maia. You KNOW we barely saw each other all summer. I was with you for half the time." I say exasperated.

"Yeah, yeah, whatever." Simon rolls his eyes at me.

"Nice to see you again, Simon." I say. We quickly compare classes before going into the school. I have the first four classes with Izzy, none with Maia, and all with Simon.

"Here comes Jace." Maia says laughing. I quickly elbow her in the ribs, before Jace notices me.

Pause right there. I hate Jace. Since seventh grade, he had a crush on me and was trying to get me to go out. He was super annoying. The other members of the football team are all better than him, but still they're all assholes. Unfortunately, my brother was on the team too, along with Izzy's older brother Alec. Alec and Jon were like besties.

"Hey Clary." Jace says.

"Hi Jace. No I don't want you to go out with me. I told you a thousand times, no. My answer is final and you might be able to save about ten minutes of your life if you quit asking me out." I retort.

"Woah, I was just going to ask, how was your summer?" Jace asks.

"Oh, um well," I look around embarrassed for my friends. They ditched me. "It was good. How was yours?"

"Great," Jace says. The bell rings, signaling to get to class, and I catch up with Simon and Izzy.

I find them, and tap Izzy on the shoulder. She and Simon turn around, and burst out laughing.

"Smooth Clarissa." Isabelle says between laughs. I hate when my friends or brother call me by my real name. I elbow her. And we sit down.

"We have Ms. Wrayburn first." I say. Knowing that Izzy's older brother Alec had her, I ask. "Did Alec like her? Jonathan didn't get Wrayburn last year."

"She's strict." Is all Izzy says.

"Nice." I say. Then Sebastian comes in. I groan. I hate Sebastian. When I first came to Idris, Sebastian was new, and I befriended him. He was jealous that Jace liked me because he did too. He asked me out and I didn't really think of him that way and turned him down. We sort of drifted apart after that. But, Jace isn't like that. He hasn't given up yet.

Simon teases me about Sebastian knowing that I hate him.

"Shut up Simon." I say through gritted teeth.

"Look whose here too," Izzy says. I groan watching Jace look for an empty desk.

"He's coming over," Simon laughs.

"Hey, is this spot taken?" Jace asks me, surprisingly sweetly.

"I... uh, no." I stutter. Jace sits down.

"How are you, again?" he asks.

I never get to answer because Ms. Wrayburn calls to attention and class starts. Jace and I talk like normal people the entire class. Wow, I never though I would see this side of Jace. He's so nice. I could get used to this.

When I leave class, Jace invites Simon, Izzy, Maia, and me to sit with him at lunch and hang out after school. He left me completely surprised. I walk with Izzy and Simon to the next class.

"Watch out Clary, there's a new Jace in town." Simon says.

"I know right? What the hell?" I say.

"Well let's sit with him and Alec today." Izzy says. "Come on a chance to sit with the popular group! Helen, Kaelie and Aline will be there." The cheerleader and jock type crowds always sat together. Though Izzy and I were both on the cheerleading team, we didn't like to sit with them. I knew why Izzy sat with Simon, they had major crushes on each other, but they both don't know about one another's feelings.

I sit through the next three classes, bored, but I have Jace on my mind. Not in the way that I normally think of him, an asshole, but this time a kind and caring person.

At lunch I meet up with Izzy, Simon, and Maia. Izzy must have told Maia what was going on because she seemed to understand. I head over to Jace's table, claiming the spot next to my friend Raphael, who was on the soccer team. He stops eating to look up at me and wave.

"Hey, Rafe." I say.

"Hi, Clary. How'd you get a seat here?" Raphael teases me.

"Jace." I say, the rest sort of unspoken between us. Raphael understands and goes back to eating his sandwich.

I head to the lunch line, where my brother waits for me.

"Sitting with Jace are we?" He teases. I hit him respectfully.

"Yeah, I guess." I shrug. "He's changed. Today, at least."

"All boys change." he responds. He grabs the mac and cheese, crinkling his nose as he grabs the tray. Our parents work so they don't have time to pack lunch. Jon and I both accidentally woke up late this morning, so we didn't have time to make a quick sandwich or something. We pay for our food and head back to the table.

I start eating.

"So, how's sitting with us for a change?" a voice from across the table says to me.

I look up at Jace, and then look left and right cautiously.

"I still don't like Kaelie." I say. "I'm not going to quit cheerleading though."

Jace laughs. "I hate Sebastian, but I'm not going to lose my position as captain of the football team."

"Hey, you're all invited to my back to school party on Saturday." Jace says. Normally when I am invited to one of Jace's parties, I always turn down.

Seeming to read my mind, Jace says, "I'm not letting you skip this one. I'll get Jonathan to kidnap you and you'll have to come anyway."

"Fine, one party can't hurt." I say.

"That's the spirit." Jace says.

After lunch, Simon pulls me up before we walk into the next class. "Look, I saw you talking to Jace earlier."

"Yeah?" I ask.

"Did you get invited to his party? Everyone at the table did." Simon questions.

"Yeah."

"Did you say yes?" Simon asks.

"Yeah."

"Good, I'll get Maia and Izzy to take you shopping." Simon smiles.

I groan. I love my friends, but I hate what they pick out for me. I prefer whatever's in at Target, or H&M. When you're with Izzy, you somehow end up in Macy's or Nordstrom for hours.

I'll see what they have in store for me on Friday, when Simon will practically beg them to take me shopping.

So, how'd you like it? I hope you did, because I will continue to write.