Heyy guys! I have a new story. I got the idea of this story while writing my soon-to-be-posted The Scar story. The chapters might be short since school is in less than a week for me. So yeah. Enjoy the story!

The book in my hands was pulled away. I gasped in surprise and looked up to see a smirking Will Herondale and an embarrassed Jem Carstairs, two of my best friends. Will was holding my book. "Give it back!" I demanded, jumping off the bench.

Will didn't obey. "Reading The Tale of Two Cities again, Tessa?" he told me.

I pulled the back out of his grasp. Even though he was taller than me, he hadn't held the book high. "It's my favorite book."

"I really need to help you see that it does not deserve to be anyone's favorite book."

I shot a glare at him. "You're such an idiot."

Jem chuckled. Will pretended to be horrified. He said, "Me?!" in the most fake exclaim of shock.

"Yes you William," Jem teased. Will flipped his hair in Jem's face. Jem just rolled his eyes. "What are you even doing here? School just finished," Jem told me.

Will put a hand over his heart. "She was skipping her last class!" Will exclaimed and pulled me for a hug. "My little Tess is becoming a badass!"

"Not a good thing," I heard Jem mutter. That made me giggle into Will's chest. "And she's still alive! Let her go Will, before your silly hug crushes her lungs!" I giggled even more.

Will let me go. "Look, she's laughing!" he said triumphantly.

"Not because of you Will, because of Jem." Will pouted as Jem giggled.

Will flipped his hair in my face. Jem rolled his eyes. "So what were you doing here?"

"I had a free class, " I answered.

"And you stayed here? In the school?" Will exclaimed. Will exclaims a lot. "Are you crazy? Go home or something."

"I didn't want to go or else Nate would have noticed and lied to my parents that I skipped class," I told them.

"You could have went to our house," Jem suggested.

I shook my head. "I didn't want to annoy Charlotte and Henry."

"They wouldn't mind," Jem protested, "you're like a daughter to them." Jem and Will were adopted by Charlotte and Henry, a couple who got married when they were eighteen or nineteen. Charlotte wanted to adopt first to help kids find a home. She ended up adopting Jem, Will and his sister, Cecily, Sophie, and Jessamine.

"Still.." I said, trailing off just as Sophie and Cecily reached us. Cecily smiled at me and Jem before going to hug her brother. Sophie sent Jem a shy smile before giving me a hug. Cecily finished hugging Will and went to hug Jem. Jem was like an extra brother. As Jem and Cecily hugged, Sophie and Will sent each other stony glances.

Sophie was the last one adopted. When they were in middle school, Will and Sophie used to hate each other. It was me who solved their problems. I made Will apologize to Sophie and they've been friends ever since, but they had their moments sometimes.

"Where's Jessamine?" Will said impatiently. "Does that bitch have to make us wait?" Jessamine and Will hate each other. I was thinking about solving their problems after I helped with Sophie and Will, but Jem stopped me. He told me it was a useless case. Over the years I got to know them, I could see why.

Sophie frowned. "Will, language."

"Sorry. Does that female dog have to make us wait?"

Cecily rolled her eyes. "She went shopping with her friends."

Will grinned. Jessamine took a long time shopping especially with her friends and Will loved it when he didn't have to see her face for hours. With that, we all headed to Charlotte and Henry's place. I always go there after school because my brother, Nate, is probably at his university having classes or getting drunk. In either way, he has to pick me up from there when he's done.

It didn't take us long to reach their house. Without knocking, Will swung the door open. "WE'RE HOME!" he screamed. Charlotte poked her head out of the corner.

"Hey guys," she grinned. "I got some chicken and rice in the kitchen. Come eat. Where's Jessamine?"

"Shopping with her friends," Sophie answered as we dropped our bags next to the door.

"I told her she was grounded," Charlotte grumbled than sighed. "Well, come eat."

"Can't," Cecily told her, "not hungry." It was a lie. Cecily was doing a diet, but she knew how mad Charlotte would get if she knew about Cecily's diet. She think Cecily is thin and healthy enough, but Cecily disagrees. She thinks she's fat. Not even Jem could convince her she is thin.

"Sophie?"

"I'll eat later."

"Jem? Will?"

"In a moment, Charlotte. I want to show Jem something," Will said before he and Jem shot up the stairs to the hallway of rooms.

"Tessa?"

I smiled at her. "Yeah sure." Charlotte smiled back and went to the kitchen to get the food ready. I opened my phone and checked my emails. I didn't get a lot of emails, but I still check anyway. Surprisingly, I opened and found an email sent to me this morning. The problem is I didn't even know the email address.

From: MysteriousDude

To: Tessa_Gray

Dear Tessa,

This morning you were revising for your English test. Why do you bother? You always get excellent marks.

I frowned. I had been revising, but I was alone at the library. Not even the librarian was there.

From: Tessa_Gray

To: MysteriousDude

Who are you?

In a few seconds, I got a reply.

From: MysteriousDude

To: Tessa_Gray

The guy who is gonna sweep you off your feet ;)

CLIFFHANGER. So who is MysteriousDude? Only I know, MUWHAHAHA.

Tessa: then tell me. who is it?

Me: No. I'm not gonna spoil it for anyone.

Tessa: hmph.

Me: Please review guys! Bye xoxo.