"Clary! Dinner!" Jocelyn Fray called upstairs to her daughter "coming mom!" Clary called back. "I gotta go simon, i love you" "okay, i love you too bye" clary hung up the phone, jumped off her bed and walked to the bathroom. She washed her hands and pale freckled face, she grabbed her black contact lense case and took her contacts out she put her black circle squared glasses on and stared at herself in the mirror. Clary never thought of herself as beautiful, people -guys in particular- thought she was "cute" clary never liked being thought of as "cute" she thought it made her seem weak and while she had a tiny physic and was quite short she was not weak. Clary wished she was more like her mom, now her mom she thought was beautiful. Clary had fiery red hair and bright forest green eyes like her mother but in clarys opinion she was...average. Clary sighed and headed downstairs for dinner. "There you are!" jocelyn exclaimed "here i am" clary replied softly "i was beginning to think you had jumped out the window and ran off to join the circus" jocelyn said placing a bowl of mashed potatoes on the dining room table "oh yes in her camp wasorty shorts" luke clarys stepfather said sarcastically looking up from his paper. "Hey, you never know maybe the circus could use an ex wasorter, they did teach me how to make lanyards" clary said with a giggle. "So, are you excited for school tomorrow?" jocelyn asked " i wouldn't say excited, but definitely glad to be back at school, to see simon again" clary said with a soft smile playing across her lips "it's not like you see each other everyday or anything" luke said sarcastically while rolling his eyes, "whatever" clary said setting down the butter on the table and taking a seat. Then it occurred to clary that she had just ate, with maya at the hunters moon. "Actually mom i just realized i already ate" "oh" jocelyn's voice was small and almost ty sad "but please save me some. I will definitely eat it after school, you know me i like leftovers better anyways" clary's voice was hopeful her mother would be pleased by this "of course dear, i will leave them in the fridge for you" clary stood and skipped to the other side of the table where her mom was and gave her a quick kiss on the cheek "thanks mom, good night!" she called as she ran up the stairs and into her bedroom. BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!, clary opened her eyes. The bright light coming from her window blinded her for a few seconds then relaxed. She reached over to her phone to turn off her alarm the beeping was getting annoying. She climbed out of her bed and walked to the bathroom, she brushed her teeth, her intense mint toothpaste stinging the inside of her mouth she washed her face with her citrus scented face wash and pulled her hair up into a light red knot. She stared at herself in the mirror "here we go" she muttered to herself. She skipped to her closet, ripping through the wall of clothes, finally she pulled on a light blue t-shirt as soft as worn paper and a pair of dark blue denim jeans. She trudged to her desk, pulled her mirror close to her and examined her face, clary didn't like to wear too much makeup she thought it made her look fake, but she thought her face did look a bit discoloured so she lightly brushed some powder on her face and dabbed some mascara on her eyelashes and headed downstairs for breakfast. As soon as she entered the kitchen. the smell of fresh pancakes and bacon filled her lungs, she loves her moms bacon she made it just crispy enough and luke's pancakes were her absolute favorite "hey! Somthin smells good" she said leaning over her mother's shoulder "well it's a special day i thought it deserved a special breakfast. Pancakes and eggs are on the table" "wow thanks mom" clary said as her mother kissed her cheek. Clary trotted over to the table, sat down and began to eat. About fifteen minutes later clary was almost finished eating when the doorbell rang. Clary perked up immediately because she new exactly who it was, she hopped over to the door and flung it open "simon!" she exclaimed wrapping her arms around her boyfriend "hey fray!" he hugged her back instantaneously "i missed you geek" clary said "i missed you too nerd" she kissed him lightly on the lips her arms around his neck, his her waist. She enjoyed simons soft kisses, his cold hands, his messed up curly dark brown hair. It was comforting to have someone she knew so well and was so familiar with. She had known simon her whole life they met in kindergarten. " so are you excited!'' simon asked "its school simon, i'm never excited" "aw c'mon school isn't THAT bad" clary raised her eyebrows at simon in the way that meant you wanna try that again? Simon got the message "okay, maybe school does suck but hey! you've got me right?" simon said as he pushed his glasses up the bridge of his nose "yeah you're right….i've got you and nothing could mess that up" clary spoke softly then she kissed simon "i love you simon" she mumbled but just loud enough for him to hear "i love you too fray" and with that clary and simon drove to school.