A: Absolutely Me-Caro Emerald

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
Are impossible you see
But when it gets to Friday
What'cha get is absolutely me

CLARY'S POV

Monday

The day started the way every god awful Monday morning does. With a blaring alarm going off at 7am and me wanting to throw it against the wall. I stumbled out of bed, threw on the clothes out of my wardrobe that had the least amount of paint on them and made my way down stairs. My brother Jonathan had more than likely already been up for hours before me, working out and getting a healthy, nutritious breakfast. When I got to the kitchen he had already made my coffee just the way I like it, black like my soul. He'd placed it in front of the seat I sit in every single day at the same time and after at least half of the cup, I deemed it safe enough to talk without biting Jon's head off.

"Good morning" I said whilst eating a bagel like my life depended on it. I only had 3 minutes until Izzy would be here to take me to school and Jace would be here to get Jon. Neither of us had a car because we couldn't afford one so we got lifts from them every day.

"Good morning Clare-Bear." He said, knowing full well that the nickname riled me up. I just grunted at him as the doorbell rang, signalling that our rides were here. I grabbed my bag that held all of my art supplies and made my way out of the house and into Izzy's car. I could hear Jace honking and whistling out of the car window at me but I didn't care.

"Buenos dias chica." Izzy said as I climbed into the car. "I'm so excited for today! I can't wait to see Simon."

"Izzy, I love you, but it's been like two days since the last time you saw him. Plus, you haven't even told him you like him yet." I said with a sigh.

"Two days is a really long time. It's 48 hours or 2880 minutes or 172800 seconds, which is a very long time." She rambled on whilst I just rolled my eyes at her and looked out of the window. Izzy wasn't your typical pretty cheerleader, she was a maths whizz, a biology buff and fantastic fashion designer. She could pull off just about any outfit and today wasn't an exception. She had on a figure hugging halter top and skin tight jeans on, not to mention the killer stilettos she insists on wearing everywhere. "I don't want to tell Simon I like him just in case he doesn't like me back. I don't see you telling Jace you like him any time soon either." I had been in denial for quite a while about my feelings for Jace and the only one that knew about them was Izzy.

"That's different and you know that. He's your brother and Jon's best friend. It'd be really weird if I came out and said it. Also, he'd just reject me anyway."

"I wouldn't be so sure about that." Izzy mumbled under her breath and I pretended not to hear her. Izzy constantly made comments about how Jace was secretly in love with me but I doubted it entirely. Sure, he flirted with me a little but he did that with everyone so it wasn't that special. He was the school heart-throb and every girl was madly in love (or should I say lust) with him and he got whatever or whoever he wanted.

When we arrived at school, Izzy dragged me into the building and to our lockers just so she could catch a quick conversation with Simon. We found him leaning against his locker, on his phone, obviously waiting for us. He was wearing his usual gamer t-shirt, jeans and converse and I sometimes contemplated whether or not he actually owned anything else. When he heard Izzy's heels clicking down the corridor, he looked up with delight on his face and stood up completely.

"Morning ladies. You're both looking wonderful this morning." He said with a bow. Izzy turned a deep shade of red and I just snorted and began retrieving things from my locker. "Are you both coming to Java Jones tonight? I hear there's a poetry slam on there."

"I'd love to!" Izzy said a little too quickly, causing a wide grin on Simon's face.

"I can't Simon, you know I work all week apart from Fridays." I said and turned to look at them both. "How about you two just go together." Izzy glared at me but I could see the smile on her lips.

"Erm...well I'm not really into poetry that much, how about we just go to Taki's together instead?" Simon stuttered whilst looking down at his feet.

"Sure, we'll have to sit in Clary's section so she can serve us." Izzy said whilst practically beaming. She started to walk towards our first class and before we got there, she turned and said. "It's a date, Simon."

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The day passed much too fast and in a blink I was at work and serving the people I tried so hard to avoid all day. Everybody from school came to Taki's to hang out so for a couple of hours it was packed with students. Simon and Izzy weren't showing up until later which meant I had to endure the post-school rush by myself. I was just serving a nice elderly couple that had just come in for some cake when I heard someone from a couple of booths over yelling at me.

"Excuse me, but we've been sat waiting for 2 minutes now and you haven't come to serve us yet! I suggest you get your sorry ass over here right now unless you want to lose you job."

I didn't have the time to turn around and answer her so I just gave the couple their cake with a smile and turned towards where the god awful noise was coming from.

"I'm sorry miss, I'll be right there." I said over the noise of the restaurant which was the norm. As I looked over at the table and realised that it was full of people that I despise and I knew that they had sat in my area just to annoy me. The table consisted of four people; Kaelie Whitewillow, Seelie Queen Sebastian Verlac and Jace Herondale. Kaelie and Seelie were the resident bitches at Idris High and thought they ran the school. Sebastian was on the football team with Jace and John but was a complete and utter tool. All he did was flirt with any girl that looked at him, despite dating Seelie. I doubt Seelie minded that much because I think she was doing the exact same thing and they were just dating each other for status. Kaelie had herself convinced that she was dating Jace but everyone here knew that it was just a casual hookup for Jace. I took a deep breath and counted to five before walking over to take their order.

I plastered on my biggest, most fake smile and said "Hi there and welcome to Taki's. I'm Clary and I'll be your server today. Do you know what you'd like to order?"

"Of course we know what we're going to order bitch, we're not all as stupid as you," Kaelie said with a sneer and Seelie cackled like she'd just heard the world's funniest joke. "We'll have two salads with the low fat dressing dressing on the side and two burgers and fries for the guys." She said as she ran her hand up and down Jace's bicep possessively.

"Ok, that's great and what drinks would you like?" I said whilst resisting the urge to roll my eyes.

"We'll have four cokes, please." Jace said with a wink as he lounged in the booth and I could feel myself turning crimson at the gesture.

I took the order into the back and 5 minutes later I delivered it without another word. I made sure their order was perfect so I didn't have to go back to them again for a while. But no sooner had I turned my back to them, I was being called back.

"Excuse me freak but this is definitely not low fat salad dressing!" Kaelie said as she towered over me with her great big heels and the salad dressing in her hand. Seconds later, the dressing was all over my head and running down my face. "Oops, sorry. I didn't see you all the way down there."

Seelie and Sebastian laughed hysterically and the three of them walked out together, leaving Jace behind. He stared at me in shock for a couple of seconds and then I realised how much of a fool I must have looked and ran off into the back to the staff room. I was too busy looking for a towel when I heard someone clear their throat and I turned to see Jace stood behind me.

"You might need this." He said, holding a towel with a solemn look on his face. Gone was the macho façade that Jace wore and left behind was the genuine Jace I had fallen in love with many years ago. We had been the best of friends growing up but when we hit high school, he changed completely and stopped talking to me.

He wiped the dressing off me forehead and then out of my hair. For a while, we just stood facing each other and then he tucked a strand of hair behind my ear and whispered, "Just ignore them, they're both jealous of you because you're so much more beautiful than they are."

With that, Jace turned and walked out of the room like nothing had happened. I stood there gaping for a few moments and then regained my composure. I walked out of the staff room and began tending to the people in my section that had been neglected in my absence. I began tidying the table that Kaelie and the others had left and noticed that Jace must have paid for their uneaten food with at least a $20 tip. I smiled a little, shook my head and carried on my shift.

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About an hour later, Izzy and Simon came in and sat in the same booth that Jace and his friends had vacated and as soon as they saw me and my damp, clumsy, dressing covered hair they both started asking questions. I filled them in as quickly as I could and I could see the two of them getting increasingly more angry whilst I spouted the story.

"As soon as I see that witch tomorrow I'm gonna shove my boot so far up her-." Izzy started but I knew I had to stop her.

"Iz, it's fine. Just forget about it, yeah? They're not worth worrying about and they're definitely not worth starting more drama over." I countered whilst writing down the orders that I already knew they would ask for. It was always a salad and diet coke for Izzy and burger, fries and onion rings for Simon. I always added an order of fries on top too because I knew that Izzy always stole Simon's and he hated it.

"Fine," she replied with a pout. I gave her a small smile and decided to give the two some space. Izzy had that look on her face that showed utter determination about something and if it was what I sure as hell hoped it was, I wasn't about to get in the way of that. I busied myself with other customers and 15 minutes later when their order was ready, I walked back over to them. Izzy had her hands wrapped around Simon's and I just caught the end of their conversation.

"-totally understand if you don't feel the same way and stuff but I just thought it was time that I told you." She said with a small, sad smile on her face.

"Are you crazy?" Simon said with a small laugh. They both hadn't noticed me standing their so I didn't ruin their moment. "You're all I've wanted for years and I've wanted to tell you for so long but I could never build up the courage." I decided that I would break my silence then and give them their food.

"Finally! Sizzy is real! It's been so frustrating hearing you two pining over each other for years and neither of you telling the other." I exclaimed

"YOU KNEW?!" They simultaneously shouted, getting some funny looks from people in the diner.

"Of course I knew, I'm both of your best friends and you both tell me everything. I just thought it was best for you to tell each other in your own time."

"Well thank you." Izzy said and I could hear the smile in her voice as I placed their food in front of them. "Wait, how did you know what we wanted? We didn't even order..." She said with a confused expression, one mirrored by Simon too. I just smiled at them both and tapped my nose, walking away.

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Friday

The rest of the week breezed by. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday were all pretty much the same as Monday, minus the salad dressing incident. Izzy and Simon came into the diner on Wednesday holding hands and spent the whole time giggling to each other and snuggling up. As much as I loved them both, they were sickening. I was definitely jealous because my life was completely and utterly boring. The highlight of my week by far was Fridays. Jon either went out on a date or worked on Friday and so did my mum.

I did the same thing I always did, I would walk home and as soon as I come in I threw on my old shorts and tank top and shut myself in my room, drawing and dancing to myself to escape. I started sketching Simon and Izzy at the Diner. They were hand in hand and staring lovingly into each other's eyes. Once I was satisfied, I moved onto adding colour to the picture. I decided that in that moment, they both looked like the world had faded from view and the only thing that mattered was each other. I brought the couple to life but left the booth and surroundings grey, showing that they really did add colour to the other's life. Once I had finished I added the sketch to the collection of others on my bedroom wall and started another one. I began to zone out whilst drawing and when I looked back up from my sketchbook, it was almost 40 minutes later and darkness had fallen outside. I finally took in what I had been drawing and it was Jace's face on Monday when he'd cleaned my hair. I'd added colour to Jace's eyes and that was all. To say that I wasn't impressed with it would be a lie but I couldn't shake the feeling of embarrassment that he was the thing that crept into my mind when I wasn't paying attention. I sighed and began to crank my music up to the point that my speakers were shaking and I danced.

I'm not even remotely a good dancer but it calmed me down. I had no rhythm or anything but it was just the fun thing I did that was truly me. I was that absorbed in my dancing that I didn't hear the door open over the music, or somebody calling for Jon and I certainly didn't hear Jace enter my room. But sure enough, when I turned around to skip the song he was there. His mouth was open like he was prepared to say something but he just his mouth and started clapping.

"I never took you for a dancer Fray but you can definitely move." He said whilst smirking and walking towards me slowly.

"Oh please, you can't be serious." Turning to my sound system to not only turn down the music but to hide my blush. "Anyway, what are you doing here? And especially in my room."

"Well I never have anything to do on a Friday and I came over to see if Jon wanted to do anything. I knocked for ages and I could hear the music and figured it was him. I let myself in and made my way up here to find your shaking you butt to Taylor Swift." He said with a smirk and I had to hide my face again because my cheeks now resembled small tomatoes.

Turning to face him properly with my hands on my hips. "And I'll have you know, I very much enjoy dancing to Tay-Tay. She's fun and she doesn't let the haters get to her, she just shakes it off! Anyway, Jon isn't here, he's working tonight so it's just me."

"Well can I join you? I'm bored out of my mind at home and I need to talk to someone before I go insane. Plus, I must say that I'm a secret die hard Swiftie but if you ever tell anyone that I'll deny it! " He asked, plopping himself down on my bed, already making himself at home. I obviously wasn't going to win so I decided why not let him stay for a while. I decided to press play on my music again started humming to myself whilst spinning around on my desk chair. The humming turned into singing and after a while, Jace began to join in. We were both practically dancing around my room belting out the lyrics at the top of our lungs. When my playlist ended, Jace made his way over to my desk, grabbed my sketchbook and began opening it. I dashed over to him and tried to grab it out of him hands, crying in protest.

"What's wrong Red? Something in here that you don't want me to see?" He said, running over to my bed and jumping on it to keep it away from me. He'd always used my height against me, even when we were younger and now was no exception.

"Just give it back Jace!" I said after jumping to try again get it for at least 5 minutes. I decided that it was now or never and pounced at him, knocking him onto the bed and landing on top of him in the process. He looked up at me with a strange look in his eye and I realised he must have been disgusted and jumped off of him like he was on fire. However, in the struggle, the book had landed on the bed and was open to the page that had the drawing of Jace's face on it. He looked down at it and gasped slightly.

Taking the book in hand, "Wow Clary, this really is magnificent!"

I blushed slightly and murmured, "thanks I guess. It's not my best but you can have it if you want." I ripped the page out of the sketchbook and handed it to him. He took it with a smile on his face and got up, making his way to the door.

"I've really enjoyed tonight Clary, it's really shown me what the real you is like. I really should be going now but can we do this again next week?" I gave a small nod and he gave his signature grin "Thanks, good night Red. I'll let myself out, wouldn't want you getting cold in those tiny shorts."

He smirked at me and turned to walk away. Pausing at the door, Jace turned and walked back towards me, pulled me in for a quick hug and placed a small kiss on my cheek. I didn't even notice him leave, I just collapsed on my bed with my hand on my cheek and a smile on my face and drifted off to sleep.

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Every Friday night for many weeks, Jace and I spent a few hours together doing various things. Sometimes it was watching a movie or sometimes it was just him watching me sketch. We talked for hours on end about everything and nothing all at the same time and it was wonderful! He told me about his parents and how they had died in a car crash when he was 9 and that's how he had come to live with the Lightwoods when he was 12. I told him about my mum and our money troubles and how that sometimes we were barely getting by but we made it work.

One Friday, I was sat waiting for Jace to show up and he was an hour later than usual. When he finally showed up, his eyes were red and puffy and his knees were dirty. We went up to my room and pressed play on a random play list. I turned to look at him and he looked so defeated. I pulled him into a hug and we stayed like that for a while, just in each other's arms before he spoke.

"It's the anniversary of their death today."

It was all he had to say and I pulled him closer and just held him whilst he sobbed into my shoulder. It was completely out of character for him but it showed how much they meant to him and how much he trusted me to bare himself to me like that. I hadn't even noticed but we had began to sway to the music that was softly playing. As the song changed, Jace's breath hitched.

"How did you know that this was their favourite song?" He said whilst looking at me deeply.

"I didn't, it's just come on shuffle I guess." I shrugged my shoulders and smiled at him. He began to properly dance then, whisking me this way and that. I had no idea how to dance but Jace obviously did and he led very well. The space between us had shrunk and his hands had made their way onto my hips and mine around his neck. I looked up at him and it was like the whole world disappeared. Before I knew it, his lips were on mine and he was giving me the most earth-shattering first kiss that anyone could ever experience. I had managed to get to 17 and not had my first kiss but this was so much better than I had imagined.

After a while he pulled away and looked down at me with a small smile. "I have to go take care of some things but I promise you that after I do, I definitely want to do that again. If that's ok with you of course."

I could almost feel my whole face turning beetroot coloured "That's definitely ok with me."

"Well I'm going to go and I'll see you at school on Monday" He said and almost bolted for the door.

After he had left, I felt like I was floating but I couldn't shake the feeling at the back of my mind that he wasn't interested in me because of how quickly he had left. I pushed it aside and began to draw, putting every emotion that I had just felt down onto paper like my own personal journal.

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When I got to school on Monday, you could say that I was a little apprehensive. I hadn't spoken to Jace since the kiss and I was definitely nervous. I knew I would have to wait until lunch to see him so I had to wait it out for the first three periods.

When I got into the cafeteria, I immediately saw Jace talking to Kaelie and my heart sunk. She had her hand on his arm but his face seemed like they were having an argument. After a couple of seconds, Kaelie shrieked and dumped her milkshake all over his head.

"I can't believe you're leaving me for her!" She exclaimed whilst stomping away.

"We weren't even together but sure..." Jace called after her but she obviously didn't care as she stormed past me with a glare. Jace noticed me then and walked over to me, dripping in strawberry goodness.

"I'm so sorry you had to see that but it's what needed to happen so we could do this."

Tilting my head to the side slightly in confusion. "Do what?"

"This." He said pulling me into him and crashing his lips onto mine.

"You taste like strawberries." I said with a giggle after we pulled back from each other.

That's when I realised all the awwws and the ooos that came from our classmates and I noticed Simon passing Izzy $10. I was slowly getting covered in milkshake but I didn't care, not right now. All that matter in that moment was that I was completely happy and it all stemmed from Friday nights of being absolutely me

AN: This is my first of many one shots to come hopefully, I'm terrible at sticking to a schedule but hopefully over the Christmas break I can get some time in and get in a few chapters!

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