disclaimer: i do not own the mortal intruments series Cassandra Claire does.

Heys guys! this is my first fanfiction. it will have most of the characters from The Mortal Intruments, it will not however follow the same kinda story line. this is a jace/clary romance. this will be from clarys side of view.

It's been 5 years since my mom died and i was left with my real father, Valentine. I still have two years to get out of this hell hole of a home. if you're wondering why it's a hell hole, it's because Valentine is abusive, i have more scars then i should at sixteen from me and Valentines 'bonding time'. i still have new cuts and bruises from last nights bonding. a new family just moved in next door though who im assuming is their son, has golden hair, golden eyes, golden skin, basically everything about him is golden. then there's who im assuming golden boys sister who has beautiful raven hair and a curvy body. there was one other boy who looked almost exactly like raven girl. My dad decided to ask them to dinner tonight, now thanks to him i have to figure out how to cover up my black eye.

***4 hours later***

i just decided not to cover it up, hey if they figure it out maybe i can get out of here. golden boys family knocked on the door just as i was thinking this. he's cuter than i thought. "Clarissa get down here!" iheard Valentine scream not wanting another beating i obeyed of course. as soon as im down stairs golden boys parents introduce them selves then golden boy speaks up. "hey im Jace, this is Isabelle and Alec" he said, his voice was kinda husky and quite sexy. "hey im Clary, nice to meet you". soon after that Valentine and Jaces parents left the room with Isabelle and Alec following leaving me and Jace alone. Jace was the one who decided to break the ice. "how did you get the black eye?" just as i was about to answer Valentine screamed for me like last time to go over there and set the table. i went of course, but when i got there Jace asked me if he could help, which was extrordinarily new for me.

Jace and I had been talking this entire time, we hit it off really quickly. then he saw some of my scars on my wrist, which Valentine gave me, not myself. he gave me a look of worry, how could someone care for someone else so quickly. we went up to my room after dinner so i could show him my favorite video game, Bioshock Infinite. thats when he decided to ask. but i knew my room wasnt safe to talk about where i had gotten the scars from so i just gave him a quick no where. he invited me to come over tomorrow, i didnt ask Valentine i knew he would say no i also knew that if i did go i would get another bonding session. i didnt care though and i said sure. they left around ten, which for some reason left me dissapointed.

***next morning***

i woke up at 11:00 and decided to go over now. when i got there jace grabbed my hand ( which for some reason made me really happy) and quickly dragged me to his room.

"clary" he said as soon as the door was closed.

"yes?"

"why wont you tell me where you got those scars, cuts, and bruise?"

"i was going to tell you but my room wasnt a safe place to tell you."

"tell me them. right here. right now."

i was suddenly nervous, he could tell. he came up to me and... hugged me?

"i got them from my dad" i said feeling like i had the strength while he was hugging me.

"Clary, why does he do that?!" he was really mad, i had no idea why we barely knew eachother. yet for some reason it made me happy.

"he has been doing since my mom died five years ago, they were divorced and now i know why"

"clary," i was about to say something but to my surprised he said " do you want to come live with us?"

Hope you like it! im going to try and post new chapters as much as i can, peace out!