Trying to Remember

Chapter 1

Clary was buried under the piles of blankets on top of her bed. She shivered in the cold bedroom even though she was wearing three jumpers under the covers. It was mid December and the temperature was dropping in Manhattan. The heating in Luke's house was broken and was meant to be fixed later today.

Meanwhile Clary's toes were freezing off inside her many pairs of socks on her feet.

She'd asked Jocelyn whether she could stay at the institute while the boiler was broken, but she had refused, not trusting Clary in the same building as Jace.

Her mother had never trusted the pair together, even though they'd been through so much together. The battle with Valentine, the fight with Lilith and Clary stabbing Jace with heavenly fire. Clary had always loved Jace, and was sure she always would.

She saw the light of morning behind her closed eyelids, and she soon opened them and groaned, not wanting to get out of bed. But she knew she had to rise from her slumber.

She then stood up throwing off the many blankets and duvets and walked across the cold bedroom floor and stepped into the adjoining bathroom. She stripped off her many layers of clothing, shivering as the cold air hit her bare skin.

She then stepped inside the shower, turning the switch and stood there while the hot water covered her body, making steam rise over the top of the glass. She washed her hair then turned off the switch, stopping the sudden flow of water.

She slid the steamed glass door over and stepped onto the cold floor, wincing as her feet made contact. She rubbed the towel over her hair drying her red curls. She then went to her wardrobe to pick out her outfit choice.

She was seeing Isabelle today, so she had to dress up a little otherwise Izzy would get angry with her for picking such dull clothing choices.

She finally decided on black jeans, a white lace top and a maroon woolly jumper. You can't go wrong with that can you?

She walked along the corridor hearing murmurs of voices coming from the kitchen, thinking Jocelyn and Luke were awake. She pushed open the door to see Jocelyn with a mug of coffee in her hand while sitting next to Luke at the table.

'Good morning,' she said, heading towards the coffee maker. She was never fully awake unless she had a shot of caffeine. She grabbed a mug, and filled it with the black coffee. She then walked back to the table, grabbing a pastry from the plate in the middle of the table.

'Good morning,' Luke replied, looking very tired. 'What are you doing today, Clary?'

'Well I'm meeting Izzy at the mall to buy Christmas presents. Then I'm hanging out with everyone at the institute to decorate it up for the annual Christmas party.' She explained, wondering on what she would buy Jace for Christmas. She had asked for nothing special from him, but knowing Jace, he probably wasn't going to listen to that and buy her something big.

'Okay. Well me and Luke are going to an Arts event today, so we'll see you later tonight.' Jocelyn had been going to lots of events recently, probably hoping to get her paintings displayed at a few.

'Sure, better go. See you later!' she shouted back as she left the room leaving her empty coffee cup on the table. She headed to her bedroom grabbing her handbag with her purse and phone inside.

She walked back to the door, stopping to get her new parka jacket she bought at the weekend. She slammed the door behind her heading to the subway.