Clary's PoV
Today is the day I started Jacksonville High, why they call it Jacksonville while we live in Idris, I have no idea. It confuses me too much. My name is Clary Morgenstern and today is the day that my life is turned upside down.
You see I have never known my mother, for she had abandoned me a couple of days after I was born. My father, Valentine Morgenstern, had raised me my whole life. I wish I had known my mother, but I have to say I have grown up pretty well with just my father and best friend since birth, Tessa Gray. I always wished that my mother would come back to wish me good luck for my first day of high school, and possible stay. But, that didn't happen.
"Clary! Come on! You're going to be late!" My father yelled from the bottom of the steps of our two story apartment.
"Geez, I'm right behind you. I got up early remember?" I startled my dad, like usual. "Are we picking up Tessa today? We usually do, but I don't know if anything had changed since like 10 o'clock last night."
"What are you talking about," Tessa walked through the front door, scaring both my father and I, "I'm the one driving."
"Tessa, how did you just walk through the front door when it was locked?" Valentine asked Tessa, but gave me the death stare.
"I may have forgotten to mention to tell you that I gave Tes a key, since she practically lives here anyway. Sorry dad, but I gotta go, I'm going to be late, remember?" I ran up and gave my dad a kiss on the cheek and followed Tessa out to her car.
You see, Tessa got held back a year because she didn't meet the requirements after being homeschooled from 5 years. That makes her 16 as a freshman, considering she was an older student coming in anyway.
"So did you hear about the new transfer students we got from New York?" Tessa slammed the question on me as soon as I got into her car.
"No, I didn't. But I'm assuming you are going to tell me all about them?" Not really asking because I already knew the answer.
"You know me so well." Tessa laughed and pulled out of my 200-foot driveway.
"Okay, so Magnus and Simon met these three guys named Will, Jace and Alec at football tryouts last week. Simon sent me a picture of the and can I just say that Jace is hotter than the sun! He has the most beautiful golden hair and has the most perfect tan!"
"Hey, sorry to burst your bubble., but you have a boyfriend remember? Or did you forget about Simon?" I interrupted Tessa. Her and Simon have been going out for years, but to me they seem unhappy right now, but I don't want to say anything. Did I forget to mention that Simon is also one of my best friends since 5 years old. We just met Magnus two years ago, but the four of us had became best friends immediately. There is nothing that we don't do together.
"Yeah, yeah, I know. Anyway, the guy Will is super hot too. He has hair darker than the midnight sky, and the brightest blue eyes I have ever seen! Alec and him could be identical twins, that's how much they look a like. But according to Magnus, Jace and Will are fraternal twins, and Alec has a sister named Isabelle. I caught a glimpse of Isabelle at cheer tryouts and she doesn't look anything like Alec. I mean, you can tell they are brother and sister, but she has black eyes, instead of blue like Alec and his parents."
"Hold on! How do you know what the guy Alec's parents look like?" I asked giving Tes a stalker look.
"Oh, about that, I told Isabelle that we could pick them up in the mornings on the way to school and since they don't know anybody, she said why not." I was suddenly aware that we were in the outskirts of town, going away from the school.
"Tes! You don't have enough room!"
"Oh shut up. I told Simon to meet us there so he could take the boys with them and we take Isabelle." Tes pulled up into a driveway that made mine look like an inch long.
