Okay, so this is my first ever fanfic and I'm really nervous. Any helpful comments are welcome, but please don't be too harsh on me. This will be and AU as not everything is necessarily going to match up, I'm not quite sure how I feel yet so any ideas of yours are also welcome! And I may not have got the characters spot on but then again only Cassie really can :D This is just the first chapter as a sort of taster so I can see how it goes down and the rest will be up soon fingers cross, but i'm currently in my last year of compulsory school so everything is a bit up in the air ( sorry about that). So, onward with the story we go! P.s. Sorry for all my drabbling on in this AN. Also thank you for the unofficial beta-ing that one of my best friends sis on this chapter, you helped so much you absolute star, NekoMushi! Go check her out, it's old stuff but a good read! :)

Chapter one

All I could think to say was "Yes" as he knelt there on one knee, holding a black box with a satin lining inside – the box held a delicate mundane ring a simple diamond frosting to finish the thin silver band.

"Yes," I whisper again. I can feel my eyes brimming with salted tears and for what felt like a long time in my life-after all the destruction and misery of the past few years- they showed my extreme happiness. Jace let out a low steady breath and took the ring from the box in his right hand. He let the box fall to the floor and it landed with a soft thud on the floor of the greenhouse. He gently took my left hand within his and placed the ring on my finger with his right hand. The ring fit with ease- I'll have to talk about that with him later, I reckon he's been measuring my finger whilst I've been asleep, otherwise it's a pretty damn good guess…

He swoops me up easily in his large muscular arms and spins me around whilst I giggle. He buries his head in my neck at the same time I nuzzle my head into his shoulder.

"I love you, Clarissa Fairchild," he whispers gently. "Or should I say, Clarissa Herondale," he says as he draws his head back to look at me and his face is smug with a wide grin. I whack his arm and begin to laugh, which only makes his smile wider. I really must be the luckiest girl in the world.

"I love you too, Jace," I tell him through my giggles.

"We should probably get back downstairs. Everyone is going to wonder where we are, and you know what Izzy gets like, allergies or no allergies towards this room. She has never understood our private space. Remember the incident in the training room?" I ask Jace as I begin to pull away towards the stairs taking his hand.

"How could I not remember?" He tells me pulling me back to him. "You were being sexy as hell and she interrupted us." He whispers into my ear. I can feel my cheeks getting hot as the blood rushes from his comment and I let out a nervous laugh. I pull back and look at him.

"I was actually serious though… about going back downstairs." He looks down at the watch on his left wrist and his eyes begin to beam.

"What?" I ask in confusion. "wha-,"but he silences me by putting his index finger on my lips to hush me and when he looks into my eyes he only smiles at my confusion. He gently takes my shoulders and slowly turns me around. I suddenly realise what he is doing.

"Three… Two… One," he lightly whispers into my ear. I let out a soft breath, the sight of the Midnight flower never cease to amaze me.

"I had forgotten how beautiful it was," I let out in a small exhaled gasp.

"I've never forgotten. And I've always thought you were the most beautiful thing I have ever laid eyes on. There's no comparison between you and the flower," Jace says in a loving tone, though I can hear something strange in it. Is that, humour? I must be wrong, but as I turn around to face him, he is chuckling slightly.

"Close your eyes," he tells me with a recomposed face and a note of seriousness, although his golden eyes still shine with amusement. I do as I'm told and I let my eyes simply flutter shut.

"Now hold out your hand," He commands me.

"Jace, I-," but shortly after I have started my protest, I can feel his lips silencing mine and as they part I feel myself let go of a slight, sharp gasp.

"Is that it?" I start, "Because you know that you can do that to me anytime, you don't have to get me to close my eyes."

He lets out a low throaty chuckle.

"I know that I don't have to make you close your eyes. Clary, I'm not trying to steal kisses from you." He takes my right hand- that is still being held out- tenderly in his and places a smooth, cold object in the palm of my hand. His hand is still holding mine, supporting it up as if he is afraid to let go.

"You can open your eyes now, Clary." My eyelids flutter open and my eyes find themselves flashing straight down to my hand. My fingers curl upwards as my smile spreads across my face. He still hasn't let go with his hand which cups mine. Inside the palm of my hand, is a stunningly green apple and a sparkling gold firework candle has been place into the apple where the stork should be. I feel my eyes watering again as I bring them up to me Jace's perfect tawny eyes. With his free hand he cups my face and I tilt my head down to meet his palm.

"Thank you, Jace. You know you didn't have to go to all this trouble for me. We both know this isn't the Shadowhunter way." His thumb makes small delicate circles on my cheekbone and he takes a quick breath before replying.

"I know, but you were brought up in the mundane world and I know that although you don't let on much about it, that this is really important to you. This isn't just about me. It's about both of us and I will do anything to make you happy." He looks away briefly, over my head. When he looks back into my face his eyes are shining. He still hasn't stopped putting light butterfly circles onto my cheek bones. He bites his lip and suddenly he looks nervous.

"Clary-," he begins and then breaks off. "Clary, I-I've been thinking about this for a while and I was wondering-I- well – I was wondering if for the wedding, you would want to mix the Shadowhunting and mundane traditions together. I thought about it and came to the conclusion that it would only make our day more special and show how much we truly mean to each other."

He says the words with such benevolence and sincerity that I can't believe that his honey eyes give away how nervous he still is even after telling me such a wonderful proposal. I look down at the apple in my hand and blow out the candle. I think I'll have some fun with this, how could he be stupid enough to ever consider that the answer could be no?

So I look up into his big worry filled eyes and open my mouth as if to say something, but instead I pull the apple up to my lips- just in time, as they have twisted into a wicked grin- and take a bite. The apple crunches loudly and tastes cool and green just as I remember from the first apple Jace ever gave me at the birthday picnic, which seems so long ago. As I chew the apple I scan my eyes around the greenhouse, anything to distract me from his beautiful face- it's priceless!

I slowly let my eyes find their way back to his after I've dramatically swallowed the apple. His bewildered expression forces me to use all my strength not to laugh and to compose a serious face.

"No!" I tell him in the most over- the- top, shocked voice I can muster. "I think it's a terrible idea and you should never speak of it again."

I let my eyes bulge as I say dramatically "Oh, my! I can just imagine the gossip now! Think of what the Warlock Times would say, I can only imagine! And thin-," Jace has finally re-animated his face and cuts me off through my 'hysteria' by looking me deep in the eyes.

He says, "Alright Fray that's enough," and he rolls his eyes. I can see he's trying his hardest no to give in to me and laugh. A few seconds later we each make a quick glance at the other and burst out laughing. I throw the apple behind my back and pull the front of his shirt towards me, making him stumble into me. I wrap my arms around his neck and my arms pull him tractably to my face. Once we're within inches of each other my lips find his and, at first, are as light as feathers touching mine until slowly the pressure builds and we are locked in a passionate embrace. I find myself not wanting to ever let go and to stay in this position for as long as humanly possible.

Sadly we never found out if we could break a world record as we hear a loud voice calling our names- it's Isabelle. I pull my face back, but Jace's hand still cups my cheek.

"We should probably-," Jace's lips come crashing back down to mine and I moan as he mumbles "uh, uh." into my lips.

I can her Isabelle again, but this time I don't seem to care as she shouts, "Alright you two, I didn't want to have to do this. You know I have allergies, but you give me no choice. I'm coming up in fifteen seconds and if you're both not ready, I'll drag you both downstairs by the ears!"

I pull myself closer to Jace as he whispers a groan onto my lips; "She's bluffing."

As he bends further down his fringe tickles me and I giggle against his soft lips. This only makes him grab my hips tighter and pulls me closer as we hear Isabelle's ascend on the stairs. Clearly not far from where we stand tangled together. I don't see her but I hear that Isabelle has reached us.

Jace groans against my moving lips "Oh, shit." I think I can also make out that he's telling Isabelle to piss off, but it all gets mumbled into the kiss.

It turns out Isabelle wasn't bluffing.

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