Authors Note: Hi all. You may recognise this story from before but I didn't like where it was going so I am changing it. Some chapters may stay the same but most will be changed. I have deleted the other story from my account so no one reads the wrong one. Sorry about this. - Shadowhunterdownunder

Chapter 1: A Holiday

"Jace?" Clarissa Fray asked. She and Jace Lightwood, her boyfriend of two years, were lying around in Jace's bedroom, one of the New York Institute's many bedrooms. The had been cuddling in silence for the past 10 minutes after a long day training in Central Park.

"Yes?" Jace replied.

"I think we need to go on a holiday."

Jace Lightwood pondered on this for a moment before shaking his head and saying "No! We don't need to go on a holiday. Everything's perfect right now and I don't want to mess it up with foreign girls swooning over me."

"Jace, let me rephrase my last sentence. I KNOW we need a holiday. We have been through so much in the past 2 years and we just need to relax," Clary stated

"I can help you relax," Jace replied with a devilish grin and a wink.

"No Jace. I want to see the world, experience new cultures, see the sun setting over a beautiful blue ocean whilst lying in the sand. I want to experience a life where I don't have to worry about demons or rogue downworlders, even if it is just for a week," Clary practically shouted, like she was delivering an award winning speech.

"Clary, you don't need to do those things. What you just said is a way those mundanes try to "experience" adventure, which you don't need to experience. You already face adventure everyday. You're just being silly," Jace stated matter-of-factly.

"Oh, I'm being silly am I?" Clary asked, annoyance clearly showing on her face, "Well then I guess you expect me to do this silly little thing," she said pushing Jace out his bedroom door followed by a blanket and a pillow flying into his arms and the door slamming into his dumbfounded face.

"No, I didn't actually," he mumbled before pounding on his door. "Clary you can't kick me out of my own room."

"Actually I can, if I'm being as silly as you said I am!" Clary shouted back.

Jace decided to give up, knowing how stubborn Clary could be, so he shuffled off to one of the Institute's many spare bedrooms where he would be spending the night.

A day later and Clary still refused to talk to Jace about the holiday issue, or anything else in general. He had left her alone all morning to let her cool off, but when he went looking for her in the afternoon, she managed to elude him, hinting that she didn't want to talk.

Now he, Isabelle, Alec, Magnus and Clary were sitting in the Institute's large dining room, eating something Magnus had suddenly whipped up, literally, he just snapped his fingers and the food appeared.

Clary however would not look at Jace, who had been trying to get her into a conversation and had sent her puppy dog looks all night, trying to get her to talk to him, or hell, even acknowledge his presence.

Jace looked over at Isabelle, who at that moment was is deep conversation with Clary that Jace had no interest in, but what Jace did feel was envy of Isabelle, who was sitting over there talking to Clary. Why did I have to be so stupid and call her silly? Jace thought. That could be me over there talking to her but no, I had to insult her. If only she knew why I didn't want to go on a holiday.

The real reason Jace didn't want to go on a holiday was not because he didn't want foreign girls swooning over him, but because he wanted to keep Clary safe, and going to a foreign country without fully knowing his surroundings, would not help.

Three weeks earlier Clary had been seriously injured when out with Jace trying to track down some Raum demons who had been attacking unsuspecting mundanes. One had hit her from behind and Jace had only just got her back to the Institute in time. The thought of almost losing Clary still scared the hell out of Jace, and he had now made it his mission in life to protect Clary at all costs.

"Clary would you pass the salad please?" Jace asked Clary, trying to bring her attention to him

"Alec would you pass the salad to Jace please?" Clary asked, not buying Jace's trick.

"What is with you two? You've been ignoring each other all day and Clary, why were you hiding from Jace in my room all day that you can't tell me about?" Isabelle shouted with elaborate hand gestures

"So that's where you were," Jace whispered.

"Jace and I had a little altercation last night and since I am so silly, I refuse to talk to him or even let him back into his room until we come to a compromise," Clary stated.

"The answer is still no Clary. And it always will be," Jace stated back

"Already I'm lost," Alec said. "What was this altercation about?"

"Jace doesn't want to go on a holiday. He thinks holidays are stupid and that I'm being silly wanting to go on one," stated Clary, firmly.

"WHAT?!" Isabelle, Alec and Magnus shouted wide-eyes at Jace.

"You don't want to go on a holiday? You're crazy, you know that right. You're lucky Clary only kicked you out of your bedroom. If I were her I would have kicked you out of the Institute," Isabelle said.

"Why don't you want to go on a holiday?" Alec asked.

"Because they are silly and pointless," Jace said.

"What? Why do you think they are silly and pointless? Actually, don't answer that. I am surprised Clary hasn't dumped you yet," Isabelle said to Jace then turned to Clary and said, "You and I can just go on a holiday together."

"Hey," Alec interjected. "What about Magnus and me?"

"Oh, right. You, Alec, Magnus and me will go on a holiday together. Oh and we can't forget Simon," Isabelle replied and then turned back to Jace. "You can just mind the Institute. Church will be in charge."

"NO!" Jace shouted, "Clary is not going anywhere without me."

"Well then I guess you will have to stay behind because the five of us are going whether you like it or not," Clary said with a grin on her face.

"What do you think Magnus? Should we go?" Alec asked his boyfriend

"Absolutely!" Magnus said clapping his hands together. "We can get matching traveling outfits and do lots of couple things."

At this everyone laughed, expect for Alec who just slunk down into his chair with bright red cheeks.

After everyone calmed down Jace finally spoke up, "Fine, I'll go on a holiday with you, but I get to choose where we go."

"Absolutely not! Clary gets to choose. It was her idea." Isabelle said

All eyes immediately went on Clary, who just smiled at Jace and said, "I was thinking Australia."