Author's Note: This is a completely fictional HS AU for TID. I do not own any of the characters in The Infernal Devices or the series itself. That said, enjoy the story! Please leave a review :)

-Chapter 1-

Tessa walked over to her locker. Sophie and Cecily were already gathered there. Tessa could hear Sophie admiring something about Cecily. She thought it was a new tattoo, but couldn't be sure.

"...and I think it matches Gabriel's!" Cecily was saying as Tessa arrived.

Sophie grinned, the long scar down her cheek momentarily disappearing. "Oooooh," she teased, "someone has a crush!"

Cecily blushed. "I do not!" she said indignantly.

The girls had not noticed Tessa's arrival, so she used now to take advantage of that. "You're blushing, Cece," she pointed out, which only made the girl turn redder. Deciding to show mercy, Tessa changed the subject slightly. "What do the tattoos mean, again?" she asked.

"Goodness, Tessa! You may be new here, but this is important stuff!" Cecily exclaimed. "Each person has a specific tattoo on their ankle. Every time you fall in love, the person whom you fell in love with's tattoo appears on your body."

Just as Tessa was going to respond, the bell rang and Tessa raced away to her next class. She arrived in English and flung her stuff down. She slid into her seat moments before the teacher walked in. Will Herondale, that bastard, was seemingly enjoying seeing Tessa flustered. His gaze slid up and down her body, and he smirked slightly. Tessa groaned inwardly, wishing that she didn't have to sit next to a popular in her first period class.

"Miss Gray," her teacher, Mr. Norman said, "let's not make being late a habit."

Tessa blushed furiously and nodded, which made Will's grin grow larger. She scowled at him before grabbing her textbook out of her backpack. When she looked back up, his eyes were still on her, but there was something different in his gaze. It disappeared before Tessa could identify it, and that god-awful smirk was back. Tessa could see why it made girls go crazy, though she had vowed on the first day she met Will that she would never like him.

"Something wrong?" he asked, sounding amused. He must have noticed her grumpy expression.

"Just the fact that I have to sit next to you in this class," Tessa said, forcing herself to sound bright. She made it through the rest of class without a problem. But, as soon as she walked out of the classroom, Will cornered her. She noticed his multitude of tattoos as he towered over her. Just another reason, she told herself, why I will never fall in love with a popular. Forcing herself to look Will in his eyes, those bright blue eyes, she smiled.

"Something wrong?" she asked sweetly.

"Listen, Tessa, I need your help," he said, actually sounding worried.

"Why would you want me to help you? Have Jessamine do it," she snapped, walking away.

Will grabbed her arm. He seemed to be doing this against his own will (ha-ha). "Look, Tess, it's important, okay? Just meet me in the gym after school."

Tessa finally agreed. She told herself that it was only so she could make it to biology class without being late. That, she thought, is absolutely the only reason I agreed. Nothing else.

A/N: So that's Chapter 1! Leave a review and tell me what you thought!