If you haven't read High School Sweethearts you should NOT read this one until you do.

I'd just like to say:

1. This story does and will have profanity, sexual content and may very well include straight up sexual scenes. I haven't decided just yet and I never know when my mind may just take me there.

2. I do not own The Mortal Instruments.

3. I do not own the songs that will be used in this story.

4. To who ever takes the time to read this, I hope you enjoy it!

I know it's taken me a little while to get this up. I had this chapter done shortly after the first High School Sweethearts but then I was stupid enough to leave my laptop where my one year old could get her hands on it and it poofed. So when I got the time I ended up having to rewrite the whole thing, and it didn't come out word for word as the first time but I believe I covered it all, just in a different way. Okay, I'm rambling so I'm going to stop.

Okay so here we go everybody. Part Two, I hope you're excited cause honestly I'm nervous as hell.

Jace

I open my eyes and stretch with a yawn. I'm not looking forward to another day of searching for a building so that we can finally get somewhere with the shop. I am however enjoying the fact that once again, I'm waking up to this beautiful red head asleep with her head on my chest and my arms around her. I know it's been a little over a month and a half, but I still occasionally find myself thinking this is a dream.

I kiss the top of Clary's head and she stirs with a moan.

"Morning beautiful." I say sweetly as her eyelashes flutter against my chest.

"Morning handsome." She moans happily as she bends her head back with a sleepy smile on her face, to look up at me. "Do we have to get out of bed today?"

"Unfortunately," I say with a sigh. "We both have a lot to do today. You have to go get enrolled at the school and me, Jon, and Alec have to go check out another possible location."

"Another one?" She asks with a sigh. "What about the last one? I thought you said it was big enough for everything and that you liked it."

I know she's getting just as tired as I am, of what seems to be an everlasting process. I mean how couldn't she be, it's taking away from the time we have before school starts back. Her and Izzy use to come with us at first, until they got tired of all the shop talk. When they finally had enough they decided that they were going to spend the rest of the time they had at the beach or doing whatever else they decided to do. It really sucks, that I can't be spending that time with her, but I know that in the end it will all be worth it. Or at least I hope it will.

"It was and I did, until they got back to us with the price. They wanted more money for it than what the space was actually worth." I explain.

"Do you think that you guys will ever find a place big enough, that you all like, and is worth the price?" She asks exasperatedly with her eyebrows raised.

"Well, I'd like to think we will." I place a kiss on her forehead. "Now enough shop talk. What kind of party do you want for your birthday?"

With everything going on I haven't even had a chance to plan Clary's twenty-second birthday party. I really should have started a week ago, especially since birthdays are a pretty big deal with our gang and her birthday is fast approaching. I mean, I only have days until it's here now.

She rolls over on top of me, her legs straddling my hips, and with her hands on each side of my head, holding herself up, she looks me directly in the eyes . "Well, actually I don't want a party this year. I just want dinner with you, your mom, and the gang."

"Why? We've always had a party for your birthday." I say confusedly with my eyebrows furrowed together and my hands on her thighs.

"I just don't want one this year." She says shrugging one shoulder. "I was thinking maybe we could all just get together for a meal at The Real Italian. It's been awhile since we've been able to do something like that."

"We could do that and still have a party to celebrate afterwards." I say assuredly with my eyebrows raised.

"No, just dinner is fine." She says shaking her head slightly. "Everybody has to much to do already, and nobody needs a hangover while doing it."

"We don't have to drink." I say reassuringly.

"The gang at a party and nobody drinking," She says with a laugh. "Now that's funny."

"Okay, good point." I say with a chuckle. "We could always limit the amount of alcohol then."

She laughs. "You're just full of jokes today, aren't you?"

"Always." I say proudly with a smile.

She rolls her eyes playfully. "True."

I wrap my arms around her, with her still straddling me, and flip her over onto the bed causing her to shriek with a laugh. I pin her to the bed with my body as she laughs. "You're going to be stubborn about this, aren't you?"

"About what?" She asks innocently while trying to hide a smile.

"You know what I'm talking about," I say with my eyebrows raised. "So you can quit playing like you don't."

"Jace, I just don't want a party this year." She says sweetly. She leans up and kisses my cheek. "Maybe next year, okay?"

"I guess." I say with a sigh.

"Good. Now get off me so we can both get ready and you can get something to eat before you have to leave." She says decisively.

"I don't want to." I say mischievously as I start tickling her with my right hand, as my left has her hands pinned down above her head.

"Jace, stop I have to pee!" She says in laughter as she tries to squirm underneath me.

"So." I say as I laugh at her failed attempts to get away.

"You're an ass!" She says laughing still.

"Yeah but you love me, and my ass." I say confidentially with a smile as I quit tickling her.

"Yes I do. But sometimes I have to ask myself why." She says jokingly. "Now come on, we really got to start getting ready."

I groan as I roll off her. "Fine. Just take all the fun out of my day."

"You can tickle Jonny." She says as she stands up.

I watch her with raised eyebrows. "He's not as cute as you though."

"So you mean to tell me if he was cuter you'd tickle him?" She says over her shoulder as she reaches the closet.

"No!" I say scrunching my nose up. "I'm just saying he's not you."

She laughs as she grabs a shirt. "You keep telling yourself that's what you mean."

"Now who's full of jokes today?" I ask with a smile.

She looks over at me from the dresser with a smirk. "I don't know what you're talking about."

"Uh huh, surrre, you don't." I say with a chuckle.

"I don't." She says in mock hurt, placing her hands that now have a tank top and shorts in them across her chest. "Now quit being lazy and get out of bed already."

"What if I refuse? Will you punish me?" I ask raising my eyebrows up and down a few times.

"Oh, I'll punish you alright but you won't like it." She says as she puts a hand on her hip and raises her eyebrows.

I jump out of the bed quickly. "I'm up, I'm up! No need to be so hasty."

She laughs. "Get ready then."

"Okay you win this round, but the next shall be mine." I say with raised eyebrows as I reach her.

She leans up and places a small kiss to my lips. "We shall see about that."

"Yes we shall." I say as she turns around and I playfully smack her ass as she begins to walk towards the bathroom.

"You better watch it Mr Herondale." She says warningly as she points over her shoulder with her right hand while she continues to walk away.

"I'm not scared." I say bravely.

She stops at the bathroom door and looks at me with a raised eyebrows and a smirk. "You should be."

I shake my head slightly with a smile and then pull a drawer out, grabbing a pair of blue jeans out. I go to the closet, grab a white tank top and a blue t-shirt; in case we find a building and need to talk to somebody today when I hear the shower come on.

I slide open the shower door with a sly grin. "Can I join you?"

"Only if you can keep your hands to yourself today. We don't need another repeat of yesterday." She says with her head tilted back under the water, shampoo running down her bare/naked body as her hands are in her hair rinsing the rest out.

"I can be late again." I say simply with a smirk.

She brings her head down where she can see me. "No you can't cause I don't want to hear Jon and Alec's complaining for the fourth day in a row."

"Okay," I say pouting. "I'll go take a shower in the room next door."

She chuckles as she grabs her green loofah. "You just can't keep your hands to yourself can you?"

"No but neither can you." I say matter-of-factly while I still ogle her as she puts soap on the loofah.

"Go on!" She says with a laugh as she starts washing her left arm. "I'll see you when your done or meet you downstairs."

"Hey." I say bringing her gaze back to me. "I love you, Clary!"

"I love you too, Jace!" She says sweetly with a big smile.

I sigh as I close the shower door with a smile.

I begin to walk away from the bathroom and towards our bedroom door thinking how lucky I am to have such an amazing woman. A woman that makes me happier than anything else ever could. A woman that is determined to make sure I succeed even if it aggravates her at times. A woman that worries about not only mine but everyone's happiness, supports them in every way she possibly can, and wants them to succeed. She's always more worried about everyone else than she is herself. That's when it hits me, she may not want a party this year cause of everything going on but I'm going to make sure she gets one anyway. I'll probably have to enlist some help but as of right now, it's...

Time to get things started.

Clary

"JONNY!" I yell from the kitchen.

"WHAT?" He yells back from upstairs.

"TIME TO EAT!" I shout as I make him and Jace a plate.

Jace appears beside me setting down a cup of coffee for me on the island counter as he holds one for himself in his left hand and kisses the side of my head.

"WHAT IS IT?" Jon yells and I hear his bedroom door shut.

"FOOD!" I reply sarcastically.

"IT'S CEREAL, ISN'T IT?" Jon shouts down the stairs, I can hear his footsteps as he walks down them.

Jace chuckles and inhales deeply. "It smells great!"

"Thank you!" I say with a smile. "Will you get me the open jelly from the refrigerator?"

"No problem." He replies as he snatches a piece of bacon and I slap at his hand. "Hey, it was on my plate."

"How do you know it's your plate? It could be Jonny's." I tease.

"Cause mine has syrup next to it." He says as I hear the refrigerator open.

"That don't mean anything." I say with a laugh. I move the syrup over to the other plate. "See?"

"Ha ha ha, smartass." He says with a chuckle as he sets the grape jelly down on the countertop.

"Damn Little Sister it smells good in here!" Jon says from behind me, to my right.

I look over my shoulder at him. "Thank you! Now come eat."

"What did you cook or did you go get it?" Jon teases as he approaches the island.

"Neither." I say simply trying to hide the smile tugging at the corners of my lips. "I dug it out a trash can and heated it up just for you."

"You are so mean today." Jace says with a laugh.

I shrug. "Here you butt monkeys go." I slide them their plates. "You have trashcan bacon, trashcan pancakes, and toast."

"What no trashcan toast?" Jon asks with a half smile and an eyebrow raised.

"No I figured Jace could handle that much while I reheated everything else up." I say trying to hold a straight face.

Jon looks over at Jace, who's in the process of bringing another piece of bacon to his mouth. "Did she really dig this stuff out of the garbage?"

Jace bust out laughing loudly while shaking his head. "No, she was cooking when I came downstairs."

"That don't mean anything." Jon says seriously.

"Dude, I threw away the empty packages from the bacon, and put the leftover batter in the refrigerator." Jace explains still laughing at Jon. "I can't believe you'd actually think she'd really do that."

"He doesn't. He's just trying to see how far he can take this before I laugh at him for it." I say as I lift my cup to my mouth.

"You're still doing that crap Jonny?" Jace asks him in disbelief with his eyebrows raised.

"I'll probably never stop either." Jon says with a shrug. "Besides she still does it to me too."

"And you say I'm a mess." Jace says shaking his head slightly as he brings a bite of pancake to his mouth.

"Well you are a mess." I say with a smile.

"Who's a mess?" I hear Izzy asks.

I turn to look just as she rounds the corner by the staircase.

"Jace." I tell her. I shrug. "Well both of them actually. I didn't know when you'd get up so I didn't make you any food. Do you want?"

"No don't it came out a trashcan." Jon says quickly with a mouthful of pancake.

Izzy looks at him dumbfounded. "I'm not falling for that, this time at least."

"This time?" Jace asks putting jelly on his toast.

"Yes. They got me like that, about nine months ago, over a steak." Izzy says dramatically.

"Do I even want to know how?" Jace asks shaking his head.

"Clary was my mannequin for a project I had, when we got hungry and I pulled the steak out the refrigerator, Jon said Clary dug it out the trash. It turned out she told him that so he wouldn't eat it cause she wanted it." Izzy explains briefly.

That's the one time he did believe me. He had just come in for his two weeks off, and said he was hungry. I told him to go eat but when he asked how old the steak was I told him not to eat it because I had threw it in the trash before I decided I wanted to save it. I really did accidentally knock it in the trash however, it was in the plastic storage container but I wasn't telling him that.

"Yeah, she's always trying to starve me." Jon chimes in.

"Oh yeah, I can see how she tries to starve you." Izzy says while nodding her head, and snatching a piece of bacon off Jon's plate.

"Hey!" Jon says incredulously as she puts it in her mouth with a smile.

"Izzy there's plenty of bacon cooked." I say pointing to the glass bowl sitting an arms length from me. "Eat up."

She grabs a few slices out the bowl. "Aren't you going to eat?"

"I already did." I say simply as I start towards the sink.

"When?" Jon asks in disbelief with food in his mouth.

"While she was cooking." Jace manages to say with a mouthful as well.

I put my empty coffee cup to the sink, and turn to walk back over to them.

"I always snack to much while I cook, so by the time it's all done I'm already full." I say complaining about myself.

"So what are you two going to do today?" Jon asks curiously.

Izzy looks up at me as she reaches in the bowl, and I shrug.

"Well we've got enrollment today, and I have to check in with a professor but after that I don't know." Izzy says before taking a bite of bacon. "Why?"

"I was thinking if you two get done in time maybe y'all might want to meet up for lunch." Jon replies bringing another bite to up to his mouth.

"I'll be done in time." I say happily.

If it means getting to spend more time with Jace and even my brother, I'm all for it. At least as long as-

"No business talk right?" Izzy questions him sternly.

It's like she's reading my mind. I mean I want the guys to succeed and I'm glad they're happy about it but it seems like all they ever want to talk about when they're together. It's always this location, that location, we need this equipment, this type of insurance, we have to get this done before we can do that, how much this or that's going to cost...blah, blah, blah.

I'll just be glad when it's all said and done. I know it sounds mean but it's the same things over and over again, and a person can only hear it so much before they get fed up with it. Not to mention that they can't seem to agree on a building. It's either not where this one wants it, or just doesn't like the layout, or it's not big enough like they want it, or there's even been a few that were to big. Mentally, I'm rolling my eyes at them.

"No business talk." Jace says as he sets his fork in his plate. "We'll talk about y'alls classes or something else."

"Okay then we'll try to be done in time." Izzy says grabbing a paper towel. "But no promises."

I watch Jace as he picks up his plate and coffee cup. He looks up at the clock and begins to walk over to the sink.

"I'll get that." I say with a smile as he begins rinsing his plate off.

He looks over his shoulder at me with a smile and winks. "I can get it."

I roll my eyes at him playfully and shake my head slightly.

He knows I don't mind since I'm not the one going to be heading out really soon like he is but he still insist on helping whatever way possible. He's great like that, I just hope it never changes. I mean I know life will most likely get busier before it slows down but I hope that he'll always find ways to help, even if it's the simplest thing as rinsing his plate off before it goes in the dishwasher.

DING DONG!

"COME IN!" Me, Jace, and Jon, all shout simultaneously as Izzy says, "Alec's here."

Jace walks up behind me and wraps his arms around my waist, resting his hands on my stomach. I look up at him lovingly with a smile and he smiles back at me. He leans down and places a small soft kiss to my lips. Then we both look at the entranceway to the living room, as we all wait for Alec to appear.

Alec walks into the kitchen with a smile on his face.

"I've got a good feeling about today!" He says excitedly.

"That's what you said yesterday." I point out to him.

"Yeah but I think we're closer today then we were yesterday." He says with certainty.

"I'll believe it when I see it." Izzy grumbles with annoyance.

"Well," Jon says as he puts his plate in the sink. "Let me make me a cup of coffee and we'll head out."

"Already on the counter ready to go, made just the way you like it." I say with a chuckle.

"What did you do to it?" He asks suspiciously with his eyes slightly narrowed at me.

"Why do you think I did something to it?" I ask with a laugh.

"Cause you laughed when you said it." He says as he narrows his eyes more at me.

"I swear I didn't do anything to it." I say putting my right hand over my heart.

He scoffs. "This time you mean."

As he walks past me and Jace, I reach my right hand out and playfully hit him on his right arm which causes Jace to chuckle in my ear.

"Guess that means it's time to go. See you at lunch?" Jace asks hopefully.

I turn around in his arms. "I sure hope so. I'll text you when we're done at the school."

"Okay." He says as I lean up to kiss him. As I pull back he makes a low growling noise. "You make leaving difficult."

"Good, that's how I know you'll be coming home." I say teasingly yet proudly with a smile.

"I'll always come home to you." He says matter-of-factly with loving pride.

"I know." I say sweetly with a smile. I look over my shoulder at the others. "I guess you guys better get going, huh?"

"Yeah," Alec says with a slight shrug. "We got a lot of ground to cover and I found an estate auction in the newspaper that list some of the equipment we'll need, so it'll be worth checking out too."

"Cool deal!" Jon says excitedly. "We'll be able to get some things cheaper then we've found."

"If it's in decent shape." Jace adds in.

"Exactly." Alec agrees simply with a nod.

I turn my head back to look at Jace. "I'll see you later then."

"You better believe it." He says with a smile. He leans down and gives me a quick kiss. "I love you!"

"I love you too!" I say with a smile. "Good luck."

"Thanks." He says as he starts to pull his arms away from me. "I'm going to need it."

After we've all said our goodbyes, the guys start to head out the front door talking shop talk, again. First one out the door is Alec with Jon hot on his heels, and last is Jace; who doesn't really seem as into it today as usual, he looks as if something else is on his mind which makes me wonder what it is.

"BE CAREFUL!" I shout before the door closes completely behind them.

Jace looks back over his shoulder and winks at me with a half smile. "We will."

I plop down on the couch and wait until I hear Jace's truck start up. Then I look over at Izzy who's sitting to my left with her arms crossed over her chest.

"Did Jace seem like his mind was somewhere else to you?" I ask her curiously with my eyebrows furrowed together.

"He was probably just thinking about that auction." Izzy suggests as she turns to look at me.

"I don't think that's it. He was acting like that while he helped with breakfast." I explain.

"Maybe he's just stressing over it all, I know Jon is." She says with a shrug.

"Oh I know it's getting to all of them." I say with certainty. "That's why when Jace said something about throwing me a party for my birthday I told him I just wanted a nice dinner with everybody."

"Well you know mom won't be able to make it, cause she's working on that big trial that starts that day." Izzy says as if she's reminding me.

"Yeah I know," I say sadly with a sigh. "That's why I told him, his mom and the gang. "Everybody is just so busy lately that I thought it would just be nice to get everybody together for a peaceful dinner."

"I know what you mean." Izzy sighs. "Well you ready to get our day started?"

"I don't think I really have a choice, now do I?" I ask with a small laugh.

"Nope." She says popping her p.

"Meet you at my car in twenty then." I say as I stand up.

"Alright." She says simply.

I begin to walk towards the stairs to go to my bedroom so I can grab my wallet and whatever else I may decide I need before we get back. I make it halfway up the stairs when I sigh outwardly, well I guess it's time to...

Get this day started.

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