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"Well I'm stuffed." said Simon as he leaned back is his chair, his hands resting on his stomach.
"I'm not." I said reaching over and grabbing a fistful of his chips and plonking them onto my plate. I'd already finished my meal and yet I was still hungry.
"How can you eat so much and yet stay so thin?" Simon asked me incredulously. Every now and then his eyes would flick back over to Isabelle's booth.
"I dunno. It's one of life's great mysteries." I replied. Most girls would love to eat as much as they want and not put on weight but I just found it annoying. I don't like being small and thin. People assume your fragile and weak, that you can't fight your own battles.
"What do you want to do now?" I asked Simon after I'd finished the last of his chips.
Simon looked down at my plate and frowned slightly when he saw I'd finished. "I think I might order some dessert. What about you?"
I pulled my eyebrows together in confusion. "You just said you were full! Why do you wan- ooohhh" I said when I realised why he wanted dessert. He was stalling. Trying to make us stay longer. I gave him a knowing smirk.
Simon saw my face and then suddenly became very interested in the menu. "I was thinking the cheesecake or just a sundae. The caramel one looks good." he mumbled hastily.
"Simon! We can't stay here all day just so you can stare at Isabelle. Either man up and talk to her or we're leaving!" I said impatiently.
"I can't just go up and talk to her. Besides, blondie over there's probably already going out with her." he nodded slightly in Isabelle's direction. I already knew who he was referring to so I didn't need to turn around.
"Then I guess we're going." I said giving him a sympathetic look before standing up. Simon payed and then reluctantly followed me to the door.
I briefly glanced back at Isabelle's booth to find the golden haired guy staring at me. He smirked at me, again. He probably thought he looked cool when he did that. That he could have any girl he wanted swooning after him by using that one simple facial expression. Well it wasn't working on me. All it made me do was wonder why he couldn't just smile like a normal person.
(TIME SKIP)
Mondays. How I hated them. I sleepily slapped my hand onto the top of my alarm clock to stop its incessant beeping. I groaned into my pillow. If you haven't already guessed, I'm definitely not a morning person.
I got up out of bed (with great difficulty I can assure you) and stumbled to my closet. After a few minutes of rummaging through my clothes I pulled on my red shirt with 'BAZINGA!' written across the front of it. Simon bought it for me knowing how much I love Big Bang Theory.
I then threw on a hoodie, some faded jeans and a pair of shoes and headed downstairs.
"Morning Clary." Mum greeted me. She was sitting at the counter in the kitchen drinking a cup of coffee. Her red hair was hanging loosely down her back.
People say that I look a lot like my mum. Apart from the red hair, I honestly don't see it. She was tall and slender where as I was short, flat chested and insanely thin. She keeps saying I'm just a 'late bloomer' but I'm already sixteen. I'm pretty sure I've done all of my growing already.
"Mmph" was all that came out of my mouth. My mum knew that I meant it as a good morning so she just chuckled and continued drinking her drink. I was too tired to string together words to make a sentence.
Mum looked at her watch and jumped out of her chair so suddenly that she almost spilt her coffee down the front of her. "Shoot! I was supposed to meet Luke ten minutes ago!" She grabbed her bag off the table and threw on a jacket. "I'll see you later. Don't forget to lock up and please don't blow up the house while I'm gone." she said as she walked out the door.
"I won't!" I yelled back to her but I doubt she heard me. Jeez you blow up one microwave when you're eleven and suddenly everyone thinks your a pyromaniac.
I poured myself a bowl of cereal and was just about to start eating when my phone buzzed in my pocket. I pulled it out and saw that it was a message from Simon.
I'm at band practice. Eric's taking us to school straight after. Can't give u a lift today. Sorry :(
I sighed. Looks like I'm walking today. I don't have enough money to get a car so Simon usually gives me a ride to school. I reluctantly texted him back,
That's ok. See u at school
I put my phone back and quickly ate my breakfast. I'd have to leave earlier if I was walking seeing as I lived at least twenty minutes away from the school by foot. I quickly tied my flyaway hair into a makeshift ponytail, grabbed my bag and left for school.
I had only been walking about 5 minutes when it started to rain. It was light at first but then it started really pouring. I pulled my hoodie up and cursed myself for not thinking to bring an umbrella.
"Need a ride to school?" I heard someone ask. I looked up and saw a car had pulled up beside me. It was the guy I saw at the cafe on Saturday. The one with the golden hair. He was looking up at me expectantly but I just shook my head, my wet hair whipping me in the face as I did so.
"I don't get into cars with strangers. Unless you have candy?" I added as a sarcastic afterthought.
He simply laughed and then spoke again. "Sorry, no candy."
I shrugged and continued walking. "Too bad." I said.
"Come on. It's pouring buckets. You'll get soaked." he said driving slowly so that he matched my pace.
"I told you, I don't get into cars with strangers."
"Okay then. My name's Jace, I'm seventeen years old and I live with the Lightwoods. There. I'm not a stranger anymore." I stopped and turned around to look at him. Eh, what the hell. I sighed and got into the car. My mum would kill me if she saw what I was doing but the dry interior of the car looked much more appealing than a fifteen minute walk in the pouring rain.
"Thanks." I mumbled as I buckled my seatbelt. "I'm Clary by the way."
"Nice name. Short for anything?" he asked.
"Clarissa." I replied. He just nodded and continued driving.
It was a nice car I had to admit. The leather was new and shiny and the metal was polished and glistened slightly in the rain. I had to restrain myself from shaking all of the water out of my hair and ruining his expensive looking car.
It was nothing like Simon's beat up second hand car. The seats in his were bursting at the seams. Comic books and empty coffee cups littered the floor because Simon was too lazy to pick them up. His dad had given him the car last year and Simon gladly accepted it. He didn't care what state it was in as long as the engine still worked.
I stared sullenly out of the window. The rain was coming down so heavily that all I could see was the blurry outlines of houses and the occasional tree. I began shivering as the freezing cold water eventually seeped through my shirt, chilling me to the bone. It definitely wasn't the best way to start the day.
Jace must have noticed my shivering and turned on the heater. I smiled up at him gratefully. It was no easy feat either considering how much my teeth were chattering.
We were almost at the school and neither of us had said another word. I was actual quite comfortable with the silence and was happy to let it continue when I accidentally let something slip out of my mouth.
"How come you live with the Lightwood's?" As soon as I said it I instantly regretted it. I just met the guy, he obviously doesn't want to tell me his whole life story. "You don't have to answer if you don't want to," I added hastily seeing as he wasn't saying anything.
"No, that's okay." he said seeming unfazed by my question but I noticed that his grip on the steering wheel tightened slightly. "They're my cousins actually. My parents died a few years ago and I've been living with the Lightwood's ever since." he said simply.
"Oh," I said, mentally cursing myself for not coming up with a better reply. "How come I haven't seen you around before?" I asked.
"I used to go to boarding school but they kicked me out a few months ago for setting the teacher's desk on fire."
I looked up at him shocked. "Why?" I asked him.
He shrugged before replying, "She was pissing me off."
"Watch out guys we got a badass over here." I muttered turning to the window again. He must have heard me as he started laughing.
We pulled into a parking spot just outside the school and I was just about to get out when Jace stopped me.
"Are you doing anything after school?" he asked. Completely caught off guard by his question, I stumbled to find an answer.
"Uh, n-nothing as far as I know. Why?"
He shrugged again and gave me a smirk identical to the one that he gave me at the cafe. Just smile for once! It's honestly not that hard! "Want to hang out? Go get a bit to eat or something?" he asked.
Wow that wasn't what I was expecting. I mean I only just met this guy a few minutes ago, now he's asking me out?
"No thanks," I said lamely as I started to get out of the car. A confused look crossed Jace's angular face. Clearly he wasn't used to being rejected.
"Why not?" he asked, still shocked. I was standing half in and half out of the car, trying to leave but not wanting to seem rude. People walking pass started giving me weird looks and I was anxious to get to class to avoid the stare of curious eyes.
"I'm not interested in dating anyone right now." I said honestly. "Besides, I'm not the kind of girl you'd want to be seen with." I finally stepped out of the car shutting the door firmly behind me.
I didn't turn back to look at Jace as I knew that by doing so would only bring on a wave of guilt. I didn't hear his door open so I assumed he was still getting used to the fact that he had been rejected.
A guy as good looking as him was probably used to getting any girl he wanted so I could understand his confusion. But what I don't understand is why he wanted to go out with me in the first place.
I'm the girl that everyone avoids at school, the one that everyone calls a freak behind my back. I'm not pretty, talented or popular. Like I said before, I'm definitely not the type of girl Jace would want to be seen with.
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