Hey guys! New chapter as promised! Oh, and yes I do know that Alec is gay but Magnus isn't gay, he's Bisexual! It all just adds to the drama! ;)

CPOV

Today was so weird. I put on a cute spring outfit that I had gotten with my friend Maia, (My ONE female friend) and in school, all the guy were STARING at me! And I'm not boasting, if anything, I'm complaining.

All their stares made me nervous and weird. Anyway when me, Simon and Maia were walking down the hall and came across a School Play Sign-up Maia positively shouted down my ear:

"Oh my god Clary!" she screamed, pulling at my sleeve

"You totally need to join!" She said looking around for a pen.

So here's something I should tell you. I love acting. I mean, I'm pretty damn good at it. I always get so up in a part, it's like I am the character, living and breathing their love, hate and problems. Always so minor compared to my own.

So, after lots of bickering and sighing, I signed up. And guess what? After I left the paper on the wall, all the guys that had been watching me practically ran over each other just to sign up. Weird, right!?

JPOV

So, today was day 1 of the Clary challenge. My plan was to just observe her and see what classes she goes to, what she does. You know, just to get to know her better. Unfortunately for me, everyone else decided to do that too. I think that as we were all together she might have noticed but, I was pretty smooth about it so she probably had no clue.

When we found out that she signed up for acting. Duh, we all signed up too. If I get a main part, I'll astound her; she'll be in my bed in no time.

At the end of the day, I saw Clary talking to Rat-boy. There was something I hadn't realized; Simon was Clary's Best Friend, which meant, that he had a winning league. She trusted him and hung out with him, hell she probably even had a crush on him!

I started getting worried: If I lost this bet to Rat-Boy Simon, I would never forgive myself. I had to get closer to Clary; all of the other players were popular, of course she had nothing to do with him! Making up my mind, I waltzed over to her and Rat-Boy ready to make a move.

Unfortunately for me, Simon saw right through my plan:

"Hey Clary, what' ya doing?" I said, standing right in front of her.

"Uhh… wait, what?" She said looking puzzled. I wouldn't blame her, the only time I had talked to her was to taunt her, or make fun of her.

"I said," I continued "What's a girl as pretty as you doing with a rat like him" I said pointing to Simon with a look of disgust. Rage filled Simon's face and I sneered. I looked over at Clary, expecting her to laugh or at least agree. But all I saw in her eyes was anger, even more than Simon had.

"Don't you dare insult me or my friend Jace Herondale" she said, glaring at me through her emerald eyes. "What?" I asked puzzled at her anger and Rat-Boy's superior looking smile. "But Clary," I said, quickly "A girl as beautiful as you shouldn't be hanging out with a loser like him! You should come over today, huh? Lie to your mother or something." I said giving her a smirk. And what she did next was something far from what I had associated little Clary with.

She took one step forward, really close to me now. And as I broke into a grin, she lifted her hand and slapped me! Right across the face, with such a force I didn't even know she even had, that sent me stumbling back.

"Stay away from me Herondale" she spat venomously "I'm not like the other girls. You can't just go around and play with me just to break me. You are nothing." And with that she turned and walked all the way across the parking lot, with Simon the rat grinning like a lunatic.

"Dude, what happened?" Asked Alec, my adoptive family brother. "The damn Clary slapped me!" I said rubbing at the red mark she had left across my cheek. "Clary!?" Alec spluttered. Sure she didn't look it but that girl had strength. "Well, she won't be helping you win the competition then!" He snorted. And he was right. But what had I done to make her do that.

I know it should have put me off, but it just made me even more interested in the girl. She was so beautiful and she didn't even know it! Wait... beautiful? Did I just call Clarissa Morgenstern beautiful!? What was happening to my head?

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