Chapter 2
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Characters belong to Cassie Clare.
Clary POV
Watching Izzy set up a Tinder account for me is like watching her plan an outfit to go out in. It takes hours and she changes her mind every ten seconds. I gave up trying to keep up with her and laid back on my bed. She even sent Simon home so she could dedicate all of her attention to 'helping me'.
"I think I am done now," she said after another thirty minutes.
I sit up and sit by her so I can see my screen. She really did a good job.
My profile picture is a picture of me with my sunglasses on at the beach last year. It was the first time I felt comfortable in a bikini since high school, and she took it while I wasn't looking. I was truly happy that day.
I even felt a little better after that day, I still have a few problems but it's not as bad as it used to be before that.
She had everything laid out on the page so it looked carefully placed and well written.
"Looks great, Iz," I said scrolling through some of the other pictures on the page. She picked out only the pictures that I looked good in, a selfie with her and I last month, and a group picture with a couple more of our friends in it. She made my username ridiculous but I guess not a lot of people use their real names on websites anymore. "ClareBear?" I ask her and she shrugs. At least my username isn't something stupid.
"Now you scroll through this page here and make sure to select the guys that look hot," she said directing me through the pages.
Within the hour she made me download the app to my phone and my notification settings set up.
It was getting crazy late so I decided it was time to give up and go to bed. It took her ten more minutes to finally leave my room and go to her own for the night.
Even as tired as I was, I couldn't bring myself to fall asleep. Maybe I should give this thing a shot, it couldn't hurt right? I haven't really been myself since that night and I'd be lying if I said I didn't miss the old me.
I take a deep breath and grab my phone from my side table. 2:14 am. I roll my eyes and unlock the screen. The app is still pen from earlier so I refresh the page and start scrolling.
He looks weird.
He looks like a drug dealer.
He's too old.
Sebastian Verlac.
Wait, what? I take a closer look and see the profile picture showing clearly, Sebastian Verlac. He never actually teased me or anything but he didn't help me either. He's still one of my brother's friends and by extension, Jace's friend too.
I keep going and finally see a couple that don't look to bad.
I look through a few more profiles that say they are nearby and eventually land on one that made me almost choke. Jon Morgenstern.
I take a quick screenshot and text it to him.
Me: You have Tinder?
He texts back a few minutes later.
Jon: I didn't think it could hurt
Me: I didn't know you were searching seriously
Jon: My Junior year of college is almost over and I'd like to get on with my life
Me: Are you actually saying that you're done with the girls and the parties.
Jon: the girls, yeah, I think I'm done, I just want something real
Jon: Why are you on Tinder now?
Me: Izzy's idea
Jon: It was a good one, be careful though some guys are creeps
Me: I can protect myself
Jon: Just call me or I'm coming out there on the first train. I don't want to hear from Izzy that something happened.
Me: Goodnight, Jon
Jon: I mean it, Clare
Me: I promise
Jon: Goodnight
I put my phone on my belly and stare up at the ceiling, this is so stupid. It'll never match me.
I let my brain calm down and finally get some sleep.