Clary POV

I woke the next morning with the memory of the kiss in my mind. But that thought quickly vanished when I remembered it was Simon's birthday today! I got up and took a quick shower. I put on some jeans and a black long sleeved shirt, putting on only mascara and red lipstick for the day.

I hurried into the main room to wrap Simon's present. I quickly got it done and grabbed some coffee on the go.

I called Simon telling him that I was coming over early. He agreed and here I am now, at Simon's house. I climbed out of my car and walked to the front. I took out a key and opened the door. Simon had heard me coming in, and he jumped up from the couch and ran to me, giving me a hug.

"I need to tell you something" He said with a goofy grin on his face. "I met this wonderful girl nine days ago, and we became great friends and eventually we became a couple" I smiled and hugged him again. "Anyways, she is coming to the party. I think you'll like her"

"I'm sure I will Simon. In the meantime, lets catch up some more. I haven't seen you in a couple weeks."

Friends started showing up three hours after Simon and I finished catching up. Simon started getting nervous after the first few guests showed up, and I could guess why. He was doubting his new girlfriend's arrival.

Simon's nervous behavior stopped when he saw a sleek silver mustang pull into the driveway. Wait a minute, is that the same mustang that Jace drove? A beautiful dark haired woman stepped out of the vehicle gracefully. She was tall, and had just the right amount of make up on. She was wearing a sleek red dress. The mystery girlfriend smiled when she saw Simon step out to greet her.

The two came in and Simon introduced us. "Izzy, this is Clary. Clary, Izzy" We shook hands and she smiled widely. I returned the smile.

Izzy and I loved each other immediately and we started to tell each other about ourselves. I started.

"I live by myself and I have a brother named Jonathon. He left for England three years ago and my mom went with him. My dad died when I was two. I know it sounds sad but it was actually easy to move on."

Izzy nodded and started telling me about her. "I have two brothers, one is blood related, the other is adopted. The one who is my blood brother is Alexander, but he goes by Alec. My adopted brother's name is Jonathon Christopher, and he goes by Jace"

My eyes instantly widened. "Two things I need to tell. One, Jonathon Christopher? That is my brothers full name. That is so weird. Two, Jace? I went on a date with him last night."

"You were the one Jace couldn't stop talking about? Well, I can see why." She gestured to my hair and bright eyes. I blushed at her comment.

"Jace isn't going to be here is he?"

"I don't think so. He doesn't like Simon. He even has a rude name for him, Rat Boy" I laughed.

"Where'd he even get the idea for that name from?"

Izzy laughed with me. "I have no clue"

We kept joking all night until Simon's party ended and everyone went home, everyone except Izzy and me.

"We should invite Jace, Alec and any other friends over to play Truth or Dare." Izzy suggested and both Simon and I nodded in agreement. Izzy smiled and stood up to make some calls.

In fifteen minutes, we had Jace, Alec, Alec's boyfriend Magnus (Who knew he was gay? It didn't bother me though, they were such a cute couple), and Maia and Jordan who are friends of mine. Everyone sat down in a circle.

"Everyone knows the basic rules. If you don't want to do a dare or answer a truth, you take of an article of clothing. Now...who wants to go first?" I asked everyone. Izzy smiled and started saying she did. So I let her.

"Jace? Truth or Dare?" Izzy asked taunting him.

"Dare" He smirked back. Izzy smiled evilly and the smirk vanished, being replaced by fear.

"I dare you to get a duck and kiss it on the beak" She said proudly. I looked at her in confusion and she shrugged at me. "Jace hates ducks" I smile and laugh at the idea of Jace being chased by a little duckling. He glared at me and took off his shirt. Oh dear lord, help me. Jace has a seriously muscled chest and abs.

He caught me staring and said, "You like what you see Red?" I turned away blushing and I'm pretty sure he was smiling like crazy at me.

"Rat Boy. Truth or Dare?" Simon looked thoughtful but quickly answered with a truth. "Are you thinking of Isabelle right now?" Simon's face lost all color and he squeked out a yes. Izzy looked honestly surprised and Jace looked happy he was able to get that out of him.

"Clary" Simon squeaked out, then he cleared his throat. "Clary" He said a little more solidly. "Truth or Dare?"

"Dare" I said out of boredom.

"I dare you to play 7 minutes of heaven with Jace." Simon seemed to be in a devilish mood today. Oh well. How bad could 7 minutes of heaven be with Jace. Not that bad, let me tell you. We did the dare and came and sat down again.

It continued like that until Magnus passed out because he was so tired. Everyone decided that they would sleep over that night and drive home in the morning.