"Oh Jace it's beautiful…" Clary whispered, gazing upon the candle lit table, and the vase of red roses in the centre. The tablecloth was silky and a deep crimson, sprinkled with rose petals and a bottle of white wine sat on the edge with glasses already half full.

"Well you deserve the best" Jace smiled, pulling her closer to him. He stroked her cheek delicately and pressed his lips on her own. Clary sighed and wrapped her arms around him. They sat down and Clary sipped at her wine. She picked up the menu and dreaded the next hour. A waiter appeared and took Jace's order, which was always steak. He then looked at Clary, waiting for her order.

"Umm, can I have a caesar salad please?" Clary asked. The waiter nodded and walked away. Jace looked at Clary in confusion.

"A salad?" Jace asked.

"I'm not that hungry" Clary shrugged.

Jace leaned in towards her. His face was full of worry, and he took Clary's hands and held them gently. She could tell he was about to say something serious, so she leaned in too.

"You've lost weight," Jace whispered softly and before Clary could deny it he said "Don't bother trying to lie to me, I know you better than anyone."

Clary looked at the floor. What could she say? She knew she'd lost weight, but it wasn't much at all, she was still at a normal weight and wanting to lose more.

"If you're not happy with yourself, believe me when I say that you're perfect," Jace said worriedly, "You're so beautiful, how can you even think you're not?"

"Because I'm not." Clary said simply. Jace looked at her sadly. How could she even think that? How can she not see what I can? he thought.

"You have been eating though right?" He asked.

"Of course I am," Clary said, irritated. "I'm not stupid Jace!"

After a long conversation about tomorrow's training session, the food finally arrived. The plate in front of Clary made her feel sick, but Jace was already suspecting something, so she had to eat it. Her fork stabbed a bit of lettuce and she forced her mouth open and shoved it in. The chews seemed unbearable- but she had to hide her look of disgust as Jace was watching intently.

"Nice?" She asked looking at his steak.

"Yeah, delicious" he replied, "Want a chip?"

Clary started to refuse, but then saw Jace looking at her curiously- she never refused an offer of chips. So instead she smiled and took one, and chewed on it- inside her a voice was screaming. She continued with her salad until she'd eaten about three quarters of it then put down her knife and fork.

"Is that all you're eating?" Jace asked.

"I told you, I'm not very hungry!" Clary protested. She began to look nervous, her stomach was full of food- she felt disgusting. For whatever reason, Jace left the topic alone, and set down his own cutlery. Clary rose from the table and mumbled about going to the bathroom.

Starting to walk faster, Clary headed for the cubicles and slammed the door shut. She waited for the person in the bathroom to leave before tying her hair back, kneeling in front of the toilet and forcing two fingers down her throat. She threw up everything she'd eaten before flushing the toilet then rinsing her mouth. She saw herself in the mirror and found she was almost in tears.

Clary reached for a piece of gum in her pocket and began to chew whilst walking out the bathroom and towards Jace again. He smiled at her as she took her seat. Good she thought, he doesn't suspect anything.

After paying the bill, the couple began to walk hand in hand down the street, heading home. Clary was wondering if Jace was going to ask her to stay over at the institute- her mom usually forbids it, but Jocelyn had become more open about it since Jace had returned from Sebastian. Suddenly, Clary noticed Jace had stopped walking.

"What's wrong?" Clary asked curiously.

"Nothing, it's just…" he hesitated, "Promise me you're ok, promise me nothing's wrong and then I'll stop worrying."

Clary bit her lip, could she lie to him convincingly? She walked over to him swiftly and pressed her body onto his, lips centimetres away from his.

"I promise" she whispered, "I swear nothing's wrong.

Jace began to smile, "Then I'll stop worrying, because I know you'd never lie to me," he began, then added "Plus, you're so crap at lying that I always know when you are." Clary had begun to smile, it was almost funny.

She wrapped her arms around him, and pressed her lips on his. Jace moaned as she tugged gently on his hair and his hands had begun to grab her waist, pulling her in even closer to him. She broke off the kiss and took his hand and they continued walking.

"Do you want to stay over at the Institute tonight?" asked Jace hopefully.

"I'd like that" Clary smiled.

When they reached the Institute, Isabelle answered the door.

"Awww you two look so adorable!" She sighed, "And Clary, you have to let me borrow that dress, it's GORGEOUS!"

Clary smiled, would Isabelle ever change?

Jace pushed Isabelle out the way, and took Clary's hand to lead her inside. He went into the kitchen for a moment to find Alec, leaving the two girls alone. Isabelle shut the door and locked it then turned to Clary.

"You staying the night?" She asked. Clary nodded and Isabelle giggled.

"What's so funny?" Clary snapped.

"Oh, nothing," Isabelle said, still laughing, "Just try not to be too loud, I have training early in the morning."

Clary then realised what she meant.

"Isabelle!" She said.

"What?" she asked, "why do you think he asked you to stay the night?"

Clary thought about it for a moment. Before she could finish, Jace took her hand and led her upstairs.

When they reached Jace's room, Clary pushed him onto the bed and lay on him, kissing him passionately. For a moment, Jace stopped her.

"I just want to tell you that we don't have to do anything that you're uncomfortable with" he explained.

"I know" she replied, "but I want to do this, honestly."

In reply to this, Jace touched her cheek softly and kissed her neck, then cheek before reaching her lips once more. Clary began to unbutton his shirt, revealing his scars and runes burned into his skin- his perfectness made Clary realise how imperfect she was. Jace's hands reached for Clary's back, and he began to unzip her dress, before letting it fall, until she was just in her underwear. Jace looked at her properly and gasped at the sight of the bones before raising his hand to cover his mouth.