"No peeking!" Jace said as he guided me. He blindfolded me to keep the surprise of what he was doing for me.

I giggled without meaning to, "Jace I swear if I trip and fall-"

"If you trip I will let you get me back for it."

"How would I get you back for it?" I started to laugh, I could hear his crooked smile on his face.

"I'll put a blindfold on and you can run me into a pole." We both laughed, even though we both knew he was being dead serious. "Okay," he stopped in his tracks making me run into the side of his arm, he laughed warmly and started to fiddle with the blindfold slowly taking it off of my face.

My eyes were still shut, "Can I open my eyes?" I couldn't help but smile like a five year old going to Disneyland for the first time. Whatever Jace was doing it was making my stomach do flips.

"Yes, you can open." I slowly opened my eyes to find Jace a couple feet away from me standing next to a picnic set-up in the middle of Central Park, it was perfectly set up like a picnic you would see in the movies. "I know, I know, super cheesy... But I thought you would like to get away from Shadowhunter business and the drama that we know our lives are!" He threw his hand up in the air dramatically.

"Jace," I began to say, the whole thing bewildered me, I was not expecting this what so ever! My heart began to flutter as I walked towards him, he had that big smile on his face, he is so beautiful. I smiled to match his, "I love it."

"My lady." He took my hand and sat me down across him, once again I giggled, he opened the picnic basket and took out two Chinese take out boxes, I laughed, "Hey! It was this, my eggs, or Isabelle's cooking!"

"No, no, it's fine!" I was still laughing, "I just wasn't expecting it." I took one of the boxes from him to find mu shu pork, "This is yours I'm guessing."

"Ah, yes. Thank you my love." he took the box from me and gave me a kiss on the cheek.

He opened fried rice, orange chicken, and some pot stickers. Once we finished eating, we cleared the food and layed down on the blanket and watched the stars. I was full, but my stomach was still doing little flips, I smiled and looked at him for him to return the glance. He leaned in to kiss me-

"Clary? Oh, I'm sorry dear, I didn't know you were sleeping. Just wanted to let you know Isabelle is here." My mom left shutting the door silently but I could still hear her mumbled voice in the living room talking to someone. That's funny. Did she say Isabelle?

I groaned while I changed my position, ready to just go back to sleep, but then it struck me, I jumped up in bed, "Isabelle!?" I grabbed my polka-dotted throw blanket, wrapped myself in it and left my room, "I'm sorry mom but did you say-" I stopped to see Isabelle in a knee length floral dress. My stomach churned, I couldn't breath, my knees buckled.

"Hello Clary. It sure has been awhile." She tried on a smile to reassure me that everything is fine.

"What are you doing here?" My voice came out quiet and cold, I can tell she heard the hardness in my voice because I could see the hurt in her eyes, "I'm sorry." I wanted to say but my mouth couldn't open to say the words, it was so dry.

"I just want to see how you were. Simon called me yesterday saying you looked like you haven't had a good night sleep in weeks and also that-" she broke her sentence off a little to quickly, "I just wanted to see if you were okay."

"He told you I drew Jace yesterday without even realizing it didn't he." I wasn't asking her, because I already knew the answer, Simon and Isabelle tell each other everything when it comes to me. "I'm fine. I'm holding myself together..." it took me a moment before I could go on, "h-how are you?"

"Oh, I'm doing quite alright." She smiled gently. Her lips said one thing when her eyes said another, she is hurting just as much as me. I felt tears coming along and I knew what I had to do, I dropped my blanket and ran to her and pulled her into a hug. I could feel her warm tears on my shirt, "Everyone misses you Clary... when will you be coming back?"

I pulled away, "I don't think I can Isabelle."

I could see the fire igniting in her eyes, she scoffed, "I'm sorry?"

"I said-"

"No, I know what you said, you said you can't." She wiped her eyes that were completely bare of make-up, "You can't come back to your friends that are so close to you that they could be family. Why? Because of Jace? Clary, you need to understand that he was our brother. It hurts us as much as it hurts you! Why-"

"I think you should go Isabelle." I turned around to grab my blanket then went to open the front door for her. She stood in place for a few seconds, but gave up and started walking towards the door. Right before she slammed the door she said, "You know where to find me."

I stood still, not finding enough composure to turn and walk back to my room. I heard my mom call my name but I was already off in my room crying on my bed like I do every day. I wasn't crying because of what Isabelle said, because what she said I already knew. I was crying because of the dream I had... I shouldn't call it a dream, because that's not what it was... it was a memory.

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