Chapter 2

Isabelle sat at her black desk, her chin in her palm. She sighed, she was thinking of Simon and how they had first met, Clary had brang in a pathetic, twiggy mundie in the institute and he couldn't keep his eyes off her, when he went to leave, she walked him out know one else knew what had happened; Isabelle had tried to cheer him up and he had kissed her. She didn't try to stop him, when he stopped he's checks were flushed and his eyes glistened. After that she tried hard not to kiss him, so there she sat thinking about her Simon. A knock at the door awoke Isabelle from her day dreaming, Isabelle turned around and Clary's head popped around the door.

"Hey, Clary. How are you?" Isabelle said standing and lead Clary to Isabelle's double bed. Clary smiled and then started crying.

"Oh, Isabelle" Clary, hugged Isabelle. Isabelle stroked her head trying to calm her; she could feel Clary's tears soaking through her long purple V-neck.

"What's the matter?" Isabelle asked tucking away extra strands of red curls from Clary's face, she wiped at Clary's tears from her cheeks.

"It's Jace. I know he loves me, but I'm not so sure I feel the same way anymore" Clary brang her knees up to her chin, and sighed.

"What do you mean?"

"I mean, I don't love him anymore, like when we kiss I used to feel something my whole world would turn upside down, but now I don't feel anything. I feel numb" Clary said, she started rocking backwards and forewords.

"Is that it?" Isabelle said laughing. Clary death glared her.

"This isn't funny, I'm also moving. To Australia, in two hours, I came in to say goodbye and...Do you reckon you could tell Jace that I'm sorry and…." She dragged on " I love him?" She stood up and wiped her tears and hugged Isabelle one last time. Isabelle hugged back and walked outside with Clary. She protested about telling Jace with her, but Clary insisted, she wouldn't be able to tell him the truth and that would just cause them both more pain. Isabelle saw Simon's black van on the sidewalk, Simon casually leaning against it's polished black door.

"You know that it is illegal to park on a sidewalk, Simon" Isabelle said approaching the van.

"You know it, babe" Simon answered back, when Clary got in, she shut the door and smiled at Isabelle. Isabelle waved as the black van took Clary to the airport. Isabelle, felt something inside her die, as much as she hated Clary, she loved her like a sister and now she was gone. A cold wind blew Isabelle's hair and she wrapped her muscly arms around her curvy body, she looked down the street a woman carrying a baby, huddled in the cold wind, struggling to get home. Something deep down inside Isabelle felt sympathetic as the woman hurried past her, and some other part of her wished she had what the woman had. Isabelle shook her head and went back inside, she closed the door and went to the elevator and met Jace there.

"Hey, Are you okay? What's up?" Jace said touching her shoulder, the doors of the elevator closed shut. Isabelle told him everything; she felt Jace's hand leave her shoulder, she lifted her head up and saw him in the corner of the elevator.

"So you mean" he paused "She just left" he whispered. A tear ran down Isabelle cheek, and she nodded. Jace' shoulders shudder, Isabelle turned him around, his face was pale, his eyes blank; but he didn't cry Isabelle knew he was strong, but on the inside he was hurting like crazy.

"I tried to talk her out of it, but she doesn't listen" Isabelle, cried and collapsed on the floor, her head hung with shame and her heart twisted, wanting to tell him what Clary had said.

"I know you did, Izzy. Her stubbornness is what I feel in love with to start with," Jace said, patting her back and helping her up. The elevator doors opened with a little noise, Jace stepped outside and left Isabelle in the cold corridor. Isabelle made her way back to her room; thoughts were rampaging around her head like an elephant in the jungle. She swayed this way and that way and finally ended up in her room, she soon collapsed on her bed and was left to think about Clary and Jace. Especially Jace, he had never really truly loved another woman like he had loved Clary, would he ever get over her? As Isabelle's head hit the pillow, her phone buzzed on her bedside table. It was Simon:

Hey baby cakes,

I'm coming back around after I drop Clary off, I want to take you somewhere special,

Love you xxxxxxxxo

Isabelle smiled at the text message, she loved how Simon put so many X's and only one O, it was like he was saying I will kiss you lots of times and only hug you once.