Hello everyone! I just wanted to say thankyou to those review I've gotten, which are like four in total, lol. But seriously, the reviews help me so much, I love reading them.

Also, I'm so sorry I suck at updating. I'm a pro procastinator, which means that it takes me several days to write a chapter, and the last week of school was kind of hectic for me, BUT I'M FINALLY FREE FROM SCHOOL! I'm the happiest person alive right now. But Just because I don't have school doesn't mean I don't have other things to do. For example, I'm at our summer cottage A LOT, and I don't have the opportunity to write there. Second, I SAW LITTLE MIX! I went to their concert for the Summer Shout Out Tour and I absolutely loved them!3 Are there any mixers here btw?

So here is chapter three everyone! I hope you enjoy!

Tessa POV

Tessa was walking to school. Sophie had called her and asked for Tessa to talk to Cecily Herondale and explain to her about the situation, to kind of warn her, but not to tell anyone else. Of course Tessa knew who Cecily Herondale was, but so did everyone else. She was one of the cheerleaders, and was also in Tessa's track & field group and her English class, however, the two didn't really talk, because Cecily was the social butterfly while Tessa mostly kept to herself. It wasn't like she never talked, because Tessa did have smalltalk with her classmates quite often, but she didn't really have friends she would talk to outside of school.

As Tessa entered school, she was so lost in her own thoughts she accidentally bumped into someone and dropped a few books.

"Oh my God, I'm so sorry, I sould've watched where I was going," Tessa rambled as she knelt down and picked up the books. When she stood back up, Tessa saw who she'd bumped into. It was a short girl with flaming red hair, freckles everywhere and stunning green eyes.

The girl smiled at Tessa and said a little sheepisly, "Thank you. I'm really sorry, I didn't mean to bump into you like that. I'm just new here and was searching where to go for my next class."

Tessa smiled and asked, "What class do you have next?"

The girl had a grim face and said, "History with Mr. Starkweather." Tessa had to admit, she didn't like history that much either, but she smiled since she, too, had history.

"Me too, I can show you to your class if you'd like."

"That would be amazing, thank you. I'm Clary by the way."

"Tessa," she said as they walked towards the history classroom.

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Cecily POV

"Ugh. Seriously Sophie?" Cecily muttered to herself as she put her phone in her backpack. She'd tried to call Sophie at least five times that day to ask where she was, but just her luck, Sophie didn't answer. No one else knew either where she was. Cecily was in the girls' changing room, about to get ready for track and field, when she heard someone say her name. Cecily spun around and was met by a girl from her team, Tessa. Cecy smiled at her.

"Hey, what is it?" Tessa looked a little nervous.

"I was wondering if I could talk to you? It's kind of important.."

She was cut off when our trainer came to the room and everyones' heads snapped towards her while she yelled, "Everyone hurry up! We have to train extra for the competition next week!" and people started to hurry with putting their bags into the lockers.

Cecily turned back to Tessa and smiled. "Can we talk after practice instead?"

Tessa smiled and said, "Yeah, sure."

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Cecily was about to go and talk to Tessa since the practice had ended when she heard her brother shout her name. When she looked back, she saw Will running towards her. He'd just had football practice and was going to drive the two of them home. "Will, I'll meet you at the car! I have to talk to someone real quick!" Will furrowed his brows, but shrugged and turned on his heel and started walking towards the parking lot. Cecily continued walking towards Tessa.

"Hey Tessa, do you mind if we walk to the parking lot as we talk?" Cecily asked Tessa. "My brother's waiting for me," she said when she reached Tessa, who was packing her bag and putting her jacket on. She didn't mind, so they started walking.

"So what did you want to talk to me about?" Cecily asked curiously. Tessa looked a little nervous and uncomfortable.

"Well, I don't really know how I should say it, but it's about Sophie.."

"Did something happen? Do you know her?" Cecily asked, a little alarmed. She didn't know Tessa and Sophie knew each other.

"I mean, we've talked occasionally, but we're not friends excactly. But, um, anyway, Sophie was in an accident – well actually, not an accident, but something similar. Okay, so Spohie asked me to tell you this, but she's not ready for everyone to know. So can you keep quiet about it?" Cacily nodded, wanting for Tessa to continue since she was getting really worried.

"So yesterday, I was walking in the neighborhood when I heard a scream from Sophie's house." Tessa told her. "A moment later someone, who turned out to be Sophie's boyfriend, came out from the house, and he looked really angry."

"Wait, her boyfriend? Teddy?" Cecily asked confused.

"Well if that''s what his name is, then yes," Tessa said. "Well, technically he's her ex-boyfriend now. Anyway, he stormed off, and when he was gone, I went to check if something had happened. I knocked, but no one answered, so I opened the door. In the hall, Sophie was unconcious on the floor with blood all over her face." Cecily gasped, blood running cold. Surely Teddy couldn't have done that? Sophie always talked about how sweet Teddy was to her. Tessa looked at Cecily with worry in her eyes before continuing.

"I called 911, and waited in the hospital when the doctors checked her. Apparently, she hit her head, and her ex-boyfriend had drawn a cut on her left cheek, from her lip to her temple. And Sophie's so scared now, because she's going to have a permanent cut on her cheek. Since I knew what had happened anyway, she asked me to tell you, but not to tell anyone else. She's also not really ready to meet any of her friends, but she could call you today."

After Tessa stopped talking, Cecily didn't know what to think. She wanted to be there for Sophie, but how could she, if Sophie wanted to be left alone? Cecily turned to Tessa. "Thank you for telling me, I really appreciate it." Tessa smiled at her.

"I'm sure Sophie will want to talk to you soon, she just seemed really scared of what people are going to say." Tessa seemed so nice, genuine. Cecily nodded and changed the subject to get her mind off Sophie, even though she was worried about her. They had a bit of smalltalk, until she asked for Tessa's help.

"Hey, I know this is super random, but you're good at English, right? At least, that's what I've heard. " Tessa and Cecily didn't have the same English class, but she really needed help with an essay.

"Um, I guess I'm not too bad," she said furrowing her brows.

"Great! Could you please help me with this essay that we have to write in my class?" Cecily asked. "Essays really aren't my strong point, and I could really use some help, but my brother, Will refuses to help me, even though he's really good at that stuff." she scoffed.

"Sure, no problem. Is after school tomorrow okay?"

"That's perfect. Meet me in the locker hall after school tomorrow then. I really have to go now, so bye," Cecily said as she waved to Tessa and went to the car.

During the whole ride home though, she just couldn't get Sophie off her head. She was worried about her, since Sophie was one of her closest friends. When Cecily got home she went to her room to take a nap, which ended up in her sleeping for the rest of the day.

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Clary POV (The next day)

Clary was walking to her next class, with Isabelle. She was one of those bubbly, popular girls who absolutely loved shopping, no joke. She talked about fashion so often, but Clary didn't really mind, because she was also really lovely and it was nice to have someone to talk to.

"So, I heard your cousins are moving here. Are they coming to this school?" she asked Izzy, as she was called.

"Yes, Gideon and Gabriel, " Izzy said. "Gabriel's in our year, but Gideons actually a year older. However, they were homeschooled at the same time, and Gideon ended uplearning excactly the same stuff as Gabriel, so he's going to be in our grade when he comes here. Their dad apparently wanted them to continue with homeschooling, but Gideon and Gabriel apparently didn't like the idea," she mused.

"What about their mom?" Izzy's face immediately turned grim and Clary realized she probably should have kept quiet instead of being nosy.

"Sorry, I probably shouldn't have asked.."

"No, seriously, it's fine." Izzy assured. "We just don't talk about it a lot. Their mom got lung cancer and died when me and Gabriel were 7. It was really hard for all of us, because we used to see each other a lot as kids, but it was especially hard for their dad. He just got a lot more strict and never really did anything with his sons, and then they suddenly moved to Madrid." I nodded, and we let the subject go.

When they turned around the corner, Clary could see the dark-haired boy from last week, who also had talked to her a few times after that. Sebastian, she thought. He was leaning against the wall next to the door that lead to the math classroom, where Izzy and Clary were going. When he saw them, he smirked and pushed himself off the wall and waited for them to come. Clary just ignored him and walked right past him – or at least tried to, because Sebastian grabbed her left arm when she was supposed to enter class. Isabelle also stopped when she noticed Clary wasn't walking next to her anymore. She turned around, and immediately glared at Sebastian, though Clary didn't understand why. She didn't like Sebastian, but she also didn't really get why everyone seemed to hate him so much.

But when Sebastian grabbed her arm, she felt like she'd faint right there. Not because of the pain, but the horrid memories that hid touch triggered. Clary froze instantly at his touch, but he didn't seem to notice, for he was looking at Isabelle.

"Something on my face, miss Lightwood?" Sebastian asked her.

"Yeah, a big nose and a mouth that rarely says something people actually want to hear," Isabelle responded with venom in her voice. Sebastian sighed, then turned to Clary. He leaned toward her so his lips were just next to her ear.

"You look really good today Clary, as you always do. We should go out sometime," he whispered, and then let go of her arm and walked away like he just hadn't acted like a creep. Well, at least in Clary's mind he acted like a creep.

"Clary, are you alright? You look a little pale," Isabelle said. Clary was pulled out of her reverie and tried to relax, because her body was tense and she could still feel Sebastian's grip on her arm.

"Yeah, I'm fine," Clary said, although she wasn't too sure about that herself. "I just didn't sleep very well." This seemed to convince Isabelle, at least enough for her to drop the subject. Clary, however, couldn't stop thinking about all the her so called father had gripped her by the arm, or around the neck. So she focused on breathing, in through the nose, out through the mouth, ecause there was no way she would get a panic attack here, in school, in the middle of the day. She focused on rubbing her hands with her thumbs, like she always did to calm herself down. Stay calm, no one's going to hurt you, she repeated to herself as class started. Eventually, after a while she was able to completely calm down and continue normally with the lesson. Isabelle sent her a little worried look, but started then talking to Magnus Bane, whom Clary didn't know, but apparently planned all the outfits for the cheer team.

When school ended, Clary was extremely thankful and wanted nothing more than to go home.

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Cecily POV

Cecily was in the hall, waiting for Tessa to come. Will had already gone off to the car with Jem, who pretty much lived with the Herondales. Not that anyone had anything against it, because it was hard not to love Jem. Ever since the thing with Ella, Jem had been one of the few people who were able to cause a smile on Will's face. Cecily didn't kknow if she liked that or not. Obviously she was happy that Will had someone like Jem, but it was a bit upsetting when Cecily was never able to make Will laugh

"Cecily?" she heard Tessa say from behind. She turned, and saw her, tall with black jeans and a dark blue sweater on, carrying a black fabric bag over her shoulder with all her books, and her hair in a messy bun. She smiled at Cecily. "Hey, should we go?"

"Yeah, let's go. My brother and his friend, Jem, are already in the car."

"Okay," Tessa said and smiled at Cecily. "Isn't your brother in the same grade as you?" she asked after a small pause.

"Well yeah, but we're not twins or anything," Cecily explained. "Will was born in January, and I was born February the next year. However, when we moved here from Wales when I was four and Will five years old, We weren't really good with English so instead of going to normal daycare, we just had a babysitter who was also a teacher and so we ended up going to the same grade when we finally started school. Luckily, we only share two classes so he doesn't have to get on my nerves all the time." She added with a small laugh.

They reached the car, where the boys were already waiting. When they were inside, Jem turned and smiled at Tessa.

"Oh, hi Tessa, I didn't know you were the one who's going to help Cecy with her essay," he said.

"Oh, Tessa Gray, is it?" Will asked while looking at her in the rearview mirror. "You're always in the library during the breaks, aren't you?" Tessa seemed a little surprised at this, but quickly recovered.

"Yes, I am. I didn't anyone would pay attention to that though," Tessa replied. Will grinned at her.

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"But I am the magnificent Will Herondale, I know everything and everyone," he said and Tessa blushed.

"Oh my God Will, that makes you sound like a stalking teenage girl," Cecily pointed out., to which jem and Tessa laughed.

"But I'm much more handsome than you, darling sister," Will said with a smirk.

"I am not a stalking teenage girl!" Cecily gasped.

"Please, remember when you were on your phone and.." Will started, but Jem cut him off.

"Okay William, let's spare little Cecily here," he said, and Cecily glared at both of the boys. The rest of the ride Will seemed pretty...intrested in Tessa and they talked about many of the books they'd both read. At first it was quite a friendly chat, however, when particular book came up, a small argument stood up.

"Come on, A Tale of Two Cities isn't nearly as good as some people say. I don't see how you can like that book," Will argued with Tessa. Tessa looked mildly schocked t what she heard.

"Excuse me, that book will always remain as my favorite book! It is such a beautiful story, you just have to learn to appreciate these kinds of books." They continued arguing for a few minutes, but then they luckily arrived at the Herondale's house.

It was a big house, at least bigger than what a family of four would need, but Cecy loved it. They had an old, white shingle style house with a black roof, a wide round porch around the main entrance and a terrace that went along the front ide of the house. In front of the house was a garage and a driveway with a water fountain in the center, and around the fountain was different types of flowers that Cecily's mom, Linette, loved to take care of. There were much more flowers in the backyard, were they also had benches and fairylights hanging from the trees, which had been Cecily's idea.

Although Cecily preffered the outside part of the house, the inside was just as beutiful too. It was still old-looking, yet bright. The floor was a dark wood, and the walls in the house were mostly white, spare for the walls in the bedrooms. When you entered the house, you were met by a hall that led to a wide staircase. The dining room to the right had huge windows, as well as a black table and chairs and was connected to a big, white kitchen with marble tops. To the left was the living room. It had a high ceiling and big windows like in the dining room, where you could see some of the trees at the edge of the garden. At the wall in front of the living room entrance was a grey stone frieplace, and at the wall to the right were some paintings and a shelf with different decorations. There was a big beige L-shaped couch in the middle of the room, and two armchairs in the same colour. At the other end of the living room, as well as the kitchen, were two doors. The one in the living room led to the library, and the one in the kitchen led to the utility room, which in turn led to the training room, which had it's own shower and sauna. In the training room was another door that led to the backyard.

When they got inside, Cecily quickly took Tessa's hand and dragged her up the stairs into the big living room-type room that went around the staircase opening, with a gray loveseat and armchair, as well as a TV. At the opposite end of the staircase opening was a door that led into the hall where everyone's bedrooms were. Cecilys room was to the left in that hall. It had three white walls and a lavender-coloured one to the left when you opened the door. Against the purple wall was a queen-size bed with a white bedspread, and to the opposite wall from the door a big window were you could see the driveway and the street from. To the right was a vanity and a white wardrobe, And the wall where the door was held a dresser and a body-length mirror with pictures of Cecily and her friends and family. It was quite clear that Cecily was a 'girly girl', and also very messy; there were a lot of light-coloured, flowy clothes on the bed, and lots of haircare- and makeup products on the vanity. On the dresser were schoolbooks and different chargers for phone, laptop, and camera.

Cecily took her laptop and some notes the teacher had given them about the essay, and so she and Tessa started working.

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Tessa POV

Tessa was reading through Cecily's essay. After a few hours of work and some snack Cecily's mom had brought the girls, Cecily's essay was finally done and she seemed proud of her work, which she had every right to be.

"You're definitely going to get a good grade from this essay, it's actually really good," Tessa said to Cecily. "I like how you've included different views of the same subject..." she trailed off when she heard she got a message. She checked her her phone, and noticed she had gotten a message from Sophie. She quickly read it, then smiled and turned to Cecily. "Would you like to go to Sophie's?"

"What? Right now?" Cecily asked.

"Yes, she wanted me to take you there. That is, if you're okay with it," Tessa said. Cecily beamed and was already running out of her room, with Tessa closely behind her. When they got outside, they took Cecily's car – a black BMW - and quickly drove over to Sophie's.

When they finally reached her house Tessa had barely time to unbuckle her seatbelt before Cecily was already out of the car and knocking on Sophie's door. Tessa quickly got out of the car and followed Cecily, and after a while Sophie opened the door. She stood there, in pyjamas, hair up in a bun, a huge band-aid on her cheek and a shy look on her face.

"Oh Sophie," Cecily, already on the verge of tears, said and hugged her friend so tightly it looked like Sophie couldn't breathe. "I'm so sorry for what that bastard did for you, I promise he's going to pay for it, and if I ever see him again I'm so going to kill him."

Sophie hugged Cecily quickly before they separated and she invited the girls in. Tessa felt a bit like she was invading their privacy since Sophie and Cecily were such close close friends and Tessa was..well..not. However, while Sophie and Cecily went to the licing room so Sophie could explain everything again, Tessa went to the kitchen and made some tea for them.

While the water was boiling, Tessa decided to look around in the house – just a bit, she told herself, for it was impolite to walk around in someone else's house like this. Sophie lived in a very cosy tree-house. In the hall, next to the door, was a wardrobe where the family probably held wintercoats, hats, boots and such. The wardrobe had two gliding doors with big mirrors. Beside the wardrobe was a staircase, but Tessa didn't dare to go upstairs. The kitchen was to the left at the end of the hall, next to the staircase, with black and white furniture. From the kitchen one could see the living room, though not all of it; Tessa could hear Sophie and Cecily's voices, but couldn't see them sitting there. Next to the living room, closer to the door, was a big bathroom with a round bath that stood against the wall and – separately from the bath - a shower.

When the tea was ready, Tessa found a tray to put it on and carried it to the living room. Cecily and Sophie both thanked and started drinking the tea.

"So, Tessa, we were thinking, don't you think it'd be so much fun to have a girls' night?" Cecily asked her. "We could have a sleepover at my house, my parents are going away on a business trip so it would be just us, my brother and maybe some of his friends."

"Um, yeah, that does sound quite fun," Tessa said, "although I don't understand why you're asking me." At this, Cecily rolled her eyes playfully.

"Because you're invited. You, me, and Sophie," she said.

"Me?" Tessa asked, a bit incredulous. "Really? Why me?"

"Because I like you," Cecily simply stated. "So, can you come over on Friday at about 6 p.m.?" Tessa smiled brightly, she hadn't had a sleepover in such a long time.

"Yeah, that sounds really fun," she said

The girls continued talking like they had known each other forever, which was surprising to Tessa, because she didn't usually get friends this easily. Although, is it really a good thing for me to get friends? What if they find out about what Nate does to me? She thought to herself. Well, she would just have to suck it up and do everything she could so they wouldn't find out, because there was no way she would lose the two new friends she'd gotten.

A/N Thank you for reading this chapter! I know I focused more on the thing with Sophie in this chapter, but I really don't want to rush the storyline. However, I did give you a little piece of Clary there, didn't I? ;) And as you guys can probably see, I love getting into detail when I write about houses, lol. It's just that especially the Herondales' house is a house I would LOVE to move in one day and I that makes me want to write about it. Anyways, and particular POV/event you would like to happen in the next chapter? Put it in the reviews in that case!

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Ps. I finally have a beta reader, but this chapter isn't proofread because I'm not going to be able to upload for a really long time from now, so I wanted to put this chapter up as soon as possible!