Chapter 3

Last chapter! Hope you liked this story. I might continue it if anyone wants me to.

According to Maia, they were doing volleyball in Gym. Clary winced. She was terrible at all things sporty, and had warned Maia away from her.

"Hmmm," Maia grinned wickedly. "It seems that all of the girlfriends happen to be in the same class today..."

The class had been split up by gender, and the girls were sitting on the benches. Maia had disappeared, and now Clary was sandwiched between 2 pairs of gossiping girls. On her right, a brunette with sparkling blue eyes whispered excitedly. Isabelle.

"Oh my gosh, I had the best. Date. Ever last night," the girl gushed. "It was so romantic, and we had dinner, and then we went walking in the park..." Clary rolled her eyes. On her other side, a girl murmured quietly to her friend, something about "the perfect date" and "... so romantic..." and then, as they were walking to the volley ball courts.

"Who is it, Alex?" the other girl pleaded. "I want to know!" Clary remembered that this was Alex Herondale, school slut.

Alex giggled quietly, and said (not as quietly) "I went out with Jace Wayland!"

"WHAT?" The outraged cry came from Isabelle, head of the cheerleading squad, and the girl from Clary's other side. From the other side of the net, Maia winked at Clary as an Asian girl impatiently threw the ball up and down.

"What do you mean, 'what'?" snarled Alex. "I. Went. Out . With. Jace. Wayland."

This caught the Asian girl's attention. As she was serving.

"But I'm going out with him!" Asian girl smacked the ball over the net. And into Alex's face.

"What the hell was that for, bitch?" Alex hissed.

"Guys, stop fighting," ordered Isabelle. "We all know that Jace belongs to me." What was her name? Clary wondered.

"Isabelle, SHUT UP!" Asian girl shrieked. "Jace is my boyfriend! He's MINE!"

"Yeah, right, Aline!" sneered Alex.

"Shut up, Alex! He's my boyfriend! How dare you go out with him!" Aline – Asian girl – screamed wildly.

Meanwhile, Isabelle picked up the offending volleyball, and hurled it at Aline. "Stay away from my Jace!"

"Your Jace?" Both Alex and Aline picked up volleyballs and chucked it at Isabelle, who ducked and screamed.

"Jace is MINE!" Alex screeched.

"NO, HE'S MINE!" Aline squealed as a volleyball flew towards her.

"Everyone knows Jace belongs with the head cheerleader – who happens to be me!" Isabelle taunted.

"As if!" Aline spat. "I have the brains, and the looks, to go out with Jace."

"Stop being ridiculous!" Alex shouted. "Jace and I have been going out after he broke it off with that slut Cindy."

"Look who's talking, Alex," Isabelle retorted. "You're the slut, not Cindy!"

"Guys, stop it!" Clary pleaded. It was useless. The three offended girls were throwing volleyballs mercilessly at each other - and Clary. "Ow!"

The last cry came as the whistle blew.

"Girls!" The coach looked furious. "What kind of behaviour is this? Detention for Aline, Alex, Isabelle and Clarissa!"

"What?" Clary protested. "I didn't even do anything!"

"Shut it, Miss Fray."

In the library...

"Miss Penhallow, over there. Miss Lightwood, sit here. Miss Herondale, on that table. And you, Miss Fray," the teacher tutted. "I expected better of a new student. You're sitting next to Miss Herondale."

The girls sat in their appointed seats and glared at each other, Clary caught in the middle of the menacing stares.

"Jace is mine!" Aline hissed quietly.

"No, he's not!" Alex whisper-shouted at her.

Aline spoke up. "Listen, you guys. I've already talked to him, and he told me that he," she lowered her voice. "You know, felt sorry for you." Aline shrugged shamelessly and continued. "He also said that you two were jealous, because Jace and I share something special. It's something that we-"

Isabelle butted in. "It's something that we can't name, because it's an unspoken bond. He also loves how secure I am and-"

"How do you know what Jace said to me?" Aline glared. "NO WAY! How dare you listen in on our private conversations?"

Isabelle shook her head frantically. "I didn't! He said that to me as well-"

"And it hurts me to know that you would even question it," A horrified Alex ignored the two, and continued.

"Because you are the only girl for me!" The three girls finished quoting Jace's words together.

"It can't be true!" Alex tried to deny it. "I mean, he loves me! He's mine!"

"NO, he's mine!" Isabelle retorted.

"SHUT UP!" Clary shouted. The librarian turned around and glared. Clary flushed and looked back at the girls.

"What I mean to say is that Jace is dating you all! He's a player!" Clary explained furiously.

"Jace would never do that to me!" Isabelle protested.

Only Aline understood. "My Jace?" she asked sadly.

Clary rolled her eyes. "Yes, Jace."

Alex was still confused. "But Jace and I share an unbreakable love! Whatever you have with my Jacey is nothing!"

"Look guys," Clary said seriously. "You can't believe that. He's a player. And right now, he's playing you guys."

Isabelle frowned. "Who are you? How would you know about Jace?"

"I'm Clary. And let me tell you that I have a lot of experience about these kind of guys. Maia also explained it to me," Clary said, referring to all her mother's dodgy boyfriends. "Let's see – he calls you nicknames, like 'sweetie' or 'honey' or 'baby'." The 3 girls nodded.

"It's not out of affection. He just calls you those names so he doesn't get your real names mixed up."Alex gasped.

"Also, because he's' dating girls from different cliques, the girls can't guess that he's dating other girls. Girls from different cliques don't really talk to each other, right? I'm gonna guess, and say this is the first time you guys have ever talked to each other. "

They nodded again.

"Wait a second," Isabelle accused. "You're not dating him too, are you?"

Clary made a face. "Ew, now way. I would never date player like him. Not to mention my brother Jonathon would kill him."

"Ooh, you mean that new hottie?" Aline giggled.

"Uh, yes. That's him. Anyway, if I was dating a guy like Jace, I would-"

"Break up with him, I know, I know," Alex finished. "But Jace would only date some other girls. Besides,

Clary smirked. "Actually, I was gonna say that I would get even."

The librarian came over, glaring. "Your detention's over, girls. Get out!"

They shuffled out of the library, Clary heading towards her brother.

"Clary! Wait!" Isabelle called out, Aline and Alex trailing her.

"We want to get revenge on Jace," Alex whispered dangerously as they approached Clary.

"I'm against the killing of animals, but I'm making an exception in Jace's case!" Aline declared.

Isabelle smiled and nodded. "I'm pretty curious about your plan, Clary."

Clary shook her head. "Look guys, what makes you think that I would know how to get revenge on the Jace Wayland? I'm the newbie." She continued walking towards Jonathon.\

"Clary!" Isabelle called again. "If we did it without you, we wouldn't get anything done – not to mention we'd probably go crazy again."

"You showed us what Jace is like," Aline added solemnly.

"And that we have something in common now," Alex added.

"Get revenge on Jace Wayland! Take him DOWN!" Isabelle cheered.

"Oh," Clary said. She hadn't realised what a big effect she had made. But to take down Jace Wayland, Golden Boy of the school? Clary grinned viciously.

"Hell yeah."