An update! About a week earlier than I planned, but I'm going away this weekend and then quite busy next week, so I thought I would update now! Also, part of the reason I'm busy next week is because it's my birthday! So here's an early birthday present from me to you xx

Clary made a face at her reflection as she stared at the dress that she had picked out. It was one of Isabelle's which meant it sit a bit bit differently on her than it had with her friend, but it didn't look bad. In a way, she was glad that it sit differently, because on Isabelle, it barely covered her ass, so at least it reached mid-thigh on her. It was cold shoulder fashion, with short sleeves clinging to her upper arms, and a couple of straps of material crossing over her cleavage. The bra she was wearing did wonders for her cleavage, which definitely wasn't one of her strongest assets, and after regarding herself in the mirror for a moment later, she moved to her wardrobe to find a pair of shoes.

"Oi! Bitch! We come here to celebrate and you're not even ready!" Isabelle Lightwood yelled, and Clary could hear her friend getting closer, her heels clicking on the wooden floor of the hallway. Her door opened and Isabelle stepped in, looking incredible in a glittering green and black dress. "Shit, girl, you look better in that than I do."

"Fuck off," Clary laughed as she found a pair of gladiator heels that went well with the style of dress she was wearing. "I don't think anyone ever looks better than you do."

"This is true," Isabelle smirked as she fell down on the corner of Clary's bed, bouncing a couple of time. "Anyway, Simon is out there talking about the newest building he's working on, and I'm pretty sure Jace is going to pass out in boredom, so we should probably get out there and save him."

"I love how you say that, 'the newest building he's working on'," Clary snorted. "Makes it sound as though Simon has actually done physical labor. Which I'm pretty sure he's never done in his life!"

"Well," Isabelle wiggled her eyebrows up and down. "I'll have you know that Simon gets involved in some very physical activity one to two times a week!" Clary snorted again and shook her head.

"Only one to two times?" She asked.

"Well, when you're single, you go out on the prowl and hump like a bunny," Isabelle stated. "But I'll have you know that when you're settled down and practically married, having someone who will massage your feet and tell you that you look beautiful when you're two days into your period and your face is broken out in acne, that's even better than sex." Clary tilted her head to the side as she regarded Isabelle, a disbelievingly look on her face.

"Is it, though? Is it really?" Clary asked and Isabelle pursed her lips together, considering it for a moment before letting out a laugh.

"Okay, it's not as good, but it's definitely a close second," she conceded and Clary grinned.

"Alright, let's get out there and save Jace," Clary said as she stood up, the heels she was wearing putting some height on her, but given Isabelle was already taller than her and wearing heels, she was still an inch or so shorter than the dark haired girl. They walked out to the lounge, where Simon was standing and Jace was in the adjoining kitchen, cutting up a lemon on the chopping board on the bar.

"Tequila?" Isabelle scrunched up her nose. "I've had some bad nights on tequila."

"Like that time when you went up to Simon and asked if he would have your babies? And got really upset when he told you that it wasn't physically possible for him to have them? And then I had to hold your hair back in the toilets because you were crying so hard you made yourself throw up?" Clary snorted and Isabelle shoved at her friend.

"Fuck you," she said with a good-natured laugh as she walked over to where Simon was standing.

"Well, let's see if you can manage to keep your shirt on this time, and don't give any old men a lap dance," Jace grinned as he pushed three shot glasses across to the other side of the bench for his three friends.

"I'll have you know that was jägermeister, thank you very much," Isabelle said snootily as she picked up the tequila and then lifted her hand to her mouth, licking the side before holding it out to Jace. He poured salt carefully along the side of her hand, and then waited as Simon and Clary did the same thing. He finally licked the palm of his own hand and poured salt on it before picking up his shot glass.

"To Clary," Jace smiled widely at her, and Clary grinned back, tilting her head to the side. "For finally getting noticed for her incredible talent. And for not having to film and take photos of girls fake moan and guys take viagra to get it up anymore."

"I'll drink to that!" Clary clinked her shot glass against Jace's, and then Isabelle and Simon's in turn, before licking the salt off her hand and throwing the tequila. Tequila definitely wasn't her favourite drink, she had drunk way to much of it when she was in high school, but she didn't mind starting her night off with a few shots of it.

"Eesh!" Isabelle winced as she reached for a wedge of lemon, shoving it into her mouth and sucking it on. Jace grinned at the sour expression on Simon's face, the bespectacled man looking as though he may not be able to swallow it all down, but he forced himself, and then took the lemon wedge that Jace held out to him. "Oh, baby. You're adorable." Simon rolled his eyes at her as he pulled the wedge out of his mouth and tossed it next to the other three.

"Another round?" Jace prompted with a grin as he picked up the tequila bottle.

"No!" Simon protested as there was a knock at the door. The visitors who had just arrived didn't wait for an answer, opening up the door and walking in.

"Biscuit!" Magnus Bane cried out. "Congratulations on not having to watch sweaty men get it on with girls who look like they're twelve!" Alexander Lightwood was close behind his boyfriend, and he rolled his eyes with a fond smile as he dodged around Magnus when he stopped short to wrap his arms around Clary and hug the petite girl close.

"I see you've already started shots," Alec said in an amused tone as he moved to stand next to Jace.

"Just one," Jace grinned as he grabbed out two more shot glasses from the cupboard and put the down on the bench. "So you guys can easily catch up."

"Not for me," Alec shook his head. "I've got to be at work at seven in the morning."

"Aw," Clary pouted as she turned around to face Alec, one arm still around Magnus. "Does that mean you're going to be leaving us early tonight?" Alec stared at her for a beat, a look of indecision on his face as Clary stuck out her bottom lip further and batted her eyelashes at him. "Please stay?" She asked in a high pitched voice.

"Fiiiine," Alec sighed and both Clary and Isabelle let out a cheer. "But I'm not drinking!"

"That's fine!" Clary assured him as she left Magnus to come over and give Alec a kiss on the cheek. "We wouldn't want you hungover when you're dealing with all your kids tomorrow!"

"Well, I'll be drinking," Magnus said. "So pour me one!"


It was close to eleven o'clock when the group got to the club. Jace strained his neck as they waited in the queue outside to see who was working the door, but he didn't see Sebastian. Sebastian had text him on his break to tell him that he had managed to get someone to cover him from midnight, so he would be joining them after that, and Jace could feel the nerves twisting in his stomach. He wasn't too sure why, because it wasn't as though he was introducing Sebastian as his boyfriend to the group or anything, simply a friend, that he was sleeping with. The last part didn't need to be said, but Jace's friends weren't stupid, they could pick up on things quickly. Especially Clary, because she knew that there was someone that Jace was sort of seeing, and she had figured out it was a guy as well, although she hadn't pushed him for further details when she had sensed that it wasn't something he wanted to talk about.

"Clary!" Came a call after they had gotten into the club, and Clary strained to try and see who was calling out. Jace couldn't stop a smile from breaking out across his face as he leaned forward so that his mouth was close to his ear.

"Do you need a lift up?" He teased her lightly and Clary made a face and slapped him playfully on the arm. He didn't think he had ever told her before, because it probably wasn't something that he should really be thinking about, but he loved her height, how short she was. He loved how easy it was for him to look down at her, and in the three times where they had had sex, he had used his height to his advantage, lifting her up so that her legs wrapped around her or pressing her into a wall, his hands on her neck, his tall, muscular figure basically blanketing over her smaller one.

Jace blinked his eyes and quickly shook the thoughts about of his head.

It felt kind of disloyal, thinking about Clary like that when he was meeting Sebastian here tonight. He and Sebastian had been clear about both of them being free to see other people, but Jace hadn't really felt the need. He spent most nights with Clary, and weekends with her and his friends, and then when he had an itch to scratch, he would text Sebastian.

"Clary!" Maia appeared out of the crowd of people, and her and Clary hugged quickly, Maia kissing her firmly on the mouth. Jace raised an eyebrow at that and tried to ignore that pang in his stomach, because he knew that Clary didn't have anything serious with Maia, but that didn't stop Jace from being jealous that it was Maia that Clary was kissing, not him. "Hey, everyone!" She grinned at the group of friends that were surrounding Clary.

"Hey, girl," Magnus had a wide smile on his face as he leaned in to give her a hug. "I think we need to get some drinks!" There was a cheer from Isabelle and Clary, and Alec's eyes widened in dramatized horror as he exchanged looks with Jace, who grinned and shook his head. Magnus lead the way, with Isabelle and Simon close behind, Maia and Alec next, and Clary falling behind so that she was just half a step in front of Jace, her hand stretching out behind her, toward Jace. Jace took her hand, fingers slipping together easily as they made their way to the bar.

"Let me take care of this," Isabelle gave a coy smile to Magnus and tapped him out of the way with her hip, before taking his place at the counter. She rested her breasts on the counter, leaning forward and tipping her head back so that her pretty face was tilted upwards. It was only seconds before one of the bartenders came over, ignoring a few other people who had been waiting at the bar longer than them. Isabelle ordered them all a round, rattling off their drinks impressively, only faltering when coming to Maia's, given the girl wasn't usually out with them.

"Nicely done," Clary grinned as she was passed a raspberry looking concoction, and Isabelle passed out the rest of the drinks as the bartender quickly made them and passed them over. Alec took over from there, paying for the first round. Given how often they went out for dinners and brunches and drink together, they all just took turns paying as they went. "Alright," Clary said as they managed to find a gap at one of the tables, a few girls with bright coloured drinks at the other end. "I just wanted to say thank you, to all you pretty people, for all your support and for believing in me. You're all beautiful and amazing," she grinned widely and held her drink up, and her friends cheered as they all clinked their glasses together and drank from them.

It only took half an hour or so before the girls—and Magnus—were buzzed and bouncing around and ready to dance. Isabelle tried to get Simon to join them, but he had had nowhere near enough alcohol to get his awkward ass out on the dance floor, and so she gave up and linked fingers with Clary, and they merged into the crowd of gyrating people. From where Alec, Simon and Jace were left standing at the high table, up a couple steps from the mosh pit of people, they were able to see the tops of their friends heads bobbing up and down, and would only occasionally get glimpses of their faces when the spotlights spun in their direction.

The girls down the other end of their table were making eyes at them. Alec shut them down with his usual, charming glare, while Simon just looked flustered when one of the girls wrapped her lips around her straw and sucked on it seductively, and Jace settled for giving them a small, disinterested smile before turning his eyes back to his friends pointedly. He probably would have taken one of the girls—or even potentially two—up on their offer if it was another night, but he had other things on his mind.

He hadn't seen Sebastian yet, but that didn't surprise him. It wasn't too often that Sebastian worked the door at the clubs, he was usually one of the guys who stood inconspicuously in the corners, shoulders squared and a fixed glower on his face. He was tall and had broad shoulders, and a mean looking glare when he wanted one, even though he had a pretty face, and so he looked the part.

He was also nervous to the point where he was struggling to stomach his beer.

"You good?" Alec asked, glancing him out of the side of his eye as Jace finally managed to pull the label off the beer bottle and screw it into a sticky bundle.

"Peachy," Jace replied.

"What's going on? I thought that you were happy for Clary," Alec continued.

"It's got nothing to do with Clary," Jace responded as he lifted his beer to his lips and took a small sip.

"It's always got something to do with Clary," Alec answered knowingly and Jace rolled his eyes. Simon wasn't paying any attention to them, and Jace was glad about that, because even though Simon was his cousins boyfriend, they weren't particularly close, and he didn't want him overhearing.

"I'm meeting someone here tonight," Jace said, his voice lowered. He wasn't sure if Alec actually heard him over the music, or if he just got the gist from the movement of Jace's lips. Alec's eyebrows lifted and he nodded.

"Really? Who is she?" Alec asked.

"Uh, he," Jace corrected and Alec's eyebrows lifted even higher. It wasn't that he didn't know that Jace swung both ways, it was just that generally Jace was usually more interested in females. It wasn't too often that he was with guys, and for him to be introducing him to his friends, it made it seem pretty serious. "It's just...It's only casual, but—"

"But you like him?" Alec concluded and Jace nodded. "Good on you," he looked over to where their friends were dancing, in particular, the red head, who was laughing at something Maia was saying in her ear. "I mean, I love Clary, you know that. But you've been pining over her for so long. I think it's time you moved on."

"I haven't been pining!" Jace protested. Alec snorted and took a sip of his drink. "Well, I like her, but it's not like she's been leading me on. She seems pretty damn oblivious to the way I feel about her, and I've never exactly told her...And she hasn't made a secret that she doesn't want to be in a relationship right now." Alec nodded slowly and then opened his mouth to say something when he was distracted.

"Would that happen to be the guy you're meeting?" Alec asked, sounding impressed. Jace turned his head in the direction that Alec was looking, and he didn't feel quite as anxious as he met Sebastian's eyes. He was on the other side of the club, and the only reason that Jace was able to see him over the crowds of people was because they were in a raised section where their seats were, and Sebastian was also in a raised section, where he could keep a good eye on the crowd.

"Yup," Jace nodded, his eyes still on Sebastian. "He gets off in about an hour I think."

"Well," Alec let out a laugh. "I don't know how intent you are on him, but he definitely seems to be into you. He's staring at you like you're the only person in the room.

Songwise; I've become completely addicted to Julia Michaels and Camila Cabello. Recent favourites of Julia Michaels are Uh-Huh and Worst In Me, and for Camila Cabello, All These Years, Consequences and Somethings Gotta Give. Especially All These Years! Also there's Homeostasis by Nostalghia, which is an older one. Ooh, and White Flag by Bishop Briggs, which is absolutely amazing, and was sent through by Jling.

I'm also still coming down from my Halsey concert high ;) So anything by her is recommended!

So a couple of movies that I've seen over the past month are Ready Player One, Love, Simon, Pacific Rim: Uprising, Red Sparrow and Avengers: Infinity War. Pacific Rim was the typical monster versus robot shit, but no one said it was going to be a masterpiece! Haha. It was good for what it was, a depressing lack of Charlie Hunnam though. Ready Player One was a lot better than I though it would be, although my hubby and his friends enjoyed it a lot more than I did, given they got a lot more of the references. Love, Simon was beautiful and I recommend to all. Red Sparrow was okay, a bit long, and because I'm not the biggest fan of Jennifer Lawrence, that was already a bit of a turn off for me.

Now.

Avengers: Infinity War.

Holy shit.

Amazing.

Bucky saying 'Steve'? Okoye's side eye! M'Bakku being strong and beautiful! Steve's introduction to Groot? LOKI?! Spidey and Iron Man's last scene? Shuri's little moment? Wanda and Vision! Steve's BEARD?! Daddy AF. Pretty much everything Drax related. Thor's entry into earth?! Bucky and Rocket's interaction?! Probably a hundred thousand more things that I just don't have time to mention! I've already fangirled hard with Allieanna, we're both pretty heartbroken. If you want to fangirl with me, send me a message, I am completely down for that.

Let me know what songs you're listening to, if you've seen any of these movies, what you liked about the chapter or what you didn't like and what you think is going to happen next—leave a review, they keep me going :) Let me know if you want a preview as well xx