Disclaimer: I no own Flyleaf nor MI. Sadly.

A/N: This is somewhere after City of Glass

All Around Me- Flyleaf

Clary kept her eyes closed, wanting to savor that last precious seconds of sleep, and stretched her arms out. The crack-crack of her bones felt good and she smiled. Gently, her hand touched soft fabric, warm, familiar hands, taking it. Jace, she thought, her heart picking up a step.

Her eyes fluttered open, sunlight pouring into the room, blinding her momentarily. "Good morning." Jace whispered a soft, gentle smile played across his lips. Clary smiled, sitting up, groaning at stiff muscles from her training.

"Hi." She mumbled sleepily, rubbing her eyes. Jace let go of her hand, switching his position to sit beside her against his headboard. She had come into his room last night, wanting to show him the new rune she had drawn and fell asleep waiting for him while he took a shower, sketchpad clutched in her hands.

Jace had just chuckled, lifted her up and tucked her in, knowing really he should have taken her to her room which was just next door but he too was tired and just too lazy. It's not like Maryse would mind much.

Jace had awoken before Clary had though and he sat and watched her sleep, gently brushing her hair out of her face when it slipped frequently and watched her murmur incoherent things as she slept. Only twice did he catch something and that was his name.

"How'd you sleep?" He asked, taking her hand again, playing with her fingers. Like he, she had long, thin fingers made to stroke piano keys. Or stoke a paintbrush against a blank canvas in her case. "Good…Did I fall asleep in your room?" She asked, looking at the blank walls. It couldn't possibly be her room because her room was painted in a bright lime green and had photos and sketches all around it.

The only thing that hung on Jace's white walls was one very small photo and that was of Jace and Clary at a carnival Clary had dragged him, Isabelle, Alec, Simon and Maia too. Magnus came by default. Isabelle of course had brought a camera, clicking pictures the entire time. She had gotten one of Jace and Clary sharing a sweet cotton candy kiss and Jace had demanded a copy.

Jace chuckled. "Yes. I found you clutching for dear life to your sketch pad. You fell asleep waiting for me to get out of the shower." Again. He thought, thinking back to the horrible memory when he thought she was his sister and she had told him she was disgusted by his affection.

Clary sighed contently, leaning her head against his shoulder. He bent down to kiss her hair, an electric current streaming through her body. Clary, even after a year of knowing Jace, of loving Jace, lost her breath around him. The air became too thick to breathe half the time. It was like Jace had completely surrounded her by his presence. Everywhere she looked, he was all around her.

"I came to show you a rune…" She said, glancing at the discarded sketch pad on the chair. "I saw. We'll have to test it later." He said, completely contented with being alone with her, absorbed in the moment. Before, Jace had thought he was living great. Now, he knew that during that time, it was like he was dead. Now, now that he had Clary and everything was right, he knew he was alive for the first time.

"Jace!" Isabelle cried, pounding on the door."What do you want?" He shouted, annoyed for his adopted sister's disturbance. Clary stared wide-eyed at the door, wondering if she would get in trouble for sleeping in her. Probably not and Isabelle would more than likely only make kissy faces at them for a few days.

"Do you know where my cell phone is?" She asked through the door, not bothering to open the door. "No. Go ask Church. He's got like a built in GPS system. He knows where everything and everyone is at!" Jace said and Clary buried her face in Jace's chest to smother her giggle.

Outside the door Isabelle laughed, walking away. She had heard a quiet, female laugh behind the door and she assumed Clary had slept in Jace's room. For a fleeting second she wondered what had exactly happened but then she remembered she saw Clary was walking almost already asleep through the halls, accidently running into a wall, holding her drawing pad.

Whatever she drew must have been important that she felt the need to walk like the dead to show Jace.

Back in Jace's room, Clary was listening Jace's steady heartbeats, not bored just relaxing. Her eyes were gently sliding shut, the rhythmic motion was like a lullaby. "I love you." Jace murmured, pressing his face into her hair. Clary smiled into his chest, gently applying pressure with her lips. "I know."

A/N: Weeee total fluffiness going on right there. I also added the whole "I love you." "I know." Thing Simon wanted to happen with him between him and Clary in City Of Bones because that's what happened in Star Wars and he's a total dork (much like me who also adores those movies) R&R people!! Please!