School is well… different. When I walk through the halls, I am not called names or tripped anymore, though I do still get plenty of glares from Kaelie and Seelie and Aline. Sebastian on the other hand, is very persistent in getting me to go to the fall mixer with him… I have to say that the idea makes me want to barf.

I stare at the ceiling with my arms crossed over my sheets while the early sunlight fills my room. My alarm hasn't gone off yet so I made no effort to remove myself from the warm sheets that encases my body. It has been two weeks since I yelled at Jace and since then, I have apparently earned some cred around school- other than Sebastian and his gang. I look at my clock once more and see that it says 6:29. One more minute and… BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP. Even though I was expecting the disturbance, it still makes me cringe.

I slam the clock in order to get it to stop its insufferable blaring and then peel myself out of the warmth and comfort that my brown sheets provide me with. Cool air whips at my pale legs and I make a bee line to the bathroom and turn on the shower. Hot water pours down my back and relaxes me completely. I sigh but then groan at the thought that I have to get out again. I grab a towel and wrap it around my hair and grab another towel to drape around my soaking body. I dry my hair and put on a pair of washed out, skinny, ankle jeans with rips in the knees, a grey layered tank top, a navy and white striped shrug sweater, an orange beanie, and a pair of black leather lace-up boots. I do my makeup and let my hair fall in subtle waves down my back and shoulders.

I grab my phone and sunglasses and head out the door and go to school, but first stop by the coffee shop for my regular. "Hey Clare, you here for your usual?" asks Sam behind the counter.

I grin and nod my head which earns a laugh from him as he says okay and begins pouring the black liquid into a Styrofoam cup. He hands me the cup and I put a sleeve on it. I hand him a five dollar bill and tell him to keep the change before walking out and returning to walk to school.

When I enter the building I get multiple 'heys' from people that I have never really talked to. I smile and nod at them before going to my locker. "Clary Morgenstern!" I hear being yelled playfully from down the hall. I turn my head away from the locker and lock eyes with the lovable Simon Lewis.

"Why hello Mr. Lewis," I say in an authoritative manor.

He scrunches his face up in distaste and says, "Never talk like that again. You sound like my mother."

I laugh and he leans up against the locker next to me and rambles on about nonsense until Izzy comes up and pecks him on the lips. "Hey Iz," I say to her.

"Hey Clare, I forgot to ask if you were going to the fall mixer tonight?"

"Uh… nah, it's not really my 'scene' I guess you could call it."

I grab my books from the locker and close the metal door with an audible clang. "Oh COME ON CLARY!" she yells out, "It's just like a big party and the whole school is going to be there… and there's going to be music and food and drinks and cute guys that we can talk about when you come over later!" I see Simon make a face of protest but Izzy shuts him up by kissing him once more.

"Ha, well if by whole school you mean the people that used to make my life hell, and by good music you mean terrible karaoke and overplayed Katy Perry songs, and by cute guys you mean Jason Carlyle… nah, I'll pass," I say and begin to walk to my next class.

"Clarissa Adele Morgenstern! I can't believe you would put me through such turmoil! I thought we were friends! But I guess I was wrong!" she yells out dramatically so everyone can hear and she wipes a pretend tear off her unstained cheek. I see Simon roll his eyes and a smile tug at his lips.

Everyone is staring at us in anticipation to see what I will do next. I roll my eyes, not really in the mood for a scene, and walk back over to Izzy. "Fine… fine… fine."

She squeals and says, "Okay, I'm going to come over later and do your makeup, yeah?" I nod and we part way to go to our classes.

I walk into my art class and the first thing I see is Jace making out with Kaelie- again. I roll my eyes and ignore the slight clench that my heart automatically does whenever I see him. I scold myself for ever feeling something like that for him. I am about to walk to my seat when I see that the desk they are sitting on is in fact mine. I groan again, more loudly this time and walk over to the happy couple. I cough and say, "I hardly think school is the appropriate time to contract an STD. I am trying actually to learn something, not watch live porn. So if you wouldn't mind…" I gesture for them to move with my free hand that isn't holding coffee.

"Shut up slut! No one asked for your opinion!" yells Kaelie and she smiles, thinking what she said was pretty clever.

"Now now Kaelie, let's not get fact and opinion confused. Because the fact is that if you two keep it up, I can predict herpes in Jace's near future," then I say to Jace, "You may want to use some mouthwash when you get home."

He smirks at me and I just roll my eyes with my usual look of disgust on my face which makes the usual look of regret return to his face. Without another word and just a scowl, Kaelie scoots off my desk and goes over to Sebastian and Seelie and Aline to gossip and complain. Jace, however, just stands at my desk and stares at me with a neutral look on his face. I take a long drink of my coffee and ask, "What do you want?"

As if he didn't realize his stare, he blinks a few times and stutters out, "Uh… uh I want to talk… about what happened."

I give a harsh laugh that reaches my eyes and scratches my throat. "Damn," I say, "And I thought I had finally scared you off at the café."

He rolls his eyes and says, 'I'm trying to make nice here."

"You have a very peculiar way of showing it… very peculiar indeed." I divert my gaze away from him again and set my coffee down on the desk before pulling out my iPod and sketch pad and turning my music on Cosmic Love by. Florence + The Machine. I start sketching a coffee cup, completely away of the fact Jace has not moved yet.

Tired of being ignored, Jace pulls the earplugs out of my ears and says, "I just want to apologize!" I can see the patience wearing out of him quickly so I say,

"Noted, now leave me alone!" I expected him to accept this response and leave but instead, a wicked smirk is pulled on his lips and he says,

"I know how to make you forgive me."

I divert my eyes back to the pad and begin shading again and mutter in a dull voice, "Enlighten me."

"Gladly, come with me to the Fall Mixer tonight."

I look back up at him to see if he was joking but his face still holds that smirk and a seriousness in his eyes tells me that this is no joke. I laugh another sharp laugh and say, "You are very conceited!"

"How am I conceited?!" he asks back.

I raise both of my eyebrows and ask, "Seriously? You can ask me that? Let's make a list of all the things that describe Jace Lightwoods conceitedness- one, your ego is the size of Manhattan and then some. Two, you parade around the school like you own it and like you can get any girl you so desire. Three, you are more than willing to betray people that you supposedly care about. Four, y-" but he finally gets tired of my ranting and stops me.

"Damn, do you just sit around all day and think of me?" I glare at him which makes him stop joking.

"Please… my last chance! If I screw this up you can do whatever you want to me, and I mean ANYTHING." At the last part he raises his eyebrows suggestively and I remember a time when I would have laughed at that but now the memory just repulses me.

"Well, because you asked so nicely…" I begin and then I get up and pour the remaining coffee on his black V-Neck. He stares at me wide-eyed and I ask, "Answer your question?"

Before he can say anything though, Kaelie is at his side completely distraught over the situation as though she was his mother. "OMG how dare you do that to Jacey! You are such a grade A Ahole with a serious attitude problem you know that?! Oh Jace, are you okay? Does it burn?"

I laugh at Kaelie silently and just stare at Jace who is looking back at me in nothing but astonishment. I sit down again and Jace storms out of the room, probably to get a new shirt. "Wow Red, I didn't know you had it in you," says a devious voice behind me. I turn around and meet the soulless eyes of Sebastian.

"I'm not really the same Clary I was a month ago Verlac," I snap back at him.

"Oh I definitely noticed. So again, will you please come with me tonight?"

I roll my eyes and find myself surprised that they haven't rolled all the way back in my head and I say, "I sure do hope idiocy isn't contagious because if it is, I am almost positive I could be infected. No Sebastian, I will absolutely not go with you."

He mutters something but then goes back to his seat as the bell rings and the teacher comes in and begins her lecture on oil pastel properties. I tune her out and begin to sketch on the canvas.

The next two classes pass easily and I begin to walk to lunch. "Clary, you are like, my hero," says a bubbly voice behind me. I turn around and see the ever so glittery Magnus with a funny grin on his face and Alec at his arm.

"So you heard?" I ask.

"Of course, everyone heard Clary. Jace seems kind of mad about if too," says Alec surprisingly with a smile on his face as well.

I look at Alec and am about to say something else when Izzy comes up behind me. "I LOVE YOU!" she yells in my ear.

I laugh and push her back playfully, causing her to giggle as well. "I didn't realize that people would find out so quickly," I say nervously. People already treat me different enough, what happens when they find out that I'm not afraid to dump coffee on someone?

Everyone starts talking about it again and I silence them by saying, "Okay guys, can we get food… yeah I like food."

"Fine, fine," says Izzy and I go get a burger and a bag of Cheetos and some water.

I sit at my usual table with Izzy and Simon who arrived moments later. "Heard about your glorious stunt earlier," says Si.

"Yeah yeah, can we talk about it later?" I ask, becoming tired of the subject. He nods and I begin to eat until my gaze settles on a mop of gold entering the cafeteria.

"Oh Jesus…" I say. Jace walks in with a scowl on his face and a girl on his arm and a new shirt on. I laugh a bit and he sees me.

A smirk replaces his scowl and he walks over to me with the girl who couldn't be more uninterested in me as she pops her gum and examines her cuticles.

"I tried playing nice Clary, now I have no choice… hope you are prepared at the Fall Mixer because… I have a surprise for you love." I stand up from my place and do my best to look intimidating as I walk over to him so that our faces are only inches apart and say,

"Try anything tonight, and I swear to the angel that you will regret it," I nudge him back and say before sitting down, "and don't call me 'love.'"

A/N: I guess Clary is transforming a little, yeah? Well I have good news and I have bad news. Good news is that I got 2nd overall at regionals with a 16:05 5K time and I get to go to state! Bad news is because I am going to state, I have to spend a little more time away from the computer :( don't worry though! I will try to update on the weekends some more!

Tell me all if you want to see some on Jonathan maybe? I'm not sure whether or not to include him in the story or what.

Thanks for reading! Wish me luck at State! Please REVIEW!