A/N Hey you guys! Thanks for all the reviews, especially the constructive ones. Keep em coming. If anyone has any ideas of how I can improve this story, tell me! Also, like always, I do not own these wonderful characters.

I feel like I'm falling. What just came out of his mouth?

"Um, excuse me? I don't think that's a possibility at all!"

I'm confused and dumbstruck. OK, I get that Jace is hot and everything, but can't he just use one of his floozys instead of me?

This boy is insufferable! First, he makes light of my amazing hairspray music (which, for your information Jace, is much better than hearing a girl go harder, oh Jace you're so big. And probably not meaning it) And then, he has the gall to act all high and mighty anytime he opens his mouth!

I know, I know, you guys have seen me act like a complete airhead around him. But I'm anything but a liar, Jace does look like a God. But on the inside, he's the most notorious player this world has ever known.

And I'm smart enough then allowing this man trample all over my heart.

Plus, I'm still insulted by his earlier sentiments.

I must have been thinking for too long, because I all of a sudden hear my name being chanted over and over

"Clary, Clary, Clary!."

"Huh, oh yeah. Your "deal"OK. So simple answer: no."

Jace opens his mouth to speak, "NO? Why not? I mean," he gestures towards his body, "have you seen me?"

See? The cockiness is something I would rather not have to deal with on a daily basis.

"Yes! Jace, I'm not blind. I have glanced your way before. But I have more respect for myself then allowing someone into my life that I don't even know."

He tries to jump in again, but I cut him off with one last phrase, "Besides, if you can't deal with my music, you can't deal with me"

Jace looks frazzled, he attempts to explain, "OK, let's look at it this way. I have to attend a wedding for my brother, Alec, and my mother won't let me go without a date. Something about settling down" He takes a breath before continuing, "And I'm one of Alec's groom's men. I can't miss this" His golden eyes seem desperate, "Please Clary. The girl has to be respectable, intelligent, and according to my mother, cultured" Oh, I see the angle that he's playing at, "And you seem to be all of those things."

Flattering, really.

His smooth talking ways won't work on miss Clary Fray though. I'm an impenetrable force-

"Clary, please this day is so important to me. If I miss it, I don't know what I would do"

I look his way, and the shine of his eyes tells me just how desperate he is.

But even that, can't be enough to sway me. I can't but my dignity on the line like that.

"Jace, I'm sorry. But I really can't. Please, just take me home. Please"

He looks depleted. But, he relents with a nod of his head.

I hear him whisper sadly under his breath, "I'm so sorry Alec."

I feel a twinge of guilt in my heart. But quickly bury it. Clary, come on! Sometimes you need to protect yourself.

The entire ride is deathly silent, and not in any way comfortable. It honestly feels so awkward having my arms wrapped around Jace like this. But, if I put my pride first and losses up my grip. There wouldn't be a Clary to know anymore.

After that seems to be eons. I'm back in the parking area of our apartment building.

"Thanks for taking my out," I mutter, "And for the coffee."

I cringe at the memory of spilling it all over him.

However, scanning him up and down, he was right when he suggested that he would air dry.

"Oh," He sound like I knocked him out of his thinking headspace, "It was no problem really."

Well. I'm not aiming to just stand here. So I awkwardly slink away.

Rushing down the hall once the elevator door parts, I throw my door open and throw myself inside.

I yawn. Who knew how much an outing can take out of you.

Shuffling across the hard floor, I reach my bedroom and faceplant right in the center. Spread eagle.

I don't know how long I was knocked out for, but I woke up to several sharp knocks on my door.

Grumbling under my breath, I tuck my feet into some slippers and slowly make my way to the front door.

Slowly turning the knob, the knocking continues. It's giving me a headache, so I call out, "I know you're out there. Just hold on a moment!"

When I finally crack open the door. I see a clearly distressed Jace standing outside.

His hair is mussed, and not in a good way. His eyes are frantic, seemingly panicked.

I, being a decent human being, offer to let him come in.

He accepts and sits down on the couch after pacing around for a minute.

"Hey, are you OK? Can I get you anything, you seem to need some water. Hold on."

I rush to the sink, fill up a glass. And walk back to Jace.

Handing him the cup, he takes it like a shot. Gulping down water like there's no tomorrow.

When he finally finished the drink, he set it down on my coffee table. Usually, I would be thoroughly pissed that he didn't use a coaster. But something tells me that this isn't the time.

He rubs his hands over his face furiously. Letting out a loud, drawn out groan.

I rub his back, suddenly feeling the need to be a source of comfort. "Hey, what's up?"

He looks at me, takes a few good, deep breaths, and says, "I've been evicted."

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