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Chapter 2 - Surprises

"What do you mean he's staying with us?" I splutter, not quite believing that this guy is staying with us.

"Told you. We should have warned her," says Alec. Well, no shit big brother. It would have been nice to know that I'm going to be sharing a living space with this guy. He could be a total psycho.

The guy stands there wide-eyed as I look from him to Alec, to Magnus. I'm willing to bet my brother's boyfriend is behind all of this.

He clears his throat and offers me a hand. I shake it, watching him with unmasked fury. "I'm Simon." Thanks for clarifying.

Perfect name for him. He looks kind of nerdy in a rugged way, with curly brown hair and matching brown eyes.

"Forgive her manners, this is Isabelle," adds Magnus, glaring at me.

I glare back, angry that suddenly our group of three is now a group of four. Wait. What if we have to share a bathroom. Oh hell no. That bathroom is my pride and joy and there is no way I am sharing it.

"Well, I'm going to, uh, go now. Bye Isabelle," says Matt, kissing me on the cheek and backing away into the lobby.

I don't reply, too angry for words.

I bend down to take my soft-soled heels off, and turn, running through the studio and up the stairs, slamming the door behind me. I stomp up the second set of stairs and into my bedroom, locking the door behind me. It's not even the fact that he's staying here. It's the fact that they neglected to tell or warn me about it. When I finally feel like I'm finding my place and picking myself back up, they throw this on me.

The black walls in my room bring the beautiful Portland skyline out. I flop on my bed, groaning into the plush bedspread. Now I'm regretting that. It's like when you say something so bad to another person, you immediately feel bad for saying it, but your pride stops you. Right now my pride and the fear of looking stupid are stopping me from going out to apologize to Simon. It's not his fault, and now he probably thinks I'm a raging bitch. Not that it isn't true sometimes, but I'm normally not one.

The soft, timid knock comes to my door sooner than I expected. I groan and stand once again, opening it a sliver to see my brother's bright blue eyes. I scowl at him involuntarily and open the door, then turn and lay out on my bed face down like I was before.

I feel the bed bend down with the weight of Alec, who rubs my back comfortingly. "I'm sorry we didn't tell you. It's just we both know you have so much going on, and we didn't want to mess up your routine. You're picking yourself back up."

I turn my head to the side where he is, and looking up into his pleading eyes. "And you thought that springing this surprise on me would be better? What were you thinking Alec!" I exclaim.

He cringes for a second, but answers me in the only way he does, in an honest way. "I don't know Izzy. I don't know what to tell you. Please forgive us, we didn't do it to be malicious, we just weren't in the right mindset."

I hear Magnus come in the door, closing it quietly. He sits beside Alec, brushing a strand of hair out of my red face. "Please just forgive and forget. Simon hasn't had the easiest time and I want you guys to get along. I think you'll be good for him."

"What's wrong with him?" I ask, feeling bad once again for lashing out at him.

"I can't tell you that. He has to. It's his secrets and it wouldn't be fair to give them out."

I nod, understanding why he can't tell me, but I'm suddenly very curious. "So are we good?" asks Alec.

I sit up, facing them. "Yeah, I guess. I'll play nice for this Simon character."

"Good. Dinner in an hour," announces Magnus, hugging me before rushing out the door. Alec follows after, kissing my forehead.

I sigh once the door closes behind them, putting my hands on my face and pushing the stray hairs out of the way. Deciding a shower will calm me down, I get my towel off of the hook on the door, swinging the door open.

"Hooooly Shit," I immediately slam the door shut behind me, my worst nightmare coming true. I lean back on it, trying my hardest not to think of a nearly naked Simon on the other side of the door. Who knew he had abs? He doesn't look like he should.

I knock cautiously and open the door, covering my eyes with one hand. "Are you decent?"

"Uh, yeah," I hear him mutter. When I uncover my eyes, his face is a bright red, and jeans back on his legs, the top button popped open.

"I am so sorry about that. Alec and Magnus neglected to tell me we're neighbors now," I say, trying to look anywhere but at Simon's stomach.

"Yeah, me too." He scratches the back of his head, looking insanely embarrassed. " I guess since it's technically your bathroom you have shower rights."

I shake my head gesturing towards the glass walls of my beautiful shower, already feeling the loss of bathroom freedom. My heart breaks at the thought of another person using it. "No, you've had a long day, go ahead." Backing into my room I almost shut the door before remembering something and sticking my head back in.

"I'm sorry by the way. You were just kind of a surprise." I feel my cheeks flare at my apology.

He chuckles and waves it away. "It's not the first time I've heard that. It's ok. Don't sweat it."

I smile and close the door. That wasn't so bad, was it Isabelle?

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