Jace:

Jace wasn't able to get Clary out of his mind, no matter what he tried. And Kaelie was starting to really get on his nerves. She kept flirting with other guys, pretending he wasn't even there. Yes, they were not technically exclusive, but it upset him. Eventually at lunch, when she was flirting with one of his friends, he just snapped.

"You know what Kaelie? I can't do this. I can't watch you flirt with other guys and pretend I'm not here. I've wanted to say this for a really long time: You are a whore. And you need to get standards. Bye." He stormed away from the table he was sitting at and left the lunch room. Before he walked out of the door, he glanced back and saw Kaelie and her best friend Seelie staring at him, their jaws dropped. He smirked and walked to the library.

He walked among the books and found one of his favorites, A Tale of Two Cities. It had been one of his father's favorites, he was told. He wouldn't know, his father was killed in a car accident when he was 1 years old. His mom had died at childbirth. Then he went from foster home to foster home, until the Lightwoods finally took pity on him and adopted him.

He read until the bell rang, then went to his next class. Calculus. Jace hated math.

Walking in, he was relieved to see that Kaelie wasn't in his class, but Seelie was, which would suck. She was glaring at him.

Jace ignored her and sat down at the first empty seat he found.

Clary:

"I dunno about you, but I am NOT looking forward to Calculus," Maia said.

"Me neither. But we're just gonna have to deal with it," Clary sighed. She was leaning against the wall next to Maia's locker. Maia shut her locker and the two of them walked to their Calculus class.

Walking in, to her horror, Clary saw that Jace was in her Calculus class. Groaning inwardly, her and Maia sat down next to him because they were the only empty seats.

"How's it going, Jace?" Maia asked politely.

Jace shrugged. "Alright."

"What did you do to Seelie? She keeps glaring at you," Maia noted. Clary looked over at Seelie, a bitchy drama queen senior who was friends with Kaelie. She was glaring at Jace and gave Clary a look that said "Mind your own business bitch". Clary quickly looked away.

"She looks pretty pissed off," she muttered.

"It's a long story," Jace sighed, sounding like he wanted to be anywhere but here. Jace Lightwood? Uncomfortable? Oh Izzy was DEFINITELY gonna hear about this!

"I'm listening," Maia said.

Jace sighed. "I might have broken up with Kaelie and called her a whore...," he muttered.

Maia laughed. "Dang!"

"Yeah."

Our Calculus teacher cleared her throat just then and the voices all died out. She started to teach but Clary wasn't paying attention.

Jace is single, she thought. Why did she keep thinking that? It wasn't important to her. She didn't care. Jace was just her best friend's troubled older brother. Why should she care?

She glanced at him and saw that he was already staring at her. Why was he staring? Did she have something on her face?

Calculus went by quickly and the rest of the day did too. Next thing Clary knew, she was waiting for her stupid bus.

"Are you sure you don't want a ride?" Izzy asked for the thousandth time.

"No, I'm fine. Really, I am."

The reason Clary didn't want a ride is because she knew she'd get distracted by Jace. And she could not get her hopes up. He was probably gonna have a new girlfriend by tomorrow anyway. Also, she'd have to wait an hour for Izzy's cheerleading practice and Jace's football practice to be over.

"Alright...well, see ya tomorrow!" Isabelle hugged Clary and gave Simon a quick kiss. Then she turned around and left, leaving Clary and Simon to wait for their bus to arrive. When it did, they climbed on and Clary recounted the day in her head as the bus headed to her house.

Alright here is the new chapter! I know it took a while. I've been busy and it kinda takes a while for me to upload these. Sorry! :P

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I've been writing Chapter 8 (the homecoming chapter!) all week. It's pretty long, and I'm not even half way done yet! :D

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