"Are you insane?! There's no way you're coming with me!"

Alec's face was bright red, his left eye twitching uncontrollably. Clary would have laughed, if she wasn't already trying so hard to convince Alec of something.

"I can take care of myself, Alec. I think I've proven that over the years."

"I'm not going to be responsible for you if you get hurt! I can't be distracted by your safety, Clary!" Alec protested, waving his arms in the air.

Clary snarled at him, "Do I need to remind you who it was that saved the world? It was someone in this room, and it wasn't the one who looks like he's about to take a shit after being constipated for five months."

Alec's eyes narrowed, although Clary could see the left corner of his mouth tremble slightly upwards. She had him.

"I can't stand the thought of you getting hurt."

"For the last time Alec, stop worrying! It's just a hunt. I've been on a million hunts in my life."

"Yeah, but you've always been with all of us." A new voice sounded from behind the pair of bickering shadowhunters, and Clary turned to see Jace leaning against the doorway. His golden hair was wet, making it seem darker so that it looked almost brown. His chest must have still been wet as well, because Clary could clearly see the way his shirt clung to him in certain spots. She shuddered for a moment, trying to shake off all perverted thoughts of her boyfriend. There were more serious matters to attend to.

"I've also been on hunts where I've been all alone. Going with Alec will at least be safer than those times."

Jace shrugged, his golden eyes flashing. "True," he drawled, pushing himself off of the doorframe, "but if I recall correctly, all of the times you were by yourself resulted in you getting either hurt or kidnapped."

Clary tried a different approach. Making her voice as gentle as possible, she smiled softly up at Jace. "I know you have meetings, and you wish you could come. But we can't just not go on a hunt because you have former commitments. I'll be fine, and Alec will be there. Nothing bad is going to happen."

Jace tilted his head, contemplating her words, before narrowing his eyes again. "You're not going."

Clary glared at him, nostrils flaring. She decided to turn back towards Alec, knowing that she'd be more successful in getting what she wanted from him.

She stuck her bottom lip out a bit, attempting to make her eyes as wide as they would go. Soon her eyes became dry, causing a film of tears to cover her irises. Perfect.

"Please, Alec?" The redhead begged, looking up at the boy from underneath her eyelashes. Alec's face was contorted, obviously feeling conflicted emotions, and Clary pushed her bottom lip out further. Finally the older boy sighed, moving forward to wrap Clary securely in his arms.

"Fine," he rested his chin on top of her head, and she could feel his heart beating through the thin fabric of his shirt. She smiled against his chest, relishing in her victory for a moment.

"Are you serious?" Clary heard Jace exclaim from behind her, and pulled away to look at him. "We're trained to hunt demons, the most dangerous creatures in existence, and you're intimidated by one little redhead? She's only 5 foot 2 and can't even open most doors because they're too heavy!"

Clary was indignant, "Hey, my height has nothing to do with this!—"

Alec cut her off, "But, she pulled out the puppy face, Jace!" the boy whined, "She knows I can't resist that. And anyways, she's right. It's just a hunt, and I'll make sure I protect her the entire time."

Clary smiled gratefully up at Alec, but one glance at Jace wiped the grin from her face. Her boyfriend looked utterly defeated, moving over to the couch to flop down with a groan. As soon as he sat down he opened his arms, and Clary immediately made her way over to sit in his lap.

Jace's arms wrapped around Clary's waist from behind, his hands settling gently on her hips. He moved his head onto her shoulder, nuzzling his face into her sweater with a sigh. Finally he looked up, his eyes latching onto Alec.

Jace looked at his parabatai with a firm gaze, his expression deadly serious. "You promise you'll protect her?"

"I'd kill myself before I let anything happen to her." Alec responded, eyes blazing with passion. "You know that."

Clary's heart fluttered involuntarily, her entire being suddenly filled with love for the two shadowhunters around her. "Guys, you know I can take care of myself, right?"

Jace chuckled, tightening his grip on her waist, "Yeah, but you have a bad habit of getting into deadly situations."

Clary huffed indignantly, crossing her arms over her chest. Everyone paused for a moment, silent, before Jace suddenly jerked away from Clary.

"How dare you." He hissed.

Clary frowned, confused. "What? What's wrong?"

"Your hair."

"What's wrong with it?" Clary reached up to paw at her hair self-consciously, inspecting the strands. Yep, they were still frizzy and bright red. What was the problem?

Jace glared at her, his eyes blazing. "You used my shampoo."

"Oh, by the Angel." Clary heard Alec sigh behind her.

"What? I didn't use your shampoo, Jace! Why are you freaking out about this?"

"I can smell it on you!" Jace protested, making a point to dramatically sniff Clary's hair. "You used my kiwi shampoo. You don't even like kiwis!"

"It's not that I don't like them, I'm just allergic to them."

"Then why were you using my shampoo? You could've died!"

"I'll only have a reaction if I eat them, Jace."

"So?"

"So, it's not like I was standing in the shower guzzling down your kiwi shampoo!"

Both of the bickering teenagers looked up as a noise resounded from the door. It turned out to just be Izzy, holding a few various weapons. The black-haired girl's eyes were wide as she tried, (and failed) to cover up a grin.

"Um," she said, juggling the blades in her hands, "I have no idea what I just walked in on, but I heard that Clary and Alec are going hunting and thought that you guys might want some weapons."

Clary's face burned, and when she glanced at Jace she noticed that he looked a bit sheepish as well.

After a few moments of everyone staring at each other, Clary finally got off of Jace's lap and took the weapons from Isabelle. "Thanks, Izzy."

"I still don't like you going by yourself." Jace muttered.

Clary shot him a reassuring smile, "I'll be fine," she told him, "Alec will be there."

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Hey guys! I'm so sorry that I haven't updated in like a week, school just got the best of me and my life is kinda crazy at the moment. On a side note, I FOUND OUT THAT I'M GOING TO DISNEY NEXT WEEK! Due to my vacation, I probably won't update for the four days I'm gone, but I'll try to update before then.

I am sososososososo sorry that this sucks so badly. I just felt bad for keeping you all waiting, and wanted to upload at least something. Part II will consist of the actual hunt, when one of our favorite characters gets hurt. Can you guess who?

Please continue to leave requests, and review to let me know what you think so far! As always, I love you all!

-A :))