''Wow!'', I stare at her house in awe, ''It's beautiful.'' I hear Izzy laugh next to me and I smile as she says, ''Well its home and it will soon be a party destination, so we have to get ready.'' Alec parks the car and I gather my stuff, entering the house with Izzy. We walk straight to her room to put our stuff down and she gives me a vague tour of the house. It's huge and we didn't have time to see everything, so I just got the basics for when I get lost down one of the hallways and need to find my way back to civilisation.
We head back to Izzy's room and fall on her bed as she starts talking about the party, ''Okay, so since this is your first party it has to be awesome and you have to look awesome and so I bought this for you.'' She gestures to a beautiful emerald-green dress that is hanging on one of her cupboard doors.
''Oh my good lord, it is beautiful. How much was it, I'll pay you back.'' I look at her and see she is smiling, ''No Clary, you won't pay me back because it is a gift and I'm very happy you like it.'' ''Like it? I love it Iz, it is incredible'', and it was.
Iz tells me to shower quickly and wash my hair. She passes me a towel and ushers me into the bathroom, telling me to hurry up. I laugh, getting in the shower and after ten minutes, I get out and dry myself off. I wrap the towel around me and walk out the door, my wet hair dripping water droplets onto her carpet. ''Hey Iz, I'm done'', she walks up to me and drags me to her vanity table, ''okay so the POA is...'', I cut her off there and say, ''wait, wait, wait… what is a POA? It sounds like bad news?'' ''What no! The POA is the 'Plan of Action', duh! What did you think it was?''
I grinned at her and said, ''the 'Police Official Arrest'.'' She stares at me for a few second to check if I was okay and then we both burst out laughing. Someone opens the door without knocking and when I turn round, Jace is standing there with a questioning look on his face. ''What the hell are…'', he stops talking as his eyes find me and he looks me up and down, a smirk playing on his lips, ''oh, that's what you were doing!''
I look down at myself and see I'm still in my towel then I look up quickly at Jace and shout, ''get out you Idiot pervert! Now!'' he leaves while laughing and Izzy has a mortified look on her face. We look at each other before bursting out laughing again and then Izzy carries on what she was saying, ''so… the POA is that we are going to start on your make-up first because that is quick. I'll let your hair dry naturally so I don't ruin your curls and then you can get changed. After you're done I'll shower quickly and then get ready, okay.'' I smile, showing my agreement to the plan and she comes towards me.
AN HOUR AND A HALF LATER…
''Hey Izzy, the party is starting in a half hour. Are you nearly done?'' I ask as I look in the mirror for the umpteenth time watching as my dress sways back and forth. Yes, I'm bored enough to stand in front of a mirror watching a dress for an hour… I finally think I've gone crazy. ''Clary, you are so impatient! I don't wake up to be this perfect,'' she comes out of the bathroom and gestures to herself before she continues, ''It takes hell of a long so just wait. Not everybody has your perfect hair and skin.'' I look at her and say, ''I am not perfect, you are! Look at you, you are so beautiful with your tall body, raven black hair and perfect figure, and so don't complain! Are you done now?'' I ask her after I catch my breath.
''Yes Clary, now I'm done'', I look at her and say, ''nicely done, you look absolutely beautiful Izzy.'' I smile at her and she gives me a hug saying, ''you look pretty magnificent if I do say so myself.'' I smile at her and we walk out of the room and down stairs just as the first guests arrive…
AN HOUR LATER…
The whole house is packed with teenagers dancing and music blasting through the walls, it's very chaotic. Izzy left me to ask Simon to dance a half hour ago and now I'm all alone… in the kitchen… drinking my water… listening to the music flow freely throughout the house. I really thought this party would be more fun and exciting and not really loud and boring, but I guess I'm the only one not enjoying myself because when I walk out of the kitchen I see Izzy and Si dancing together, huge smiles on their faces.
I continue looking through the crowd of energetic teens until my eyes freeze over Sebastian who so happens to be looking straight at me with a smirk on his face and a drink in his hand. I shiver when he winks at me and waves me over. I shake my head at him and he frowns but quickly recovers, a smirk plastered on his face as he starts walking to me slowly, reminding me of some kind of stalker/serial killer.
All I do is stare at him until he is right in front of me and then I talk, ''what do you want Sebastian?''
''Aw, that is no way to greet a person Clarrisa,'' he says and I flinch when he uses my full name.
''It's Clary,'' I say in a daring tone, ''not Clarrisa!''
He shrugs and lifts his hand to my hair, playing with a piece, ''you are very attractive Clare, is Clare okay with you?'' he smirks at me again when I step away from him mumbling 'it's fine'. I turn to leave the uncomfortable situation but before I could get away from Sebastian, he grabbed my arm and turned me around and into him where he whispered in my ear 'dance with me'. I can smell the alcohol in his breath and my voice hitches, why the hell is he drinking alcohol. I shake my head at him and his features go angry quickly, his arms tightening around me so I could not escape.
''Let go of me Sebastian, NOW!'', I say with venom dripping from my voice. ''Come on Clare, stop being such a buzz kill, I just want to dance and have fun. Why won't you dance with me?'' Sebastian asks with mock saddens in his voice. I laugh with no humour in my voice and answer his rather stupid question, ''because you terrified my friend, I punched you in the face and I don't like you.''
He let's go of me when I remind him of when I punched him, muttering 'fine' and walking away from me through the crowds until I can't see him anymore. I turn on my heel, a little freaked out and bump into someone, just great. I stumble back at the contact and I look up to see who was standing behind me. I smile when I see him and he smiles back at me, showing me one of his only flaws, a chipped tooth.
''Jace…''
