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AN: Hey guys sorry about the long wait for an update especially after a not as good last chapter so I'll try to make it up to you with this chapter but it may fail horribly so you've been warned. Anyway on happier notes thanks to everyone who has reviewed and PM me about this story it means quite a lot to me and well I hope you like the chapter ahead.

Time travel to December

Clary's point of view

As soon as I woke up this morning my mind suddenly snapped into mode I get to see Jonathan today mode.

I felt a small smile creep onto my face and no matter how hard I tried to push the smile away it kept sneaking back onto my face.

I was typically up and ready for school about two hours before I needed to be so I decided to start packing my bags for later when I'll drop my school bag home and pick the other bags.

Unfortunately for me as Jon was picking me up in his own car that meant I couldn't drive to school which I found highly ironic as today that would have been the only thing that could have brought my day down slightly but the idea of seeing Jon again was enough to make up for any bad thing in my opinion.

After I had finished I heard sobs coming from Tris' room which was highly unusual for Tris to cry so I knocked on the door softly before opening it slightly and peeking around the door and asking "Hey Tris, you okay?"

Tris' back was to me but I could tell that she was crying over something as she answered "Leave me alone Clary."

I stepped inside and shut the door behind me and told her firmly "Not until you tell me why you're crying."

Tris looked at me and I almost wanted to gasp at the sight.

Her usual bright blue/grey eyes were now darker and sadder than I'd ever seen them and they were also puffy and red too. Her cheeks were stained in tears and more were falling as she said "You wouldn't understand."

I walked towards her and sat next to her on her bed and said "Try me."

Tris looked at me carefully before nodding and saying "Have you ever made friends and though everyone tells you that they're bad you don't think anything of it, and then when you realise that everyone was right it's way too late to start over again?"

I shook my head and said "No but then until now I've never really bothered making friends, I always thought that as soon as you let someone close to you they gain your trust and everything but then they just let you drop and you're a mess but it wasn't until I left my last home that I realised something I'd said to my father when I'd taken a beating for Jonathan once. He used to tell me that to love is to destroy and to be loved is to be destroyed and that I ruined everything and that sort of stuff, but once I told him that I he was a liar, that love made you stronger not weaker and that without love we would be a monster just like him. After I left my father I started to believe that his words were true I mean I loved my mum and she died, I loved my dad but he then abused me and well as it went on through my life it got harder and harder to love, I even pushed myself away from Jonathan for a while. It wasn't until I was about to leave Florida that I promised Jon I would try to be as normal as I could and he told me the exact words I had said all those years ago so I slowly let my walls down for a few people to start with it was Simon, and then it was Izzy and all of my other friends. So now I've learnt that no matter how impossible you think it is to start over, it isn't impossible. Yes it's hard and very challenging at times but not impossible."

Tris just looked at the floor and whispered "It is for me."

I shook my head and said "No it's never too late for anything, and I'll tell you a great thing which my mother used to get me and Jon to do. She always made us think and believe in six impossible things before breakfast so then we'll believe that everything is possible. So if you believe that you can change every day, then maybe you can."

Tris stayed silent as I stood up and said "You might want to start getting ready Trissy, big day at school ahead."

That got me the smallest of smiles but I didn't really see it as I turned away and walked out of her room and back down to my own one double checking to make sure everything was in my bags for later.

Jace's point of view

The bell rung again this time for Art which a part of me seemed to be looking forward to.

Maybe it was because I just enjoyed actually sitting at the back of a classroom for once but for some reason I think that it's because I enjoy just sitting next to Clary, just the two of us.

I slapped myself mentally for thinking the last part of that.

Clary seriously doesn't need to have me stalking her now and I doubt she'd ever realise due to the fact she's so bad at reading people's feelings and reading people in general except in anger and why would she trust me after I've been a player since I was like thirteen.

I sighed slightly as Clary walked in a small spring in her footsteps today and she looked the happiest I'd ever seen her before so I guess there was something that was making her happy.

After she had sat down next to me and the teacher had told us what we had to do I asked Clary "What are you so happy about today?"

Clary glanced up seeming half surprised but it was soon replaced by her usual mask but as she looked down again a small smile was still playing across her lips and she said "My brother's going to be coming down to New York for Christmas with his band and I haven't seen him properly for two or three months so I'm sort of half excited to see him."

I again mentally slapped myself as I remembered Clary mentioning him a few times and hell I'd even spoken to him once when Clary was getting hairspray for the art project.

I asked her again "So you have plans for Christmas with your brother?"

Clary shrugged and said "We're spending Christmas day at Luke's because Luke insists that Christmas is the time for family and we're practically like family so we're going there for a while and my brother has to record a few songs and stuff but other than that I have no idea."

Clary paused for a few seconds before asking "What about you and your family?"

I was slightly stunned that she'd actually asked but I managed to stutter out "Oh … um we're probably going to visit some of Maryse's family on the other side of New York and well we'll be very us I guess. Do you cook your Christmas dinner?"

Clary chuckled slightly and told me "Well in me as a person then yes I do because my brother and Luke cannot cook to save their lives, I guess it was handy having my mum around sometimes. I think all Jon knows how to cook are Pizza, sausage rolls and cakes, benefits of having a cook loving mother some days."

I laughed and said "He seems more talented than me."

Clary shook her head and said "Once I left him to cook some bacon and he ended up nearly setting the kitchen on fire so no not more talented unless causing fires is a talent of course but I think that will only be considered a good talent if you're an arsonist or something."

I nodded and said "Well I tried to melt marshmallows in a microwave before."

Clary chuckled and said "Don't end up well, me and Jon tried it once then my mother banned both of us from the kitchen."

I shook my head and replied "Yeah they sort of explode everywhere in the microwave."

Clary nodded and said "Anyway I think you and Jon are on the same level of idiots and can't cook."

I put a hand over my chest and answered in a fake offended tone "Ouch Fray, those words hurt right here."

Clary looked at me with those big emerald eyes and she said softly "You kind of remind me of my brother you know, you can make me laugh but you can also piss me off."

I stared at her but she didn't seem to notice as she had already gone back to her own work leaving me slightly stunned.

I asked her quietly "Is that a compliment or an insult?"

Clary answered just as quietly "Neither, it was a statement."

I nodded and we sat in silence for the rest of the lesson not even acknowledging each other until the bell rang and Clary accidently knocked her stool leg into my own leg and I muttered "Ouch."

And Clary quickly rushed out "Oh sorry Jace."

I said something to do that it was okay but my mind was more distracted that she had said my actual name not Goldilocks or Barbie or Ken or Herondale or something like jerk or dickhead she actually said Jace.

The worst part was when she said it my heart skipped a beat as if it meant the world to me which was kind of strange but it was a nice sort of strange.

But I still had no idea why.

-Time travel to the end of the day-

Clary's point of view

After the bell rung for the end of History I practically ran to my locker and started shoving everything in my bag hurriedly trying to speed up the time until I could see Jon.

I told myself to calm down a bit in front of everyone else at least for a while.

I shut my locker door and sped walked down the corridor and into the car park.

I scanned the car park carefully as I walked towards Izzy and Simon before confirming that my brother was probably going to pull up in a few minutes and use his favourite the Lord of the Rings quote with that a wizard is never late, he arrives precisely when he's meant to stuff.

Yes my brother is that sad he quotes everything and most of our lives are quotes from famous people or books or movies and TV shows.

It took me about a minute of Izzy and Simon staring at me until I realised that I was blanking them out again so I asked "Who? What? When? Where? Why? How?"

Simon shook his head and repeated "I asked you if your brother was here yet."

I shook my head and said "He'll be late, he's always late."

Simon nodded as if he understood and asked "Lord of the Rings?"

I nodded and said "Always."

Simon laughed and said "Harry Potter quote there."

I thought back and then joined Simon's laughing and that's when Jace came over to us following my sister.

Jace smiled at me politely which I returned slightly as Tris said "Clary can I talk to you over there for a minute?"

I was surprised by her request but I said "Um … sure."

Tris then lead me away from my friends and Jace and then she spun around to face me and hugged me.

I was even more surprised by this but I managed to hug her back awkwardly as she whispered "Thanks for this morning Clary, I thought about what you said and after Christmas I'm going to start over again and I was wondering if I could hang around with you for a little bit until I get my own friends."

I smiled and said "Sure you can and it's fine, everyone can start over again well maybe minus my father, he's just an evil prick but anyone else can."

Tris laughed shakily and let me go and said "Um do you think that they'll accept me?"

I told her truthfully "Not right away but if you prove to them that you can change then yes, they can forgive you I imagine."

Tris smiled and then she followed me back to my friends and stood with me awkwardly as I told Simon and Izzy "Um after Christmas Tris will be hanging out with us if that's alright with you two."

Izzy stared at Tris and asked coldly "Why is she now changing?"

Tris answered politely "Because now I've realised that I made a mistake hanging around with Kaelie and Aline and I want to start over again and I want to apologise for everything I've done to you two."

Even Izzy looked slightly surprised after Tris said that and it was Simon who reacted first by saying "Yeah okay she can come with the three of us, I mean we could always use a fourth person so then we can be the Fantastic Four."

I sighed and pointed out "Si, none of us have any super powers."

Simon stroked his chin and said "I'm Batman though."

I countered "Well that's hardly true, Batman lives in Gotham City, we're in New York."

Simon argued "Well even Batman likes to have a holiday."

I rolled my eyes and said "And also Batman has a name anyway, it's Bruce Wayne and your name on your birth certificate I can assure you is Simon Lewis, and Batman also had a family but his parents were killed and he was an only child and you have your mum and your sister so you quite obviously are not Batman."

Simon asked "Why don't you believe me when I say I'm Batman."

I replied simply "No believing is happening until I see the rubber suit."

Simon looked horrified which made me, Izzy and Tris all laugh leaving Jace the only one able to talk to Simon "Hey man, that sucks but if you want them to believe you then rubber suits it is."

Simon muttered "I'll pass that opportunity thanks."

This only made everyone laugh even more including Simon eventually.

It was only when I heard yelling from somewhere behind us.

"It's fucking freezing back here!"

"Well maybe you should have thought about that before buying an open roof car when the roof doesn't work and you didn't fix it!"

"Maybe we shouldn't have driven down here!"

"She's my freaking sister; I am not leaving her at Christmas!"

"Well call your sister because I want to get warm!"

Then a new voice joined in "There it is! That's the school she said right?"

I heard a chorus of "Yes we found it!"

A car soon turned into the car park which made me almost fall over on the ice laughing at them.

The car was indeed an open roofed one, which also revealed four very cold looking people covered in snow from the snow storm we'd had earlier on all of them yelling at each other over their music.

I brushed the tears leaking from my eyes away as I saw my brother Jon climbing out of the car and spotting me standing with my friends laughing at him before he grinned and held his arms open for me.

I raced over there for once not slipping on the ice and jumped at him so he had no choice but to hug me.

He slipped on some ice and we both went tumbling to the ground, him on the bottom and me on top of him.

I grinned and said "Hey."

Jon grinned back and answered "Hey."

I rolled off him and onto my feet before helping my brother back up and letting him hold me at arm's length and study me carefully.

He asked me "You okay?"

I nodded and said "I'm fine, school and ice doesn't harm me Jon."

He sighed and said "I know."

He then pulled me into a very proper style hug and I mumbled into his shirt after inhaling his soft and familiar scent "You're late."

I felt Jon smile and reply "A wizard is never late; he arrives precisely when he's meant to."

I giggled as Magnus said "Well let us see her then, we didn't drive down from Florida for no reason you know."

I released Jon from the hug before asking Magnus "You jealous?"

Magnus smiled and said "No, I just don't think that all of us driving 1000 miles in the snow in an open roof car is very appropriate if only Jon gets a hug."

I laughed and then gave Magnus a hug too which left me covered in glitter like always, then Ragnor who was just like hugging a normal friend, and Will which was exactly like hugging Ragnor really.

After hugging everyone I asked "Whose choice was the open roofed car?"

They all looked guilty and pointed at each other and I said "Okay I'll take that as all of you."

Jon patted me on the head and said "Smart Clary."

I glared at him and smacked his arm lightly and he muttered "Ouch."

I then glanced back to my friends and saw them watching me and I grabbed Jon's wrist and started pulling him towards them whilst saying quickly "Come on, your meeting my friends."

Jon protested "But they'll want to get home, and I have two weeks to meet them."

I gave him the same disapproving look that mother did and he pouted but let me drag him over to my friends.

The rest of the band stayed where they were after about halfway of Jon yelling that they should save him but that only made them laugh as I gave them the same glare so they stayed where they were.

Jon then said glumly as we got to my friends "Hi Clary's friends."

I rolled my eyes and said "Jon this is Izzy, Simon, Jace and Tris. You guys this is my brother Jonathan."

Izzy smiled and said "Clary talks about you a lot you know."

I blushed slightly as Jon looked at me and I told him reassuringly "Only they know."

Jon raised his eyebrows at Jace and Tris and asked "Even those two?"

I shrugged slightly and said "They know enough but not about the first one."

Jon nodded and said "Oh right, well nice to meet you all and I'm sure I'll probably see you again but Clary can we please go and get to the cabin because I have travelled 1000 miles for this trip in an open top car so you owe me."

I grumbled "I bet that'll change soon such as when I cook on Christmas day."

Jon smiled and said "No then we'll be equal."

I rolled my eyes and said "Dick."

"Bitch."

"Jerk."

"Slut."

"Idiot."

"Whore."

"Man slut."

"Dork."

"Twat."

"Geek."

"Moron."

Jon went to say something but then said "Okay you win Mother."

"Shut up Father."

"Never Sister."

"You better Brother."

We stared at each other both of us too stubborn to look away first and it wasn't until Magnus yelled out "Hey you two stop staring at each other like lovesick puppies and let's go."

Both me and Jon stared at Magnus and said in sync "Hey!"

We looked at each other and I said "Incest much?"

Jon agreed "Yeah, just a bit."

"A lot."

"Too much."

"Just no."

"Extreme just no."

"Definite just no."

Izzy asked me "Um Clary are you two always like this."

I nodded and said "Mostly."

"Commonly."

"Large amount of the time."

"Gigantic."

"Humungous."

"Okay you caught me again."

I cheered and said "Haha Loser."

Jon scowled at me as I teased him and he then grabbed me around the waist and threw me over his shoulder and said to the other's "Bye Clary's friends. Nice meeting you."

I squirmed and said "Put me down."

Jon smiled smugly and said "No, I'm freezing cold and we're going to the house to get your bags and then we're going to the cabin."

I pouted and said "Why are you such a buzzkill?"

Jon shrugged which made me wobble slightly so I just sighed and waved at Izzy who was laughing her head off.

I then kneed Jon in the chest making him drop me and I ran to the car and Magnus offered his hand carefully and said in a posh voice "Help into the car my lady?"

I accepted his hand replied in an equally posh voice "Your welcome my good man."

Jon had finally recovered from me kneeing him and when he looked at me I called teasingly "Hey Jon, I thought you were cold."

Jon scowled at me again and stalked over to the car and climbed in the seat before grumbling "I hate girls."

I asked him carefully "Does this mean you're turning gay or …?"

Jon glared at me which I giggled at and he said grumpily "Let's get you home Missy."

And with that he sped away from the car park and I just about waved at my friends before we disappeared around the corner heading back to the Prior house listening to my brother and his band's voices all drifting over the coldness of the air making me feel almost at home by just being with them.

AN: There you go a nicer Tris and Jon and Clary meeting again all in one chapter. I hope you guys all liked it and please review and let me know what you think of it. Also if you wanted to send me a DocX for any of my stories then please let me know in your review so I can accept them from you. Thanks for reading.