I am freaking out. Today is the day that Jace and I are going on our first official date. We are going to a restaurant, but the 5 star mundane restaurants, where just 1 appetizer costs more then I'm worth. Jace, on the other hand, begs to differ. He says that even this restaurant doesn't own up to what I'm worth. He's so sweet.

Izzy is the one who is helping me get ready. She has picked out my outfit, done my hair, and my makeup. Then, there's a knock on the door.

"She's just about ready!" Izzy shouts. She then opens the door, and leaning on the wall, is Alec.

"Wow, you look..."

"Great, right? All my work," Izzy brags.

"I was going to say very pretty, but that works too. Jace is waiting out in the living room, and, by the way, he's very nervous," Alec informs me

"Jace? Nervous? Not too things I would put together," I joke. Then, I make my entrance. Jace looks up and is awestricken. He cannot stop staring.

"You look..." Jace starts.

"Sexy?" Izzie finishes, again.

"Ya." He replies.

"Well, thanks, and you look great too," He smiles sheepishly and I blush.

Jace POV

Clary looks great. Even sexy, as Izzy said. I can't stop staring, and I see her blush.

"Alrighty, we should get going, Clary." I say.

"Have fun, you too, but don't stay out too late," Izzy says.

"Ok, mom," Clary jokes.

And out the door we go.

Clary POV

Jace won't stop staring at me, and I'm getting a little self conscious.

"Don't worry, I'm staring at you because you look gorgeous," Jace tells me, as if reading my mind. I smile at him, and he links his hand through mine.

When we get to the restaurant, Jace gets out of the car, and runs to open the door for me.

"Thanks," I say to him. He just smiles. He once again grabs my hand, and we walk into the restaurant. It's beautiful, my hand itches for my sketch book. I just recently got back into art.

"I have a reservation. It's under the name Jace Herondale," He tells the waiter.

"Oh yes, this way please," Says the waiter, smiling. He led us to our table. It was outside, it was on a balcony type thing, with a huge window you could open, it overlooked the whole city.

"What do you think?" Jace asked me smiling. "It's absolutely beautiful, thank you Jace, I really mean it," I replied. We ordered cheese mushrooms to start, and a large bowl of spaghetti to share. It was the perfect date. Slowly, the restaurant started to get emptier, and emptier, until we were the last ones.

"We should get going," Jace said after paying the bill. I nodded in agreement and followed him out. When we got back to his house, he put his arm around my shoulder, and I leant my head on his shoulder.

"Go get into your pajama's and meet me back here," Jace told me as he took off his shirt to go and shower. I walked to my room, close the door and lock it. I'm about to change into my pajama's when a man walks out from behind the dresser.

"Clarissa, I'm sorry, but you're going to come with e," He says. I open my mouth and am about to talk, but he puts a hand over my mouth and waist, pulling me to the window. I bite his hand and scream, hoping, no, praying, that Jace heard.

Jace POV

I come out of the shower 5 minutes later, and am surprised to see that Clary hasn't returned. Then I hear it. She screams. I run to her room, not caring that I have yet to put on a shirt. I reach into my Pants pocket, and am so grateful that the key is there. I open the room just in time to see a man pulling Clary out onto the balcony.

"Clary!" I yell and run to her. She's about to call out to me, but the man steps in the way. He's coming towards me, and I realize I didn't grab a weapon. I guess it's a fist fight. HE trips me onto the floor, and I sneak under his legs to his back, and kicked him to the ground. All of the sudden, Clary comes in with her seraph blade, and stabs him in the middle of the back, but not soon enough. He stabs his stinger into her left shoulder. And after that, he disappears into thin air.

"Clary!" I call and run over.

"Jace…" She replies, and falls over. I catch her and carry her back to my room.

Clary POV

I wake up, in great pain, and realize that my shoulder is bandaged up. Jace is frantically running around, packing up all his stuff. He stops when he see's that I'm awake.

"Clary, baby. I'm sorry. I should've taken better care of you I shouldn't have left you to go alone I should've." I stop him midsentence with a kiss.

"Jace, listen to me. You're the reason I'm alive right now, stop being so hard on yourself. And, what are you doing?" I ask him.

"Packing. We're leaving. Just me and you. I need to keep you safe."