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"Clary? What happened?" Jace asked me as I walked into the school doors.

I shook my head, shrugging.

"Is this about yesterday?"

I shook my head, but my body froze, trying to think of an answer. Period Cramps. I typed into my iPod, because he wouldn't want to be hanging out with a loser that didn't talk.

"Oh, okay." He said. "So... You have…"

Chemistry. I typed into my iPod. I knew Jace didn't have the class with me so I turned around and walked away.

"Wait, Clary! Can I walk you there?"

I shook my head, making an OK sign with my hand. It was fine.

"Alright then, I'll see you at lunch."

I walked away and into chemistry.

o~O~o

I pretty much tried to avoid Jace today. I didn't really feel like seeing him, and Jace seemed to get the hint. He totally thinks that I have period cramps, so he left me alone for the whole day since he felt that I needed to be alone.

Well, at lunch I had to see him, since it was practice.

"You know, there's this florist downtown where I've seen quite a lot of roses. I might be going down there to buy roses soon."

I shrugged, continuing on my lunch.

"You seem down today, Clary. What's wrong?"

"Period cramps. Let's leave her alone for now." Jonathan said.

So everyone left me alone after that.

After school, I walked toward the animal shelter. Jace had disappeared out of last period when the bell rang, but not before turning around and giving me a smile and a wave.

Yeah. To get ready for his date. I thought bitterly.

I listened to my music as I entered the animal shelter. Elodie was standing next to the counter, smiling. Thank goodness. At least Lily wasn't there.

"Clary! Jace's in the backyard again."

What? I inclined my head toward her, confused. So no date?

"You're surprised to see him?"

I shrugged, and immediately grabbed a shirt and opened the door to the backyard. Jace was leaning against the tree we were sitting against earlier, apparently asleep. I looked at my watch. 4:45.

I walked over to him and shook his shoulder. He looked up.

"Hey, Clary. Are you fine now?"

I shrugged, cocking his head at him, confused.

"Huh?" He rubbed his eyes.

I thought you were on a date….?

"Date?" He asked me, confused.

With Lily?

"I'm not on a date with Lily… Wait. That's what you were upset about?"

I shook my head vigorously. Then I hung my head. Fine. I was.

"Lily?" He snorted. "I don't even like her. Not even a bit. She's so damn annoying. And she hates Coldplay. He thinks the band members are ugly and the music's crap. And she was talking about you."

Well why didn't you walk away from her yesterday? And what did she say yesterday? She told you to meet her today at 5!

"I wanted to listen to what she had to say. Like what she would say. And Clary, she was telling me the time when she would arrive here. Which is 5pm today. It wasn't when I would pick her up to go on a date."

I shrugged, looking back at my lap.

"I'm sorry, Clary. But you seriously believed that I was going on a date with someone as fake as her?" He started to laugh.

I shrugged, smiling. And then I started to laugh myself. Okay, so I was wrong about him not wanting to hang out with me. And I was kind of stupid about the whole thing, avoiding him today and coming up with a lame period cramp excuse.

"You're the awesomest girl I've ever met, Clary." He said, lying onto the grass. "Nothing compared to them."

I followed suit and stared up at the cloudless blue sky, sunlight shining onto my face, giggling. And in that moment, I swear we were infinite.

o~O~o

Lily had barged in a few minutes later, exactly at 5pm, and she beelined over to Jace, but he pretty much ignored her for the whole hour of hanging out in the backyard. He spent the time laughing and talking to me.

I had a weird fluttery, light feeling my my heart that I've never experienced before as I studied Jace's smiling face. I totally ignored the dirty looks Lily was giving me. Thank goodness she wasn't in my school.

"See you tomorrow, Clary." Jace said, turning the other way.

I smiled at the ground as I walked home, the tight band around my stomach I had been feeling for the past day and a half gone after knowing the truth.

Well, now I was looking forward to school more than anything. Weird, right? But I was pumped up to see Jace, Izzy and Alec again and practice for the show.

o~O~o

"Thought you had period cramps?" Jonathan asked me.

I had literally danced around the house after I was back from the animal shelter. I shrugged, smiling.

"Okay. It's gone." He muttered.

My iPod buzzed.

Isabelle Lightwood: We're going to the florist tomorrow to make a deal. You coming? :D

I grinned.

Sure. See you! -Clary

I then showed Jonathan my iPod. "Might be coming with you."

o~O~o

One thing I did not expect to see while walking into my school on a Wednesday morning were Aline Penhallow, Helen Blackthorn, Kaelie Fey and Seelie Queen dancing to the latest pop tunes blasting freely from a stereo. Right in the center of the hallway.

Like, what the hell?

A crowd was gathered around them, staring in awe as the princesses swayed and laughed along to the music.

"That's really impressive." Jace said, appearing next to me. "Not."

Jonathan chuckled. "Do you think they've lost their minds?"

I nodded, smirking, hand on my hips.

"Anyone can do better than that." Isabelle said.

"Magnus dances like that." Alec said dreamily, appearing next to Izzy. "When he was at home. Remember?"

"Oh yeah. Magnus."

I was about to ask who Magnus was when the principal's office' door opened and Mr. Starkweather, our principal marched out. His eyes bulged at the four girls dancing before him and the loud music blaring straight from the stereo. The crowd immediately scattered and the princesses were ordered into the office.

"Serves them right." Isabelle muttered, as we headed to drama.

""They were trying to show off."

"Well, no shit, Sherlock."

Jace grinned and we entered the studio.

"So I've heard that some of you are entering the talent show. I am extremely proud of you! Good luck." Ms. Belcourt said, looking and smiling directly at Isabelle and Jace.

And then she assigned us act out another play, but with a topic. I hated plays. I wouldn't speak, so plays are a bore for me. And apparently, drama class is all about plays.

I squinted at the sentence that Ms. Belcourt wrote onto the board.

In groups of 3, act out a love story. Be creative.

"Love story." Isabelle said, a smirk played on her lips, staring intensely at Jace. "Awesome."

I rolled my eyes. You 2 are doing it.

"We're siblings, Clary. That might be a little awkward."

Well, I don't speak.

"It's fine. You're just gonna act it out and do whatever I say." She grinned.

"Alright, director Lightwood." Jace said in a bored voice. "Show us what to do."

"First. You two." She said, indicating me and Jace with a wave of her finger, "Will have to be in love."

I giggled nervously.

"Um, okay. Sure. I'm fine with it."

"And then. I will be the girl that is jealous of Clary."

I rolled my eyes.

"And I will be the one who tries to steal Jace away, but you prevent it."

Is this gonna be like, in a medieval setting or something so I can slit your throat?

Isabelle laughed. "Not funny."

"No, that would be awesome. Clary loves me so much that she's gonna slit your throat when you're trying to get me because I'm hers. I want it to be in a medieval kingdom. Because people back then didn't mind if you slit people's throats?"

"No, I don't think that's true. There was probably a law against that. Anyway, let's just do that. Do you have anything weaponlike so Clary can cut my throat?"

So we spent the next whole 30 minutes talking about cutting throats so we had to make everything up on the spot again.

"Um, I love you, Clary, you are uh, forever mine. Forever and always."

My heartbeat quickened. Well, that wasn't true. This was just a show.

But I played along, anyway. I leaned into him and his arms wrapped around my waist.

And then he kissed me. Well, on the forehead, anyway, but my face surged with heat and a tingling warmth stayed at the spot on my forehead where he kissed me a few seconds ago. I was pretty much in a daze for the next 10 minutes of the play, flouncing around the so-called "stage" in the drama studio, making things up and giggling.

The whole class cracked up when I slit Isabelle's throat, and Ms. Belcourt was beaming as we went back to our seats. When I saw our score, my heart lifted.

We actually got a 9. Not many people got 9s, but we actually did.

I smiled, feeling truly happy and proud of myself.


"And in that moment, I swear we were infinite." Quote from The perks of being a wallflower.

Thanks so much, KaitlinTheBadassGirlz, for giving me some amazing & hilarious suggestions, such as why Jace didn't like Lily. xD

Thanks for reading. Please review.

-Nicole