"Wait! Tessa." Jem's voice stopped her in her tracks and she turned around to face him where he was now standing just a few metres from her.
"Yes?" She said. He smiled at her and she smiled back.
"About Will…" He trailed off and Tessa was about to interrupt to say that she really did not want to hear anything else about Will when Jem finished what he had been going to say, "he really did mean it when he said sorry. Even if he tried his hardest to act like he didn't. I just thought I'd tell you that so you can give him a chance." Jem looked away shyly.
"Look," Tessa said after having paused to think of what it was she wanted to say for a few moments, "I appreciate you trying to stick up for him seeing as he's your best friend and everything but I really don't want to hear it. He's been nothing but rude from the moment I met him and even if he did mean it when he said sorry, although he probably didn't, he acted as if it was a joke to him so I really don't want to hear it. I'm sorry Jem."
Tessa looked at him for a few moments then before turning on her heel and walking out of the room, deciding it was better to be late for homeroom than to not go at all. She couldn't help but see the slight look of hurt flash across Jem's face as she spoke the last few words, he quickly hid it though but didn't say anything else. She had left him speechless with her reply and it took him a few moments to shake it off and follow Tessa out of the room.
When Tessa arrived she saw that there was a girl she didn't recognise sitting near the place where she sat. The girl had long blonde hair and brown eyes, Tessa had to admit that she looked like she had come straight out of a magazine, even whilst she was wearing school uniform. She didn't seem to be speaking to anybody so Tessa, being the curious person she was decided to find out a little bit more about her.
"Hi, I'm Tessa." Tessa gave the blonde girl a smile as she pulled out her chair and sat down, setting her bag on the floor. For a few moments the girl didn't seem to know what to say to her as she simply stared, blinking her large brown eyes at Tessa.
"You're the new girl, right?" She questioned, managing to make what she said sound like a genuine question, not like some sort of insult which is how most people seemed to phrase that question.
"Err, yes." Tessa replied, leaving it at that as she wasn't sure what else the girl wanted her to say. Maybe she'd use this as a chance to tell Tessa her own name.
"Well, it's lovely to meet you." The girl said. Tessa was about to ask why she hadn't seen her in the past couple of days but the girl seemed more than willing to answer the question herself. "I'm quite tired, Tessa." She declared, "you see, we only just came back from our holiday in Spain about ten hours ago so I didn't have time to get much sleep before I was forced to come into school. I'm sorry if I'm not quite my usual self." Once she had finished saying this she flipped her long her behind her back and began to look around as if searching for somebody.
"I've always wanted to go to Spain." Tessa remarked and was about to ask her name, not not having noticed the searching around the room, when the girl spoke again
"Excuse me for changing the subject but have you met Will Herondale?" The girl asked, looking slightly confused, "I got told he was in this form but I can't see him anywhere. Did I get given wrong information?"
"No, he's definitely in this form. He must just be late or something." Tessa suppressed a sigh as she tried to say as little as she could about Will. How was it that most of conversations she had in this school seemed to go back to either Will or Jace?
"Typical Will not turning up for form." The girl stated. Deciding it was her turn to change the subject Tessa spoke up.
"Anyway, what's your name?" She questioned.
Sorry it took me a while to update! I have been pretty bust these past few days! So I know I didn't use the Mortal Instruments characters in this chapter but I promise they'll be in the next one! Anyway, what did you think about this chapter was it okay? I know it wasn't super filled with action but we met a new character and there was a little bit of Jessa! Who do you think the girl is (she is from the books) and what do you think/want to happen next?(:
Thank you for the reviews they really motivate me to keep writing!(:
