A/N: Okay so we are back to Clary's POV and it is the day before the homecoming game and after party!

Clary:

Wait a minute, was Jace actually asking for help with something from me? From what I have noticed yesterday, I found out he never asked anyone for help, but here he was asking me to help him. And of all things, riding a horse. I almost laughed out loud at the silliness of this but, pulled myself together enough to nod my head at him.

"Oh, thank you, I feel really embarrassed asking someone to help me with riding a bike but this is really a stupid thing to ask." He said.

"It's not stupid to want to have help with riding a horse. I mean whenever I am on Adele o feel free and that I am at peace. Nothing is better than this, I mean other than being a flyer on the team, being in the air is like flying while riding Adele. But you should be able to feel that way whenever you want to ride Stephen so I am most happy to help. Now, when do you want to start?" I asked him.

"Um, I wanted to show Aline Stephen and maybe take her for a ride on Saturday so can we start tomorrow or is that a bit too soon?"

"Actually tomorrow is perfect as long as it is after practice because I have to practice for the game as well."

"Oh, I'm fully aware of that and don't worry it'll be after practice all right, and thanks for doing this, it means a lot to me."

"Yeah, I can tell it does because you have this big goofy smile on your face." I said with a giggle.

"I do not!" he said smiling even wider.

"Come on, I think I owe you a race to see which horse is faster, but I don't doubt Adele and I will rub it in your face when I win." I told him.

"In your dreams, I'll be sure to be nice to you when Adele loses."

I snorted and urged Adele forward to where Isabelle and Sebastian were waiting off to the side. Isabelle dismounted and drew a line in the dirt to show where the starting line was. I halted Adele at the line and I saw Stephen out the corner of my eye and saw the thick muscles in his leg as he moved. I patted Adele's neck and comforted her a bit and told Isabelle to signal the start. I adjusted myself on Adele's back to bunch my knees up to help her run faster and held the reign snuggly and readied myself. I heard Isabelle give a sharp whistle and I urged the reign and she shot forward. I felt her muscles move under me and felt the wind whipping my hair back. I turned to the side to see Jace sitting uncomfortably on Stephen and I had to laugh a little to myself and I urged Adele to go faster. She gained speed and was reaching the first corner and shot around the first and second corner within seconds. We were halfway down with the lap when I heard Jace give a gasp and turned to see that Jace was bobbing up and down on Stephen. I turned back and saw the finish line and gave out a whoop when I saw Adele streak past it. She slowed down and was panting a bit hard and dismounted her and patted her on the neck. Jace and Stephen crossed the finish line and Jace fell off sideways. I was stunned for a moment but then Izzy, Seb and I all started cracking up. Seb and Izzy both fell off their horses which made it even funnier. I walked over to Jace and gave him a hand to help him up.

"Okay, that race wasn't so bad, I mean I beat you so it wasn't bad for me at least. Now tell me why you were doing a little dance on your horse?" I said laughing still.

"I wasn't dancing on him, it was just the way that he was running that was making me bounce." He said.

"Uhuh, well you certainly do need my help with riding Stephen. Let me see something real quick," I said walking over to Stephen. I put my foot in the hook and lift my leg over the side of him. He bucked his legs a little but I patted his neck soothingly to calm him down. He shook his mane and nickered. I yanked his reign and he shot forward past the others. He ran around the track well and when we came back he was panting quite hard. I slowed him to a walk and stopped him when he came before the others. I jumped off his back and walked over to Jace.

"Well, he can race well and he has the potential to, but he can only race well if his rider is good and riding. We will start tomorrow after school, now we really need to get home because it is really late."

Jace nodded and I went back to Adele to mount her and everyone else mounted their steed to go back home. I urged Adele forward and over the hill and saw Celine follow me. I looked back and saw Sebastian and Jace disappear into the forest.

"Okay, what were you and Seb talking about when I was with Jace?" Izzy asked me.

"We were just talking about our horses and then the party on Friday." I said.

"That's all you talked about? Really? Well at least it wasn't as awkward as with me, we were just riding on out horses and when Jace yelled at me he was talking about how easily I can annoy him, then we started talking of pranks we could play on him."

"I'm sure you did, hey what time is it anyways?"
"It's only 8:30 so we left at a pretty good time. Now we have time to pick your clothes out for on Friday."

I sighed and urged Adele to get home faster and I heard Celine's hooves pound the ground behind me.

A/N: okay next chappie will be at school and with Jace's lesson in horse riding! Reviews!