Again thanks for the review Katelyn2020. I appreciate the comments you make. Regarding your question as to why Jace was mad at Ace, he wasn't. I should have cleared that up. If you remember I mentioned that Jace got a call and the conversation he had put him in a mood. That'll be explained in the story. Im glad you're enjoying my story. In this chapter it will dive into some feelings and thoughts Jace has. Hopefully I do well and everything goes to plan.

JACE:

During the four minute transition to second period my phone rang. I was reluctant to leave Ace by herself, but I looked at the name and number and noticed it was my manager. I answered the call walking to a less used hallway of the school so I can talk In peace without fangirls and nosy people.

"Jace my man! I have exciting news." He says in a voice that over time gave me headaches.

"What do you want Jack." I say not in the mood for endless banter and guessing games.

"Guess what." I heard the damned words. I roll my eyes leaning against a tiled wall. I was near the library, no one in the school really came over here unless they needed alone time with their boy/girl-friend. Or looking for a book for the stupid classes they have here.

"Jack." I warn passing a hand through my blonde locks.

"You're going on tour." He says. My muscles flex and I feel my annoyance level rise. Lately I just haven't been feeling the music.

"No." I respond Immediately. There's pause over the phone before I hear a deep sigh. Wether he approved it or not I wasn't going on tour. I needed to focus on myself right now.

"Jace, what do you mean no? What's been going on? You seem out of it, you haven't been producing like you used to." He speaks up.

"Jack. I don't know. I think I just need to focus on myself right now. Focus on my friends. Family. Find myself again." I know I haven't been in the game for too long, a little over a year, but juggling multiple things at once was never my sport.

"What are you saying?"

"I need a break. Finish school. Then maybe jump back in." I shrugged and stared at the ground even though he couldn't see me. I toyed with my shoe, moving it back and forth making shoe marks on the white floor.

"Jace the contract–" I cut him off.

"Ok, but when im failing my classes and can't graduate in my senior year, what the hell do you think I should do when Im not able to get a degree in college." I spat. He was going to say that the contract needed me to continue my five year promise. Its not like I planned on breaking it. I just needed to figure out my personal life.

"Fuck college you have a carved out path in front of you." He says. I exhale heavily ready to throw my phone and punch something.

"No. When this whole thing goes to shit and I have nothing to fall back on but money, which will eventually drain away, what do I do?" I say with malice. He was quiet. "Im not going on tour and that's final. Call me back when you've got something I want to actually hear." I hang up roughly shoving my phone in my pocket. Yeah, I loved the music world but lately I've been having an eternal battle with myself over some things. I may seem ok but Im just about ready to lose my mind. I don't know what's going on. Everything seems to get go me lately. I take some deep calming breathes closing my eyes.

"You good?" I hear a familiar voice. Alec. I crack one eye open and look at the slightly taller male. How did he know where I was? I push that to the back of my mind, knowing how he found me was the least of my worries. "You do know that it is the middle of second period right?" He asked. Shit, Ace. I had almost a heart attack when I found out what she was wearing under the bomber jacket. I almost scolded Izzy for making her wear that, although Ace seemed uncomfortable it wasn't my place.

Plus I knew Izzy would have barked at me. Although I couldn't deny that she looked good. But back to the here and now...

"No I didn't but thank you." I say.

"What's wrong?" He asked. Since he was someone I could just rant to and he'll listen and give his honest opinion, I told him. He nodded ocassionally to show that he was listening. "Hmm...I agree, if you're not in the right mindset you shouldn't push yourself to do something you have no means to. Without emotion and doing it just because you have to, makes it les...memorable and more like a job than something you would have actually had fun doing on your own time when you're ready." Yes, somebody who understands. Well I can't really say that since only he knows what happened. But Im more than glad that he gets me. I look at him and he seems to have an inner monolague as if he should tell me something or not.

"Wait if its the middle of second period why are you doinh here?" I ask him.

"Well we aren't really doing anything in class so the teacher let us do whatever so I just started wandering around." He shrugged easily.

"Whats troubling you?" I ask. He knits his eyebrows for second making a face. He looks at me then stands beside me also leaning against the wall. While I look at him he looks at a bulletin board across the hall covered with bright papers and sign-up sheets.

"So magnus shared some information with me, about what him and the girls talked about this morning while they were getting ready." He sighed bowing his head briefly letting his black hair droop over his face a bit. Where is he going with this?

"So." He continued again. "They came across to talking about you. And some things were revealed. Turns out that Clary had feelings for you for a while now. And was sad because she believes that you want to be with Ace..." Well...I rub the back of my neck a bit throwing my head back. Life, why are so complicated? I liked Clary...but...but...but what? Where did it go? When I got to know Ace I developed feelings for her too. Do I still have feelings for Clary? Alec looks to me with a raised brow. "Ace felt bad becasue she believed she destroyed a future relationship." I could tell he wanted to say more but I have a feeling he was going to let me figure out the rest on my own. I was goinh to speak up when my phone rang in my pocket. I took it out looking at the name. Jack.

"Look I have to answer this." I peel myself from the wall. "When you see Ace tell her that I want to talk to her. But not now. I need to be alone. Ill be at the soccer feild, don't bother me unless its an emergency." I say. He nods giving me a lazy salute. I answer my ringing phone bringing the device to my ear.

"You don't have to do it..." His voice comes in clear as I make my way outside to the feild in the chilly fall air.

*Lunch*

WHAT THE HELL!? Kaelie and her goons just purposely just dumped their lunch all over Ace. Who was wearing Sebastion Verlacs hoodie. Whats between them anyways? Ace stood up with hell burning in her hazels eyes. I seriously thought she was going to commit murder. But then a smile plagued her face. I was almost convinced it was real, but if you looked into her eyes you could see how much she hated them.

"Im going to claw her apart." Izzy said about to stand up but Alec held her back. The whole lunch room was silent as they watched. She embraced all three jack ass girls in a hug getting the food all over them. She then snaped at everyone staring causing for them to go back to their own lunch. She apologised to Sebastion before cleaning the mess. I wanted to kill them turns out they've been bothering her since day one and especially today. Ace peeled the hoodie off throwing it away. Her outfit wasn't even ruined, just Verlacs hoodie.

"Are you ok Ace?" Alec asked.

"Never better." You can tell she was lieing. "Why?" I ask.

"Because It looks like you're about to burn the world down." Magnus Answers.

"More like burn those fake ass bitches." She mumbles. "Pffft kill myself more like kill them." She scoffs silently. My blood boils. Why must the trio of plastic barbies mess with her? What did she do? I rack my brain for things that she must've done to set them off. Oh my god?! It's my fault. Ace is suffering because of me. For the past month and a half all her torment and torture has been my doing, indirectly. All because they were jealous. I felt bad.

"Hey magnus can you get my jacket you took from me earlier?" She says with a wink. I look at the glitter covered boy.

"Come Alexander." Magnus tugs my best friend along. Who in return blushes and mumbles incoherantly. The girl smiles to herself before diving into work with sebastion. I look around bored. I ate my chicken sandwich, which was not the best tasting thing the world. But hey it was food. I hope Ace was not lieing about Tony sending her food. She knows what I'll do if she doesn't eat.

"Oh fuck off." Ace says bringing me back to reality. I look to see whats wrong but instead she is smiling and laughing.

"Well Im not the one who did it." Sebastion teased. I wanted to punch him.

"I was six!" She defended. Wow. I have to admit I was a bit jealous I was not the one making her laugh. I looked at clary who was talking to simon and Izzy like always. I get no attention. But then again I tend to over do it when I have it.

I groan. "Im boreeeeddd!" I whine. Ace looks at me and smirks.

"Go look in the mirrior." She joked.

"Not a bad idea."

"It was a joke dipshit." She smiled. Dimples on her cheeks. I wonder if she noticed that she had them. Of course she did it was her body. Sebastion looked at her adoringly. I had half the mind to glare at him. But I was talking to Ace.

"Still considering it. I myslelf sometimes look into the mirrior at my spectacular angelness." I shoot her a grin. She rolls her eyes playfully before giving sebastion her attention again. She made a face looking down at the work. Just then Magnus and Alec decided to come back.

"Took you forever I was dieng of boredom." I say. Magnus hands Ace her jacket with a shit eating grin while Alec's face is flushed red while he mutters something at me.

"Attention seeker."

The bell rings ten minutes later signaling the end pf lunch. We pack up our things and throw away our trash before parting ways. Sebastion tagging along with me and Ace. They are gling to chat more. I seriously need to stop being jealous. Why was I feeling so strongly towards her. Is she really the reason why my feelings for clary faded?

"Ill meet you in the library. I have to get my food." Ace announced to the dark eyed male. He nodded and walked off. Where I followed her.

"So do you still want to talk?" She looked up at me? I nodded as we weaved our way through the crowded halls full of people going here and there. I rambled my head looking for words to say.

"Do you like me?" I ask her. She looks down thinking. Honestly if she said no, how would I feel? Would it really matter? Would it even affect me?

"Honestly I don't know. We are getting pretty close and if we continue the way we do then yes." Ace says. "What are your feelings towards me? Towards Clary?"

"I want to sheild you from everyone. You know? Make sure you're ok. But at the same time I want to be the only one to lool at you and make you laugh. As for clary. I feel as if when I look at her or touch her she'll break or become tainted." I shrug honesty tracing my words. She seemed precious for the world. At the back of my mind she's always there. I may not think about her as much as Ace anymore bu- my thoughts are cut off by the small girl next to me gasping. She was easily five or six inches shorter than me.

"I've got it. You feel as if you aren't enough for clary, though you like her and she likes you. Then here I come along and you get distracted by me. You start developing a brotherly type thing but slowly its turning into more and you're often confusing the two feelings. Causing you to feel the way you do." She pauses a moment opening the front doors to the school. We trek to the dark SUV in thw chilly air. "Think about it me and you often argue like brother and sister except you just have a natural tendecy to flirt. You call me pet names, sometimes you stare at me, and call me beautiful. But thats about it." I say. "So you push clary to the back of your mind hoping your feelings for her would disapear and you'd end up with me." She continues. What she says makes sense, I feel my brain unscramble my confused and clustered thoughts and my feelings become a little clearer. Ace gets a paper bag full of chinese food and another plastic bag with something in it. He says hello to me after Ace thanks him. She flexes her left hand making a face before we go back inside. The hallways are clearer now that most people are in class.

The occasional girl stares at me or winks blowing kisses. One even tried talking to me to get my number. I ignore the girl.

We head towards the hardly used library where we use are free block.

"Im back Seb." Ace says once she finds him. she hands him the plastic bag. "Got you a present." So thats what the bag was for? I sit across from them setting down the bag.

"A present already? You barely know me." He gives her a confuses look. Well he's not wrong. She rolls her eyes.

"Just look in the bag." She orders. He shrugs peering inside. He looks at her giving a small smile.

"I told you not to buy me a new one." He pulls out a hoodie that looks like his okd one that got ruined not even an hour ago.

"Really? Hmm...must not have heard it." Shw lies. "Plus you cant go home cold." Ace pulls out a white container from the brpwn paper bag. The smell of foreign food filling the air. She opens it grabbing a plastic fork and puts a forkful of noodles in her mouth.

*Ace*

Jace had dozed off so me and Seb were talking quietly. My left hand, the one Kaelie slammed in my locker, was really starting to hurt. I would move it around every now and then to soothe the pain. Nothing was broken, I was sure of that. But it was slightly swollen. Maybe I should go to the nurse. I mindlessly put a sauted mushroom in my mouth.

"You good?" Sebastion asks grabbing my attention. I nod my head. We then dived into a random conersation getting to know eachother more.

*At home*

Luckily enough for me I haven't seen Kaelie nor her minions for the rest of the day. Honestly I wanted to rekax into my bed but me and Jerry had somethings to discuss and people to meet. After I was to meet my choreographer I had to head to my family company so I can be apart of the plan committe for the thanksgiving ball.

The last time I was there was last years ball. I only made an appearance for an hour before leaving. But this time I had to stay longer. Ugh, Jerry was pushing my limits. Then finally I'd over to the lightwood house where I'd meet EVERYONES parents including the lightwoods again. Claudia suggested that I'd invite them to the ball. So that's what I was going to do.

Inside my living room was Jerry and a tall tanned boy around my age maybe older.

"Ace!" Jerry greeted. I gave him a short hug. "Ace this is Nathan your choregrapher, Nathan this is Ace aka 'A'" I shook the boys hand which was warm and slightly rough. He had a angular face, a slim body, messy blondish hair– in a good way, and amazing carribean blue eyes. He was atleast a foot taller than me. He looked directly into my eyes.

"Hello lovely to meet you." He spoke.

"Nice to meet you too." I say with a smile.

"I have a feeling you're both going to get along very well." Jerry said. After getting familiar with eachother a bit it was time to go. We headed to the busy streets of New york. I saw the business my father built sticking out proudly. NW co written in bold lettering on the skyscrapper. Ever since he died the kids he left behind, me and my brother, have been mentioned in the news a few times but that was years ago. I think they forgot that he had children. Currently Jerry was the one technically running the company until my brother finished in the navy. Mason was meant to take over.

We park in the parking garage, taking the elevator to the very top floor. Jerry insited that it was a good idea that I became more involved with the company. In the case that something happened to Mason and I had to take over. I didn't even want to think about something happening to my brother. Jerry guided me to the board room and instructed me to wait outside. He went inside and I could here him talking to people inside.

"Good evening everyone. Thank you all for helping organize the ball this year. And thank some of your children for joining in. Just about all of you are new here and don't know much about the company or its founder. You've all been here a year or less." He speaks in a serious tone. So that means the previous people Iv'e seen at the ball are not in the room. Do they replace people just like that? "Anyways the original CEO who died along with his wife tragically, Alex and Molly NightWell, have two children. One of which who will take over the company In a short while. But he can not be here due to being over seas in the Navy. But...I would like for you to meet the daughter of this family company." So he wanted to introduce me. Well that certaintly adds to my anxiety. I zip up my bomber jacket. "I would like to warn you that she doesn't talk much and she has a temper. And does have the power to fire you." Well I never knew I had that power. Is that even legal for me to do that? "Would you all please welcome Ace NightWell who is helping plan the ball and trying to become more involved in her fathers company." I guess thats my cue. I walk through the open door into the large room. It had a wooden long table with chairs full of people surrounding it. Standard. I look around to see young, old, and middle aged people. Since the young ones look like teenagers im guessing they are some of the children helping out their parents. My eyes scan the room taking in every face looking at me. Thats when I see Alec and Izzy's parents, and Kaelie sitting inbetween what I assume to be her parents. Well then this is... Unexpected.

Done with yet another chapter. Tell me what you think I should add and take away. Did I get into the mood of the charecters? If something doens't make sense feel free to ask any questions. Peace!