ugh, so so so sorry you don't know how sorry i am, i apologise for how terrible this chapter is and i am sorry for my irregular updates that will again be delayed because of freaking exams! I am fed up with having to repost all my chapters because fan hates me, and my documents all get saved as code. I have reposted this 3 times and i really need sleep so yeah...

Chapter 9: Kaelie

Clary POV

"Hey, Clary" Kaelie says, waving frantically and trying desperately to get to me as fast as she can with her – what looks like almost 7inch - heels kicking up the grass every step she takes. I sigh and I focus on the poor grass being destroyed with every deep indentation. Soon I am forced to look up and face the make-up-caked, obnoxious thing that is Kaelie. She is dragging Aline behind her, who looks bored – Aline is actually pretty nice and sometimes we hang out with her a little to give her some time away from her cousin and Kaelie. Considering her cousin is Sebastian, and Kaelie considers Aline as her entourage, I was surprised when we realized she is nothing like Kaelie or Sebastian and we tried to include her as much as we can when Kaelie isn't around.

"Clary, where you listening to anything I just said?" Kaelie's high pitched voice interrupts my thoughts. I look to Maia for help with raised eyebrows and what I'm sure was a confused face. Maia just rolls her eyes and shrugs – she wasn't listening either.

"I'm sorry Kaelie, please repeat what you were saying, I'll see if I care this time around." I hear a faint snicker from Maia, who always tells me to be more… assertive to put it nicely, with Kaelie because I hate to judge, but she is goddamn annoying at times, she's the gossip queen of the school and has tried many times to humiliate me. Most of the time I expect it and I deflect it easily, I'm not one to let things get to me. If people see it doesn't bother the victim, gossip becomes less interesting and is soon forgotten. My problem with her is that she acts so sweetly to me, denying anything that disrupts her perfect image in front of me.

"Well, I'm still a bit confused with the new move we decided not to include in the routine today, I was wondering if you could show me and Aline again, just to make sure I get it right. Wouldn't want to embarrass myself by getting a move wrong now, would I?"

I narrow my eyes and flick away an irritating tendril of hair that escaped from my ponytail. She has ignored my earlier comment but I recognize the fake innocence in her voice while she taunts me for messing up in the routine.

"Kaelie, I know you can do the move, we want over it at least 8 times in practice and its not a complex move, just keep your arm straight when doing the one handed cartwheel and bend your knees a little on impact, remember what I told you before." I wish I could kick her off the cheerleading team sometimes, but the reality is that she is actually a pretty good cheerleader and without her we wouldn't have a full team.

"But I really want to see it again, we are a bit unsure about how to switch to the next moves." I resist the urge to growl at Kaelie's persistent whining, and the fact that she switched from 'i' to 'we' doesn't go unnoticed. I catch Aline's brown eyes and question her.

"Aline, you know how to do the moves right? You did them really well in practice and I'm pretty sure I have a bruise forming on my back as we speak, surely Aline can show them to you Kaelie. Since you seem to have forgotten the moves in such a short amount of time?" I smile sweetly at her, knowing she is faking at the moment. Aline is a good cheerleader too and she is really flexible, she also happens to have the advantage of an attention span longer than two minutes.

"Yeah, but Aline doesn't have time and -" I am getting fed up and impatient so I interrupt Kaelie's complaints

"Just shut up Kaelie, you can live two nights without knowing the extra routine moves, or getting them from someone else because you know what? Other people have social lives too and I would love to get back to mine." I am rewarded with a shocked look from Kaelie and a hidden smirk from Aline as I stare at Kaelie impatiently, waiting for her to get out of my line of sight. But lucky me, Sebastian just has to pop back up and slide an arm around my shoulders.

"I'll forgive you for what you did before because I know you were just embarrassed" Sebastian whispers in my ear. Everyone is getting on my nerves and I want to snap his arm right through the bone, but somehow I have enough sense to refrain from breaking anything. Instead I almost crush his fingers and throw his arm off my shoulders, shoving it back to his chest.

"Go fuck yourself Sebastian" I finish before grabbing Maia and storming away.

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Jace POV

"Is this the part where you, playing the role of the older brother go and beat him up?" I ask Jon, amused by Clary's anger at the blonde and the dark haired boy I've come to know as Clary's pursuer.

Jon takes a deep breath and shakes himself out of a daze "I think Clary can handle it on her own." He remarks, a gentle shrug following his smirk, which I know he picked up from me.

"So I'm guessing we should follow her? You know since this is the whole point we came…"Alec, as always the logical thinker.

"She said she wanted to meet us in the cafeteria right, so lets just go there." Isabelle states, already walking ahead and turning behind the changing rooms.

"uh, Iz, you might want to go the right way" Jon smiles, pointing to a pathway the opposite direction to where Izzy was walking. She freezes for a second before acknowledging his finger and turning around.

"Its not my fault this school is so big" She says, trying to cover up her embarrassment with a flick of her dark hair.

I simply chuckle quietly and begin to follow after her, towards the intriguing fiery redhead.

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sorry again, and thank you for all the support, for all the Simon lovers (including me) Simon will most likely make an appearance later in the story so yay! byueeeeeee