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Disclaimer: I do not own the Mortal Instruments series and Stay With Me by Same Smith (last chapter).

JC POV

After I heard the door close behind Clary, I opened my mouth to say something, but nothing came out. Isabelle continued to stare at me with her big brown eyes and I couldn't stop myself from staring right back at her.

Once I got up the courage to say something, all that came out of my mouth was, "So…Uh…"

Isabelle stopped staring at me and giggled at my idiocy, but soon turned serious. "Did you hear what I was saying to Clary?"

"Yes," her eyes went wide again so I continued, "I want you to know that I feel the same way…I mean that I like you also…that is unless you were lying to Cla-" I was cut off by Isabelle's lips.

She pulled back and looked into my eyes before saying, "I wasn't lying to Clary. I really like you, Jonathan. I understand, though, if you don't want to commit to me because you like Maia too. I mean she is a very nice girl and smart and funny and very beautiful and-"

"Isabelle! You just described yourself. Those are just about the same words that I used to describe you to Clary about five minutes before she came here. Plus, Maia is in love with my servant anyway."

Isabelle narrowed her eyes and said, "So I'm your second choice. You only came to tell me you like me because Maia is in love with a servant!"

"What? No! That's not what I meant! I asked Jordan about Maia because I saw that they interacted during dinner when they thought that nobody was paying attention. I wanted to know if they were having a secret relationship because I wanted Maia to have somebody when I was going to tell her that I liked you. He told that they knew each other when they were younger and that they still loved each other. I didn't want to tell you what I felt until I was sure that you felt the same way," I reasoned.

Isabelle looked at me surprised before she nodded and pulled my face to hers, slamming her lips onto mine. I brought my hands up to her face as I caressed her cheek and pushed her slightly back towards the bed. She pulled back and snuggled into my chest as we lie together in her bed and fell asleep. I watched as her chest rose and fell with each breath and soon I was falling asleep along with her.

J POV

I woke up the next morning in my bed and was confused until I remembered that I left Clary's room last night instead of staying with like I wanted to. There was a knock at the door and a servant telling me that breakfast would be served soon, so I got up and got ready. I don't know what's going to happen today because we all had already spent time with each other so maybe Jonathan and Clary will get to choose today.

I hurried to get ready with renewed spirit and was soon at the table waiting for the others to get there. When I heard a giggle coming from down the hall I looked up and gasped to myself at the sight.

Clary and Alec walked in laughing and talking; behind them was Clary's maid, Magnus. I gasped because it seemed as though Alec and Clary had been getting cozy and Clary looked quite comfortable with Alec. My face went from a look of anger to emotionless within two seconds as I worked to hide my emotions from Clary and everyone else.

Clary sat down in front of me and Alec helped to push her chair in before sitting next to her. I felt my blood boil and was about to say something when the king and queen walked in. Everyone rose from their seats, even Jonathan and Isabelle who had just entered.

"You can sit," the king said to us. "I have an announcement to make regarding today. Because of some of the things that I have heard from my children, I have decided that we no longer need to have everyone meet every other day. So today I have gotten the carriages to take you lot into town where Clarissa and Jonathan will show you around. Clarissa and Jonathan's servants will go as well. Is that understood?"

"Yes," we replied.

"Then you are all dismissed."

We all got up from the table and made our way towards the gates where our carriages where waiting for us to get in. I went with Clary, Alec and Magnus. The rest went in Jonathan's carriage and we headed off. The ride to town was quiet and Clary looked out the window watching the trees as we rolled passed them.

Suddenly she yelled, "Stop!"

When the carriage stopped, Clary jumped out the door we all followed. She made her way over to a little boy who was on the ground crying and hugging his leg to his chest with children and adults surrounding him.

"Move!" Clary yelled as she pushed her way through the crowd. She knelt next to the boy and asked, "What's wrong?"

"I tripped over a rock when we were playing tag and I fell on my knee," he cried.

"Can I see?"

The boy showed Clary his leg and she slowly pulled the fabric of his pants up so that she could examine his wound. She sucked in a breath as she looked at his leg. Underneath the fabric there was a huge bruise forming and a large scrape that was bleeding causing Clary's hands to get all bloody.

"Someone get Hodge," she said to the crowd.

Few people nodded and set off while the rest helped her to get the boy in the carriage and lay him down on one of the seats. Clary went in after him and placed his head on her lap as she stroked his hair and spoke soft words to him.

I walked over to Jonathan, who was staring at his sister with adoration and respect, and asked, "Who was that boy? Why did Clary help him?"

"His name is Max. We met him a couple months ago when we came to visit and he was playing around out carriage and got himself into a similar predicament as here. Clary grew fond of him and since then, every time we come here together, we get Max from his mother and bring him to Luke's to treat him to a sweet of his choice," he replied.

I turned back to Clary, who was now staring at a man who was making his way over to the carriage at top speed. When he got there, he bent down next to Max and began working on his knee. I made my way over to watch him work and saw Clary kiss Max's forehead before she turned back to the man and watched him carefully. As the man finished, he said something to Clary and she nodded and told him 'Thank you' before he left.

I walked up to Clary and asked, "Is he okay?"

"Yes. He should be fine. It was just a scrape, but the bruise will take a while to heal so Hodge told me to tell his parents not to let him play with the other children for a little while so that it can heal."

"Okay. Do you want to go with the rest of us? We're going to Luke's. We can drop Max off at his parents' house and then go if you want."

"I would like that, thank you."

I went and got everyone to go back in the carriages. After we dropped off Max, we made our way to Luke's to see that he was waiting outside for us.

"Hello, Luke," Clary said.

"Hello, Princess Clarissa," he replied.

"Again, Luke. What did I tell you?"

"Right, I'm sorry. Hello, Clarissa."

"Thank you. Now as you can see, we have more visitors again today. Do you think you could make something for us?"

"Of course. Come on in."

We followed Luke inside and looked around as Clary and Jonathan talked to Luke while he was baking. I walked over to Alec, who was looking at cupcakes, and pointed out the desert that Clary got for us yesterday.

"That one is very good."

"How do you know?" Alec asked.

"Because Clary brought me here yesterday and she got us those pastries," I replied.

"Oh," was all he said so I walked over to where Clary and Jonathan were standing talking to Luke.

"Oh hello, Jace right?" Luke asked when he saw me.

"Yes, hello Luke. Nice to see you again."

"Like wise. Now Clarissa, what would you like for me to make you all?" he asked looking at Clary.

"Well I was hoping that you could let us help you bake those wonderful cookies that make because I want to learn how to bake them," Clary said shyly.

"Why not? I could always use the help."

I clapped my hands together, causing everyone to look at me and said, "Well this should be fun."

Clary smiled at me before Luke led us to the back to get the ingredients to bake his cookies. For the next hour and a half, we were covered in flour and eggs, the cookies made it out okay and were sitting on one of Luke's cooling racks. Clary, Isabelle, Maia and Magnus were by the water spout trying to clean themselves up enough so as not to anger the king and queen with their appearance. Jonathan, Alec, Jordan and I had already freshened up while the ladies were busy helping Luke clean up the kitchen.

When the ladies were done, we decided that we did not feel like heading back to the castle yet so we made our way down the street conversing with one another when we heard the sound of music. Curious as to what and where the music was coming from, we followed the sound until it led us to a town party just behind the tavern. There were people dancing, playing instruments and conversing with one another. When the people noticed us, they bowed their heads respectively, but Clary told them to treat them as one of their own, so they went back to what they were doing.

I walked up to Clary, who was talking to Isabelle and stuck my hand out asking, "Would you like to dance, my lady?"

She giggled before taking my hand and curtsying as we made our way over to where everyone else was dancing. Clary put her other hand on my shoulder as my other hand made it to her waist. We smiled at each other before we started dancing.

"Jace?" Clary asked.

"Yes, Clary."

"Did you have fun today? I mean, I didn't know if you or anyone else would have fun baking, I just thought that they might've and I-" I cut her off.

"Clary, of course I had fun. Baking with you was the most fun I have had in a long time besides the time we spent alone yesterday."

Clary blushed as my words, but stayed silent. Soon the song was over and we were walking back to the group. Clary went over to Maia while I stayed by myself in the corner.

I wasn't left alone for long because soon a girl with long blond hair and blue eyes was making her way towards me. She came to stand in front of me and smiled seductively.

"Hello, my name is Kaelie," she said.

"Hello, Kaelie. I am Prince Jace of Alicante."

"Wow, a prince. Is it fun being a prince?"

"It does have it perks, but-" I was cut off by Kaelie's lips on mine.

I pushed her back surprised only to see a flash of red hair run quickly back towards the castle. I ran after Clary, but by the time I made it out of the party area, she was already nearing the castle. I ran back to the party to search for Jonathan and I told him that Clary ran off and we had to leave now.

Without any questions, Jonathan nodded and we gathered everyone up and hurried back to the carriages. My legs wouldn't stop shaking the entire way back to the castle and when we finally stopped, I hopped out of the carriage so fast that they didn't open the doors fast enough.

I made my way towards Clary's room and when I knocked no one answered.

"Clary, please open the door. Let me explain. What you saw wasn't my fault. That girl kissed me I swear. I would never do that to you," I pleaded to no avail.

After what felt like an hour, I gave up and went to freshen up for dinner.

In the dining room, Magnus came in telling us that Clary wasn't feeling well and would be eating in her room.

"Okay, Magnus. Be sure to tell her that the ball for the choosing ceremony is tomorrow. The kings and queens from the other two kingdoms will be here tomorrow," King Valentine said.

Magnus nodded and ran off. We ate in silence after that and I used it to come up with an idea to prove to her that that girl meant nothing to me. As I was walking back to my room, I passed by the music room and I stopped suddenly. I had gotten an idea so I went into the room and sat at the piano. I stayed in that room until I was finished and it was perfect. If that didn't fix this then I don't know what will.