Alec POV
I could hardly wait to present the lovely science projects we had to do. My group was basically three good for nothings. Which left me doing pretty much all the work. Like the smart people we were, we did it all last night. We hardly finished and it took us until 11. We did it at Petunia's, which was a huge mistake. Petunia's mom was there and way to into what we were doing. The Emma girl was alright and took some notes. George was late and ended up spilling water everywhere while Petunia did nothing and spent the whole evening yelling at her mother.
The teacher (I don't remember his name) prepared his clipboard for when he needed to grade everyone. "Alright, let's begin! Any volunteers?" He finally asked. Some girl named Ella raised her hand. Her group's presentation was one of the most boring things on planet earth. Even more boring then playing dolls with Izzy when we were little. It was about adaptations of animals or some crap.
After that one, the group who all looked stoned went. They couldn't even stand straight or pronounce half the words. The teacher just shook his head the whole time. It was kind of hilarious, though I didn't laugh. Clary tried hard not to. Next, my wonderful group was called.
Our project was about climate change. Emma and I basically presented all of it while George said like 4 words. Petunia, whom I'm really starting to hate, just stared at her phone. Mr.I have no idea yelled at her the whole time. We probably failed but its not like I cared a whole lot.
After our group Clary's group went. It's the only presentation, including my own of course, I actually paid attention to. I had to make sure the people in Clary's group were not bothering her. Tyson and James were so boring to listen to. Mark and Clary presented most of it. At least the guys didn't do anything I had to deal with.
"Good job" I whispered to Clary after she sat down.
"Really?" She questioned.
"No, I'm just trying to be nice." I replied.
"Thought so, you did...pretty good." Clary said.
"Ha, sure." I said. Clary and I have an interesting friendship, if you could call it that.
The bell rang and it was finally time for lunch.
"Hey, how was your presentations?" Izzy asked coming up to my locker right before lunch.
"It was wonderful, I did great!" I said sarcastically.
"Did he actually?" She asked turning to Clary.
"No, what do you expect?" Clary replied.
"Really Redhead? We were getting along today." I said. Clary and Izzy just laughed and I shook my head.
In the cafeteria I sat in the corner like every other day so far, friends are overrated.
"Hello can I please sit here, no one notices you." Jace said sitting down.
"I guess, what's up?" I said genuinely curious.
"It sucks being popular or whatever they call it. Like these people engage in the weirdest activities and like I can hardly ever get away." He replied.
"Well Jace, as you can see I dont have the same problem but I suggest not putting yourself out there in the first place." I said trying to advise my brother even though I knew he was not going to listen.
"Putting myself out there?" Jace questions.
"I'm not sure if your aware but you kind of attract people, you know book club and such." I replied.
"It's not like that though, I'm not seducing anyone." He said.
"Okay but I think the women think you are." I said.
"Oh, so what do I do Alec?" Jace asked.
"Just try to put your head down and not focus on others much." I replied.
"Oh so be like you." Jace said.
"Sure, you could put it like that." I said.
"Thanks I guess for the advice but um I'm just going to go somewhere else." Jace said suddenly standing up.
"Suit yourself." I said. Jace quickly left, going back to his group or whatever. I look around and see Clary sitting by herself. Then I see Izzy with way too many guys around her. I made a mental note to talk to Jace about that.
Authors Note:
Hey! Thank you for sticking with us up to this point.
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