Hey Guys im so sorry for the wait but i was up at my grandparents place and they live like an hour and a half away and i didnt bring my laptop... Anyway today was the first day of the term so i may only now be updating once a month... Please forgive me!

Life Of Hell

Clary POV

The motocross race was the only thing on my mind; every day I practiced on rugged dirt land with scattered hills and jumps, and I know that this may sound strange coming from some other girls my age, but I felt so happy where I was, and as cliché as this may sound I finally felt free.

As I rounded the final corner of a track Simon had found for me to practice on, I saw a golden bystander.

I crawled to a halt and stopped right infront of Jace who, of course, was wearing his signature smirk plastered on his face.

"What are you doing here?" Curiosity filling my voice.

"Well I thought you would be happy to see me, but I guess that if you aren't, then I should just go and brighten some other girl's day." Sarcasm literally dripped from each word, and with each word he stepped just a little closer until he was only centimeters away from me.

"So, I was taking to my father and he told me about how you're going to be in a race," He said nonchalantly, "So I came to help you practice and to give you a little heads up."

"About what?"

"Well you see my father was telling me about the prizes and guess the amount of money first place wins." All the while his voice was calm and drawled out like honey.

"Ummm... Ten thousand?" My face contorted with a look of confusion as his face turned smug and his head shook.

"Try fifty thousand." And just like that, my jaw hit the floor and Jace was laughing.

Once I composed myself again everything just clicked.

"Oh my gosh. Jace do you know what I could do with that much money? Jace- I could finally move out of my father's house- well when I'm old enough; I could pay back Izzy and Simon and Blake and Jesse and Lucas and… and you." The last part was said sheepishly as I lowered my gaze to the dirt ground.

I felt an arm gently wrap around my waist and looked up to see Jace's golden orbs looking into mine, I felt myself relax as he rested his forehead on mine.

"Why on earth would you need to pay me back Clary?"

"Well, I feel bad because you took me on this amazing date and it must have cost a fortune, and you bought me all these things while we were there- and then to top it off you even set up a beautiful picnic on the beach and…"

I was cut short of my speech -which by the way I hadn't taken a breath from- to feel Jace's soft lips moving over mine.

Our kiss went on for a few seconds until I had to pull back for a much needed breath.

"You don't need to pay me back, and even if you tried, I wouldn't let you." He said with a soft and calming voice, and so I did the only thing I could I nodded and gave him a small peck on the lips.

That's the way our day went; he would time me on my runs and give me some advice then he would make me blush and say a typical Jace thing and top it off with a kiss.

"How'd I do Jace?" I asked confident that I had at least broken my record by twenty-three seconds.

"Umm, wellll…" Dragging out the 'l' his voice clearly told me that I didn't beat my record, and I probably took longer than all my other runs. "You beat it by forty-eight seconds." His tone along with his face brightened up as I was lifted up and spun around while circled in his arms.

"Did I tell you that you look amazing in that black and gold dirt-track suit?" His eyes roaming up and down appraising me.

"Yeah about ten times actually." I gave a little eye roll and smiled down at him.

As I leant down to give him a kiss he pulled me closer making my legs wrap around him even more and making our kiss even more passionate.

I pulled away laughing and was given a questioning glance from Jace.

"Don't look at me like that." I said putting as much attitude as I could in my words.

"Like what?" He asked.

"Like I have a problem and that I've gone completely insane."

"Well you don't need to worry because I think that you are very sane."

He lent in to kiss me once more and deciding to play with him, I dug my legs into his sides and pushed my hips against him making him inwardly growl, tugging on his hair I pulled him closer to me, and when we were only millimeters apart I jumped off of him and picked my helmet- which I designed and painted- off the floor, slipped it on, and hopped on the bike.

"You ready to time me?" I asked as I smirked at a bewildered looking Jace who muttered something along the lines of:

"She's gonna be the death of me, I just know it." Laughing, I revved the bike's engine and set off down the track with Jace's eyes boring into my back.

I arrived home feeling happy and dizzy from the overflow of joy coursing through me; this whole day had been perfect and nothing could ruin it; or so I thought…

Valentine's thunderous voice boomed though the house and hit my ears like a tidal wave.

"Clary! You better come here right now if you don't want to be in anymore trouble." Frightened and nervous as hell I tip-toed to the living room where I was sure to find my father. As I entered I tugged down on my shorts and t-shirt that I quickly changed into before I came to Valentine's house; that's right I considered this hell hole a house, not a home.

"Clary, would you like to tell me what you were doing today." His deathly calm voice was on display and I knew that it meant trouble.

"Well Simon, Izzy, and I all went to watch a movie and grab some lunch." I was proud, I made it sound like I really did this all day. Smirking I sent an unsaid message to Valentine: 'Ha, top that.'

And he did…

"What was it about? Cute boys? Zombies? Or maybe… Motorbikes?" His eyes zoned in and I felt completely trapped; but this was a whole new level of trapped.

Trying to seem like it was just a random topic, I just acted as if he was a father who was interested in his daughter's day, but he and I knew that he would never be that kind of father.

"No it was about some girl who gets hunted by some ghost, and then the guy she loves dies, and now he's a ghost too; it was pretty good." It was the first thing I came up with but I managed to say it without a pause or waver.

"You really are a horrible child aren't you Clary? First you go off on a motorbike, and then I see your tongue down some boy's throat- and not just any boy, but the son of Stephen Herondale, and now, now you are lying to me. What else have you done that I should know about?" His voice rose as did my heartbeat with each and every second.

"Yeah, well, you're no father-of-the-year either, so don't you dare open your mouth at me." Aaand wait for it…

"Who the hell do you think you are, to talk to your father like that?" Smack. "I don't ever want to see you on or near a motorbike ever again!" Punch. "And if you ever see, touch, or speak to that Herondale boy again I will lock you in a room and make you sleep on broken glass. You got that?" Kick.

I was on the floor winded and bleeding from my mouth, I and had a busted lip; thinking that was the end, I tried to sit up only to be met by the devil. I was pulled up by my hair and kneed in the stomach, making my breathing even harder.

After a few more jabs and hits I was thrown on the floor, just as I heard Valentine's retreating footsteps. They thundered back quick as ever and stopped right near my face that lay flat on the cold timber floor.

Once again my hair was yanked up and I was staring in the black depths of Valentine's eyes.

"Oh and Clary, if I ever find that bike of yours I will personally rip it apart, and the same goes for that Herondale boy." Smash! My head was throw against the floor and I blacked out.

Jace POV

She wouldn't answer my calls or even reply to my texts. I hope she was okay and that whatever was keeping her from talking to me, well... let's just say it better not have been harming her.

THIS IS SUPER IMPORTANT... I want to thank two amazing people the first being my Beta TaylorJade and also i would like to thank Purple Halo because she have given me so many ideas and now the story feels like its picking up!

Thanks you guys have been awesom and please answer this question...

Do you think Clary should win, come second runner up? Hw do you think the race should go?

Thanks...