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Chapter 10

Clary POV

It had been over a month since I met Jace and the Lightwoods. It was now, sadly, Monday. Halloween was on Saturday and the school was decorated in tacky decorations. There were purple bats and smiling pumpkins everywhere. Nothing in it was remotely scary.

I was once again sitting in the entrance hall, except this time, I was next to Jace. We were sitting across from Simon and Izzy who were quietly talking to each other. Simon said something to Izzy and she giggled. I rolled my eyes. They had been disgustingly cute since they got together a few weeks ago.

That happened to be the same day that Jace saved me from Seelie, Kaelie and Sebastian. Ever since then, Jace had been even closer to me and rarely left my side, as if protecting me from another encounter. I had to say, It seemed like it was working.

They hadn't talked to me since. I saw them glaring at us a couple of times everyday. It was as if Jace could sense when they were doing it. Every time, he caught them and gave them a glare way worse than their own.

I blinked when I noticed a slender, calloused hand in front of my face. I looked over to see Jace looking at me expectantly. "Sorry, what?," I asked, blinking again.

"Izzy was asking if you were coming to her Halloween party on Saturday," Jace informed me.

Halloween party? "You guys are having a Halloween party?," I asked, trying to think if they already told me this. I didn't remember it but I had been zoning out so much lately. For all I know, they've told me like, five times.

Izzy groaned. "Seriously Clary? I've been talking about it for the last week. Everyone else knows about it. Like, everyone in our year is coming. So, yes, we're having a Halloween party. Now, are you coming?"

I sighed. Everyone most likely included Seelie, Kaelie, and Sebastian. But, it includes all my friends too. And Jace will be there. "Yeah, sure," I said. Izzy looked satisfied.

Plus, Izzy would kill me otherwise.

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I was now sitting in a car with Jace, Will and Tessa. I had been glaring daggers at the back of Tessa's head for the past five minutes.

At the end of school, Tessa had asked me if I wanted to come shopping with her to spend some time together. I agreed easily, because shopping with her was easy. We had the same taste and she didn't take forever.

What she forgot to mention, though, was that it wasn't just her I was agreeing to go shopping with. That it also included Jace and Will. Which meant, for the next couple of hours, I was stuck with two Herondales.

The car rolled to a stop as Will parked the car. We hopped out and followed Tessa to whatever shop she was going to first. I groaned as she walked into some clothes shop. Izzy and Magnus would have loved it.

Will and Jace looked bored out of their minds after about ten minutes. It was then that I started to wonder how the hell Tessa had got them to agree to this.

"How the hell did Tessa get you two to agree to this exactly?," I asked them incredulously.

"She used the boyfriend blackmail on me. I didn't really have a choice," Will said, earning a smack on the back of his head from Tessa. "Ow! Seriously, Tess, if you keep doing that you are going to give me a concussion!"

Tessa rolled her eyes and Jace and I laughed. I looked to him next, wondering what she had used on him. He sighed.

"Honestly, she asked me and I said yes because I didn't want to be rude. And Will was giving me the puppy dog eyes and then they told me you would be coming so I agreed."

I smiled when he said he agreed once he knew I was coming. How they knew I was coming I wasn't sure but i didn't dwell on it. I couldn't really because Jace was staring at me strangely and my heart was beating out of my chest,

"What?," I asked, still smiling. I felt heat creep up my neck and I wondered if there was something on my face.

"Nothing," he said, shaking his head slightly. "It's just... nothing."

He was still staring at me and I felt my cheeks get warmer and warmer and I knew I must be as red as my hair. He shook his head again and faced forward.

It was then that I noticed Tessa and Will both looking at us with their eyebrows raised. Jace raised his eyebrows as well. "Did you two want to say something?," he asked them. They shook their heads and Tessa went back to shopping, the three of us trailing behind her.

After about half an hour of clothes shopping, something worse happened. Tessa was walking towards another clothes shop, I assumed. Then I saw the lingerie in the windows and my eyes widened when I saw the name. Victoria's Secret.

I tried to block the door but Tessa saw me and her long legs reached the shop before mine. I glared at her when she was looking but she just rolled her eyes at me. I noticed Will had fallen back next to Jace so I took his place next to Tessa.

"Do you always bring Will to look at lingerie with you?." I hissed at her, incredulously. Then I sighed when I realized she probably did. It was Will, after all.

"Yes, actually. Sometimes I even let him choose the ones that I buy," Tessa told me, trying to hold in her laughter at the look of disgust on my face.

"I really didn't need to know that, Tess," I informed her, my voice panicky as I tried to get those images out of my head. Of course, this made Tessa unable to hold it in anymore and she burst out laughing.

Will and Jace had stopped their conversation and were looking at us curiously. I shook my head at them. They did not need to know. I fell back in line with Jace and let Will and Tessa...you know.

We followed a few paces behind them. I fidgeted with my fingers awkwardly. I didn't even look in here when I was on my own. Jace nudged my shoulder. I looked at him and saw that he was wearing his signature smirk. Oh no.

"Not gonna buy anything, Red?," he asked. I shook my head. He frowned. "That's a pity. 'Cause seriously, this would look really good on you. Then that thing happened. You know, the thing where he winks at me, my heart melts, and I stop breathing.

He was holding a green and black, sexy, lace bra with matching underwear. I actually did like it. But did I really have enough confidence to buy it when he was there?

"Unless, of course, you're scared," he added, challenging me. I smiled at him, took it out of his hands, and walked towards the till. Apparently I was.

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About an hour later, I was sitting on my bed with my sketchpad against my legs. I was, for about the tenth time since I met him, drawing Jace. This time, he was an angel.

Well, I guess you would call it a fallen angel. He was falling, his back and head bent backwards. His wings were black and broken. And he was...glowing.

I had drawn him so many times as so many things, but this one felt different. It felt right. It felt like it was real. I realized that this was the way I always pictured him. Like an angel. But, broken.

He had a shell wrapped tightly around him. He had a constant attitude and arrogance. No one got to see what he was really like. But I did.

But what was worse, was the brick wall that was like a vice around his heart. He refused to love or let anyone love him. But i couldn't help it.

I loved him.

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I was being tortured. I guess I'll explain. And don't laugh, I'm being completely serious. Izzy was helping me get ready.

Her Halloween party was tonight and she thought that it would be fun for Tessa, Maia and I to get ready at her house. Somehow, Tessa and Maia out of the torture I was now enduring and were allowed to get their own costumes and apply their own makeup.

i groaned as I looked at the clothes in front of me. Izzy had picked out a black silk dress. It had a low cut, swooping neckline and a slit up the right side. It fell a good bit above my knees and I wondered how short it would be on Tessa, Maia or Izzy. I sighed and pulled it over my head.

There was also a pair of black stilettos and a set of black wings. I was a fallen angel. I had to say, even though the dress was a little revealing, I loved the costume.

I walked back into Izzy's rooms and the three of them grinned at me. "Clary, you look amazing!," Izzy exclaimed, Tessa and Maia nodding their heads in agreement.

But then it was time for the makeup. I groaned again as Izzy pushed me into the chair. "How did Tessa and Maia get out of this? Why are you only doing this to me?," I asked desperately.

Izzy rolled her eyes. "Because you're the only one who doesn't have a boyfriend," she stated bluntly.

I looked at her in disbelief, my mouth hanging open. "Are you kidding me?," I asked, glaring slightly. That's why they were torturing me?

"No, I'm not kidding. Now sit still so I can make you look hot," she instructed me. I sighed but obeyed.

To her credit, Izzy did a good job. She used mascara and eyeliner that made my green eyes stand out. She applied dark purple winged eye-shadow, a light blush and some lip-gloss. My hair was left down, but by some miracle, Izzy had tamed it so it didn't look frizzy and fell in elegant curls down my back.

When we got downstairs to where the boys were waiting, my mouth dropped open in shock. Jace was wearing a shirt, jeans, boots, and a leather jacket, all black. But what shocked me was the black wings sprouting out his back.

I glared at my so called friends to find them all grinning. They set us up. Before even sparing me a glance, they all went off to find their boyfriends. I looked around desperately but Jon was with his girlfriend, Aline, and Alec and Magnus were kissing passionately off to the side of the room.

I smiled at seeing them together and remembered the first day I met them. Then I realized that I was the only one that didn't have a boyfriend. I sighed and walked over to Jace.

When he saw me, his mouth dropped open. I smiled slightly and blushed. I knew now that they weren't pranking me or something. They actually are trying to set us up. I blushed harder at the thought.

"Hey." He was still gaping at me. My smile grew but I couldn't blush anymore than I already was. "You okay?," I asked him, still smiling, and raising my eyebrows.

"You're an angel," he said. "A hot, sexy, fallen angel. You're an angel," he repeated. I nodded and- wait. Did he just call me hot and sexy?!

My face got impossibly warmer. "I could say the same about you. You're quite the hot, sexy, fallen angel yourself," I told him, wondering where in hell I got the courage.

He grinned at me and I grinned back. By then, the room was starting to fill. "Jace," Alec called, coming up beside us. "Izzy's looking for you."

Jace sighed and rolled his eyes. "I'll talk to you later, okay?," he said, looking to me for confirmation.

I nodded and smiled at him. "Okay."

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About half an hour later, I was standing off to the side with a cup of coke. Izzy had amazing decorations. From statues, to banners, to twinkling lights. The house was covered.

I looked around for some of my friends and saw something I never wanted to see. Kaelie was talking to Jace, her hand once again on his chest. And then she kissed him.

I turned away quickly and desperately tried to blink the tears away. I needed to go home. I finally saw Simon standing in the corner. I made my way over, mumbling apologies when I bumped into someone.

"Simon!," I called when I reached him. "Hey. I'm gonna go home alright? I'm just not feeling very well," I rushed, just wanting to get out of there.

Simon looked concerned. "Hey, do you want me to come with you?," he asked, putting a hand on my shoulder.

I shook my head. "No, it's fine. Just, tell Izzy I'm sorry for leaving early, okay?"

He nodded his head. "Sure. I'll see you tomorrow."

"Thanks Simon," I said, before rushing out of the house.

I was walking as fast as I could. I vigorously wiped tears from my eyes, desperately trying to get the image out of my mind, when I saw it. I stopped dead in my tracks.

It was growling unnaturally. It had four elongated limbs and looked like a big blob of raw meat with pulsing veins. It had a gaping hole for what i guessed was supposed to be a mouth, with teeth the whole way around. I backed up against the wall. And I screamed.

It jumped at me and I felt something dig into my neck. I grabbed a rock and desperately tried to bat it away but I kept feeling the stabbing pains. The word demon popped into my head.

Suddenly, it disappeared. Like, poof. I dropped the rock and my head started to spin. The last thing I saw was gold before I fell into nothingness.

But I didn't hit the ground.

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Phew! Extra long chapter and Clary got attacked. They'll have to tell her now. Happy Halloween!

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