Not gonna apologize for being super late on updating – shit happens. I will say a huge thank you though to the people who are still reading I'm going to attempt to stay on the once a month update schedule but I am a college student and there are no promises. Thank you for reading and PLEASE REVIEW!

As soon as Jace heard the shower turn on in the guest room, he bolted down the stairs and into the kitchen, almost running into Maryse.

"Can I please go to the hospital with you?" Jace rushed out, out of breath from taking three stairs at a time. Maryse started to shake her head and opened her mouth to reply but Jace cut her off.

"Mom please. I know Jon needs time to heal and doesn't need visitors right now but I won't even go in the room. I just want to make sure Clary is okay." Maryse softened her gaze at the mention of Clary and nodded her head.

"It'll be good for her to have someone to walk into school with." Jace brightened up and shot upstairs to get dressed. After throwing on a grey long sleeve t-shirt and some jeans he walked steadily out of his room to find Clary standing at the top of the stairs. She was looking at the stairs ponderingly. Her weight was balanced so that there was no pressure on her left foot, the one she had cut up. Jace hadn't seen her worry about it when she was walking so he figured it was an unconscious decision. He walked up to her, about to put his hand on her shoulder, when she spoke.

"Have a good day at school." She stated, emotionless.

"Clary, I'm going with you to the hospital," she started to protest but Jace caught her hand in his and continued talking, "I know you want some time alone with your brother, and you can take all the time you need, but I'm not letting you walk out of that hospital or into school by yourself."

Clary's face brightened at his explanation.

"You really don't have to. Seb said he'd meet me at the doors when I got to school." Jace's heart sunk in his chest.

"He called me yesterday, crying, and apologized. I know he was just upset about his brother, I mean, look what a mess I've been and my brother is at least still breathing." She laughed at herself after finishing and Jace dropped her hand.

"Clary, you have every right to be a mess. And I don't care if Sebastian is going to walk you into school, I'm still going with you. Jon is my friend too. I want to know that you're both okay." Clary just nodded and stepped forward to go down the stairs, leaving Jace stunned and broken, staring after her.

"Alright Miss Fray, I can't let your guardian past the doors because she isn't immediate family but you can come back and see him if you're comfortable." The nurse spoke softly, as if she was afraid any amount of volume might cause Clary to shatter. Clary was already standing a sizeable distance from Maryse, and even farther from Jace who was sitting in the corner of the waiting room though still listening intently. Clary just nodded and walked into the white sterile hallway.

Jace sat staring at the double doors for almost an hour before Clary re-emerged from behind them. She seemed to be fine at first glance but her eyes were glassy with unshed tears and there were tear tracks running down her cheek, showing she had just stopped crying. She simply looked at Maryse and nodded before walking out of the hospital to the car. Maryse turned to the nurse that had walked Clary out.

"How is her brother?"

"He's stable. That's about it. He's hooked up to a lot of machinery – He's still in a coma so we can't rely on his body to keep everything running properly but he's stable enough that there is absolutely no danger of us taking him off of life support. He will stay here in the ICU for about another week and then we will move him up to the inpatient ward." Maryse thanked the nurse and motioned to Jace that they were leaving.

Jace crawled into the backseat of the car next to Clary. Her cheeks were wet with tears and her shoulders were silently moving up and down but overall she looked more okay than she had been in the past few days.

"Do you need to talk about anything?" Jace asked quietly as Maryse got into the driver's seat and turned the car on. Clary just shook her head and turned to look out the window.

As they pulled into the school parking lot, Clary quickly thanked Maryse before bolting out of the car and into the front doors.

"Make sure she's okay today, we will all talk when you guys get home from school" Maryse calmly addressed Jace. Jace nodded and climbed out of the car.

As he walked in the front doors, he saw Clary running into the courtyard. He picked up his pace to see where she was going, he knew her class was the other way. Rounding the corner, he saw Sebastian standing against the wall. Clary ran up to him and he wrapped her in a hug, pulling back after a few seconds to wipe tears from her cheek. Jace turned his back and walked in the other direction quickly, wanting to get as far away from the happy couple as possible.

Jace walked into the lunchroom with the intent to sit at his normal place with the soccer team. His gaze fluttered to a table in the far corner where he saw Sebastian and Clary sitting with Izzy. He turned to walk over when he felt a hand on his shoulder.

"How are you doing man?" Simon asked quietly.

"I'm fine. It's not my brother in the hospital." Jace replied curtly.

"You know that's not what I'm talking about." Simon responded, nodding toward Clary and Sebastian.

"I don't really have a choice do I? I mean, at least she's happy."

"Yeah, well I don't like him. As much as we don't get along, I'd much rather it was your shoulder she was crying on. I just get a bad vibe from Sebastard." Jace burst into laughter.

"Sebastard?"

"Yeah Izzy thought it up. She's not a huge fan either but she's getting to know him because Clary likes him."

"Well, I guess we have at least one thing in common." Jace chuckled.

"And what is that?" Simon questioned.

"We both want Clary to date me, not Sebastard." Jace smirked at Simon. Simon just rolled his eyes and walked toward Izzy. Jace smiled to himself before walking toward the soccer team.

Yes we have to have the Clebastian. Just know that I am a HUGE team Clace supporter and it is coming – but I have to advance the plot. Its only four more chapters of Clebastian, I promise. Please Review – it gives me more motivation to post and sometimes new ideas ;)