"Hey, you do know, my mom thinks you're a bad influence," Clare told Fitz with a giggle and she stepped into his car; It was time for school, of course.

"Do you?" Fitz joked with a raised eyebrow as he started the car.

Clare rolled her sea-blue eyes as she giggled again. "Duh," she retorted. "You'v e been held back a grade or two, you've been in jail, and you're such a total smart ass," she smirked at Fitz as she finished her. "well, I don't know about the smart part, but you have been a total ass." She added.

"Hah," Fitz grunted at her. "Like hell, I've had my smart moments," he responded.

"Name one," Clare demanded and she smirked when Fitz couldn't come up with anything. "Told you," and with that said, Clare relaxed in her seat, completely comfortable.

Clare has become a lot more confident since hanging out with Fitz; she loved the feeling she had with him. Fitz has grown a soft side for Clare; but he wasn't going to admit it, especially to her. "So what, at least I'm not some stick-in-the-mud like you can be sometimes," Fitz told her mockingly.

"Oh please, I've never been like that," Clare said. "I can be fun and wild."

"Fun, sure, wild, I don't think so," Fitz retorted; it was his turn to role eyes.

"Liar!" she yelled at him with a mockingly-angry voice.

"Name one time you've ever been wild," Fitz ordered her and he smirked when she hadn't come with anything either.

"Are we there yet?" Clare asked, completely changing the subject.

"Almost," Fitz said. "Now we are," he added a few minutes later.

They both got out of the car and Fitz noticed two familiar people coming their way. "Ah, shit," Fitz muttered, causing Clare to look in the direction he was staring; Eli and Adam were walking toward them.

"Guys," Clare said as Eli and Adam came into normal voice range.

"Clare," Eli began. "Listen, we were wrong to do that to the neanderthol over there," the emo said, mentioning Fitz.

"Aw, Emo-boy is being a kiss ass," Fitz scoffed with a fake laugh.

Clare quickly glared at Fitz. "Fitz," Clare said, sternly, causing Fitz to step back a few steps. Clare nodded in relief and turned back to face her two friends. "Continue," she told Eli.

"Anyway," Eli began, glaring at Fitz. "I'm sorry, and we don't want to lose you as a friend," he finished.

"Yeah," Adam said. "You're too good to us to let you go."

Clare smiled at them both. "Thanks, you guys are getting better," she told them. "But if I'm going out of my way to help you again, and you two try and ruin it, I'll never forgive you guys, under stood," Clare said with her hands on her hips as her friends nodded their heads in response. "Good, now let's all head to class, and I mean all, Fitz," Clare said and smile toward Fitz, who reluctantly went along with everything.

"Yeah, yeah," Fitz said, dragging his feet as they walked toward the school building.

Through out the time the four were together, Eli and Fitz glared at one another; Clare knew it, too, as did Adam. "Man," Adam muttered to Clare. "I still can't believe we're going to have to hang out with this jackass," Adam said with a pout.

"Adam," Clare yelled. "Stop talking about Fitz like that, he isn't a donkey!"

Adam looked at Clare with a raised eyebrow. "Oh, wow," Adam said. "I seriously can't believe you, of all, people are defending him, Clare," he groaned.

"Well, he kind of grew on me, besides," Clare began to say. "He's not a monster."

"Duh," Fitz said, revealing that he was eavesdropping. "I am way worse," Fitz taunted, causing Clare to hit him on his head.

Clare grunted. "Shut up, Fitz, you aren't helping the situation." She said to Fitz.

Eli opened his mouth to speak, but Clare looked up and glared at him. "Don't you even start, Goldsworthy," she growled, shutting Eli up.