AN: I'd like to thank "Marike" for giving me ideas on how to continue this story. Thank you3
And thanks to everyone who follows this story, it means a lot!
Now that I have a plot figured out, I'll try and post more, but I still have school and stuff. Hope you continue to enjoy the story

Izzy POV

The next weeks flew by, they all helped Alec running the institute. Everyone was busy, so busy that everyone slept at the institute, even Magnus came by every evening or night, depending on his work. Since everyone was so exhausted at the end of the day, they ordered take away, taking turns on who picked it up. Izzy loved how they all ate dinner together, chatting about their days, even though they all worked in the same house, or well church, they rarely saw each other during the days.

However, the absolutely best part were when she and Clary got to bed. She loved knowing that at the end of the day, she would snuggle up beside the girl she loves and sleep. She also loved waking up next to her, since her parents went to Idris and left her and Alec to take care of everything, Clary had been her strength. Her rock, always there beside her, holding her, fighting every obstacle with her. Izzy had lost count of all the times Clary helped her continue fighting when she just wanted to give up. She owed her everything, she loved her more for every day.

"Hey" Izzy smiled at Clary, who looked at her with sleepy green eyes. This was their first day off for three weeks, when Izzys parents had left. Clary smiled back, moving closer to her, burying her face in Izzy's hair. Izzy embraced her, pulling her closer and placing kisses on her head, taking in the smell of the other girl. She wished that they could do this everyday, that they didn't have to work so hard, she was determined to make time for a vacation with Clary and maybe even Magnus and Alec soon. They all needed it.

"I'm starving" Clary broke Izzys thoughts and as she looked down at Clary, those beautiful green eyes were looking straight at her, it still gave Izzy butterflies when those eyes were looking straight into hers, even though it had been two months now.

"Me too" Izzy said and sat up, stretching her arms. Clary sat up beside her, smiled at her and moved closer, placing her arms around Izzy's neck, planting a soft kiss on her lips. Izzy leaned into the kiss, savoring the kiss, the soft brush of Clarys lips, the way she always seemed to taste like cherry. They broke apart, resting their foreheads against each other for a while, enjoying being able to spend the entire day together.

"Do you want to go to Buvette again?" Clary whispered against Izzy's lips as she went in for another kiss.

"I'd love to" Izzy said in-between kisses "but first, would you like to have a shower?" she leaned back, giving Clary a playful smile as she added "together"

Clary didn't say anything, she just pulled Izzy out of bed and towards the bathroom, never stopped kissing her. Izzy left Clary's lips and kissed a trail from her jaw and down to her neck. They helped each other to remove the little clothes they'd slept in and stepped into the shower.

Clary POV

After their shower, both girls got dressed. This time they put a little more effort into their appearance, wanting to make the breakfast happier then last time. Even though Clary wore her usual tank top and jeans, she chose the more fancy ones and she even let Izzy lend her som high heels and agreed to have a tank top which showed more skin. She let her hair hang lose and as her hair dried her natural locks fell into place.

Izzy however was stunning as usual, with a tight dress that ended just under her butt, enhancing all her curves, along with the dress she had thigh high boots, as always with insanely high heels. She also had her hair loose, curling and falling down beautifully, framing her face. Clary noticed that she even had lipstick, something she hadn't worn since the days before coming out to her parents, and also, of course, mascara, making her eyelashes even longer and darker.

Clary took a step closer to Izzy as she told her how beautiful she looked, making the other girl smile at her as she put her hands on Izzy's waist. She slowly turned her head up to meet Izzy's eyes, drowning in the deep brown eyes as Izzy leaned down and kissed her. It was a slow, tender kiss, lips brushing each other, Clary pulled the other girl closer, so that their bodys touched, removing all space between them. As they broke the kiss, Clary opened her eyes again.

"Despite how lovely it is to kiss you, I really am starving" Clary said, with a smile, still looking straight into Izzy's eyes.

"Hm, me too" Izzy said, leaning down and kissed Clary again, but this time it was a quicker kiss.

"Should we take a portal or the subway?" Clary asked, moving away from Izzy and grabbing onto her hand.

"Portal, otherwise I'll die of hunger on the way" Izzy decided, letting go of Clarys hand and reached out to grab a stele. Clary took it and drew the rune on the wall, creating a portal, she then took Izzy's hand and they walked through it together.

The portal led them into the alley next to Buvette's, they had to be a little discrete, can't risk the mundanes seeing something. They walked out of the alley hand in hand, shoulders touching. They were seated in a small private booth and ordered a huge breakfast. It took them two hours to eat it all and during those hours the girls small talked and giggled, forgetting their problems and just being two normal teenagers in love.

Izzy POV

"Let's pay?" Clary said, not really telling Izzy but rather asking her. She swallowed hard, there was something she'd been meaning to ask Clary today and now seemed like the perfect time.

"Soon" she answered as she reached out for Clary's hands, taking them in hers. "I've got something to ask you first" she continued with a nervous smile. Clary's face shifted from happy and carefree to concerned and nervous.

"What is it?" Clary said with a concerned voice after Izzy just stared at her for a minute.

"Uhm, right, well" Izzy paused, taking a deep breath and wondered why she always became a stuttering mess like her brother when she wanted to ask Clary things. Izzy looked at Clary and received a encouraging nod, asking her to continue. "Me and Alec have been talking and .. " Izzy saw how Clary's face fell and felt her pulling away her hands. Izzy was shocked and lost her voice.

"Are you ending this so you can have your parents back?" Clary whispered, clearly fighting back her tears.

"NO!" Izzy screamed, this was not what she wanted to say at all "Clary, I'd never give you up for them, I love you, someday they'll accept that or maybe not" she swallowed, Clary looking into her eyes "but it dosen't matter what they do, as long as I have you" Izzy took Clary's hands again, squeezing them slightly, earning a smile from Clary. "What me and Alec had been talking about is letting Jace and Lydia move into the institute so that Alec can move back in with Magnus and well, I don't want to live with Jace and Lydia, so I thought, maybe we can find a place together?" Izzy spoke very fast and she had no idea if Clary even had heard what she said.

"That sounds amazing" Clary smiled the biggest smile Izzy had ever seen and she relaxed "but, how could we afford that?" she added, her smile decreasing.

"All costs are covered by the Clave, they owe us big time for saving their asses twice" Izzy said smiling brightly.

"Of course I'll move in with you" Clary said as she leaned over the table, Izzy meeting her halfway and kissed her. "Did you have a place in mind?"

Izzy shook her head "no, I thought we could look together"