Hello again. Sorry this is so late, I have started a new story and it's pretty hard to keep up with both. Sorry. Anyway I hope that you enjoy this and review.

ps. Soory about the chapter all in italics :P

Disclaimer- It's pretty obvious that I don't own TMI.

CPOV

I ushered Izzy and Magnus out of my apartment before Jace came to pick me up. They left in a flurry of smiles, thumbs ups and wishes of good luck. I close the door on them and slip slowly to the floor, sighing. All of a sudden I am very, very tired.

I jump up and make a quick coffee. It perks me up considerably, but not nearly as much as the sight of Jace, standing in my doorway. He is wearing a black button up shirt and deep blue jeans. His shirt is rolled up along his arms, showing, just slightly the runes along his arms. Isabelle had filled me in whilst she was dressing me up and Magnus showed me some of his amazing magical powers.

I smile shyly up and Jace and whisper "Hi".

"Hey there." He replies with a dazzling smile. He takes my hand and leads me out of the building. We make small talk until we reach the car. However before he starts it, Jace leans over to me and whispers. "You look beautiful". I cast my eyes downward as the blush grows on my cheeks. He chuckles silently and kisses my cheek before holding my hand securely in his and driving away.

All through the drive Jace keeps looking around and fidgeting. He seems uneasy and jumpy. His hand, however, stays securely around mine, sending jolts of warmth all through my body. We pull up in front of charming little restaurant. In florescent lights out the front it reads Takis!

When we are seated in a warm booth Jace directs me to order only from the back page. A waitress in high, clicky clacky hot pink stilettos wobbles her way over.

"Hey" she says, imitating a 'husky' voice. "What can I get you?" She droops her eyelids and I struggle to contain my laughter. Jace inclines his head toward me. The waitress's eyes open wide and a scowl settles over her makeup layered face.

"The calamari and salad please."

"Mhm" The waitress is busy writing and I notice her name tag. Kaelie.

"I'll have the steak and chips thanks." Kaelie perks up at the sound of Jace's voice.

"Anything else with that?"Her eyelashes flutter and her chest is puffed up.

"No thank you, we're fine." When Jace says we're he puts a hand on my waist and pulls me closer to him. Kaelie shoots me a death glare and stomps off. I rest my head on Jace's shoulder and sigh.

"It's ok." He assures me. I open my eyes and look up at him

"I know." He smiles and brushes the hair away from my face. We talk about him being a shadow hunter and how Taki's is also for other downworlders. I stare at his face, mesmerised at the patterns the lights make on his cheeks, his eyes.

"Come here" he says.

"Huh?"Jace chuckles at me.

"Come here."

"Why?" He chuckles again, a beautiful sound that is contagious. He shakes his head. I lean in closer and whisper.

"Better?" Jace cups my face.

"Almost." He leans in and kisses me. Right there in front of the whole diner. A clash resonates through the restaurant and we break away. Our food is in front of us and a very unhappy waitress is walking away. Jace leans in and kisses my cheek before we start.

We are both about halfway through our meals when the front door opens and lets in a gush of freezing air. However it is not like the other breezes throughout the night. Fear and sorrow are carried in with it, making the once bright diner seem dull and sad. A figure comes rushing in. I recognise the person immediately and almost push Jace out of the booth. The man turns and spots me; he rushes towards jace and me.

Simon is a wreck, his shaggy hair is everywhere and it must be raining outside because he is drenched.

"Clary" he chokes. I look at Jace and he nods. I take hold of Simon.

"Si, what is it? Come on Si!" I shake him lightly. He isn't crying, no, it's much worse than that. He has locked down, too cold or too shocked to talk.

"It's...it's my dad. He looks at me with such sad eyes I nearly burst into tears.

"What?" I whisper.

"He had a heart attack"

"Oh si" I wrap my arms around him and feel him slump into my embrace.

"What am I going to do Clary? What do I do?" I pull back and look at him.

"Where is he Simon?"

"The Newville Hospital." I nod and Jace grabs our things. We run out and get in the car, just before he starts the engine I grab Jace's hand.

"Thank you." I whisper. He nods and we speed off.

Jace and I wait in the corridor outside the hospital morgue for Simon. I shake my head and try to hold in my tears. I am very close to Simon's parents; they are my family's close friends. I can remember all the picnics and dinners we had together, Simon's dad taking us sailing. Luke and he building a cubby for us when si and I were only little kids. All of that is a distant memory now, something that will never be again.

'I can't believe he's gone" I whisper. Jace pulls me against him and it is only then, in the shelter of him arms and pressed up against his warm shoulder, that I let a few tears slip down my cheeks. The door to the morgue opens and Simon walks out. Only Simon's best of friends would have noticed he'd been crying. I embrace him and he buries his face in my hair.

"I'm so sorry si" he simply nods and I know that I have to get him out of there.

JPOV

It is only after Simon comes out of the hospital's morgue that my rattled brain starts to piece things together. The news broadcast, the deaths, the bodies drained of blood and the man in his forties who died of a heart attack.

I grab onto Simon's shoulder before he can climb into my car next to Clary.

"Simon" He looks at me and though we've never met I take a disliking to him. " Where was your father found?"

His voice comes out crackly and dry. "In some bar nightclub place. It's called The Magician. He was out with friends. Why?"

"Just curious".

Clary looks up at me. "What is it Jace? What aren't you telling me?" They don't know, they hadn't seen the report.

"Take my car to your place; I'll pick it up tomorrow."

"What, where are you going?" Her voice is high with panic.

"I have to go check this place out." I whisper. She pouts but I know she will let me go. I swoop down quickly and peck her on the lips before walking down a side street and hailing a taxi. However I don't give the driver the address of 'The Magician', instead I give him the address of the owner's apartment. For I know him very well, as you should, when they are dating your brother.

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-Shortstuff.