Jace had stayed sitting at the park bench for what felt like an eternity. In actual fact it had only been about 20 minutes. In that time though so many thoughts had gone through his head. Most importantly he was worried about Clary. Not that she couldn't handle herself, but he wanted to look after her and knowing that she was there in trouble made him feel pretty helpless.

He had given some thought as to what they could do for this weekend. He decided after this incident, he really wanted to make it official with Clary. Shadow hunters didn't do things the same as mundanes and he had asked Simon what was the usual way of doing things. He honestly couldn't see the point of some of their traditions but he wanted to keep Clary happy. She had given so much of herself to her new life and besides he didn't mind if he was to be called her boyfriend. He actually liked that it gave her a claim on him . However if he could, he would just skip the whole boyfriend/girlfriend thing and go straight to the next step. Fiancé sounded much better, but until Jace made his mind up about what he wanted his last name to be, he couldn't very well ask her to take his name and forego her own. He could imagine how it could go." Would you like to be Mrs. Jace Lightwood, Herondale, Morgenstern."Jace shook his head, No he would make up his mind then talk to her. Even though they hadn't been together for a overly long time, the things that they had endured and the emotional roller coaster they had been on, made their time together seem so much longer. Besides shadow hunters married young, the death toll was rather a bit higher compared to their mundane counterparts.

So he decided that they would go to somewhere nice, classy and elegant so they could wear their new clothes. Stay somewhere the night and head back the following day.

The only fault with his plan, was he had no idea where to go, where to stay and how they would get home. Good thing he had asked Izzy to help organize it. He would talk to her about it when he got home. Speaking of which, he should probably head back to the institute now. Opening up messages on his phone he wrote one to Clary.

"Hope its going ok, I am going to head back to the institute. Let me know if you need me and i'll come for you. Love Jace" He clicked send, and set his phone back into his pocket. Standing up from the bench, he started to make his way back.

Feeling a buzz from his pocket, he stopped walking. Taking his phone out of, he nearly dropped it. It was buzzing alright, someone was calling him. Jocelyn.

Bringing his phone up to his ear and then clearing his throat, he answered the call.

"Hello"

"Hi Jace, its Jocelyn"

"Is Clary ok?"

"Yes Jace, she is fine. I called to apologize to you. I over reacted earlier tonight. I wanted to know if you wanted to come back to the house and to dinner"

Jace was stunned. Jocelyn was calling him to say sorry? He had to then assume it went better than expected between her and Clary.

"Are you sure?"

"Yes Jace, I would really like it if you came back for dinner and to spend the evening with us"

"In that case, I would love to Ms Fray. I'll be back soon, can you put Clary on for a moment?"

Hearing Jocelyn call out to Clary, then the phone being passed over. Jace exhaled a breath he didn't know he had been holding.

"Jace?"

"Hey baby, so its ok if I come back for real?"

"Yep, all good. Hey where are you?"

"I'm in the park still, across from where breakfast was."

"I'll meet you, come the way we went this morning ok?"

"Sure, see you in a few" Jace hung up the phone. So it looked like he was going to spend the evening with them. He wondered why Clary wanted to meet him before going back, but he was glad she did. Turning back around from the institute he made his way to the path they walked this morning on the way to the pancake house. Looking around, the sun had set and the lights on the path were starting to turn on. It really was a pretty part of the day he thought to himself. He didn't want to hurry to meet Clary half way, the longer it took for her to reach him, the longer they would have together. Even though he was anxious to see her.

Walking along, he noticed little fireflies skimming the tops of the trees. The trees to the side of him were big, the branches looking as if they could hold a person. They type of tree that just gives off the vibe "climb me".

An idea struck him suddenly. Whipping out his stele, he drew over his glamour rune. He jumped up and gracefully landed on a branch. Looking around from his spot he could see, the lights of the city as the sun had gone down completely now. But the most beautiful thing he could hope to have seen, was walking down the path with eyes searching for him. With fiery red hair gently blowing in the slight breeze. Clary had made it. She was about 100m away from where he was. Jumping down from the tree, he landed with a soft thump on the grass. De glamouring himself, he made his way up to her.

Clary was walking in a brisk pace. She was keen to get to Jace as soon as she could. Looking around she couldn't see him. He had walked farther than she had initially thought. Slightly disheartened as she thought she would have run into him before this, she went to take her phone out to call him and see how far he was. She should have ran into him by now. Looking down for a second to get her phone from her pocket. With her phone now in her hand, she looked one around one more time. She didnt see him anywhere on the path up ahead.

Hearing her phone ringing she saw Jaces name pop up on her screen.

"Hello"

"Look over to the tree"

Clary turning her head from looking down the path to the left. She saw him. Leaning against the tree, with one hand in his pocket, a smile on his face and looking something like a golden warrior crossed with an abercrombie and fitch model.

"did you get sore legs?"

Jace looked very confused by her question. She motioned over to the path. "You were meant to meet me half way, not find a tree and lounge against it casually whilst I came to you"

Laughing at her in response, he reached out when she was within arms length and pulled her into a hug. Her arms going around his waist she lent in to his embrace. "I have something to show you, hold on" he whispered into her ear.

Before she had time to respond, Jace had swooped Clary up and launched into the air. Holding on as tight as she could, she felt them land.

Setting her down softly on the tree branch he stood in front of her. Tucking a stray hair back behind her ear he kissed her. Very gently, their lips touching softly as his tongue danced slowly in and out of her mouth.

Clary had started to relax as their kiss continued. Slowly he broke away and sat down next to her on the branch. Turning slightly so that they were facing, she could see he was fidgeting with his hands.

"Clary, I wanted to do this differently but with what happened I feel I should do it now. But before I do, will you look around"

Clary looked, for the first time she noticed the twinkle of the lights in the city, the small fireflies buzzing around them, they were creating a soft glow where they were. She could hear music playing from where it was coming from she knew not. Finally resting her eyes on Jace.

She could see Jace take a deep breath and then continue.

"There are so many beautiful things around do you agree? Clary nodded her head in response.

"When I look around the most beautiful thing I see is you. I have something for you, its not as beautiful as you, but I hope you will agree to wear it.

Reaching into his pocket he brought out a box. Holding it out to her. Clary's heart had skipped a beat. She knew that back in the greenhouse all those months ago she had joked about a rock but was he doing what she thought he was doing?

Taking the box from his hand, Clary opened the lid. Inside was a pandora bracelet with a single charm. Unsure on whether she felt relief or a slight disappointment she lifted the bracelet from out of the box. She hoped that not a trace of disappointment was on her face as she looked at the bracelet. It was beautiful, a gold pandora.

Setting her eyes on the charm, she saw it had a bee on it with the words "bee mine"

Looking up at Jace, He smiled and asked her gently "Clary, will you be my girlfriend?"

Clary was smiling from ear to ear. This was by far the cutest thing anyone had ever done for her. Leaning in to close the gap between them she kissed him. Breathing into his mouth "Yes, I would love to!".