Authors Note:

Short, but informational, and I promise the next update will give you all some answers! :)

Chapter Twelve

Jace POV:

We were sitting in the waiting room and I couldn't stop pacing. I needed Clary to be okay. I needed her to make it because I couldn't survive another day without her. 3 years was long enough, and I'll be damned if that scumbag takes her from me. Sebastian was sitting in the seats with his head in his hands. I couldn't imagine what he was feeling he just buried his brother a couple hours ago, and now Clary was in the hospital fighting for her life. This family just couldn't catch a break.

Every time I heard the doors open my head shot up, and every time the nurse or the doctor went to a different family my heart broke. I needed to know how Clary was. I needed to know if she was alright, and I needed to see her open her eyes.

"Clarissa Morgenstern?" I heard and I looked up.

"Yes." Sebastian said.

"Your sister needs blood. We don't carry her type in this hospital. Are you a match?" She asked Sebastian.

"Yea. I am." He said and I felt hope reenter my body.

"Would you follow me?" She asked and Seb nodded and looked at me.

"I'll be back." He said and I nodded before he disappeared behind the doors and than I was alone. I finally took a seat in the chairs and rested my head in my hands. She needed blood. That wasn't a good sign, and I didn't know how to comprehend that information.

"Jace?" I heard and when I looked up there stood Simon, Izzy, Alec and Magnus.

"What are you doing here?" I asked.

"Mom told us what happened." Izzy said. "We came as soon as we heard."

"Where is Sebastian?" Simon asked.

"They needed blood for Clary, and apparently they don't carry her type here." I explained.

"Oh yea. Clary does have a strange blood type." Simon said and I simply nodded not really knowing what to say to that.

"You guys don't have to stay. I can call when I know anything else." I said.

"Jace, you need us here." Alec said.

"No. I need Clary." I said. "You three don't even like her." I said as I gestured to Alec, Izzy and Magnus. "Simon is the only one who deserves to be here."

"Jace." Alec said. "I only told you what I did because mom wanted me too. Sure I've heard all the rumors, but I was never going to get in the way of your happiness."

"And I saw how upset you were when she broke up with you." Izzy said. "And it's not that I didn't like her. I just didn't hang out with her because she wasn't the type to get close to anyone. Anyone but you."

"And I mostly dealt with Valentine." Magnus said. "I know that family gets into some shit, but I've always blamed it on the parents. Not the kids."

I simply nodded because I didn't have any energy to deal with them right now. I wanted Clary. I needed Clary, and that's all I wanted to focus on right now. They all took seats, and we sat there and waited for any news about Clary to come to us. The doors opened and I looked up and there stood Sebastian.

"Did they tell you anything?" I asked and he nodded.

"Her heart has stopped 3 different times so far." He said and my heart broke yet again. "They've managed to bring her back all three times, and they are hoping my blood stabilizes her."

"What are her odds?" I asked and he looked at me with sad eyes. "Don't bullshit me Seb."

"It doesn't look good." He said and I sat back down.

It felt like everything was falling apart. I finally got her back, and now she was fighting for her life. She didn't deserve this. She didn't deserve any of the shit that she was dealt, but here we are. In the hospital, waiting to be told if she was alive or dead all because of the shitty hand they were dealt in life. I hated that I couldn't help her. I hated that I was helpless, and I hated that by the end of tonight, I could lose her forever. And that was more terrifying than anything I've ever experienced in my life.

Time Jump – Hours Later

Izzy and Simon were passed out in the waiting room, and Magnus and Alec both ended up leaving due to work and stuff. I was glad they stayed to support me and Sebastian and Clary, even though I didn't want them there at first. I went to the cafeteria to get coffee for Sebastian and I. We didn't care how tired we got, we weren't going to sleep. We wanted to be awake when the nurse or doctor came out to tell us what was going on with Clary. I got back and handed the cup to Seb.

"Thanks." He said and I took a seat. "Please tell me she's going to make it." He said and I could hear the strain in her voice. "I can't lose another one."

"Clary is as tough as nails." I said. "No way some scumbag is going to take her out of this world. She's too stubborn to let that happen to her." I said and he laughed.

"She is really stubborn isn't she?" Sebastian said and I smiled.

"She avoided me for 3 years." I said. "She's got way more stubbornness than I do." I said.

"It killed her you know." He said. "Staying away from you."

"Why didn't she come back?" I asked.

"Pride." He said with a laugh. "She was feeling things 10 times more powerful than a normal person, and she was too stubborn to just take that fucking medicine and normalize her mood swings." He said and I nodded. "Once she did stabilize, and her mood swings were under control I knew she was doing everything in her power to stop herself from going to you and apologizing."

"She had to know that I would have listened." I said and he nodded.

"She knew that." He said. "She knew that you would have listened and forgiven her, but she didn't want to ruin your life. She felt if she went back to you she was going to divert you from your goals, and she didn't want that."

"Christ that girl is as stubborn as a mule." I said and he laughed.

"Trust me, I know." He said. "That phone call was the straw that broke the camels back. Everything inside her broke, and she went to the only place that ever made her feel safe."

"Me." I said and he nodded. He didn't say anything else. We just sat there and drank our coffee and I let all the information Sebastian just told me sink in. I was lost in my own mind that I didn't even hear the door open.

"Carissa Morgenstern?" I heard and my stomach sank. This was it.