A month late, sorry, but at least I now have a computer to write this on, I hate writing on my phone.

The next morning,

The curtains that covered Izzy's windows barely concealed the light that wanted to stream into her room. My head hurt so much, so this is what its like to have a hangover. I never drunk enough before to get a hangover. Squinting my eyes, I got up and stumbled towards her door, hoping to find some coffee, and hopefully some sunglasses. I was changed out of my dress (well it was really just one of Izzy's tops, but when on me, it looked like a very small dress, coming to rest above the middle of my thigh ) I was now changed into one of my baggy shirts and some leggings, I didn't recall changing into them. I didn't remember anything of last night-

"oomph-" I wasn't concentrating enough on where I was going as I seemed to walk into a wall. I would of fell rather ungraciously if it wasn't for two strong hands wrapping round my arms and keeping me steady,

"whoa, watch where you're going red" a familiar voice murmured, coming close to my ear before standing up straight. Jace towered over me so easily. I had to slightly crane my neck just to see his ever so famous smirk. my heart almost melted, what happened to the promise to myself? I'd sworn not to get involved with and boys from now on, even the golden god type. I stepped away from him, the loss of his body heat causing me to shiver. I saw a slight flash of hurt in his eyes, his smirk faltering for a second. but he regained quickly, asking "so where are you going?"

his voice was loud enough to sharpen the painful headache of my hangover, I winced breathing out "please be quieter, my head is killing me." he then seemed to smell the slight stench of alcohol coming from me.

"I know just the thing to help you with that." he murmured to what seemed like himself, but then grabbing my hand, he took me down the hallway, passing by Alec`s room, where there seemed to be a trail of glitter that travelled into it, and down the stairs. Jace stopped to throw me my shoes whilst putting his on.

"wait, where are we going?" I asked him, confused.

"oh, just out to the garden" he said, his infamous smirk lighting his face and twisting his eyes into a more mischievous look. we then walked out into a massive and very neat looking garden. the lawn was flat and the grass an emerald green, the whole garden was surrounded by old looking trees, I wondered how long since they had been planted. Jace had let me to the end of the garden by now, and into a well sheltered greenhouse.

Inside the greenhouse, there were all the colours that could possibly be imagined, each plant looking more exotic than the last. I could get lost in all the colours here, my hands were itching to sketch and paint every one of them. I didn't even care why we were here, all I knew was that I wanted to be here forever. this was already my favourite place, even though I had only been in here for over ten seconds.

Jace disappeared and reappeared whilst I was still trying to find my voice. he bent down for a second before getting up again with a hot cup of water, he then went over to a nearby plant, its leaves were the shade of hunter green, its leaves turning a sunlight yellow at the edges. and put it into the cup. turning the water a translucent shade of emerald.

"drink" he ordered, pushing the cup into my hand. " it'll make you feel better. " I drunk hesitantly at first, the water was still quite hot, burning my tongue and throat as I swallowed it. but my headache was already starting to subside. the hangover already fading from my mind.

"better than coffee huh." He had a knowing smirk, I wondered how many times he`d used this to stop his hangover from getting to him.

"Yeah, how did you find it out?"

"My father used to teach me all about herbs and natural remedies, this secret has been in my family for generations." he told me, smirking slightly at old memories.

"and where's your father now?" I asked, wondering why he was here so early in the morning, he didn't go out last night with us.

"Somewhere in Europe, ever since my mum died, he's become a total workaholic, that's why I`m here right now. every time my father leaves for a business trip, I stay with the lightwood's, sometimes for months on end." his smile was gone. now he looked slightly lost, in memories or thoughts, I didn't know.

"oh well I'm sorry for your loss." I said, not knowing what to say.

"well I don't really remember my mum that much, she died when I was 8. but my dad`s coming back soon. though he`ll probably just be waiting for the next trip again, he only ever stays for a few weeks here. " his tone turned bitter towards the end.

"my dad threw himself into work too, when he and my mum separated. he used to leave me alone almost all the time, he barely saw me. it took him months to realise what was happening to me, what Seb was doing to me. but even then, only slightly. I knew he cared for me, but he cared more for his work." I finished, my memories dragging me into the depths of my mind, images hitting me likes waves, drowning me in them.

Suddenly the feeling of Jace`s lips pressed urgently against mine broke me through my haze, like a lifeboat saving me from drowning in a stormy ocean. He kissed me desperately, and I kissed him back, both of us were hungry for some type of comfort, needing to know that someone understood us. and we did, our searching lips found what we needed, what we craved. Each other.

We eventually broke from each other for air, gasping loudly. I`d never been kissed like that before. hell, I`d never Kissed like that before. but then again, I`d only ever kissed Sebastian before. and they felt wrong, as if I was taking a leap into darkness, scared to never get out.

Kissing Jace felt so right though, like I was floating rather than falling. looking at him, I knew he felt the same. Neither of us knew what to say though, it was wrong, what we did, we shouldn't of done it, like biting into a candy apple that you knew was poison. the temptation would always be there, nagging at you, but it didn't mean you could give into it. I knew it was a bad thing I just did. last time I gave my heart away in a kiss, it was given back to me, bruised and almost broken. Sebastian almost destroyed me. I wouldn't let Jace do the same. So all I said was;

"Take me back to the house."

oooh, I know, it's been more than a month since I last updated. I started writing this almost a month ago, but I never got up to finishing it. school has started for me and let me tell you, it has got significantly harder. the year of GCSE`s has finally come upon me, regardless of me feeling fully ready for it (which I'm not btw.) I will try to update as soon as possible, maybe in a weeks time? just remember, reviews make me work harder. ;)

Also I really need a beta reader, does anyone want to do that for me?

please review

-Ruby l-/