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CLARY POV

I'm not looking forward to today.

After my encounter with Jace at the mall, (which I will admit I did act a bit bitchy) I had an excruciatingly painful conversation with Sebastian, and needless to say things are tense between us.

I just hope he likes this dress- he was always pretty physical.

Okay even for me, that sounds extremely desperate.

I don't want to face Jace today, but he doesn't understand how much I've put into this relationship with Sebastian. He doesn't know what happens behind closed doors, when Sebastian brushes my hair from my face and smiles at me and I see a glimpse of the old Seb I fell in love with. That Sebastian is the only reason I stay. I know he's in there and I know he loves me, and I guess I still love him.

Isabelle says I'm blind, but I prefer to say that I overlook things.

Walking into school, I hear whispering as I stride to my locker. People must know about my huge blow up on Jace, I mean who wouldn't in this digital world we live in.

Sebastian comes over, turning me around from the confines of my locker, his breath fresh and minty.

"Hello, Claris- Clary," He says with great difficultly, a tired smile gracing his elegant face.

I know how hard it is for him to even call me by my nickname, him being anal about all of that proper stuff, so I smile up at him and kiss him softly on the cheek. "Hey, Sebastian."

His voice is low and throaty. "I- I like your dress."

"Thanks," I say timidly. "I got it with you in mind." Not a lie, I repeat, not a lie. It's just being used for different purposes.

He sighs. "I know I haven't been fair to you when we are both in the wrong, so I'm going to try to change. I don't know if it'll work, but I'll try. I don't want to lose you, and I feel like this weekend was a wake-up call."

I gasp. "Is this Sebastian Verlac talking?"

His eyes crinkle. "I want us to work, Clarissa. I want you and me."

My eyes well up with tears. "I want us to work too." I wrap my arms around his neck and give him a hug.

"I have to get to class, but I'll see you in Calculus, okay?" He squeezes me briefly and looks me in the eyes.

"Yeah, I'll see you. Bye Sebastian." I say softly, turning to my locker.

"Bye," He touches my shoulder and I turn around. "And Clary? I'm sorry, for all of it."

I almost forgive him immediately, but I remember Isabelle telling me to be confident around him, so I only reply with the ever-mysterious: "Okay."

JACE POV

I come into school, and everyone's looking at me, the guy who got rejected by Clarissa Morgenstern. It's a wonderful feeling, you should try it sometime!

Sebastian Verlac is coming my way with a smile the size of Texas that immediately disappears once he sees me. And he's coming over here not, great.

"Herondale, keep your filthy ass away from Clarissa. We are in a loving relationship, and I don't think you want to know what will happen to you if you mess this up."

It's too late to be shy.

"Well maybe if you weren't sleeping around with every slut in the county each weekend Clary wouldn't have to go to other people for emotional support!" I spit back. Okay, that might have been a stretch, but I doubt Sebastian Verlac is the touchy-feely type.

"Excuse me?" He barks in my face, his eyes turning almost black.

"Clary, oh I mean Clarissa, needs someone who actually cares about her well-being instead of a douche who doesn't know what a special, beautiful is right there in front of him!" I'm going all in, I don't even care anymore. I will not stand to see someone get emotionally manipulated right in front of my eyes.

"May I remind you that Clarissa is currently in a relationship with me, not you, because she prefers a gentleman to a dirty street rat!" His fists are clenched and his face is red.

There's a crowd gathering around us, eager to get in on the latest gossip: Sebastian Verlac vs Jace Herondale for the heart of Clarissa Morgenstern- who will win?

"Well if you're an example of a gentleman then count me out. You single-handedly killed any trace of chivalry from the world as we know it." I turn on my heel, because that was honestly a great insult and I want to go out with a bang.

"Jace," Sebastian says in a deadly calm voice. "Stay away from Clarissa. Or else."

Always wanting to be the one with the last word, I stupidly say: "Or else what?"

His fist comes swinging at my face, and the last thing I hear is: "She's mine."

ISABELLE POV

Well I missed the bus.

Max unplugged my alarm for reasons unknown, and since I sleep like a dead rock, I slept in till 11 freaking o' clock.

My mom was gone at six, and Alec's at his apartment so there was literally no one to wake me up. Believe me, once I'm in this deep I'm not going back to school.

I shouldn't miss my study session, I mean I do need to bring my grade up.

So, since I have like 3 hours to kill until I have to get over to the school, I primp and curl for probably 2 and a half of them, and of course I'm still running late.

I make it to the school at like 3:20, and rush into the library to see Simon starting to pack up his stuff.

"I'm sorry, I was running late, I didn't come to school but I wanted to make it here since we missed last week so yeah I'm sorry." I say, almost running out of breath.

"No, no it's fine!" He laughs. "You're here now, so that's all that's important."

"So... how's it been?"

"Pretty good, just some stuff with Jace, but you probably know about that." He looks down, his face tensing up a bit.

"With him and Clary? Geez, I know. It's all she's talked about for the past couple of day."

"He feels bad about the way he handled it, but he really cares about her, you know? He hates to see her tossed around like a rag doll by Sebastian, emotionally of course." Simon's face falls. "He doesn't want her to get hurt."

"I didn't know he felt that strongly about her. And for the record, Clary feels guilty about the way she reacted as well. She's just really invested in her relationship with Sebastian. Sometimes when you give that much you can't stop giving, even if you know it isn't worth it. She's so stubborn she doesn't want to admit she has a failed relationship and move on."

"I respect that. I just think a girl should be treasured by her boyfriend, like every time she walks into a room his eyes should light up, and whenever she smiles he smiles twice as wide." His eyes go wistful, and his tone gets softer.

"Well let's hope there's more people like you in the world, for Clary and I's sake." I chuckle, but he doesn't share my humor.

His eyes get a bit frosty and he flips open the big textbook with a thud. "Well alright then," he says tightly. "Chapter One: Lesson One Calculus. In order to..."

A/N- Well I hope you guys like this chapter- like I said before we're getting to the middle-ish part of the story and it's going to get action packed! Definite Malec in the next chapter, and I'm not sure what else!

Unlike other authors, I don't write ahead, so I usually post what I write that night, or morning in some cases. Also I don't have a beta, so sorry about any grammar mistakes!

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