Jace stared at his phone in horror. Clary had been molested. By her own brother.

He cried for the second time in his life.

Sunshine: How long was he in juvy

Kissedbyfire: almost6 years

Sunshine: why didn't anyone know

Kissedbyfire: if you were rapedby your older brother in 6th grade would you tell people

Sunshine: how are you

Sunshine: now that he's out I mean

Kissedbyfire: I'm fine

Sunshine: don't lie to me

Kissedbyfire: I'm not lying okay?

Kissedbyfire: god this is why I never told anyone

Kissedbyfire: they always question how I'm doing

Kissedbyfire: what happened

Kissedbyfire: what exactly he did

Kissedbyfire: well I've been coping with this for 6 years so I don't need any of this shit

Kissedbyfire: you're a little late

Sunshine: whatever happened doesn't matter

Sunshine: what matters is that it did happen

Sunshine: and for years you have held it to yourself

Sunshine: I can't imagine it

Kissedbyfire: I don't trust you enough to talk about it

Kissedbyfire: so can we please talk about something else

Sunshine: sure.

Clary placed her phone on her bed with shaky hands. She had never told anyone that, why did she tell him? Why?

It didn't make sense. She hadn't even told Simon and now here she was blurting out the truth to this stranger.

She was so deep in her thoughts that when her phone began to ring, she jumped. It was Jace calling. "Hey!" Clary answered, trying to control her voice.

"Hey, I was just wondering if you were doing anything?" Clary looked at her phone.

"Like right now?"

"Yeah!" Jace replied and Clary smiled to herself at his enthusiasm.

"Uh no I'm not doing anything. Do you have anything in mind?"

"Can I come over with some pizza and we can watch Arrow on Netflix?"

"Definitely." She looked at herself in the mirror and cringed a bit.

"Cool. I'll be over there in a half hour." He ended the call. Fun.

Kissedbyfire: I have to go

Sunshine: okay talk to you later

Kissedbyfire: ttyl

After Clary got ready a little bit, she jogged down the stairs, two at a time and turned on the tv. Friends was on, which Clary loved so she watched.

It was the episode Chandler screamed "I love Monica" ironically. The thing was Clary felt like she was getting close to those kind of feelings for Jace.

She used to hate him, but now the thought of never having gone on that date makes her sad. He made her happy, even if his ego was the size of Jupiter.

But before Clary could think farther, her doorbell rang and her heart skipped. A smile pulled at her face and she walked to the front door.

When she opened the door, he was turned around, looking down the street and his hands were in his hair. It seemed like he had been pulling on it for a while. "Hi."

He turned back around, shocked for a second but then relaxed and dropped his hands. "You answered quickly."

Clary nodded with a small smile, opening the door for him. He walked past her and fell onto the couch.

"You seem stressed. Is something wrong?" Jace stared at her for a moment before shaking his head. "Are you sure?" She walked closer.

He pulled her small frame to him onto the couch and hugged her tightly. "I'm fine now." Clary turned in his arms, leaning her chin on his chest.

"So, cheese or pepperoni?" She smiled and noticed he immediately relaxed.

"Sausage." Jace smirked at the innendo and Clary slapped his chest before trying to stand up to get the phone, but Jace pulled her tighter to his chest.

"No just, just stay here for a moment." Clary became concerned for a moment but then forgot it and nodded.

"Okay."