Author's note: Here you go chapter 21 :P Sorry it's kind of filler, but it's a cute filler. You get to know Adam's family a little bit better. Also if there any mistakes in the chapter I'm sorry, my beta is still busy. I hope you guys like it.

Disclamer: You guys already know that I don't own the Mortal Instrument series.

Adam silently groaned as he started to stir. Slowly he sat up and rubbed his sleepy eyes. The sunlight poured through his bedroom window lightening up the room. Adam felt what happened between him and Rachel last night was just a dream. That none of it was real, not when he confessed his feelings for her, not even the kiss they shared. He wondered did he just imagine everything that had take place last night between him and her. If that was case then he didn't even want to leave his room, it was cruel nightmare instead. Adam sighed as he stared up at his dull white ceiling lost in thoughts when a few minutes later he felt something started to stir beside him, he looked over to his side to see Rachel laying on her side all curled up underneath the covers. Her hair was all tangled up from sleeping, but Adam didn't care, to him she still looked beautiful. So it wasn't a dream after all, he thought smiling. Quietly he slipped out of bed trying his best not to disturb Rachel's slumber. He slipped a pair of old jeans, that were laying on the floor, and pulled them over his boxers. He shut the door as quietly as possible as he left his room and headed downstairs towards the kitchen. As Adam neared the kitchen he could hear movement, slowly he entered the room and saw his mother all dressed for another meeting. Her dark brown wavy hair was pulled back into a high ponytail. He noticed that today she was wearing her black dress pants and favorite white blouse. She was pouring herself some green tea as usual. His mother smiled as he walked into the room.

"Morning, hun." His mother greeted him.

"Morning mom." Adam replied as he headed straight for refrigerator. He opened it up and automatically pulled out juice.

"So I see Rachel's over." His mother silently grinned while Adam was distracted by pouring his juice into a glass. She watched her son froze in place. His body went into a stiff mode. "Before you even ask how I know about Rachel I saw her dress laying on the bed in the spare bedroom. Then as I walked passed your bedroom, your door was open just a crack and I could see you two sleeping."

Adam stopped pouring his juice and spun completely around to face his mother. Panic was written all over his face.

"Mom, I swear nothing happened between us. We just stayed up late talking and fell asleep." Adam explained quickly. He was hoping that his mother didn't receive the wrong idea when he saw Rachel in his bed, cause if so then he was a dead man. Both of his parents were old fashion, so sex before marriage was a definitely a no. They believed that sex was a special bond between him and his partner. Well that and they didn't want him to get some STD that could affect the rest of his life. And just like his parents he also believed that. He didn't want have sex with any girl, he wanted it to be the right that he could spend the rest of his life with, and to also save himself from STD was a benefit too. But to his surprise his mom was smiling at him as she took a sip from her tea.

"I know nothing happened between you two. Sweet heart, I trust you and plus your father and I raised you better than that." Her mother smirked as she took another sip of her tea. "Now, before you interrupted me, I was going to ask you, how did she end up here? I thought you told me she had a date last night?"

Adam gave soft sigh as he ran his fingers through his messy hair. He felt the coldness of the counter top as he leaned his bare skin against it.

"She was in trouble last night, so I went to get her." Adam tried explained as little as possible. His mother deep blue eyes narrowed at him. She knew he was holding back information. His mother was great at knowing when he was lying or holding back on things. Adam gave another sigh.

"Sebastian almost tried to rape her last night. I just got there in time before he tried to get Rachel in the house. Then I took Rachel back here." Adam carefully watched his mother for her reaction. It was her turn to sigh and shook her head sadly.

"I see….." His mother went quiet for a long period time. Adam knew she was thinking about something, finally she started to speak again. "How is Rachel doing?"

"At first she was shook up a bit, but once I got back here, she seemed to be relax a little bit but still……." Adam trailed off looking at his mother.

"Well I'm glad she alright, but what happened to Sebastian?"

"Once I reached Rachel's I yelled at him and then kicked him in the stomach. I told him that to get off Rachel's property and threaten to call the police, if he didn't."

His mother smiled and nodded her head approval of his actions. Silence soon took over the intense atmosphere that hung between them. Adam was trying to figure out what his mom could be thinking about, but he couldn't take the silence anymore.

"So where's Hannah?" Adam asked as he headed towards the cupboard. He opened it up and pulled out some chocolate chips and instant pancake mix.

"Your father took her over to a friend's house." His mother walked over to the sink and turned on the cold water to rinse out her glass, since she finished her tea. Adam nodded his head as he turned on the stove and placed a pan on the stovetop.

"So dad's already at the office?" Adam asked as he poured the powered into a bowl and added couple cups of water to it. His mother nodded her head.

"Big case today, but the good news is that during on the Christmas break your father and I have gotten a couple of weeks off." His mother smiled at him.

Adam became speechless. This was the first time in four years that his family actually was going to spend Christmas as a family. Since both of his parents worked full time they had to work over the Christmas break, leaving him and his sister by themselves for the holidays. None of his other relatives lived close by, so his sister and he couldn't spend any time with them when Christmas break came around.

"That's awesome." Adam replied as he poured a cup of chocolate chips into the bowl next and mixed everything together. After that he poured the batter into the pan and watched it sizzled. After awhile Adam could hear the upstairs creaking. Rachel must be up, Adam thought smiling as he flipped the pancakes. A few minutes later Rachel entered the kitchen.

"Good morning, my dear." Adam could hear his mother say then heard the crinkling sound of the newspaper all of sudden. Adam quickly turned around to his mother was sitting at the kitchen table and reading the business section of the paper.

"Morning, Mrs. Colin." Rachel replied as she sat down across from Adam's mother. Mrs. Colin looked up over the paper and smiled at her.

"Rachel, how many times have I told you to not call me Mrs. Colin, you can call me by my first name." Mrs. Colin replied smiling. Rachel nodded her head.

"Sorry, Lisa." Rachel replied blushing from embarrassment. Rachel always forgot that Adam's mother had told to call her by her first name instead. Before long Rachel was hit by a wave of the small of pancakes and not just plain pancakes, but chocolate chip pancakes.

"Mhm….smells wonderful." Rachel said as she turned her attention to Adam. Rachel felt her blood rising to her cheeks. She bit her bottom lip nervously and quickly looked away. She didn't want Lisa to catch her staring at her son, who was standing by the hot stove with no shirt on. His pants were hanging at his waist and just the tip of his blue boxers was showing. He looked so hot right.

"You're just in time. Cause there done." Adam called over his shoulder. He quickly turned off the stove and grabbed a few plates that were near him. He piled the pancakes and grabbed silverware out the drawer. Adam walked over to Rachel and set an empty in front of her, then set the pancakes down.

"Morning Rach." Adam said he bent down to kiss her forehead then sat down beside her. Rachel could feel her cheeks turning red as Adam's mother looked up at them and smirked.

"What's going on between you too?" Lisa questioned.

"Well….we're sort of a couple now." Adam replied as he reached for Rachel's hand, that was laying on the table. Rachel smiled at him then turned her attention back to his mother. She wasn't sure how his mother would react to the news. Lisa stared at both them for a few minutes and soon a smile formed across her face.

"Finally, it took you two forever together." She grinned.

Adam and Rachel's eyes widened. Adam watched his mother grinning at the both as she got up from the table.

"I have to leave now, you two have the whole house to yourselves. So have a fun day you two." Mrs. Colin winked at them as grabbed her jacket and purse. Adam could hear a muffled laugh coming from his mother then the front door shut.

"Well….that was interesting." Rachel replied still in shock.

"I would say. I didn't know my mother was rooting for us." Adam laughed as he took a bit of his pancake. Rachel laughed as well then started to drive into her breakfast.

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"Okay now I'm full." Rachel said as she got up from the table and set her plate into the sink. "You're a wonderful cook." She grinned and stared at Adam, who was walking towards her. Adam chuckled as he set his plate in sink.

"Now what do you want to do?" Rachel asked as she leaned against the counter top.

"Dun-no." Adam replied as he shrugged his shoulder.

"Well, your mom said we have the house for the whole day basically."

Adam suddenly smirked. Slowly he placed his hands on each side of Rachel. Her eyebrow arched as she stared at Adam.

"What are doing?" Rachel tilted her head to the side, her eyes questioning Adam. Adam gave a small chuckle as he leaned closer.

"This…." Adam replied as he brushed his lips against Rachel's. First it started light and gentle, but then he felt Rachel's mouth open automatically beneath the pressure. He lightly bit her lip asking permission. He could feel Rachel smirking as she deepened the kiss. Slowly he placed each hand on her hips. He could hear Rachel gasped as he lifted her off the floor and onto the counter. Adam chuckled as his lips left her mouth and slowly made their way down her neck. Rachel grinned as she wrapped her legs around Adam's waist pulling him closer. Her hands intertwine around his neck. Soon Adam had found her weak spot, just near her collarbone. A small moan escaped from Rachel's lips. Adam chuckled as his lips found their back to Rachel's. Rachel felt like her skin was on fire with each kiss Adam gave her. Suddenly there was loud knock on Adam's front door. Adam and Rachel broke apart breathless.

"Rach, you don't know how long I been waiting to do that." Adam whispered as he touched his forehead with hers, both stared into each other's eyes. Once again there loud a knock, Adam sighed as he pulled away from Rachel. Rachel could feel his warmth fading away leaving her skin cold, but she was curious to know who was at the door.

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"Jace?" Adam stood in his hallway entrance confused. Why would Jace be at his place? They hadn't made any plans. "What are doing here?"

Jace gave a soft sigh as his fingers ran through his hair. "Sorry to bother you, but do you know where Rachel is? Clary has been trying to reach her all morning, but apparently no one's picking up at her place and she's not answering her cell." Jace explained.

"Ya, she's-''

"Right here." Both boys froze when they heard a voice echoing in the hallway. Adam grinned as he turned around. Jace slowly looked passed Adam, he felt his mouth drop, but quickly closed it. His eyebrow arched at the sight in front of him…..Rachel. She was wearing black boxers and a baggy navy t-shirt. Her wavy red hair had that messy bed headed look.

"What have you two been doing?" Jace grinned as leaned against the door frame. He crossed his arms as he watched Rachel walking towards him and Adam. He could hear sighing then in a blink of eye he felt a slight slap across the back his head.

"Ow!" Jace yelped. "What was that for?"

Jace rubbed the back of his head were an angry red head had slapped him. Jace carefully observe Rachel's eyes narrowing at him, like a cat waiting to attack their prey.

"That's for your mind being in the gutter. You know that I won't do that!" Rachel snapped at him. Jace just kept his mouth shut as he continued to rub the back of his head.

"Okay, I know that but then why are you wearing Adam's clothing?" Jace asked. In one quick moment Rachel's irritated expression was gone. Her forest green eyes that held angry in them slowly showed hurt and pain. Her grin had faded into a frown and the rest of expression was covered by her bangs that had fallen in front of eyes. She took a step back from him, like suddenly she had turned into a little child that been sincerely hurt. She held her arms close to her body, like she was protecting herself. Jace knew something was terribly wrong now. He quickly took a glance at Adam. Both of Adam's hands were clenched at his side. Jace couldn't see his expression clearly because of Adam's bangs had fallen in front of his face, but he could sense the tension that had come over the room. After what seemed like eternity Rachel finally spoke.

"Sebastian….he tried….to rape me….last night." Rachel replied hesitantly then quickly exited the hallway and back toward what Jace figured was the kitchen. Jace felt his body stiffen, he heart froze, his anger started to build inside, his hands tighten in a fist. He couldn't believe that Sebastian could sink so low. Suddenly his thoughts were broken when Adam started to speak to him. Adam seemed a little bit more relaxed, but still his eyes held anger in them. Jace listened carefully as Adam explained everything that had taken place in front of Rachel's place. Jace felt rage through his body as he finally shut the front door and made his way with Adam towards the kitchen. Jace slowly took in deep breaths to calm down; before he did something that he knew he would regret. Say like showing up at Sebastian's front door and beat the living crap out of him. Over the last few months Rachel had become like another sister to him, and without her he would probably be still nervous about asking Clary out.

As Jace entered the kitchen he saw Rachel leaning against the counter, her arms folded across her chest, and her legs crossed. In one quick movement Jace held Rachel in his arms, close to his chest. He could hear her gave a quiet whimper. Slowly she uncrossed her arms and wrapped them around his back.

"I'm so sorry Rachel. I promise that he will never try to hurt you again." Jace whispered into her ear trying to comfort her.

"Thanks." Rachel replied as she pulled away. A small smile had formed across her face. "You know only one good thing came out this." She quickly added.

"Oh? And what would that be?" Jace questioned.

Rachel gave a mischievous grin as she slowly moved away from him and headed towards Adam. Jace watched her carefully as she wrapped her left arm around Adam's waist and rested her head on his shoulder. Then suddenly Adam wrapped his around Rachel's waist and held her possibly close as he could.

"We're a couple now." Adam explained grinning. Jace laughed, it looked Clary's plan had just been thrown out the door.

"Took you two long enough." Jace smirked as he leaned against the counter. "It looks like Clary's plan went to a waste."

Rachel scrunched her face in confusion. "What are you talking about?"

Jace shook his head. Clary was going to kill when she finds out that he told Rachel about her plan, even though it really was still in the works. "Well the last few weeks Clary, Maia, Isabelle and Maia haven trying to figure out how to set you two up." Jace explained.

Both Adam's and Rachel's eyes widened in shock.

"So that's why they have been avoiding me?" Rachel asked.

"Afraid so, sorry about that. But that's why Clary had been trying to call you all morning. She wanted to do something with you since the last few weeks have been busy."

"I see….." Rachel paused for a moment then looked up at Jace. "Is Clary home?"

"Last time I checked, she was freaking out that she couldn't reach you."

"Okay then….." Rachel paused again thinking. "I have to make a quick phone call, I'll be right back."

Jace watched curiously as Rachel pulled away from Adam and headed out the kitchen. A few minutes later he could hear the upstairs creaking. The house must be old, he thought as the upstairs became awfully quiet. Then all of sudden both boys heard Rachel from upstairs.

"Clary!" Her voice was sharp and crisp. It echoed throughout the whole house. Both boys chuckled knowing Clary was going to earful for the next thirty minutes or so.

Well there you go, you got to see Jace protect of side when it comes to people that he cares about. The next chapter will be the Christmas Party, just need to figure out a few more things. I hope you guys like this chapter. Please review and tell me what you guys think, I just love them reading them :P

Question of the week: What do you guys think that Aline is plotting for Clary?