After a few minutes of hugging and crying, everyone released themselves from the cluster of bodies. Izzy leaned against the kitchen door and Jace wrapped his arm around Clary's waist protectively; he whispered something ginto her ear before kissing the side of her head. Jocelyn held her son's face in her hands, her eyes full of tears. Luke cleared his throat, blinking his eyes rapidly, he turned to start cleaning up the mug his wife had dropped.

"Jonathan, my sweet, sweet boy. I've missed you so much; we all have." The group all sat around the table while Clary and Jonathan took turns telling their parents what happened. At one point Izzy disappeared for a few minutes before coming back with wet face cloths, she handed them to Clary and Jonathan to wipe off the dirt, blood and sweat that had accumulated during their captivity.

They sat around the table for a few hours talking and crying before Izzy excused herself to go home. Jace and Clary went upstairs to Clary's room. She closed the door and sat on her bed, Jace stared at her from the door for a minute.

"Busy week." He said simply with a small laugh. He crossed his arms and bent his knee so his foot was on the wall. Clary laughed and laid back onto her bed, closing her eyes; she had spent the last couple nights sleeping on the ground in a cold and damp cellar. She smiled as she closed her eyes.

"A good week though," she said finally. She recounted the last few days and realized it was Sunday. Now that Jonathan was back, Clary would no longer have to pretend to be a student. She didn't have to take a second look at anyone with blond hair and dark eyes. Jonathan was safe. The smile faded from her lips when she remembered Jace, Izzy and Alec would still be going to school, although she wasn't even sure why they were in school.

The bed dipped slightly and Clary looked to see Jace sitting on the edge of the bed beside her.

"Why were you guys in school?" Clary asked suddenly, "You're Shadowhunters, we don't need to go to mundane school."

"There was word that demon levels would be increasing in the area, so we enrolled to blend in; whenever Alec and I or even Izzy had to disappear suddenly it was because there was one near by. Alec checked with the Clave and with our tutor at the Institute, when you disappeared the demons did too. They must have been sent by Valentine to look for you."

When Jace was finished Clary smiled to herself, she could have gone to any school in New York, and she still would have met them, meeting him was inevitable.

"Some might even say it was fate." Jace said quietly. Clary quickly realized she had said the last part out loud, she blushed.

Clary rolled over to her side so she was facing Jace and he did the same thing.

"Do you believe in that kind of stuff? Like fate, or even soul mates, or-" Clary stopped, biting her lip shyly.

"Or love at first sight? Not before." Jace leaned over and kissed her softly. She closed her eyes again and smiled at his answer. She repeated his words over and over until darkness surrounded her, the last thing she thought was I love you.

Clary woke up to see that the room was dark; she panicked for a minute before realizing she was in her bed. She rolled over and noticed she wasn't wearing the clothes she had on before, her eyes adjusted and she lifted the sheets. All she was wearing was her black thong and a t-shirt, she lifted the shirt at the collar; no bra. Clary shrugged to herself thinking she must have undressed while she was half asleep. Clary looked at the clock beside her and read the glowing blue numbers; just after three. Clary felt her face and realized she was sweating and her heart was racing, but for once it wasn't racing in a bad way, in fact she felt more relaxed than she had been for a long time. She wiggled her body slightly and felt something in her underwear. She cursed under her breath and went to the washroom; she threw clean sheets on the edge of her bed to change them after and went to the washroom. She blushed furiously when she realized the moisture hadn't been her period. She laughed to herself trying to remember what her dream had been about and walked back to her bed.

Clary closed her eyes to try go back to sleep but she couldn't, she was wide awake. Sighing, she kicked her short legs off the side of the bed and walked over to the light switch, sitting at the foot of her bed were the clothes she had been wearing earlier, they were folded up neatly in a pile. Clary's brows furrowed, she wouldn't have folded them, and her mother wouldn't either. She knew for sure that her brother or Luke wouldn't have changed her. Jace. She covered her hands with her mouth and giggled, for some reason she wasn't embarrassed. She grabbed her sketchbook and turned to the picture she had been drawing on her first day at school.

Clary was pulled out of her focus to a tapping sound coming from her window, she tensed for a moment and slowly made her way to the window, she pulled the curtain away and peaked from the corner. Clary quickly slid the window open as Jace turned to go back to his balcony. He turned back, a smile stretched across his face. She smiled back and stepped away from the window so he could come in. Jace climbed through the window gracefully, she looked away shyly when she realized that all he was wearing was pajama pants that hung dangerously low on his hips. He stepped forward and cupped her face with his hands before placing a kiss on her forehead, her nose, and finally her lips.

"I hope I didn't wake you," he said quietly in her ear. Clary laughed, an odd feeling of déjà vu swept over her.

"I feel like I've heard you say that before."

Suddenly jace put his arms around her waist and lifted her; she instinctively wrapped her legs around him before kissing him deeply. They stood by her window like that for a moment, the kisses growing hotter and hotter as the seconds ticked by. Jace traced small circles on her thighs with his thumbs and she moaned slightly, bucking her hips against his without realizing it. Jace walked to the bed and laid her down softly before climbing ontop of her, she didn't untangle herself from him for a moment. Jace's lips and tongue slowly trailed down her jaw leaving small wet spots along her neck, she moaned and tangled her hands through his hair. She pulled on it lightly and he bit her neck sharply, she gasped and wrapped her legs around him tighter. She could feel his length pressed up against her underwear through his pants.

"It was you, wasn't it," she said raising an eyebrow when he pulled away to breath, they were both panting lightly. He gave her a mischevious look. "You undressed me, didn't you?"

"And sadly I had to redress you as well." He joked, her face turned bright red and she looked away, suddenly extremely embarrassed. He nudged her cheek with his nose so she was facing him

"You're perfect, you know that right? Every inch of you. Not that I looked, I kept my eyes closed for most of it, I promise." Clary raised an eyebrow.

"How do you know every inch of me is perfect then?" Jace chuckled and rolled to her side, he was blushing. He glanced down at the rune on his chest which was glowing.

"Do you remember what I told you about the rune? How it glows, and lets me see what you're thinking if you think hard enough?" Clary nodded and she felt his fingers trail from her cheek to her jaw, down her neck and stopped at her collar bone. She was nervous, but at the same time she wanted him to slide his hand down a few more inches, he smiled at her when he realized she was biting her lip. He continued talking.

"I guess it works for dreams, too." He said shyly. Clary gasped when she realized what she meant. She covered her hand with her mouth when she rememberd waking up sweaty and her heart racing, her wet underwear. She had been dreaming about him; and he saw it all.

"So you saw…everything I dreamt…" she gulped as he nodded his head up and down. He leaned forward, grinning.

"I felt everything too," he breathed into her ear, a flame burst throughout her body, starting between her thighs, she moaned slightly.

"Show me," she whispered, silently begging him. Jace grinned, propping himself up on one elbow, his fingers moved down over her collar bone to her breast, he watched her face intently and he scratched her nipple lightly, causing her back to arch and breath to catch, she felt her core pulsing. He slid his hands down to her hips and played with the hem of her shirt for a minute before putting his hands up her shirt, he traced circles and swirls along her stomach and ribs, he stopped below her breast and winked. Clary bit her lip and breathed in slowly, he wiped his thumb over her nipple, immediately causing the skin to tighten; she bucked her hips up without realizing.

"Jace," she breathed, so quietly it was hardly audible. "Stop teasing me."

Jace laughed and grabbed her breast in his hand, he squeezed and bent down, tracing her lips with his tongue, she bit his lip before he had a chance to pull away. He grabbed her shirt and lifted it over her head so she was only wearing her thong. Jace looked at her for a moment, their eyes both filled with desire and he bent his head down. He took her in his mouth causing her to arch her back again. He sucked and licked her lightly, she bucked her hips again and he bit her. She moaned his name and he felt himself harden even more. He moved to her other breast, doing all the same things to her, he kissed between her breasts and all around them, and he peppered her chest and rips in kisses as well. Out of the corner of his eye he saw her reach for the stele sitting on her night stand, without opening her eyes she drew a rune on the wall, above her bed. He looked up and smiled the privacy rune. Jace raised an eyebrow at her and she giggled, it sounded like music. He looked at her lips for a moment before kissing her again, he rolled so that one of his legs was between both of hers, he stayed propped up on his elbow. She opened her lips and slipped her tongue into his mouth. They had only been kissing for a few moments when he felt her hands at his hips, she slid her finger under the waist band of his pants.

"No underwear?" she asked teasingly. They laughed into each other's lips before kissing hungrily again. Jace was beginning to lose focus as sparks seemed to shoot out from the tips of her fingers into him. He could feel her fingers shaking and she thrust her hips into his again, he grunted and pressed back. She hooked both of her fingers around his pants and tugged them down, exposing him entirely. Although she had already seen his member before she was still slightly shocked. She moaned quietly, before clamping her mouth shut. She realized she had made an extremely animalistic noise while staring at his length. He laughed before pressing his lips to her neck causing her to shudder. He carefully tugged at her underwear before pausing to look up at her; her eyes were closed but she was biting her lip and smiling. He pulled the black fabric down her legs before dropping it to the ground.

They pressed their naked bodies against each other, moving their hands, lips, tongues and fingers all over each other. Jace grabbed her leg and began rubbing small circles on her inner thigh, she felt even more moisture seep out of her, and she felt like she was on fire.

"Jace, please." She begged into his ear.

He ran his finger along her folds causing her to buck into him harder than she had before. He ran his finger up and down the entire slit, coating his fingers in her. He pressed his finger deep inside her and pulled it out, she moaned loudly and dug her nails into his back. He thrust his finger in and out of her for a while watching her body writhe underneath his, he bend down to lick her nipple while his finger continued to thrust, he rubbed his thumb over her extremely sensitive nub and she almost screamed. She pressed her mouth to Jace's neck and sucked on the skin. He worked his fingers until he heard her lose all control, her body shook and she seemed to be holding her breath. She moaned his name over and over as her core clenched and relaxed repeatedly around Jace's finger until her body fell limp, she laid there panting for what seemed like forever, in complete disbelief of what happened. She mumbled something that sound like thank you into his chest. Jace pulled his finger out of her and wrapped his mouth around it, sucking it clean.

"Jace," she whimpered as she felt heat seep out from between her legs again. She reached into the nightstand and rummaged around for a minute before pulling a small unopened box out. She ripped the cardboard open and pulled out a small package. Jace heard the sound of plastic tearing when he realized what she was doing.

"Baby, are you sure? This isn't too fast for you? I mean I'm definitely not complaining but-" Clary pressed her finger to his lips.

"Everything happens fast when you're a Shadowhunter," she said giving him a mischievous smile, she slid the condom over him, pulling it all the way down to his base. He almost lost complete control just from feeling her hand slid along him. He adjusted his position so he was between her legs. He kissed her forehead softly and heard her breath hitch as his tip touched her nub. He looked at her carefully; her eyes were shut again but she was nodding vigorously. He lifted himself off of her and grinned, he held his length in his hands and rubbed the tip up and down her wet slit.

"Fuck you," she muttered as he teased her.

"Clary, I'm well aware of what you want to do to me."

She grabbed his member in her hands and pushed him deep inside her. They both gasped, Jace in shock and pleasure, and Clary in pain. Tears ran down her cheeks and she squeezed them shut.

"It feels like…like something tore." She said, panic in her voice. Jace ran his hand through her hair.

"I know baby, don't be scared, that's normal, it's okay, I broke your…" Clary shushed him and she focused on trying to ignore the pain. She wiggled her body slowly but gasped again as the pain shot through her. She froze.

They laid there for a few minutes without moving as Jace whispered sweet nothings and words of encouragement into her ear. Clary lifted herself up and wiggled, the pain was still there but now she was able to focus on the feeling of him inside her.

"Jace,"

"What's wrong baby?"

"Fuck me." Jace grinned at this and pulled himself out almost entirely before sliding back into her. She moaned. "Faster. Please"

She heard Jace chuckle and grunt as he thrust into her quickly, she gasped in ecstasy. He pounded into her without stopping, every time he seemed to reach further inside of her. They were both near climax, Jace forced himself to wait, wanting to reach it with Clary.

"Jace, Jace, Jace, Jace," she moaned every time he thrust.

"Clary, I'm going to-"he began to pull out of her reluctantly but she grabbed his hips and held her inside him. He felt her clench around his length over and over. They lost control together, Jace called out her name while her tiny body shook under his and he released. When they had both finished they laid together, panting. Jace remained inside of her with their limbs tangled together, waiting for their breathing to go back to normal. Finally Jace pulled out, he immediately felt as if he were missing something, Clary felt the same. He pulled the condom off and threw it into the small waste basket next to her bed. Jace pulled the blankets over them and pulled her in as close as he could.

"I love you too." He said quietly. Clary turned her head to him, her eyes and mouth both wide open.

"What?" she whispered, surely she had misheard him. There was no way he could love her, he could love anyone else, there were so many girls that were better than her.

"I've heard you tell me you love me twice. The first time when you left with your father, and as you fell asleep earlier tonight." Jace tucked a stray hair behind her ear. "I wanted you to hear me say it back. I love you. I think about you all the time. All I want to do is protect you and keep you safe and happy, and mine."

A tear fell from her cheek and she smiled, wrapping he arms around his waist.

"I love you," she whispered as she felt him kiss the top of her head before falling asleep.