The coffee in Clary's had kept her fingers warm as she walked through the cold streets, her mind troubled as she couldn't find one sole thought to focus on. She had just been wandering the streets for an hour, texts from Isabelle blowing up her phone to ask if she was alright and where she was. The hat on her head made her sweat but she knew that taking it off would just make her too cold. Clary was only feeling hot because of how wired her nerves were.

Isabelle had always been right, everyone always joked about never listening to her just to end up dead wrong. Jace had even said once that she should get 'I told you so' tattooed on her forehead so that she wouldn't have to continue saying it.

Jace. Her heart fluttered and even the thought of him. What if Jace was in love with her? Would it be such a terrible idea to confess that Clary had been feeling something for him? She didn't think it was love, though, there was no way she was in love. The idea was ludacris. They were best friends, practically brother and sister. They had grown up together, she had watched Jace grow from a little child to a grown adult, she'd seen all of his awkward phases - if she was honest, he didn't really have any awkward phases - and watched him play girls and break hearts.

Deep down, Clary was afraid that he was just looking at her because he hadn't had a good lay in a while, but it also gnawed at her why he hadn't found someone to be his arm candy.

Clary didn't want to just be another girl on his list, but she didn't think she ever could with how close they were and with the kind of strong relationship they had. But if their relationship progressed and they didn't last, would that friendship be thrown away? Imagining her life without Jace by her side as at least her friend made her stomach knot in a painful way. The Lightwoods and Simon were her whole life, they were family.

But Simon and Izzy had been able to take their close friendship to the next level, would it really be so hard for her and Jace?

"Clary?" Her name made her stop and look up from the ground. Her stomach dropped and she felt bile rise to her throat.

"Sebastian." She choked on his name.

She wanted to turn away and run down the street.

"Hi..." He scratched the back of his head nervously.

She gulped, "Hi," she said quietly, "H-How are you?"

He looked at the ground first and then at her, "I'm good, I'm good. How are you?"

She shrugged, "I'm alright."

They were quiet as they stood across from each other.

"Um... Clary, about last night..." He started. Clary didn't say anything as she met his eyes, "I'm sorry for the way I acted. That was... well, that was really petty of me."

She shrugged, "It's nothing." She didn't know what to say, she couldn't necessarily be mad at him, they weren't dating. She had made that clear with Jace sucking on her neck, the memory of how Jace's lips felt on her made her cheeks darken. She shook her head to rid the thought, not the time.

"No, no it is something. I just, I saw you and Jace and-"

Clary stopped him with her hand, "Jace and I aren't..." She didn't really know how to finish that sentence in all honesty.

He shook his head, they were both just interrupting each other and leaving sentences hanging.

"I mean, if you aren't then you aren't, but if you are, then you are. I'm just saying, that no matter who you were with that night, I didn't have a right to act the way I did. I got a little angry, but then again... I broke up with you, so... I don't really have much of a right to act like that."

"I get why you acted the way you did though... I mean, about everything. It makes sense, I should have asked you about how you felt about the trip and all of that." She explained herself, just letting herself be honest with not just Sebastian, but herself as well.

"I would have liked that..." Clary gave him a tight apologetic smile, "But, I also should have given you a little more trust." Sebastian confessed.

She pulled at her hair, "I'm not very good at relationships."

Sebastian chuckled and sighed.

"We both aren't very good at relationships." Clary gave him a thankful expression, happy that they both were actually getting along instead of arguing.

"Clary?" He started, she looked at him worryingly, "Do you think, because we're both so terrible at relationships, that we could at least give friendship a chance?"

Clary was stunned for a moment, confused as to his reasoning.

He went on as he noticed her confused expression, "I mean, you're a great girl at heart, and I really did enjoy your company. I'd hate to have it go to waste, is all."

She smiled and felt touched, "I'd really like that, Sebastian."

He smiled back at her with a wide toothy grin.

"It was really great seeing you, Clary. I hope you and Jace work out." He said as he started to say goodbye.

She blinked, "Oh, no, Jace and I aren't together like that. That whole... thing was a way to get rid of a crazy chick following Jace. Honest." She explained quickly, lately she felt like she had to do a lot of explaining, but more for herself than for everyone else.

He cocked his head, "Huh, that's to bad."

"Wait, why do you say that?" She asked.

Sebastian shrugged his shoulders, "He looks at you differently, like, I don't know..." Sebastian was thoughtful for a moment as he tried to find a good description, "My grandmother explained how her and my grandfather fell in love. She said that all of their friends explained that my grandfather, 'looked at her the way a blind man sees the sun for the first time'. They were married for sixty-seven years before my grandfather passed away. That's the best way to explain the way Jace looks at you."

Clary just stared at him in awe.

He shrugged and put his hands in his pocket, "I don't know, maybe it's just me that sees it. But don't overthink it, I know you have a tendency to do that." He smiled at her as he touched her cheek, his hands cold on her blushing cheek, "I'll see you around. Goodbye, Clary."

She swallowed and nodded her head at him, "It was good seeing you too, bye Sebastian."

He smiled and walked past her, she turned and watched as he disappeared into the New York crowd.

You know they had to run into each other again at some point. But at least things ended well and they accepted their faults. Some of you were siding with Sebastian, and I totally get it, Clary hadn't really thought about her decision, but he also had no reason not to trust her. He should have given her some credit. They both had faults and they both admitted to them. Anyways, still early, I'm gonna get started on the next chapter. Thank you guys for the reviews, I actually love all of your opinions and ideas. I'll get started for the next oneeeee :)