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"I brought you here because I wanted to tell you that I chose you." Clary said and looked up into his eyes. "I want to be your girlfriend Alec."

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I want to be your girlfriend Alec.
Clarys words were playing on a loop on Alecs mind. He wasn't expecting this at all. He wanted to be with her but never in his imagination did he think he actually had a chance. Now here she is looking at him waiting for an answer.
Oh shit. She's looking at me.
Oh fuck what do I say. AAAAAAAAhh.

Clary's P.O.V.:
I knew it. He doesn't like me. What the hell. Why would he go through all the trouble if he's just going to stand there and not say a word? I should just go. Screw it I should give Raphael a chance.

"Really?" Way to go dumbass. Couldn't think of something better to say?
"What I mean to say is that are you truly picking me?" A little better.

Awwe. How cute he was just nervous.
"Yes. Is it really that hard to grasp?"

"Well yes. I thought I didn't have a chance in hell." There you go be honest. Don't ruin this.

"You did. Your brother not so much." Way to go. Why did you have to bring up his brother? Stupid Clary.

"I thought he was my biggest rival." Holy crap, make it official before she changes her mind.
Alec regained his composure and held her hands while looking straight into her eyes before he spoke.
"Clary would you like to be my girlfriend?"

Awwe. He's turning redder than me.
"Yes Alec I would love to."

"Clary." Both Clary and Alec froze at the sound of Jons voice.

"Okay I have to go before he finds us." Alec nodded. Words seemed to escape him at the moment.
"Oh and do me a favor."

"Anything." He finally managed to say.

"Don't tell anyone. I want to tell my brother and father first before anyone else knows okay."

"Yes." He wasn't going to start denying her a thing.

Clary smiled and jumped up a bit to kiss him on the cheek. She forgot her heels so kissing him while barefoot was a little hard.

"I'll talk to you tomorrow. Bye." Clary waved goodbye as she headed towards the living room.

"Bye." Alec just stood there and waiting a good two minutes before he began to jump up and down doing a happy dance. It was brief but just enough to let out a little of his excitement. This was the first time in his life he felt like this and he couldn't wait to introduce her to his parents. His dad especially will love her.

000

"Clary where were you?" Jon asked when he finally saw his sister come into view.

"I was picking up. I just made a quick run through to make sure everything was okay. Why? Did something happen?" She knew how to distract him.

"No I was just worried." He said.

Clary folded her arms and gave him her look. He hung his head and walked away. He was doing it again. She didn't know how she was going to break the news to him but she was going to have to be quick.

Izzy and Maia pulled her away to her room the moment they saw the coast was clear. There was no way they would go without details any longer.

"What?" Clary asked when they just stared at her. Both girls scoffed and whined.

"Who is it?" Maia finally said. She was on the verge of a total freak-out if she didn't know soon.

Clary bit her lip and slowly walked to her chair. The girls followed her wanting to strangle it out of her with every single moment that passed by.
"Alec."

Izzy screamed in delight as did Maia. She had a sister in Clary if things with her and her brother eventually led to marriage. Maia was happy Clary finally made her choice. She couldn't wait to get to know him better. At least Alec is better liked in Jon's group.

All three girls started to talk about what finally convinced her when suddenly Simon came into the room.

"Is everything okay? We heard screaming." He said implying he wasn't the only one there.

"Yeah were fine. I just told them about one of my presents. I peeked, I couldn't wait." Clary said as the girls nodded.

Simon relaxed since it was like Clary to not wait.
"Okay we will finish up cleaning then." Simon left as quickly as he came.

"Well that wasn't passive aggressive at all." Maia said.

"Yeah well we should be helping anyways. Let's get changed since I don't want to handle trash in this." Clary said as she pointed to her dress. They all changed into much comfier clothes and proceeded to finish clean up. The remaining guests who stayed to help left and Clary saw them all out. Maia and Izzy took the presents to her room to open together. Clary said good bye to all the guys who helped. She was thankful for all their help.

Her mother was as well and sent each of them home with a thank you present. Apparently she had had them ready a week in advance. The guys were happy for their gifts and left happily after that. Valentine and Jocelyn retired to their room after Jon left to drop off both Simon and Jordan. The girls practically ran upstairs and locked the bedroom door.

They rolled towels and placed them at the base of the door. Clary set up her iPod to play soft music next to the door just in case Jon got any ideas to listen in when he came home. Izzy showered first while Maia and Clary fixed the room. All three girls fit on Clarys bed so the sleeping arrangements weren't a problem. The room was. When Maia finished taking a shower Clary quickly jumped in. She was happy she went last. The room was warm and steamy for her.

When she got out both girls were on the floor by the window waiting to open presents and talk.

"So what made you finally decide on my brother?" Izzy went first.

"Well, I don't really know. I just like him. Raphael was sweet and I really like him too but your brother won me over." Clary said as she opened the first gift. It was her favorite Juicy Couture perfume. Yummy.

"What did he say?" Maia asked.

"Well, he was mostly stunned in the first few second." Izzy rolled her eyes and mumbled of course he was. "Then he asked me to be his girlfriend to make it official. It was sweet." Clary said as she blushed. She tried to distract herself by opening another present. This one was a cute green top with lace on the sleeves.

"I'm just so happy that this not knowing phase is over." Izzy said.

"Yeah all that's left is telling Jon and my dad. So no biggie." The girls stopped. They knew it was too easy.

"What are you going to do?" Izzy asked.

"I will tell Jon first. Once I calm him down I will my dad. I don't want to keep him a secret." Clary said.

"I will tell my mom first since I will need someone to make sure he doesn't try to go next door and kill him."

"Good plan." Maia said.

"So when will you talk to him?" Izzy asked.

"Tomorrow or later today since its past midnight." Clary said as she yawned.

Maia and Izzy shared a look. They wanted to continue their interrogation but Clary was in no shape to continue. They didn't want to push her. The girls agreed to go to sleep. Izzy turned the iPod to Clarys lullaby playlist. All three girls crawled into bed suddenly feeling the weight of the past days on them. They all drifted off to sleep in minutes.

Yes I know this was short but I wanted to get this out. More will come. The best scene will be when she tells Jon and Valentine.