Dance = MrsTateLangdon

PoV Clary

It must have been about twenty three degrees outside the school. I stuffed my hands into my pockets as I waited for Jace to hurry up, and we could then go shopping. I shuffled around in a circle, trying to keep myself warm.

"Hey, baby," Jace said, joining me in the cold.

"What took you so long?" I asked.

"I was looking for my wallet, putting on a fresh shirt, taking out my winter coat, making sure that Alec didn't have sex on my bed and making sure I had my credit card." He slipped his hand into my pocket and entwined our fingers. "Let's get going, before I freeze my important parts off."

We walked to the student parking lot and got into his car, which was shiny and looked like something Tony Stark would drive. I'm not that good with cars, so I can't really tell you what kind it was. Maybe a de Lorain? Or a Toyota? I don't know.

We listened to Jace's iPod on the way to the mall, which was quite an adventure. Songs varied from Last Night by Skillet and Teenagers by MCR, to Paparazzi by Lady Gaga and You, me, and your friend Steve by Garfunkel and Oates. Which are all awesome, by the way.

When we got to the mall, Jace pulled me along until we got to a really fancy looking suit shop. We entered, and immediately a store hand came up to us.

"Hello!" he said, his voice strikingly similar to Jace's gay voice. "How may I help you two fine gentlemen today?"

"We're looking for suits for the Winter Formal at Greenwood Institute," Jace said.

"Oh," the teen looked crestfallen. "Who are the lucky ladies?"

Jace put his arm around me and smiled. The guy's eyes light up again.

"Well!" he said happily. "Do you want matching suits, or something different for both?"

"Just plain black, please," I said.

The store hand looked down at me, his green eyes glaring at me, like he was trying to say, "How dare you interrupt my conversation with Mr. Hot!"

Jace's arm tightened around me, and we walked further into the store with Mr. Jealous Store Hand. He pulled out suits for us, and we tried them all on. They were really nice, and I fell in love with the first. It was a normal black suit jacket and pants, but the shirt was a pale purple, and the tie was bright blue. It was awesome!

Jace was a little pickier. He tried on each and posed in front of the mirror, turning this way and that, but he didn't seem to like any of the suits that were picked. Mr. Jealous Store Hand was getting more and more excited.

"I will keep looking for you, sir!" he said, and he waddled off towards the back of the store.

"He hates me," I said.

"Yep," Jace agreed. "I think if I were gay, I'd still dislike him."

I laughed a little, holding onto my suit.

"You ready to buy hat?" Jace asked. "We can go get it if you want, and I'll look in a different store."

"Okay," I said. "Thank you, Jace."

"No problem, Cain." Mr. Jealous Store Hand had come back with a few more suits.

"I'm sorry I took so long!" he said. "But I think these will look really good on you!"

"I'm sorry, but we're going to buy his suit and then leave," Jace said, placing his hands on my shoulders.

We bought the suit, and left, and went on to other stores.

Jace bought his suit in the fifth shop, and then we finally went home.

Alec and Magnus were sprawled in the snow outside the school, laughing and making snow angels. They smiled when they saw us and followed us inside. Jace pulled out his suit and showed it off to Alec, while Magnus and I talked about mine.

"It's really pretty!" Magnus said. "Are you going to get a haircut before you get back?"

"Huh?" I raised a hand to my hair, and felt how long it was. "I guess it is getting a bit long…"

So Magnus and I made a plan to go to get our hair cut when we got back.