Clary POV

"You know what I'm just so sick and tired of this class. Just read for the last ten minutes." The English teacher said. He was super annoying. Alec had actually come to class which was surprising since he only attended like a forth of the classes.

"Ughhh" Alec groaned.

"It's better than writing an essay." I whispered. Alec got out the same book he has been reading since the beginning of school. And by reading I mean skimming the same 4 pages.

"Oh Alec, are you re-reading the book?" The English teacher came over to ask. I couldn't help but laugh sine Alec would never do such a thing.

"Something funny Clarissa?" This English teacher loved using full names whenever he was slightly angry.

"No, sorry." I responded going back to reading. Alec made up something about reading similar books so he wouldn't have to say he never actually read in class. The painful class finally concluded and we went to our lockers.

I waited for this one kid named Nelson to be done since he was above me.

"He always takes so long." I whispered to Alec who was waiting for someone to move from in front of his locker. We laughed a bit at that comment.

Alec headed to the gym for archery while I went to the art room.

"Hey guys." I said sitting down at my normal table with Ella, Dan and Derek.

"Hey Clary." They responded. The teacher came in and we started a new project. The instructions were pretty loose, just to paint a highly detailed scene. I decided to paint part of a garden.

Ella was painting the inside of a grocery store which I thought was so creative.

"That's a really cool idea, probably like half the class is painting a garden of some kind." I said gesturing to my painting.

"Thanks and I'm sure your garden will be one of the best. I mean most of the people in this club aren't that great." Ella said, she whispered the last part. She wasn't being rude, I mean they really weren't good. But it's fine, art just isn't for everybody I guess.

We laughed a lot while painting but normally we were pretty quiet. It's just that Derek had a very funny story about his classes.

"Okay that's enough, Clary and Dan move to that back table." The art teacher said pointing to the table no one ever sat at. Dan and I quickly moved not wanting to cause any more trouble.

"That probably wasn't very smart of us." Dan said.

"Yeah hopefully we will get to sit with Derek and Ella again next class." I replied. Dan nodded and we got to work more quietly. Dan was painting a classroom with students. It was also a much cooler idea than mine.

Oh wow, how did I mess up a blade of grass." I said as I pointed to a now wavy blade of grass.

"Ha, it's fine though, no one will notice it in the end. Unlike this desk I now realize is crooked." Dan said pointing to his own painting. We laughed about that and continued painting.

"Hey guys, do you want to go for coffee after art club." Ella came to our table to ask. I was hesitant, I mean what would Alec say about me going. He barely liked us attending the clubs, we only did it to seem kind of normal.

"Yeah sure," I said since I did want to hang out with them for a bit. I walked out of art club talking and laughing with my friends. Alec was standing against the wall on his phone like usual.

"I'll be right back." I said to them walking toward Alec.

"Hey Alec…" I said.

"Oh great you're done, let's go." Alec said.

"Hold on.." I said.

"What did you do Red?" Alec asked.

"Nothing, I just want to go out for coffee with my friends." I replied.

"Uhhhh is that such a good idea?" Alec asked. He didn't yell so I took that as a good sign.

"Nothing's going on with the mission right now and I'll be home in like an hour or two," I responded.

"Ok I guess, just text me if you need to get picked up." Alec said as he walked away. I was extremely impressed he didn't fight me on it. I went to join my friends. We went in Ella's car. She was a pretty good driver, I sat in the back with Dan.

We got to Starbucks and I ordered a frappuccino. I've only been there a handful of times so it was a treat. We drank our drinks at a small table in the corner and just chatted.

It was really nice but not like talking to the others back home. I guess it's just because these new friends didn't know outside of art club Clary. Jace, Izzy, Alec and even Lydia knew me as shadowhunter Clary. Well Alec knew me as annoying shadowhunter Clary.

I looked down at my phone and it was nearly seven.

"I think I should probably get going." I said.

"What time is it?" Ella asked.

"Six fifty-five," I answered. The others agreed to get into the car to head home. We went back to school so that Derek and Dan could get their cars. Ella drove me home.

"Okay here we are, we should hang out again." Ella said.

"Definitely," I replied. We said bye to each other and I got out of the car. I opened the apartment building door and headed for the elevator.

"Hey guys." I said as I got inside the apartment.

"Hey Clary, you have fun?" Lydia asked. She seemed to have came to visit us.

"Yeah." I replied. I told Jace, Izzy and Lydia what we did. Alec was apparently doing school work which never happened. Jace called him for dinner shortly after. We were having some pasta.

"Oh, you're back." Alec said to me as he sat down. I nodded and we got to eating. I wondered why Alec was being kind of weird about the whole situation. I decided I'd talk to him about it after dinner. Thirty-five minutes later I was sitting in Alec's room.

"So what's up with you?" I asked.

"Nothing's up." Alec responded.

"I mean you have been a little off over this whole, me hanging out with friends thing." I said.

"Oh, well I don't know. I was just kind of confused on why you wanted to hang out with them. I mean even very social Izzy and Jace barely spend time with other friends." Alec replied.

"Oh, well they invited me so I thought why not." I said.

"Are they more exciting then we are?" Alec asked, sounding genuinely curious.

"No of course not. I mean they are fun but I was getting kind of bored at the end if I'm being honest. Hanging out with you guys is very different." I responded. We talked a bit more about what the last couple months had been like together before I decided to call it a night. I left Alec's room feeling content. Sure I could hang out with other friends but nothing beats spending time with the friends who are like family to me.

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