It was after school now and Izzy and I were walking through a quiet street of shops, it was either that or waiting an hour until Jon was able to give us a lift. it was hard trying to keep up with her long strides so I soon refused to walk any longer without having a quick break. We slipped into a nearby coffee shop to just rest a while when I noticed thy at it seemed to a book shop as well.

"Izzy, you don't mind ordering some drinks while I look in the book section for a while, do you?" I said, slightly gravitating towards it.

"Yeah sure, just don't take too long, I don't want to look like a complete loner here." she replied, taking full advantage of the fact that there was free Wi-Fi in there. I walked into it, savouring the familiar smell of books. My old home was filled with them. My vision blurred slightly at the fact that there were barely any books at my new home. Jocelyn preferred to paint and Jon never really took to reading, there were only the few that I`d brought with me to here. I walked over to the section that read manga. God, I loved these books. I started looking for one of the series that I hadn't already read when a crash came from behind me.

A tall, geeky looking boy was sprawled on the ground, all the books around him knocked over, making a huge mess. He awkwardly got up to flush a scarlet colour when he realised that I had seen. ducking his head in shame, he went to pick up the books. I felt a flash of pity towards him so I decided to help him.

"You didn't see what happened did you?" He asked me nervously.

"only the aftermath." I laughed lightly.

"oh, phew, I hate embarrassing myself like that in front of strangers like that"

"what`s your name then? I'm clary." I extended my hand. he warily shook it.

"Simon." he said almost uncertainly.

"nice to meet you then Simon, we`re not strangers anymore."

" Yeah I guess so, so what brings you here, to this almost empty bookshop." He smiled at me. I had a sense that he hadn't seen a girl here since, probably ever.

"Well I really just came here for a drink with my friend but I saw this part so I wanted to see what there was."

Simon turned around to look at Izzy, who had now turned to filing her nails as she impatiently waited for her coffee, when he turned back, he face was bright red, almost as red as my hair.

"Umm, did you say that you were friends with her?"

"Yeah, not for long."

"Her, you mean her as in Issabelle lightwood"?

I was slightly creeped out by that comment."Um yeah, how do you know that?"

"Umm, she's in my maths class at school."

"Oh, so you go to the same school as us?"

"I guess so, but ive never seen you there before?"

"Well I only joined last week."

"Oh that explains it, I'm normally really good with faces, so what brings you here to the big apple?" his Brooklyn accent was quite distinct at this moment. Unlike Izzy, who had more of an English one, due to living there up until the age of 14. Then her parents moved both her and Alec to here for a big job for the company they worked for, the Clave.

"Missed my brother. " My reply was short and sweet. It was partially the truth, so it lessened the guilt as I stared in his wide, almost childlike and sweet eyes.

"really, he`s lucky to have such a nice sister. Mine wouldn't care less if I moved across half the world."

"Well he`s lucky full stop, you just have to look at his girlfriend over there to see it." I joked as I nodded my head towards Izzy. the remaining flush left in his cheeks drained and left him looking like a vampire.

"your brother is dating Issabelle."

"Yes but-"

"Your brother is Jonathon Morgenstern?"

"Um, I`m sorry but I have to go now. Er Bye ." He ran out of the shop, looking panicked.

"Clary, our drinks are here." Izzy called, her nails were now filed and her phone was out again. "Jon will be able to pick us up by the way, if we stay here "

"Okay, I guess we`ll wait then."

Hi, I`m back. I`m so sorry for not updating in ages. I`m just trying to fill my life with reading rn. But I`ll start trying to update every Tuesday, also, little side note. It`s my birthday on the 18th so, idk. Please review thanks

-Ruby |-/