Real quick update because the first one is super short with basically nothing. So here starts the drama. Comment your thoughts and hope you like it!

CLARY'S POV

Simon turned off the engine to his car but neither of them moved. Clary stared forward at the school she had come to know so well and yet she felt like it was the start of Freshman year all over again. Just sitting in the parking lot she could already see some familiar faces from the three years of middle school. Faces she hadn't spoken with in longer than she could remember.

After a while, Simon turned to Clary. "We're going to have to get out at some point you know."

Clary turned back to him with a pout. "But we only have lunch together." She scowled down at her schedule that differed so much from Simon's. "It's not fair."

Simon rolled his eyes. "I know that's not actually why you don't want to go in."

Clary turned back forward in her seat and crossed her arms. "I hate that you know me so well."

Simon shrugged. "It's not very hard to guess. I mean, I'm feeling the exact same thing right now."

"Then we feel each other's pain, I say we skip." Clary smiled hopefully at Simon who just raised an eyebrow back.

"Our mothers would kill us," Simon pointed out. He opened his mouth to say something else but then he elbowed Clary and pointed out the window. "Look it's Sebastian, Meliorn, and Raphael. It's a good sign already."

Clary turned to look at where he was pointing and sure enough she saw the three jocks walking by, somehow already having acquired new jerseys from the school. Over the years Clary had developed a lot of "friendships" with some of the more popular people. She didn't know how but she did and now she was invited to most every party and could talk to basically anyone. Clary looked back at Simon and shrugged before she pushed open the door to his car, grabbed her backpack, and jogged over to the three. She jumped onto Sebastian's back clearly scaring the shit out of him.

"Christ Fairchild, wear a bell!" Seb exclaimed after Clary hopped off him and made her presence known. Simon quickly caught up with them and walked by Clary's side.

"It's good to see you too Seb," Clary laughed as she gave him a quick side hug. Sebastian rolled his eyes before pulling Clary into a real hug.

"Hey Clary," Meliorn greeted her and gave her a quick hug. Raphael followed after him.

"Sup Clare."

Clary smiled at her three friends. After returning to her spot next to Simon she took her best friend's hand in her own, it was something they had done since they were kids. Everybody at this point knew that Clary and Simon were like brother and sister so if anyone even made a joke about them being together Clary would rip their face off.

"Hey guys, it's been too long. Are you excited to see all your old friends?" Clary wondered as she swung her and Simon's hand back and forth.

Sebastian shrugged glancing back at the other two boys. "I can't think of many friends of mine that didn't come here."

"What about Jonathon?" Meliorn said after a moment and all three seemed to be remembering him just then.

"Oh yeah I remember Jon," Raphael said thoughtfully. "There was also like Will and Jem or something."

"Oh yeah," Clary said, her heart sinking slightly as she recognized the first name. She stared forward sadly as she thought about those people. "Will was Jace Herondale's cousin."

"And Jace!" Meliorn exclaimed.

"Jace was pretty cool, everybody used to talk to him," Sebastian said.

"Yeah," Raphael said just as they got inside the school. "Alright well we've got to go, it may be the first day but we need to talk to coach. See you later Clary. Simon."

Clary waved as the three walked off. She let out an exhausted sigh as she and Simon continued walking in a different direction. Simon let go of Clary's hand and wrapped his arm around her shoulder. They headed towards the locker that Clary had had for the past two years, at this school once you got a locker that was it for all four years.

"See," Simon said in a high voice. "I told you today would be fine..." Clary raised her eyebrows up at him and Simon caved. "Yeah, that wasn't too much fun. Just wait until we see the actual people not just hear their names."

"We'll deal with that when the time comes," Clary said stopping in front of her locker. Simon took his arm off her and leaned against the locker next to hers. She unlocked it expertly.

"That time may come sooner than expected," Simon said and stood straight before whispering to Clary. "Incoming, 12 o'clock."

Clary turned her head to see two sets of familiar black hair. Isabelle and Alec Lightwood were standing just a few feet away from them talking. Isabelle looked away from Alec for just a moment and caught Clary's eye. Her mouth parted slightly as she stopped talking mid-sentence and she looked like Clary felt. Pretty damn surprised.

Alec was much taller than he had been before, though that's not saying much seeing as he was always tall. Isabelle appeared to be about his height, Clary found that surprising until she saw upon further inspection that the girl was wearing heels. Her black hair fell all the way down her back while Alec's swooped across his forehead. His eyes were as blue as ever while hers were perfectly dark. Clary thought that she recognized them but at the same time, they were barely the people she once knew.

"Clary? Simon?" Isabelle said and Alec turned. His eyebrows shot up when he saw them and the two slowly walked over to Clary's locker. She closed it halfway.

"Isabelle. Alec." Clary mimicked Isabelle without actually meaning too. "It's been-"

"-a long time." Izzy finished Clary's sentence and the four spent the next minute or so in silence.

"So how have you guys been lately?" Simon finally asked ending the awkward silence.

"Good," Isabelle answered and Clary noticed that Alec was constantly checking his phone.

"Expecting a call, Alec?" Clary asked and he looked up startled.

"Yeah," He sighed and put his phone in his pocket. "Magnus was supposed to text me once he got to school."

Clary was about to respond when Maia and Jordan walked by. Jordan had his arm around Maia and they were laughing about something. Once they both saw Clary and the three others they paused though. Clary had hardly ever spoken with either of them in the past couple of years. It was as strange to see them now as it was to see Isabelle and Alec. Though at least Clary already knew exactly what these two looked like.

"Hey," Jordan greeted them though he was looking more at Alec and Isabelle.

"Hey Jordan, hey Maia," Isabelle said and Clary's gaze fell to the floor. She didn't really know what to say to them. When she looked back up they were walking away again. Isabelle watched them for a moment before turning back to Clary and Simon. "You guys don't talk anymore?" She asked it as a question though Clary could tell it was clearly meant more as a statement.

Simon shook his head. "No, haven't really since middle school."

Isabelle nodded slowly just as the warning bell rang. All four of them looked up at the clock immediately. Clary fidgeted with her hands. She ran her fingers through her orange hair. "I guess we should be going to class."

"Yeah," Isabelle said. "It was nice talking to you guys." Isabelle started walking away before anyone could say anything else though Alec lingered for a moment.

"It really was nice to see you guys again," Alec said and Clary smiled softly. Alec seemed to hesitate for a moment before he walked off leaving Clary and Simon alone.

"We should get to class," Simon said after a moment and Clary nodded. She was happy because despite not having the same exact class the two at least had their first period close to each other. Simon separated from Clary just a few doors down from where she had to be. She had chemistry first period with the same teacher she had for biology the year before.

Clary got into the class just as the bell rang. She stopped triumphantly for a moment because she actually made it there on time. Her teacher, Mr. Blackthorn, sighed as Clary clumsily took the last seat available. He barely even glanced at Clary as he organized a stack of papers on his desk.

"You're cutting in close Ms. Fairchild," He said. "I hope you don't plan on making being late a habit like you did last year."

Clary sighed. "See only such a fantastic teacher could know me so well and-"

"Clarissa," Blackthorn cut her off and finally looked up from the papers. "Don't make me give you detention on the first day."

"Yes sir," Clary replied with a smirk and a soldier-like tone. Blackthorn eyed her once more before looking back to his papers.

As Blackthorn began going over the syllabus for the year Clary felt someone tap her shoulder. She looked over to see that Maia was sitting next to her, she hadn't even noticed the girl when she first came in.

"So, they're back," She said and Clary was a little taken aback. How could she think she could start a casual conversation with Clary after all this time? It didn't work like that. It would never work like that again.

"Yeah." Clary nodded and looked back down at her desk as she sorted out some of her things. "But that doesn't mean everything's going to change."


The moment Clary had gotten to the cafeteria she had practically fallen into Simon. This was going to be her first year without a single class with Simon and so far she found that it wasn't going to be easy. The two sat down at a half-empty table and started trading stories immediately. They didn't even bother with buying a lunch.

"Isabelle's in my science," Simon said. "And Jordan has been in two of my classes so far but he's usually in a few of my classes."

"I have first with Maia," Clary said. "You know it was kind of weird. She tried to talk to me, didn't even say hi or anything, she just tried to talk about the consolidation."

"What did you say back?" Simon wondered.

Clary shrugged. "I told her it doesn't necessarily mean anything. We haven't even seen Magnus or Jace yet and it was so awkward talking to Izzy and Alec. You can't just erase two years of not talking to each other."

"Yeah, I suppose that's true," Simon said and then he leaned towards Clary. "But I did see Magnus in the hallway. He was with Alec and they were... you know." Simon cringed a little.

Clary furrowed her eyebrows in confusion. Simon tapped his hands together but didn't speak further until it finally hit Clary what he was talking about. "OH!" She exclaimed. "Oh you mean they were kissing?"

"Yes! Finally!" Simon yelled throwing his hands up.

"You could've just said that they were kissing," Clary pointed out but Simon just rolled his eyes. "Well good for them. They're good together."

"Oh sure," Simon said a little uncomfortably. "I'm just not the largest fan of PDA. I mean you remember what happened when that couple was making out next to my locker last year." Clary laughed, she did, in fact, remember that.

"Yup," She said with a large grin. "I distinctly remember you pouring an entire bottle of water on them."

Simon nodded. "Yeah, Meliorn was pretty pissed at me for taking his water bottle." Clary laughed loudly at the memory. "Speaking of the jocks," Simon motioned his head for Clary to look behind her. "It appears that Sebastian is summoning you."

Clary turned around to see that Sebastian was waving her over. She looked back at Simon and the two shrugged at the same time before grabbing their bags and switching tables. When they got over there Clary slid in next to Seb while Simon sat across from her beside Raphael.

"What do you dweebs want?" Clary asked looking around at them.

"Why do I have to want something to want to talk to you?" Seb asked with a mock hurt expression. Clary restrained herself from rolling her eyes. She knew Sebastian too well. "I can't believe you would think that of me Clare. How could I possibly-"

"Sebastian." Clary cut him off and he immediately dropped the act and grinned.

"Fine you caught me," He said and Clary motioned for him to get on with it. "I saw you talking to that girl from middle school. I can't remember her name but it was the one with the black hair and brown eyes."

"Isabelle?" Simon raised an eyebrow and Seb clapped his hands together once.

"Yeah, Isabelle. Thanks, man," He turned back to Clary. "Well, I was wondering if you would possibly, maybe, hopefully, consider putting in a good word for me with her?"

At that Clary looked over at Simon. The two shared a brief glance with each other and Clary could tell he was thinking the same thing she was. Clary turned back to Sebastian and pursed her lips. "I think Isabelle would be just a tad too much for you to handle."

"What's that supposed to mean?" He looked offended.

"Just that you're used to being the heartbreaker while Isabelle has actually never had her heart broken before," Clary said. "Plus, I'm not even friends with her. I couldn't help you if I wanted to."

Sebastian sighed but seemed to accept defeat. "Fine."

"Yeah," Clary stood back up. "Now as much fun as it was having you try to get me to set you up with a girl I used to know, the bell should be ringing in three, two-" Clary pointed up just as the bell went off. She smirked at how accurate she was. The boys all gathered their stuff and Raphael shook his head at Clary.

"How do you do that?" He wondered slinging his bag over his shoulder. "You weren't even looking at the clock."

Clary shrugged as she linked her arm with Simon's. "It's a gift. I'll see you guys later." As they reached the hallway Clary noticed that Sebastian hadn't gone on with the other two and was still walking with her and Simon. "You can stop stalking us now." She said glancing back at him with a bored expression.

Sebastian rolled his eyes. "I'm not, my next class is in this direction." He pulled up his schedule on his phone as if to prove it. Clary looked down to read it and was a little surprised.

"Oh, we have the same class." She realized.

"Yeah, so I'm not stalking you Red," He joked and Clary lightly punched him in the arm.

"And actually," Simon said pulling away from Clary and pointing in a different direction. "I'm this way."

Clary pouted. "Aww man, alright well I'll see you after school at your car."

"If you're more than five minutes late I'm leaving without you," Simon said pointedly as he walked backward and Clary chuckled though she knew he would leave without her if she was late. He spun around on his heel and walked off leaving Seb and Clary to go to their next class.

"How long have you and Simon been friends again?" Sebastian asked.

"Since birth," Clary answered immediately. "Our parents knew each other."

"So you guys might as well be actual siblings then."

Clary laughed. "Yeah, we basically are."

"What about that other group of friends you had?" Sebastian looked down at Clary as she grimaced. "What?"

"Nothing," Clary shook her head. "It's just that I haven't really talked to them in a while."

"But aren't they all here now?"

"Yeah, but that doesn't automatically make us friends again." Clary shrugged. "I've made new friends and I'm sure that they all have too."

"I guess," There was a short pause before Seb spoke again. He sounded almost excited. "Oh, do you remember this morning when we were talking about Jonathon and the other guys?" Clary nodded. "Well, it turns out that one of them, Will, is in a few of my classes." Seb looked like he was going to speak again but a very deep husky and British voice that Clary barely recognized cut him off.

"Talking about me are we?" Clary turned to see that William Herondale had practically appeared out of nowhere. He swung an arm around Clary's shoulders like they were still best friends. "Understandable I suppose, I am quite interesting and a fascinating topic to discuss."

"Classes like this one," Sebastian continued as they walked into the class. Clary laughed and stepped away from Will so that she could actually look at him. He hadn't changed much but he was definitely taller and his hair somehow seemed to be a darker shade of black. His voice was deeper but other than that he was the same old Will Clary had known since she met his cousin.

"Clary you look so different," Will said and Clary almost blushed. "Really, where did my little shortcake go after all this time?"

"She's still here," Clary said sitting down. Will took the seat next to her and Sebastian sat behind her. "She just grew up."

"I can tell," Will's phone went off at that moment and he laughed after reading the message.

"Who are you talking to?" Clary asked. "Jem?"

Will sent a quick message before looking back up at Clary. "Yeah, I'm surprised you remember him. In fact, I'm a little surprised you remember me, from what I've heard you've made a lot of friends since the group split up." Will glanced back at Sebastian and Clary rolled her eyes.

"Whatever Seb has told you about me I'm sure is a lie," Clary said glaring at the boy but he simply smiled back innocently.

"Seb hasn't told me anything," Will said. "No, I've just asked around."

Clary raised her eyebrows. "Really? Why?" She was suspicious; why would Will be interested enough about what Clary had made of her social life to ask random people he didn't know?

"Because you used to be like a sister to me Clary," His voice was suddenly very serious. "But once you lost contact with my cousin and the Lightwoods you lost contact with me. I've missed you, carrot top."

Clary smiled, she leaned over towards Will and gave him a short hug. "I've missed you too."