A.U- This chapter is literally just a filler so sorry about the lack of action (in any form of the word) ;)

Walking up the steps to her apartment Clary took a deep breath to calm herself, she was not ready to go inside and suffer through whatever punishment her mom was about to throw at her, Jace gave her hand a gentle squeeze and smiled down at her.
"Everything will be fine" he whispered to her brushing a strand of her hair behind her ear, "promise?" she asked taking another step towards the door, "promise" he replied dropping her hand and taking a seat on the front steps.

They'd decided on the walk over here that Jace would wait outside in case her mother was in the maiming mood, and since Jocelyn already wanted to rip Clary's face off she wasn't going to risk having any other limbs torn off because she'd brought Jace with her.

She walked up the stairs slowly trying her hardest to prolong the inevitable, plus she could already hear her mom yelling at Luke about her from down the hall. She reached the door and took another deep breath before turning the knob and walking into the living room, her mom was standing in front of Luke who was sitting on the couch and looked like he was grateful she was there, her mother on the other hand looked like she wanted to light Clary on fire and throw her down the fire escape.

"Where. Were. You." Jocelyn annunciated each word taking a step closer until the only thing between them was a small side table next to the couch. "I'm sorry mom I was ju-"
"Sorry doesn't cut it young lady" her mom interrupted, "I was up all night worried sick about you because you didn't even have the decency to call, were you with Jace?" she spat his name like venom which made Clary angry, Jace has done everything he could to prove to her mother that he is beyond worthy of her respect and if she couldn't see that then Clary couldn't respect her.

Pulling her shoulders back and taking a deep breath she stared into Jocelyn's eyes and bit out "If you can't get it through your head that I am in love with Jace and nothing you say or do is going to change that, then I can't be around you anymore."

Jocelyn stared at her, eyes wide and her mouth gaping open. "Excuse me, you'd choose that...that insolent boy over your own mother." she fumed taking a dangerous step towards Clary, it was enough to get a worried Luke off of the couch. "I didn't want to mom but you've given me no choice and at least Jace wants me to be happy, the same can't be said for you" she felt tears brim her eyes but quickly blinked them away she wouldn't give her mom the satisfaction.

Turning on her heels she stormed to her bedroom and threw open her closet door, she grabbed her backpack and started jamming as much clothes as she could fit and then throwing her art supplies into her messenger bag. "And what do you think you're doing?" Jocelyn glared at her from the doorway. "I can t stay here anymore mom, everything I do for you is wrong and it's exhausting trying to keep up. I get in trouble if I'm home, I get in trouble when I'm not home." she trailed off "and I don't want to do it anymore so until you can grow up and accept that Jace and I are together I won't be coming back." pushing past Jocelyn she ran down the front steps with her bags in tow and burst through the doors.

Jace got up startled at first but seeing how upset Clary was his concern was quickly replaced with anger, "what did they do?" he was clenching and unclenching his fists and took a protective step towards her, "mind if I move in early?" she asked hoping he'd say yes because in all honesty she hadn't really thought this through. Jace looked bewildered and grabbed her bags for her, "did you really need to ask" he smiled softly at her before leading the way back to the subway so they could return to the institute.

Clary was quiet the entire ride back and Jace kept glancing over at her until she finally looked back, "stop staring at me" she looked over and smiled, "You okay?" he asked in all seriousness causing the smile to fade "Yeah I'm fine" she quickly looked away trying not to cry. As mean as her mom's been the last little while and even though she couldn't understand her feelings for Jace she was still her mom.

Jace didn't say anything else for the rest of the ride he just took her hand in his and held it until they reached their stop.

It was getting dark when they got off the subway and the wind had picked up, Jace slid off his jacket and wrapped it around Clary's shoulders and walked with his arm around her waist pulling her close to his side. The streets were fairly quiet and Clary was so consumed with her thoughts she would have walked into a street lamp if Jace hadn't been there to stop her, to say the least he was thankful when they finally reached the steps leading up the institutes large doors.

Deciding Clary needed some time alone he walked them to the library and led her to one of the many comfy chairs that sat near the window, he pulled a table up so it was at arms length and told her he'd be right back.

He made his way quickly down the hall to the dimly kitchen where Isabelle and Simon were up trying to make some type of brownie looking thing, it didn't look like they were getting much work done since Isabelle kept nibbling his ear, he walked into the kitchen and went straight to the fridge, after selecting a variety of fruit he cleared his throat before taking his head out of the fridge just in case their ear nibbling had escalated.

Isabelle with her lips still firmly planted on Simons neck made a sound of disapproval like she wasn't even surprised he was there and Simon kept focused on pouring batter into a tray. "Don't mind me just grabbing some food, but you two do know the kitchen really isn't the best place for that, I eat here" he said earning a blush from Simon and a glare from Izzy, backing out of the kitchen he said "just think Izzy, how would you like it if my bare ass was where you eat your cereal" this time even Isabelle blushed, with a smirk he turned away from the two and made his way back to the library to find Clary sitting right where he'd left her.

Walking over to the table he'd placed in front of her he set out all of the food he'd brought and took a seat next to her then smiled, "What will it be my love, some fruit maybe some crackers, I was in the spoiling mood tonight so I brought options."

Clary laughed at him before picking up a handful of grapes and popping them in her mouth, "ah I could get used to this" she smirked leaning back, Jace only smiled at her, all he'd wanted for the longest time was to be able to spend every minute with Clary and even though it wasn't under the best of circumstances he now gets to wake up to her beautiful face every morning.

They sat in the library for a couple hours talking and laughing until Clary's eyes started to droop and she looked like she could fall asleep any second. She hadn't slept the night before because of her encounter in the street and she was under a lot of stress so when Jace went to get her to her feet to take her to his room, she could barely stand up straight.

Wrapping his arms around her waist he half lifted half carried her down the hall to his room, he placed her on the bed before gently taking her shirt off and grabbing one of his own so she had something to sleep in. She was too tired to care and let him fuss over her until he deemed her fit for bed, removing his street clothes he threw on a pair of what Simon always referred to as "lounge pants" and took off his shirt, he crawled into bed next to Clary.

She snuggled close to his side and wrapped her small hands around his waist, his arms wrapping tightly around her shoulders, "I love you Jace" she yawned pressing her nose into his chest. Smiling down at her he whispered back "I love you too". He didn't know if she heard him so he bent forward and placed a soft kiss to her temple before settling back against the pillows.

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