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Chapter 2

Jace POV

By the time I have finished smoking my third cigarette I see that lunch has began. Throwing my bud to the ground I stomp on it with my boot and walk back inside.

As I walk into the cafeteria I spot Alec and Izzy sitting with some people. The first guy I see is the nerdy one who I sat with in Algebra, the next is a guy who is wearing a ton of glitter on his face and hair as well a his sparkly outfit. The last person however makes me pause when I sees that it is my Red.

Alec is the first to see me and waves me over. The only open seat is next to Red and I am secretly happy about that. She looks up at me when I sit down and flashes me a perfect smile that makes my heart skip a beat before turning back to scribbling in a book.

"Jace these are our new friends this is Simon." Isabelle says pointing to the nerdy kid "and Magnus." Pointing to the glittery gay guy. "And I'm sure you know Clary."

Hm...Clary. a beautiful name for a beautiful girl I think.

Over lunch we all talk and laugh but I keep finding myself stealing glances at Clary and can't help but smile and laugh when she does.

During lunch I find out that both Clary and myself have history next so we decide to walk to class together and I can honestly say I have never been more excited for class to start.

When the bell rings for class to begin I wait for Clary to pack her stuff and we both leave and head to class while Alec, Izzy, Simon and Magnus all head to English. When we arrive we both chose to sit in the second row on the right, which is odd because usually I sit in the back but I want to be near Clary.

Our teacher walks in and starts class. Halfway into the lesson I look over at Clary and see that she is watching me strangely so I rise my eyebrow but she just shakes her head.

"Alright class I have some good news for you rather than give you a bunch of exams I have chosen to only give one overall exam." Before he can finish everyone breaks into cheers. "Let me finish that exam will be worth fifty percent of your final grade and the other fifty percent will be from a group project." Everyone stayed quiet after that.

Mr. Blackthorn said that we were allowed to chose our partner and had to work together on writing about a historic moment that took place in the United States and we have the rest of class to discuss it and present our idea to him.

I looked over at Clary and saw her looking around the room so I tapped on her shoulder to get her attention.

"Would you like to be my partner?" I asked.

She smiled at me and nodded her head. We spent the rest of the class working on an idea and Clary proposed doing the day the prophet was published. After working on the opening for a bit we presented the idea to Mr. Blackthorn and he gave us the okay to move forward. By the time everyone had shown him their work class was over and he said he wanted to see a first draft by Friday and today was Monday.

I didn't have anymore classes with Clary which annoyed the hell out of me but I still surprisingly stayed until the end of the day. Once the bell striked two I was one of the first people out but I stopped when I remember that I had to wait for Izzy and Alec. I have to stop by the shop later to see if my car is ready.

I lean on Alecs' car waiting for them and decide to light a cigarette. Just before I light it a hand reaches out and grabs it out of my mouth and I turn to the side to tell the person to fuck off but I pause when I see that Clary is standing there looking very unhappy.

"You know those things will kill you right." She says.

I laugh humorously "Really love I didn't know that." I say as I pull out another to light but she grabs it just like the last one and takes my pack. She throws both to the ground and stomps on them.

"What the fuck Red?" I scream at her.

"Those things are dangerous and you need to quit them." She say.

"We all have to die someday love." I say to her. "Now quit messing with my stuff I don't tell you what to do now do I?"

She looks at me for a minute before asking " we have to get started on the first draft for class so when can we meet?"

"How about after school at Java Jones?" I say.

She just nods and we agree to meet from tomorrow after school. Clary doesn't say anything after she just leaves. By now Izzy and Alec have both reached the car. They take one look at the pack of cigarettes on the ground and look at me confused. I just shake my head and we get in the car and leave.

When we get home I go straight to my room as usual and change out of this prissy uniform. I put on my torn black jean, a black t-shirt with my signature leather jacket over it and grab my boots.

I see that Sebastian has messaged me saying that everyone is meeting at the same place tonight. I leave the house at six not bothering to tell anyone where I was going and they know by now not to ask.

I walk for twenty minutes before I reach the abandoned building where we all hang out in. As I jump the fence and enter through the whole in the side wall I see that everyone is here as usual.

"Yo Herondale what took you so long." Aline says.

Aline Penhollow is one of the girls in the group she is nineteen, of Asian descent with black hair and brown eyes. She has tattoos and piercings as well, as does everyone in this group. Her entire right arm is covered in them, her left eyebrow was pierced as was her lip, nose, both ears are filled and from what I could see both her nipples.

Alines' girlfriend Helen Blackthorn who was also nineteen, had blond hair with blue-green eyes, she reminded me of a faerie. She had a tattoo on her shoulder of an elephant, one on her ribs of vines with roses on them and piercing in her nose and both eyebrows.

Lastly their was Sebastian who was twenty one and had black hair and eyes. He had tattoos on his neck of stars, his back was also covered in everything you could think. His only piercing was in his right eyebrow.

"Yeah good held up at school." I replied as I sat on a piece of concret.

"Why not just ditch like you use to?" Sebastian asked as he opened a beer and handed it to me.

I take a long sip trying to come up with an excuse, the last thing I want is for them to know I stayed for a girl.

I just shrug "it's a stupid prep school I figured I should at last stay the first day." I say.

Thankfully they bought it and the conversation changes to Aline wanting to get a new tattoo. Sebastian is the only one who is of legal age so he buys all the beer and cigarettes for us. He also owns a tattoo parlor where her does all our work for us. The first tattoo he did for me was of the the gladiator on my left arm that covered the left side of my neck and chest and stoped at my elbow. Then came the Phoenix on my right arm from below my elbow to my wrist. I also had as qoute on my lower left ribcage that says 'to love is to destroy and to be loved is to be the one destroyed'.

I had meet Seb least year when I walked into his shop and asked for a tattoo and he didn't even question why a sixteen year old wanted a tattoo. After that he introduced me to Aline and Helen who knew each other since they were kids. They all grew up in the foster system except Helen she ran away when she was seventeen.

Throughout the night and well into the morning we all sit around drinking and smoking. At some point Seb brings out something that I am sure is weed and passes it around but I decline it. When I see that the time is three in the morning I decide to head home since I have to be up for school tomorrow. Seeing Clary is the only reason I am even going.

Walking home drunk at all hours of the morning is not something new to me and when I walk inside I see everyone is asleep. I walk into my room and just drop onto my bed not bothering to change. My dreams are filled with visions of a beautiful redhead with stunning green eyes and to be honest a few of them were rather inappropriate.