"See you later," I said, waving to Jonathan and walking over to Izzy and Simon outside of school. My eyes drifted down to their joined hands and I looked up expectantly, my eyebrows raised.

"Clary, Simon and I have something we'd like to tell you," Isabelle told me, her tone both excited and nervous. I motioned for them to go on though I already knew what they were going to say. "Iz and I are dating!" Simon said, all smiles, holding up their joined hands. "Congratulations, you guys!" I squealed, pulling them both in for a hug.

"So how long has this being going on?" I asked, starting to walk to class. Isabelle and Simon followed as he explained, "Well, I've had a crush on Izzy for a while, as you know, but I didn't think she felt the same. We agreed to go to the carnival the other night and one thing led to another, feelings came out, we kissed and then started dating." "Aww that's amazing, you guys!" I said excitedly.

Simon excused himself to go talk to his lab partner about a project and Izzy turned to me. "So, how was your date on Saturday?" Isabelle asked, wiggling her eyebrows suggestively. "Nothing like that! We watched films, ate pizza. It was good," I dished.

"Are you excited to see him?" she asked me. "Of course! Though I worry we could make it too obvious and be found out." "I'm sure you'll be fine," Izzy assured me.

"Are you going to tell Simon?" "Probably, I'm not sure he'll understand though." Izzy nodded as the bell rang before she departed to go to her first class.

I had Biology first period, and though the end of the year was approaching, I couldn't make myself concentrate. I stared at the clock and thought about Jace for most of the lesson and when it was over, I rushed out of my seat in order to be the first one in class.

The door was open when I arrived so I walked straight in and over to Jace's desk. "Clary," he breathed. I wanted so desperately to pull his face to mine and kiss him but I knew that other students would be arriving any second so I restrained myself.

"Good morning, Mr Herondale," I said, nodding. I noticed Sebastian eyeing us with a strange look on his face as he came in though I wasn't sure what it was. Jealousy? Suspicion?

I walked back to my seat just as Kaelie came in and sat on Jace's desk. "Good morning, sir" she said seductively, her tiny skirt riding up her thighs. My eyes shot daggers at her back.

"Uh hi, could you get ready for class please, Kaelie?" Jace said in response, turning back around to look at his computer. I smirked and watched as Kaelie stomped over to her desk, clearly irritated. Jace looked up and noticed my eyes on Kaelie, my mouth turned up, and shook his head at me, smiling.

I watched Jace throughout the lesson, admiring his body, his brain, his voice. His eyes kept unintentionally flicking towards me and I could tell he was proud when I answered a question correctly.

I took forever putting my books away, waiting until everybody had left for break. Jace followed the last student to the door and then locked it behind him.

I walked briskly over to him and placed my mouth over his, pushing his back against the wall. My small artist's hands moved over his arms, feeling the hard muscles under his blue shirt as his pianist ones moved down my back. Jace eventually pulled away from the kiss, his hands still on my hips.

"Not here, not now," he told me, in between pants. "Sorry, I've wanted to do that all lesson," I told him, my hands still on his upper arms. "Believe me, Clary, so have I," he said quietly, his forehead against mine and his breath on my face.

At lunch, I was sitting with Isabelle and Simon which was a little awkward now that they were a couple. I felt like a third-wheel.

I felt a tap on my shoulder and turned around to see Sebastian smiling down at me. "Don't touch me!" I warned, jerking my shoulder back. I took a breath in. "What do you want, Sebastian?" I recovered, my eyes narrowed.

"I think…that there's something between you and Mr Herondale," he whispered to me while Simon and Izzy stared at us. How could he possibly know that? "Oh, so because Mr Herondale saves me from assault, your assault, there must be something more going on? Sebastian, I'm sure that's what any decent guy would do. Get over yourself," I spat. "See, I don't believe you. There's something going on and I'm going to prove it," he seethed before storming away.

Isabelle looked at me worriedly but I shook my head as if to tell her that we could discuss it later.

Safely at home several hours later, I sent Jace a text.

Clary: Sebastian is suspicious. I think we should lay low for a while. x

Jace: Suspicious of us? He spoke to you?!

Clary: Yes. At lunch. I'm okay though. We just need to be careful. He says he'll find proof. x

Jace: You're right, we can't give him any. So, no more kissing in classrooms? x

Clary: No, Jace. Goodnight. x

Jace: Goodnight, Clary. Sleep well x

I apologise sincerely for the wait! I was on holiday for two weeks and then the past couple days I've been back, I've had no motivation to write as I'd been away for a while.

I'm not really happy with this chapter but I hope you enjoyed nonetheless!

Also, I have an idea for a new story (also Clace)! So, I'm going to start working on that either today or tomorrow.

Thank you for reading!