Clary spend the next few days convincing her mother that yes, she did indeed know these people. No, she was not getting hooked on any drugs. And yes, ahe was very much planning to join the Lightwoods to a trip to Switzerland. Once her mom was convinced, she messaged Izzy to confirm that sheb indeed will be joining the Lightwoods for the trip. She then went about trying to understand the people she had agreed to spend a month with and gauge how much they might have changed in the past few years, not that she actually knew any of them well enough to catch any minor differences.

To get to know the Lightwood siblings, she did the only thing she could think of. She stalked them online.

Isabelle as she had gotten to know from the meeting, was still very much the same. Beautiful and sexy, she was used to being the only girl in the lives of the boys around her. She was unapologetic and seemed to be very confident of her body if the pictures she posted online were anything to go by. But she also had the brains to match her beauty and had apparently been the topper of her class for three years straight.

Isabelle's brother, Alec Lightwood too was still very much the same. Tall, dark and handsome but for some reason unwilling to smile. But she was surprised to discover his wall was full of photos of him with some Asian guy who seemed especially fond of glitter. She soon deduced that he was Alec's boyfriend and his name was Magnus Bane. He was a studying to be an interior designer and was apparently crazy about Alec. Clary for her part had no idea that Alec was even gay. Sure she sometimes felt that Alec may have a crush on Jace but then who didn't? But all in all she was proud that Alec was now out and even smiling in some of the photos with his new beau.

Now came the most difficult one of the lot. Jace Herondale, Izzy and Alec's adopted brother, the king of high school and the object of Clary's affection all throughout high school. Tall, blond and well built he was every girl's dream. His heterochromia just made him all the more dreamy and his lips, Clary could just kiss them all day long. So, maybe Clary was not over Jace as much as she claimed to be, but well no one needed to know that. Jace was still very much the same. He believed in living life king sized and loved partying. And was still very much out of Clary's league.

From all this, Clary soon realised that the Lightwoods were still very much the same people they were in high school. Fun-loving, passionate and fiercely protective if each other. Although, she still had qualms about going half way across the world with practical strangers, Clary was excited. For the first time, in her life she was about to do something different, something fun, something adventurous and she was doing it for herself. Not because her mother forced her to or because she was expected to do this but because she wanted to do this.

So, as she started packing for her trip, Clary realised that all of her apprehensions were now gone and in their place was hope and excitement about the trip. Now she couldn't wait for next week to come, so she could just leave and have what she hoped would be the adventure of a lifetime.

The day she was scheduled to leave for Switzerland, all the bravado Clary felt had once again given way to the intial reservations she had about meeting the Lightwoods again. But she had committed and she wasn't going to back out of it.

So she said goodbye to her mom and her stepfather, Luke, called a cab and soon was on her way to the airport. As soon as she entered the waiting area, she was able to make out Izzy's unmistakable figure. Who else would wear boots with 6 inches heels for a 10 hour flight?

"Clary, you made it!", with that Clary was once again smothered by a hug.

"Iz, atleast let the poor girl breathe.", came a new voice for behind.

Clary turned to Alec Lightwood standing behind them. "Hello, there. Long time, no see", Alec said with a barely there smile, which depending on how you saw it could also be taken as a grimace. Thank God for small favors. Alec was apparently still the same grumpy and uninterested person he had been as a teenager.

"It's good to see you...", was all Clary could get out when Alec's phone interrupted her. Not even sparing her a glance Alec went away talking in a hushed voice to the person on the other end. Okay that was rude by even her standards.

She was pulled away from her daydream by a new voice joining them, "Well, if it isn't Fray. Finally put of your art books, huh?" Turning around made her come face-to-face with none other than Jace Herondale.

"Hello", she squeaked and just like that she knew that her face was as red as her half. Almost half a decade and the guy still had such an effect on her. It was just unfair!

She would possibly have continued staring at Jace and consequencely make a complete fool of herself had she not been interrupted by the accouncement that their flight was about to leave. She also noticed that Alec had indeed joined them again and the four of them made their way to the terminal.

Although, she wasn't sure about the trip, but she did know one thing, if the initial conversations were anything to go by, the trip sure would be an interesting one