The flight to Switzerland was eventful to say the least. Clary found herself seated between Jace and Alec. Izzy had gone off to sit beside some hot guy she found at the airport leaving her alone to embarrass herself in front of the Lightwood boys.

The flight started normally enough. But as soon as they were safely in air, Clary knew that it would be anything but normal. For one, the air hostess seemed to think that she was inivisible and completely ignore her until absolutely necessary. All of her attention was focused on Alec who was sitting in the aisle seat and was closest to her. As she bend in front of him giving a clear view of everything, Clary didn't think that Alec even knew what she was doing. At any rate, he never acknowledged it and continued typing on his phone like nothing was wrong. Clary felt a rush of triumph that maybe now that her efforts were thwarted, the air hostess would leave them alone. But no, she merely shrugged and turned her attentions to Jace.

If her flirting with Alec was midly irritating for Clary, her turning her attention to Jace was war. Okay, where did that come from? Clary was surprised by her sudden possessiveness over the guy. He was not hers to possess, as much as she may have wanted him to be. But she was there first so the air hostess with oh so tight shirt and ample clevage needed to go. So she did the only thing she could think of, she put her head on Jace's arm and glared at the hostess till she gave up on her efforts and went on her way. Thankfully, Jace though confused didn't try to push her off. And then later, if Clary told Jace that she was just tired and no, she was not trying to mark her "territory" well then that was her choice.

With the hostess fiasco safely out of the way, Clary thought that they might have some quiet and maybe she could complete some on her sketches. But, what she didn't take into consideration were Jace's hyperactive tendencies. Once the initial attraction of watching the world below ended, Jace was in constant need for attention from someone.

"Clarryyyyy, what are you making?", Jace asked for what seemed to the millionth time.

"I told you, I am making a sketch for my college exhibition. And its nothing definite yet. Just bits and pieces.", she replied, again.

Clary really wasn't feeling much love for Jace at that very moment. Why he didn't tell Alec to get off his phone and talk to him was beyond her. Fed up and seeing that she wasn't getting much work done anyways, she finally decided to let go of her work and talk to Jace instead. She learnt that while Izzy was studying to be a pathologist and Alec a vet, Jace himself was planning to become a photographer. He wanted to host his own travel show one day. The way his eyes lit up when he talked about his passion, reminded Clary of her own mom when she was in the zone talking about art. They talked for hours, about every topic from their favorite movies to their exes (not that Clary ever had been in a relationship, they all seemed to fizzle out after only one date) and everything in between.

Seeing that Alec was still on his phone, she finally got the courage to ask him who Alec was talking to for the past few hours.

"Oh, he's talking to Magnus. That's his boyfriend. He studies at our school and well, they are the kind of couple who will kick you ass and look good while doing it. But they don't do that well with separation. Hence, the constant messaging. But they are kinda cute together, totally in love. Makes me wanna puke.", Jace answered.

At hearing Magnus' name, Alec finally switched his phone off and instead glared at Jace. "Why don't you just tell her where we live, so she could come visit us?", Alec said with what were lethal amounts of sarcasm.

"Well, good idea, Clary you must get bored in NYC with the same people for company. Why don't you visit us at our college? You can totally live in Malec's loft.", Jace answered apparently used to Alec's way of talking.

"Malec?", okay Clary was confused, she thought the guy was called Magnus.

"You know, Magnus and Alec, Malec. Believe me, when those two finally kissed the entire university cheered, the sexual tension was so high. And some fangirl dubbed them Malec and well the name stuck."

"They kissed in front of the entire university?", this definitely did not go with the image of Alec Clary had in her mind.

"Yup. In the middle of a party no less. It was awesome! I was so proud." , and Jace actually did look proud.

"Okay. Enough. It happened and now we are in a happy relationship. Now please change the topic", Alec nearly begged. But Clary was pleasantly surprised to see that there was a hint of blush on his cheeks.

"Oohh..we should definitely play truth and dare.", Jace said.

"Yes, cause we are 13 year old girls on a sleepover.", was all Alec had to say about the topic.

Leaving the two brothers fighting Clary focused on what all she had learned in the past few hours. Alec was happy. Way happier than he had been in high school. And he apparently lived with his boyfriend. This Alec was very much different from the sullen, always right teenager who Clary had last seen. The few times they had interacted in school Alec had been sad almost melancholy like he was hiding a part of himself. Now, seeing him laugh with Jace, Clary waswas sure that he was actually happy and not just pretending for someone else's sake.

Jace, though, was still very much of a enigma to her. He was the same. Happy, flirty, hyperactive. Yet he ways he had matured. The passion she saw when he talked about photography was enough to rival her own passion about her art. He was clear about his dreams which was more than what could be said about her.

With each passing moment, Clary was more and more sure of her decision. Maybe after this trip inspiration will strike her and she could finally submit the artwork she had been stuck on for the past few weeks. She was hopeful, at least.