They talked for another half-hour or so, before Clary and Simon came back in. Clary had a big stack of comics in one arm and a large mocha frappe in the other. Simon walked behind her, holding one giant stack of comics. He set them down on the table, before sitting down as Clary sat on Sebastians lap, showing him her comics.

Izzy laughed. "Jeez, Clary! How many did you get?"

Simon answered. "Forty-five. Forty-five manga's. Why on earth did you buy so many?"

She laughed. "I read them to keep me busy. You know, when I'm not training, or painting or drawing, or cooking. Or when I can't sleep I read or draw."

Alec's face lit up slightly. "You can cook?"

"Yep. Why?"

Jace snorted. "Cause Izzy's cooking is like eating a dead ravener."

Izzy smacked him on the back of the head, hard. "Shut up, asshole! I can too cook."

He winced. "Yeah, burnt water. That's it, though."

Izzy glared at him as they all laughed. Clary shook her head. "I can teach you, if you want. Cookings always been a hobby of mine. Especially baking. I love baking cakes and pies and cookies. Anything sweet. I-"

She was cut off as a phone went off, the ringtone playing "Immortals", by Fall out boy. Clary pulled out her sparkly pink iphone 6 plus, and checked the caller-id before answering. "Hello?" She looked at her brothers. "It's Madeline." She got up, walking to the bathroom.

When she was out of sight, Sebastian rolled his eyes. "Clary's the only shadowhunter I've ever known or heard of that's popular in the mundane world."

"Popular? As in she actually hangs out with mundanes? How? I thought she's never left Idris before…?"

Jon chuckled. "You know how we said she does what she wants? Well, about a year and half ago she really wanted to go to a mundane high school. She fought with our parents about it for almost two months, before they allowed her to go to one that was only a few miles outside Idris. Somehow in the few months she had been there, she had managed to become just about the most popular girl in the school. They still call her even though she doesn't go there anymore."

"Wait, so did you guys go to the school too?"

"Well, we tried to, but she told us to do our own thing. We fought about it forever."

"So-?"

Clary bounced back to the table, as Jace cut himself off. "Sorry! She wouldn't stop nagging me. So, can we go now? I REALLY want to check out the city. It's killing me. And we still have to go shopping! What's the mall like? I've never been to a mundane shopping center before. I've heard that their always crowded. Are there food places? 'Cause I'm always hungry. Ohh… and-"

Jon placed his hand over her mouth to silence her. "Clare, breathe. New York isn't going anywhere. And neither is the mall."

"I know, but we're in NEW YORK, and all of you are just sitting here in a small cafe drinking tea like old women! Live a little! This is NEW YORK! Come on! You people are killing me!"

They all laughed at her frustrated face. Sebastian wrapped an arm around her waist. "Five more minutes. Then we can do whatever you want."

She held up her pinky finger. "Pinky promise?"

He chuckled, wrapping his much bigger pinky around hers. "Pinky promise." She let go, and ran to the bathroom, leaving them alone again. Sebastian sighed. "As much as I love her, she sure is a handful."
Isabelle laughed. "She's cute. I think she'll make a great friend."

Jace smirked at Isabelle. "I'm not sure she's looking for that kind of friend, Iz."

She rolled her eyes. "Shut up, asshole. That's not what I meant. I mean, she's cute in the way other girls find each other cute. She knows I'm hot. Girls can say that kind of thing without it being weird."

" Actually, I think relationships between two girls is pretty hot. Unless they're ugly."

Isabelle made a noise of disgust. "You're disgusting."

He was about to respond when Clary came out of the bathroom, stopping at the counter to order something on the way. She stood by Jonathan's side, scrolling through her phone. "So, I heard from a friend that there's a club nearby that's a demon and downworlder hotspot. We should go later tonight."

Jace interrupted. "Pandemonium. We go there a lot. It's a nice club, for either demon-hunting or just having fun. We were planning on going tonight anyway, so you guys can come with us."

Izzy got excited. "Ohh, Clary! You have to let me dress you tonight! I've always wanted hair and eyes like yours. I can do your makeup and hair in a totally different way. And your hair is so long! It's perfect.I can do any kind of hairstyle with it. Please!?"

She laughed, nodding. "Sure. You guys can come over before we go out and you can do it. We only live a few blocks away from the institute. I bought a few clubbing outfits so we could go demo-hunting at some point, so I have a dress."

Izzy nodded. "That's good, 'cause none of my stuff would fit you. You're so… petite."

Clary pouted, and the expression was so cute that Jace had to turn away to keep from staring. "I know. I hate it. I wish I had a body like you."

Sebastian shook his head. "Nope. I like you better like this. It wouldn't be the same."

Jon nodded. "Plus, there's a lot of advantages to having a body like yours. Like for fighting and doing sports and training."

"Yeah… I'm awesome, aren't I?"

They laughed, and Jon rolled his eyes."That wasn't really what I was saying, but sure. Let's go with that."

She looked at her phone, and jumped up. "It's been exactly five minutes and twenty-seven seconds. Let's go sight-seeing!"

They groaned.