It's been a few days since I decided to swoon Clary. But oh boy, was it hard. Everywhere she went, Jace would always be with her or somehow randomly appear out of nowhere. Just yesterday, I saw her sitting alone in the kitchen reading a book and I took my chances and stepped into the kitchen but just out of nowhere, Jace came bounding from behind me and beat me to her. He grabbed her by the hand and lifted her and grabbed her by her waist. I saw the intimacy she felt in her eyes and decided to back away before she even saw me. I almost gave up but I just couldn't! I don't know what it was about this girl, I just had to know her, hold her, touch her, kiss her.

Today I decided to give myself a break. I got up from my bed and made my way to the shower. When I was turning on the water, I heard my phone ring. I ran back to my room and jumped on my bed to get to the bedside table where my phone was at.

Isabelle

Why was she calling me? I answered before it went to voicemail.

"Hello?"

"Hey, Radwood. Are you busy today?"

"Uhh, no, I'm not…" I said, curiously. "I was just wondering what I should do today. Why?"

"We should do something!" she said, excitedly.

"Um, sure, why not. Let me just shower and then we'll me up somewhere."

I heard her sigh impatiently. "Just pick me up at the Institute." She hung up.

I stared at the phone for a while and then remembered that I let the water running. I went running back to the shower. An hour later, I was out the door and getting into my truck. My dad only let me use the truck on the weekends but the rest of the week I either walked to where I was heading to or Jackson rode me around. I got to the Institute and parked in the front. I walked to the walkway and stopped. Clary was in the back, sitting down with a pale looking boy. Just as I started walking towards them, the boy looked up and when Clary saw him distracted, looked up to where he was looking at. She smiled. She turned to the boy and told him something. Comprehension dawned on his face. When I got to them I saw that the boy was wearing a plain black shirt and was super pale. More than what I thought when I first saw him back there.

"Hey." Clary said. She got up and gave me a hug. I hugged her back, taking a quick sniff of her hair. Mmmm. I look back at the boy and he's staring at me with an odd look on his face. Clary backed away and sat back down. "Jason, this is my best friend Simon."

"Hey man, nice to meet you." I extended my hand. He took a hold of it and that's when I knew. He had no pulse, no nothing. He had no warmth to him. He was a vampire. I took my hand back fast and backed away. Clary jumped, not expecting my reaction.

"Jeez, you guys didn't tell him that you have a vampire friend, huh?" Simon said to Clary with an annoyed look on his face. He stood up. "I'm just gonna go look for Isabelle."

"Um, do you think that's a good idea right now?" Clary asked him. I just took in what she was wearing. She was wearing a green and yellow sundress with yellow sandals. She looked beautiful.

"Look, I know she's mad at me and I know that you want me to step into her shoes or whatever, but we're not that kind of couple. We don't get mad over stupid things. We never did, not even from the start." Wait, couple?

"Then why is she mad now? You obviously did something that she didn't like—"

"But I didn't do anything! I don't know why she ran off like that." Simon protested. "Whatever, I'm just gonna go look for her. I don't care if she's mad at me or not."

I watched Simon walk into the Institute. I moved my head to look at Clary and that's when I realized something. I did a doubletake. I look back at Clary with clearly an incredulous look on my face.

"Did he just walk into the Institute?" Clary laughed. I look at her like was crazy. "But he's damned! And he's a vampire. And he's just walking around in sunlight and walks into a church like he owns the damn place."

She got up and looked at me. "Have you heard of the Daylighter?"

I have. All this time, me and my parents thought it was a myth. A vampire that roamed the streets, day and night? Impossible. Even in this world. "Wait, is he…the Daylighter?" I asked in awe.

She giggled. "Yup. Crazy that you just shook his hand huh?"

I laughed. "Tell me about it. But how can he walk into a church? Is that part of being a Daylighter?"

"No. He just accepted what he was and stopped believing. He was very religious before he became a vampire. That's what pained him the most. Not being able to say God."

"Wow. Must be hard." It must be hard. I'm glad I knew from the start what I was instead of my parents just dropping me into the Shadowhunter world.

"Yeah…" I noticed her getting a bit bored so I thought of something else to say before she left. All I wanted was to talk to her. And that's when I remembered.

"I didn't know him and Isabelle were together."

"Yeah. They've been for quite a while now. I think their one year anniversary is coming soon." Her eyes glazed over, deep in thought.

I took her hand. "You look really pretty today."

She came back into the now and took her hand back. I felt disappointment strike my face.

"Thank you." She said. "I got dressed up because me and Jace were gonna eat breakfast but he had a demon emergency. You know how it is." She laughed.

"Actually I don't." I looked away. I felt so vulnerable, so uneducated next to her.

"Oh, that's right. I'm sorry. So why did your parents isolate themselves? How was your old life? Do you miss it?" she started asking me, super fast. Like she wanted to know me.

I smiled. "How about we go for breakfast and I'll tell you all about it?" I held out my arm so she can take it.

She looked at me and then at my arm, contemplating. And to my surprise, she curved her arm into mine and started walking towards the street. "Sure." She said, smiling.