AU: Hey guys! Sorry it took so long, I've been away for a little, I hope you enjoy this chapter!

Tessa stares at herself in the vanity mirror, her own room, the color of royal purple, she turned around and looked around, it hasn't been touched since she left, and the pictures of her and her old friends were on one wall with various quotes. She then looked to the multiple shelves full of awards and trophies from various teams; she finally turned back to the mirror of her vanity and stared at herself. Dark circles grew under her eyes; her face seems to get thinner due to lack of hunger, and sleep. Her skin seemed like the color of porcelain because of the white dress she was wearing, her family tradition made them wear white instead of black to a funeral which felt odd for her. She started to put on her make-up so she can at least avoid all the questions like if she was okay? Why would she be? Tessa grabbed her necklace, the clicking of the clockwork angel calmed her down, and the ticking seemed like the only normal thing that would happen today.

There was a knock on her door and she turned to see Nathanial, her brother, pop his head in. People could never tell that Nathaniel and Tessa were brother and sister; they had no similarities at all. Nathaniel seemed more to fit in, he had the tan skin of the typical lacrosse player, and his eyes were a dark green and he had a huge white smile. He was around 6'2 and he always had the boyish grin. "Hey baby sis." Nathaniel smiled softly as he slipped into the room and sat on her bed. Tessa looked down as she started to fidget around her necklace; the clockwork seemed to slow down her racing mind. "Tessa, I know it's hard for you, it's hard for me too, please talk to me, say anything." Tessa looked up to see Nathaniel's eyes, they were pleading and sad, his eyes were a little red from crying but he obviously tried to hide it by looking down and fiddling with his hands.

"Nathan, I just…need more time okay, this funeral I just more than I can handle at the moment, I'm sorry." She sighed softly and stared at the wall, everything was blurred but she just zoned out before she knew it Nathaniel was gone and she was alone, once again. She grabbed her pillow and tears fell from her eyes as she felt the wetness hit her hand, she curled up on the bed and cried.

She was awakened by her Aunt Harriet, who was youthful and beautiful, she had dark blonde hair that seemed to be in a bun, and her eyes were deep green. "Tessa Dear, it is time." She smiled gently as she noticed the redness around Tessa's eyes. Tessa sighed as she lifted herself out of bed. Tessa and Harriet made their way to the staircase and headed down, the whole living room was filled with white, white roses, white sheets, and everyone was wearing white, it almost seemed like they were even going into a funeral. But they were welcoming or going into a wedding, Tessa sighed softly as the funeral began.

"Seems like Tessa hasn't been back in a whole, good riddance," Jessie plotted her herself between Jem and Will, this was the usual for her to do, she always found a way to be the center of attention. "I mean, she wouldn't even last year, I think that crash was a sign telling her to-"

"Jessamine shut the hell up." Will slammed her book angrily down. "The girl's parents died and she left for a while to heal and you think that is just a moment for you to take stabs at her like that? Goodness Gracious she took your damn seat and you've been ragging about it for days." Jessamine gave Will a look of hurt, as if she was a puppy that was kicked by her owner.

"You know what William, why don't you go skip home to her and tell her how fucking amazing she is, because obviously you think she's heaven on earth if you won't even let me talk about her." Jessie took a bite out of her apple and leaned back in her chair. "What is with you guys? Is it because she's new? She has bad hair? What?"

"Because she isn't a stuck up rich girl who thinks being a bitch is okay." Will grumbled and turned his head away from her; she glared and then scooted back before getting up and stomping away. Will stared at his book; his cheeks were flushed with anger.

"Will, are you alright?" Jem raised his brow as Will looked at him.

"Yeah, fine, just getting tired of Jessie, that's all." Will ran his hand through his hand. Then all the sudden it drops, he looked up and in the café itself, Tessa walked in quietly and quickly almost as if she wants to been invisible and it works. Will looked at her, it seemed like she has been gone for years, even it was for a few days, her skin seemed a little paler and she looked skinnier. She was wearing the usual outfit but instead she replaced her white shirt with a long sleeved gray shirt that helped point out her eyes, her hair was put up in a pony tail as it bounced as she walked, she held her books closely to her body.

"I'm going to go talk to her." Jem looked at Will, who then stared down at his book quickly. "Just to see how she has been doing, I mean I know what she is going through, maybe I can help her."

"Or maybe she just wants to be left alone Jem, I mean you never know, maybe she's a quiet griever." Will shrugged before closing his book and leaning back in his chair. But before he knew it Jem has disappeared, next thing he knew he saw Jem talking to Tessa, her eyes were confused and a little lost too but she just nodded and followed him back to the table. She set her books down and started playing with her tiny Angel Necklace which made a ticking sound.

"How are you?" Jem stares at Tessa and she looked up, her eyes were showing awareness but also tiredness.

"I've been better, but I'm just trying to stay under the radar." Tessa looked at Jem, she avoided all eye contact with Will what so ever.

"I know how you feel, not long ago my parents were killed in front of me, and it was hard to get over." Jem tapped his fingers on the table top quietly. Will know that every time he mentioned his parents death he gets nervous, almost scared. Will tried to kick Jem softly but then his leg slipped kicking Tessa.

"Did you just kick me?" Tessa looked at Will, who eyes were wide as a child who was busted stealing a cookie.

"I'm sorry, my leg slipped and…I need to go to class." Will pushed away from the table grabbing his stuff and making his way out of the building. He cursed to himself as he

walked across the quad, he threw on his sunglasses to avoid speaking to anyone and he turned to a grass covered pathway that lead to an empty looking building, it seemed in good shape but the signs of abandonment was obvious. He slipped in and closed the door behind him as he walked down the dark hallway. Each room was filled with different artifacts from previous plays or dances, it use to be an arts building but the new one was built and now this one just seemed like a storage building. He entered an empty room, in there was a black grand piano, he turn the lights on and the room filled with light as it displayed the various abandoned instruments and cases. He sat on the bench and started playing various keys to warm up, he took out his notebook before pulling out various sheets of paper with notes scribbled across them, and he looked at them and played a beautiful but broken melody before he heard someone clear their throat.

"I thought I would find you hear." A small voice said from the doorway, Will turned to see a small version of him; she was smaller with a more feminine face, her ink black curls were in a high ponytail and she was in a field hockey uniform, noticing she might of just got done with practice.

"What do you want from me now?" Will rolled his eyes and staring at his sister.

"Why'd you rush out of dining hall so quickly?" She raised her brow than sat beside him.

"Because I had a new melody and I wanted to get it down on the piano before I could forget it."

"Liar," Cecily mumbled as she turned towards the piano. "There's a new girl in my hall, her name is Theresa Gray, she's quiet but she looks like she has a lot to say, eyes speak more than your mouth you see." Cecil played little notes on the piano, the melody was high pitched but it sounded as if birds were dancing. "After your little shower incident, she rushed out of the bathroom, she was the only other person in there too." Cecily then moved down the piano as the song got a little deeper. "You saw her, I know you did, stay away from her, she's not like the other girls William." Cecily moved down to the high notes again before ending the song.

Will looked down shamefully as he looked out the window only to catch Jem and Tessa walking together to their classes. "Why should I even consider taking your advice?"

"She's too nice for you, she's belongs with someone who's heart is worn on their sleeve. Who can already make the best out of the best person, someone like your best mate, Jem." She looked at him then stood up heading towards the door. "Please listen to me, it for your own good." Then she disappeared into the dark hall leaving Will by himself.

Tessa smiled softly as she looked straight ahead, she tried to avoid the eyes staring at her and who was beside her. She looked to her side to see Jem, he was telling some story about how he first got lost here. She then looked down, maybe it was her own little dream that she would have people pity her and pretend to be her friend. Maybe that's how she would be known for the rest of her life as the girl whose parents died. She grabbed her necklace fiddling it.

"You know, everything is going to be okay." She blinked a little turning back into reality and she saw Jem staring down at her. Jem's eyes was the color of silver, something about him was so fragile looking, he was like a walking China doll, scared to touch because you're scared to break it. "You're playing with your necklace, which I guess is a little sign that your either nervous or something, and it comforts you." She smiled softly and looked ahead. "I look for comfort too, my violin." He looked ahead too as they walked into the Senior Hall, they stopped right in front of the art history class. "You can sit with us during lunch, I mean if you want to." He looked at her as Tessa sighed softly.

"I think it's a little too soon to squeeze me in, a lot of people don't even like me because of Jessamine, I just…I have to go." She dipped into the classroom before Jem could reply and she sat in her seat looking down. Before the last bell was about to ring, Will entered the room and sat beside Jessamine, who looked happy as she glanced over at Tessa and quirked her brow. The teacher went into a deep lesson on shading and focus on the drawing, Tessa once again zoned out until finally she felt a hand on her should, and she jumped a little.

"Now I know that you haven't been paying attention." She looked up to see Will smile menacingly at her, his teeth were too white face his slightly pale skin. " I mean if you have then you would of known that we would be pairing off and working on face drawings, but your eyes were somewhere else, mentally." He grabbed a chair and turned it around facing her, she blinked and looked away. "You know, they said sometimes when you zone out, your reality feels like a dream and your dreams feel like a real-"

"Are you seriously my partner?" Tessa looked around in confusion, this might have been a cruel joke that Jessamine put on her, but when she looked at Jessamine, she felt a cold chill go down her back.

"If you don't want me as your partner, I can grace some other girl with my beauty and talent." Will leaned back in the chair.

"Well aren't you just confident?" Tessa mumbled as she pulled out her sketch pad.

"I would say confident is one of the many things I am." Will smiled as he stared at his nails in boredom. Just then the bell rang and Tessa made grabbed her stuff quickly and rushed out of the room before Will could even say one thing to her.

"What the hell was that?" Jessie glowered over him, she had her arms cross and her eyes seemed as if they were going to stab through him, but to Will that seemed like nothing.

"It was me reaching out to someone?" Will raised a brow and stood up gathering his stuff.

"You think this is funny, you think this is a game, don't you? Well go ahead and play William Herondale, I want to see that little girl's face when you say this is all a game, because I know you, you get bored of me for a while so you stray from your path, find some girl to infatuate yourself with, play with her mind, get her to believe you're actually in love with her, then all the sudden you leave." Jessamine smiled slickly as Will looked at her. "And you come back to me, and the girl stands in her room wondering what she did wrong to chase you away, then she goes and bugs me, don't fuck with me Will, I will ruin this girl's life." Jessamine then turned her heel and walked out the door.

Will stood there for a moment, his shock and disgust twirled in his emotions; he never thought Jessamine was that girl who would degrade anyone, until now. He head out the door to his Literature class, he saw Tessa and Jem sitting together, they were laughing and smiling with her as they were looking through books. Jem then caught his eye and Jem waved him over, as if no worries bothered him.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~The moment that Will sat down beside Jem, was when Tessa looked down and backed away. But she looked over at Will only to catch his eye, what eye contact they made, was the only one they needed to know that there was something there.

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