Chapter 5

Clary's POV

After a moment of silence I asked him again, "What are you doing here?" This
time I said it with more annoyance than anger.

He looked at me and smirked. "It's detention why else would I be here?"

He stared at me and I stared right back at him. Why would Jace have detention?
Clary wondered. He kept staring at me and I lost my train of thought. I could
only focus on his golden eyes. They looked gold, well more so than usual, and
they shined bright with humor. She hadn't realized he had been calling her name
until finally he looked away from her. Clary felt a blush creeping up her
cheeks.

"What?" she asked.

"I said am I winning you over already?" He asked her with a smirk on his lips.

"Wha-? Why would you be winning me over?" Clary asked, confusion written
clearly across her face. Jace's eyes went wide and then he frowned.

"It's nothing. Forget I said anything." He said before turning around.

"Ohhkay?" Clary shut her mouth and patiently waited for detention to be over.

30 minutes later..

"You may leave now." Mrs. Barnell said before leaving the room. Oh wow. That's
it? Well that wasn't so bad Clary thought as she packed her bag. Jace waited on
her and as they walked down the hallway together she turned to him.

"Why were you in detention? Football players can't get detention." Jace
smirked and turned to look at Clary.

"Well in case you didn't notice I kind of punched a teammate so us practicing
together may not be a good idea." Jace explained. Oh yeah. Clary felt like smacking
herself on the forehead. How could she forget that? She didn't feel like
embarrassing herself anymore so she stayed silent.

As they made their way out of the school she caught herself sneaking glances at
Jace. She had to admit he was gorgeous. That was undeniable, it was just how
egoistical he was and the way he plays with girls. That was the ugly thing about
Jace.

They finally walked out and Clary looked around for Jonathan. Where was he? She
wondered. Jace turned around and laughed.

"Hey you really should start checking your phone." He said as he made his way
back over to her.

"What?" Clary asked him, confused again. She took off her backpack and got her
phone out. It, of course, was off. She turned it on and waited for it to boot
up.

Baby I like it
The way you move on the floor
Baby I like it
Come on and give me some more
Oh yes I like it
Screaming like never before
Baby I like it
I, I, I like it.

Clary blushed as she scrambled to open her phone. Jace started cracking up as
her ringer kept going off with every text she was getting.

"That's your ringtone?" He gasped in between laughs. Clary turned to glare at
him, choosing not to answer. As she scrolled through her texts, which were mostly
from Isabelle and an unknown number, probably Sebastian's, sure enough there was
a text from her brother saying that she was to ride home with Jace.

Aggravated she walked over to Jace's Dodge Challenger. Clary turned around to
see Jace looking around for her, once he spotted her at his car he walked over
to her. He unlocked the car and opened to door for her letting her get in before
closing the door and getting in his side of the car

Who would have guessed Jace was a gentleman? Clary thought as she chuckled to
herself. Jace heard her and glanced in her direction and turned back to the road
after she shook her head and looked out the window. It was going to be a long
car ride home today.

Jace's POV

What was she thinking? Jace kept sneaking glances at the redhead beside him. She was staring out the window, not evening glancing in his direction. He really wanted to know what she was thinking.

"So. What are you thinking about?" Jace said after sitting in the silence for a while. She looked over at him, before turning back to look out the window.

"I think I may like you." She whispered it so quietly that he barely heard it.

Clary's POV

OH. MY. GOD. Did I just say that out loud? Clary glanced over at Jace, who was staring at her with wide eyes. Yep. I did say that out loud. Crap! What do I do? What do I say? The car is stopped so maybe I could walk the rest of the way home. Or Jonathan could pick me up. That's what I'll do!

Just as my hand started to open the door, his eyes went back to their normal size.

"What are you doing?" He asked me, looking really angry.

"I was going to walk the rest of the way home?" It really sounded more like a question. I felt a blush creep up my cheeks, and I looked away from his stare.

"Why would you do that?" He asked, before smirking. "Don't cha like spending time with me?" I snorted before turning back to look out the window.

The rest of the car ride was quite except for the radio. Finally, we pulled up to my house, and as I was getting out I heard Jace whisper something.

"What did you say?" I asked, looking back at him. He looked at her blushing. Why was Jace blushing?

"I said maybe I like you too?" He repeated. Huh? Jace liked me? Why? She stared at him for a long time before he turned at back to her and glanced at the clock on the dashboard.

"I got to go. See you at school tomorrow." He turned around and drove away. Clary stood there for a minute watching his car disappear before heading inside

A/N: Hey guys! Sorry I haven't been able to update, but we finished our state exams this past week, but this next week is semester exams. The good thing? My last day of is next Monday! Whoop! Anyway I hope you enjoyed this chapter. And remember two things: 1. I don't own the Mortal Instruments CC does, and 2. REVIEW! :D Bye!

~Mal