"Damn girl, you can eat!" Sebastian said while laughing. I tried to hide a blush, but failed.
"Yep! That's our little Clary!" Simon exclaimed and ruffled my hair. I glare at him, then looked back at my plate. Yeah, I suppose I can eat, but to be honest, I didn't eat much lunch and I was starving. I ordered two pancakes, bacon, hash browns, and some orange juice. But what can I say? When I saw that Izzy was pulling into iHop, I was so excited. I hadn't been here in forever and I have missed it so much! Simon and I would come here for breakfast sometimes, but most of the time we would go to a little coffee shop close to my old house.
"Well since we are all done, let's pay and go to the mall. We have to get Clary some new outfits!" Izzy exclaimed.
"What's wrong with my clothes? I think they are fine. Plus, you have only seen this one outfit. How do you know I don't wear better clothes?" I snapped back. I was a little nervous at what Izzy would put on me.
"Well, one, it is the first day of school and you aren't wearing something that would catch boy's eye. Two, we are going to a party that I just found out about Friday. And third, I just want to have someone to be my personal Barbie doll." Izzy replied while smiling.
"What?! No, no, no, no. I will not be your Barbie doll, Iz. No way in hell. You can forget about that."
"Come on! Please, Maia and Tessa already dress great- well besides Maia's gamer t-shirts- and I have never done anything with a red-head!" Isabelle whined.
I gave in finally. "Ugh, fine! As long as I don't look like a slut."
Sebastian started cracking up and said, "I don't think Izzy knows how to do that. She just knows slutty." and Izzy glared at him which made him laugh even harder and made the rest of us start laughing except Iz.
"Okay, Iz. How about this? I allow you to put me whatever you want, but if it is a dress or skirt, it has to come down to mid-thigh or lower." I told her and then she finally started smiling.
"Okay, I can do that."
"Um, Iz, are you sure about that one?" Simon asked eyeing my dress. It was green and was a little tight- but not too terrible tight- and came fell just above mid-thigh.
"It isn't that bad." Maia said. "You should see some of the stuff she tries to put on me." Maia and Jordon got to the mall about an hour after we did. We have been here for three hours now and probably about twenty bags.
"It feels alright. I know I said nothing above mid-thigh, but it's not that bad. I don't feel uncomfortable." I said.
"I think it looks alright." Sebastian said a little shyly.
"Okay then, it's settled. We are getting the dress." Izzy announced.
"Well we have bought every outfit you have seen. I'm surprised you haven't bought everything here." Jordon said eyeing all the bags that we have gotten from practically every store in the mall. "I don't know why anything has to be settled since we all knew you were going to get it anyways."
I went back into the dressing room to change out of the dress and to put my normal clothes back on. I felt kind of bad because the boys had to follow us into every store we went- even Victoria's Secret. They looked really awkward, but Iz made them go in the store anyways. The first few stores Izzy made them say something about the outfits, and after that they said something right when we came out of the dressing room- out of fear of Isabelle.
"Ok, I am going to pay for this. You all can go sit on the benches or something." Izzy said and left to go to the cashier.
We walked out of the store and the first thing I see is a photo booth. "Oh my God! Guys, let's go in the photo booth!" I practically yelled. I just couldn't hide my excitement. I absolutely love photo booths.
"We'll pass." Maia said, but Simon and Sebastian agree and we went to get in the photo booth.
I was in the middle and it looked a little strange because I am so little, but the pictures were great. The first one was normal, then we made duck faces, and angry faces. The last We were going to do peace signs, but at the last second the boys kissed my cheeks and I have a shocked look on my face. The last picture was my favorite because I that one wasn't planned for me and it just looks really good. After I got over my shock I started blushing. Simon and Sebastian high-fived each other and were smiling. I kept one of the strips and Seb got the other one. We were chuckling when we got out of the photo booth.
Izzy said, "What are you people laughing at?" And Sebastian handed the pictures and she started laughing too. She handed it to Maia and Jordon and they started laughing. I started blushing again, but I was also laughing. We were interrupted when someone cleared their throat from behind us.
Isabelle narrowed her eyes and said, "What do you want?"
"Oh, I just wanted to say hello to Miss Clary here. You see, we met this morning and hit it off very well." I whipped my head around when I heard Will's voice. He had a smirk plastered to his lips and was looking at me.
"Clary, you didn't tell me you knew Will." Izzy said, looking between me and Will. I lowered my eyes not meeting Izzy's gaze.
"Yeah, he walked me to class this morning." I looked up and saw that Sebastian and Iz were giving Will a death glare. I saw Simon standing there awkwardly, because he had allowed Will to walk me to class- which Isabelle would not approve of if she found out. Maia and Jordon had mumbled that they were leaving and started walking away. I felt the tension I the air, and trying to relieve it, I said, "Yeah, um, We have to go, so um, see ya around." And started walking away. Izzy, Simon, And Sebastian started walking with me and before we got out of ear shot Will said:
"Yes, you definitely will."
After we got in Izzy's car and started driving she blurted out, "What the hell was that?"
"God, what is everyone's problem with him? First Jace-" I guess I shouldn't have said that because Izzy was practically shouting.
"What's our problem with him?! I don't know! Maybe that he is a player, Clary! And when did you talk to Jace?! Besides at lunch. Did he know that you were hanging out with him?!"
"Iz-" Simon tried to calm her down, but she wasn't done.
"Did you know, Simon?!"
In answer Simon lowered his head and just slightly nodded.
"What the hell! Why are you so worked up over this? Jace and Will are practically the same. They are both players, but yet you like Jace. You don't like Will." I said. I really didn't get what the big deal was.
"They are not the same!" Isabelle said through gritted teeth.
This time Sebastian talked. "Look, Clary. You have to know one thing. Yes, Will and Jace are both players, but they are different in their games. Jace, he just has a girl for a short time then finds another girl. Will, he wins a girl with his words and beauty, gets the girl in bed, then cheats on the girl. Jace would never cheat. He just breaks it off and leaves the girl a little heart broken, but Will actually can break your heart if you allow him. We all just want to protect you, Clary. Just remember that."
"Well, I guess that is a good enough explanation for me." I said rethinking everything that Will has done. Then something that he said made me a little confused. "Why would he care if someone were my boyfriend or not?"
"He normally gets the girls that don't have boyfriends. He doesn't like to get in fights with the girl's boyfriend. If he ever asks you if someone is your boyfriend, you might want to say yes. " Sebastian said with a little smile.
"Well, I will take your advice then." I said smiling back.
"What do you all want to watch?" Izzy asked. We decided on coming to Izzy's house because there weren't any movies that we wanted to watch at the movies.
"Star Wars." Simon said automatically while smiling.
"Ok, everyone else agree?" Iz asked.
"Yeah, whatever." Sebastian said. and I just nodded in agreement. Sebastian and I were sitting on the floor and Simon and Izzy were sitting on the couch in front of the T.V.
About halfway through the movie I had to use the bathroom, so I asked where it was. Sebastian said he would show me and led me to the bathroom. The bathroom was upstairs and beside some bedrooms, which I was guessing is where Izzy slept. When I was walking out of the bathroom, I ran into Jace.
"Hey! I didn't know you were here. So are you still up to me taking you out?" Jace had a smile on his face when he saw me and I couldn't help but smile back.
"Yeah except we are watching a movie downstairs. So I can't exactly leave."
"Of coarse you can. Just say you are ready to go home and I will walk in and offer you a ride home because I was heading out anyways."
"Okay. Whatever you say, but I don't think they will believe it."
Once downstairs I saw Sebastian look at me and smile. I felt kind of bad about lying to them, but I will tell the truth tomorrow. Well at least to Simon.
"Hey, I am really tired, so do you think I could get a ride home?"
"What? No, you can't leave yet Clary. The movie isn't over yet!" Isabelle whined, but just then Jace walked in.
"What Little Red is leaving? But I didn't even get to say hello yet."
"She doesn't want to say hello to you, Jace."
"What? But everyone wants to say hello to me."
"Not us." Sebastian mumbled and I started laughing.
Jace had mock hurt on his face. "Why of coarse. You are my sister's friends. They will never truly say they love me, but we all know they do. Everyone loves me. I think Seb may love me the most though. Isn't that right?" Jace now had a smirk on his face.
"Why, Jace, I think you have mistaken me for Simon. For, I do not love you and I think Simon may be in love with you.
"What? I am not!" Simon exclaimed. Before this conversation could get any weirder though I cut off Jace's next comment.
"So Iz, can you take me home or not?"
"Not. You shall live with me forever." Izzy replied.
"Oh for God's sake, I will take her home. For I have plans and can easily drop her off." Jace was saying with a smirk.
"Please don't scar my new friend, Jace." Izzy said.
"I shall treat her as a lady. Thank you madam for your permission to take your friend home." And with that Jace started walking out of the room and called out, "Come on, Red."
"Well, see you all tomorrow, I guess. Unless Jace has plans to kill me tonight." And everyone said bye and was laughing.
I walked outside to Jace's car and got in.