We got to the house at 3:29. Once I walked through the door, Izzy grabbed me and started pulling me upstairs. I turned to Jace and mouthed "Sorry" and he mouthed back "No problem." Soon enough I was in Izzy's room and I asked, "Why do we have to start getting ready so early?"

"Because it will take forever to get all the girls ready. And your hair. Your hair will take up most of the time. I will have the others help me with that mess." She replied while smiling.

"Okay. Now that my hair has been insulted, when are the others going to get here?"

"Um, about fifteen minutes."

"Why was I suppose to be here early?"

"I want to tell you our game plan."

"Game plan?" What the hell was she talking about.

"Yeah, with the whole Sebastian thing. Okay, so, you have to hang out with him all night because Will is going to be there. You should call him Seb or something- but not Sebby, I hate that. Next, get rid of my brother. I don't know what you have done to him, but he's following you around like a little lost puppy."

"I didn't do anything. I was actually trying to get rid of him. I mean, his company is nice, but he had a life before I came here."

"Yeah, his life was just great." She said sarcastically. "Well, when he first came here, he was all like, 'I need to go back and see Clare and Si!' or "Can I call Clare and tell her I miss her and Si?' God, it was annoying. No offense."

"None taken here. Simon might take offense though. Between you and me, I think Jace and Si had a little bromance when we were kids. Maybe even now." We started laughing.

Once we calmed down enough to talk, Izzy asked, "Does he have a girlfriend?"

"Who?"

"Simon."

I was shocked by her reply. My mouth probably shaped a perfect 'o'. Once I recollected myself, I said, "No. Not that I know of anyways. He doesn't really date much. Do you like him? Because- no offense- you're beautiful and he's a geek. Those two never get together."

"Well, as you couldn't tell, I am a geek too."

"Seriously? I don't believe it."

"It's a little secret of mine. No one really knows except Alec because he's my blood-brother."

"Wow. I never would have expected that."

"Yeah, well don't tell anyone. I don't want those secrets to get out. Do you know if he likes me?"

"I would guess so. I haven't really seen him as much. But I don't know who wouldn't like you."

"Yeah, but that's because they think I'm hot or sexy. Not beautiful. Well, they will call me beautiful, but that's because they just want me."

"Si isn't like that. He is just Si. He doesn't really think about the hottest girl or if the girl has a rockin' bod- as one of our old friends said. He sees what's beneath. Or that's what he want to see. Most of the time he is friends with the girl for a while or longer, then he dates them if he wants to."

"Wow. Who knew you could say something so meaningful." Iz said sarcastically.

"Well, I am full of surprises."

"That you are, Clary. Now get your ass over here. We have to find some clothes to wear."

Fifteen minutes later, after going through about 100 outfits, the others arrived. Maia, Tessa, and Magnus came into Izzy's room. I was wondering what Magnus could possibly be doing in here. I then realized that he was the girly gay. The type of gay who is good at helping a girl shop, do hair, ect. Isabelle and I still hadn't gotten an outfit picked out, but it was good Tessa and Maia hadn't either. We finally got our outfits. Maia was wearing black mini skirt with a gold camisole. Tessa was wearing a long, white lace dress. Izzy was wearing a tight, short blue dress to match her eyes. (I know Isabelle doesn't have blue eyes, but she does in my story.) I was wearing the tight, short emerald dress that we bought yesterday. Magnus was already ready in his rainbow pants and glittered hair. We started working on make-up and hair. Izzy did my hair and make-up, because apparently I can't do either right.

"Finally!" Izzy exclaimed once she got done with my hair. I looked over in the mirror and was shocked to see that I was actually pretty attractive. Well, more attractive than I normally look, which isn't attractive at all. Izzy had me put on black stilettos and we were all ready to go. I looked around at the other girls and saw that they were all really hot/sexy. I bet they do this for their boyfriends. And Izzy. Izzy would get mad if we didn't dress to impress her.

We started walking down the stairs and I watched all of the boys' reactions. Jem smiled at Tessa, and was staring at her like she was the most beautiful thing in the world. Jordan was checking out Maia and smiling as she came up to him. I saw Simon looking at Iz and I could tell right then that he liked her. I would have to tell Izzy that later. I looked around and found Sebastian looking at me. I was a little surprised. I walked over to him.

"So, did you hear about the game plan?" He asked.

"Yeah, apparently my fake boyfriend is my date to this party we are going to." I laughed and he smiled at me.

"And who is this fake boyfriend? Shall I tell him that you're not interested? That you have a way awesomer fake boyfriend?"

I started laughing again and said, "You say shall and awesomer? You, my friend, are a very strange person."

"And you, my friend, are a very pretty one." I started blushing.

I finally said, "Thank you." I then heard someone clear their throat behind me. Sebastian had his eyes narrowed and I turned around to find Jace. Smirking, of coarse. "You know, sometimes I just want to slap that smirk off your face." I just blurted out.

"Well, then I will just have to stay arms length away from you while I am smirking. I don't think anyone wants this pretty face to be slapped. Except, maybe, Sebastian, Will, and you." Jace said, still smirking.

"I don't have a problem with you, Jace. It's just the smirk. And bad timing to pop up." Sebastian said from beside me. I was a little confused by his last comment but shrugged it off.

"Okay. Well, I was told by Iz about two seconds before joining you two, that you are on a date. I think that this is a fake date, considering that Verlac there is you're fake boyfriend. I was told to stay away, but it's a fake date and I think I can talk to my real friend." Jace said.

"Jace, Seb is my real friend. Fake boyfriend, but real friend. We just have to play this in front of Will. And everybody else. You can talk to us, but you can't stay with us the whole time. I think you should go flirt with some girls, but don't get drunk. I don't like drunk people." I said to him.

"So you like me?" Jace said with his smirk still on his face.

"Yes. You're my real friend." This time I smirked at him.

"OKAY! WE'RE LEAVING!" Izzy yelled and we all started walking towards the car.

We were riding in Alec's SUV for about twenty minutes before we stopped at a big house. There weren't many other houses around so we didn't have to worry about getting in trouble. "Okay! Everybody ready? Great. Let's go!" Izzy said excitedly. She grabbed Si's arm and started walking towards the front door. Soon, everyone was walking towards the door.

"Shall we go in?" Sebastian said while extending his arm. I hooked my arm through his.

"I think we shall."

"Can I be your date too, Sebastian?" Jace asked from behind us.

"Oh, Jace, funny thing you are. I think you will find many girls in there to be your date. We'll see you around." Sebastian said. We started walking towards the door, leaving Jace staring after us. He finally started walking to the door when Seb was opening for me. He was really sweet and a gentleman. Once we walked in to the house we were hit by loud music playing. "Would you like to dance?!" Seb yelled over the music. I nodded and he started pulling me to the dance floor. The song "Break Your Heart" was playing. We were just kind of awkwardly dancing at first, but then we got in the rhythm of the music and started singing along. I hadn't heard this song in a while, but I still remembered every lyric. We danced to about four songs before Seb said he was going to get us something to drink. I found Izzy and started dancing with her, Tessa, and Maia.

"So, are you enjoying the party? And how's Seb?" Izzy asked/yelled to me.

"It's all great!" I yelled back.

"I think they are going to play a slow song in a few minutes. I better go find Jem." Tessa said.

"Yeah, I will go find Jordan. I want to dance with him some." Maia said. Then it was just me and Izzy dancing to the music until Simon came and asked to dance with Iz. She mouthed "Sorry" to me, but I just waved my hand and smiled at her. They were such a cute couple. I felt someone grab my waist and jumped a little.

"Sorry, didn't mean to scare you." Seb said in my ear. " I got you something to drink. It's in my hand." I looked down to his hand and saw a cup of punch in his hand. I took it and said thanks. I took a sip and realized it was punch, but with a little bit of alcohol.

"Trying to get me drunk?" I said with a laugh.

"Of coarse not. It's champagne punch. It hardly has any alcohol in it. The only way to get drunk off of that stuff is by drinking 100 glasses of it." He replied with a laugh. We started dancing again and soon enough there was actually a slow song like Tessa said. It was the song "Daylight" by Maroon 5. It was the slowest thing they could find I guess. We slow danced to the song, but about halfway through the song, we were interrupted.

"May I cut in?" Jace asked Seb.

"I guess. I don't want to be the clingy boyfriend." Seb said with a wink. I could really get use to him.

We started dancing, which was a little weird. I was pretty good at slow dancing, but Jace was having a little hard time. "Sorry, I don't do this a lot." He said.

"Well, you have stepped on my foot about three times. I could kind of tell you weren't good at this type of dance."

"I'm sorry. I actually am a bad dancer. I hardly dance at all."

"Then why did you come to dance with me?"

"Because-" But he was cut off.

"So are you and Verlac not dating anymore? Is Lightwood your new boyfriend?" Will said.

"No, Jace is just my friend. Seb went to get some more punch and Jace said he would dance with me until Seb came back."

"Well, that's very generous of Jace." My face probably had confusion written all over it because Will continued. "Considering Jace doesn't dance."

"I am a great dancer. Right, Clare?" Jace said. Will caught the nickname and started looking between me and Jace. We were still sort of dancing, but nothing special to see. I looked over at Jace to find him looking at me. I realized I hadn't answered his question.

"I'm sorry Jace, but you aren't very good at dancing." I said. Jace looked a little hurt, but he composed himself quickly.

"Well, I suppose we should go find Verlac. Your boyfriend probably wants you back."

"I think I will come with you two. I want to see the amazing boyfriend of Clare's." Will said.

Jace shot him a look and said, "Don't call her that."

"Why not? You did. I think I should be able to also."

"No. I gave her the nickname about twelve years ago, therefore, I can decide who calls her that."

"Wait. So are you his childhood friend that broke his heart and made him cry for about a month?" Will asked with a smirk on his face.

"NO, I am not that friend. That was Simon who broke his heart. I was the one that sketched their very romantic pictures." I said with a smirk. "No, I'm sorry. I was just kidding about that. I was his childhood friend, yes. I was not the one who broke his heart. He had to move away, so therefore it would have been the other way around."

"So he broke your heart?" Will asked.

"No. Well, he was my best friend, so yes. Not the girlfriend/boyfriend way. Look, there's Seb!" I said.

We walked over to him and I gave him hug. "So, what's up, Clary? Will bothering you again?" Seb asked.

"No, I just wanted to see the amazing boyfriend she keeps talking about." Will said before I could answer.

"Well, here I am. Do you need something?" Sebastian asked.

"Well, since you asked. I would like to dance with your girlfriend. But I would also like to see if your relationship is real. Not something that just randomly came to be."

"Okay... What do you want us to do?" I asked skeptically. "I mean, we haven't exactly dated that long, so..." I trailed off, not exactly knowing where I was going with the sentence.

"Oh, not anything too terribly bad. Just a kiss." Will responded.

"You want them to kiss?" Jace asked. I had nearly forgotten he was standing there. When I looked over at him, he was glaring at Will.

"It's just a kiss, Jace. Calm down. They are dating, so it can't be there first kiss." Will responded with a smirk.

"Yeah, it's just a kiss." I echoed. I looked at Jace and saw something flash across his face, but I couldn't read it fast enough. I looked over at Sebastian and he was waiting for my approval. I nodded my head slightly so Will couldn't see. He knelt his head down and I raised mine to meet his lips. I still had to stand on m tippy-toes because I was so short. The kiss was sweet. It lasted about ten seconds until we heard someone clearing there throat. I was a little pissed off at whoever interrupted us. I pulled out of the kiss the same time Sebastian did. I saw a big smile on his face. I knew there was a smile on my face, but I don't think anyone could beat Seb's. I looked over to see Will standing there, arms crossed, and smirk on his face. I looked to find Jace, but he wasn't there anymore. I guess someone wanted him to dance or make-out or something.

"Well, that was a show. I never knew that make-out sessions could be that... sweet. You were at it for about two minutes." Will said, smirk still on his face.

Two minutes? I thought it was only ten seconds. It certainly didn't feel like a normal make-out session, though I never really had one. I didn't let my shock show on my face. I just kept smiling and looked over at Sebastian. "Wanna dance?" I asked.

"Hey, I thought I was getting a dance." Will whined.

"Nope. Sorry, Herondale, but she is mine." And we started walking away from Will.

We danced for a while. It wasn't awkward anymore, though it never really was I guess. "You wanna go outside for a few minutes?" Sebastian asked me. I nodded and we made our way through to the front door. We sat on the bench swing that was on the front porch. We sat there for a few minutes looking at the stars. "So, I wanted to ask you something."

"Ask away." I said and smiled.

"I would like to, um, sorry I am not good at this. I was wondering if you would like to hang out tomorrow?" He finally managed.

"Like a date?" I was kind of hoping that it was. I don't know why, but I kind of wanted to have a boyfriend. Even if it was a short time.

"Yeah, like a date."

"So, you want me to be your real girlfriend?" I asked. I looked at him and he nodded. I smiled at him once again, but before either one of us could say anything, someone stumbled onto the porch.

"Well, well, well. What do we have here? The love birds. Well, I suppose it was bond to happen. The kiss, that is. Determined Will, he is." Jace said. His words were slurred and I could tell that he was drunk. "I think that I am going to go home."

"Jace! You can't drive home! You can't walk home, either." I said.

"Why can't I walk home?"

"Because you're drunk!"

"I am merely drunk. Not enough that I can't walk home." He started walking down the steps.

"Go walk with him. He won't stop. I'll see you at the house." Sebastian said to me. I kissed his cheek and went to walk with Jace.

"So, you're going to walk home with me? How nice. I would think you would stay with your boyfriend at the party."

"God, Jace. You're my friend. I am not letting you walk home by yourself drunk."

"You didn't deny he was your boyfriend." He mumbled.

"Jace, my house is much closer than yours is. Let's walk there and we can get you sobered up." I was trying to get off the boyfriend topic for now. I hadn't dealt with a drunk Jace before and didn't know how he would react. I took off my heels because they were starting to hurt my feet.

"Now I am much taller that you. Well, I have always been taller than you. You know, I missed you and Si. I missed you most, I think. I was always thinking about what you were doing or thinking about some stuff that we did when we were younger. I don't know if I ever stopped."

"Jace, why did you get drunk? I said I didn't like drunk people."

"I saw the kiss. I needed to forget. I wanted to punch Sebastian, but I never got the chance. First, I walked away. Next, I am being walked home by my beautiful best friend that only considers me a friend right now." I sucked a breath in at the word beautiful, but didn't bring that back up. It must've been his drunk self talking.

"Jace. You are still my best friend. I just need to get to know this new Jace."

"But yet you're not getting to know Verlac first." He grumbled. What was wrong with him? What does boyfriend have to do with friends?

"Did you hear our conversation?"

"The dating one? Only the last bit of it."

"Jace, why are you acting like this?"

"Acting like what? I am not acting anything. I am being Jace Lightwood. Never anything else."

"What happened to my friend Jace Wayland?"

"I told you. He died. The old me is dead and gone. Never coming back. He died whenever I moved. My parents' death killed part of me. Moving killed another. Not seeing you or Si killed me. Lastly, breaking our oath killed me."

"Jace, you didn't break the oath. We are still together. We found our way back together. You never stopped believing in me, or I you."

"Clare," He said. "I don't want to ruin the sleepover for you. You can leave me here and go back."

"Nonsense. We are about three houses away from mine. We'll get you sobered up a little and head back to your house."

"Okay, Clare. You're amazing. Can you drive?"

"Yeah, but I only have a permit. You'll have to cover for me if we get caught." We started laughing. Soon enough we were at my house. I got Jace some water and sat down beside him. "What time do the parties usually end?"

"Whenever everybody leaves. Iz is never the first. She's always one of the last. No need to worry about rushing to get back to my house." He said with a chuckle.

"Okay. Well I am going to ask her to pick us up. I don't exactly trust my driving skills." I sent a text to Iz to come pick us up whenever she left the party.

"By the way, where are you're parents?" Jace asked curiously.

"Um, Luke may be either at the office or asleep. Mom is either at her studio or asleep also." I replied.

"Don't they care where you have been all day?"

"Nah. I mean, they might ask, but they don't really care as long as I'm not getting in trouble."

"That's sad. They use to watch us like hawks, then we got a little older and they didn't pay attention as much, but I didn't think they would come to this."

"Yeah, I guess it is sad. Mom will check on me still, but after you left, she let Si and I to go wherever by ourselves."

"So, to get off the sad topic," Jace said with a little happiness. "I actually got to come in your house." I started laughing because that was ridiculous. A smile broke on Jace's face and he said, "I wanted to ask last night when I dropped you off, but decided against it."

"Why? I would have let you come in."

"You looked tired, and Iz would have thought something was up."

"Oh. Well, what do you want to do while we are waiting for Iz?"

"I don't know. I really want to-" Jace was cut off by my mom coming into the kitchen.

"Clary? What are you doing up? And home? Jon said you were going to a friend's." She said sleepily. She hadn't seen Jace yet.

"Um, well. I was at a party with my friends and one wanted to come home and I said he could come here until they left the party."

Her head snapped to attention and she looked at Jace. Her eyes narrowed. "And who are you?"

"I thought she would have recognized me." Jace whispered to me. "I'm Jace Lightwood, ma'am. I am sorry for barging in without your permission, but I was feeling sick."

"Wait. Did you say Jace Lightwood?"

"Um, yeah. That's me."

"I knew you looked familiar. You're last name was originally Wayland, yes?"

"Yes."

She walked over to Jace and hugged him. Jace looked over at me and I could see in his eyes that he didn't know what to do. "Uh, Mom? Could you tell me why you're crushing Jace?"

She let go of him. "Oh, sorry. So what are you kids up too?"

"Mom. I just told you we are waiting for a friend to come pick us up."

"Okay, yes. I would wake Luke up and tell him that Jace was here, but he had a long day at work. You can watch T.V. or something while you're waiting. I want Jace to come over tomorrow though. We need to catch up and Luke is off. Just come about 5:30 and we can have dinner together."

"Mom, I have something to do tomorrow."

"And what is that dear?"

"Um..." I looked over at Jace for help, but he was sitting back and looking at me with a smirk. "Well, I am hanging out with one of my friends." I finally said.

"Well, hang out with them and get here before 5:30. Tell them you are hanging out with the family. Tell Si to come over also. It can be like old times."

"That would include a sleepover." Jace added. I rolled my eyes thinking my mom wouldn't allow that.

"Of coarse! We can have a sleepover too." My jaw dropped. I recollected myself.

"Mom, if we have a sleepover, it's going to be Jace, Si, and me. We will only have dinner with you, not have a sleepover with you."

"Okay, honey. Whatever you say. Just get here before 5:30."

"Thanks, Mom." There was a car horn and I said, "There's our ride. See ya." I grabbed Jace by the arm and started pulling him towards the door.

"Well, that was nice." Jace said once we stepped outside.

"Yep."

"God, Jace. Why did you have to get your ass drunk?" Alec called from the car.

"I didn't get my ass drunk. It was more like all of me. And I was merely drunk."

"Whatever, Jace. Just get your ass in the car!" Izzy yelled.

Once we were in the car and moving Alec said, "Seriously, why did you have to get drunk? You said you weren't going to tonight."

"I saw something I needed to forget." Jace wouldn't meet my gaze. I saw Izzy roll her eyes.

"I saw the kiss! I heard about it too. I also talked about it. Are you two dating for real now?" Izzy exclaimed which made Alec swerve a little on the road.

I looked at Sebastian and he said, "I think so."

"OH MY GOD!" Izzy screamed and everyone jumped. Alec swerved again. "Seb got a girlfriend! And it is Clary! Can you believe it?!"

"Iz, calm down!" Maia yelled from the back.

"Sorry. I just can't believe it!"

"Jace, are you alright? Jem asked.

"Huh? Oh yeah I'm fine."

"You seem distracted and you're being really quiet. Normally you have some smart remark for a situation like this." Jem continued. Iz was still talking to Maia about how she couldn't believe Seb got a girlfriend.

"I'm fine."

"Oh my God! We are playing Truth or Dare when we get back to the house!" Izzy exclaimed.

"That game is stupid. No one does what they're suppose to or they say a lie." Jace said.

"You're such a bitch. Have some fun! No one does any of that stuff and everyone is playing."

"I am not a bitch, according to Clare. Apparently I am an asshat." Jace said.

"What the hell is an asshat?" Magnus asked.

"I'm not sure. I was with Clary back in New York one day and we met this one person who was worse than a bitch. We started coming up with names for him and Clary said asshat. It just kind of stuck." Simon responded.

"I don't care about the back story. What the hell is it? Is it like a hat for an ass, a hat that looks like an ass, or-" Magnus continued, but I cut him off.

"I don't know! I just came up with the damn word!"

"Woah, Clary. I think someone needs to calm down a little." Magnus said and I glared at him.

"Anyways," Izzy said, saving a war that was imminent, "I guess you got Jace sobered up?"

I laughed and said, "Mostly. There was alcohol still on his breath when my mom came in the kitchen."

"Your mom?" Sebastian asked.

"Yeah, it was a little weird. She didn't see him at first, but when I said I had a friend with me she glared at him. He introduced himself and she practically attacked him."

"I have that affect on women." Jace remarked. I just ignored his comment and continued.

"She was very happy to see him. She asked Jace to come to dinner tomorrow. She also invited you, Si." Simon smiled and so did Jace. I hadn't thought about Sebastian and how he would react to this. I looked over at him and there was hurt on his face and something else. Was it jealousy?

"What about our date?" He asked.

"We can hang out all day until 5:30."

"Could I possibly come too?" There was hope in his voice. I was about to say yes as long as my mom approved, but someone interjected.

"No. You can have a family dinner with them another time. This is for catching up. Her parents haven't known you for years. There is no catching up with you. This is precisely a catch up dinner." Jace said with a harsh tone.

"Jace!"

"What? I doubt your mother would want your boyfriend to come."

"You should be nicer. She never said no and I haven't asked her yet."

"No, it's fine. I wouldn't want to ruin your catch up dinner." Sebastian said.

"See? He's fine with not coming. Maybe sometime everyone can go over and meet her parents." Jace commented. I glared at him.

"Actually, I have already met her parents." Izzy added.

"When?" Maia asked from the back.

"This morning when I helped Clary get ready for school." Izzy answered.

"I didn't realize they were up." I said.

"Yeah, they were walking out the door. We just said hello and introduced ourselves. Nothing special."

"Okay. Nice little chat. We're here." Alec announced and everyone started getting out of the car. I had just stepped out and someone grabbed my arm.

"Can we talk?"

Well, there's the chapter. What do you all think? Sorry about the little hanger.