Clary's POV:

I woke up to someone twisting and turning feverishly next to me. I opened my eyes to see Jace. His face was flushed, beads of sweat on his forehead making his hair stick to his face. When I touched his forehead I pulled my hand back quickly. He was burning up.

"Clary! Don't hurt her! Stay away!" He was muttering. I glanced at my alarm clock. It was 3 in the morning. Jace became more agitated and I tried to wake him up. I shook his arm gently.

"Jace, wake up! It's not real!" I tried to convince him. He groaned, in pain. My insides twisted together. Suddenly Jace screamed. It was a scream of pure terror and fear. It was filled with pain and I screamed out for him.

"Jace! Wake up!" He twisted and turned more. The door flew open and the light clicked on.

"What's going on?" Robert yelled. Mayrse rushed to Jace's side.

"CLARY!" Jace was yelling. His eyes flew open. He was crying now. Tears poured down his face. Each tear was like a knife to my heart. "Clary!" He sobbed. I gathered Jace in my arms, ignoring the heat as he put his face in the crook of my neck.

"Ssh, ssh! I'm here. You're safe! You're not going anywhere! Ssh, we're all fine. You're going to be fine." I soothed him. Jace's body shook with sobs, his arms were wrapped tightly around my waist. Jace's tears stained my top but I didn't care. All I cared about was that the love of my life was blubbing like a baby, his body overcome with a fever.

"Get some damp cloths and a bowl of water! Now!" Mayrse ordered.

"Ssh, Jace. Ssh. Can you lie down for me?" I asked. Jace shook his head.

"You'll leave me," he whimpered.

"I promise I will never leave you!" I stroked the back of his head. Slowly Jace pulled back and lied down. His face was flushed red. I turned to Mayrse.

"Do we get him to sweat the fever out or cool him down?" I asked. She bit her lip.

"Cool him down," she said reluctantly as if she wasn't sure. I didn't know either. "Take the sheets in his room and douse them in water," she told Izzy and Alec. They ran off quickly. Jace grabbed my hand as he began to turn his head. He kept looking a round as if he couldn't see something he was looking for.

"What's the matter Jace? What do you want?" I asked.

"No, no..." He muttered as he looked towards the doorway. He was as white as a sheet except for the flushed colour of his cheeks and forehead. Izzy and Alec ran back in.

"Done it!" Izzy said. Her hands were covered in water, as were Alec's.

"Help me," Mayrse said. She tried to pick him up. I gently pushed her away and scooped Jace up in my arms. He was heavier than other people due to all his muscle. I managed to carry him into his room and put him gently down on his bed. I pulled the soaking wet sheet back over him. He started to push it off but I stopped him.

"Don't Jace. It will help you," I told him. He started to groan, his face red. Robert came back with the bowl and cloths. He set them on the bed side table. I dampened a cloth and placed it on Jace's forehead. He relaxed for a few seconds before the tossing and turning began again. He kept whimpering and crying out. It broke my heart as he did so.

I sat with Jace, dampening the cloth and placing it on his forehead untill Mayrse insisted on me going to school. I pulled on my black jeans, black tang top and leather jacket. I put my hair in a pony tail and Izzy drove us to school. Mayrse had promised to keep me updated. When we got to school we had one minute before we were late. Izzy and I ran to homeroom, bursting in as the teacher called out Izzy's name. We sat quickly.

"I wonder how Jace is doing!" Izzy bit her lip. My stomach was in knots. Izzy took my hand and squeezed it. I held on and we worried together. My phone buzzed. It was from Mayrse.

The doctor is coming around later.

I told Izzy and she nodded tightly. A few of the jocks came up to us. We hadn't sat with them since the first lunch here.

"What's up?" Emil asked. "You look like crap," he said. The rest of the class tittered. I squeezed Izzy's hand, pinching the bridge of my nose. "Hey Clary, what are you doing later?" He asked.

"Going straight home!" I snapped. I let go of Izzy's hand to text Mayrse to ask when the doctor was coming.

"Don't be so uptight. I'm taking you out later," he informed me.

"Since when?" I asked.

"Since now," he said.

"How about no!" I snapped. Emil leant on my desk, his face in mine.

"There isn't a choice!" He said slowly and grinned.

"That's right, there isn't a choice for you to take me out because I would never go out with you and incase you haven't noticed," I was standing now, my hands on the table as I leant towards Emil, my eyes flaming. His grin dropped. "I have a boyfriend!" I spat. The bell rang then. Izzy pulled me away. She had math first. I had English lit. We walked together and she left me in the doorway with a warning to not loose my temper. Mr Elvinski smiled at me as I walked in. I smiled tightly back and say down at the back. Emil walked through the door and I groaned. I had forgotten he was in this class. He smirked and headed towards me. He was about to pull the chair out when I put my legs across it.

"That seats taken," I said.

"By who?" He asked.

"Whom," I corrected him.

"What?"

"You said by who when you should have said by whom." I told him. He scowled and moved to push my legs off the chair. "Don't you fucking dare!" I told him. Sammy walked into the room then.

"Hey Sammy!" I yelled. He walked to me.

"Yeah?" He asked nervously.

"Sit by me," I removed my legs and Sammy sat quickly.

I spent the rest of the day worrying about Jace and avoiding Emil. I was so out of it that in Gym I threw the ball, spiking Emil in the face and breaking his nose. It wasn't intentional but it felt good. I was sent to the school councillor after I had gotten dressed. Izzy looked at me confused and I waved it off. I had been out of it all day. I walked to the councillors office and knocked on the door.

"Come in!" He called. I pushed the door open to see a man with red hair sitting at a desk. "You must be Clary, come in, take a seat." He told me. I did so, reluctantly. "I'm Henry Branwell," he introduced himself. "Now, tell me Clary, what's wrong?" He asked.

"Nothing," I retorted. He raised his eyebrow.

"Really? I have been getting reports from the teachers saying that you have been a bit out of things all day," he asked. My phone buzzed. Mayrse was ringing me.

"Can I?" I asked. Henry nodded.

"Sure," I answered the call.

"Mayrse, what's wrong?" I asked.

"It's Jace! He's getting worse!" She said hurriedly. There was a scream of pure terror and another screaming my name.

"What's happening? What do you mean worse?" I asked.

"He's had to be admitted to hospital, the fever isn't normal. It's taking over his body!" She sobbed. Jace screamed my name again and I had to hold the phone away from my ear.

"I'm coming home!" I said and hung up on Mayrse's protests. I turned to Henry. "I have to go," I said. He nodded.

"Ok," was all he said. I ran back to the gym and grabbed Izzy.

"Family emergency!" I told the teacher. Izzy got dressed in two minutes and we ran to her car.

"Jace's fever got worse!" I explained and Izzy drove like a maniac. We got back home and ran in to hear screams and yelling.

"CLARY!" Jace was yelling. I sprinted upstairs, dropping my bag on the ground as I did. I burst into Jace's room. There were a few paramedics there, trying to get him to calm down and come out to the ambulance. I pushed past them, sinking to my knees by Jace's bed.

"Jace, ssh, I'm here," I soothed him. He carried on tossing and turning but his screaming had stopped. Jace's face was red, his hair plastered to his forehead.

"We have to move him, now," info the paramedics said and tried to lift Jace up. They couldn't and ended up dropping him. Jace whimpered and curled in on himself. I wrapped my arms around him, picking him up. He was heavy and curled into my side, resting his head on my chest. The paramedics led me to the ambulance that Izzy and I hadn't seen earlier. I set Jace down on the bed and he started to writhe, his body convulsing. He was moaning my name. He reached out and grabbed my hand tightly. I squeezed it back. The ambulance doors shut and we sped off, sirens above us wailing.