Hey guys, so like its been more than a week, sorry…but I had trouble writing and thanxs to my Beta reader She gave me a brilliant idea! Which I changed quite a bit of the idea, but it has the same concept I think…hehe. Anyways on with the Chapter!

**NEW BETA VERSION**

Clary's POV

It was midnight and I was skating around the frozen pond. I wore my white leather jacket, a sweater and red scarf, mittens, and a toque that had a sea otter face.

I spun in circles with my eyes closed, feeling the winter breeze against my cheeks. Suddenly I bumped into someone, and I opened my eyes and rubbed my nose, which I hit.

"Jace?"

"Clary, are you following me?" he gave me a smug look, like he was Jesus himself and he knew it.

"Following you?"

"I know I'm beautiful, but there's no need to stalk," he said.

"I believe I was here first," I said matter-of-factly. I turned around to skate the other way but he caught my

wrist and spun me towards his chest. He looked into my eyes and kissed my cold nose, which looked like

Rudolph the Red-Nosed-Reindeer's.

I broke free from his arms and skated to gain momentum. I attempted to do an Axel jump but unfortunately I

did not land on my feet gracefully. "Oww!" I said.

"Clary, are you okay, does your head hurt?" Jace asked, hovering over me.

"I bumped my head, but my ankle got the worst of it," I said. He tucked an arm under my head, his face now

mere inches away from mine. I wished he would kiss me again like the other night. It was like he was reading

my mind, and he bent down to kiss me. I lay there frozen, mostly because I was freezing. But his lips were so

warm I could feel heat rising up fast. I wrapped my arms around his neck to pull him closer, into a deeper kiss.

I pulled away only when I needed to breathe.

"Jace," I whispered in his ear.

"Hmm," he mumbled as he kissed my neck.

"Oh, Jace…"

"Clary!"

I turned around in bed to turn off my alarm.

"Clary!"

I woke up to a pair of golden eyes. "Jace? You're in my room. Why?"

"Your mom let in," he paused for a moment, "Having a good dream?" he then asked, and smirked.

"It was a very captivating dream," I said.

"Yes…my voice can be quite alluring," he grinned.

"What?"

"You talk in your sleep." Oh no, what did he hear.

"Well, what was it?" I asked.

"Let's see, it was something along the lines of, 'Jace, you are such a great kisser mmm…' he joked. I just stared in

shock at him until I realized he never said why he was here.

"Anyways, why you here?" I asked again.

"I came to take you to Magnus Bane. Isabelle and Alec are waiting, so hurry and get dressed." He eyed me up and

down and I suddenly felt my face getting hot.

I quickly put on dark jeans and a fitted V-neck that's says "Do the Monster Smash." Simon made me get it. I admit it's

kinda cute. I looked for my jacket, brushed my teeth, and headed downstairs.

"Morning, mom. I'm going out with Jace, I'll be back later." I coughed, and I noticed my throat was quite scratchy

today. What was weirder was that the chandelier shook. I heard Mom say an 'okay' in reply from somewhere near the

kitchen, and I opened the door to Simon, who was about to knock.

"Simon, what's up?" he looked at me and then to Jace.

"Oh, I just came to see if you wanted to go get breakfast."

"Sorry Simon, but I was about to go out with Jace somewhere. Do you want to join us?" I asked him. I didn't want him

to feel left out. I turned around to close the door and coughed once more. The chandelier shook again.

"Um…well, sure," Simon said unsurely, "Do you have a sore throat?"

"I'm fine, it's nothing," I waved it off, then turned to Jace and said, "Can Simon come with us? He won't be trouble I

promise. He'll be quiet as a mouse."

Jace glared for a second before growling out, "Fine."

I smiled at him in thanks and turned to Simon, "Come on Simon, let's go."

Fifteen minutes later we arrived at the apartment where the Lightwoods said that Magnus Bane lived. He was

obviously not someone that willing gave out information to teenagers, because they all looked nervous as they stood on

his front stoop.

Alec rang the buzzer and a moment later a low voice came over the speaker, "Who is it, to disturb Magnus the

Magnificent." The voice sounded royal and arrogant all rolled into one.

"Alec Lightwood, and my friends. We came on a business matter," Alec said confidently into the speaker.

There was a pause, and then the voice said, "Alright, then," and we were buzzed in.

We opened the door to find a hallway accompanied by a staircase. The apartment was on the second floor, so we

climbed the staircase. At the top was a young-ish looking man standing in a doorway with dark spiked hair and a lean

build.

"Magnus, this is Clary Fray," Jace said. "We were wondering why she seems to see what Shadow Hunters can see.

Can you help?" I couldn't help but notice how Magnus seemed to be covered in sparkle, and he had the wildest cat slit eyes.

He motioned with his finger to follow him, and he lead us into what appeared to be some sort of living room. We sat

down before he answered Jace's question, "I can, but it's gonna cost you," he said seriously.

"We don't have money to pay you," Alec said.

"Hmm…" he said thoughtfully, looking Alec up and down, " I'm sure we can come up with an agreement." He winked

at Alec, and I thought I'd never see him blush like he did just now.

"Why have you brought the mundane with you?" Magnus asked, looking at Simon.

"I prom-" I started, But Jace interrupted me.

"Clary insisted to bring Simon, he won't be trouble." He looked at me as though to stop me from doing something

wrong or saying something I shouldn't say.

"Very well, let me check the Great White book." Magnus left the room and came back with a book that was more

than 2 inches thick.

"Hmm…what kind of symptoms does she have?"

"Uh, Clary?" Jace looked in my direction.

"Well, I'm not sure really, but I've been coughing but that's it. I don't see how that can be connected."

"Coughing, that doesn't help me much now, does it." Magnus said and closed the book.

"Here's what you should do, just drink some water with honey to smooth out the itch in your throat, ok darling?" He

sounded sarcastic, and he probably was, because we had just traveled all this way to be told what my mother could have.

"Sure thing," I said. I coughed again, harder than the last couple times, and I saw the glasses on the table rattle.

Actually, it was more than a rattle. It was really more of a migrate to the opposite end of the table.

"Is it just me, or did anybody else see those glasses move to the other side of the table?" Simon asked.

"No, it's not you, they definitely moved," Isabelle said.

No one was sure of what to say next. Then Magnus spoke up, "That is very strange. Did your coughing do that?" I

nodded my head, even though I was hoping it wasn't true. "Tell me if it gets worse Clary. You're dismissed." We all got

up to leave, and I could tell Jace was about to protest, but I put a hand to his chest and shook my head. Now wasn't

the time, when there were still so many unanswered questions.

Before we could leave though, Magnus said, "Alec right?" Alec nodded. "Can I see you for moment?"

"Uh, sure," Alec said.

We all exited the apartment while Alec stayed behind and we went to wait outside on the sidewalk.

"Let's go eat, I'm starving!" Jace said. " And since I'm quite the gentleman, I'll let the ladies pick where….Simon,

where should we go?" Jace smiled his smug smile.

"Very funny," Simon glared at him. "There's a place called Taki's down the street."

"Great choice!" Isabelle said. Right then Alec came out of the door. He looked a little flushed, but was otherwise good

at hiding his emotions.

"What did he want?" I asked.

"Nothing really, c'mon let's go!"

A few minutes later we arrived at Taki's Restaurant, and we chose a booth in a darker corner.

The waitress came over a moment later. Her name tag read Kylie. She was wearing a blouse that was obviously too

tight for chest, which made her boobs push out even more. "Hello Jace," she said flirtatiously. "What would like to

order?"

I groaned. Jace smirked at me. "I'll have a Medium-rare steak," Jace said, then winked at her.

"I'll have a Greek salad and Primavera pasta. Thank you," Isabelle ordered.

Kylie turned to Alec who said, "I'll have a burger."

Then she turned to Simon who responded, "Burger and fries." I could tell Simon was having a hard time looking at her

in the eyes. He always pushed up his glasses when he was around girls, and now wasn't an exception.

Finally she reluctantly turned to me and asked politely, "How 'bout you miss?"

"I'll have a chicken burger and fries, thanks." The waitress left then, leaving a slightly-awkward silence in her wake.

"That waitress is Hot," said Simon with a capital H on the hot. I punched him in the arm.

"Oww! What the hell was that for?"

"She's a slutty waitress, that's what she is," I corrected.

The food came shortly after. As the others dug into their food-Jace wolfed down his steak like he hadn't eaten in

days, while Isabelle delicately picked at her salad-I tried not to chomp down on my burger, since Jace was across

from me.

We finished eating in almost silence, and as Alec went to pay the bill, I coughed so hard the glasses broke and the

drinks spilled onto the entire table.

"Holy Crap!" blurted Simon.

"Jace, what just happened?" I tried not to look scared but it was awfully hard when glass broke after you coughed.

"Not sure. Clary, let's get you home." He was rubbing my arm with his hand going up and down, trying to sooth me. I

laid my head on his shoulder and held his hand as we headed for his car.

After a while we arrived at my place and I told Jace that I would be fine.

"I'll come back and check on you later," Jace said. "I'll give you my number in case you need me: (214) 359-2013.

Don't be afraid to call or text me at anytime."

I nodded to reassure him. "Have a good night's sleep, ok?" he said, and I nodded again. There were several emotions

running across his face. Worry was one of them. He took my face between his hands and he leaned his head down to

kiss my forehead.

"Ok, good night," he said finally, and then left the room to let me sleep.

There you go! There's the next chapter and ch. 7 will be up shortly cause I'm half done writing it! (or close to finish) HaHa! Anyways gotta go! Its like 11:20 pm… yah ok bye!

-Vampchick09 ;)