Hey, so this is like the fastest I have updated, I thought it would be nice since you guys are great sticking with and the story.

Did anyone see the new Hunger Games trailer? Are any of you guys goin to the Midnight screening of Breaking Dawn P. 1…I am!

I was listing to E.T by Katy Perry while typing this out…HeHe :)

*New Beta'd Chapter 7*

Clary's POV

That night I had a fever of 102 F. My mom came into my room to check on me and noticed how bad I looked, "Clary,

honey you look more pale than usual. Do you want me to make you some soup?" I nodded. "Ok, just relax here in bed

and I'll bring the soup up in a minute."

"Ok." My voice sounded hoarse.

Mom came over and felt my forehead and said, "Oh, my goodness you're burning up!"

"Can-you -" I coughed; I shook my head to say never mind. I could tell my voice wouldn't last much longer- I had

probably lost it completely already. My mom left the room, and I grabbed my phone to text Jace: Jace, I lost my

voice! I can't speak, literally.

A minute later he texted back in response, Oh no, maybe you have laryngitis. That usually lasts 2 days and you

just need rest. If it lasts longer than a week, maybe Magnus can help.

On the fourth day, my Mom was getting so worried that she took me to see the doctor. She told him she suspected it

was laryngitis, and the doctor took some tests.

Dr. Watson looked at his clipboard with a strange look on his face and said, "Mrs. Fray, it looks like your daughter

has something more severe than laryngitis. It's very strange; we haven't seen anything like this. Its disrupting her lungs

and her larynx." I gave him a confused look and he clarified, "Your voice box."

My mom gasped and exclaimed, "Oh my goodness."

"It may be fatal and leave her mute permanently," the doctor said as an afterthought.

What? Mute forever? This can't be happening, I need my voice back.

When we got back home, I told Jace, Isabelle, Alec and Simon what the doctor had said, by writing it on paper. They

took me to Magnus, and not even he could figure out what was wrong.

Isabelle came over to keep me company, reading fashion magazines and Cosmo articles.

We were sitting on my bed flipping through them when she said, "Remember your friend we met at the café?…Oliver?"

I nodded in response. "I kinda noticed the way he looked at you when you guys were dancing. I think he likes you

more than a friend," she said with a knowing look on her face. "Looks like Jace has got competition," she added.

I scrambled to get my new chalkboard, and quickly write down a response, "We're only friends."

Isabelle gave me a look like I was insane for not picking up on this, "Oh, come on. It's so obvious." I gave her a

confused look that stood for How? "It's in the way he says your name. And a man's feet always point towards what

they want, and his never left your direction."

I laughed, but of course nothing came out. I wrote, "I don't believe you. No comp. b/n O & J

"Whatever you say, Clary." She rolled her eyes and then changed the subject, "Will you come with me to the store? I

have to buy this new Mascara in the magazine." I just nodded.

We ended up at Wal-Mart, and Isabelle went straight to the cosmetics section. "Which should I get: 'Emerald Green'

or 'Royal Blue'?" I pointed to the one that looked like royal blue. I noticed Isabelle's eyes go wide at something behind me.

That's when I heard his voice, "Hey Clary, how's it going?" Suddenly I realized that he didn't know I lost my voice. I

turned around and looked him in the eyes and smiled uncomfortably.

Isabelle intercepted to save me, "Oliver, is it? Clary lost her voice, so she has to write to answer you for now."

He looked worried as he said, "How did it happen?" I took out my chalk board and wrote, "Don't know. It's like sever

laryngitis, but we don't know anything yet." I noticed his feet were pointing towards me, so I moved out of the way, but

his feet followed me.

"Hopefully your voice- " I quickly moved again, out of the line of his feet. "Clary, what are you- " Oh no he can't like

me I gotta get out of here, I thought.

"We have to go," I wrote quickly on the chalk board.

"Well, at least let me drive you home," Oliver offered.

Isabelle looked at me, concerned and apologizing, before saying, "Well, I guess that's okay. Thank you, Oliver."

The whole car ride I was thinking along the lines of, Clary, you're being ridiculous. Oliver and I are just friends.

Quit jumping at shadows.

We stopped at a red light ona corner where a lady was selling roses. She came up to the car, and to be courteous,

Oliver rolled down one of the windows so we could hear her, "Hello dear, would you like to buy a rose or two?" I

shook my head no.

"Sure, I'll get two," Oliver said, and handed a couple dollar bills to her. She handed him the roses and then offered me

one, "Here you go, Clary. One for you, and one for Isabelle." I shook my head frantically. This couldn't be happening.

"What's the matter?" he said. He looked hurt and confused; two things I never really wanted to see on his face.I took

off my seat belt and jumped out of the unmoving car, leaving Izzy behind, who was yelling my name.

I turned the corner and a man in a dark coat stopped me. "Well hello cutie, you by yourself?" He had the seductive

voice of a predator luring in prey. My gut instinct was yelling vampire. I was too terrified to write down on my board,

or even move a muscle, for that matter.

"Cat got your tongue? It's alright I like quiet ones better." He smiled, and suddenly his fangs came out, and the veins

around his eyes became darker. In a blink of an eye he attacked me and I screamed the hardest I could, hoping that

something would come out. To my great surprise, the vampire fell to the ground covering his ears. Glass was shattering

everywhere.

Out of nowhere Jace jumped into view with a stake and killed the vampire while he was down. "Clary, are you

alright?" he asked when he finished.

"Yeah," I said. Jace and I both gasped. "My voice! It's back," I exclaimed. Jace took me in his arms and kissed me.

"I missed hearing your beautiful voice," he said when our lips parted. I blushed, and he kissed me again more deeply,

so I pulled him closer.

When we finally parted for air, he said, "I was tracking down that rogue vampire, thanks."

"Uh…you're welcome?" I said uncertainly.

"How did you do that?"

"I'm… not sure. Let me try again." We walked around until we found a window that wasn't broken on the second floor

of and abandoned building.

"You better cover your ears." I said. He looked at me skeptically, with his eyebrows raised, but he did it anyways after

a moment.

I cleared my throat, inhaled, and screamed. Jace flinched a little at the sound through his hands. His eyes widened

when the window above us shattered.

I stopped screaming and he lowered his hands slowly from his ears. He continued to gaze in wonder at the frame in

which the window was a moment ago. After a moment he took my hand and said, "C'mon let's go tell the others," and

then lead me down the street into the night.

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-Vampchick09 ;)