A short pixie with ice blue hair and irish green eyes opened the door took the invitation and showed them in. The DJ was un the corner, in the middle if the room were hundreds of dancers. Every type of down worlder was there from the fey, vampires, werewolves. You name it they were there. Maira a werewolf from her Luke's pack was there and Wes went off to dance with her laughing as he went.

"Are you going to dance?" Tom asked Clary leaning down to her ear.

"Maybe are you?" Clary asked knowing that Tom usually did not dance at all.

In answer to her question Tom turned to Izzy and put his hand out to her. Izzy took his hand and they were off. Alec was already gone Clary never saw him leave. Jace was in the crowd with a light haired beauty. All of a sudden she saw Kyle another werewolf and he came in and pulled her onto the dance floor. Clary danced forever with Kyle then a vampire who was rather hands on during the dance. She took a break to catch her breath.

She was leaning against a back wall when Jace walked up to Clary as a slow song started.

"I think this is my dance now," Jace said from behind Clary he came up to her and grabbed her hand. As soon as he touched her she felt like electricity coming off of her. The DJ announced something but she was not paying attention. She felt like she was alone in a room,on a dance floor with this gorgous guy who called her beautiful.

They started dancing Jace pulled her close to him placing his hands on her hips. She brought her hands up and placed them around his neck playing with his hair.

"Are you having fun?" Jace asked

Clartly looked up at him feeling the need to be honest with him.

"At first no, but now with you, yes. I like your hair it is very soft to tough. Maybe one day I will have you show me your secrets." Jace stopped swaying to the music looked down at her with dark eyes grabbed her and yanked her off the dance floor. Dragging her to a short empty hallway. He pushed her up against the wall, she was breathing hard now. She knew what he wanted and she was craving it too. He made a move to kiss her but instead leaned back and pulled her up the wall wrapping her legs around him. She wound her arms around his neck and pulled him to her.

"Clary." He whispered against her mouth and then began kissing her. She had never felt this, like she was flying. She never wanted to stop, Jace kept his hands on her, touching her making her moan.

Clary found the buttons up his shirt and undid a few wanting to touch him. Jace had upzipped the front of her shirt and was kissing down her chest. She felt goosebumps all over. She heard something from the otherside of the wall but was too involved in the moment to care. Then she heard it again, louder and reluctantly Jace stopped.

'Hello Clary I see you are having a little randevue outside my bedroom."

Looking over Clary saw a tall man in a black mask with a fake sword. Detangling herself from Jace she asked, "who are you?"

"I am the host Magnus Bane. Oh wait you meant the costume. I am Zorro the gay blade. Play on words 'cuz I'm bisexual.

"Too much info Magnus.." stated Alec coming out of the bedroom wearing the same glitter lip gloss as Magnus.

"So you guys are dating?" Clary asked.

Clary was in a haze of kissing, now she was blown away to learn that Alec was gay and dating Magnus a warlock.

"Hopefully you can keep a secret. I have not told the parents yet."

Clary noticed that Jace was not in shock at all almost acting like it was old news.

"I can, keep a secret but not from my brothers. They will not care. I can tell you that this is not a big deal."

"Well we will leave you both to do..." Magnus voice trailed off as he and Alec left.

Jace put an arm around her, she put her arm around his waste.

"Sorry if this shocked you. I... well I never do this." Jace said zipping up her shirt.

"Neither do I, but I liked it. You kissing me. Me touching your hair, the feel of your skin under my hands." Clary raised her hands to his chest again rubbing them over his exposed skin.

"Don't." Jace said in a harsh voice. Pulling her hands away from him.

"Why? Did I do something wrong?' Clary asked she had never done something like this, never exposed herself like this.

"You did nothing wrong, but I was carried away. I should never have done this with you. Never in a million years.." He said buttoning up his shift and righting himself.

"You regret this? What we did?" The hurt was there in her voice, it broke with emotion.

"Yes." Was his only reply. He was looking down at the ground not at her."Jace?" She asked in a quiet voice. He looked at her and that is when all oh her emotion came out all the hurt was on the surface for him to see. She slapped him sending him back against the wall.

She walked away finding a room with an unlocked door.

She closed the door waited for the tears to stop coming. Went to a mirror checked herself and left the room.

The music had stopped and so Clary figured the party was over. She walked into the dancefloor room. Wes and Tom were there both in an angry pose. Jace and Alec were as well. Something had happened. Wait where was Isabelle?

"What happened?" Clary asked looking at her brothers. She could not look at Jace, not yet.

"Where were you? Never mind some vampire took Izzy." Tom said starting to pace back and forth.

"Why?" Clary asked.

"Because she danced with me most of the night. You know the whole your dad is a pack leader thing. Vamps hate our dad. We thought they had you too."

"You know where they have her?"

"Yes." Wes said. The room was pretty empty so Clary knew her next move.

Clary pulled out her stele from her belt and walked to an empty wall. She put a rune on it. Stood back waited for the portal to appear. She walked throw the portal coming back with the weapons bag.

"Oh my God!" Alec said him and Jace stood opened mouthed in shock at what she had done. Magnus was not as impressed and said "make sure to close it." Clary did and put her stele back up.

"Has anyone been to this place before?" Magnus knodded that he had been there.

"Can I touch you while I make my portal to the den. Who is there leader by the way?"

Magnus walked to Clary and she touched his arm, drew the portal and stepped back.

"Michael he is a red haired tall irish looking guy."

"I'll go first then you all follow."

Clary gathered all of her weapons and walked throw the portal.

The boys all followed.

"Tom?" She asked when they all got throw the portal.

"We go in, you get Isabelle he said pointing to Wes. We are all there to make it happen. You all understand. Clary will make a portal back to the Institute and we leave."

"Wait why don't we get a say in this? Alec questioned.

"Do you have a better plan?" Tom asked. Alec shook his head.

They all towards the abandoned warehouse. Clary had pulled out two blades. The main door was open so she knew they were expected.

They walked in all armed and ready.

The main room was dark, with one lone candle lite in the middle of the room. Izzy was unconscious in a chair by it. Behind her you could make out vampires in the shadows.

Clary summoned her blades as everyone else did.

"Michael!" Tom called out.

"Welcome children of Greymark." Came from the shadows with a sneer.

"What do you want?" Tom asked. His voice vibrated off the walls.

"Revenge!" Michael yelled out and all of a sudden the whole den came out running at them.

Clary ran into the crowd. She heard Wes yell out "damn it!"

She took out a dagger a tossed it at an oncomping vamp. He went down she kicked a few out of her way making it to Izzy. She got to a wall made a rune to the Institute and pushed Izzy in the chair to it. She was safe.

"Good you saved your friend now you are in harms way." Came the voice of Michael from behind her. She turned on him. Pulling her whip off her leg.

The whip was long.

"So you think to beat me with a whip. Very clever child of Valentine."

Clary gave a harsh laugh, "No I am not going to beat you. That is to predictable." She said running straight at him. She swung her whip out wrapping it around him as she was closer to him, but as it wrapped around him she yelled out, "Barb!" And barb wire came out of the whip.

"As I said I will not whip you but the barb wire is made of holy silver. It will eat away at you with every struggle." She said and tightened her hold on him.

"Stop!" Or Michael will see hell in person shortly!" Slowly all the vampires stopped their attack. Backing away with open hostility.

Clary noticed a growl from the door. Alec got an arrow ready to fire at whatever it was .

"No !" Wes said coming over.

Allerick their dad's general of his pack came out of the shadows. Tom went over and reported everything that had happened and more werewolves came in one standing protectively by Clary.

"I know Maira. Thank you by the way. You and Kyle are great." The wolf looked at her and gave a nod then went back to looking fiercely around the room.

"We will take it from here. The clav needs notification of this incident. I will call your father and let him take over from there. We will keep Michael in custody until the clave sends someone for him. Clary you can let him go Maira will hold onto him."

Clary let him go recalling her whip. Maira took him by the back of the neck and carried the vampire off, Michael was screaming the whole way.

They portaled to the Institute outside the warehouse. Hodge had found Izzy. She had a bump to the head but otherwise was in good spirits. Alec was glued to her side and so Clary left knowing she would be well by tomorrow.

Clary asked Hodge if they had an atrium or green house. He directed her to it. She found that it was beautiful covered in trees and plants and smelled like a meadow in springtime. In short it was like a piece of heaven.

"Hey Pix I knew you would be here. After a night like tonight I knew you would want to find a place like this."

"Yeah I needed to clear my head I guess. You looking for me?" She asked sitting down on a path of grass and he followed sitting across from her.

"We need to talk. I saw you leave with him. I saw your eyes when you returned after they took Izz. I know something happened inbetween."

Clary looked at him her eyes started to shine with unshed tears.

" It was all my fault. I kissed him. I thought he felt the same, but I was wrong. The fault is mine not his. My mistake is I never hold back I just am too damn open, no mystery."

"I will not jugde you. I have had those minutes with...someone. In those times emotion comes second to what your body wants. At least with boys it does. With girls, I have no clue." Tom offered. Clary lay on the grass streching out.

"I have never felt this way. I have never let myself feel like I do when I look at him. You know I am viewed with fear because of Valentine. I guess I thought maybe this guy did not care and was willing to just give me a chance."

"You will find that guy one day and when you do he is lucky to have you." Tom said leaning over her giving her a wet brotherly kiss on the check.

"Night." Tom called out leaving her to herself. She was wearing a blue pair of pajama pants and a white cami.

"So are you a goddess of nature." Jace asked sitting down where Tom had been. Clary jumped up, anger radiating off of her.

"I don't feel like playing right now Jace." Clary said through gritted teeth.

"Clary I came to apologize. To try to start over, you know clean slate." He was still sitting looking at her with a fake smile.

"Jace fine. Just leave now. I really do not want to be with you."

"Clary it was just a few kisses no big deal." He said his anger coming to the surface.

"To you. Not to me. To me it was more to you it was another night, just another girl."

Jace face became a mass of anger. "You think that of me? Clary tried to walk past him but he would not let her leave.

"Clary talk to me. Please." Jace said hugging her.

"I thought you had feelings for me, thought I was more than a moment to you. I am sorry." She was defeated. Tonight for her had sucked.

"Oh hell Clary." He said and he grabbed her face with his hands pulling her to him. He kissed her lightly but she could not continue the kiss.

Clary pulled away suddenly. "Why are you kissing me? I thought it was a mistake?" Clary pulled out of his arms backing out of his reach.

"I never said it wasn't. I never said that it was not fun though." He said with a smirk.

"I cannot believe it. You are an asshole. Just leave me alone. No clean slate needed just stay away from me and I will do the same. "

Clary stormed off, leaving him there.