A/N: Hey guys, here is the third chapter of the vocab stories! Again, the 10 vocab words are underlined and their meanings are given at the bottom. Don't forget to review!

Disclaimer: Cassandra Clare owns the Mortal Instruments series, the ideas, and the characters. I only own the actions and words that were not explicitly described in the books.

The Isabelle Special

Danger lurks everywhere, even in the kitchen.

"Prepare for the Isabelle Special!" Isabelle announced, sweeping her ink-black hair behind her as she added potato chips to the pot of soup.

Jace, sitting at the kitchen table, eyed the pot that was sitting with false innocence on the stove with a wary expression. "Do we have to eat that?"

"Yes." Isabelle dumped a cup of grape juice into the pot, prodding gingerly with a spoon at some of the lumps inside.

"I thought we weren't supposed to have to fight for our lives in the kitchen?"

"Ha. Very funny. You know, Jace," Isabelle turned around to brandish the stirring spoon at him threateningly, not noticing the flecks of avocado that flew across the room at her action, "if you don't like my cooking -"

"I don't –" interjected Jace, flinching away from the avocado bits.

"- then you can go cook your own lunch. This recipe, I'll have you know, is legendary for being extremely savory. You just add the ingredients, and let it simmer. Meliorn told me that it's delicious," Isabelle advertised, as if her faerie knight and (current) boyfriend's word was ironclad fact.

"Let's not jump to conclusions," Jace said in a logical manner. "From the pungent smell of this soup, I'm guessing that garlic is in there?"

"Yes," Isabelle replied, turning back to her soup.

"Oh, dear. What else did you put in?"

"Well, there's also avocado, eggs, squid, cucumber, potato chips, soy milk, grape juice, and ketchup. It's going to be a very good soup," Isabelle said defensively. "Hey, Clary," she added, seeing Clary walk into the kitchen.

"In soup?!" Clary questioned, aghast. "You put ketchup in soup? By the Angel -"

"And potato chips," Jace added helpfully. "Let's not forget the potato chips. Another excellent addition to this culinary delight."

"Yes, thank you, Jace," Isabelle said snippily, stirring the discolored water fiercely. Jace waved a hand airily, as if to say 'You're welcome', which Isabelle ignored. "Anyways, Clary, it's a faerie recipe."

Clary nodded skeptically and backed out of the room, no doubt planning to find a meal for herself somewhere else. Jace, wanting to torture Isabelle some more, stayed, pouring himself a cup of mango juice.

"Isabelle, while I have absolutely no doubt that an extremely ravenous individual would probably happily devour this soup –" He took a quaff of mango juice, sighing loudly in satisfaction. "- I, for one, do not want to try even a morsel of that vile concoction."

Isabelle hurled a butter knife at him, fed up. Jace dodged the cutlery easily, and it stuck, quivering, in the door just as Alec came in, asking "Is lunch ready ye-"

His eyes widened, taking in the scene. Jace was sipping nonchalantly at his glass of mango juice, Isabelle was clutching another knife as she prepared to launch it at Jace, and the pot was bubbling over, spilling avocado-potato chip-ketchup soup on the ground.

Alec yanked the butter knife out of the door. "Good God, I thought Jace was cooking today," he said, obviously horrified.

Isabelle flung the knife at him, too, and he ducked as the knife hit the door and clattered noisily to the kitchen floor. Just then, Clary opened the door, clutching a Taki's take-out bag. "I got lunch," she announced, then stopped as she noticed Isabelle's feral expression, Jace's bland, disinterested look, and Alec's hasty crouch on the ground.

"Did I come at a bad time?" she asked mildly.

The words and their meanings:

Bland (adj) - calming or soothing; dull or plain

Culinary (adj) - related to cooking, or kitchens

Cutlery(n) - utensils; cutting instruments

Devour (v) - to consume greedily, enthusiastically

Morsel (n) - a very small piece; treat

Pungent (adj) - strong; sharp; penetrating (especially taste or smell)

Quaff (v) - to drink heartily

Ravenous (adj) - extremely hungry

Savory (adj) - appetizing; flavorful; spicy or salty (not sweet)

Simmer (v) - to cook just below a boil; filled with unexpressed emotion

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