Okay yo so this is chapter 6, I hope you like it. I'm sorry if this isn't as good as my other chapters, if any of you are following my other stories you would already know that I'm going through a lot of personal stuff right now okay but I tried for you guys! I just wanna say a massive thank you for all the reviews, follows and favourites! It really means a lot to me.

IM SO SORRY THAT THIS IS SO LATE!

Chapter 6

A plan and a coward.

Cpov

Clary and Simon stayed up till all hours watching marvel movies last night; they eventually fell asleep on the sofa by the end of Thor. When Clary woke up she found that she had her head on Simons shoulder and he had his head on top of hers. "Simon" No reply "Simon" Still no reply "FOR GODS SAKE SIMON, WAKE THE FUCK UP" Simon jumped up off the sofa, wide eyed, causing Clary to fall sideways. "Jesus Clary!", "well I'm sorry but you wouldn't wake up. Now go find food in the kitchen and I will get you some clean clothes" Clary instructed. Simon saluted her "yes ma'am" he said and took off for the kitchen.

By the time Clary had gone and got some of Jon's old clothes and came back downstairs Simon had pretty much devoured most of her fridge. "Oh well make your self at home why don't you" Clary said sarcastically. Simon only grinned as Clary sat down on her chair. A plan formulating in her head.

Perhaps Clary could walk to see Izzy with Simon this morning; if Jace was there then they could make it obvious that Simon spent the night, just to see if it would make him jealous. That way she could find out if he liked her too. Wait a second, she thought. Ok yeah she has a little crush on him, but she wouldn't necessarily cast that as liking him yet. When she really thought about it, did she like him? No probably not, it was probably this little lust thing going on, making her think that she has a crush on him. Maybe if she just kissed him again then the feelings would go away. All the little butterflies. They would just go and leave her in peace, instead of making her feel like she was going to throw up whenever she caught Jace staring at her. God this is so messed up, she thought. Her feelings just felt like a massive tangled knot in her stomach, they weren't going anywhere and they certainly were not going to sort themselves out.

With a sigh she pulled herself out of the chair and told Simon that she was going to get to ready. Simon had brought out her other side, that side hadn't been released for a while. After she moved homes and schools for the 6th time she was tired of being bullied, so she locked away her kind, sweet, push over self and changed. Sometimes that girl still comes out, and it looks like she was coming out again now that she had Simon. She doubted that anyone would care though. They all knew what she was like and what she could do. That guy in the parking lot on her first day was a clear enough message that she was not someone to be messed with. Her and her brother had taken self defence classes after their father and mother had divorced and their mum had one the custody battle. Valentine was not happy and their mother was convinced that he wanted to beat her and have Clary and Jonathan. She was totally paranoid and that in turn made the two siblings paranoid too. But that was 4 years ago now. Clary was 12 and Jon was 14. Nothing had happened yet, not hide nor hair of Valentine Morgenstern.

So today Clary dressed in tight black skinny jeans that had a leathery look, a vintage iron-man t-shirt and her Converse. She had done a light makeup, foundation to cover the bags under her eyes, mascara and winged eyeliner. She deemed herself cute and walked down the stairs. "Looking adorable Fray" Simon acknowledged as they walked out of the house and towards his rather old looking truck, Clary was riding with Simon today, "thanks Si" Clary said as they started the journey to school.

Jpov

Jace was standing in the parking lot of hell with Izzy waiting anxiously for Clary; he really did want to actually talk to her. Maybe he could convince them to have something like a trial run of dating. Jeez that didn't even make sense to him, how the hell was he supposed to ask Clary that!? He sighed, frustrated, ignoring the curious glances that Izzy was casting in his direction.

Jace knew that he liked Clary. He came to that conclusion last night. He had thought back to all his memories based on Clary. He was instantly drawn to her when she first walked into history class. And when she was told to sit next to him; he couldn't even hide the excitement. And then he was so annoyed at Sebastian for getting to her before he did, and after that kiss he must have liked her. He has never felt that way after being kissed before, so what other explanation was there for it. He liked Clary Fray, not lusted or had a crush on, he liked her. He loved and hated the feeling both at the same time. Now all he needed to do was talk to Clary, perhaps try and talk her into this trial dating scheme, if that's what you want to call it. He really did hope she would say yes. It may seem like a crazy idea or even a little bit stupid, but he didn't care. He just wanted to see if he could get rid of these feelings for her. He hadn't been with another girl in quite a while now; obviously it was because of Clary. He had thought about her all the time, so much so, that he didn't even make time for anyone else. Right now he was just working on Clary until these little feelings that he had for her went away he didn't want anything to do with any other girl.

But now this Stewart kid was in the picture, or was it Simon? Well now he was in the picture Jace was starting to wonder if he had a chance. Clary had surprised most people yesterday, so she was a nerdy chick at heart. He wanted to know why she never acted that way around anyone else. They had so much in common and Jace couldn't even think of one thing that he could share with Clary. Now Jace was starting to think that this was a bad idea, why did he even think this? No he couldn't do it; she would say no, shoot him down. He can't deal with the rejection, not from her.

He saw a flicker of red from the corner of his eye and turned to it. Clary was there, getting out of rat boys truck, and walking over here, linked arms. That was it. Jace turned around and walked as fast as he could into the school. He was being a coward.

Damn, how could he have been so stupid? She didn't want anything to do with him, why would she. He is a total asshole. She probably even heard about all the girls he had been with, perhaps Izzy had told her what he done to girls. All of those things made him just want to start over. Perhaps if he hadn't been such an asshole to girls all throughout high school then he would have a shot with her. But he couldn't take it back and he couldn't change, it was too late for all of that. He didn't deserve someone like her anyway. She was beautiful inside and out, sure she had a fiery temper but that only made her better, she wasn't afraid to stand up for her self yet at the same time she could be shy and insecure. No he definitely did not deserve her. He may be beautiful on the outside but on the inside he was still the scared and broken little boy that had an abusive drinking father, that saw his mother kill herself and his father die. He saw it all. Someone like him did not deserve someone like Clary, he would crush and hurt her, and he would be just like his dad. And that was the one thing that he wanted to avoid, because to love is to destroy and to be loved is to be the one destroyed.

OK my lovelies! I hope you liked the little insight into Jace's past. Wow once again I'm so sorry this is so late and it's not even that long! Next chapter I'm going to try and make longer – but surely you can understand I just haven't been feeling up to writing lately! I promise to update by the end of the day to make up for this. Next chapter we get to see if Jace talks to Clary.

- Georgia x