Isabelle's P.O.V

I'm worried for Jace.

It's been almost a month after Clary left. Everyone told us it would get better with time.

They lied.

Jace is almost never home, and whenever he is you can tell he's not doing so well, he won't eat unless we force him, he's not getting any sleep, and when he finally does he has what my mom calls 'Night Terror's'. We all are not doing good but he's the worst.

I guess you could call me and Simon an official item now. We spend almost 24 hours together unless he's with his sister. The Clary situation has made him not as alive as he used to be, like apart of him is gone. I guess it is normal he knew her the longest, but still everyone feels horrible. I can't sleep either, unless I'm with Simon, I usually spend the night at his house now.

Even Alec isn't the same, but he has no one to talk to. With Jace gone most of the time, and (He finally admitted to it) Magnus broke up with him.

I guess the short red head had an effect on all of us.

Except maybe Emily Rosewright.

Ughh, I hate her, don't know why but I do. She flirts with and bothers everyone, plus she never seems to stop smiling, and lately I've noticed her do strange things like leave at night. She's just weird.

I was in my room waiting for Simon, he was hanging out with Rebecca ( I still haven't met her but she seems alright). When I heard Jace's room open, I haven't really talked to him since the incident.

I rushed out the door and caught him walking down the hallway.

"Hey!" I called out, he kept on walking but I knew he heard me. So I did what any sane person would do,

I threw a shoe at his head.

That made him turn around.

"Isabelle what the he-."

I didn't let him finish,

"What have you been doing?!" I demanded putting my hands on my hips.

He had no answer so I walked over to him,

"This has been hard for everyone, but we haven't been acting like a child about it."

It was the first time anyone brought it up with him, everyone's logic was to not hit the sore spot, but I was never one to follow what was popular.

I could tell I hit a nerve because he looked like he was going to cry,

"You don't understand Isabelle." Was all he said,

"You don't think I do? Jace we all are going through the same thing!"

I had never seen him like this, It scared me,

"Isabelle! She was my life." He half yelled half cried.

I put my hand on his cheek,

"Then talk to one of me, Alec, anyone, don't just shut down."

Then he did a very unjace type thing, he hugged me. I didn't really know how to react I wasn't the one who was being comforted.

So we just stood there in each others embrace. I knew that, not everything was going to be perfect, but for right now it was.

...

Clary's P.O.V

It had been about 3 weeks since the kiss. And I guess you could say Jeff and I were a couple now?

Well at least Rose seemed to think so. After I told her she spent no time trying to make

us sit together, be paired together, or hang out together.

She called us her otp, whatever that means.

My parents took it ok, I mean way better then I thought they would. I thought they would freak out, I mean it's my first boyfriend for crying out loud!

But I guess it's better for them to be chill about it, then them being on my back about it 24/7.

Jeff was a pretty good boyfriend, he always let's me pick what restaurant I want, or what movie. Plus he always texts me goodnight everyday, but yet there seems to be something missing,

I always thought that when I got a boyfriend it would be different, like I would get excited when he was around, or my heart would drop to my stomach and I would get chills when I'm near him.

I felt none of those things with Jeff, even when I first met him. I guess that's just how they play it off in movies and tv.

Anyways,

Today I was at my locker when Jeff came up to me holding two tickets,

"What's this for?" I asked not looking at him,

"Oh these?"

He held up the tickets and fanned his face,

"Well Y'know how there's that winter ball coming up?"

"Yeah."

"Well, I was thinking of taking the prettiest girl in school."

I closed my locker,

"Well, good luck trying to get her to go I think she's going to stay home."

His smile fell,

"Why not?"

I sighed and stopped walking, "I don't dance."

He took my hands in his, and started to do a little step sideways number, I stopped moving after about 3 seconds,

"See can't dance."

He pecked me on the lips,

"You'll do fine."

The bell rang.

"Oh, crap I need to get to class."

Then he added,

"Can't wait to see you friday." Before rushing down the hall.

...

It was friday, and I was terrified.

I stood in my room looking at myself in the mirror.

Darcie, and Rose had come by and helped me get ready, they also had picked out my dress on so short notice,

It was a short flowly dress that came up just before my knee, with a sweet heart neck line that was white and sparkly, while the rest of the dress was a teal colour.

My hair was just in a pony tail that was curled.

Even though it was simple, I had to admit I looked pretty good.

Rose and Darcie came out of my bathroom, both in beautiful dresses themselves, Rose's a pretty pink and Darcie's burgundy. They both looked beautiful,

"Ok," Rose said clapping her hands, "Who's ready to get there prom on?"

We arrived at the prom and saw the guys, we made our way over to them. Jeff took my hand and said,

"Are you ready?"

I nodded my head, tonight for my boyfriend's sake I was going to have fun, we went inside and they had one of those tacky photo booths, I tried to ovoid it but Jeff dragged me over to it,

After I gave him a glare and we took the picture it was time to get inside.

It was packed, there were people everywhere, it was overwhelming for me, but Jeff looked like he was having the time of his life, so for him I fake smiled.

"Do, you want to dance?" He shouted over the loud music,

"No." I said bluntly, his face fell,

"But, I will for you."

He went back to smiling, "You're the best girlfriend ever!"

And he pulled me on to the dance floor.

I had to say, I actually had fun. Yeah it wasn't my cup of tea, and I can't dance, but hey I was here with my friends, and my awesome boyfriend, what's wrong with that?

We danced forever, only taking breaks to get some punch, and occasionally stopping to talk.

"This is the best night of my life." Jeff said dreamily. I smiled,

"I'm glad your having such a good time."

He smiled back, "I'm really happy your doing this for me, I know this isn't exactly what you like to do."

"Well, I'm your girlfriend I should be doing stuff like this for you."

Then he kissed me,

It was nice, long, and sweet. It was a kiss most girls got goosebumps from,

"If you two lovebirds are done making out, can we go?" A voice coming from behind Jeff said, It was Darcie.

We broke off from the kiss,

"Yeah, yeah we're coming." Jeff shouted back, he kissed my cheek and whispered,

"I'm sorry, but we will have to continue this later."

I laughed and pushed him towards the exit.

We had decided that after the dance we would all go to Rose's house and have a movie marathon (She had the biggest T.V).

We got there at about 11, and split up girls and boys, to the different rooms so we could change out of party wear to jammies.

I was in the process of taking my hair out of the ponytail when Rose asked,

"Clary, could I ask you a question if it's ok?"

I turned to face her and nodded my head,

"Where did you get those scars?"

She gestured to the intricate designs on the lower half of my arms, and hands. I self consciously tried to cover them up,

"I was in a car accident, there are more on my torso."

She did a little gasp,

"Oh, I'm sorry." She looked down, embarrassed, "I didn't know."

I took her hand,

"It's ok no one knew, I've never told anyone."

"I know it just makes me feel so inconsiderate." I half hugged her with my one arm,

"Lets get dressed and go watch some movies."

She smiled up at me,"Yeah, that sounds good."

We got dressed and got comfortable on the couch, and soon after Darcie, and the boys came out and joined us.

Andy and Darcie sat together and looked so much like a cute couple. You could really tell they were made fro each other, it made me jealous. Yeah I was dating Jeff but I don't think to other people we looked like one.

I sat beside Rose on the sectional. I still felt a little self conscious with my arms, and I didn't really want to be around with Jeff while feeling like this.

We watched tons of movies, I can't really tell you what we were watching, because I was nodding off every couple of seconds,

Finally we all fell asleep, and everything seemed peaceful,

That was until the nightmare's started.

Hey everyone,

I know this update came a little late, but I hope you like it. I hope the next one will come out sooner than this one did.

I hope you guys liked the Isabelle/Jace moment I put in there, I thought t was good to put in.

In other news I am obsessed with Let It Go by Demi Lovato (also the Idina Menzel version, I can't decide which one is better), and The Scientist by Coldplay (I like the Glee version better but that's my personal opinion :P, Which is funny because it's one of my least favorite episodes, cause it's so sad). It's like an obsession,

But you don't want to hear my ranting about good songs.

Hope you all have an awesome day, I will try to get the next update up by Tuesday the latest, I hope I can keep this promise (fingers crossed _).

Ciao,

Sarah