A/N: Another chapter. Enjoy. Oh, in the prologue, their car was hit by a semi. And then I had to redo this chapter somewhat because I messed up. What does Valentine, Luke, and Aline look like? And what color are Jace's and Clary's eyes? I can't believe I forgot that stuff, but I've been really busy and didn't pay attention to the details. And what sport should Jace and Seb play? R&R please.

Chapter Three

~Jace~

"Hey, did you hear that there is going to be two new kids in school?" my sister, Isabelle Lightwood, exclaimed, coming to stand at my door, but not entering. I did not like people in my room.

"Yeah," I answered shortly. Why was she bugging me right now? I was busy.

"Why do you have to be such an asshole?" Isabelle demanded, irritated. "I was just coming to see-"

"Isabelle," I growled. "I know about the new kids. Now go away."

"Fine," she huffed and stormed away. Her brother, Alec, quickly passed my room, following her. He gave me a disapproving shake of his head as he passed my door. I scowled; what did they know?

Making sure that the hallway was clear, I shut the door and locked it. I reached under my bed and pulled out my guitar. I strummed a few notes, waiting for inspiration to come. When none came, I sighed and placed my guitar back under my bed.

I lay down on my bed and stared up and the ceiling. Not for the first time, I thanked God that school was starting up again tomorrow and that meant that sports were starting up again.

After about 15 seconds of lying still, I got up again and started pacing. Damn it, I couldn't sit still.

Then, despite myself, I found myself wondering what the new kids would be like. Would they be weird or nerdy? Or would they be smart or athletic? I guess it'd be nice, depending on what they were like, to have two new guys in the school.

~Clary~ (the next day)

"God, god, god, god," I chanted, racing back up the stairs for the 6th time this morning. Today was Sebastian's and mine first day at Idris High. To say I was nervous would be an understatement. Would they like me? They didn't know about what had happened, so it would be better. At least, that was what mom and Seb had said. It wasn't that I didn't believe them, it was that I've only ever gone to one school before and this was new. And I knew Seb would be with me; he was always with me.

"Clary! Are you ready?" mom shouted exasperatedly.

"Yeah!" I called back, quickly grabbing my sketchbook. Gods, I can't believe I had almost forgotten that. That sketchbook was my life. I raced back downstairs and Seb, mom, and I hurried out to the car. We were already running 10 minutes late.

We arrived at school in with twenty minutes to spare. Why had we been rushing in the first place? I guess tension had been running high. Mom got Seb and I checked in, confirmed all the paperwork, and then we were off to our new classes.

Seb and I had two classes and lunch together. We only had the two classes together because Seb didn't understand math and he'd taken the same science class, since he didn't understand that either.

I was hesitant to leave Seb's side. I knew I would be alright, but Seb was usually always by me and though he was annoying and overprotective, taking care of me.

Before I could get to class, the first bell rang. Great. On my first day of class, I was late. Finally, I found my classroom and meekly entered. The teacher looked at me questioningly and said,

"Clarissa Fray, I presume?"

"Y-yes," I answered.

"Hm… not a great way to start here. Already late," the teacher sighed. He pointed to a seat next to a black-haired, skinny, shy-looking boy in the second row. Quickly, I sat down in the seat.

"I'm Simon," the brown-haired boy whispered to me as the teacher started to talk about characters and character development. Simon looked nice and trustworthy.

"I'm Clary," I told him, smiling shyly. He saw my sketchbook.

"Can I see that?" he asked hesitantly.

"Sure." I handed him my sketchbook and my smile grew. Simon also smiled. We were going to be great friends.

The bell rang about 45 minutes later and Simon and I had to part ways. Me to English and Simon to gym.

~Jace~

After the bell rang that signaled the end of first hour, I went to my locker. As expected, Isabelle and Aline were there.

"Did you see that new guy?" Aline asked Isabelle.

"Yeah," Isabelle giggled. "He is so hot!"

"I wonder if he has a girlfriend," Aline wondered. I immediately felt sorry for the poor soul. Having to deal with Aline was a nightmare. Sometimes I wondered why I bothered to put up with her. I grabbed my stuff out of my locker and headed to my second hour class- English.

~Luke~

I moved into the apartment next door to Jocelyn. She didn't know I was here yet, but she would soon. Valentine wanted Jocelyn unnerved. Sending me to be near her had been a good idea earlier. Now I wondered if it was indeed. Valentine knew best.

And Valentine knew that Jocelyn would have to suffer my presence in silence. She wouldn't say anything in front of her children. I When I had seen Clarissa and Sebastian together before they had gon to school earlier this morning, their closeness and love had been apparent. They would do anything for eachother. It would take a hurricane to pull them apart. I just hoped that the aftermath wouldn't be completely devastating.