A/N: Okay, finally a new chapter… I pulled a couple of allnighters doing schoolwork and in the rush and tiredness…. I forgot to do this, so this chapter is kinda longer.

Chapter Five

~Clary~

"Clary?" I heard Seb say as he came up behind Jace. Jace turned around and looked at Seb, probably wondering who he was.

"Hey, Seb. Uhm… this is Jace. Jace, this is my brother, Sebastian," I introduced them to each other. Jace seemed relieved for some reason as he held out his hand for Sebastian to shake. I glared at Seb until he shook Jace's hand.

"Nice to meet you," Jace said.

"Yeah. You too," Sebastian responded.

"As I was just asking Clary, do you both want to sit with me and my group at Lunch?" Jace asked.

"Is Isabelle going to be there?" I asked.

"Yeah," he answered.

"I might sit there. I don't really know what my plans are," I finally answered, not looking at Seb. He was probably worried that I was talking to someone.

"Clary," Seb implored. "We have to go."

"I know. In a sec," I told him.

"I'll wait for you," Jace said. He gave me a small smile, which I returned and then we both walked away.

"How do you know him?" Seb demanded. I rolled my eyes.

"I sat next to him last hour."

"And he seems alright?"

"Yes, Seb."

"Do you make any more friends?"

"Yes, Seb."

"Because I'm still not sure if-"

"Sebastian!" I snapped. He looked contrite immediately. "Look," I said, calming down a little. "I know that this is different, but you have to trust me. Okay?"

"Yeah. But you're my baby sister and I have to take care of you." I scowled at him as he messed up my hair. We walked into science class and sat down next to each other. Kids were looking at us and then another guy walked in. Seb waved to him and they started talking as the guy sat down next to Seb. I sighed and then the bell rang. Just as it rang, Simon walked in.

"Hey," he said as he sat down next to me.

"What's up?" I asked. Strangely, the teacher wasn't here yet.

"Nothing much," he answered with a shrug. "You wanna sit with me at lunch today?"

"When do you have lunch?"

"In two periods."

"I can't then. I have lunch next period." He looked disappointed and he opened his mouth to say something but just then the teacher walked in.

The teacher immediately headed over to the desk. He set his stuff down and picked up a piece of chalk, writing something on the board. As he did so, I studied him. Something about him was so familiar.

He had white-blonde hair and he was pretty tall. But what was very strange was his eyes. When he'd walked in, I'd caught a glimpse of them. They had been almost black. It was very creepy. Then he turned around.

"Hello, class. I am your new teacher. I am Mr. Morgenstern."

"Today," he continued. "We are going to learn about genetics. What do you know about genetics? Hmm…" he looked at a clipboard. "Clarissa Fray? Can you answer my question?"

"Uhm…" I hesitated. "Genetics control what we look like and uhm… DNA is a part of genetics."

"Very good," Mr. Morgenstern said. "And what is DNA, Raphael?"

"Deoxyribose nucleic acid," the kid sitting next to Sebastian answered quickly.

"Very good," Mr. Morgenstern repeated. "Very good." The rest of the lesson continued in such a fashion; Mr. Morgenstern asking questions and then choosing random students to answer, which they did. I zoned out slowly and started drawing on the paper I had in front of me.

"Well, well, well…" a voice said suddenly in front of me. Mr. Morgenstern's hand snatched my drawing away from me. He looked at my drawing for a second then handed it back to me without a word. I looked at my drawing as Mr. Morgenstern went back to teaching. I had drawn a picture of Mr. Morgenstern, but he looked so evil and he had horns like what the devil had in most depictions.

~Valentine~

It had been the perfect idea. I wanted to get to know my children better; learn more about them than what I read, and learn what bound Sebastian and Clarissa together. What better way to do so than to go to their school? The science teacher that Sebastian and Clarissa had been assigned resigned and I was conveniently there.

But Clarissa had surprised me. I knew that she was a really good artist… but she was really good. And observant. A useful talent if she decided to do the right thing. She would come with me. She and Sebastian. But just how to get them to me… that's what I was going to figure out. No doubt about it, it would be hard, because in some ways they were a lot like me, but I was better. I would break them and tear them apart. And they would come running to me.

~Luke~

"You can't avoid me, Jocelyn," I called as I knocked on her apartment door for the 8th time. This time she didn't ignore me and Jocelyn wrenched the door open.

"What do you want, Lucian?" she demanded. Okay… what had Valentine told me to do? Okay, I had to taunt her, tell her I was going to talk to her kids, confuse her. Yeah. Easy.

"That's for me to know and you to find out," I mocked her.

"Just go away!"

"I don't think so… I want to meet your kids. See how like their parents they are."

"You leave my kids alone."

"We'll see…" I left her and walked away. That was way harder than I expected. Maybe I should tell Valentine that I wasn't cut out for this. Seeing Jocelyn had brought back so many old feelings. If I wasn't careful, she could worm her way back into my heart. Then she'd take me away from Valentine. No! I told myself. I would NEVER abandon him, ever. No woman would ever make me do that.

~Jace~

I spent my entire 3rd hour class thinking about Clary. Something about her struck a chord in me. Which was bad. Which meant that she could get close to me. I've spent all these years alone, and I did not need anyone.

Even Clary… with her striking, enchanting green eyes, her vibrant red hair, her beautiful smile, her- Snap out of it, Wayland, I snapped at myself. God, you're pathetic! You don't need anyone, remember? Then why was I excited for lunch and why did I want to see her so badly?