So, I'm back with another chapter! And thank you to fanficshurt for following me! That last one was short, and weird, I know. But I promise to do better in the future! Enjoy!

After we finished our coffee, we walked back to my apartment. I live there with my mom and my Stepfather, Luke. I unlocked the door and as I started to walk in, I noticed that I didn't feel Simon's presence right behind me anymore. I whirled around, trying to see where he could have gone, but the only thing I saw was a flash of gold before things went dark.

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Clary

I felt something slip over my head. I tried to kick my offender, but they were too fast. They deflected my blow to the groin by wrapping themselves around me and restraining my arms. I heard a deep voice whisper in my ear, "Stay quiet. I'm going to let you go, but you have to promise not to scream, okay?"

I only nodded my head vigorously. When I was sure that my heart wasn't going to explode from being scared, I looked up and saw that golden boy from earlier at Java Jones. He removed his hands from my body and I felt tingling where he had touched me.

I backed up out of reach of his hands and immediately, my mind went right back to Simon. "Where is Simon?" I asked the golden boy. He only looked at me. A little louder this time, I asked again, "Where is Simon?"

This time, he answered, "You mean that boy with the rat-face?"

"Yes, and he does not have a 'rat-face'," I snapped, "So, you do know where he is, then?"

He looked around nervously. "I may have had to knock him out in order to get to you." he trailed off.

"So, where is he?" I all but yelled.

"He's outside, but I need to talk to you." he said.

"What would you want with me?"

"What would I want with you?" he sounded incredulous, "What I want is to know why you can see me. I mean, you're just a mundane!" he exclaimed.

While the boy was rambling, I slipped past him and ran out of the corridor into open air. There, I saw Simon slumped against the wall of the building. There was blood running from a small gash on the side of his head.

All I could do was scream and curse silently until I felt a pair of arms wrap around me. Golden boy was holding me and I couldn't move. He slowly let go of me and told me to look at him. "What did you do?" I asked.

"Don't worry. He'll be fine. All I did was knock him out with the hilt of my knife. He should wake up in a few minutes."

"Can you just... Leave? Please, go." I begged quietly.

"Not until I make sure I can see you again. Meet me at Taki's tomorrow, at noon."

"Fine, I'll go." I promised.

He nodded, then took off again.

How was that? I personally didn't like it all that much, but it was worth a shot, right? Let me know what you think!

~PurpleFlamesAndSevenSense