Jace didn't know what to do next. In the beginning the biggest problem was finding her, so he hadn't really planned beyond that. Now that he was standing with his girlfriend, ( well technically he hadn't officially asked her to be his girlfriend, but it seemed kind of implied now.) behind his back, facing her psychotic father and his best friend that turned out to have betrayed him, he didn't know what to do.
Jonathan was the first to speak.
" didn't think you'd show up." He smirked.
The smirking had started in seventh, when they both got into Jace's adoptive mother's science class. Since they'd both known her for almost half of their lives, they got through the year by messing around in her class. One of them would make a funny comment, or pull a small prank, and when Maryse, Jace's mom, would get angry, they'd both smirk at the exact same time, making the class laugh harder, and Maryse angrier. Needless to say, things wern't great at home that year… That's why Jace wasn't there for most of it.
After that, the smirk became a sort of habit. When Jace hung out with Jonathan years later they'd still smirk at the same time, as if it were ingrained into their minds.
It seemed ridicules now that he thought about it, but when Jonathan smirked, Jace realized Just how much his friend's betrayal really meant to him.
" Well I did." Jace replied coldly, "And now we're going to leave."
Jace grabbed Clary's hand and took a step, but stopped almost immediately after hearing a gun click.
" you're not going anywhere." Valentine said.
The gun fired, and before he could do or say anything Clary jumped in front of him pushing him back, into the wall.