Hey guys! I'm so sorry it took me so long to review! (it seems that way anyway) :) So I was really debating on how to write this chapter. You guys gave me some really good ideas, though, and sparked some creativity from me! Well, enough of my babbling. Enjoy this chapter!

CPOV

Clary groaned, and stretched her arms in front of her, hitting someone else. Blearily, she opened her eyes and the whole night coming crashing down on her. She'd slept with Jace. She'd cheated on her fiancee. Oh crap.

"Hey," She said sleepily.

He rolled over, so that he was on his side and touched her face with the back of his hand. "Hey."

They looked at each other for a moment, before Jace finally said, "Do you want to talk about it?"

Clary thought. She definitely didn't want to talk about anything until she had coffee inside her. "Later," She said, covering his hand with her own.

They then got ready for the day. Once they sat down, drinking their coffee, Clary finally decided it was time to talk about it.

"So," She started, "about last night.."

Jace straightened, and looked her in the eye. "I don't regret it, Clary. Not one bit."

"I don't either," She said, surprising herself.

"What are you going to do about--"

"Sebastian?" Clary asked.

"Yeah," Jace said, still staring at her intensely.

"I'll tell him the truth," She said, shrugging, "what else is there to do?"

He rubbed his eyes, "When are you planning on telling him?"

She felt instantly tired, "I don't know, Jace. He's going to be so angry with me, especially since I'll have to call off the wedding, the invitations were already sent out, everything. I'm going to completely crush him. I don't know how to handle that."

"Maybe," Jace started, "if he loved you enough, he would let you go. It's what I had to do."

Clary blinked, ungrateful for the reminder. "I hate thinking about that time, Jace."

His eyes suddenly blazed, "So why did you do it, Clary? We could have still been together even though you had to move away. There's phones, computers--"

"You don't think I know that? But how many of those long distance relationships actually last?" She said with sudden anger.

"The ones that don't last," Jace said angrily, "are the ones that are not strong enough. we could have been strong enough, Clary. If you would have given us the chance."

"You don't think I regretted it?" She said when the tears started to form, "I regretted it every day. Every day, Jace."

"So why did you go off dating Sebastian? Hell, Clary. Why did you have to go get engaged to him?"

She took a deep breath, "He understands me, Jace."

He looked taken aback by this, "And I don't?"

"No you do," Clary said, "It's just, it seems like we're fighting all the time. I never fight with Sebastian. I mean, I love him."

"We just slept together," Jace said calmly, which scared her. When Jace was this calm, it was when he was the angriest. "And you still love him."

She felt like she wanted to bang her head against a wall. "Yes, I mean--"

"Don't explain any further, Clary." Jace said while getting up, "I can see I still mean nothing to you."

She stood up too, outraged. "Jace Lightwood, you could never mean nothing to me!"

"No," He said, "but you're still in love with him for some goddamn reason, and I can't be with you when you're still in love with him, Clary!"

"Do you think it's easy for me, Jace?"

He opened the door. "I think it's extremely easy for you. A lot easier than the rest of us."

He walked out, slamming the door behind him. Clary bit her lip, and felt the tears slowly moving down her cheek. How had her perfect night with Jace gone so horribly wrong? It just didn't make sense. She got her stuff, and hurried out the door and went to Central Park, to Turtle Pond. This had been a favorite place of Jace and Clary's. She sat there thinking over her feelings. What did she feel? She asked herself. Regret, pain, worry, guilt. All of these emotions popped into her head, but there was one she was feeling above all others. Love. She knew she was in love with Jace. At least she thought she was. She also knew she was in love with Sebastian, too. But was it enough to overpower her love for Jace? She shook her head, and headed home.

When she opened the door, she was met to deal with a very angry looking Sebastian.

"Did you not get my text?" He said angrily.

Clary shook her head, confused. She looked through her bag until she found her phone, and opened it. Twenty unread texts from Isabelle, and three from Sebastian.

"Sorry," she finally mustered, "my phone was off, I guess."

He shook his head, looking even angrier. "You can't just go off to his house to spend the night, Clary!"

Even though she knew he was perfectly right, this angered her. "Why not, Sebastian? Jace is a friend! You don't own me!"

"You are about to be my wife. Of course I own you." He stated this as if it were a simple fact.

"What are we in the 1800's, Sebastian?"

"Stop being such a bitch, Clary." He stared at her coldly.

A hot blush crept up into Clary's cheeks. "Do not ever call me a bitch. I am not your property, Sebastian."

His face looked suddenly repentant. "I'm sorry, Clary. I just get worried."

"I can take care of myself. I'm a big girl now," She said, smiling wryly. "there's actually something I needed to tell you--"

"Wait," He suddenly cut her off. "Isabelle is having some sort of party today. You're coming, right?"

She felt her mind suddenly clear. Isabelle was having a party, which meant Jace might very likely be there. "Uh, yeah sure. I just need to get showered and changed."

JPOV

Jace sat there at Turtle Pond, feeling like an idiot. He couldn't believe Clary went back to Sebastian, just like that. It was incomprehensible. He thought that maybe she really did love him, after last night. It had been so perfect--

And this morning had been a nightmare.

He'd pushed her away, when he should be fighting for her, now more than ever. God, he knew he loved her. He loved her so much. If he ever lost her again, he didn't know what he would do. Jace had thought he was finally getting over her, but then she had come right back into his life, picking viciously at the old wounds she had created. Sure, it had been nice to see her at first. But now, that the shock from seeing her again after five years had worn off, and she had left him again--

No, he thought. He would not think of that right now. You're Jace Lightwood. How does she affect you so much? He thought to himself. Maybe because you're in love with her. That little voice in his mind said again.

"Thank you, Captain Obvious." He muttered to himself. But soon he couldn't stop himself. He started imagining himself and Clary. Clary, with her beautiful red hair piled on top of her head, in a white wedding gown, walking towards him not Sebastian. Clary, holding a little blond girl with her beautiful green eyes. The images came faster and faster, and Jace couldn't stop them. He now knew what he had to do. He got up, and went to go get ready for Isabelle's party.

One hour later, he was freshly showered and ready. He headed in the direction of Isabelle's apartment. When he got there, he looked around, disappointed that Clary wasn't there yet. Isabelle's apartment was pretty big, as far as New York apartments usually were. It was more like a luxurious condo. Jace went to the upstairs bathroom, expecting to find it empty. Instead, he found himself staring into Clary's green eyes.

"I--I--um I'm--" She stammered, while her cheeks slowly blushed.

"No problem," Jace said smoothly. Although Clary's presence affected him greatly, he wasn't going to show it. "Stalking me again?"

She chuckled. "Oh yeah."

"Listen, Clary," He started nervously, "what I said today, I didn't mean any of it."

She looked up into his eyes. "You have every right to say those things to me, Jace."

"No, I don't," He moved closer to her.

"You do," She said, backing up against the sink, closing her eyes, "I've been such a bitch to you. To everyone, actually."

"Clary," He whispered. They were so close, even their knees touching. "you could never be like that, no matter how hard you tried."

She opened her eyes again, and touched his face lightly, and sighed. "We--we shouldn't be--we shouldn't be doing this."

"I know," Jace said, before his lips came down and silenced hers.

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