Clary sighed as she pushed open the door to the camp cafeteria. Arts and Crafts was even more hectic than last year. Magnus had given the classroom a makeover within the first 15 minutes and she had spent ages scrubbing both children and equipment. Food sounded good right now.

She grabbed a plate of whatever was going, some chicken thing in breadcrumbs with potato wedges by the look of it, and joined the rest of her friends at a table. Jace kissed her cheek softly as she sat down at the table. "Tired?" asked Magnus from across the table. Clary nodded. "Exhausted" she confirmed.

"How were your classes?" she asked the group. "Same old. Kids refusing to listen, poking each other in the stomach with foils. Fencing doesn't really change." said Cecily rolling her eyes. "A few good Basketball players this year." said Jace simply. "Archery is archery, can't really say much" said Gabriel with a shrug. "No one has burned a finger on an oven yet, which is always a good sign" said Tessa as Sophie nodded in agreement. Jordan shrugged. "All they do is climb up a wall." he said and Maia hit his shoulder and whispered something about not offending the children.

"Well watersports was absolutely amazing" said Will sitting down next to Tessa. Clary could see both Will and Jem still had wet hair from the lake as they sat down. "It was fine" said Jem rolling his eyes. "Will is just happy that his team won the game." Will scoffed. "We thrashed your team!" he said proudly. Jem kicked him under the table.

Alec, Isabelle, Simon and Gideon took the last few seats at the table as they arrived back from seating their groups for dinner. Jace and Alec immediately began talking away to each other about the groups. Clary smiled as Izzy sat down next to her. "How's your group?" asked Clary. "Screaming, stubborn, annoying and out to get me." said Isabelle with a sigh. "So essentially, just normal" said Clary grinning. "Basically" said Izzy digging into her food.

"Listen, seeing as we have the evening off, why don't we head down to the lawn for a bit after dinner? It's warm, there is still some sun and we can just chill out and chat for a while." said Will from the other end of the table. Jace nodded. "Sounds good" said Tessa squeezing Will's hand. There were murmurs of agreement throughout the group.

The grass was soft as Clary lay back next to Jace. Dinner had ended and the campers had been sent off, so the group had headed down to the lawn. Even though it was nearly sunset, the air was still pleasantly warm. Clary could see Simon and Izzy beside Magnus and Alec, both couples chatting quietly and Tessa, Jem, Gideon, Sophie and Gabriel were playing cards. Maia was tracing patterns across Jordan's chest and Will and Cecily, foreheads together, whispering together.

"Are they like psychic are something?" said Clary to Jace as they lay hand in hand. Jace laughed. "Well when they can read the other one like a book, what's the difference?" he said. "Can you? I mean, can you read them?" asked Clary. "Sometimes, but they are better at it than I am. Will can be very predictable but Cecily, she's difficult." Clary laughed. "What?" asked Jace frowning. "Well, if I had a brother like Will, who would kill anyone who touched me, I would want to be able to keep things to myself." explained Clary. Jace nodded. "I guess. But, it's only rarely we have to try and work out what the other one's thinking, most of the time, we just tell each other" said Jace wrapping an arm around Clary, pulling her tighter.

Clary, who had never had any siblings, had always relied on her mum and Luke to talk to. Jace, who's parents had split up leaving him with his cousins, had always had people his own age to talk to. She studied his face intently. Although his features were angular, his face was soft. Although she knew that he tensed all over when angry or scared. His eyes were bright and energetic, but peaceful and relaxed.

"You're staring at me" said Jace suspiciously. "Sorry, it was nothing." said Clary blushing and hiding her face in his chest. Jace laughed and kissed the top of her head gently. "I never said there was anything wrong with it" he said. Clary rolled her eyes and looked up. He was smiling slightly and looked at her affectionately, the way he did with Cecily and Will. For most people, that would be a bad thing, to be looked at like family, but for Jace, this was something special.

"I love you" he whispered kissing her softly. She kissed him back pulling him closer until there was no space between them.

"And what are you doing out here?" said an unfamiliar voice. Clary and Jace broke off abruptly and looked up. Clary recognised the voice as coming from the man she had seen Robert and Maryse talking to at the bonfire. "We have the evening off" said Will. There was no emotion in his voice, but she could tell he was holding back. "Robert and Maryse are giving leaders time off when you could be working, I see." said the man. "We've all had a busy day. We deserve some breaks." said Cecily coldly. The man raised his eyebrows. "Is that so?" he said.

"Excuse me, if you don't mind me asking, who are you?" said Jace suspiciously. "Of course I don't mind. My name is Valentine Morgenstern and I as of tomorrow, I will be in charge of this camp." said the man with a sly smile.

Hey there wonderful people!

So Valentine has taken over the holiday camp. But what does it mean for the camp?

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