Instinctively, Cecily bit the hand covering her mouth. Whoever was holding her let go. "Ow!" said a familiar voice. Cecily spun round to see Gabriel Lightwood nursing his hand. "Gabriel! What are you doing?" hissed Cecily. "Shush!" he said pulling her behind a tree. She was about to protest when she heard Sebastian and his mates walk by. "That is why I grabbed you!" said Gabriel when Sebastian when out of earshot. " Sebastian did not seem particularly happy and I have no doubt he would have taken it out on you if he had the chance!" said Gabriel quickly. "Thanks..." said Cecily quietly.

"Where are you heading?" asked Gabriel. "As far away from Isabelle and her shopping trip as I can get!" said Cecily truthfully. Gabriel laughed. "I was going to head down to the archery range for a practise. You're welcome to come with me, if you want." he said. "Sure. I'll come. I'm not very good at archery though..." said Cecily.

Gabriel handed Cecily a bow and some arrows from the large store at the archery range. Cecily loaded the first arrow into the bow and raised it. She pulled back the string and released. The arrow soared gracefully through the air and stuck into the blue ring on the target. "Five!" called Gabriel. Cecily shot him a puzzled look. "That's what you would have scored." he replied. He raised his bow and released the arrow. It stuck straight into the centre of the target. "Show off!" said Cecily sticking her tongue out at him before raising her bow again. Gabriel set his bow down and walked over to her. "You're holding it wrong. Hold it at shoulder height." he said adjusting her arm.

Cecily's skin tingled where Gabriel touched it and she could feel his breath on her neck. She released the arrow and it soared into the red ring. "See! Better!" said Gabriel. Cecily laughed. "I'm not a camper, you're allowed to tell me it was rubbish!" she said. "It wasn't rubbish, it was quite good actually!" said Gabriel truthfully. Cecily blushed. Gabriel fired his second arrow and it flew in next to his first one. "However, that was better" Cecily said impressed. Gabriel shrugged. "I teach archery. I'm supposed to be good at it." he said. Cecily rolled her eyes. "All you need is some practise" said Gabriel. "Well, you're the teacher. Show me!" said Cecily smiling.

Sophie took the last cookie off the tray and slid it onto a cooling rack with the others. She felt a pair of arms wrap around her. "Can I have one yet?" a voice whispered in her ear. "They're only just of the oven Gideon!" she said with a laugh and turned to face her boyfriend. "Please" he said putting on puppy dog eyes. Sophie rolled her eyes. "No" she said wrapping her arms around his neck. She kissed his lips softly. "I love you" he whispered and kissed her back.

Clary arrived back from shopping with Izzy and Maia with her arms laden with bags. They had caught a bus into the nearest town and hit the shops. It had been fun but she was tired now. She pushed open the door to room 72 and dumped the bags on the couch. "Enjoy your shopping?" asked Cecily who was curled in the armchair with a book. "It was fine. Izzy was a bit annoyed you weren't there." said Clary. "I've told Izzy, jeans and a t-shirt will always be more comfy than her fashionable clothes!" said Cecily with a shrug. Clary laughed.

Isabelle was a machine when she shopped. She would just throw clothes at you. However, they did always fit and suited Clary but none of them were the kind of clothes she would normally wear. "What are you reading?" she asked. "The Fault In Our Stars" replied Cecily. "For the twentieth time" she added. "Done anything interesting? Other than read?" asked Clary. "I did some archery earlier. Gabriel helped." said Cecily with a shrug. "Oooh!" replied Clary. "Nothing like that. Just because I am pathetic at archery!" said Cecily rolling her eyes. "Well, I'm going to the leader's lounge to meet Isabelle and Simon. Are you coming down?" asked Clary. Cecily nodded. "I've got nothing better to do" she replied.

When they reached the leader's lounge, Jordan, Maia and Simon were sitting on the floor playing a video-game and Isabelle was chatting to Tessa. Cecily curled up in an armchair and returned to her book. Clary sat with Isabelle and Tessa. "Hey" said Tessa as she sat down. "How was arts and crafts today?" she asked. Clary shrugged. "Messy" she said. "Magnus?" asked Izzy. Clary nodded. Isabelle and Tessa laughed. "Definitely no glitter tomorrow!" said Clary smiling.

Jace stormed into the room and flopped back onto a couch. "What's up?" asked Cecily putting down her book. "That girl is so stupid!" said Jace annoyed. "Kaelie?" asked Izzy. Jace nodded. "She's giving me into trouble for spending more time with Will and Cecily than her!" said Jace annoyed "For goodness sake, we're family! What does she expect me to say? 'Yes Kaelie, it's incest. I'm in love with Cecily and me and Will are going on a date tomorrow!'?"

"That was the wrong moment to enter a conversation..." said Will from the doorway. The group laughed. "Kaelie is being annoying" explained Jace. Will nodded as he walked in with Jem. "She says Cecily is jealous of her and trying to get in the way of our relationship!" said Jace. He turned to Cecily. "You're not jealous, are you?" he asked. "Kaelie doesn't have anything to be jealous of. Unless you're jealous of stupidity and a lack of general sporting ability" said Cecily with a shrug. Jace sighed and ruffled her hair affectionately.

"Well, I have something to cheer everyone up!" said Sophie walking in with Gideon. She placed a plate of cookies on the table. Everyone dived for one immediately.

Twenty minutes later, Clary was sat on the lawn on her phone. "No mum, it's nice here. I like it!" she said. "Yes, I've found some friends. My roommate is nice. No, no trouble yet. Arts and Crafts is good. Ok, I'll call you again sometime. Bye." She sighed. "You ok?" said a voice from behind her. Jace appeared and sat on the grass next to her. She nodded. "My mum just called, that's all" she said "Are you ok?"

"Well, my girlfriend thinks that my cousins are a pain and we're arguing constantly but other than that I'm just great!" said Jace sarcastically. Clary gave him a sympathetic smile. "Fancy a walk?" he asked. "Where to?" asked Clary. "Have you seen the lake yet?" asked Jace. Clary shook her head. "Great. I'll show you the lake then." said Jace standing up.

The sun was just setting as they reached the lake. "So they do watersports here right?" asked Clary. Jace nodded. "Yep. Will and Jem lead it." he said. "How many sports does your family do?" asked Clary. Jace laughed. "Lots. I don't know how many exactly..." he said. Clary laughed. "Do you live with Will and Cecily?" she asked. "Yeah. My parents split up when I was 7, so I moved in with Will and Cecily." said Jace. "I'm sorry" said Clary quietly. "It's fine. I still see them, but I like living with Will and Cecy." he said with a shrug. The light was fading fast as they walked round the lake. "We had better head back." said Jace. Clary nodded. She had been quite enjoying walking with Jace.

"If it's ok I'll walk you back to your room, I need to steal some books back from Cecily." said Jace as they climbed the stairs. "Are you all bookworms?" asked Clary. "Yeah" Jace admitted "But Cecily the most. She will read anything that stays still long enough." Clary laughed. "I can tell" she said. She unlocked the door and her and Jace walked in. Cecily was fast asleep in the armchair, her book lying on the floor next to her. Jace chucked a blanket over her before crossing to the shelf and picking up a book. "Thanks for the walk Clary. It was nice to take my mind off Kaelie." he said with a smile. "It's fine. It was nice to see the lake." she replied. "Maybe we could do it again sometime?" asked Jace. "Sure" said Clary smiling as he left the room.

Clary lay awake in bed that night. Jace was nice. Really nice. Part of her felt guilty, he had a girlfriend. But they were always arguing and Jace seemed to have enjoyed hanging about with her. She couldn't really believe herself. Had she really fallen for Jace Herondale?

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So Clary is starting to have feelings for Jace but he still has a girlfriend. What will happen?

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