Clary blinked. She looked up cautiously. Kaelie's hand was hovering centimetres from her face, clamped in place by another hand. Clary looked to see Cecily, looking unimpressed. "Problem Kaelie?" she said bitterly. Kaelie's face turned to an angry snarl. "Butt out Herondale! This has nothing to do with you!" she said angrily.

"No but it has everything to do with me!" called Jace appearing in the doorway. Clary breathed a sigh of relief. "Jacey! Perfect timing! Maybe we can end this charade right now. Just tell Clary that she's your rebound and not to get too attached because we'll be back together soon!" said Kaelie smirking. "Erm, actually I don't think I will tell Clary that!" said Jace walking over to them. Kaelie looked a little shocked but regained her composure quickly. "Jacey baby, let's just end this now. We both know that we are in love. No one should keep us from each other, especially not her!" said Kaelie adamantly gesturing to Clary.

For the second time that year, Cecily slapped Kaelie.

"Thanks Cecy, couldn't have put it better." said Jace smiling fondly at his little cousin. Kaelie was still in shock from being slapped, again. "Kaelie, will you please get it into your thick skull that I do not want to be with you." continued Jace. Kaelie began to protest. "I don't care Kaelie! I don't care about you! I don't care who you're jealous of or who you and your friends want to gossip about! But you know what, if you ever try to hurt someone who I care about again, then it will not end well. Now get away from my girlfriend and don't you dare come near her, or anyone else I care about, again!" said Jace angrily.

Kaelie shot one last glare at Clary, Jace and Cecily before storming up the corridor to her room. Clary hugged Jace. "You ok?" he whispered in her ear. She nodded into his shoulder. They broke apart. "Cecily, you are brilliant! However, I may need to have a word with you about hitting other leaders!" said Jace grinning and ruffling Cecily's hair affectionately. Cecily smiled and disappeared into the room.

Clary hugged Jace again. "Thank you. I don't know what we would have done without you!" said Clary. Jace smiled. "You would have managed. Cecily can be...persuasive" he said. "Do you mean she could beat someone up?" said Clary smiling. Jace nodded. "Pretty much" he said. Clary laughed. "Most of the time, she's a quiet girl with her head buried in a book. But, I guess she's pretty badass when she wants to be." she said. "Wonder where she got that from?" said Clary raising her eyebrows as Jace grinned a little.

"I guess I'll see you in the morning" said Clary. "Yeah. Now get to sleep, you look shattered!" said Jace. Clary sighed. "Ok, I'll see you then." she said. Jace smiled. "Night" he said. "Night" she replied giving him a quick kiss. Clary headed inside the room as Jace walked away. "Oh and Jace" she called and he spun back round. "Next time you're trying to spy on your little cousin to see if she's meeting her boyfriend, could you make it a bit less obvious?" she said smiling. Jace sighed. "Was it that obvious?" he asked. Clary nodded. "Yeah, it really was. And yes, he asked me out and I said yes." said Cecily poking her head round the door. Jace smiled and walked away to his room.

"Jace, just tell me what's going on!" said Clary as she stumbled along the path. 2 hours ago, Jace had practically burst into her room and told her to meet him on the lawn at 7pm. He refused to tell her anything else and left. Clary had spent the next hour, with the help of Izzy and Maia, trying to pick out a suitable outfit. Apparently, Isabelle knew what was going on and picked out an outfit for Clary before sitting down to do her hair and makeup. Clary was dressed in a simple white dress, with a pair of sandals and her hair was twisted up into a simple bun.

Now here she was, 2 hours later, being led, blindfolded, by Jace along a path. "Jace, please just tell me what's happening!" she said. Jace chuckled. "Have you never heard of a surprise?" he said. Clary sighed and let him lead her on. They stopped a few minutes later. "Ok, here we are!" said Jace removing the blindfold. Clary gasped.

In the space between a few trees, a picnic blanket was laid out, with a picnic dinner on it, and a pile of cushions to sit on. The trees were strung with fairy lights and a few candles lit the picnic blanket in a soft golden light.

"Jace, it's beautiful" said Clary breathlessly. Jace smiled. "I don't suppose you would fancy joining me?" he said offering her his hand. Clary smiled and took it. They sat down on the cushions and began their dinner.

The evening sky gave way to sunset and then twilight.

Clary lay on the blanket, curled up beside Jace, staring up at the stars that dotted the sky. "Thank you. Tonight has been amazing!" Clary said quietly. Jace smiled. "I told you I'd make it up to you for ignoring you after what happened with Sebastian" he said. "Yeah, but this was just perfect." said Clary smiling. "Well, it helps that you're the perfect girl." said Jace. Clary blushed. "I'm really not..." she began. "Yes you are, to me!" said Jace cutting her off. Clary smiled and kissed him gently. He kissed her back. "I love you" whispered Clary. "I love you too" said Jace kissing her again.

Cecily pushed open the door to room 72. She collapse back into an armchair and picked up the book she was reading. She was interrupted by a large crashing sound from Clary's room. She dropped the book, worried, and ran to see what had happened.

Jace and Clary were walking back up towards the main building after their picnic when Jace's phone rang. "Hey. What? Hang on, slow down. Right, we'll be right up!" he said frowning and putting the phone back in his pocket. "What's up?" said Clary seeing his expression. "That was Cecily, she says something has happened in your room." he said worried. The two ran up to the room.

They burst in the door and found Cecily. "I think you need to see this Clary..." she said quietly. Clary walked into her room and gasped.

Hello lovely readers!

So, Kaelie's been told what's what! And Cecily has slapped her again (GO CECILY!).What has happened in Clary's room? (Yes. I know you hate me to bits, it's another cliffhanger!)

(BTW: I am not promoting violence as a solution to all problems, but sometimes some people just deserve a slap!)

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