Tessa was sitting inside a cafe she had found. She was trembling, trying to hold back tears. Plenty of people were stopping to look at the pretty young girl, sitting all alone, crying. "WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT!" She wanted to scream at all the gawkers. They had no right to stop and stare at her. She was doing nothing wrong.
She felt somebodys hand on her shoulder. "Can I help you, Ma'am?" Asked a kind voice. She turned, rubbing at her puffy eyes. There was the red haired girl who had slapped her grandson. She was standing there. Looking at Tessa. "What do you want?" Tessa snapped, wiping her nose with her sleeve. The girl sat down next to Tessa. "Look, Tessa, I'm sorry. Okay. Magnus explained everything to us. We didn't know. I'm sorry." The girl put her hand on Tessa's shoulder. "I'm Clary." The girl told her. Tessa accepted the hug Clary offered. It had been a while 'since she had a friend.
"Clary." Alec ran in the cafe, breathless. "Izzy is asking for you." Clary squeezed Tessa's shoulder. "I gotta go." She said, "but Alec will with you." She got up. Tessa turned to Alec. He flushed and stuttered. Tessa smiled at him. He walked over. She pulled out a chair. He accepted it with a rusty smile, and a thank you. "Are you really half shadowhunter, half warlock?" He blurted out. He immediately started apologizing. "I am." She said with a sad smile. He scooted closer to her. "Do you wanna' go to Taki's?" He asked her, holding out his hand.
She smiled, "what's that?" She asked. He smiled. "Why, only the best cafe around." He smiled and led her out of the random cafe she picked to cry in.