A/N: hope you enjoy the next two chapters will be in either no one's POV or one of the couple's POV since chapters 19&20 are with sizzy and malec and their dates.

Chapter 18 – Closer than ever.

Clary's POV

I sat up quickly taking some of the covers to cover me up and looked at my mom. She was shocked, but she was glaring at me.

"Clarissa what the hell are you doing?!"

"Nothing, mom, nothing, Jace and I were just talking about Simon and Izzy…" I trailed off; knowing she'd know it was a complete and utter lie.

Because I cannot lie, to save my life, like at all!

"And you just so happened to strip naked, while talking about your friends?" she asked.

"Well why don't you tell me what we were doing then!" I snapped. She looked taken aback.

"Do not speak to me like that Clarissa!" she said, before she looked between us then looked me in the eyes. "Honey, did he make you do this?" she asked, in almost a whisper.

Now I was taken aback. I shook my head, "I love him mom, I think I have since the day I met him and I know I always will love him, why can't you understand that?" I asked, "Jace isn't the type of guy that would just do that to me, at least not anymore he won't, maybe he was like that in the past but I don't care what he was like, I love him, and no matter what you say to put me off him will not work at all! I love him mom, you just have to accept that, he didn't make me do anything, he wouldn't want to force me into anything I wouldn't want to do." I said, the looked at him, "right?"

"Right." He confirmed, smiling at me and kissing my head while hugging me gently with one arm around me.

Mom blinked and looked at us, if it was a picture, it would just look like two people in a happy relationship, happy to be together and who loved each other that much, it showed on the picture, they would always love each other.

At least that's what I would think it would look like.

She sighed and looked down, as if she felt guilty,

"I'm sorry for walking in on you and I'm sorry for thinking he'd do something like that to you." She said, I smiled,

"It's alright, mom." I replied, she nodded put down what she came to put down and then left the room.

"What did she leave?" Jace asked, I stretched across and pick the things- which were clothes- up.

"They're clothes, they were obvious going to be put into my drawer, but I could just wear them." I said, they were actually pyjamas, but there's not much difference.

"So does that mean I can watch you get dressed?" jace asked, wiggling his eyebrows and hit him, playfully,

"No that doesn't not mean you can watch me." I replied before picking up the Pj's and walking to the bathroom in my bedroom.

After 10 or 15 minutes I came out and got back into bed, cuddled into Jace and closed my eyes, but even with my eyes closed, it felt as if he was staring at me, that's when I heard his thoughts,

You're so beautiful Clary, in every single way possible.

I sighed happily as I heard it.

"You knew I was listening to your thoughts, didn't you?" I asked, he leaned down and kissed my ear before whispering,

"Yes I did, because I want you to know that no matter what you say you'll always be beautiful in my eyes." I smiled as he said that, then opened my eyes and looked at him before kissing him.

He kissed back and before I knew it he was pinning me down on the bed, deepening the kiss, I giggled in the kiss,

"Do you like pinning me down or something?" I mumbled between the kiss, he didn't say anything he just nodded, and kissed me again, I kissed back with more passion that I put in the kiss before.

We continued like that until I pulled away slightly,

"Put your boxers on so we can go to sleep," I whispered, he smirked at that,

"I will if you say what you were going to say before, to make me stop tickling you." I scoffed.

"Oh god, no Jace don't make me say it, we both know it's true so why do I have to confirm it?" I asked.

"Do it, or I won't put anything on." He said,

"I think I can live with that unfortunately, I don't think Sebastian or my mom can, so go get changed or ill throw you out, so you'll face my mom and Sebastian stark naked!" I said crossing my arms and raised my eyebrow at him, he groaned,

"Fine! But you owe me Clarissa, you owe me, big time," I rolled my eyes and he grabbed his boxers before putting them underneath the covers.

After he put them on, he slid down in the bed so he was lying down and put an arm around me and cuddled me into him, I sighed happily and put my head on his chest, before I started to fall asleep, unconsciously I put my hand on his chest before I completely fell asleep in his arms.

I felt completely safe in his arms, like we were closer than we had ever been before…

A/N: Hope you enjoyed! Next up probably the Malec date but it will have some bits before it which is why I wanted it to be in third person so you could see the other couples in it as well as mainly Malec in the next chapter, anyway I hope you did enjoy, if you did, follow, favourite and maybe review? And I'll see you in the next chapter where Malec will finally get together.