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So without further ado, I bring you Chapter 3:

Jace went back to his bedroom and got changed, then went back to the training room to find that Clary was gone. He turned and went to the kitchen to get some more food and saw that Izzy and Alec were in the kitchen eating breakfast. He silently grabbed an apple and started eating it. After about 5mins Alec got up and headed out to the training room. Izzy got up and cleared her plate and was about to leave when Jace said "Hey Iz, can I ask you something. About Clary." Izzy nodded her head and sat back down at the table. "I don't know what to say to her. I know she's really mad. And hurt. But she won't even let me talk to her, and even if she would I wouldn't know what to say to her. Can you help."

"Well" Izzy stopped for a bit and thought, then continued "it needs to be from the heart. You need a reason for whatever you did. And a really good one. Don't make excuses, if you just did it, then don't try and excuse it. And don't make any promises you can't keep. Just, talk like you always do and it'll be fine. What you said the other day was almost perfect, just maybe don't make I so forced, so rehearsed or she'll think we made you say it or something"

"Ok great thanks Iz I'll keep that in mind, but what if she won't talk to me" Jace asked

"I'll sort that one out, you just think of what to say."

Jace left the room and headed to the training room and Izzy was left alone at the kitchen table trying to think of a way in hell she was going to get Clary to speak to Jace."

Clary left Luke's bookshop around three that afternoon. When she got back to the institute she went to Jace's room and slowly opened the door, but his room was empty. She then went to Izzy's room to find her laying on her bed. She knocked lightly on the door frame and Izzy turned to see her and quickly jumped up, happy that Clary was finally talking to one of them.

"Clary! Come in"

Clary made a pathetic attempt at a smile, but didn't come into the room. "Do you know where Jace is?" she asked.

"In the training room, I'm pretty sure" Izzy replied.

"Great, could you go ask him to meet me in my room" Clary asked

"Yeah, sure Clary. Anything else"

"That's it thanks" Both girls then left the room but headed in different directions.

Izzy was surprised how easily she has managed to get Jace and Clary to talk! When Izzy reached the training room, she saw Jace at the archery station, barley even hitting the target.

"You should get Alec to help you with that" Izzy said. Jace just turned to glare at her, and set up another arrow. Izzy continued to walk into the room and said "Clary wants to see you." Jaces arrow hit a wall as he turned to look at Izzy quickly.

"Where is she" Jace asked

"Her room" Izzy replied

"Thank you so much Iz" Jace said, ran up to her and kissed her on the cheek then ran out of the room.

When he came into Clary's room there was a portal rune missing a line on the wall. He couldn't see Clary. His instant thought was that she had left again. He turned to leave when he heard a quiet voice say his name. He turned to the bathroom door and saw Clary standing there. She walked over to where the rune was dawn on the wall, and Jace saw that she was holding her stele.

"Look, Clary I can expl-" Jace started to say but Clary interrupted him "Look Jace, just let me talk. I really don't want you to try and make excuses about what you did. I don't mind. Really. But I need to talk to you and I don't want you to interrupt. Just know that if you do, I'll leave though the portal, and this time, I might not come back." Jace gave one small nod of his head. "I just want you to know that I don't mind what you did. I mean, it made me pretty mad at the beginning, but if you want to date that girl I get it. You obviously didn't love me, and I've come to terms with that now. But, if it was because I wasn't ready to do that yet, I also understand. We just weren't meant to be together Jace. And were done." Clary was crying by this and it took all of Jace's will power not to say something or hug her. But Clary continued "We are done, because although I've come to terms with what you've done, and understand it, I can't trust you any more Jace. I used to see you as someone who would never, ever hurt me. And now… Well that's just it. I don't know how to finish that sentence. I just wish that you broke up with me before. Less pain, you know. Bye Jace." She walked past him and into the hall. And for the first time in a long time, Jace cried.

Clary walked down the hallway and went into a random spare room. She hid under the cover. She could say it as many times as she wanted. She was okay with it. She understood. It didn't matter. But every time she said that her heart broke just a little bit more. She wasn't ok with it. She didn't understand why he did it. And it mattered so much to her. She couldn't trust anyone anymore. She refused to talk to anyone anymore. For the first time in a long time, she finally fell asleep.

She woke an hour later at 5pm. She check her phone and saw she had 5 missed calls from Jace, 4 missed calls from Simon and 2 texts from Izzy. She even had a missed call from Magnus and another from Alec. She started listening to her voice messages.

The first few were from Jace: "look Clary. I can explain. Please let me explain. Just let me talk to you." "Clary, you don't have to talk to me but please just call me and tell me your alright. We can't find you and you won't answer anyone's calls. Call me, or any of us."

The next from Simon: "Clary what I said in the car the other day was uncalled for, but please, don't be mad, tell someone where you are. We're worried about you Clary."

One in true Magnus style: Hi biscuit. I heard what happened, sorry but call me, nothing I'm using is tracking you, which is weird. Call me lovely, Magnus." This made Clary smile, something she hadn't done in a long time.

And finally, Alec: Clary, I'm worried, we're all worried. Please call me. You don't have to talk, just call me. I don't care about anything that's going on lately. I just need to know that you're ok. Please Clary, call back.

So, Clary called Alec. He picked up the phone almost straight away.

(clary normal, Alec italics)

"Hi Alec"

"Clary, oh thank Raziel. Where are you?"

"Just in some random room in the institute"

"you're in the institute?I'm going to kill Jace, he said you left, and weren't coming back"

"No, just sleeping"

"Ok Clary, we'll see you back at the institute"

"See you Alec". Clary hung up her phone and walked to the kitchen where Max was sitting reading one of the comic books Clary had bought him the other day. "Hey Max, want to help me make dinner"

He looked up, and nodded. Together they made a big pot of spaghetti and meatballs which was ready just in time for everyone to get home. They all sat at the table eating the meal in silence. Every time Clary would look up from her untouched bowl she would see Jace staring at her and would look down again quickly. When everyone was done, save Clary, Jace thanked her for the meal. Clary visibly tensed at Jace talking to her, nodded and started gathering the plates up, trying to quickly hide that she hadn't eaten any, but everyone saw how little she ate. "I'll clean up. And thanks, for looking for me today. I appreciate it." Everyone nodded and left the kitchen, and Clary started to clean up. When she was done, she headed to the training room for the third night in a row.

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