I'm so sorry I haven't updated earlier. I went away for a little bit and then didn't have accsess to a computer and got a puppy. Hope you all had a lovely Christmas and new year. I will try and update more frequently from now on :)

Disclaimer: Cassandra Claire owns all the characters

When Clary woke up she was snuggled up into Joe's side and Max was snuggled into her. She felt Joe move at her side and looked over to see him waking up. "Morning" he said with a yawn. She felt Max wake up next to her and looked over to see him stretching. "Who wants pancakes" Clary asked. They all stood up and walked to the kitchen where Clary started making breakfast. Once it was finished they all sat down and started eating.

"So, how come we haven't seen you around" Clary asked.

"Well, I just moved here from Chicago" Joe answered

"Where are you staying" Max asked

"Don't know yet little man, that's the main reason I was at that club yesterday. I was told that it was a demon hotspot."

Alec and Izzy walked into the room and looked shocked. They knew what Clary usually did, but she never took them home, never made them breakfast and never let them near Max.

"You should stay here" said Max, looking really excited.

Joe looked to Clary and raised his eyebrows.

"I'd have to ask Mayres, but I'd say it would be alright. She's coming home tomorrow. You can stay here till then" Clary said

"Sorry to be rude" Alec said

"but who are you" finished Izzy.

"Oh, where are my manners" said Joe "my name is Joe, I just moved here from Chicago, and hopefully, if it's alright with you guys, I'm going to stay here"

Izzy and Alec just shrugged, sat down and started eating pancakes. Jace walked into the room sat down, grabbed a few pancakes. He had taken one bite when he looked up and saw Joe. Joe held out his hand for Jace to shake and said "I'm Joe" Jace just looked at the hand, stood up and walked out of the kitchen. Joe slowly let his hand fall. There was silence, that was until a massive crash sounded from the hallway. "Excuse me" said Alec and left the room after Jace. There was a silence in which Clary started cleaning the dishes, and refused to look at anyone. Her face was a mask of anger, confusion and worry. She was really hoping Jace would be alright with Joe. She really liked him, and so did Max, which meant a lot to her. Just as she turned to clear Jace's dish he came back in closely followed Alec. He sat down and Alec gave him a look

"Sorry about before, I'm Jace" Jace said though gritted teeth. He didn't sound sorry at all. He looked up at Clary and she gave him a look. She really thought he would try harder. She left the room, and Joe followed her. She went into the training room and hooked her self up to practise flipping.

"I bet I can do more flips than you" Joe said

"You're on" Clary said and began climbing the ladder. As it turned out, they had tied, perfectly even. In the time that it had taken to watch and count both of them flipping, she had completely forgotten about Jace, and it was when she was lying on the floor or the training room, in pain at the side for laughing that she saw Joe differently. He was going to bring her back. He was willing to climb he walls. She leaned over to him a kissed him. It was short and sweet. Nothing the spectacular. Nothing compared to the devils kiss Jace gave her, but it was different. Good different. Joe stood up and helped Clary stand up. They headed out of the room into the living room, where they spent the remainder of the day watching movies. Just as they were getting sleepy Izzy ran into the room.

"Get ready" she said "there are about 20 demons at an abandoned warehouse downtown" and then she left, probably to get ready herself.

"This should be fun. Whoever kills the most buys for the other a Taki's" Clary said

"You're on" replied Joe, smirking.

Sorry its so short. Please review.

xo