Readers! My buds! Wazzz upppppp? So here is chapter 10. Merry late Christmas and Happy early New Year! If You don't celebrate all that then Happy Saturday! Hope it's great.

The takeout took a while to actually arrive and by the time I had chopsticks in my hand my stomach was practically a ravening bear. Jace looked just as happy to see noodles as I did and I swear, like three minutes went by and then all of the food was gone….all of it.

"Wow. I didn't know tiny girls like yourself could eat so much. Like you almost reached my level of eating. I'm impressed."

"Oh buddy food is my only weakness."

"I'll remember not to make you mad when you're hungry. That's got to be a death sentence."

"Jace?"

"What? You want to cuddle? Clary, I know I know. Once you get even a smidge of Jace you can't ever leave. He's just so goddamn attractive." He was laughing at me now. "Here I'll fix it. I can't leave you there just dying for my touch now can I? I'm too much of a gentleman." He scooted over towards me and pulled me close, wrapping me under his arm.

I will admit I did really like this position. It felt good and, well, natural. I so badly wanted to stay like this, sitting here in his arms, but I couldn't let him have the satisfaction. He is just so cocky. I bet I can fix that. I grabbed his arm that held me close and slid out from his embrace.

"Don't look so hurt Jace…your arm was nice, but someone else is calling my name. He has a special place in my heart. Just the thought of him sends shivers throughout my entire body. Thinking of him just makes my heart pump faster. Goodbye Jace. Thanks for helping me pass the time until I was ready to go get the most attractive, most handsome man I've ever laid my eyes on." With that I turned and walked out of the room, making sure to strut my stuff as I left him there speechless.

I laughed as I walked out of that infirmary room completely aware that Jace was left more confuzzled than I've ever seen him. He thought he won that battle, but no one can beat the queen. Now I just had to go find Chairman Meow, my "love." I started laughing at the amazing thing I just did. He just sat there and I could see his eyes darken at the mention of my affections for another man. I wonder if he is just acting like he might possibly like me or if he actually has feelings. He's probably just practicing his flirting on me for some girl like Izzy. Some girl that's perfect.

I made my way down the hall way until I found the stairs leading to the living room. "Chairman Meow? Where are you?" I called for my main squeeze as I walked down the stairs, to find the living room empty. Hmm. Maybe he is in the kitchen. I made my way over to the opening leading to the kitchen and found Chairman Meow sitting in the kitchen sink. I couldn't help the laughter that escaped from my chest. I had never seen a cat in a sink before.

"My my my. Is that the Chairman Meow? Looks like you are sitting in your very own throne, made for a true king. Wow. You are a legend." He just looked at me funny as I spoke crazy talk to him. "I know if you could actually talk you'd be telling me how you are the king and this is your castle right?" Huh, well I guess since I'm in the kitchen I can see what kind of food Magnus has laying around. Maybe he has cake! If not I'm definitely making cake.

I looked in the double door silver fridge to find what looked like a Mundie fridge. There was all the essential cooking supplies stored in there which is good if I really wanted a cake. I grabbed a couple of eggs, some milk, and butter from the fridge and set it on the counter. Then I went to the pantry and found a lovely box with a delicious picture of a chocolate cake on the front. Just the picture of this cake gave me the satisfaction of eating twelve cakes.

I took it out of the pantry and set it along with the other supplies I had gotten earlier, and then I got to making some magic. After mixing the batter up and waiting a total of 24 minutes, the oven beeped. I opened it to smell literal heaven, and got it out and set it on the counter. Chairman Meow looked over at me with hunger in his eyes.

"You want my cake don't you? Well Chairman Meow, I do believe the servants said you already had a cake earlier today so that you are not allowed to have another. Sorry Chairman I really would give you some cake…but I guess I'll just eat the whole thing by myself. What a shame." Ha suck on that cat. This is my cake.

I let the cake cool and lathered on the icing I had made while it was in the oven. Then I found a bowl and cut out a fourth of the cake and crammed it in my bowl. I ate my cake while I leaned next to Chairman Meow up against the counter. About halfway through my piece I started having another conversation with the cat as I ate. I still thought it was so funny that he was just chilling there in the sink. We were having a conversation about late night shenanigans until our conversation was interrupted by chuckles. I felt myself blush a little, already embarrassed by what was about to happen, as I turned to face the opening to the living room.

"Clarissa…I see you have found your man?" Jace tries, and fails to contain his smile. He is leaning against the door frame with his arms crossed and is shaking his head at me as he laughs.

"Uh yes. Chairman Meow is the one…Well actually this cake is the one. I don't know how I could go on without it. Do you want some?" I give him my most inviting smile hoping he will take the bait.

"You know I think I will have some cake." He starts to walk towards the counter and grabs a bowl. I watch him intently as he grabs a knife to slice into the cake with. Right as he raises the knife above the cake I pull it away from him. I grab the cake and run.

"IF YOU WANT MY CAKE YOU'LL HAVE TO COME AND GET IT!" As I run I'm laughing uncontrollably, making it substantially harder to run. I get to the stares and run back up to the infirmary. I can hear him running and yelling behind me. I really don't know why I took the cake and ran, I guess I just wanted to mess with Jace a little. As I get to the top of the stairs I run down the hallway and shoot into one of the rooms, shutting the door quickly behind me. I actually will let him have some cake if he finds me.

You know if I knew that hide and go seek was this much more fun with cake, I would have been doing it like this from the start. I decide to look around in the room that I'm hiding in, and almost drop my cake when I see it. There are no windows in this room so it is dark, but there are beautiful colors coming from these jars on shelves. I guess they are potions or something warlocks must use, and by golly they are beautiful. They are different shades of purple, blue and green. It's so captivating I don't notice myself walk towards them. I wonder what these do when they are opened, but decide it's best not to toy with things that I don't understand. I look around the rest of the room and see that there really isn't anything else here but the jars of light.

So I sit on the floor and wait for Jace to find me. I hear him reach the top of the stairs and start walking down the hallway. "Clary, you can't just offer a man cake and then steal it." I have to focus really hard not to laugh. "That's sick and twisted." I hear him open the door across the hall. He goes in for a minute or two and then comes back out. I see the door knob twist to the left and then the door is open. I look up to see Jace staring at me. He has a bowl in one hand and a fork in the other.

"Oh hey Jace. Fancy meeting you here. Did you need something perhaps?"

He attempts the "I'm mad at you but not really face" and fails. His smile shines almost as bright as the jars of light behind me.

"May I join you for this gourmet dessert?" He sits before I can answer and takes the cake from me, finally slicing himself a piece. "I can't believe you made me chase you for cake." He chuckles a bit as I just look at him. His golden eyes pierced my heart. I really have never seen eyes this color of gold before. They really are something

"I like to keep some surprises around the corner. Who doesn't like surprises?"

We small talk while he eats his slice of cake, and once he finishes a silence surrounds us both. I think it would have been awkward if the jar lights weren't in the room. They had a way of making the silence feel less silent. Speaking of silent, I wonder when Tessa and that Silent Brother will arrive.

"Jace…I don't really know if I'm making this up or not, but were you crying blue tears earlier? I just thought I saw that before I blacked out." He moved his gaze from the lights back to my eyes. It was scary how serious he could get. All traces of goofy cake Jace gone, with the simplest of questions.

"You weren't hallucinating. I did cry blue tears. I've never don't that before. I am just as confused as you are." After he stopped speaking he laid his hand back on his upper right thigh. I wonder if it has anything to do with the symbol.

"Where is Magnus? We need to go speak to him about these symbols. I mean we both have the same symbol on our upper right thighs. It has to mean something. Don't you think?"

"Yeah that's probably a good idea. I bet he is in his room. Come on I think I saw it earlier."

We walked together down the hall and into the last room on the right. Sure enough we were now in Magnus' room, and he was sitting at a desk in the far left corner. He turned around when he heard us enter.

"Have either of you two seen Chairman Meow? He was supposed to be in here ten minutes ago." I pictured the cat in the sink and had to hold back my giggles.

"I think I saw him in the kitchen. Listen Magnus. You told me to tell you when I found the person with my matching symbol…Well, it's Jace." I expected him to freak out, but his expression didn't change one bit.

"Hmm. I see. Okay well here is what I know about that symbol. After doing some reading I learned that this symbol is placed on two separate shadowhunters in order to bond them. Somewhat like the parabatii bond, but not really at all. Um so I don't really know what it does yet, but I do know it bonds you in some sort of way." Magnus looked like he hadn't slept in weeks. His books were everywhere and he had a half spilt glass of some blue liquid among the books. His glitter was everywhere and…well that might actually be normal for him, but everything else in his room was a mess.

"Thanks Magnus no rush. Thank you so much for what you are doing. I don't even really understand why you are helping me and Jace to the extent that you are, but it really means a lot." He gave me a small smile and went back to his books.

I turned to leave the room, following Jace. He walked to the door and then stopped in his tracks. "Hey Magnus?"

"Yes handsome?"

"Do you have some guest rooms or anything besides the infirmary?"

Magnus looked like he went into deep thought for a split second, and then the biggest smile appeared on his face. It was like he had some inside joke that was so funny, but wasn't telling us because he is Magnus and can do what he wants. "Why yes. Yes I do! Follow me." He got up and walked us out of the room and to the stairs. We went up to the third floor and followed Magnus until we reached a room. He walked us in to a king bed and a bathroom off to the left. He turned around to face us with that scheming smile of his and said, "Well here it is!"

I looked around a bit. The carpet was a light grey color and the walls were purple and were covered in glitter. The bed was like Izzy's with a canopy and filled pillows, all shades of grey. There was a walk in closet to the right side of the room that I hadn't noticed earlier when we walked in. This room might be the best room I've seen in the house so far. Even better than Magnus' colorful room.

"So which one of us is staying in here?" I hoped it was me. I mean come on who wouldn't want to stay in this room?

"Well you see…all of my other rooms are kind of under some construction so you will have to share this room. You two crazy kids have fun." With that he walked to the door, looked back at us, winked, and then left us alone.

"So…" Magnus is trying to set us up. This is awkward…but I like it.

"What are you thinking about Clary? Aren't you happy that you get to spend the night with me yet again?" There it was again. That smile of his. It never failed to make me do a double take.

"Uh yeah um I'm going to take a shower." CLARY. BRO. GET IT TOGETHER GIRL. You are number one. You are the queen. You can do this. Just be calm, cool and collected.

"Oh ok. Well do you want me to help you? I'm known for giving great help." And my face is red. My face is oh so red I'm pretty sure he's getting a kick out of this. I don't know how he does it. I mean if I ever tried to say anything like he does I'm pretty sure I'd seem like a creep and then run away. Somehow he stays golden and confident. It's so gosh dang attractive I can't even, it's not fair. How can one person be so…amazing?

"Ha ha. Funny Jace. I mean I would like the help…but it wouldn't be the same. You aren't Chairman Meow, and you never will be." Quickly I walked over to the bathroom door before he could reply. I shut it behind me instantly feeling dumb and filled with embarrassment. Why do I keep bringing Chairman Meow into this? I feel like I can't form sentences around that boy.

After a good 30 minute shower I finally turned off the water. Sorry for the water bill Magnus, that's what you get for forcing me to spend more time with Jace. You know I don't really know much about Jace. I know he has golden qualities and that he's adopted because of my dumbass of a father. I don't know his real last name…I don't know the simple things about him. Maybe being locked in here with him will be a good thing. I'd love to know more about him.

I scrummage to find a towel and after a little bit of searching I find a purple towel. Man Magnus loves purple. I wipe the fog from the mirror so that I can see myself. I'm so short. I wonder how tall Jace is. I'm sure I look like a child next to him. My hair is all wet and curly. Sometimes I wish I had hair like Izzy's. Maybe like a jet black color or even just blue. I don't know there's something about dying hair that freaks me out, so that will never happen.

After assessing myself for the millionth time I decide to change into my clothes, but quickly realize that I don't have any. I mean I don't have any clean clothes. What am I going to do? Do I just put on my old ones or ask Jace to find me some or just stay in a towel? Oh who am I kidding I can't stay in this towel, but I really don't want to put on my dirty clothes.

I walk over to the door, deciding that I am just going to wing it. I open it and walk into the bedroom to find Jace sitting at the edge of the bed staring intently at the floor. He looks up when I walk out and looks taken back a bit. Probably because I'm in a towel. Why did I do this to myself?

"Clarissa…I didn't know we were moving this fast. But I mean if you insist." He started to take his jacket and then I started yelling for him to stop, which made him break out into extreme laughter. "Oh Clary I really do love messing with you. It's almost as fun as messing with Alec."

"Well I'm glad that I entertain you so much." I glared at him. "I don't have any clothes." I really wasn't mad at him at all, but I didn't really want to be naked for much longer so mad Clary would have to do.

"Sheeeeesh. Clam down woman. I'll go bother Magnus until he gives me clothes. You just wait here princess." He walked out leaving me here alone. Everything has changed so quickly. My mom is gone my dad has reached a new level of crazy and my brother…Well I wonder how he is. I'm sure everyone back in Idris is a little confused as to our disappearance. I feel kind of bad now. Leaving my brother not knowing like that, just after he found out mom was murdered.

I break away from my thought to Jace entering with his arms full of clothes. He dropped them all on the floor in front of me. "So Magnus gave me a selection and you a selection. Pick whatever you want, I'm going to shower."

After he left I rummaged through the pile of clothes until I found some silky, glittery, pajamas. They would be entirely too big on me, but at this point I'm all out of fucks. I quickly change into the pajamas in fear that Jace would randomly walk in on me, but he didn't. After getting dressed I flopped into the bed and got cozy under the covers. Within a couple of minutes I was out cold.

Ok so I really liked chapter 10 because I got to do a little bit of character development. There will be a lot more of Clary and Jace adventures in the next few chapters. And Magnus. That sneaky warlock is trying to make Clace happen. I love him.

Anyways what do you crazy people think? Tell me your thoughts! I want to hear what you like and dislike plz. Can't wait until chapter 11 comes out. It's going to be lit. Like literally. There will be fire.