I slash my sword at Jace immediately but he easily deflects it and just grins at me.

"This shouldn't be too hard," he says through his smile. I playfully growl at him and then throw a soft punch into his stomach. This takes him by surprise. I jump on top of him and he is on the ground with me on top of him. I brush my lips against his before I jump up and give him another chance. He swipes his sword at me but I deflect even better than he did and I see his seraph blade laying on the ground a few metres away. He run and grabs it and then he runs back up to me. His face isn't so excited anymore. It's closer to a mask of determination. I push him as he is getting up and he is up against the wall. I run up and hold the blade to his neck but not before he can get his to mine. We stand there for a few seconds, our seraph blades at each other's neck before we throw them away and fall to the ground laughing.

"Great, now we have two Jace's," says Isabelle. "I swear, if your turn into his personality to then there is now stopping me killing you," she says with a smile.

"Well then Clary, I guess that all your training has paid off. It must be your amazing, hot, talented boyfriend aka your trainer," Jace say arrogantly but grins at me.

"Hmm, must be. Or maybe it's just that I'm better than you now," I retort playfully.

"That fight was a tie, remember?"

"Yes, but you have had years of training and I've only had months. A few more and I will be much better," I laugh. He puts on a mask of mock fear.

"Sure you will!"

And with that he walks out the room, his shoulder shaking with laughter.

I get out my phone and call Simon. I haven't seen him much lately, what with all the training and Jace being around constantly and my mum's ridiculous curfew. With my free time now it's the perfect time to catch up.

He picks up after just a couple of rings.

"Hey Si, wanna meet up at Taki's in half an hour," I say enthusiastically.

"Um yeah, sure. 3:30 maybe?" I look at the time on my phone. It's 2:50 in the afternoon.

"Yeah, that sounds good to me."

"Great, see you then. Bye." He hangs up. Lately, these phone calls have been getting more and more awkward. I think it's just the distance between us but there's a nagging feeling in the pit of my stomach that it's something more.

I go to my room to shower and find some slightly more dressy clothes to wear than my mum's old training gear.

After showering and washing my hair, I go to my wardrobe and grab out some jeans and a pink cotton shirt. I pair it with a leather jacket and some knee high boot. My red curls refuse to cooperate so I just let them flow down my back. I text Jace since I have no idea where he is and tell him where I'm going and for him not to get worried. Then I go down the brand new lift that was installed a couple of days ago and walk out the church doors. Taki's is only a ten minute walk so I walk quickly there. There streets are deserted because everyone is at work probably. Then at the end of the street I see just one lonely person. Where I get closer enough to see his white hair and arrogant profile my stomach drops. The person standing at the end of the street is… it can't be…. how?

Sebastian.

"Hey little sis, how's my favourite person going?"