Chapter 4

Alec's POV

Magnus had gone back to the institute with Isabelle a little while ago and I was just wandering around New York alone.

I could have gone back with my sister and boyfriend but I just needed some time alone to think.

I was walking up the street towards Taki's when I saw a familiar figure stumbling down the street; she wasn't hard to miss with her fiery red hair.

I stopped walking and stared at her for a moment. She was acting almost as if she was drunk.

I mean, she definitely couldn't walk properly.

When she walked into one of the street lamp poles I made my way towards her.

Surely she wasn't drunk – Clary wasn't careless like that.

She wouldn't drink without someone else with her; actually, she never drank. If anyone was likely to get drunk, it would be Isabelle or Magnus.

I caught Clary as she stumbled into me.

She looked up and I realized she had a bruise forming on her forehead from when she had walked into the pole.

I sighed. "Have you been drinking?" I asked curiously.

Clary just stared at me for a moment. "No..." She said.

I raised an eyebrow at her but she just tried to walk around me.

I followed close behind as she walked down the street, stumbling like someone who was learning to walk.

After she had walked into a wall, tripped over nothing and started walking in circles, I decided to stop her and get a cab.

I grabbed her arm and pulled her towards the edge of the sidewalk as I tried to get a cab to stop.

Three cabs had gone by, completely ignoring me and Clary had wandered over to a nearby car and was trying to open the door.

"Clary... stop it," I said, walking over to her. "Do you want to get arrested?"

Clary looked at me briefly before pulling on the handle again.

Sighing, I pulled her away from the car and tried to stop a cab that was heading towards us.

Luckily, this one stopped.

I helped Clary into the cab and climbed in behind her, giving the cab driver the address.

For most of the drive, I had to hold Clary's wrists to stop her from opening the cab door.

When the driver stopped, I paid him and climbed out of the cab, helping Clary out.

Once the driver was out of sight, I walked into the institute with Clary who simply continued to stumble slightly.

"Hey Church, where's Magnus?" I asked, spotting the blue Persian cat sitting near the wall.

He got up and stretched before walking up the hall.

I followed; pulling Clary along with me, making sure she didn't run into anything.

Churched stopped outside the library and I opened the door. Seconds later, I saw Magnus.

He looked up and saw me before smiling.

"What's up Alec?" he asked.

I simply let go of Clary who immediately started walking around the library, still stumbling slightly; she seemed to have better control now though.

She walked straight over to the window and stared out it.

I noticed Magnus watching Clary carefully, just as I was.

Clary started to climb up onto the windowsill.

"What are you doing Clary?" I asked carefully.

"I'm going to fly!" Clary replied as she stood up near the large window.

Magnus and I started to move at the same time.

If Clary tried to fly, as she obviously believed she could, this could end rather badly.

Magnus reached Clary first, as he was closer and he pulled her away from the window.

Clary started to struggle in Magnus's grip.

"Clary, calm down," he said.

"No! Let go!" She said loudly, her voice echoing off the walls of the library.

After arguing with Clary for a few minutes, Magnus simply made Clary fall asleep.

"What was that all about? Was she drunk?" I asked as Magnus put Clary on her bed.

"No... she ate faerie food," Magnus replied as he turned around.

"Oh... I can't believe I didn't think of that when I found her outside Taki's," I said.

Magnus just chuckled. "Well, she did look rather drunk but you know what faerie food does... it can have many different effects on people."

I just nodded and moved out of the way as Magnus closed the door to Clary's room.

Clary's POV

When I woke up, I realized I was in my room at the institute but I had no idea how I got here.

The last thing I remember was walking into Taki's and then everything after that seemed to be blank.

The only thing I knew right now was I had a really bad headache.

I groaned slightly as I sat up and, just like every other morning since my stupid mistake of a wish, I grabbed the gold mirror off my bedside table.

As usual, it started out as an ordinary mirror but the glass rippled and the familiar picture of Jace's room appeared only this time, Jace was in it.

He was fast asleep.

His golden blonde hair was a mess on his pillow but it was still a sight to see.

I smiled slightly as I watch him sleep; his chest rising and falling slowly.

I don't know how long I sat there, staring into the mirror at Jace but he was starting to stir when I was pulled back to reality with a jolt.

"I swear you stare at yourself in the mirror more than I do," Isabelle's voice said from the doorway.

I spun around, clutching the mirror tightly.

"Geez Isabelle... would you knock?" I asked.

Isabelle just laughed. "I came to see if you were awake... breakfast is ready," she said before walking away again.

I sighed and put the mirror down again before walking out of my room and going down to the kitchen where I could smell bacon and eggs.

"Morning Clary," Magnus said as I walked into the kitchen.

I just nodded once before grabbing an apple, not in the mood for anything else.

"Do you remember what happened last night?" Alec asked from the table.

I frowned. "No..." I said.

Magnus chuckled behind me and Alec started explaining what had happened.

"Oh..." I said once he stopped talking. "I guess that makes sense."

I mean, at least acting drunk wasn't as bad as running down the street naked with antlers on your head.

I sighed.

Jace.

Oh how I need you right now.

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