Previously in Without You...

If I had only listened to Jace when he tried to explain what was going on that night – if I had only forgiven him sooner – I wouldn't be in this mess.

I would have the man I love at my side.

I didn't care about anything now. I just hated myself for making that stupid wish.

I don't know how long I lay in my bed, clutching my pillow, but I soon cried myself to sleep.

Epilogue

Clary's POV

I hardly slept that night.

Nightmares and dreams constantly ran through my head and they continuously woke me up.

Every time I woke up, I would end up crying myself to sleep again.

Every nightmare was about Jace not returning.

Every dream was about having Jace at my side.

The dreams were far better than the nightmares but they still had me in tears as I knew they weren't true. I would never have Jace at my side again.

The nightmares were my reality. Jace would never speak to me again. He would never hold me or kiss me.

I would never see his face again. I would never be able to run my fingers through his hair. I would never be able to look into his golden eyes and tell him how much I love him.

He would never know how much I cared about him.

Thinking over all these things had tears falling again, soaking my pillow.

I was meant to spend the rest of my life with Jace but now that would never happen.

I reached down and pulled the covers over my head before crying myself to sleep again.

For some reason, the nightmares that lasted for who-knows how long only seemed to last seconds.

The reason behind that though, was probably because of the pain I was experiencing, knowing it was my fault that the perfect Jace Herondale Lightwood no longer existed.

Pain ripped through me as I thought that.

Once again, I cried myself to sleep.

Alec's POV

Something felt strange tonight and I couldn't help but wonder what it was. Time just seemed to be passing very slowly.

Whatever was happening seemed to be keeping me up. I just couldn't fall asleep.

I shook my head as I looked at the clock.

It was currently 12 am and I was still awake.

I kicked the covers off and decided to check on Isabelle and Clary.

It was currently just the three of us here in the institute as my parents were both in Idris dealing with Clave business and Magnus was at his apartment.

I quietly opened Isabelle's door and peered into her room only to find her sound asleep.

I quietly shut the door and then went down to Clary's room.

I pushed open her door and peered in.

Just like Isabelle, she was sound asleep, curled up under the covers.

Since both girls were alright, I closed Clary's door and then started heading back towards my room.

I was just about to close my door when I heard a crash coming from one of the other rooms.

I grabbed the dagger that I always kept in my room and started heading towards the noise.

I was better with long distance weapons but this was merely for self defence at the moment.

I stopped when I reached the room the noise was coming from and pushed open the door.

Pacing the floor was the familiar figure of Jace.

Tara's POV

It was 11:59pm when Clary actually forgave Jace for what had happened.

If she had waited just a minute more, she would have failed completely.

The mirror shouldn't have been broken until midnight but I knew the pain of losing someone you love and I knew Clary knew what she had to do. I just helped her to realize it in time.

I didn't want her to go through that pain.

It was just after 12am when I reversed Clary's wish.

I watched the institute carefully, returning everyone's memory of Jace and altering their memories so they would believe that Jace had been there for the past two weeks and Clary had just been avoiding him.

Only Clary would know the truth.

Once I was finished, I decided it was time for some well earned sleep.

Clary's POV

I woke up in the morning to sunlight streaming through the window.

I slowly sat up after a few minutes and I just pulled my knees up to my chest and rested my chin on them.

I felt terrible right now and there was nothing in this world that would change that.

I don't know how long I sat there on my bed but when I looked at the clock, I saw that it was 9:30am.

I also noticed that the mirror was no longer on my dresser. Instead, there was a piece of folded paper.

Wiping the tears from my face, I reached out and grabbed the piece of paper and carefully unfolded it.

Clary,

The pain of losing someone you love is terrible. I know from experience.

Next time, be careful what you wish for. You might not be so lucky.

Just... ignore... like you have been.

Tara.

I stared at the note. How was I lucky? I had lost Jace forever. I would consider that unlucky and terrible and painful.

And what did she mean by ignore?

I just put the note back on my dresser and got up.

After making sure I was presentable, I walked out of my room and went to the kitchen to get something to eat for breakfast.

As I approached the kitchen, I could smell bacon cooking.

It didn't smell like it was burning so Isabelle wasn't in the kitchen – thank the angel.

I never saw Alec cook and Maryse was in Idris so I was confused as to what was going on.

Slowly, I walked into the kitchen and just grabbed and apple out of the fruit basket and turned to walk out.

I heard someone sigh behind me. "Please stop ignoring me... you've been doing this for two weeks," a voice said.

The voice was all too familiar and it was one that I hadn't heard in a while.

I spun around and ended up dropping my apple.

Standing behind the counter was none other than Jace in all his golden glory.

His blonde hair was still a mess so obviously he had only woken up recently and his golden eyes screamed sadness. And he was shirtless.

I just stared at him as I thought back to Tara's note that was sitting on my dresser.

'Just... ignore... like you have been.'

Now I knew what she meant. She had brought Jace back and because she couldn't reverse time, she made him – and probably the others – believe that I had been ignoring him for the past two weeks.

Jace was still just looking at me.

My legs moved and I was around the counter and wrapping my arms around him in a few seconds.

I felt his arms snake around me and he held me tight against him, like he never wanted to let go.

I know I didn't want to let go.

Unwillingly, the tears started falling from my eyes again.

"Clary?" Jace said, pulling back to look at me. "What's wrong?"

I looked up at him. "I'm sorry. I'm so sorry for everything. I'm sorry I didn't listen to you after the party. I'm sorry I wished you didn't exist. I'm sorry for everything," I said, the tears flowing faster.

"Clary," Jace said, his voice caressing my name. "It's alright... I forgive you."

"But I didn't forgive you. I blamed you for kissing that girl and because of that I nearly lost you," I said.

"First of all, I didn't kiss her. She kissed me and I was trying to get rid of her. Clary, I would never, ever, hurt you like that. I swear by the angel. If anything, I nearly lost you because you were avoiding me," Jace said as he wiped the tears from my cheeks.

I wish that last sentence was true. I wish I had only been avoiding him. If only he knew the truth. I just sighed and pulled him closer to me again, resting my head on his chest.

We stood there, wrapped in each other's embrace until I pulled back and looked up at Jace.

"Jace... can you promise me something?" I asked.

"Anything," Jace replied as he looked down at me, his gold eyes now filled with happiness.

"Promise me I'm the only one you'll ever kiss again," I said.

"You have my word," Jace replied as he ducked his head and pressed his lips to mine.

A/N: And that is the end of this story! Did you all think I would be so cruel and make Jace disappear forever? I would never do that! Clace is my OTP! I hope you guys enjoyed this story!

Oh, I don't do this a lot... mainly because I forget to put these in the A/N's but I have a story recommendation for all of you! If you haven't already, check out NephilimKyla's TMI Fanfic Being an Angst-ridden teenager! It's only a few chapters at the moment but I love it and you guys might as well! Anyway, do check it out!

Alright... that's it from me for now until I post my new Clace fanfic 'Emeralds'. Here's a summary of Emeralds...

Clary is accepted into Idris Academy - a school for only the best students. While at Idris Academy she meets the cocky, self-absorbed, egotistical Jace Herondale. Clary is falling head over heels for him but there are just a few problems. First of all, he's a player. Secondly, he doesn't let people in easily - he has walls put up to protect himself. And thirdly... he's taken a strong disliking to her. Will Clary ever find out the truth or will she be left to fall for someone who will never feel the same about her? All Mundane. AU.

Emeralds will be coming soon! Review Please!