I'M BACK AGAIN! Okay, so I wrote this right after I posted the last chapter, and I know it's really short, but the next chapter has to be on it's own, because it is something really special. I just wanted you guys to have this one ASAP though, because I probably should've just included it in the last chapter, but I wanted to leave a slightly obvious (Okay, super obvious) cliffhanger. Just to keep you guys waiting (I know, I'm so sweet, huh?). Okay... ONWARD WITH THE STORY!

"So, yes." Iz continued, "This is along with the modeling pictures and stuff for both Jace Waylad and Clary Fray, but please don't throw this to the side. Just watch. I don't think you'll regret it." They all connected gazes, "Alec, why don't you start?"

"Okay." Alec clapped his hands together, "We have a proposal - no pun intended. Okay. Yeah. Pun intended." The audience let out a little laugh, but I was too enraptured in the clip to really hear it, "Why don't you make this season a little different? A new kind of love story, one that's already being made."

"So Clary and Jace aren't just random strangers," A picture flashed on the screen with Jordan's voice, "They're best friends. They have been since diaper days." The picture was of Jace and I asleep on the couch at my house. He had his arm around me, and I was snuggled into his side. I didn't even remember the night, didn't remember ever falling asleep that way, but I guess we did, "At least that's what they think."

"It's no secret," Simon chuckled, "That Jace is a total player. He can be a complete and total asshole, and, yes, he's even gotten in fights, but he's not like that with her. Ever. He's always been her night in shining armor, the shoulder she cries on. He's the one that she goes to at three in the morning when a boy breaks her heart. He's the one that she went to when her dad was dying of cancer. He's the one that's her rock. He's the one that gets to her when the rest of us can't." Another picture flashed across the screen. In this one, our backs were to the camera as we face the sunset at a beach. This memory was clear in my head.

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"You're welcome." Jace teased, "For getting your lazy ass out of bed to come here." I frowned, shoving his shoulder softly, "What? It's true! You're having a good time, aren't you?" It was true. The rest of the group had been scared to wake me up. It was pretty obvious that I was a monster when you got between me and my sleep. But Jace hadn't been afraid, no. He'd literally ripped the covers away from my body, then he'd thrown me over his shoulder and set me down on the cold, hard ground.

"No." I grumbled, "I'm not having fun at all." It was a total lie, and everyone knew it seeing as they all broke out into laughter, "I hate you all."

"Oh c'mon." Simon nudged me with his elbow, "You loved it, and you know it." I begrudgingly nodded, but I couldn't fight the smile that spread across my lips. I peeled off my top, then shimmied out of my shorts, grabbing Jace's hand and running to the water.

"Let's go, slowpokes!" I shouted, turning my back to Jace, which was a big mistake. Before I even saw the rest of them step into the shallow part of the sand, I was thrown into the waves, "You son of a…" I growled when my head popped back above the surface. Jace's eyes widened, but not before I'd tackled him. He went down with me, and the rest of the group quickly joined in on the fun.

After about an hour, the sky's hues had begun to fill with reds and oranges and purples. All of us got out of the water, sitting on the sand to watch the setting sun. Jace, who was beside me, threw an arm over my shoulders, pulling me into his side, "Isn't it beautiful?" He asked, and I nodded, turning to look him in the eyes, "Just like you." I could hear the teasing note to his tone, but I couldn't help but blush.

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"It always seems like they can't get enough of each other," Mags teased as if he was just talking to us, "Sure, they fight, but it's usually over stupid things, like who gets the slice of pizza with the most pepperoni or what movie we watch. I mean, they really get into it, but it's always good natured." A soft smile spread across my face, "In other words, they're already dating, but they don't know it."

"They're just too flat out stupid to see it." I snorted at Alec's blunt statement, "We've always tried hinting it to them, but they don't ever notice. It's like they're so caught up in their own little bubble sometimes that they don't see what's around them. It's adorable, but it's annoying when they can't see that they're head over heels for each other."

"And if you don't believe it right now," A smirk adorned Izzy's lips, "I think you will after you see this. Let me give you a quick background. Those two always seemed to slip off to somewhere, but we never knew where they went. It was always just their place, and we respected it until one day, Clary's brother Jonathan decided that he wanted to find out. So he followed them, luckily having his phone on him to record, and this happened."

My mouth dropped at what I saw next. It was the entire proposal that had happened in high school, all on video. Jace's arm tightened around me, and my eyes flicked up to see that his own mouth was wide open.

"So we beg of you." Si spoke when the video ended, "Help these two see. And if it's not true, if they're not really in love, then you get your regular season along with a little side entertainment. But please, please give them a chance." All of them smiled into the camera, waving a little, then Simon leaned forward, and the screen went black.

My wide yes went from Jace to Chris to the audience to Jace. I was totally and utterly shocked, "What…" The completely intelligent word escaped my mouth as the audience screamed, "How… When…" Everyone laughed, and Chris's shoulders shook with his chuckles.

"Surprise." He leaned over to pat us on the shoulders. Both of us were still speechless until Chris asked his next question, "Now how do you feel?" That was when my dam broke, and I burst into sobs of joy.

"Those stupid sons of bitches." Jace's voice was shaky with his own tears, "Those stupid, brilliant sons of bitches." He pecked the top of my head as I snuggled into him, wiping off my eyes and thanking the gods that waterproof mascara existed.

"So you knew the whole freaking time?" I phrased the question both to the crowd and cameras, and everyone cheered and whistled, "Oh my God this could've been so much easier."

"Would you take any of it back?" Chris asked sincerely, and I my green eyes met with Jace's golden ones. Unanimously, we replied,

"Not a single moment."

Soooooo... There was the extremely predictable story! I think you'll all like the next chapter a lot more. But I hope this one was pretty good. I mean, you don't really think that this all could've happened coincidentally. Nuh uh. Everyone had to be involved. This was a big production. Well, until next time my faithfuls!

-Shadowhunter5801