Decided to give another chapter, since the Prologue was so short. D: Sorry about the shortness of it. :P Please review and check out my other story, New Neighborhood

Chapter 1: 5 years old

"Jocelyn! You never told me you had a child!" exclaimed the woman. "Oh, dear me, I guess I forgot to mention it, we haven't talked for a couple years, Celine, you never told you had a child either..." my mother said. So.. the lady's name was Celine, what a weird name, i thought to myself.

"Oh, we should catch up, let's go to the park. It is where Jonathan and I are heading." Celine announced. When we got to the park, it was deserted, I heard my mother talking to Celine, "oh yes Celine, he left when Clarissa was 2, poor girl never met her father." Celine said that Jonathan had the same problem, "Clarissa, Jonathan go play, leave us alone to talk" Jonathan's mother instructed.
I shrugged and ran to the playground. When I got there, I tried to talk to him, "so your name is Jonathan, that's a cool name! Do you mind if i call you Jace?" I asked as sweetly as i could. He replied, "no, Clarissa is a stupid name." I looked at him shock with tears in my eyes, "Jac- Jonathan, would you like to play...?" I choked back my tears.

He looked at me with his golden eyes and looked shocked and asked, "why would you ask me to play? No one has ever done that before?" I shrugged, "because I'm nice" I said as rudely as I could.
I went the playground and started playing on the swings, I couldn't figure out how to make myself start swinging, so I kept trying to, I thought I was doing good, but then i realized I was being pushed by Jonathan. I looked at him shocked.
He smirked at kept pushing, I couldn't help but laugh. My mom noticed and smiled, then checked her watch and noticed how late it was. Then she was right beside me and stopped the swinging, "Clarissa darling, you have school tomorrow lets go." I nodded and said bye to Jonathan who was looking at me, when I noticed him and his mother caught up to us. "So, Isabelle, where do you live?" my mother answered and Celine looked shocked! "I LIVE RIGHT BESIDE YOU!" she yelled.

I got scared because no one yells like that. After that, I noticed my mom kept talking to Celine and I heard a chuckle and looked and saw Jonathan.

"So, I guess we'll be spending a lot of time together?" I couldn't help but look at him, he had golden hair that matched his eyes and his face looked flawless. "What are you staring at? Do i have something on my face?" I laughed and shook my head. "Well, I should get to know you better then? How old are you? do you go to school? how long have you lived in new york? Do you-" I was about to ask another question when he cut me off, "Too many questions, I'm six and yes I do go to school, and since I was a baby, and since you're calling me Jace, I get to call you Clary." He said with a smirk

That's when I noticed where we were, our apartment block, I said my goodbyes and went up to my room and looked at myself in the mirror, I was short, with fiery red hair, vibrant green eyes and freckles, everywhere. I shrugged and climbed into bed, and that was how our friendship started.

Jace - 14
Clary - 13
Sebastian - 14
During the years, our friendship was starting to disappear, he had his own friends and I had mine. When we were both in middle school, I was in grade 8 and he was in grade 9, he kissed me. He said he wanted his first kiss to be with someone he cared about.
It was in the perfect setting, it was on a ferris wheel at the carnival. I smiled and shrugged and asked, "what about your girlfriend? Didn't you already kiss her?"

"No, I wanted my first kiss to be with you, besides, I think I might break up with, Poppy Jones is pretty hot." And that was when it started, his 'player' reputation. The end of school party was near, it was always held by the same guy every year, Sebastian. He was pretty cute, Jace noticed that I thought he was cute.

It was held every year at the same time, after the graduation. Sebastian was in grade 9 and we were pretty good friends, I was invited and when I got there, I noticed there was alcohol there, I never had it before, but I saw Jace drinking it with Poppy.
I sighed and grabbed a beer. That was when i noticed Sebastian, he smiled and walked over to me, and said, "so you're, going into grade 9 next year? That's pretty cool." I smiled and said "not really, all my friends are going into high school and im stuck in middle school." He grinned and leaned into my ear and said, "I won't forget you and I don't think Jace will." I looked over at Jace and saw him making out with Poppy, I sighed and joked, "He probably will, he was has his girlfriends to keep him comp-"

I never got to finish what I said because Sebastian was kissing me. I was suprised, I never thought Sebastian liked me like that, he pulled back and apologized, "I'm sorry, I just really wanted to kiss you." I laughed and said it was okay and that's when I noticed Jace looking at us. I laughed, the party was quite wild, everyone was drunk and slurring their words and so was I, I didn't even notice it.
Next thing I knew was Jace was right beside me, holding me up, he looked at me in disgust, "Clary, i think we should get you home..." he advised me. I shouted at him, "YOU DON'T OWN ME, I CAN GO HOME WHEN I WAN-" I never finished my sentence because I was busy puking, Jace quickly ushered me into the bathroom and held my hair while I puked.

He noticed after awhile, I had fallen asleep on the toilet rim. I woke up the next morning with a pounding headache, I noticed Jace asleep on the bathroom floor aswell. I poked him awake, he looked at me with his hair all messed up, he looked at me and laughed, "well how's your head?" I groaned, I got up off the bathroom floor and looked at myself in the mirror, My red hair was pulled into a ponytail and my makeup was all smudged. I left the bathroom after I cleaned my self up and walked home.

2 weeks later
It was a nice thought that Jace stayed with me after I puked my guts out. Sebastian and I started dating the day after the party. He was sweet, but when we passed Jace in our apartment block, he looked pissed. Why would he care who I dated? I mean, he has a new girl every week! I noticed that Jace barely talked to me after the party. He would give a nice smile and wave when we passed each other, but other than that he never said a word to me. Was he mad that he had to stay with me when I was drunk?

I shook it off and went to Sebastian's. When we hang out, it consists of movies and making out. I enjoy it sometimes, but I wish he would take me out. An unknown number called me, "Hello, is this Clarissa Fray?"

"Yes, it is, why?" The woman on the phone sounded upset, "I'm afraid your mother has been in a terrible accident and didn't make it.." Her voice got quieter as she told me. I was at loss for words, my mom is dead? "T-thank you." I broke down in sobs and left Sebastian's house. I went back home, when I got back, Jace was waiting at my door. "Clary, I heard what happened." I fell into his arms, crying. I heard someone clear his throat. Luke. "Clary, since your dad left, your mom left me as your legal guardian if something happened to her. And, since she's gone. You're coming to live with me, in California."