UGH. SCHOOL. IS. KILLING. ME. I'm suppose to be studying right now as I write this but I haven't wrote a single thing since school started and school started WEEKS AGO. The pain and torture...still your reviews make me feel happy! While I'm still talking, Jillessa Heronstairs did a forum called Shadowhunter World Roleplay and so far I'm enjoying it! You guys should join. The link is on Jillessa Heronstairs's bio. Hope you guys can join us!

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Meet me in the Institute's Garden in one hour.

Love, Jem.

Tessa reread the note to make sure she hadn't misread it. She had went to her room after dinner full of energy and determination to save the school when someone knocked on the door two times before slipping a folded paper under the door. It must have been Jem who delivered it. Tessa thought that was sweet. Her determination to save the school was replaced with excitement about her date with Jem then came panic. What should she wear? She had no idea what was suitable ; she wasn't a fashion girl.

Jessamine is a fashion girl. Tessa shook her head. Jessamine would never help her. Never ever. Cecily? No, Will was upset for some reason about her date with Jem. How would he react if he knew his own sister had helped her get ready! Sophie? Maybe she'd help her. Plus Sophie seemed good at doing different hair styles. Sophie's dark hair was always styled beautifully and differently every day.

She rushed off to Sophie's room. When Sophie had opened the door, Tessa had immediately begin talking about her situation. Sophie's face changed for a split section at the mention of her date with Jem, but that could have been Tessa's imagination. She hoped it was. "Well," Sophie said finally, "I can help you with the hair and help you pick a good outfit however make up is a problem. I'm only good at lip gloss and foundation -for those bad bruises or pimples."

"It's okay. That sounds perfect," Tessa told Sophie. However the other girl wasn't listening to her, she was thinking.

Sophie snapped her fingers. "Magnus obviously wears make up. I mean I can totally tell that he had eyeliner and mascara on today with a hint of blush though you couldn't tell because he went for the natural look on his cheeks."

"You sound like Jessamine."

Sophie pulled a face. "I do not. I just know this stuff because my mum was make up maniac." The moment she finished speaking, Sophie bit her bottom lip as if trying not to let any more words out which confused Tessa. What was wrong?

Tessa was more confused when Sophie brushed past her and began walking away. "Where are you going?"

Sophie turned around and shouted, "Getting Magnus! Meet us in your room!" Before Tessa could protest, she had already disappeared around the corner. Relucantly, Tessa returned to her room.

Cecily was watching television in the Lounge room when Gabriel Lightwood walked in, pulled the remote from her hands, and changed the channel. The young Herondale scowled at him. "What do you think you are doing?"

"You owe me," Gabriel simply stated.

"Not these type of pathetic stuff." Gabriel had sat down beside her on the couch so Cecily easily stretched her hand and got hold of the remote. Unfortunately, Gabriel was not surprised at her action and let go easily, like she predicted. He had an iron grip. Cecily pulled and Gabriel pulled from the other end. Gabriel finally pulled hard enough for Cecily not only to let go, but enough for her to fall on him.

It was an awkward situation with Gabriel's hands sprawled above him, one of his hands still clutching the remote. His body was twisted awkwardly with his upper body lying down and his downer body sort of sitting. As for Cecily, her face had landed on Gabriel's chest -just above his heart- with her hands stretched on either side of Gabriel's head. She was lying down on her knees and one of her knees stuck between his legs. Cecily used her hands to pull herself up from Gabriel's chest and they made eye contact. They were both blushing. She tried to move her legs, but Gabriel's legs held on tight on to her right knee.

"Gabriel." She was about to ask him to let go of her knee when an angry shout was heard from the door. Cecily's eyes widened and her mouth formed a small 'O'. Gabriel cursed under his breath. Cecily looked up preparing to meet Will's angry icy blue eyes, but for some reason his eyes seemed to be burning instead.

And Gabriel Lightwood was a dead man. Will stalked over to them and pulled Cecily off Gabriel by pulling the back of her shirt. Quickly, he dropped her to the floor and reached for his enemy's collar. He pulled Gabriel up in a sitting position, but didn't let go of his collar. "Who seduced who? Now."

Cecily stared at her brother shocked. "No one seduced no one, Will! It's a big misunderstanding." She hurried to her feet and tried to pull Will to look at her but he only had eyes for Gabriel.

"So I'm suppose to believe you guys were just fighting over a pillow?"

Gabriel snorted. "Actually it was the remote. Anyway, who fights over a pillow?" Cecily held in her breath waiting for Will's blow on Gabriel's face. Shockingly, Will didn't punch Gabriel though he tightened his grip on his collar.

"You think your very funny, Lightworm, but you're not. I know why you have been hanging near my sister a lot. It's because you want revenge because of Tatiana, don't you?" Cecily looked at her brother in surprise.

"What are you talking about?"

Gabriel said, "Shut up, Cecily. This has nothing to do with you."

"And it better stay that way Lightworm," Will hissed. He let go of Gabriel's collar and he fell down onto the couch. Will turned to Cecily. "Let's go for a walk, dear sister."

Magnus was a make up genius.

Tessa's lips were painted with a rose pink lipgloss and her eyes had been attacked with mascara and eyeliner which was a very good touch. The eyeliner made her gray eyes look blue in comparison. Magnus didn't add blush or foundation stating that her skin was already perfect which made Tessa blush. He also helped Sophie in choosing a casual outfit for her date. Dresses were ruled out because Magnus suspected that if Tessa wore a dress, it would be either too formal or looked like Tessa was trying too hard. Those were both equally bad and embarrassing.

Sophie and Magnus decided on a simple peachy pink blouse and white jeans. For the shoes, they chose brown sandals. Magnus suggested only earrings for the accessories and Sophie had agreed and suggested a pair of pearl (not real, of course) earrings. As Tessa put the earrings on, she thought how Magnus and Sophie should have their own Fashion Makeover Show. Maybe they should name it Natural Glitter? She smiled at her silly thoughts. She turned to Sophie and Magnus and showed them the outfit. Sophie nodded vigorously and went forward to hug Tessa while Magnus just winked.

"Now remember," Magnus told her outside her room before she and Magnus and Sophie part ways. "Be yourself. Don't be anyone else, but you. So naturally you're gonna be fabulous."

Magnus was an awesome friend and had good fashion taste. As for Sophie, she had just squeezed Tessa's hand in comfort and checked her hair for anything wrong. Sophie had insisted that Tessa leave her brown hair down, but she straightened Tessa's bangs. After all, the bangs had to be the most perfect.

After that, Tessa rushed off to the Institute's garden. She was five minutes late and it took her five minutes more to find the garden. She arrived to find Jem sitting nearby on a bench. He held a red rose in his hand. He stared down at it as he twirled it. Something made Tessa pause. Jem looked like a fairytale prince waiting for his princess to give her a red rose.

Or perhaps a kiss?

Tessa pushed the idea out of her mind. As if sensing her presence, Jem looked up and met her gray eyes. He was smiling softly at her. Tessa's heart fluttered and she forced herself to walk towards him instead of staring at him like an idiot. He stood up when she neared him. "Tessa," he greeted her. He took her hand and brushed his lips lightly.

He acted like a prince too. The thought made Tessa smile even wider at Jem. "Jem," she whispered. He let go of her hand and offered her the rose. "Thank you."

"Just don't tell Charlotte I picked it off from the garden." She chuckled.

"I never knew you were such a rebel," she teased. She intertwined her hand with Jem's.

"Love makes you do outrageous things."

How come Jem could make Tessa feel shy yet at the same time want to do outrageous things? "Sorry I was late," she apologized. "Sophie and Magnus were helping me get ready."

"Sophie and Magnus?" Jem raised his eyebrows. "Honestly, that is a strange pair."

"Yet a very good one." She looked at the garden. "I can see why you chose our date here. It's beautiful." Tessa had seen the garden in daylight, but it was nothing compared to the night. The fairylights that always hung in the trees were alive giving the trees a certain magic to themselves. There was even lights installed in the ground and as they walked in the garden, they changed color. The flowers seemed to be more beautiful with water freshly sprinkled water on them, still dripping on the petals.

"It really is. I think back when I was a freshmen it use to be so dark at night that it terrified some students. That's where Henry came along and insisted on lighting the place up."

"Henry is a genius."

"Indeed though some people think he's nuts."

That surprised Tessa. "Why? I thought everyone loved him."

"They say that because he's always making up inventions that don't always work correctly or don't work at all. Once he set himself on fire and he didn't even notice."

"Really?"

"Really. Charlotte went crazy. Said he could have harmed himself or set the school on fire." They reached the middle of the garden where a river flowed, cutting the garden in half. There was a small bridge over. The river was extraordinarily bright blue and she guessed that Henry must have also installed lights in the river which made sense since the river was man-made. The bridge was a rainbow with different colors mixed together. It beautiful and artistic.

"Henry suggested one of the art students, I think it was Charlotte's niece, should paint the bridge. She was happy to do so," Jem explained. He returned to their previous topic. "But even if people think he's nuts, I admire him. Even when everyone says he can't do it or insults him, Henry does what he loves the most. Inventing."

"I can see why," Tessa commented. "He might have never invented light but look what he used them for." She gestured to the garden. "He created something beautiful."

He smiled kindly at her. "You are beautiful." Tessa blushed. They began walking on the bridge but paused in the middle to admire the river and the rest of the garden. "Some of the students call this the Blackfriar Bridge."

"Why so?"

"I don't know. Probably because the school is called the London Institute so why not name something after a London landmark?" Jem gazed at the river. "Still, I like the name. I remember once they took us to field trip to London and we visited the bridge. I found it beautiful. That's where I also met Will. He thought he saw a duck in the water."

"Will likes duck?"

Jem grinned. "Quite the opposite. He hates him. Everyone just stared at him while he screamed. I was the only one who could calm him down."

"How did you?"

"Oh I slapped him and pointed out that was a yellow balloon in the water.

Tessa covered her smile with her hand. "You really are a rebel."

"Good boys are bad boys who haven't been caught." She didn't hide her grin after that one. They stayed silent for a few minutes, gazing at the garden. Jem spoke up again. "You should really see when the sun rises in the garden. Slowly all the lights turn off as the sun's golden rays warm the garden. The transformation is quite breathtaking."

"Are you suggesting we stay out here all night?" Tessa joked. Jem smiled at her.

"No," he said seriously. "We have a long day ahead of us tomorrow. We have a school to save."

I AM FREAKIN PROUD OF THIS CHAPTER. Next chapter is the gang trying to save the London Institute! Please review! Bye xoxo.