Hi everyone. Please please please don't be angry with me for not updating soon, but I've had a lot of things going on. My Pawpaw, who I loved very very much, and had come to see me over Spring Break and was perfectly fine, and who lives in Ohio (let's just say my family and I live quite far away from them), passed away two Saturdays ago from sudden illness. So, we drove a VERY long drive out to Ohio, and stayed for a whole week. I was too much of a nervous wreck to write even if I had my computer, but my laptop was in another state. We left Ohio and my Neenee on Friday, and we got back really early on Saturday morning. So, we spent the day sleeping and resting. If we could sleep.

So all last week I was catching up on my make-up work, so I had absolutely NO time to write anything then. And I didn't have my laptop with me at all over the last weekend. So, again, I am super, super sorry that I haven't updated at all for the past few weeks. I'm working as hard and fast as I can to catch up. I WILL UPDATE AS SOON AS I CAN. Promise.

So, just to make sure you forgive me, I included another excerpt.

The glare on Jace's face toward Caden was one of the most amusing things I had ever seen. Apparently, as I was attempting to stifle my giggles, Jace had noticed me laughing at him, and jerked me to the side. Not roughly, but it was still a good enough jerk to make me stumble.

"What are you laughing about, Clary?" he demanded.

"Your face. I think it's hilarious," I replied, smirking up at him. He glowered down at me.

"You seem to have gotten over me quickly enough. You have a sudden boyfriend you were very reluctant to tell me about earlier," Jace said, and the smirk that I was wearing dropped off my face and flew onto his. I felt my face get hot, "Well, you didn't ask if I had gotten over you yet. Caden and I have been dating for awhile now, thank you," I retaliated, my smirk reappearing.

"Clary, I don't like him. I don't think you should date him. Something seems off about him. I don't like it," Jace whispered, and I felt myself feel outraged. I had the sudden urge to wipe that smirk off his face with my fist. "Well, I don't recall asking for your permission, Jace. And frankly, I couldn't give a damn what you think about him. He's a perfect gentleman, and I like him, so back the hell off," I said angrily, spinning away from him.

I could feel his hot stare on my back as I stomped away.

Here you are.

Please don't be mad at me.

I'm soooo sorry.

I'll update soon as possible.