Chapter 3: Getting Acquainted

JPoV

"Fuck off" She said. Wow, quite the lady. I didn't really want to be more of an ass to a girl who just punched me in the face then ran off crying, as much fun as it would be. I swiftly turned on my heel and left her alone. "Fucking women." I muttered under my breath.

I walked back to the office to collect my timetable. I knew that there was something up with that Clary girl. Something off. She was beautiful, anyone could see that and she could throw a punch.

But her scars…I decided then and there, that I would find out about her. I was no stranger to using my charm to get information. I walked into my first class only 15 minutes late. I made up an excuse and the teacher introduced me to the class. It was the usual "Hi, my name is Jace Lightwood" blah, blah, blah.

I was put in a seat next to a guy called Sebastian. He was the one who stepped out this morning telling me it was a bad idea to sneak up on the red headed girl, Clary. He turned to me and said "Dude, you have blood on your shirt" I looked down and he was right.

"Man, Clary can pack a punch! It's so hot! What did you do to get her that mad? I've been trying to get her attention for ages, just like every other guy." I wasn't really sure what to say to that so I simply told him what I did. "I walked up to her and touched her shoulder, she screamed and punched me in the face." Then Sebastian just said something that ticked me off. "Clary is fucked up but hot as hell." I didn't understand. You'd think everyone would know about her. "What's up with her scars? Why did she freak out this morning?"

"Clary only has one friend, Simon. Other people would like to be friends…and more" he winked. " But she won't talk to anybody and no one knows anything about her except for Simon, which is weird because he is one of the biggest losers. Normally Clary always wears long sleeve tops or jackets or a jumper or anything like that to cover herself but this morning she just walked in only in a tank top" He winked again before continuing, "Everyone could see everything. All her scars and… yeah. No one knows where she got them from or anything. Someone yelled out freak this morning and her friend Simon came out and basically told everyone to fuck off. She broke down crying and when everyone was in class we heard this scream and yeah, you know what happens next."

I was about to reply when a glare was shot our way the teacher whose name I forgot almost immediately. I was still thinking about Clary and why she reacted the way she did when the bell went for lunch. I was looking out for Isabelle and Alec when I saw a flash of that all too familiar red hair. I was about to go up to her and give her a sarcastic comment about how I thought she was going to stay under the bleachers all day but a pair of narrowed charcoal eyes popped up in front of my face. "You come with me, Jace" Isabelle said. She sounded mad and as she twirled around

Her black hair whipped me in the face and she snickered at me. Once we were in the cafeteria Isabelle rounded on me. She pointed at Clary who was with Simon. What a surprise. "You are going to leave that girl alone." Her tone was final but I wasn't going to listen to her. I never do. "Why?" I challenged. "I heard about her. I also heard about this morning." Izzy replied. It had probably spread around the whole school now. Great. "Oh yeah, so you know what a crazy bitch she is." Isabelle slapped me.

Well, that got the attention of the whole cafeteria; I could feel Clary's eyes on us too. Isabelle stalked over to her. Oh shit. "Hi Clary" she started; I saw that Clary had a confused look on her face. Once again, oh shit. "Are you a crazy bitch?" Isabelle asked. Clary just looked shocked. Simon then stood up. "What the fuck is wrong with you?" He asked. "Oh nothing, it's just that my brother over there, Jace, thinks you are a crazy bitch. I just wanted to prove him wrong, so can I sit with you?"

Clary looked at me and her eyes were full of hurt. I felt kind of bad for her and immediately took back my words. She turned to Isabelle and slowly said "Sure…" I then sauntered over but before I could say anything Simon stopped me by getting between Clary and me. "Now you better run along" he said and I outright laughed in his face and pushed him aside. He fell to the floor.

"Simon!" Clary yelled. She really had a beautiful voice. She jumped to his side but he was getting up and fine so she came to face me. "Listen here golden boy-" I stopped her, "golden boy?" Her cheeks flushed and I loved the colour.

"When I didn't know your name I called you that in my head because your hair and eyes are golden…" I laughed and said, "I am amazingly good looking, aren't I?" She just glared "YOU ARE SUCH A DICK!" And then, for the second time in one day, she punched me in the face. The cafeteria erupted in cheers. I hadn't realised they had been watching. I was literally speechless. No sarcastic comment, nothing to say. Isabelle's jaw was on the floor and everyone was silent.

Clary gulped but kept her head high and at that moment…She was incredibly sexy. NO, JACE, NO. THIS IS NOT THE TIME. FOCUS. I turned around and walked away to clean up my face imagining what mum and dad would say. "Hi Jace, how was your first day of school?" "Great, I got punched in the face twice by this girl who I am falling for!" Yeah, that would be fun. Wait, what? Falling for? Nope, I wrote it off as head injury. You couldn't fall for someone that fast. Much less, with someone who hated your guts?

I cleaned off the last of the blood on my face and walked out of the bathroom only to bump into the last person I wanted to see. Clary. The look on her face told me she felt the same. "Look, Jace…" She started and I had no I idea what was happening but I was suddenly leaning down and I kissed her. Suddenly her arms moved up, behind my neck to hold me in place and I moved mine around her delicate waist.

I moved my tongue across her bottom lip, asking for permission. Before I could go any further Clary shoved against my chest and jumped back. She looked furious.