Chapter 1: The Last First Day Of Middle School

"Mom," I said with smoke running in my ears and coming out slowly. "I don't need a picture."

"Clarissa," Valentine said as I rolled my eyes. "Obey your mother. Jonathan is smiling wonderfully right next to you."

I rolled my eyes again as I felt my brothers hand on my side, he started tickling me and I had no choice but to laugh. And my mother took a photo at that moment. Although the only way I could tell she did it was by the flashing light right before I started chasing my brother down the sidewalk.

He was surprisingly fast, but I was faster. I caught up to him as we were going down the hill to the bus stop. I hit his back as hard as I could releasing as much anger as I could into a single punch. He stopped and looked at me I could tell it hurt, but he was hiding it pretty well.

"Is little CC giving me a back massage, how-," he started but I cut him off as I punched him again. The look on his face was surprised, which I did not expect. He continued saying "Impressive for a 5-foot girl." I suppressed my anger and rolled my eyes instead.

I slowly continued walking down the hill with Jon right behind me and my arms across my chest. We reached the bus stop quickly and the bus was coming in when I got to the corner.

I got on the bus and sat down ware my best friend Simon was already there waiting for me. I sat on the inside because I did not want to be any ware near socializing.

"You excited for the first day of school Clary?" He questioned.

"Is it bad that I already want it to be over, now," I added.

"you are in middle school it could be worse,"

"Or better," I mumbled as we exited our seats and got off of the bus. I sighed as I walked into the school not caring if I was going to come out alive. Some random guy held the door open and I handed the door open to the next person in line to come into the school. I walked down the hallway to my homeroom class that was not that far away from the entrance to the school.

I was late but the teacher was more. I took the seat as far in the back as possible. When I was seated I took out my sketchbook and started drawing a tree with a tire swing hanging down from it.

"Clary," I heard someone call out to me. I looked up and there was the teacher "Do you what we will be doing today?" she asked.

"The same thing as every other year," I said not wanting to talk to her. I realized that I was taking back to a teacher. Ops I said in my head. When I came out of my thoughts I heard small snickers coming around the room, I rolled my eyes.

"Witch Is...?" she asked.

"We go down to the auditorium as a grade because we need the beginning of school lecture," I said saying need like you would say that you need a pillow or some nail polish to your parents. The room sadly filled with laughs.

"You know that you can get detention for talking back to the teacher?" she questioned once again.

The more she talked the more I got mad. I had different comebacks rolling through my mind, I chose the one that was the least bit of a deal

"Yes, but I fail to care," I spoke whole-heartedly. And I zoned out everyone else wipers and laughs

"If this happens again I will send you to detention," she threatened and I nodded.

"You know that at this school you can not threaten a student," I mumbled so quietly that I hoped no one could hear me.

"That is a rule?" someone asked that was seated beside me. I nodded and did not look up.

I sat there drawing for a while and when I started to hear shuffling in the room I decided to get up and leave the room with them down to the auditorium.

I was in the middle of my way there and I heard a figure come up beside me when I looked over I was not surprised to see Simon. "Hi," I said.

He smiled and said "Hi... um Clary," he started as we took a seat in the auditorium I nodded for him to continue, "I was wondering about Izzy."

"Need girl advice," I questioned and he nodded. I looked around and no one was close to us so I said "Simon, you need to be you. If she does not like the normal you, what is the point," I said and he opened his mouth to speak but I put my hand up and continued with saying "look just try to come out of your shell once and just talk to her."

"Easy for you to say, not like you could do that," he said bitterly.

"Well I don't need to," I said defensively.

I looked up at the screen and saw cats on the projector slowly fade as the principal came on to the stage.

"Class, as normal we will take a look at the new kids and give them a warm welcome," he paused I tuned him out barley looking a the stage "And finally," his voice rung over the auditorium "Jonathan Herondale," l looked up and saw gold he also looked like he would fit in with the jocks, and they would invite him in because our school was good at first impressions on people and placing them ware they would stay on the first day of school, he continued saying "He prefers to be called Jace," he said listing different things about him as I barley tuned in "At his last school he was on varsity for soccer, baseball, and football," and I tuned him out again wondering why I listened in the first place.

Lunch-

I sat at my normal table with myself and reading a book as I liked. I was confused as to why I felt a few people across from me, but I did not care and barley noticed.

I heard a throat clear and my hear skipped a beat and I jumped into the air breathing hard.

"Well that was entertaining," The girl said.

"Sorry," The blonde that I remember being Jace said looking entertained with a grin on his face.

"Yes?" I asked the three of them.

"Let me explain shortly," The last one said "The other people are bitches and don't deserve our company,"

"You me Kaelie and her posse and Sebastian and his minions?" I asked and they all nodded.

"Do you want to go shopping on Tuesday," she said and I was going to respond but she beat me to it saying, "I think we should go shopping on Tuesday," she had so much energy so I nodded.

She grabbed my hand and wrote her number on my wrist, and I asked, "why me."

"Because you seem so interesting to go shopping with and I think we would be great friends," she said putting emphasis on because.

"Izzy, don't scare her away," blondie said and I asked myself why he would care.

"So, I'm Jace, Izzy, and here is Alec," he said pointing to himself and each person. I felt another person sit next to me I felt my heart nearly drop why did I have to be so unlucky I thought to myself.

"And I'm Sebastian," The guy said as he sat next to me.

"I know who you are," I said bitterly.

"Ya but it is only tradition for me to sit with you on the first day of school," he said smirking.

"Can you just get over it," I asked.

"Get over what," he asked, I just rolled mt eyes.

I heard the bell ring and I was so happy to get up from my seat and nearly run to my brother that was talking to one of his manny friends. "Do you want to skip," I asked frantically.

He nodded and said, "the last two classes don't really matter to me."

"Same here," I said and I walked out of the building

"What is wrong," he asked me

"Sebastian," was all I said.

"I have another few words with him," he said in a kind tone "Before I kill him that is," he added.

"Jon," I said, "Come on."

"I was just joking."

"Nice joke." Sebastian can do a lot of stupid stuff in 7th grade, like an alarming amount. But whatever I told myself it does not matter now.

The rest of the day went by fast but I couldn't get the golden boy that has multiple layers of walls surrounding him out of my head.

Authors Note- Sorry about how short it is I did not want It to be too long of a story, but whatever for now. Remember if you want to see something specific from me in this story happen to tell me and I might just put it in. Also, I would like to know how fast you would want the Clary-Jace relationship to develop. And next time I will try to make it from Jaces POV, let me know what you think. (: