A/N: Hey peeps! Sorry this chapter took so long, but I've been busy finishing my Vampire Academy fanfic, Together Forever :) I'll do my best to update more often since it's summer vacation now, but no guarantees since I'm working on the sequel to Together Forever, "What Happened to Forever?"

Thanks so much to everyone who reviewed :)

Onward with the chapter!

~I Heart Herondale Boys~

Don't You Remember?
~Chapter Four~

Half an hour later, they were on the subway, on their way to Simon's.

"Is he really. . . different?" Clary asked.

Jace shook his head. "Same old annoying Simon. Vampirism hasn't changed him one bit. He's still sixteen, because vampires don't age." Jace spoke so freely because they were glamoured, so the mundanes couldn't hear a word they said.

Clary nodded, soaking it all in.

All that Jace could think about was the kiss they'd shared on Clary's bedroom floor. The way her skin glistened with droplets of water, the way she looked with her wet hair glued to her skin. The mere thought of it was turning him on, and unless he wanted a little problem in his pants, he'd have to divert his thoughts.

"So what else has changed? Are there, like, flying cars or anything that I should know about?" she asked, grinning.

Jace laughed. "No, no flying cars. The mundies haven't figured that one out yet."

"It's good to know that some things never change."

For the rest of the ride, they talked about what had and hadn't changed.

As they walked to Simon's, Clary grew increasingly nervous. Would vampire-Simon be strange, alien to her? Or would he be unchanged, other than the fact that he was immortal?

Her thoughts were cut short when they stopped in front of his house. Clary's anxiety spiked, and Jace, sensing it, gave her hand a reassuring squeeze.

He knocked for her, and the door opened moments later to a very pale, young, glasses-free Simon Lewis.

"Hey Clary! What are you two doing here?" he asked cheerfully, grinning. His teeth were normal, to Clary's relief. She'd been expecting giant fangs.

"Didn't Izzy call?" Jace asked, puzzled.

"Call about what?"

Jace smacked his face with his hand. "Well, this is going to take a lot of explanation. Can we sit?"

Simon nodded, ushering them in.

~DYR~

Clary watched Simon's face as he sat in stunned silence as Jace recounted the previous night's events.

"No one thought to call me?" he asked incredulously. "Jeez! She's my best friend. You'd think that someone would let me know."

"We thought that Izzy would call," Jace said in his defense, scowling.

Simon took a deep breath and sighed, turning to Clary. "How much do you remember?" he asked wearily.

"Umm . . . after Mom was taken, and I first went to the Institute . . ." Clary replied shakily, fiddling with the hem of her shirt.

His eyes widened, and his next question was directed to Jace. "Does she know about me?"

Jace nodded. "We told her. She actually fainted."

Clary elbowed him in the ribs. "It's not my fault," she grumbled.

"Clary . . . you're not . . . you know . . . scared of me, are you?" Simon asked quietly, hesitantly.

"I don't know," she replied honestly, steadily meeting his gaze. "I don't know what to think anymore. Everything in my mind is so jumbled, and I keep getting flashes of things that I can't figure out whether they're real or from my own imagination. But I do know that, vampire or not, you'd never hurt me. At least, I hope not."

"Of course I wouldn't! Clary, I wouldn't even dream of it."

She sighed with relief. He didn't seem to be very different, which was comforting.

They hung around for a few hours before Clary and Jace decided that it was time to leave.

"I promise we'll hang out tomorrow," she said as she was walking out the door.

"I'll hold you to it," he replied, grinning.

Still smiling, she walked away, Jace following behind her.

"It's nice that he hasn't changed," she commented.

Jace chuckled. "I told you so."

Clary rolled her eyes and pushed him playfully. "Whatever. Man, I'm hungry."

"Well, let's go out to eat, then."

~DYR~

Twenty minutes later, they sat in Taki's, waiting for their food to come.

"So tell me about our relationship. How did it start?" Clary asked, stirring her milkshake with her straw.

"Well, our first kiss was in the Institute's greenhouse, at midnight. I made us a very nice picnic. You fell, I caught you, and then I just kinda leaned down and kissed you," Jace replied, grinning.

She smiled. "And then, did we just kinda start . . . dating?"

He shook his head. He really didn't want to get into the whole story. Didn't want to relive the pain of thinking that the one he loved was his sister. "We didn't start dating for a while after. For various complicated reasons."

As she was opening her mouth to ask, Kaelie brought the food.

Talk about saved by the bell.

Jace watched with amusement as Clary devoured her coconut pancakes.

No, he wouldn't spoil her day by telling her the tragic story of their first year.

It wasn't much, but at least it was something :P

Please review and tell me what you thought. I'm working on chapter 5 right now! I hope to finish it soon :)

If anyone likes the Fallen series by Lauren Kate and you've read Passion already, check out my oneshot :D

Until next time!

~Sar