A/N: So I know that the first two chapters weren't amazing.. things were slow... but I'm hoping everyone will read on. I promise things will move quicker. I'm thinking Wessa will be a thing. Review please, and tell me what you wan't to see happen :)

"Welcome, welcome." Tessa looked at the boy in front of her. He was covered in glitter from head to toe.

"Hey," she said. "I thought this was Will's party."

The boy nodded his head. "It is. I'm just the greeter. Punch?" He held out two solo cups, filled with a red liquid.

Tessa took one warily and handed the other to Sophie, who was still enraptured by the gigantic dorm room.

"Im Magnus, by the way," the glittery boy said, closing the door behind the two girls.

Tessa smiled. "I'm Tessa, and this here is Sophie." Sophie said hello to Magnus and stepped further inside the dorm to get a better look at the place.

She grabbed Tessa's arm and led her away from Magnus, who promptly went off in the other direction and met up with a black-haired boy.

"Tessa, isn't this place unbelievable?" Sophie was in awe. The Herondale dorm room was the largest dorm room in all of campus, and it had two floors plus a three car garage. It was practically a town house.

Tessa nodded, sipping her drink slow. It had alcohol in it, she knew that much, but she decided to drink it anyways, figuring that a little wouldn't hurt.

"Hey, Soph, I'm going to see if Cecily is here, okay?" She turned to look at Sophie, who was staring at a boy about three feet away. Rolling her eyes, she left her friend to stare, and went off to find another.

~~~o0o~~~

"Cecily! You look amazing," Tessa said to her friend. She was wearing a deep blue dress, and it complimented her eyes perfectly.

"Thanks Tessa! So do you," Cecily replied, smiling at her friend. "Listen... my brother wanted to say hello. Why don't I help you find him?"

Tessa raised her eyebrows. "You have a brother?"

Cecily grinned. "Will. You know... Tall, dark, handsome?" She said with a hint of sarcasm.

"Oh, wow. Him. I didn't even know you had a brother, sorry," Tessa mumbled. She had only met Cecily a few days ago, and somehow, the topic of siblings had never come up in their conversations. Neither had last names, apparently.

Tessa breathed in once, then twice. She didn't want to say hello to Will, but she supposed Cecily wanted her to, so she followed her friend into the mass of dancing bodies.

They walked through dancers until they finally reached the blue baby grand piano, where Will was seated, surrounded by girls. Lot's of them. Tessa recognized at least four of them. Jessamine Lovelace, Aline Penhallow, Helen Blackthorn, Tatiana Lightwood.

He looked up when he saw Tessa, and his eyes widened for a second. It was so brief that Tessa thought she may have imagined it.

"Well, well, well. I see that my charm persuaded you to come, huh," he said, grinning.

Tessa rolled her eyes and looked at Cecily. Except Cecily had disappeared. Vanished back into the sea of people. She groaned inwardly. Of course, her friend had to leave her by herself...

Will flicked his hands, and the multiple girls around him stood up to leave. He turned to Tessa.

"So, what made you come?" He asked, sounding genuinely interested.

"Your charm, of course," answered Tessa, sarcastically.

He snorted. "Of course."

She tilted her head. "Well, if you must know... Sophie wanted to come, so we came."

He grinned. "Ah, of course. And that's the sole reason why you came?" He tilted his head, expecting a better answer.

"Of course!" Tessa exclaimed, looking tense. Even though she said this, she couldn't help but reflect on why she gave in to Sophie so quickly. Perhaps she had wanted to see someone again... She shook the thoughts away as Will sent a sly smile in her direction.

"Anyways," he said, patting the bench next to him, "why don't you come sit for a while."

Tessa shook her head and stared at him coldly. "No thanks," she said, and drifted back into the sea of people.

~~~o0o~~~

Will couldn't believe his eyes. A girl. Walking away from him. And by her own free will, too!

He shook his head. It wasn't right. Girls were so attracted to him, they barely left his side. But Tessa...

Tessa was different. She didn't get his charm. No.. she didn't fall for it.

He pushed his hand through his wavy black hair.

He sat up straighter on the piano bench.

He was going to win Tessa over.

~~~o0o~~~

Two girls approached Tessa as she left Will, flanking her on either side. Jessamine and Aline.

"Hey, Tessa," Jessamine said, sweetly. Too sweetly. "What did Will have to say to you?"

"Nothing, Jessamine," Tessa responded. She tried to move away from the two girls, but Aline grabbed her wrist.

"It didn't look like nothing to me, Tessa," said Jessamine sharply. "Did it look like nothing to you, Ali?"

Aline shook her head. "It looked like something, Jessie."

Jessamine nodded. "It did. Tessa. I'm warning you. Stay away from Will Herondale, okay? He's mine."

She clutched Tessa's arm more tightly than Aline. "Promise me."

Tessa looked at Jessamine angrily. "You can have him. I don't want him," she growled. "Now, let me go."

"Fine, Tessa." Jessamine and Aline let go of her wrists with a shove, sending Tessa flying into a giant tub of ice, holding various types of pop.

~~~o0o~~~

Tessa felt cold. Cold and wet. She was in a giant ice bucket, the same size as a kiddie pool, only deeper. And she was stuck.

She glared at Jessamine, who stood a few paces away, laughing manically with Aline. They had shoved her in. Hard. So hard that she was sitting in a bucket of ice.

"Help, please," she shouted, hopefully loud enough for somebody to hear over the loud music.

Her butt was freezing. She seriously felt like a Hot Chocolate all of a sudden.

She closed her eyes and tried to ignore the cold wetness surrounding her.

"Tess. What have you gotten yourself into?" Came a jovial voice. She cracked open one eye. Ugh. Will again.

He held out a hand to her, and she had no choice but to take it.

"Did you hear me shout?" She asked, grumbling to herself.

"Of course. I have supersonic hearing, didn't you know?" Will replied.

Tessa shivered in her wet dress. "Of c-c-course."

His teasing glance turned to one of concern. "Tess. I think you need to warm up," he said, seriously.

"O-o-o-kkkkay," she replied, her teeth chattering.

He took her hand, navigated expertly through the crowd, and led her upstairs into a bedroom.

She looked around. It was his bedroom, of course, and it made her feel uncomfortable. Ladies were not supposed to be in guys' rooms .

Even though she wanted to bolt back downstairs, she didn't, because the cold was making her numb.

Will left the room and came back a short minute later.

"Here, Tess. Take a shower, and get warmed up. I've set aside some clothes for you."

She felt like hitting him with something, but he was being so nice. She didn't know what had come over him.

"Thanks, Will," she whispered, and took the towel from him. She smiled up a him through her thick, wet curls.

"S'okay, Tess. I'll be back later to check on you. The guest room is three doors down. You can stay there tonight."

Nodding slowly, Tessa trudged to the bathroom.

Firmly shutting the bathroom door and locking it, she pulled her wet clothes off and stepped into the marble shower.

The marble was heated, and it was pleasingly warm. She shivered, still, so she turned the silver tap.

Warm water came running down onto her body, and she felt the feeling come back to her bones.

Smiling, she closed her eyes and let the water trickle down her like a waterfall.

~~~o0o~~~

Will had tried. He thought he did a good job of helping Tessa.

Back downstairs, he refilled the ice bin, refilled as many people's cups as he could, and went to hunt down his Shadowhunter friends.

Jem was spotted first. "Hey," Will called. Jem looked up and waved his cup in a salute.

"Will! Gideon and Gabriel are in the other room playing air hockey. Is Tessa here?"

Will glanced down at his hand. "Actually, she's upstairs."

Jem's face fell, and Will knew why.

"Don't worry, we didn't do anything. She got pushed into the ice bin and was shivering so I sent her up to take a shower."

Jem's carefree look returned, and he smiled. "Alright. I was wondering where she was."

"Hmm," Will said. "Well, now you know. Maybe she'll come down later to keep you company. Why are you by yourself, anyways? There are plenty of girls here."

Jem laughed. "You know I don't do the whole flirting thing well, right, Will?"

Will rolled his eyes. "'Bout time you should, then."

"Well, anyways, I have to go check on Tessa. I just wanted you guys to know that you can start the games without me. I might be a while."

He clinked his cup with Jem's and left the room.

Jem stared after him. Will was his best friend, but he wondered if he was right for Tessa.

Maybe he was falling for the girl himself.

~~~o0o~~~

After he left Jem, Will went up the stairs and knocked twice on his bedroom door. No sounds came from the other side. He swung open the door to find Tessa, in boxers and a tank top, lying on his bed, fast asleep.

"Tess," he whispered. "Tess?"

She was definitely sleeping. He sighed. He was going to have to move her. Girls didn't normally stay in his room. He had to move her.

This was weird for him, really. He definitely had had girls in his room, before, but they never did anything more than kiss a little. Nobody had ever spent the night. So he had to move her.

Putting on of his arms under her legs, and the other behind her back, he lifted her up gently and headed down the hall for the guest room.

She mumbled something as he was carrying her, and one of her hands reached out to stroke his hair.

"Thanks, Will," she murmured, tiredly.

He smiled, and set her carefully down on the plush mattress.

"Will," she mumbled.

"Yes, Tessa?"

"Can you stay here maybe to make sure nobody comes in?"

He smiled. For someone practically asleep, she was very eloquent.

"In here?" He asked, raising an eyebrow, though she couldn't see it.

"Yes," Tessa replied. "On the floor?"

He nodded, even though she didn't have her eyes open.

"Ill get my stuff an come back."