Clary's P.O.V.

In the time it took us to park the car and walk to the door it was already 11:59. We entered and heard shouts counting down,

"10! 9! 8! 7! 6!" I looked at Simon and he was smiling like an idiot. Laughing I joined in,

"5! 4! 3! 2… HAPPY 18th BIRTHDAY SIMON!" I gave him a huge bear hug before my friends told me it was their turn. I had to admit, Magnus had done a fantastic job with the decorations. There were florescent lights all around the dance floor, which was in Simon living room. He had moved all the furniture away, and there were millions of beer cups all round the house. There was cake, chips… it was amazing.

"Magnus! How did you do all this?" I asked stunned. He smiled and made a circling motion with his hands as he said,

"Magic…" I laughed as I shoved him playfully. I heard Simon come from behind us and ask,

"Magnus, did you invite your freak boyfriend?" I glared at Simon, but Magnus just laughed.

"Oh Simon, if you got to know him I'm sure you'd like him. Plus, he's hot/ Right Clary?" He asked looking at me with questioning eyes.

"Well, yeah duh" I said 'cause Alec was hot. He had black hair and piercing blue eyes, it gave him a hot look. Magnus laughed at me and said,

"And to answer your question, I did invite him and his friends". At that my heart started beating a thousand times faster. Jace was actually coming. Oh God… Then I saw Simon giving me a weird look and was about to ask what was so amusing when I heard behind me,

"Hey guys! Congratulations Lewis, mind if I steal Clary for a little while?" He asked giving him a smirk, and then looking at me with a smile.

"Sure, she's all yours" Simon said, and I wanted to punch him in the face. I was no one's and I could speak for myself, thank you very much. But as I was about to snap at Simon, Sebastian pulled my arm and took me away.

Jace's P.O.V.

We arrived at the party just in time to see Sebastian pulling Clary away and she giving Simon an angry look. It took all I had not to go straight to them, but I managed to follow Alec to where Magnus and Alec were standing. Before we arrived though, I distanced myself a little to avoid seeing Magnus and Alec's make-out session, and saw Simon do the same. When he saw me his expression became angry and he stormed his way to me.

"Look Wayland, I know you're now going to be tutoring Clary. If you try anything on her, or you hurt her… I'll be honest with you. I will not be your friend, I'll be bad freaking news. Are we clear?" He said with a stare so deadly I believed him. But my face showed no change in expression as I said,

"Chill dude, I'm just her tutor. Shouldn't you be giving this speech to Verlac over there?" I said motioning to where he and Clary were talking. He looked their way and said,

"I know his moves, I can easily fend him off if anything happens. But I don't know you, so no, this 'speech' is for you" He said, his eyes full of warning. I put my hands up as if in surrender, and heard Isabelle stand beside me. Simon just gave us a weird look, as if saying 'who get's these losers?', and walked off. I looked at Isabelle and saw that her eyes had turned a bit sad.

"Hey, he's not worth it okay?" I said putting my hand on her shoulder.

"Ugh I know. But you can't help who you fall for". Damn right sis, I thought thinking about Clary. I looked at her and saw she was already staring at me. She quickly looked away, but even at this distance I could see the blush that had slipped to her cheeks. I smiled seeing she was alone and walked over to her.

Clary's P.O.V.

I mentally cursed myself when Jace caught me staring at him. Now he was walking towards me, and the butterflies in my stomach were driving me crazy. No, not butterflies. They were freaking killing bees. Sebastian, my former crush, had just asked me to the dance, and the second I said yes I realized I really wished I were going with Jace instead. But it was so stupid, because he didn't even go to dances. And with Sebastian, I didn't feel like this when he spoke to me. When he touched my hand earlier, I just felt sweat and roughness. With Jace? My skin was like freaking gasoline and his touch created fire.

"So Fray, why aren't you on the dance floor with your girlfriends?" Jace asked as he came to stand in front of me. I looked over and saw that he was right, every single one of my friends was dancing.

"I was busy" I said with a smirk.

"With Verlac? You guys a couple now?" he said with a bitter tone. Was he jealous?

"No" I said and relief filled his eyes.

"But you're right, I'm gonna go dance now" I said with a playful tone and giggled. He followed me, and soon we were dancing together. Believe me, if I hadn't drank that beer earlier, there was no way I'd be doing this. I wasn't drunk, but the nervousness did lessen with that drink. The song ended too soon, and a slow song started playing. Jace wrapped his arms around my waist and I wrapped them around his neck. We were surrounded by couples dancing, but I could see everyone staring at us. Their looks basically said, why the hell are you dancing with him? My friends were eyeing me curiously… Oh well I'll handle them later, I thought as I swayed with Jace. Then he leaned in and whispered in my ear, making me shiver,

"You look stunning, Clary". I smiled, but before I could answer, Simon ran to us with a panicked look.

"Clary… your dad's… here… get out… of here!" he said between breaths as Jace and I broke apart.

"What? What is he doing here? I thought I was staying here?" I asked panicking.

"He told me he had regretted his decision and he wanted you to go home…. But Clary… he was really drunk" I looked at Jace and he was looking at me with pure concern. I saw my father behind him, and by the look on his face, I knew he was planning something.

"Guys, he's planning something," I said, practically shaking. Suddenly, the lights went out, and everyone at the party screamed and laughed at the same time.

"Guys, time to get your ladies!" someone shouted and everyone cheered. But of course I didn't, because I recognized that voice. That was the voice Valentine used when he wanted to retell his teenager days. Jace grabbed my hand, and I almost smiled. Then someone pulled my waist, put a hand on my mouth and dragged me outside. I saw my dad's Volvo and something shiny in his pocket before everything went black.

Cliff hanger! Sorry guys, had to! What do you think will happen? Will Valentine talk her home… or not? Will Simon and Jace become friends? AAAHHH intense. BTW no school today (rain's been horrible) so I may be updating really soon! REVIEW! It really helps! Thank you to everyone that has reviewed, you make me want to keep writing! Anyway… REVIEW!