Clary's P.O.V.
Isabelle's—no, Izzy's— house was huge. It was the house I always imagined having when I grew up. It was marble white, with antique and modern paintings all over the walls. If you looked up you saw a huge, sparkling chandelier in the ceiling. The kitchen looked so modern and sophisticated, that I wouldn't be surprised if it suddenly started cooking by itself. My mouth was hanging open, quite widely may I add, and I heard Izzy laugh beside me.
"Gosh Clary, it's just a house, not an art museum" she said as she dragged me to the stairs.
"You sure 'bout that Izzy?" I asked, again looking at all the amazing paintings that lined the walls.
"Not really, but come on! I really want you to see my room" she said as she gave me a quick side smile before running up the stairs. I followed her, and when I opened the door to her room, my eyes fell out in amazement.
Isabelle's P.O.V.
As I led Clary up to my room, I once again wondered why the heck I invited someone I barely knew to stay over. But surprisingly, I realized I'd had plenty. Firstly, the girl looked like she needed some girl talk to distract herself and to let her emotions all out. Secondly, I didn't have any girl friends myself. When we arrived at school the first day, Alec and I agreed we would stick to each other. Because usually, when people met us, they thought we were arrogant, sassy and over our heads. That's what always happened, except one year that some people became our "friends" because of our money. Since then we've only liked Jace, and he seemed to like us too. Then Magnus happened… anyway I wanted to meet Clary because Jace liked her (first girl ever he likes) so she can't be that bad. Plus, Jace needed my approval before dating anyone. That's what sisters are for. A gasp sent me back to the real world, and I turned to the sight of a very astonished Clary. Her eyes were wide, her mouth hanging open, and her head couldn't seem to decide which way to look. I laughed, hard, at her expression. I guess my room was impressive, even though no girl had ever seen it.
"Izzy… your room is incredible" Clary said looking at me with a smile. Then she laughed and said,
"I guess I expected One Direction posters and a zebra carpet, like all my other friends". I laughed, thinking how unlike her friends I was. My room had red wallpaper, with a black wood bed, photos framed all around the room and in the walls, a white fur carpet, white bed covers, a plasma TV and of course, my cat Church. I sat down in my carpet and leaned on my bed.
"So… what's going on between you and Jace?" I asked Clary, glancing at her sideways. She immediately blushed and tried to hide it by turning around. She scratched the back of her neck, sat down in front of me and said,
"Actually, I was thinking maybe you could tell me that".
"Honey, I know about Jace and how he feels, but I don't know anything about how you feel" I said after laughing. She buried her head in her hands trying to hide the smile that tugged at her lips.
"Oh gosh Izzy I don't even know. One day he's this moron I can't imagine talking with—yes, stupid, ignorant me, but that's what I thought. Then I met him and he took annoying to a whole new level. And yet he managed to surprise me by comforting me when I needed it most and when I was at my weakest self," she said while making many motions with her hands to explain.
"Yeah, Jace has a very…" I let the sentence hang as I tried to grasp the word I wanted to use to describe Jace.
"Weird? Bipolar? Easy going?" Clary asked while laughing.
"No, he has a very… unexpected personality. Don't you think?".
"Hell yes. I didn't even finish telling you about him. So he's all sweet and comforting, right? Next minute he's making me laugh so hard, people stared at me, and then he becomes all sexy, taunting, gorgeous and just…" But right then she grabbed a pillow, buried her head in and screamed into it. I laughed and she started laughing with me. After our laugh attack ended I stated the obvious,
"So you really do like him". She grinned foolishly and said,
"I don't know… I guess? I've just never felt this way before. I've liked other guys but it's usually pretty clear to me and they usually flirt with me a lot for me to notice them and consider liking them. This? This came out of nowhere" she said raising her voice at the end.
"Then you are falling for him darling. But don't worry Jace fell for you since the day he saw you. You were the first girl he ever really noticed". When I said this her whole face lit up and I knew that these two would be unbreakable if any of them ever decided to make a move.
"Well… would you like to know a secret?" I asked whispering.
"Do I want to meet Ian Somerhalder? Yes!" she exclaimed getting to her knees and bouncing up and down. I smiled a smile I didn't even knew existed, 'cause I haven't used it ever. Talking to a girl felt so different… but in a good way. I guess I missed the gossip and the excited talks only girls can have. I silently wished that I could hang out with Clary more often after this. To answer some of my earlier reasons for inviting her, I said to myself that if anyone was ideal for Jace, it was Clary. Definitely approved. Then I leaned in and whispered the only thing no other girl knew,
"Um… I like your… your friend Simon".
Clary's P.O.V
No freaking way. This was too good. Izzy liked Simon? Jace liked me? Just perfect. We could even double date! Oh gosh, I'm getting ahead of myself. But going back to Izzy, I thought it was amazing she liked him. He was a great guy, and Isabelle was gorgeous and extremely cool. I could even say she could become my best girl friend, but again I would be getting ahead of myself.
"That's great Izzy! He's an amazing guy, he's my best guy friend," I told her while she smiled shyly. Then she grabbed her knees and said,
"But he barely knows me… hell I barely even know him! It would never work, would it?" She looked at me hopefully and I answered immediately,
"Of course it can happen! Don't be stupid! You're beautiful and when Si gets to know you it won't be too long until he falls for you. And since we're going to hang out, Simon is forced to meet you" I said, looking at how she would react at saying I still wanted to hang out with her.
"Really? Thank you!" She said while tackling me in a hug. Then she sat beside me and we talked for a good 2 hours. Then she switched into a topic that had been bugging me ever since I met Jace.
"So… how will your friends react to you hanging out with us?" I had thought about it before, and I had come to conclude that most of them would accept and I could get them to like each other. But Kaelie… she worried me. She might get jealous and start a huge problem, or decide to make them her new joke, or anything she might come up with. I just hoped she was enough of a friend to let them in okay, or maybe just tolerate them.
"Oh, I'm sure they'll like you" I said casually, like it wasn't a big deal.
"Um, Clary? I just want to let you know that we won't sit with you guys at lunch or anything. We don't really trust them" she replied.
"Oh… well maybe later you will. You really never know what'll happen" I said winking at her, earning a smack with a pillow in my face. That leaded us into a very violent, yet fun, pillow fight in which we ended up laughing on the floor exhausted. We got ready to go to sleep and just before I lost consciousness Izzy said,
"Goodnight Clary. I'm really glad you came". I'm really glad I came too, I thought and drifted to sleep.
Hey guys! I know it's just Isabelle and Clary but it's important that they're friends! Get ready for the dance! I'll give you a peek, Clary is going to the dance with Sebastian? Why?! To play hard to get? To say she isn't interested? AH! Clace in next chapter and a start of Sizzy! REVIEW! REVIEW! It really helps to get advice and feedback. I want to know what you guys think. Do you have any ideas of what's going to happen? REVIEW!