Isabelle's POV

"No we're walking. It's not that far and that way nobody has to drive." I gave Clary a matter-of-fact look.

"Izzy these shoes won't last the night." Clary whined.

"Clary. I'm getting sick and tired of all your negativity. You're going to have a good time tonight whether you like it or not." Clary rolled her eyes.

"Hey. Check the bad attitude and put on a smile." Clary gave me a really bad fake smile. I looped my arm through hers and tugged her along.

The club was happening. Right on cue Meliorn was at the door. I handed him my ID and gestured to Clary to do the same, just so it looked legit, but I knew he wouldn't care. I gave him a kiss on the cheek and batted my eye lashes.

"Hey Meliorn. Long time no see. Miss me?" He gave me a big smile and a wink and handed me back both IDs.

"Always Isabelle. You look stunning as usual. Looking for anything special tonight? There are a couple guys I know that I could hook you up with. One's got Pixie Dust and ones got Fairy Dust. Interested?" Meliorn was glancing back and forth from me to Clary.

"Fairy Dust?" Clary looked so clueless. I looped my arm back with her arm and held her close to me.

"No. We're good right now. I'll come find you if we decide we want to party. These guys are all with me though, they're cool." I gave Meliorn a wink and pulled Clary inside.

"Pixie Dust?" Clary questioned.

"He was asking if you wanted to get high Clary." I laughed and shook my head. She was so innocent.

"What do you want to drink?" She shrugged.

"Ok. Alec. ALEC." Alec and the others were finishing coming through the doors and making their way over to us.

"What?" Alec stopped in front of me, but was already eyeing the bar.

"Cool I know this band. That's Matt and Kirk. I wonder if Eric is here." Simon was staring at the band and swaying to the music talking to himself.

"Alec, what should I get Clary to drink?"

"Clary, you want to do shots tonight?" Clary nodded.

"A shot of tequila. Actually two, I'll take one too. Izzy, get the expensive stuff, the other stuff tastes like shit." Alec pulled out his wallet and handed me his credit card and ID.

"Here take this. Start a tab. Also get her something fruity, and I'll take a Bud Light. Oh and don't get her anything carbonated, she'll be sick later." I rolled my eyes, nodded and half turned towards the bar.

"Wait. I can't carry all of that? How many arms do I look like I have?"

"Good point. Lets all go." We all weaved our way through the crowd to the bar.

"Is it always this loud in here? What's with the strobe lights, it's kind of making me dizzy?" Clary had a grimace on her face.

"What did I say about whining? Plus a couple of drinks and you won't even notice." She gave me a weak smile and nod and I turned back to the bar to order the drinks.

"Hey Jordan, Maia. What's up? Brought some friends tonight?" A tall cute brunet bartender questioned.

"Hey Bat. These are my friends. Izzy. Jace, Alec, Sebastian, Aline, Magnus, and Clary. Simon you've met." Maia pointed us all out.

"Hey any single gals?" Bat had an adorable smile with dimples.

"Actually, Clary is recently on the market." Maia pushed Clary towards the bar and she blushed.

"Well hey Clary. Nice to meet you. My name is Bartholomew, but everybody just calls me Bat." He reached his hand across the bar and Clary reluctantly shook it. She just stood there blushing like an idiot, not saying anything. Bat broke the awkward silence.

"Alright then. Let's get you guys some drinks. What'll it be?" We all rambled off our orders and next thing we know we're standing in front of 15 to 20 shots of tequila and 10 drinks. Sebastian grabbed a beer and Aline grabbed a martini and they vanished into the crowd.

"What's up with all of the shots?" Simon was staring at the bar.

"Bat's hooking us up. He won't charge us for all of them." Jordan grabbed a shot.

"Come on I'm not drinking alone here." Everybody else grabbed a shot as well. I turned to Alec.

"Wait, wait, wait. I want to say something."

"Today is my big brother's bi-"

"IZZ-" Magnus clamped his hand over Alec's mouth.

"As I was starting to say before I was so rudely interrupted. Today is Alec's birthday! He didn't want it brought up, but too bad. We're celebrating you tonight. We're going to have fun. All of us." I shot Clary a glare.

"To Alec. Happy birthday big brother." We all clanged glasses and downed our shots.

"Thank you Izzy. Not necessary, but sweet." I noticed Clary's eyes glistening in my peripheral vision.

"Don't you even think about crying! You know how long that makeup took me to get just right."

"I forgot today was Alec's birthday." Clary sniffled.

"Oh. Dollface. You've been awfully preoccupied lately. Don't worry about it. I'm sure you didn't forget when my birthday is, just what today is." Alec gave Clary a reassuring smile and handed her another shot grabbing one for himself.

"Here this will make you feel better. Cheers." They clanged glasses and downed their shots. Everybody downed the remaining shots before grabbing their drinks. I was already dancing in place to the fast beat.

"Who wants to dance with me?" Simon offered me his hand and we headed onto the dance floor with Maia and Jordan behind us. A few minutes later Magnus and Jace joined us. I glanced back to see Alec and Clary still at the bar.


Alec's POV

I ordered a couple more shots for Clary and I and tried to get my head straight. I told Magnus I would talk to her, now I just needed to find the right words.

"To Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness." I raised my shot glass towards Clary and she gave me a skeptical look.

"You can't be serious. We're drinking to The Declaration of Independence?" I shook my head.

"Just drink the damn shot." She rolled her eyes and we downed our shots.

"Babydoll I wanted to talk to you about something." I was scratching the back of my neck and looking at the ground.

"Wow. Right to Babydoll? No Dollface? This must be serious. You look pretty nervous Alec. Are you breaking up with me?" Clary said sarcastically and giggled. I ordered another shot.

"Come on this is serious." I downed my shot and looked Clary in the eyes.

"I was talking to Magnus…well he thought…I mean I agree…it's just that-"

"Spit it out Alec I'm growing old over here." She laughed.

"That's just it. Ok. You are growing older and well I wanted to talk to you about…boys…well relationships really…and…well dating." I rubbed my face and took a swig of my beer. Clary burst out laughing.

"Alright Dad. You're not trying to have the talk with me are you? Mom beat you to the punch about two years ago, so you can just relax. I know all about sex." Her cheeks were flush and she was laughing softly.

"Stop that. This isn't easy for me." She snickered.

"You know we'll-" I gestured my hand back and forth between us.

"-never be a thing. Right? I mean I love you, but I'm not going to leave Magnus or anything and start dating you. I won't just wake-up one morning and decide I like girls or something. You know that right?" She raised her eyebrows and burst out laughing until tears ran down her face.

"Alec I love you too, but not like that. Yes I understand I'm not going to just make you straight or anything. I've never had an impure thought about you, so relax." She was wiping away the few remaining tears with an amused smile on her face. I put my hand on her shoulder.

"It's just, you never date, not really, and well Magnus thinks that maybe I'm like a boyfriend substitute or something. Listen, I worry about you. I mean I'll always be there for you if you need me, but there are things you must want that I can't give you. I mean, I'd walk you down the aisle at your wedding if you wanted me to, but I'll never be the guy at the end waiting to marry you." She was biting her bottom lip and her eyes were misty, but this time not from the laughter. I gave her shoulder a gentle squeeze.

"Alright Alec. Noted. I don't really want to have this conversation. I know what you're trying to say." A few tears escaped down her cheek as Bat stopped in front of us.

"Hey. You alright there, you look upset. This guy bothering you?" Clary burst out laughing.

"No. He's fine. He's like my brother. Why don't you go dance with Magnus, he keeps looking over here? I'll have some water and sit here for a little."

"I don't want to leave you here alone."

"You're Maia's friend Clary right? I'll keep an eye on her man." Bat looked sincere.

"See, I'll be fine." Clary gave me an encouraging smile and wiped the last of her tears away.

"Alright, just stay here though; I'll come back in a little while. Watch your drink. Guys put date rape drugs in girl's drinks all the time."

"It's Bat right?" Alec questioned. Bat nodded.

"Text Maia if anything comes up. Ok?"

"Sure thing man." I gave Clary a hug and walked back towards the group.


Isabelle's POV

"What did you do with Clary?" I had to shout at Alec so he could hear me over the music. He pulled my arm so he could talk into my ear and I stopped dancing.

"Don't worry. She wanted to sit and sip on some water. It's probably a good idea anyway; she just downed three shots of tequila and has some pink drink sitting in front of her." Alec glanced back at the bar to where Clary was sitting and back to me. I put my mouth to Alec's ear.

"You really think it's a good idea to leave her alone?" I was looking back at the bar. Bat seemed to be standing right in front of Clary. Alec shouted not bothering to talk into my ear.

"Yeah. I told her to stay at the bar and I'd be back. I gave her a speech about watching her drink. Bat said he'd keep an eye on her." Maia chimed in with a shout.

"Bat's a good guy Izzy. If he said he'd keep an eye on her, she'll be fine." Maia gave me a reassuring smile.

"OK." We visited and danced as a few songs passed. I periodically glanced at the bar and Clary actually seemed to be talking to Bat, though I did see her brush off more than one guy that came up. I smiled to myself. Bat was pretty cute. Maybe he'd ask her out.

"OH. I LOVE THIS SONG." Maia squealed. She started singing all the lyrics. She suddenly pulled out her phone and stopped dancing with a distressed look on her face. I grabbed her arm so I could talk into her ear.

"What's up Maia?" She handed me her cell.

FYI - Clary left to dance w/ drk hair dude you came in with.

The text was from Bat. I shrugged and gave her back her cell. She handed it to Jordan. I grabbed her arm so we were facing each other and could talk into each other's ear.

"So what? Sebastian's hot. What's a little healthy competition?" Jordan stopped dancing and handed the cell to Simon. Maia started shaking her head.

"Didn't anybody tell you what happened earlier?" Simon stopped dancing and handed the cell to Magnus. Alec, Jace and Magnus all stopped dancing.

"Yeah. That's right. What the hell did happen in the living room?" Magnus handed the cell to Alec. Alec read it and looked back at the bar panic stricken.

"WTF Alec." Jace ripped the cell phone out of Alec's hand. Jace's face went white. Maia shouted so we could all hear her.

"Nobody panic. This is what we're going to do. Simon, you know the band right?" Simon nodded.

"Have them call Clary onstage for something. Make something up. The rest of us should split up and-" Maia froze looking around frantically.

"Oh Shit. Where's Jace?"

"Dammit. Ok, Jordan goes with Maia. Magnus go with Izzy and I'll go by myself. Whoever runs into Clary or Jace first call the others. Let's just try to keep things from turning into a fight. Hopefully we can find Jace before he finds Clary and Sebastian. Sound good?" Alec didn't wait for confirmation. He spun around and vanished into the crowd of dancing bodies.


Jace's POV

I was going to kill him. I was seriously going to kill Sebastian. I kept thinking about what Simon had said earlier. The way Sebastian was talking about Clary. I was tearing through the club like a crazy boyfriend looking for the guy his girlfriend is cheating on him with and I knew it. I was spinning around every guy that even closely resembled Sebastian from the back. I got a lot of nasty looks, some very colorful language, a couple of swings, and one guy asked me for my number. All of a sudden I saw her, but she wasn't talking to Sebastian, she was talking to two guys. Both tall, one with almost silver hair and a fair complexion and one with black messy hair, tan and muscular. Before I knew it my path was blocked.

"Going somewhere handsome?" I was face to face with a pair of all too familiar malicious indigo blue eyes.

"Yeah. Catch you later." I looked in Clary's direction and tried to step around the obstruction, but she blocked my path again.

"Jacey I miss you. We never hang out anymore. Why don't we get out of here and catch-up in your bed?" I tried to wriggle around her, but she was still blocking my path.

"Kaelie. I don't hang out with sluts. What the hell do you want? Go find somebody else's bed to crawl into." I tried to take her by her shoulder to physically move her out of the way, but she wrapped her arms around my waist firmly.

"Of course you hang out with sluts. They're your favorite kind of girls Jacey. I thought we were friends. Friends with benefits. I'm hurt. You cut me deep." She batted her eyelashes and looked like she was pouting, but her voice was dripping with sarcasm. I grabbed at her arms from behind my back with my free hand, trying to untangle them without spilling my beer, but she took full advantage of my distraction and slight forward lean and pressed her lips to mine fiercely. I got her arms untangled and threw them at her while stepping back. She smiled a vicious smile.

"What the hell's your problem bitch?" I quickly looked back towards Clary to see if she was looking in this direction. Kaelie followed my gaze.

"Checking out the little red head? Yeah, she looks like your type, dressed to the nines like she's looking for action. I wouldn't bother if I were you though. Sebastian's already got his eyes on that one, but I'm available." She said sweetly. Her comment made me even more agitated. I heard the voice before I saw Alec.

"JACE!" Kaelie looked towards Alec quickly then smirked at me, and tapped the side of her nose twice with her index figure.

"See you later lover boy." She walked away. All of a sudden a hand grabbed my arm and pulled me back.

"What's up with you and Kaelie? Thought you stopped seeing her months ago?" Alec was looking at me somewhat annoyed with one raised eyebrow.

"She just kind of attacked me…I see Clary. She's right over there." I gestured with my chin in her general direction. Alec stared until he caught a glimpse of her, then he sent out a quick text and we were both heading in her direction.

"I saw you kissing psycho bitch."

"I told you she attacked me. I didn't kiss her. Then, after she kissed me, she tapped her finger to her nose twice in that I know something you don't know kind of way, and just walked away. It was odd." I shrugged.

"Kaelie is bad news man. If she thinks she knows something, she's going to use it against you." Alec was shaking his head. We were just a couple strides away from Clary, when the two guys she had been talking to left.

"Hey Dollface. Who were you friends?" Alec and I stopped right next to Clary looking after the two guys as they walked away.

"Hey cutie patootie." Clary slightly stumbled forward and bopped Alec on the nose with her index finger. Then she looked at me and gave off a shrill tinkling laugh.

"Has anybody ever told you that you look a little like a blond Will? Super hot and you know it. I wonder if he kisses like you too. All passion and fire." I laughed. Though I didn't like the idea she was wondering what this Will guy kissed like. It was an ego boost how she described me as hot and my kisses as passion and fire. Clary was slightly slurring her speech and had a weird manic smile; it reminded me of how Magnus looked all the time. Alec and I exchanged a glance.

"Who's Will?" I looked back in the direction the guys had gone and the dark haired one seemed to be sizing me up. I had a feeling I just figured out who Will was.

"How much have drank?" Alec was stabilizing her with his hand and trying to look into her eyes.

"Hey. Hey. Will….will, quotes books. He…he…reads. A lot. He quotes Ten…Tenny…Tennyson." Clary was stuttering. She had this dazed far off look in her eyes. That would be my luck. A guy that wasn't a total dork that quotes shit. I felt sick. Maia and Jordan showed up.

"Aleeec, Aleeeec, listen, listennnn, come over heeere. I wanna tellllll you sommmething." She motioned Alec to come closer with her index finger, though they really weren't that far away from each other. He had dropped his hands from her shoulder, but he was still just arms length away. Then she shouted in his face causing him to jerk away throwing his hands up to cover his ears. She was talking plenty loud enough for everyone to hear.

"Did yoooou knooow Jace's lipssss taste like candyyyy applesss and his armssss are like a waaaarm blanket?" I spit my mouth full of beer out. Alec gave me a quick glare. Clary started giggling and looked at me.

"Did yooou hear that?" I couldn't help but laugh and she broke out into uncontrollable laughter. She was well passed tipsy.

"Looks like somebody's having a good time." Maia chuckled. Izzy and Magnus wondered over.

"What happened to Sebastian?" Izzy looked around the room.

"What happened to Darling Clary? Are you high or just drunk?" Magnus looked amused.

"Oh Sebastian. Cooooome baaaaaack." Clary yelled. Her eyes lit up when she said his name, raising her voice an octave. I glowered. She pulled out her cell and sent a text.

"He's gone. Gone, gone, gone. Left, left, left, with Jaaaaacey's bloooooond with prrrretty blue eyessss. Alwaysss blondssssss. Guysss lovvvve blondsssss." Clary sighed, shaking her head. I was cringing. I knew exactly who she was talking about. Kaelie. I wondered if she had seen us kissing. Clary was now leaning against Alec but pulled away from him when she seemed to notice Magnus for the first time.

"OH MAGNUSSSS. You're ere." Clary took two steps towards Magnus throwing her hands onto his chest and half collapsing. Magnus put his hands on either side of Clary's shoulders to stabilizer her. Clary was a little slow Magnus had been there for several minutes now.

"I met your friends." Clary was looking around the room.

"Yes Darling. Which friends would those be?"

"Will. Will an an an." She was looking up into the air.

"anddd Jem. dat's it WILL AN JEM. Alllmos forrrrgot hissssss name." She giggled.

"Will and Jem! AHHH!" Magnus squealed. He started looking around the room. Simon walked up besides Magnus.

"Clary?" Simon put his hand on her arm and she started giggling again.

"Here you take her." Magnus gently shoved Clary towards Simon and she stumbled into his arms. Clary seemed even more disoriented.

"Alec boo. Be right back. I have some old friends I want to find. It feels like I haven't seen them in a hundred years." Magnus gave Alec a kiss on the check and walked away.

"Look. Look. Ova dare by da ba. He'ssss da hot one." Clary pointed towards the bar and the dark hair guy from before looked over and winked.

"OH MY GOD CLARY. He is so gorgeous. Possibly hotter than Jace." I scowled at Maia.

"I know, hard to believe right. So did he give you his number? Dish girl." Clary nodded rapidly. All the girls screamed in unison.

"You so have to call him. Does he have a friend? Maybe we can double." Izzy sounded possessed.

"So I hear Bat gave you his number too. Quite the lucky night!" Maia's eyes were twinkled. Clary giggled again. Maia and Izzy were practically holding her up by her arms.

"I ave treee numbas." Clary shouted and pulled out three pieces of paper from her cleavage. I chuckled. As she threw her hands up, she started to fall quickly to the floor. I grabbed her arm stopping her from crashing to the ground. Alec and I exchanged a look. Something wasn't right. She was going done hill. Her face fell; she looked up at me sad.

"Bu I jus ave cany and Kaelie on my minddddd." She sighed and shook her head dramatically like she was physically trying to shake something from her hair. I had a sick feeling she had seen the kiss. Alec and I were each holding one of Clary's arms trying to keep her standing.

"Who's Kaelie?" Maia looked confused.

"Who's Candy?" Simon mirrored Maia's confused expression.

"Who's the other number from?" Izzy looked thrilled.

"Ready to go Clare Bear Baby?" Sebastian showed up out of nowhere and stopped right in front of Clary and pushed a loose strand of her hair behind her ear. I was livid.

"Don't touch her again." I snarled. He had this expectant look on his face, and a wicked smile. I had a bad feeling that's who Clary had sent a text to and it would be a cold day in hell before I let him take her anywhere. I stared Sebastian down with an ominous look. I had had enough of his bullshit.

"Sebastian." Clary cooed. My stomach turned at the sound of her saying his name and Sebastian smiled wider.

I pushed Clary towards Alec, shoving hard enough that Alec took an involuntary step back. He put his arms around her in almost a restraining fashion to keep her from falling down. I positioned myself in front of Clary with my hands in tight fists at my sides.

"You're not taking Clary anywhere." I snarled through clenched teeth. Sebastian looked amused.

"Still trying to be the only cock in the hen-house? You can't have all the girls Jace. You have to learn to share." Sebastian baited with a smirk as he winked at Clary.

"Jace don't." Alec quickly cautioned. I took a half step forward, getting right in Sebastian's face.

"Leave. Now." I threatened.

"Pushy aren't we. Isn't it up to Clary-" Sebastian's sarcastic remark was cut off suddenly by Clary.

"Sebastian." She cooed again. I was distracted and turned half back to Clary, which left Sebastian just enough room to reach an up turned hand passed me towards her. Alec jerked Clary back and shot me a warning look; shaking his head slightly. Clary giggled and looked right at Sebastian.

"I wan more Fai-y DusT." Her eyes twinkled.

"FAIRY DUST!" I barked. That was the last straw. My fist quickly connected with Sebastian's face.