perseuseaton816: Maybe... :3

SilverCarstairs: Yeah, sorry. This one is another late one.

bow down to me peasants: Sorry. :) Thanks for reviewing!

Guest: No, sorry. I think it's going to be Jillessa because I love Wessa and Jessa equally and I want some Jessa moments but Will is supermegaawesomefoxyhot

Daija: Thanks, they might. :3

Personorwhatever: Thanks, I'm glad you're enjoying most of it!

Emily: Well, then. There will be some Wessa in a few chapters :)

Guest: Here it is. Super late, though. Sorry.

I am a fangirl forever: There will be some Jessa and Wessa in this fic, so stay tuned.

DISCLAIMER: FOR THE UMPTEENTH TIME, I AM NOT CASSANDRA CLARE!

Will couldn't help but hide the glare on his face. He wasn't at all pleased about this dare, even less so with who it was with. Jem had mentioned Tessa before, but very sparsely. Against his better judgement, Will had hoped that it would land on him. He should've been happy it landed on Jem and not on him.

That seven minutes would've been torture if the bottle had landed on him. Awkward silence for seven minutes with a girl he had been a total arse to. Jem deserved it more than he did. He loved Jem more than his own soul, but, still, he couldn't stop the voice inside his head.

Tessa and Jem returned to the party with a couple of cat calls. Hoots and wolf-whistles aplenty as they stepped out of the closet. Jem returned to his seat behind Cecily as Cecily gave him a somewhat impressed face. Tessa sat in front of Will once again. He didn't turn, he didn't give her a look, it didn't even seem like he knew that Jem and she had returned.

They got through the rest of the dares. One kid had to sit in the cafeteria freezer for an hour and Cecily had to wear roller blades for the rest of the night.

Tessa was enjoying herself, that is until all the dares were done. That's when all the alcohol came out from inside the dresser and out from underneath the bed and mattress. Gideon poured about ten shots and laid them on the nightstand next to the bed in the corner of the room. A few of the new kids, like Tessa, grabbed one, threw their heads back, and gulped the liquid down.

Cecily grabbed Tessa's arm and pulled her to the nightstand. Tessa wasn't the type to get drunk. Besides a few sips when Harriet drank wine, Tessa had never had it before. There's a first time for everything, though. Cecily grabbed two and put one in Tessa's hand. The other one remained in her hand. Cecily shouted "To the Shadowhunters!" and held her shot in the air. Almost everyone in the room, it seemed like, screamed back "TO THE SHADOWHUNTERS!" Cecily downed her shot and sent a "WOOOOOOOH!" out of her mouth.

Perhaps Tessa should keep an eye on her tonight. At only thirteen, she seemed like quite the partier. Cecily started to move towards the crowd. Tessa gulped her shot and couldn't believe the taste. What was so appealing about this? Why the hell did her brother drink so much? More importantly, how?

Tessa coughed and gasped. Her throat was on fire, it seemed, but she couldn't lose Cecily. Tessa didn't want her doing anything that she might regret later.

Tessa did a little dancing, watched her brother drink too many drinks, and didn't talk to much anyone but Cecily. Cecily was currently trying to get on Arabelle's bed but was failing due to probably the combination of the rollerskates she couldn't take off and the many drinks she had consumed. Then, of course, Cecily went tumbling off the bed.

Tessa rushed to Cecily's side to make sure she was okay, but she seemed to be sleeping. Tessa started shaking her shoulder when Jem appeared behind her.

"Dang," said Jem, "getting too drunk to stand must be what the Herondales do." Jem roused Cecily and helped her stand up. One arm was under her armpits and around her back. "Will is passed out over there on the floor and I can't exactly carry him by myself and we should probably get Cec back to her room. I'll take her it's just down the hall."

"Alright. Where is Will?" asked Tessa in an exasperated voice. Jem pointed to a corner to Tessa's left.

Tessa walked to him and tried to wake him up, but even hitting him across the face with a pan probably wouldn't wake Will up at this moment. Jem returned soon after.

"Cecily's in her bed," said Jem, "I did have to dig in some places I wouldn't like to dig in again to find her keys, though."

Tessa let out a chuckle. "I'll grab his right and you grab his left," said Tessa. After a few minutes and Tessa almost falling over, they had one of Will's arms slung over each of their backs. They dragged him out of the room while being pushed by random party-goers.

They made their way towards the staircase, leaving the commotion of the party behind but still within earshot. Tessa was seriously worried about how they would get Will down the stairs. "Jem," hissed Tessa, "how in the world will we get him down the stairs?"

Jem shrugged but said, "Maybe I'll hold his torso and you hold his legs and we'll carry him sideways."

Tessa shrugged in agreement and bent down to hold his legs. "1, 2, 3," counted Tessa. With that, Jem lifted his torso and Tessa his legs. As they were descending the stairs, Jem bumped Will's head on the railing and gave Tessa kind of mischievous grin. She could've sworn she saw Will stir the slightest bit.

Cecily wasn't with the party anymore. That was the first thing she noticed besides the fact that the rollerskates were still on her feet. She had the worst headache. It was like a construction site inside of her head.

She might as well get her pajamas on. Cecily stripped from her clothes that reeked of alcohol. She would have to do laundry now before she went home over break. Wonderful. She threw the skates toward the closet. Who's were those anyways? After stripping from her clothes and changing into her pajamas, she walked to close the window.

Across the street, there were about four figures in a semi-circle in an alley. No one ever went back there, but maybe she was just seeing things. She didn't know what she had taken at that party. After shutting the lights off, she jumped into bed and fell into a sound sleep.

When they had gone down two flights, Jem said, "Can we stop for a second, Tessa? I'm feeling a bit lightheaded."

"Of course," responded Tessa. They laid Will gently on the ground and sat next to each other with their backs against the wall. "He doesn't even really smell like alcohol," said Tessa.

"It's Will," said Jem, "I still wouldn't put it past him to get stone-cold drunk and not ruin his wonderful smelling essence."

Tessa giggled at this. "His essence?"

"What would a better word be without sounding a bit-," Jem paused for a second. Before she knew it, there was blood streaming from his lips in a line down his chin. He coughed violently and gasped erratically for breath. Tessa turned to him and took his hand to check his pulse.

"Jem?" she asked. There was something brushing against her.

"James? James? Are you alright?" said Will.

"Is he going to be alright? Should I go get someone?" asked Tessa urgently.

Will turned and grabbed her by the shoulders. "Tessa, go to your room. He'll be fine." Turning to Jem he asked, "Where is it?"

"O-O-On my nightstand," choked out Jem. Will reached into Jem's pocket, retrieved a set of keys, and took off down the stairs. Tessa didn't care what Will said, right now. She was staying until he at least got back.

She kept hold of his hand and stroked his hair out of his face. She tried to make soothing noises, but she didn't know many. Will came bolting up the stairs a minute or two later and put a hand on her shoulder. "Seriously, Tessa. Please leave. I'm begging you."

And with that, Tessa walked to her room, threw the books off her bed and onto the floor, and fell asleep just like that. On top of the blankets with her clothes still on.

AUTHOR'S NOTE: Yes, I AM SOOOOOOOOOOOOO SORRY! SCHOOL HAS BEEN HELL, THEN ALL THE RELATIVES, AND PETER CAPALDI GAHHHH! AND I HAD BRONCHITIS, AIN'T NOBODY GOT TIME FOR THAT! (no seriously, I had bronchitis) Anyhoo, I have a chapter for tomorrow. It's shorter, but it's kind of an important chapter, soooo... I hope your New Years and Channuzaa was amazing! I really don't know why you guys still read this. It's not very good, I update sparingly, and the characters are kinda ooc at the moment but I SERIOUSLY APPRECIATE ALL MY READERS, REVIEWERS, FOLLOWERS, WHATEVER YOU DO TO HELP THIS STORY MOVE! THANK YOU SO MUCH! Y'all should follow my tumblr because I update that a lot more often: foreverfangirlingbibliophile. OOOOHH, OOH, OOH, AND I HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT TOMORROW SO KEEP READING!

THANKS ~Calliope Ferrer