Disclaimer: Cassandra Clare owns all Mortal Instruments characters seen in this story.

"Why haven't we told them about us dating yet," Jace asks me as we lay in bed one night. We just finished 'John Wick' when he asked that question. We've been here for a week and whenever Izzy, Simon, Alec, or Magnus comes into the room we spring apart. "Are you not happy or something?"

I turn to face him, shocked. "Jace, no…what gave you that idea?"

"I just want to know why we haven't said anything yet." In the dark I can see that Jace looks down briefly and then looks back at me. I sit up and turn on the lights over the bed. I get on my knees and lean over Jace to kiss him. When I pull back, I lay down next to him and he puts an arm around my shoulders. I scoot closer into him and rest my head on his chest. "We haven't said anything because I'm trying to prevent this as long as I can. 'This' being the ship names. "

He laughs, "Ship names? What are we buying a boat and we get to name it?" I laugh with him and when I catch my breath again, I explain. "Relationship names. The shorter way to say two peoples names in a relationship to create a 'super couple' name. Magnus and Izzy come up with them and if you've heard them talking about their plans that night with their boyfriends, then you've definitely heard it."

He shakes his head and I give examples, "You know, like when Magnus says to Izzy, 'Oh, you and Simba are so cute together! I am such a Sizzy shipper,' or when Izzy says to Magnus, 'You and my brother are so great together. I ship Malec so hard!'" Jace laughs once I've finished and says, "I can honestly say that I've never heard that before…wait, so 'Sizzy' is Simon and Izzy and 'Malec' is Magnus and Alec?"

"You got it," I tell him.

"So what would ours be?"

"Oh God, I don't know…maybe 'Jary' or 'Clace.' I will admit that 'Clace' is the better of the two," I laugh.

"Wow…you're right. 'Clace' is the better of the two," Jace says and laughs along with me. After our laughter dies down I snuggle into Jace and feel him pull me into him tighter. I feel myself falling asleep and right before I am fully asleep, I feel Jace kiss my hair. I smile as I fall into the clutches of sleep.

~.o.O.o.~

I wake up to pounding on the door. "Jace, Clary," I hear Izzy shout, "Get your asses out of bed! The guys are making me wait on making breakfast until you wake up!" My eyes fly open and I sit up. I feel an arm around my waist and look down to see Jace. He starts to groan because I moved and I cover my hand over his mouth. Izzy is still pounding on the door and Jace sits up. He starts to throw a pillow at the door but I stop him. I shake my head no and keep my hand over his mouth. He pulls my hand away from his mouth and says, "Clary, what-" I shake my head again and put a finger up to my lips, showing him that he needs to be quiet.

"Jace! Clary! Get up," Izzy shouts from the door again. Jace looks at me curiously and then the pounding on the door stops. "Iz, if you woke them up, I'm pretty sure you did it then. Give it a minute maybe they'll be out. If not, you can knock on their door again," I hear Simon tell her. She groans out "Fine" and then I hear their steps walking away from the door.

"What," Jace starts again before I shake my head again. I get out of bed and head into the bathroom. Jace is still sitting there; staring at me like I'm crazy and I walk back out of the bathroom, grab his hand, and pull him into the bathroom with me. I silently shut the door behind us and turn around, only to be met with Jace's chest. This bathroom is big for one person, but tiny for two. "Jace, we have to be really quiet," I whisper.

"Why?" he crosses his arms over his chest and steps back a bit to give me some space.

"Because Izzy wants to make breakfast," his eyes widen as I say this as quietly as I can, "and the guys are making her wait for us. She can't start cooking until we get out there. I can't save the guys, but I can save us. Get dressed as silently as you can and we'll sneak out. We can have breakfast somewhere else and while we are leaving, I'll text her. I'm not in the mood to eat some of her food. We've avoided it for the past week and I'm planning on making that last as long as possible for us."

Jace nods his head with wide eyes because he's had to experience the toxic poison that is Izzy's cooking. I turn around to open the door as quietly as I can and I walk quickly and quietly into the closet. I grab whatever clothes are in front of me and quietly shut the door. Jace is doing whatever he needs to do in the bathroom to get ready while I change and then we'll switch places. I brush my hair and leave it down because we don't have time to waste. I throw on the clothes and realize that Izzy put this in the closet because I would not normally buy or wear this.

"Clary," I hear Jace whisper outside the door. I'm going to have to go with this…there's no time to change now! "Coming," I say quietly as I open the door. I quickly run into the closet and grab whatever shoes are right in front of me. That's when I glance up at the closet and see that Izzy has definitely been in here. None of my clothes are in the closet! Izzy has replaced all my clothes with some of hers. I shake my head as I exit the closet and steal a glance back at Jace. He is still standing by the bathroom door and is staring at me.

"Jace, you can stare at me later! Come on we don't have that much time," I grab my phone off the counter and since I don't have time to grab a bag, I hold it in between my teeth. I still have my shoes in my hand as I open the casita door. I peek my head out and see that Izzy, Simon, Alec, and Magnus are all on the balcony looking out into the ocean. I nod my head to Jace and walk the two steps to the wooden gate. I open the gate and jump outside. When I look up at Jace, I see that he's shutting the door to the casita and I take my phone out of my mouth momentarily to mouth 'hurry' to him. He nods his head and runs out the gate. I shut it as quietly as I can behind me and then I hear Izzy's heels walking towards us.

We look at each other and then start running while bending down. There's a cement wall in the patio area to block the front of the house from the street. It's not like there's much to block anyway. All that's in front of the house is the neighbors' garage. We duck behind that wall and Jace crouches down next to me. I sit on the ground and take that moment to put on the shoes. Of course the shoes are not only heels…they are open-toed leather knee boots. I'm going to kill her…she knows I can't walk in heels to save my life.

"Clary, Jace," we hear Izzy shout and Jace couches down lower as we hear Izzy start to pound on the door, "I'm coming in!" The moment we hear her open the door to the casita, we both start running…well, I try running the best I can given the shoes I'm in. We reach the end of the street and turn left.

"Let's never have to sneak out of the house again," I say to Jace with my hands on my knees, trying to get my breath back.

"Agreed," Jace responds and then he straightens up. I look up at him and see his eyes going over what I'm wearing. "Are you wearing-"

I cut him off, "Yes, Jace. I am wearing a dark green crop top, a black skater skirt, and cut-out knee boots."

"But…the boots are leather, right?" He smirks at me and I stand up.

"Yes, they're leather. They're also Izzy's. She raided the closet and swapped all my clothes with some of her clothes."

Jace wraps an arm around my shoulders and pulls me into him. "Let's find a place to eat before Izzy comes after us." I nod my head in agreement and we begin walking down the street. I see someone answer their phone ahead of us and immediately remember my phone. "Jace, we have to go back! My phone," he laughs and reaches in his pocket. "My phone," I sigh a breath of relief when he hands it to me. "I better text Iz before she calls me and causes a big scene."

New Text Message To: Izzy

Don't wait to make breakfast for us. Jace and I are out. Don't panic and please don't destroy the door trying to wake up two people who aren't even there. See ya later Iz!

Jace and I continue walking for a while until we reach a restaurant called 'The Orange Inn.' Just as we step inside the small restaurant, my phone buzzes 4 times.

New Text Message From: Izzy

Aww! I wish you told me earlier! Oh well, more for the guys!

New Text Message From: Alec

Thanks…now we have to eat Izzy's food!

New Text Message From: Magnus

Biscuit…I would have really appreciated it if you told me you were going to bail earlier. I would have gone with you…

New Text Message From: Simon

Oh, God…her food is already burnt and she hasn't even turned on the stove. Thanks for leaving us to fend for ourselves. We're all going to be sick when you get here!

~.o.O.o.~

Sure enough, when Jace and I got back at the house Alec was on the couch with a fever, Simon was in the bathroom throwing up, Magnus was looking very pale, and Izzy was…totally fine. If anything, she was actually enjoying playing nurse. "Hey, guys…I don't think they can go to the beach today. They all just got sick for some reason," Izzy tells us as she makes soup for Magnus. Magnus takes one look at the soup and then jump up and runs upstairs. I'm pretty sure that Magnus just ran upstairs to throw up because he was covering his mouth with his hand.

"You know what Iz," I begin, "I think you should say and take care of them. I mean, the illness just came on so suddenly and Jace and I were gone. Jace and I are going to go to the beach to avoid getting sick." Izzy looks thoughtful for a moment and then Alec jumps up and runs downstairs, covering his mouth with his hand. She runs after Alec shouting, "Good idea! Better get out now!"

I smirk at Jace and he wraps an arm around my waist as we head for the casita. "Time for the beach," Jace leans down and whispers in my ear. I shiver and he pulls me closer to him.

~.o.O.o.~

"What do you want to do?" I ask Jace.

"I heard there were dome tide pools over there," Jace says and points to the other side of the beach. I nod my head and we set off. "So," Jace starts, "Do you think that it was Izzy's food that made them sick?"

"Of course! She's a horrible cook!" I laugh and just as Jace open his mouth I hear another voice behind us. "Hey, Clary!" Sebastian…

"Hey Sebastian," I say slowly and as we turn around, out of the corner if my eye I see Jace tense up beside me. Sebastian waves and heads towards us. "How are you?" he asks when he reaches us. I see Jace clench his fist and I reach down to hold his hand. He relaxes a little bit but he's still tense.

"Really good. You remember Jace don't you?"I see his eyes harden when he glances at Jace.

The two boys glare at each other for s couple of seconds before Sebastian responds, "Yeah, Jace is your best friend."

I hear some undertones when he says 'best friend' but I decide to ignore it. "Well, Jace isn't my best friend anymore…he's my boyfriend."

Sebastian's eyes dart over to mine as he grits out the words, "Boyfriend?"

Jace smirks and wraps an arm around my waist, pulling me into him as he says, "Yep, I'm her boyfriend." Sebastian glares at Jace and then looks at me.

"Well then, I'll leave you two be," he leans down and kisses me on the cheek. He then back away and looks at Jace. Unspoken words passing in between them. Jace tightens his grip on me and then I feel his grip loosen as he starts to head after Sebastian. I grab his hand and pull him back to me…well, I try to but instead I end up running in front of him and I place my hands on his chest trying to keep him from going after Sebastian. That is not working and I am being pushed along as he walks. I know he's not stopping soon and I get a brilliant idea. I move out of his way long enough to get into position.

I run in front of him, giving the impression that I'm going to let him go. I turn around and when he is right in front of me I pull his face down to mine and kiss him. Eventually, I fell him start to kiss me back as his rage starts to lessen and when I pull away, I whisper to him, "Better?"

"Better," he replies and I feel his hands grab my hips and pull me back to him. I reach up and wrap my hands around his neck to pull his lips back to mine.