A/N- I'm really sorry that I haven't been posting a chapter in forever, I just haven't known what to write and TBH, I haven't had inspiration but now I do ;) so I'm writing, hope you enjoy chapter 12! :)

Chapter 12

Jace POV

Clary asked me what Aline's worst fear was.. I wonder why. It was 5:00 and I really wanted to see Clary, so I call her. She picks up on the fifth ring.

"Hey, Jace." She says in a cheerful tone.

"Hey, beautiful. You sound really happy." I say.

"Yeah. Simon and I are gonna pull a prank on Aline!" She exclaims and I smile.

"You are quite the girl. Anyway. I miss you, wanna meet me at my house? We could hang out." I suggest.

"Sure, I'd love to. What time should I be over?"

"As soon as possible." I reply.

"So in like, five minutes?" She asks.

"Perfect. Bye Clary, see you in a bit." I hang up the phone and smile. I had planned something special for our one week anniversary. Yeah, it was only one week of us being together but to me it was special. About five minutes later Clary arrives and I let her in, she walks into the house and sits on the couch.

"Wanna come up to my room?" I ask her. She nods causing her high ponytail to bob. I smirk. She was wearing black leggings and a red shirt with a lightning bolt on it and her red hair was straightened and scraped back in a ponytail. I take her hand and lead her up to my plain, clean room. She sits on my bed and leans back and sighs. I sit next to her and wrap my arm around her shoulder, she rests her head on my shoulder.

"So today is our one-week-iversary." She says. I nod.

"Yup. What do you wanna do for it?"

"Be with you." She says and leans into me causing me to smile more. She looks up at me and I look down at her, into her beautiful green eyes that match perfectly to her fiery red hair. A piece of hair falls out of her ponytail and I tuck it behind her ear, still staring into her eyes. We're mere inches apart, our lips brushing. It's then that I close the distance between our lips, pressing mine to hers lightly, then I deepen the kiss. She relaxes into the kiss and wraps her arms around my neck, and I wrap mine around her waist. She kisses back and deepens the kiss herself and I can feel the passion burning as bright as her hair between us. I slip my tongue across her bottom lip asking for entrance which she grants. She moans under my touch as I move my hands up and down her body. She rakes her fingers through my hair and I lift my hands to her ponytail, slowly taking it out and feeling her curls under my fingertips. Finally we pull away for breath and she's smiling, that beautiful smile along with her cute blush. We sit there in silence taking deep breaths and soon she leans into me again and our lips collide once more, sliding over each other like water over a rock. Her hands go under my shirt, feeling my bare skin and I lift her shirt up a bit. She pulls away.

"Jace, I-"

"No, it's ok. I understand. We've only been dating a week. I shouldn't have gone that far." I say. I really wanted her, but I knew she wanted to take it slow, so I did too.

"Thank you. We can uh.. Still kiss though." She says, her blush deepening. I smile at her and kiss her forehead, then she leans back into my chest and closes her eyes. Soon her breathing slows and I lay her down on my pillow, then lay down next to her, the kiss still lingering on my lips.

•••

Clary's POV

I awake to birds chirping outside and the sun shining through the window brightly. I sit up but I'm not in my room. Where was I? Then I remembered last night. Jace and I.. We kissed, I slept here. I look to my left and see Jace, he's asleep, his hair falling over his eyes and ruffled from sleep. I smile at him and tap him on the shoulder. He opens his eyes and sits up slowly and once he sees me he smiles. I get up from the bed and he does too, then we head downstairs for breakfast.

Izzy's POV (A/N- you weren't expecting THAT now were you?)

I awake to my phone ringing, and Simons number is on the screen. I answer with, "hello?" In a groggy voice.

"Hey, Iz. I didn't wake you up, did I?" Simons voice says from the other end.

"It's no biggy. What do you need?" I ask him as I rub the sleep from my eyes.

"I was just uh.. Wondering if you'd like to go with me to the movies tonight. Whatever movie you'd like to see." He says. I mentally squeal.

"Sure, I'd love to." I'm smiling brightly and once he hangs up I burst out of my bedroom door and say, "OH MY GOSH, JACE! SIMON ASKED ME OUT! I need to call Clary, where's my phone.. Oh it's upstairs." I hear a small giggle from the kitchen table, causing me to turn around and see Clary, her hair messy from sleep and her clothes wrinkly.

"Oh, hi Clary." I smile at her and blush, "I didn't see you there.."

"Well that's ok, Simon asked you out!" She says happily. I smile and walk over to give her a hug.

"What are you doing here anyways? Not that it's bad, but.. When did you get here?" I ask.

"Yesterday evening.." Clary says as she blushes deeply.

"Spill." I say. Jace just laughs as he stuffs his face with pancake. Alec walks in his hair sticking up all over and bags under his eyes. We look at him but I turn my head right back to Clary. She twirls her hair on her finger and says,

"We just kissed.. Then we fell asleep. That's all, I swear."

"What kind of kiss?" I interrogate her.

"A long.. Deep one?" She says, "I don't really know how to describe it." She scratches her head awkwardly and Jace wraps his arm around her.

"Don't worry, Red, she's just messing with you." He says. No. I was being serious. I just sigh and head up to my room, it was too late to go to school, it was Thursday and Jace's party was one day away and my date with Simon was tonight. I was so excited.

Clary POV

"Where have you been?!" I come home to a very frantic Jon pacing in the living room.

"I was at Jace's." I reply and his eyes widen and his mouth drops.

"What did you DO at Jace's?"

"Jon. We didn't do anything bad. Trust me, we've only been dating for a week for crying out loud!" I protest. He combs his fingers through his pale blonde hair and falls into the couch.

"Yeah, I guess. But next time, tell me when you're going to his house so I can strangle him before you get there."

"JON!" I scold him. "You will not do that."

"You're right. Because you're not gonna be staying the night at his house ever.. Unless its with Izzy, then I'm ok with it." I huff.

"Fine." I give Jon a hug then walk upstairs to my room, Simon's light is on. Looks like we all felt like skipping school today. I close my door behind me and lay down on my bed and open up my Hush, Hush book when I hear my window opening. Thinking it's Jace, I smile and turn to say hi.

"Hi, Ja-" I start. Then I see who it is. "Sebastian? What are you doing here?" I ask. How did he even get my address?

"Why, hello love." He says and opens his arms out for a hug. Like he thinks I'd give him a hug. I laugh. "What?" He asks me.

"You really think I'm gonna hug you? You tried to separate Jace and I."

"I did no such thing." He gasps, placing a hand to his heart and a look of mock hurt on his face. I roll my eyes and start to walk away from him, but he grabs my wrist-hard- and pulls me to him. I can feel pain where he's gripping my hand and swallow my cry of pain. Our bodies collide and he touches our foreheads together, but I shove away. He comes closer to me and I'm leaning against the wall, I had nowhere to go. Our lips are almost touching, then they are. It sickens me. I choke and try to pull away, but I can't. Sebastian has a hard grip on my waist and when I try to kick him he pulls away and punches me, causing me to fall to the floor. I cry out but he stops me before there's a chance for anyone to hear me. He presses our lips together again and I feel like there's a bruise on my lips. He slides his hands roughly up and down my body while I try to shove him off me. I push him and push him but he won't move. He has a tight grip on my wrists and when he lets go I can see bruises.

"You bitch." I snarl at him.

"We were meant to be Clary, isn't this obvious?"

"Yes." I say.

"Really?"

"NO!" Then I shove him and he slams against the wall but he slaps me and slams me against the wall. I scream and I can feel pain all over my body. There's bruises on my arms, hands and I can feel a small amount of blood trickling down the side of my head. The door bursts open and Jon walks in, he sees Sebastian and blows up.

"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING TO MY SISTER?!" He pushes Sebastian against the wall and punches him, then he grabs him by the collar and drags him to the front door and throws him out. "STAY THE HELL AWAY FROM MY SISTER OR I SWEAR TO GOD I WILL KILL YOU, YOU ASSHOLE!" Jon screams and slams the door. I'm sitting on the couch now, my body shaking violently with sobs. Jon comes up to me and he hugs me to him as he soothes me.

"Thank you." I say, "for helping with Sebastian." Jon just hugs me tighter and soon Simon appears behind us. He puts his hands on my shoulders then comes around and hugs me. I lean my head on his shoulder and cry until I fall asleep.

•••

I awake in my bedroom, Jon and Simon are gone and the red glowing letters of my clock say its 2:47. I yawn and sit up, rubbing the sleep out of my eyes. I needed Jace here. Should I call him? Nah. But he'd want to know about what happened.. I decide to call him. I didn't expect him to answer, I mean, it was almost 3 in the morning. Surprisingly, he answers.

"Clary? Why are you calling at three in the morning?" He sounds like he just woke up, which is probably accurate.

"Sorry.." I trail off, "I just need you to come over. Please, I need you." I feel on the verge of tears as I remember Sebastian and my voice is shaky. A tear slips from my eye. Now, Jace sounds wide awake.

"Clary, what's wrong?"

"I'll tell you when you get here, please come." I say. I hear him say yes then I hang up and about ten minutes later he arrives and opens my window, then climbs in my room. I'm crying, tears flowing freely and spilling into my blankets. My body is shaking hard and he comes over to me and cradles me in his arms. I lean up against him and take deep shaky breaths. I then tell him all that happened. Once I'm done explaining, his hands are balled into fists and he's gritting his teeth.

"I'm gonna kill him. He hurt you."

"Jace, I'll be ok." He looks down at my arms and hands when I say this, as well as the side of my head, which are all bruised.

"Really, Clary? He bruised you, probably almost raped you! I can't let him do this to you."

"I know.. I'm scared, Jace." I say and I let out a cry. He puts my head to his chest and strokes my hair as I cry and cry, then I fall asleep in his arms. I knew that with Jace, I was okay. With Jace, I didn't have to worry about Sebastian hurting me or doing anything else to me. With Jace.. I felt safe. With Jace.. I felt loved.