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Chapter Two
Clary followed Tessa down the continuous corridors, as the other girl rattled off about this and that.
"Will's in there, on the right, with Jem".
"Jem's a sweetheart, but he had a life threatening illness, so sometimes he has to stay in bed for days on end" she said, when Clary asked who the other boy was.
"Is he okay?" Clary asked, alarmed.
"He has a life threatening illness, what do you think?" Will said bitterly as he closed his door behind him.
Clary flushed awkwardly, and bent her head.
"Don't be mean to her Will. Anyway, we're getting lunch, you coming?" Tessa asked, hitting him over the head.
"Yeah sure. And do you really have to resort to violence Tess? It's rather rude, didn't anybody tell you?" Will replied, tone reprimanding and expression one of faux innocence.
"Why do I put up with you?" Tessa asked herself, surging forward, grabbing Clary's arm, pulling her along with her.
They reached the kitchen, where four teenagers sat, gorging themselves with the delicious looking food in front of them, whilst a middle aged woman with a kind face stood at the counter, poking at the food in the frying pan with a spatula.
"Agatha, guys" Will said, walking forward confidently, grabbing a plate of food of the countertop and sitting at the table next to a black haired boy.
"Hello Agatha. How are you? This is Clary by the way" Tessa said, smiling at the woman, striding forward.
Agatha returned the warm smile, and slid a plate toward the brunette girl.
"Very well, Tessa. And Clary- I don't suppose that you are the new girl Charlotte has been talking of?" she asked, tilting her head at Clary curiously.
"Err, yes?" Clary replied nervously.
"Well, here's some food. I'm the institute's cook. Agatha, if you will" the lady said casually.
Clary nodded.
"Ah, the newbie" A cheerful, yet faintly familiar American accent that made Clary think back to New York longingly, drawled.
She spun around. Sure enough, it was the golden boy from before, Jace. He was in the midst of swallowing a sausage, but nevertheless, he gave her a wink and what seemed to be his trademark smirk.
"Honestly Jace, eat with your mouth shut" said a girl at the table, with dead straight glossy black hair and the same striking blue eyes as Will.
Clary briefly wondered if the two were related somehow.
"You're one to talk, little cousin" Jace retorted, as the girl chewed on her food.
She scowled at him. Tessa rolled her eyes.
"Ignore them, sit. Clary, this is Jace Herondale, his cousin Cecily, who is also Will's sister, and Alec and Isabelle Lightwood" Tessa instructed, patting the seat in between her and Jace.
Clary sat down and played with her food.
"So what's your story?" Isabelle, a girl with long black hair and stunning onyx eyes asked Clary, examining her fingernails.
"What?" Clary asked, confused.
"How you got here. What happened" Alec said, the boy next to Will and of whom Clary supposed was Isabelle's brother or cousin.
"Err, my parents, my brother and I were flying to London for spring break, but the plane crashed and Jon and I were the only ones who got out on time" Clary said quietly, clutching the Morgenstern Ring that her mother had given her in her hand wistfully.
They all expressed their sympathies, which Clary shook off.
"I'm fine. So what about you guys?" She asked unsurely.
With that, everyone burst into a conversation, each person explaining their pasts.
Alec and Isabelle's were born in New York, like Clary and Jonathan.
Their parents had divorced briefly after their brother Max was born, and then one day when they were visiting their uncle, Benedict Lightwood and his sons, Gideon and Gabriel who lived in
Britain, the house had set fire after a gas leak.
As only Maryse and Benedict were in the house at the time, Izzy and Alec had been sent to the London Institute, whilst Gideon and Gabriel had gone to an orphanage in Chiswick, as it was closer to their home.
Jace's parents had died when he was a baby, so he went to live with his cousins, Will and Cecily, when Edmund Herondale died from drug abuse, they were all sent to the institute.
It really was a morbid and somewhat depressing conversation, but Clary supposed that it was better than sitting there in an awkward silence.
At that moment, a girl who was about seventeen, with long golden curls, flawless pale skin and soft brown eyes wandered into the room.
Her walk was stiff and her nose was upturned in annoyance. She was quite pretty, in fact; ridiculously so, and she seemed quite aware of it.
"Well? Aren't you going to introduce me?" she asked rudely, gesturing to Clary.
Will rolled his eyes. "Jessie. Nice to see that you're finally going to grace us with your company" he said sarcastically.
"Well, at least you've finally recognised that you're in a lady's presence" 'Jessie' said snootily.
Clary opened her mouth to say something, but Tessa silently mouthed 'no' at her and discreetly shook her head.
"That's Jessamine. Don't even bother" she murmured dryly, leaning her head on her hand.
Clary briefly wondered where Jonathan was. Having lived with him her entire life, she knew how hungry he could get, and they hadn't eaten anything since breakfast at the hospital, which the pair had barely managed to stomach.
"Well?" Jessamine asked impatiently, causing Clary to snap out of her thoughts. "Huh?" she asked awkwardly.
Jessamine sniffed. "I asked you, who you are and why you are in my seat" she said snobbily.
"Um…" Clary replied unsurely, glancing around her, confused.
"What; forgotten your name? And Jessie, you don't have a specific seat" Jace said boredly.
Clary was shocked that Jace seemed to be standing up for her. Well, slightly standing up for her. She couldn't see him jumping in front of a bullet for her anytime soon.
"I'm Clary. Clary Morgenstern" she offered, shooting an annoyed look at Jace, however grateful she was for him 'standing up for her', she was still irritated at him, seeing how he had insulted her in the process.
Jessamine raised an eyebrow in a delicate, pompous manner.
"'Clary?' That can't be your real name" she said. It wasn't a question.
"Well, my real name is Clarissa, but I go by Clary. That good enough for you?" Clary replied coolly.
Jace looked amused. She mentally reprimanded herself for looking at him so much.
Jessamine, however, was not quite so happy.
"Whatever; I don't even care. Now, are you going to just let me stand here or…?" she asked impatiently.
Clary stared at her. Did she really expect her to give up her seat, when there was a free one half a metre further away?
"Oh Jessie, don't be a bitch. Just sit down here" Isabelle sighed, gesturing to the spot next to her.
"Humph" Jessamine scowled, sitting down.
"What? I don't want to sit next to her" Will whined playfully.
Clary sighed. How would she survive here for the next two years?
Hi. Hehe. *Hides behind anything that will conceal her*. Yeah, I meant to put this chapter up like two weeks ago, but I was busy. I know, that is the lamest excuse in the history of excuses, if that's even a thing, but I was. Anyway, thanks to everybody who reviewed/followed/favorite and all of that. The next chapter will be sooner I promise. I hope. Oh, and I also changed this from crossover to just TMI, because I've asked some people, and they said that they check TMI more often, so I changed it, because this is a TMI fanfic, even though some of the main characters will be from TID. Anyway, See you!