"It feels like we haven't seen you in a century, pumpkin" said Eric suddenly uncomfortable for all the looks around the cafeteria, Clary was tired of sitting with Jace and pretending not to listen when his friends made jokes about her, so she decided to go back with her own friends.

"Don't talk so loud, Eric! Anything you say could be on the on the newspapers tomorrow" replied Kirk insanely nervous, he didn't like so much attention.

"Oh c'mon, it's not so bad…" Clary started to say but then two girls stood in front of her and waved their hands.

"Hey Clary!" they both said, Clary gave them a gentle smile.

"Hi…" the girls smiled excited and left whispering something like: She spoke to us!

"And who are they?" Eric asked pointing at his friend's fans.

"Who the hell knows?" she shrugged.

"You see, Miss Popularity? You've just ruined your life!" said Simon annoyed, Clary sighed, since when was he so obnoxious?

"Ok, in first place! I've been married for five weeks now and in second place… those are the only girls who've approached to me, don't weep so much!" yes, those girls were the only ones who got close to her, but the entire Academy was looking at her table, of course, everyone except from her husband and the knuckleheads, except from Jordan who had taken a little vacation, but yes…we can say that those include Aline Penhallow.

"Land already, Clarissa! This is ridiculous! We've never been the kind of guys that all the people wants to hang out with! Now Eric has three girls who want to be his girlfriend, Kirk is followed by paparazzi and I have over a thousand friend requests in Facebook! You call that a small change?"

"I don't know why you are so mad. I've changed your life! Think about the benefits of being friends with the crown princess, the band will gain so much popularity and just imagine how much companies will be dying to be the ones who record your first hit!" she said trying to smile for them, but still she also felt bad for being such a complication in everybody's lives.

"It's not the same, Clary. I might win the love of all Idris, but I've lost my one and only best friend…" he stood up from the table and left.

"Hey, thank you, Simon! … What a whore…" said Kirk angry.

"What's with him lately? I thought we were finally getting over it!" Clary leaned her head on the table disappointed, it seemed that her advancements were still void contrary to what she had thought. Eris and Kirk looked worried at each other, but then Eric just released a nervous chuckle.

"You know how he is, such a cry baby. He needs time, Clary…" he assured her.

"Time? How much time does he need? My month anniversary will be in eight days and he still needs time? Simon needs to understand that the possibilities are over, now what we have is facts! I got married and that's it! …" she lowered her voice so the "school" press wouldn't hear her "I don't like it either, I feel completely sick and tired of everything, but I've already made a choice and I can't change it"

"Don't tell that to us, tell it to him…" Kirk said and Clary scowled.

"You can't expect that he feels awesome after this sudden change! You practically were born together, he loves you…" Eric was saying but Kirk stopped him.

"As a friend, of course! In fact! He loves you like a sister!" they were very suspicious that day.

"I know that…" she said a little confused by their attitude.

"You see? What will you think if your brother got married suddenly and he became the prince?" Eric asked with a questioning expression.

"I would say: Good for you, old bag! It was already time!" she said with a smile.

"She has a point…" Kirk said that like if that was bad.

"But, we must take in consideration that he's also young, Clary! Maybe Simon's just worried about Goldilocks and all his… uh… conquests… if we can call them that way" they seemed to freeze at that moment.

"Conquest?" she giggled a bit "He must even be a lip virgin! He never goes out of the palace! That's nonsense…" but then she looked at them so concerned "Right? Do you know something about my own husband that I don't know?"

"All Idris knows it, Clary!" said Kirk worried.

"What? Is he a gigolo or something?" she was about to start screaming.

"We're talking about Jonathan Herondale! He's considered the most handsome in all Idris, he's rich, he's a prince…" began Eric.

"He's blonde…" ended Kirk.

"And he was the entire world upside down! You think he's still a virgin? Really? You can see in his eyes that he's an expert in the art of love!" ok, that comment only made her laugh stronger.

"He may have slept with all Idris, but I assure you… he's nothing but a jerk! If there was a romance class in here he would have to repeat it over and over again… the guy's a douche!" and just like that Jace approached to her table looking angry, he took her by the arm.

"We have to go, the Queen Mother's waiting for us" he said and made her stood up.

"Can I at least say goodbye to them?" she said annoyed.

"There's no more time, send them a text or whatever…" he said that at the faces of Clary's friends and then took her away.

"What's wrong with you?" got rid of Jace's grip and looked at him indignant.

"You think it's prudent to reveal that kind of things to everyone? Let's see what the news of Alicante say tomorrow, thank you!" he had no right to be mad and still he was almost yelling.

"Everyone? I trust those guys blindly! They're my best friends! You have friends too don't you?" or maybe he just had another demons to share his hell with.

"No friend is true when you're in the public eye, Clarissa!" there was something in that sentence that made her even angrier.

"Clary! It's Clary…" she said closing her hands so strongly that she almost hurt herself.

"What?" he said confused.

"Nobody calls me Clarissa… I'm Clary, I felt uncomfortable when someone uses my complete name… it seems like they're scolding me or something…" that was kind of an interesting confession, but he didn't really care.

"Ok, then. Clary, sweetheart… could you stop being so reckless and think before you speak? We've already talked about this!" she snorted impatiently.

"You should know by now that I have to make a great effort to listen to you because all you say is bullshit! And you're the most unbearable person I've ever met!" she dragged her feet until she got to the limo and dropped into the seat being upset, meanwhile Jace was stunned by her words not because he believed what she had said, but because it hurt him. He didn't understand; why did he care so much about what Clary thought about him?

Alec was trying to make a video call to greet his sister, but the connection was failing for some reason. He got a bit scared when he saw his cousin entering his room looking confused and concerned.

"The bears came back home or what, Goldilocks? You look like hell" he laughed.

"Not funny, I am in the midst of an existential crisis." He looked through the window caught deep in his thoughts.

"Since when do you have those?" Alec asked.

"Since I married a carrot…" that just made him laugh even more but Jace didn't bother.

"You better stop saying nonsense and help me! I'm trying to talk to Izzy here!" Jace sighed and went to fix the problem of his laptop.

"You, smarty-pants! The camera was off!" he hit Alec softly in his forehead. Then the image of Isabelle appeared on the screen.

"Well, well, well! If it isn't the prince charming! Congratulations on your wedding, Jace" she was smiling insanely, why was she smiling? There was no reason to smile!

"Am I supposed to say thank you or show that I'm joyful with this? Because I'm not!" he answered, his cousin rolled her eyes.

"You should be glad that you're not going to stay lonely for your entire life, you ungrateful little brat!" she replied.

"Duh, we're the same age, Izzy! Switzerland is frizzing your memories or what?" Jace felt a little special that day.

"Oh, no! It's actually wonderful! I really feel like I can breathe in here! There's no maids telling me what to do or what to dress and I don't have to stand seeing Camille everyday… that little bitch, and I have this awesome housemate, she's so cute and nice!" Izzy hated Camille for some reason, she didn't know what that reason was but she still hated her. And now Jace was jealous of his lucky cousins again.

"You won't have to worry about her anymore, Iz. She's now the maid of Jace's wife" Alec winked at her.

"Oh, right! The new princess! How's her? Is she pretty? What's her name? I want to meet her! No wait! … Does she like ducks?" she said that sounding nervous.

"She does! It's terrible!" said Jace.

"No, she doesn't! Or at least we don't know… she's not as bad as Jace thinks…" Alec said; Izzy bit her lip then.

"That doesn't sound fairytale -like to me" she answered, Jace sighed.

"That's because it isn't fairytale- like, Iz. I was supposed to see grandma when I got from school… I have to go, sorry, nice to see you…" he said that sounding terribly sad.

"Oh, ok! Tell her I said hello ok? I love you!" she said when she saw him walking out the door. "Why do I have the feeling that father has something to deal with all this?"

"Stop blaming father about everything, Isabelle!" Alec scolded his sister.

"How dumb you think I am, Alexander Lightwood? You want me to repeat the reason why I didn't go back to the palace?" she started to get angry.

"You've told me a thousand times! You didn't want to be a part of Father's plans…" Alec said ashamed.

"But it looks like you do… she isn't as bad as Jace thinks? Since when are you a traitor, Alec? Since when are you a cheater?" now she was just disappointed and hurt.

"I'm not doing that, Izzy! I'm trying to help father!" he defended himself.

"No, you're not! You're turning your back on your own family; you're hurting your grandmother ... your own mother ... and your cousin who was always like a brother to us, who grew up with Jace, uh? Who were the ones that shared their entire life with him? And now you let father use you like this? Where is your pride, Alec? Where is your heart?" it was hard to hear your little sister say those words.

"You should be glad that I'm not father's side…" Alec knew it was wrong, but still blood is blood.

"I'll be glad when you're in the good side, Alec! I don't even understand why are you doing this? You love our family… or at least that's what I thought"

"Of course I do, Isabelle!" now it was him who was mad.

"Then why the heck are you plotting an overthrow?!"

"Because other ways father will never accept me! You get that?" Izzy sighed tired about her troublesome brother.

"Alec, doing this you won't make that father like you more, ok? You're his first child! He's going to love you no matter you like boys or girls or blueberries or whatever!" Izzy had always tried to make her brother understand that he wasn't a mistake of nature or nothing more, now she had to convince him that their own parents loved him.

"It's not that easy! You know how he is…. He thinks I've never given him a reason to be proud of me … when all my life I've tried to be perfect only for him" Alec constantly wondered why his father was never pleased with him.

"Well, this isn't going to make anyone proud either. This is going to be a complete mess, Alexander, and you'll be in the center of it, you understand me? Free yourself from father before it's too late!" she said that like begging her brother to see the light, but Alec was only starting to get blind.

"It already began, Izzy. There's nothing I can do, don't you see I'm the victim too? If father wants to betray his own brother… think about what he could do with me or with mother! I'm trying to protect you all!" he assured her.

"By throwing Jace and his family to the lions? I think I'll give you a dictionary for your next birthday, so you can have a better definition of what "pride" and "justice" mean… I've never been so disappointed at you, Alec…" and the call ended just like that. Alec felt so pressured all the time; he couldn't make anyone happy…

He got out of his room and when he walked to the hall he ran into someone else, he recognized him as Clary's stylist, but he had never realized how handsome he was, he started to breathe heavily with wide opened eyes and his heart seemed to skip a beat.

"Oh, I'm so sorry, highness. I didn't know you where here…" he said with a gentle and tender smile, Alec tried to smile as well but he was just stunned.

"No problem, eh…"

"Magnus Bane, highness. But you can call me Magnus if you wish" maybe Alec had to stop worrying about others so much and start focusing on his own happiness.

'Such a motherfucker! We have to see grandma he said! Where the hell is he then?' Clary didn't know which one was angrier, herself or her mind. Jace was just an idiot at her eyes.

"You seem a little stressed, princess. Is everything ok?" Queen Imogen asked while looking at her granddaughter.

"Oh, of course, your majesty. I'm just wondering where Jace is…" she said with a smile.

"I believe he told me he was going to meet Alec for a moment…" she replied.

"Alec? That little…" Clary realized what was she about to say "… prince, he's such a cute boy, isn't he? Always so playful… and close to his cousin" Clary dug her nails in the fabric of the dress, she was completely annoyed.

"Sorry, I'm late, grandma. We were talking to Izzy, she said hi" Jace sat next to the Queen and she held his hand.

"Oh, our little Isabelle. Is she alright?" she asked as any other sweet and caring grandmother would do.

"Of course she is majesty! She's a strong girl, a fighter for nature" he assured her. "Anyways, what were you talking about?" he asked looking at Clary; she showed him only one finger when their grandmother wasn't looking.

"Little Clary was saying how cute you are!" she patted Clary's arm, she blushed "She made me remember those old times when you used to sing and dance for me, honey" then she stroked Jace's cheek, he also blushed. Grandma's always have their ways to make everything uncomfortable.

"I didn't say that!" Clary defended herself.

"Well, I didn't use to do that either!" replied Jace.

"Hey, I tried to cover my mistakes first!" she said.

"I did it second!" but they wouldn't fight with grandma watching.

"Oh, I see… you need some time to talk, don't you? Stay here as long as you want, we'll meet at dinner time!" she winked at them both and got out of the room, they started complaining.

"But grandma these are your…! Chambers…" began Jace but it was already too late. After a while, he gave up and tried to fix things "Why are you so mean with me? " Of course, he had his own ways to fix things.

"I'm the one who's being mean, really?" Clary couldn't believe what she heard. "It was you who dragged me out of the cafeteria!"

"I had to stop you from saying something else!" he faced her though he knew he didn't have to, Clary's eyes had a strange effect in him.

"But there's more gentle and easier ways to do it!" she scowled. Jace took a deep breath and finally pushed himself to do something he never thought he would do.

"I'm sorry, ok?" he sounded not so sincere at first, but then Clary looked at him in the eye, so he took her hand so she knew he meant it. Clary felt something weird when his skin touched hers, but it didn't feel wrong, it was just new… and kind of nice. "I'm not the Jace you think I am, really… you've… just seen the worst of me…"

"W-What? You…. Is that for real?" she didn't dare to take her hand away from his.

"Yes, I know I can be a bit harsh on you sometimes, but I'm just trying to make it easier, you know?" he smiled sadly "You may think that Alec's the best when you need some help with the life at the palace, and maybe he is but… I know better than anyone what it feels to be trapped somewhere you don't want to be…" Jace didn't seem like himself at all, he sounded so honest and sweet. Clary wondered where was her husband and what had he done with him?

"I never said I felt trapped…" she looked at him trying to figure out if he felt the same connection she felt, maybe he did.

"You feel trapped when you don't have those you love with you in a certain place and I perfectly understand that…" he assured him, and while watching him smile she realized that he could actually have a heart after all.

"There's no way you can know me so much…" she decided to stop looking at him or she would faint.

"Well, help me know you better then. This is obviously wrong, why don't we try to make it better somehow?" he asked sounding a bit excited, she smiled.

"Only if you do the same. Just say anything that comes to your mind and I'll reply! " she faced him feeling joyful, maybe her progress with Simon was void but her progress with Jace was just starting.

"Ok… I'll tell you that… I've only had one pet in my whole life, it was a falcon, I don't really like the way he left this world but…I spent a great time with him, that's it! Your turn" Clary was amazed by his honesty and she decided to do the same.

"I've never had a pet actually, but I'll tell you a little secret of mine… The first time I got drunk was at thirteen with my mother's liquor" she said with red cheeks but still with a bright smile.

"Oh, you're such a bratty girl! I don't actually drink too much… I'm a little allergic to some kinds of alcohol so…" he rolled his eyes, what a confession! He couldn't be much of a party guy with those allergies.

"I'm allergic to pepper! Believe me you have nothing to be ashamed of…" suddenly they seemed like best friends, it's amazing what 5 minutes of good intentions can do with people.

"Of course there's something I have to be ashamed of…" he said like reminding her something.

"What's that?" she asked.

"Being your husband" he winked at her, in other occasion she would've punched him for sure, but now she just giggled as well.

"You can be sure that being your wife isn't precisely something to be proud of either" they were both smiling though their words weren't really gentle.

"Fine, it was a pleasure to hold a calm conversation with you for a moment. I must go…" Clary realized that they were still holding each other's hands; she got scared and took her hand away from his.

"I liked it too, we should do it more often…" Clary thought of how bad that sounded "Talking a bit I mean!"

"You pervert… hold your horses, you still need to improve so many things so you can have the whole package!" he stood from the couch and went to the door.

"The same jerk as always" she said with a sigh, maybe he couldn't change Jace from night to morning but she surely began to see him in a different way that day, if you know what I mean…

Mrs. Lewis didn't know what to do with her son anymore. She had talked to her daughter has she knew better what was happening to Simon, he felt completely miserable, after all the first heartbreak is the most painful one, and it is even worse if you've had one only love since you were a kid. She had though that Simon's love for Clary wasn't something so serious but while looking at him like that she realized that his feelings were true and strong.

"Hey, you haven't had a rehearsal in a long time, what happened to the guys, uh?" she said trying to distract him a bit.

"Helen had something like a business trip and Maia offered to go with her, we can't practice without them…" he said looking at the floor, she wondered how much thing could he be thinking, maybe he already was making a plan to kill himself.

"Well, you should hang out more time with your friends, before you didn't want to be at home at all and now you don't want to go out…" she stroked Simon's cheek.

"What's the point, mom? My problems won't stay at home if I go out, they follow me wherever I go…" he was too depressed for a seventeen year old boy.

"I know, dear, but I think maybe you should clear your mind so you can forget about… you know who…"

"Mother, she's not Lord Voldemort just say her name!" he sighed annoyed.

"She's not… who?" It was a start; if she didn't understand what he was talking about it was a good sign.

"Never mind, I won't try to make you believe I'm ok… but just stop worrying about me so much…" then his phone rang showing his sister's name. "And start worrying about your daughter. ..What's up, Becks?"

"Hey, baby brother! How's your teenage depression doing?"

"None of your business, Rebecca!"

"You're still feeling bad, aren't you? Well, it doesn't really matter! I've got news for you, Simon… Oh! And for mom too, put me on speaker!" he did it "Ok, so listen to me very well… I'm going back home!" she said excited.

"What? Oh dear, please don't tell me you failed the final exam!" her mother was about to have a panic attack.

"Of course not, mother! I actually wouldn't go back if I hadn't passed the exam! The thing is that the semester is over for now; I've been away for four years! And as I have some money I probably won't need any more… I decided to visit you two, how about that?" Simon thought it was somehow relieving, if Becky came back home she would spend time with her mother and him, that way their mom wouldn't be so concerned about him and he would have a shoulder to cry on.

"That's great, darling! But you really think you don't need that money?" why did she have to see always the worse part of everything? That's what a mother does! They have to pay attention to every detail.

"No, mom. And if I need it later I can make it on my own, don't worry! I thought you would be happy about it…" now she sounded disappointed.

"We are, Becks! We really are; it'll be so good to have you back! Clary… Clary will be… very happy too" he forgot about his best friend being the crown princess, it was great news and Clary wouldn't be there to see her.

"… I'm sure she will, oh! And guess what? My housemate, Isabelle, is also form Idris and she says she would be glad to visit her family too! In fact, she said that she needed to visit her family badly, maybe she's just homesick…"

"Isabelle? Like the princess?" their mother asked.

"Yeah, funny right? It's like with Jonathan and the crown prince… nowadays people are not so creative with the names of their children! But there's no way she could be the princess…"

"How can you be so sure?" Simon smiled at impossible thoughts.

"Duh! Her name is Isabelle Trueblood! And she's a year younger than the princess! And talking about her… who knows where the hell could she be? I heard that Prince Alexander returned to Alicante but what about his sister?"

"I don't really know, Becks. And I don't really care either! Luckily we still have a Lightwood outside Idris; the royalty is nothing but a mess…" Simon had his reasons to hate everyone with royal blood.

"You already sound as dramatic as a girl! Don't try to speak for Clary, bro! It's creepy!" his sister laughed.

"Shut up!" he didn't want to keep smiling, he was supposed to be mad, but Becky had her ways to make everything seem better.

"I heard you laughing! Point for me! Don't worry, bro, the cavalry is on the way! Oh, I miss you so much, little brat! I can't wait to pinch your cheeks like Aunt Josephine used to do!" Simon rolled his eyes at that memory.

"Don't even remind me about her! If the woman wanted to play with my cheeks she shouldn't put acrylic nails on!" Becky chuckled too.

"It'll be good for my children to meet again" his mother smiled.

"You can bet that! So… little Simon, if you don't want to change the way you see things, I'll help you do it! And who knows who else could get in the way?" that was kind of confusing and suspicious.

"Don't do anything I wouldn't do, Becky!" he told her.

"Yeah, yeah! Since when are you so boring? I think you're up for a change, Simon! And I'll do whatever I have to do to see that silly joyful expression of yours we all love so much!"

"Yeah, sure. I bet you'll give up in two days!"

"Be ready, baby brother. Cause I sense that something big is coming for all of us…" and talking about Simon's hate for the royalty, maybe he just had to meet someone who belong to it to change his mind… and maybe the way he felt.

To be continued…

Dreamer.

Ok, so, did this chapter answer your questions? I'll give you a clue… In what universe wouldn't Jace and Clary made to be together? Of course it's a Clace story, people! I love the Clace, haha! So don't worry… another doubt I think most of you have is if Jace will ease up on Clary? I think rather the question is if Clary will ease up on Jace! Us women are very proud creatures, and men are very dependant! (Sorry, it's the truth!) Well, I'm also going to try harder on the Malec thing, I love those two also! But keep in mind that Robert has a wicked and cruel plan on his hands and Alec is his tool, and also remember! That Aline is an important character in the story so… don't you relax so much yet, we haven't seen the last of her! And lastly, get ready for some Sizzy, and some of Jordan and Maia (I don't really know the name of that ship, but I also love them!) and also a tinny but still great surprise for the royal family. I'll thank you for following my story so loving and caring the way you do, I love your comments and doubts, it makes me feel like I'm doing a good work! And I'm so pleased that you like it, and I'm sorry if you have to wait too much for the romance but that's just the way I thought things would happen! But still thank you. Until the next chapter, my nephilims! Bye!