Clary got out of Imogen's room jumping like a five year old, pure excitement running through her veins so much that it made her shiver. She had begged the angel on her knees so Jace's parents would let her take him to her house, she knew how bad he wanted a taste of real life, with no crowns, no so much rules to follow, calling his family however he wanted, and do want he wanted to do without being scared of getting some serious threats from his elders; He just wanted a chance to behave like a normal boy for once, and she'd do anything for that to happen. Remembering that she had to confirm it to like 10 other people, Clary took her phone out and started dialing Izzy's number, who was already at her house along with Alec helping everyone to arrange the party.

"Clary? Please tell me they said yes! We've been working so hard on this!" said Isabelle, her voice shivering a little like Clary had never heard it, she laughed softly.

"Affirmative, my friend! Everything will go as it was planned, so don't think you'll be resting any soon!"she joked, but still she heard all of her accomplices squeal happily through Izzy's phone.

"Awesome! But I must say I'm surprised that aunt Celine could even think about letting Jace out of the palace for more than two days, you know without calling him every fifteen minutes, hiring over a thousand bodyguards to go with him and stuff! I wonder how did uncle Stephen convince her…" actually, that was a very good question; Celine was really attached to her son, she had agreed far too easily, there was something suspicious about that, but Clary didn't really mind, it was her anniversary and she'd enjoy it!

"I don't know, maybe she finally realized that Jace's not 8 but 18 and he needs some freedom! Besides we won't do anything she can consider bad! I mean I live on his house, why shouldn't we visit mine once in a while?" she smiled, Izzy chuckled a bit.

"You're completely right, ok then… Good luck bringing him here! I know for sure that you won't give him any clues but still he can be very persuasive, be careful!" she advised her, Isabelle knew Jace as well as the palm of her hand.

"I know, Izzy, thanks for everything. We'll be there at four but Alec must call Jace first, don't forget it!" She reminded her, as any of them could've possibly forgotten!

"Don't worry, Alec hasn't let go of his cell phone since we got here and we'll be waiting for you… Oh! And Happy Third Anniversary, Clary!" she said happily, the others said it too in a chorus after she said it.

"You guys are hopeless, thank you! I'll see you all soon, ok?" but before Isabelle or anyone else could say something, Jace showed up waling trough the hall right on her direction, Clary almost got a heart attack and hid her cell phone as fast as she could, she tried to smile but her heart was pounding, it would be a hard day, specially for her that was like an open book for everyone that knew her.

"Happy Anniversary, my love" said Jace taking her on his arms and making her spin, Clary laughed.

"Happy Anniversary, Jace!" she gave him a little kiss and he smiled.

"Just 9 more months and it'll be a year! Can you imagine?" Jace took her hand and began walking through the hall again, Clary wondered where would he take her but he was surely trying to distract her with his chatter.

"Not actually, everyday spent with you is a surprise! And talking about that… where exactly are you taking me?" she asked, Jace giggle and answered joyfully.

"To see your gift, of course! Where else?" Clary's heart stopped for a bit, she hadn't thought of her own present! were they going somewhere else? How big was it? Was it nothing compared to what she'd give him? Had it cost a fortune? All the color of her face faded.

"What's wrong?" he asked stroking her cheek softly.

"Uh… nothing really… I just…" her eyes went to the floor and she kept them there for quite long time until he thought he had understood what was going on.

"You forgot mine, didn't you? Honey, it doesn't matter really…" he took her by the chin and made her see him eye to eye. 'Forget yours? How can you think something like that, Jonathan Christopher?! I've been planning this for like a century and you think that I…! Oh, wait… not that's a good idea, prepared to be fooled My beloved Goldilocks!' Clary showed a sad expression and nodded.

"I'm such a terrible wife!" she cried and Jace hugged her tightly.

"It's ok, Clary, don't worry! The biggest gift you could ever give me… is still wanting to be with me when I can be a giant pain the ass, I don't ask for more… Anyways, I won't have to worry that yours is bigger than mine!" he said with a bright smile, 'Ok, now that's what I call irony!' she thought trying hard not to laugh because of her evil and yet sweet plan, he wouldn't know a thing about it until he saw it for himself.

"Hey, time to rise and shine, bro! We have to go get the cake for the anniversary party!" said Becky entering Simon's room and drawing the curtains so the sun would illuminate the room.

"God, Rebecca! You want to make me melt or what?!" he complained and hid his face under the sheets.

"Maybe I do! You haven't done more than going to the Academy looking like a zombie and then coming back to drawn on your supposed "misery"! I already told you, Simon… Izzy does like you…" she sat next to him and caressed one lock of his dark brown hair.

"I'm ready to hear the "but" so just spit it…" he answered, Becky scowled.

"But she doesn't think you're over Clary yet… it's only natural, you loved the girl for almost 18 years! Anyone would have her doubts if that was the case" she tried to make him understand Isabelle's position, it wasn't only hard for him.

"Still Clary never made me feel what I feel when I'm with Izzy! My head spins, my heart feels like exploding, I get all sweaty, I feel stupid, my throat closes and I can't say a word…! If that's not love, what is it, then?" he yelled frustrated.

"Something like a virus, bro… " Becky giggled, Simon scowled. "Ok, ok, no joking on baby Simon! But I insist, if you don't go to the party to see Izzy at least do it for Clary! She'll want to see you there! She hadn't been home for three months…" she reminded him.

"She doesn't need me there, she's got her blond Romeo!" Becky had never seen her brother so annoyed and confused.

"Still you have a connection with her that Jace won't ever be able to replace… you're her best friend, Simon! You won't trough that away because of romantic issues, will you?" she felt indignant, that wasn't a reason to stop caring about Clary.

"I don't want to be everyone's puppet anymore, Becks… For Clary I only exist when Jace's not there, and for Isabelle… I don't even want to say it… I'm not something you can keep and take out only when you need it to" so that was all the fuss about, Simon thought that everyone was using him, that no one took him seriously, his sister wondered what could've given him that idea! If he only knew how much everyone cared about him.

"Just because Clary didn't love you in a romantic way doesn't mean that no one will… and neither does it mean that we've stopped loving you… Helen, Maia, Kirk, Eric, me and even Clary herself would do anything for you to be happy…" she assured him. "And if you ask me, I think she's right…"

"About what?" he asked, suddenly shocked.

"You see… you've gotten over Clary, I know… but you haven't gotten over rejection yet… that's why you're suddenly having these foolish ideas… Simon, don't be afraid to love again… if you take the wrong way, that's alright! It doesn't mean you'll always make mistakes! Maybe you did misunderstood what you felt for Clary but… of you feel something so different about Izzy, I don't now… maybe it means that you're right this time, give it a try…" she smiled gently to him and he smiled back. Even though they didn't really want to, Isabelle and Simon were already connected by some sort of feeling, she didn't want to hurt him and he didn't want to be hurt… all they had to do is let go of their own fears and take the chance to discover how beautiful could life be.

"And what should I do?" he asked her, Becky chuckled.

"Well, to begin! You'll get up from bed, you'll get a bath and dress up, we'll go get the cake and then we'll come back here to help everyone with the party; if you show up I'm sure that Izzy will notice that Clary isn't your main problem anymore!" she said, Simon thought it could work.

"How many problems do you think I have?!" he asked indignantly, his sister chuckled and walked to the door.

"That, dearest brother, is something you should discuss with a psychologist" she joked and closed the door behind her. 'As I see it, I'm not very far from reaching that point' he thought and finally got up from bed.

Izzy was secretly waiting for Simon to show up, but the nerves were eating her on the inside. What if he didn't want to see her? What if he hated her? What if as soon as she opened her heart to him he'd run away like a little lamb being chased by a predator?! She hadn't noticed she was frozen while looking at the window until she heard Jocelyn's voice calling her.

"Highness, are you alright?" said Clary's mom looking worried, Isabelle turned and dedicated a smile to her.

"Yes, I'm just feeling a bit anxious! I'm dying to see my cousins face when he finds out what his present truly is" Jocelyn laughed along with her and took her to where Luke and Alec chose Jace And Clary's best pictures to show them on the party.

"You think he'll like it?" she asked seeing Luke's picks.

"Of course! I can say that this was one of Jace's biggest wishes, I don't know how your daughter manages to make him so happy…" she confessed, she had been thinking about her cousin's relationship for quite long time, how come did both of them seem so meant to be? What did they do so that their thing never went wrong? Well, she had to admit that they had their problems but still… their love grew bigger and bigger everyday even though they were so… different.

"Well, if it's matters of the heart what we're going to talk about now… I can tell you that if you truly love someone, your happiness becomes his, his problems become yours, your suffering is the same for both of you… Love is just getting to share your life with someone else" Izzy had learned much things since she had returned to Idris, but it was funny that the biggest lesson she'd ever learn was from Clary's mom… those last words repeated inside her head many times 'Share your life with someone else' Could she really do something like that? Did that meant that… even though she didn't want him to… Simon would also suffer because of her? And then she remembered Alec's words… 'If he's brave enough to try to love you, he will'… the puzzle she had been fighting to solve was finally taking shape. Love wasn't like it was usually painted, love wasn't something far from humanity and it wasn't impossible to reach other, love was based on rather simple and daily things and yet the feeling it created while doing them, it all became special just for the fact of having that person by your side, it wasn't meant to be perfect! It was meant to be real, it wasn't meant to start big but to become it. It wouldn't start like a dream, but it would make her life seem like one, she just got to take the chance.

"Oh by Raziel, thank you so much, Mrs. Fairchild!" Izzy couldn't help of giving Jocelyn a hug as if they had known each other all of their lives.

"Oh, you're welcome, dear! But what exactly did I do?" asked Jocelyn surprised.

"I'll just say…. That you're an incredible mother, really!" Izzy squealed happily and took her cell phone out willing to contact Simon.

"You see? Even she noticed it and she's not your daughter, mom!" said Jonathan from the kitchen already getting his hands on the food she had been cooking with him all day long.

"Get out of there already!" she scolded him, his son laughed and came out to meet them. Izzy was secretly looking at them and thought with a sad smile 'This is what a family really looks like'…

Clary hadn't realized how big the palace was until that day. She wasn't allowed to go to the upper floors of it, and her room was on the fifth one, so yeah it was quite a mystery for her. She would've wanted to see a bit more but Jace was kind of excited to show her what he had prepared for her. They went to one of the rooms at the end of the hall, pretty big she had to admit, almost scary from the magnitude of it. Jace stopped right in front of the door and took out a key.

"So… I dare to believe that what you most saw of the palace before you where the Crown Princess was the tourist area…" how could he be so right always? Clary nodded quietly and her husband smiled widely. "Well then, now that you're part of our team if we can say so… I must tell you that all of the objects down there are actually replicas…" Clary's jaw fell to the floor, she must've guessed that! Jace took her hand and guided her inside the room "But these ones here, are absolutely authentic" In all of her life she had seen such luxury and preciousness; the false relics were nothing compared to the real ones. And she had thought she knew everything that there was to know about the royal family, she was wrong, totally wrong… about most of the things she thought. "These are the Herondale's family treasures, and now… they're practically yours also".

"By the Angel..." was all that she managed to say, she decided to take a look of what surrounded her but it was all too much for her, portraits, hand written letters, giant crowns, thousands of jewels, swords, books, all of them decorated with heron patterns. One thing caught her attention, it was a necklace with the form of a clockwork angel, the inscription written on the showcase it said: "Queen Theresa's most valuable possession". Clary was very interested about Queen Theresa actually, hers and King William's relationship was quite a story; A love born from tragedy, from tortured hearts and impossible and forbidden dreams. "I must say that you have a quite big playground here, Jace"

"Thank you, darling… but still I haven't shown you the best part of it" his finger pointed to the centre of the giant room, the wall was covered with a giant curtain, like the ones of the theaters.

"What's that?" she asked as curiosity took over her.

"I'll give you a clue…" he took her hand again and they walked over to the hidden wall. "If you've wondered why did Amatis make you repeat our family tree until you could say it backwards, it was because of this" he drew the curtain and there it was once again, the Herondale family tree in all of its glory, Clary didn't have to look at the names under the portraits to know who they were, she recognized them at first sight, King Edmund, Princess Cecily and obviously Queen Theresa, all of her husband's ancestors were there.

"I wish I could paint like that" she whispered, the portraits were just perfect; they looked like real people, almost coming out of the picture. Jace hugged her from behind and said to her.

"Pretty impressive, isn't it? But I hadn't cared about this wall until… I had a reason to care…" Clary giggled.

"And what could be that reason, highness?" she raised her gaze to meet his eyes, those eyes that glowed with adoration every time she saw them.

"The same and only reason why I want to keep on living, to do all the boring things I always do, the same reason that gives me hopes every single day…" she looked back at the wall and saw the end of it, right next to Jace's portrait "You" he whispered to her ear. There was her picture, looking as real as all of the other ones, "Princess Clarissa Herondale Fairchild" it said.

"You… added me to the family tree?" she felt as tears gathered on her eyes. Amatis had said that it would take long until she could officially belong to Jace's family, as every member of it had been added by birth or by the date they finally become wives of the kings.

"Yeah, I know it's against the tradition, but I thought that… it was the fairest thing for me to do…. I just felt like it was a proof for you to know that… I belong where you belong, and if you're not there…. Then that's not the place I want to be" how could she have stopped the tears from falling? "What's wrong? You don't like it?"

"I love it…"she whispered, and then turned to face Jace, she felt the urge to say something else at that very moment, those words that some people took their entire lives to say, she had them right on her throat, waiting for the moment to come out. "… I love you, I love all of you; your fears, your dreams, your hopes, the thing you hate, the things you like… everything" Jace seemed to freeze as he heard her, had she really said that or had he just imagined it?

"You mean that?" he had waited for so long, he had to be sure.

"Yes, I do! I love you, Jonathan Christopher Herondale Montclaire! I love you with all my heart!" she confessed and hugged him tightly as they laughed joyfully.

"I love you too, God, I love you so much" Jace kissed her forehead and then his lips made their way until he reached her mouth, Clary kissed him back sending shivers through his body, her hands stroked the curls of his head and his own brought her body closer to his, Clary's tears stopped and she lost herself on that kiss, that had started so sweetly and full of promises, now it was like lighting a fire, burning her heart. Jace lifted her until she had to do no effort to reach his lips, her legs surrounded his hips bringing him closer, and she kissed him deeply ignoring her need of air, at that moment nothing existed but Jace.

"Let's make us more comfortable, shall we?" he whispered against her mouth and took her to a couch nearby from where they were standing.

"You sure you want to do this on one of your family's treasures?" she asked finally rested her head on the soft surface of it. Jace climbed on top of her and lightly kissed her nose.

"Why not? After all this place is meant to keep pleasant and sometimes secret memories" his lips met hers again as he cupped her cheek; Clary's hands traveled from his arms to his back and finally reached the buttons of his jacket, opening them one by one, killing him with her patience, he tried to help her but Clary took his hand and put it on her waist, when the first piece of clothing was out Clary understood it was her turn, but once she lost her own clothes, she'd be totally naked, and that was not really fair.

"You ready?" he said to her ear as he searched for her dress's zipper. She shivered a bit, 'Virgin alert' her mind warned her, she had wondered how much would her braveness last, it was starting to run out.

"I…" she was about to answer when Jace's cell phone began to ring.

"Damn…" he said and kissed her one last time and then took the pone out, Clary sighed half relieved and half disappointed. "Alec? What's so important for you to call me just now?" Jace protested, Clary recognized that sign. "What trip? … Tomorrow, for real? But it's my anniversary! … Yes, I know, but… can't we change it?... Alright…" Jace was the one to sigh this time, totally sad about his cousin's news, Clary kind of understood his plan and smiled. "Yes, I'll tell her… You're going to hate me for this…" he announces, and her devilishly happy expression changed into fake concern.

"What's wrong?" she took his hand but Jace didn't turn to see her.

"My father's going to take me to Holland for some other stupid meeting… it was initially meant to be on August but as I wanted to be here for your birthday I told him to change it and I don't know how the hell he thought it was better for me to leave tomorrow!" he was so cutely upset that Clary's heart rushed "But, the good thing is that your mother arranged a little reunion for us… I guess we can enjoy ourselves a bit until I have to go" Clary made her best sad expression but still smiled to him.

"And the quicker we go the better! Go ahead and prepare your baggage, I'll go change and after we see grandma and the others so they can congratulate us we'll head to my house, alright?" she kissed his cheek and got up from the couch.

"Alright, then…" he surrendered to her sweet smile and the got out of the room hand to hand.

Clary could hardly hide her excitement as the limo took her to her parent's house. Jace had been asking everyone if they had seen his cousins, but luckily they didn't gave him any clues, as Alec and Izzy had gone out of the palace very early that morning to get everything ready.

"I think this is the first time I see your parents since we, uh… you know… are officially together" he said with a shy giggle that made Clary's heart pound from all the tenderness, he was nervous about telling her mother that he loved her!

"Yeah, but take it easy… it's just a matter of explaining them the situation a bit, they'll understand! And besides, you got my brother's approval that, from my point of view, was the hardest one to get! And Simon's also! You have nothing to worry about" she assured him joyfully he was finally understanding how she had felt once before.

"I know it's just that… I don't know what kind of image they have of me, normally I wouldn't bother but this is the woman that gave you your life, I mean… it's quite important" nervous Jace was too sweet for her to handle, especially when he knew nothing about what was going on!

"She'll be alright with you and me, I promise! Just relax, it's our anniversary party! This is about us and nothing more, ok?" she kissed him on the cheek and all of his worried melted away.

"We're here, highnesses" announced the driver, Clary had to shut her mouth tightly not to smile like an insane person.

"Thank you, I remind you that I have to meet my father at the airport at 8" Jace said and opened the door.

"Yes, highness" answered the driver and as Clary got out she remembered something important.

"Oh, you should take your bag with you!" Jace turned to see her a bit surprised.

"Why should I?" he asked, Clary laughed uncomfortably.

"Just so you don't forget it…" was what she managed to answer. 'I'm really surprised he hasn't noticed any weird thing yet…' she thought.

"Alright, if you say so…" he agreed and did as she told him. Clary took a deep breath as they walked up to knock the door. 'Please make him like it, please, please!' she begged to the angel and then her mother opened the door.

"Darling, Prince Jonathan" Jocelyn greeted them and then hugged her daughter happily , after that she took them both inside. "Come in, highness, we don't bite" she joked so Jace would relax a bit.

"Ha, I wasn't really worried about that until…" he began to say and then he found all of Clary's friends, and his own cousins inside along with Clary's stepfather and brother.

"Surprise!"They all screamed when they saw them coming in, including Clary.

"Happy anniversary!" she told him as she hugged him tightly.

"Uh… I don't know if it's because I'm truly a fool or if it's just the shock but I'm not getting it…" he told her and everyone laughed.

"Well, honey… You remember how you always tell me how much you want to be a normal guy for once?" she explained and he nodded "You'll get to be a normal guy for a whole weekend! We're staying here with my family, Jace! No modals or rules to follow, no more of hearing Amatis scream at us, no boring reunions with your father, not tiring lessons! You'll see how was my life like before I became your wife" Jace was astonished for many reasons, first one that Clary had managed to arrange it all and get his parents help and approval, second that Clary's mom had actually agreed to do it, and third… that she was so attentive with him, doing everything on her hands to make him happy. "You… like the idea?" Clary foolishly played with her finger as she, and all the rest of them he could tell, waited for his reply.

"That's amazing, Clary, really! Thank you so much, baby" Jace held his always so sweet wife, he felt that his love for her had grown even more, he didn't regret opening himself to her at all.

" Hey, I don't mean to be rude but we also helped!" Izzy crossed her arms to her chest, and Alec hit her softly like telling her not to ruin it.

"I wouldn't forget about you pair of liars! You really got me with that one, Alec!" Alec flushed with his comment.

"Jonathan, please take your brother in law upstairs to your grandpa's room" said Jocelyn to Clary's brother and she turned to see her.

"Mom, he's staying with me… we're married, remember?" she told her mother a little bothered that she made plans on her own without asking her.

"Yes, but this is my house and for now you both will live under my rules" she smiled to her daughter, Clary sighed with no wishes of fighting with her mother after so long time being out of home.

"Well, forget that part about the rules, mom might get be even worse than Amatis" she gave up and walked over her friends that met her with a hug.

"Come, Jacey… I'll show you your room" said Jonathan and they both went upstairs. Clary heard Jace reply as they got to his grandfathers room "For the last time, my name is Jace!" she laughed.

"So, you think that Prince Goldilocks will be alright without his babysitters?" asked Maia, Clary rolled her eyes but still smiled to her.

"Of course! He's just like any other guy, just with royal blood… I'm sure he'll be fine, that if mom doesn't kill him with fear" they all laughed with her.

"Actually I think your mom's very kind" said Izzy coming from behind along with Alec. Clary noticed the tension building up in the room as Simon raised his head to see her, their thing hadn't gotten any better for what she could see, but at least he had came out of his room! They had to talk, definitely.

"Thanks, Iz… for everything, and all of you also! I'm so glad that all turned out fine! I can't wait to see how "Normal" Jace is like and not Crown Prince Jonathan" she confessed shyly.

"Yeah, we're all looking forward to many things…" said Simon, but she wasn't exactly looking at her.

The afternoon went by faster than Clary had thought, she was having a lot of fun. Jace looked so comfortable, like if he had always belonged to that place where she belonged, just like he had said. All of them took their time to tell funny stories about them and she was absolutely pleased to remember such wonderful memories and also to know more about what was Jace before she had met him, they also saw the pictures taken when she was a kid and her husband just couldn't stop telling her how beautiful she had been and still was; they both laughed a lot when Jocelyn asked them to cut the cake and it all ended up being a food fight, she was sure that that day would be kept very inside her heart, the day that the prince was just another teenager like she had been. The day that Jace knew what was it like to feel loved and welcomed . The day she made his wish come true, along with all of her friends and new family members. It was like 10 PM that Jocelyn and Luke got out of the house and left the "reunion" on Jonathan's hands, as she trusted he'd be "a responsible and mature adult", big mistake.

"Ok, everyone! Mom is gone, you know what that means!" he announced and everyone but Jace and his cousins clapped and squealed excited.

"I actually don't know what it means…" Jace told Clary that rested on his arms.

"It means alcohol, honey!" Clary replied laughing.

"That's my girl, you haven't changed a bit!" said Helen proudly.

"You must see this girl drunk, she's hilarious!" Kirk told Jace, Alec and Isabelle laughed next to him at seeing his pale with worry expression.

"Hey! I've never gotten drunk! I'm a good girl" Clary lied with a silly smile on her face.

"Must I remind you your first hangover, missy? You see, we were thirteen and Clary thought it'd be fun to steal her mother's liquor…" started Simon but Clary didn't let him finish.

"Yeah, yeah… that's not a very fun story to tell I ended up in the hospital for intoxication, the end… Jonathan! Hurry up and bring those bottles!" Clary changed the topic quickly.

"My, my! Looks like her highness Princess Clarissa has some kind of urgency" said Isabelle with a threatening smile, Clary flushed.

"But of course, Clary will show us how it's done, right?" answered Maia, Clary was a bit ashamed of showing her not so angelical side, but she wasn't an alcoholic either!

"Guys, come on! My husband's here, Show some respect!" she chuckled along with her friends.

"It's ok as long as you don't do anything reckless" Jace caressed her red curls and she dedicated a cute smile to him.

"As if you'd let her" laughed Helen. "Ok, let's see if you royal kids can keep up with us".

"Excuse me, did I hear challenge just now?" Izzy seemed to be ready for anything that was to come that night.

"This is about to get really crazy… Be careful, you don't want to spend your anniversary on a hospital bed, do you?" Alec reminded his cousin about his allergies.

"It's alright, I won't do anything you wouldn't do" he told him, still Alec scowled.

But in fact, Jace was just feeling a little funny after they all finished the fifth bottle out of ten, but Clary and the others weren't as good as Jonathan and him. His wife and the rest would laugh at anything that anyone said, so it would be impossible to hide their almost unconscious state when Jocelyn and Luke would come back, but no one seemed to care. Still he wasn't really worried until Clary stood up on the coffee table with a glass on her hand.

"Hear everyone… I want to say a few words to my wonderful husband who watches me with embarrassment over there" Clary sent a flown kiss to Jace as she began talking, Jace wasn't really embarrassed but rather softened about how adorable was drunken Clary, the rest of her friends clapped listening to her. "Can you believe that I've been a princess for three whole months? It's like so crazy, you know? Well, I'll confess that at first I hated the whole idea! I found my situation hideous and almost disgusting! I mean who likes finding out that her fate had been written down like a book without even bothering about what would she think? That's just cruel, man… If I ever have children, and I'm sure I will because look at my Crown Prince! He's not something you can waste! I'll never, ever, do something that includes them without asking, not ever! Well, to continue, I was so busy while hating the life I had gotten to live that I didn't notice that I actually… loved everything I hated about it… I loved having a new family, discovering another reality far from mine, I loved remembering all of you and realizing how lucky I was and still am… but most of all I loved having made the great mistake of marrying the Crown Prince, I loved fighting with him like five year olds, I loved seeing how his cheeks flushed when he got angry, or how his hands shook when he was ashamed of something… I really loved everything even if it seemed to be horrible, I fell for him I know, and I tried to hide it because I was afraid of losing myself… I was afraid to let go of the life I had and follow another different one… But what you've taught me, Jace, and this is something I'll never forget… is that there's really no difference between the girl I used to be and who I am now; I'm still Clary, but a better version of her… You've managed to complete that part of me that was missing, and I'll always be thankful for that. So, I'd like to propose a toast to my future king, my beloved husband, my Jace… let us live long and happily and not to have any babies until I'm 18 because I'm not planning to let go of you any soon, cheers!" she finished her glass and laughed once again, she had laughed a lot while talking, but still Jace knew she wasn't lying, drunk people never lie.

"God Clary, don't be like that! You know how touchy I am!" said Helen covered in tears.

"Some things just have to be said, baby girl" Clary replied and then giggled foolishly, so much that she lost balance and almost fell off the table, luckily Jace managed to get to her before she hit the ground.

"By the Angel, Clarissa… what am I going to do with you?" his husband kissed her forehead as her arms surrounded his neck.

"Just love me, in any way you want, but love me always…" she was almost begging him.

"As if loving you wasn't what keeps me alive" he answered, Izzy even let out a tear while hearing them.

"That's so beautiful…" she cried hiding her face on her brother's shoulder.

"Yes, and those two could actually be us right now!" Simon stood from the couch he had been sitting on and talked to Izzy, finally facing her.

"Wait, bro, I don't think you should do this being boozy…" said Becky worried.

"There's no way to stop him now, Becks, let it be" replied Eric with hiccups.

"I don't know what was going through your head that night, Isabelle! But you cannot just kiss me and then leave as if nothing had happened!" Simon yelled making Izzy shiver.

"Really? I've broken that rule like twice or three times!" Clary chuckled on Jace's arms.

"Quiet, baby, quiet" but Jace was far too interested on how would that end.

"Look, since I saw you that first day I don't know what's going on with me, I'm like so bipolar! I'm happy when I think of you and then I'm full of sadness because I know that ours might never be! Izzy, I know you're a beautiful, smart, funny, sweet as hell princess and I'm nothing but a weirdo that might have no future… but if you could just give me a chance… I'd end with whatever's worrying you and I swear that I'd do anything for seeing you smile every single day of your life… Because that's what I want to do, now and always… I like you, Iz, I feel so attached to you like I've never felt with any other person… and I'll just ask you one thing, with my heart on my hand … Isabelle Sophia Lightwood Trueblood, would you be my girlfriend?" and it seemed that the alcohol had run out on everyone's system, Simon's chatter had managed to make them wake up completely and look at Izzy expecting her answer.

"What? You…" she turned to see her brother trying to get a clue and say something, but Alec made pretty clear that it was up to her. Izzy thought about everything she had heard for the past month, and she also talked from her heart, she wouldn't let fear control her life, whatever happened from that day, she'd learn from it, she'd walk hand to hand with him, he'd be only thing she'd never let go of… and she'd never feel lonely again.

"…Yes, I would…"

To be continued…

Dreamer.

Hello, everyone! Well to start with, I've been working on this chapter for quite a while and I hope you like the start of it, I've decided to split it into two because I want to do so many things with this situation, haha! SO tell me what you think? Did I miss something? Oh, and also I wanted to tell you about this comment I read the other day, I'm not going to lie it hurt but still I laughed! It points out everything wrong with my story, I think! But yeah I might have to give you some explanations, First, I think the worst one is that I have an awful lot of mistakes when I write and yes, I admit it! But to be sincere this is my first like serious and long fanfic I've done in English, I don't know if I've told you but I'm actually Latin, and yeah it's a bit difficult but still whenever I can I try to correct most of them but, seriously guys for each chapter I have to write from 10 to 15 pages and I write pretty fast so I don't have much time to check all of my mistakes, I'm really sorry about it, I'm literally so ashamed, ahah! But I hope you understand everything although my spelling is awful sometimes; still I'm thankful for that comment, I laughed a lot, but all of the other comments you've written are really cute and supportive and I'm not going to let a few grammatical issues stop me, right? I'll try to be more careful about it. I'm really glad you guys like my idea, I also love it, I mean I've kind of mixed two stories in one but my own way and that's also what this story is about, like showing what would be the life of a modern princess that was actually nothing but a common girl, and what would be better that joining that with my so beloved characters of TMI? And I cannot tell you how glad I am that you actually like it, haha! Thank you so much, really! I love it when you talk about my story and you say how I always leave you wishing for more, that's exactly what I wanted it to be like, I just want you to enjoy it, so thanks for following it, we'll "read" each other next time, kisses and hugs, bye!