I left my two brothers standing there, shocked at what I had said. I don't care. I will not let my brother get away with that. I went to find Clary. I can think of one place she would be. I headed back to our room.

C lary's POV*

I just went back to my room to see if anything else of my things were not what they seemed to be. Simon was probably right behind me to help. Or to see if I was alright.

"So, is there anything else that doesn't look right?" Simon asked me.

He is just trying to find the words to ask me what he wants to know. He just hasn't figured it out yet. I looked around for a bit and at my things. That looks like the only thing that was not right.

"Everything seems like it is all the same. Also, whoever got in here didn't find it. So, no worries, Simon." I told him.

"At least they didn't find it. Meaning they haven't had time to read your journal yet." Izzy said from the doorway.

"Yeah. Are we alright?" I asked her. I know things between her brothers and me didn't end that well. I really hope Jace can understand and won't ruin what just began of our relationship.

"Clary, we will always be good. I am right behind you. With my two idiotic brothers, they will come around." She told me.

"I just hope there won't be between me and Jace." I confessed to her.

"He would have to be stupid if he let this come between you two." She told me.

Jace's POV*

"Don't get what is going through their minds right now. We need to hand it over to the Clave." Alec said, ranting to me. He has been waiting since Izzy left.

"Truthfully, Alec, I don't know what is happening in their minds. I don't know if I want to. But I will talk to Clary and see if I can get her on our side." I told him. He seemed to calm down a bit after that.

"Alright. We should head to the rest of our classes." Alec suggested.

We then ended it there. We headed to the rest of her classes. The ones I had with Clary, she ignored me or dodged the topic. I know she really doesn't want to talk about it. But we need to. At the end of the school day, I went looking for her. But she was nowhere to be found. I feel like he's hiding from me. Avoiding the whole situation. I then pulled my phone out and texted her.

Hey. Where are you at? (J)

Hey. I am around. Why? What's up? (C)

We need to talk. You know about what. So, can you please tell me where you are at? (J)

Clary's POV*

I know Jace wants to talk about everything that happened earlier. But I just don't want to right now. I don't want to say something I will regret. So, I want to think everything through.

I know we need to talk. But right now, I want to think everything through. Can you just give me some time? Please. (C)

Thanks. I will talk to you later. (J)

I then headed to hide away. I just need some time alone. I need to think. When I find a quiet place, I hide there. I need to believe. When I find a calm place, I hide there. I brought out the sketchbook that I had on me.

It has been a while since that day. I haven't talked to Jace yet. But I know I need to speak to him. I want to know what he wants to know what he wants to talk about. But I know he probably wants to talk about it. But I know he probably wants to talk about the cup. I must find him to get this over with.

Today, we had no school. So, Jace could be anywhere. But I figured I could find him. I went to the fitness room. He has been hanging around there more since the last time we talked. I was right. Here he was. I went over to him and said,

"Hey."

I don't think he saw me coming because he was surprised to see me standing there. Stopped what he was doing and gave me a hug.

"Hey." He said.

"Do you want to take a walk?" I asked him.

"Yeah." He answered. He grabbed his shirt and put it back on.

We then left the fitness room and went for a walk. We walked in silence for a bit. It was weird. This isn't what I wanted to happen.

"Okay, Jace. We really need to get this topic over and done with." I said to him.

"I know." He told me.

"I know you are with Alec and think I should give the cup to the Clave. But here is the thing. I don't trust them." I told him truthfully.

"Clary, I know you don't trust them. I don't trust them either. But it's the right thing to do. It is where it belongs." Jace told me.

"I don't know Jace. They lost it once and almost ended up in his hands. I can't have afforded that to happen again." I told him.

"Clary, what can you do to protect it? The Clave can protect it better." He said.

"I think I can protect better than they can. I have for this long. Anyways, I am the only one that can truly get to it." I told him. This isn't going how I want it to go. I feel like it might ruin our relationship.

"How? How is that possible?" He asked me.

"You are not the only one who is special here." I told him.

He looked at me, confused. Then it hit him. He knows what I was talking about. He then said,

"Okay. If you can prove to me that it is safer in your hands. Then I will believe you and trust your word." He told me.

I know I didn't want this to ruin us. Trust me, it didn't. He did. What he just said ruined what we were. He didn't trust me. Of all people, I thought he would. I then said,

"No. If you can't, just trust me. Then there is nothing left to talk about."

"What?" He asked me, confused.

"Jace, you just said the words I never wanted to hear from you. Actually, these are the words I thought you never would say. I just can't anymore. I'm sorry." I said.

I then just walked away from him. I didn't have anything more to say to him. Also, I didn't want him to see me cry. I didn't know where I was going. I didn't care. I just want away from him.

I ended up in my room. I just hide in there for the rest of the day. I didn't want to come out. I heard the door open. I then felt my covers being ripped from me. I looked up to see Izzy standing there. She knows something is wrong. She then said,

"We have been looking for you all day."

"I have been here most of the day." I told her.

She then saw my face. My eyes were probably red, and everything was from crying. She then pulled me into a hug, asking,

"What happened? I heard you went to talk to Jace. Then no one saw you after that."

"Jacedoesn't trust me." I started with that. I then told her what happened between me and Jace. How we are not together anymore.

"I am going to kill him. Both of them." Izzy said.

"Why are you going to Alec?" I asked her.

"Because he was probably the one who got those thoughts in Jace's head. Jace just agreed with him." Izzy told me. I didn't say anything about that. It was Jace's choice of what to say. But he chose those words.

"Come on." Izzy said, making me get out of bed.

"Where are we going?" I asked her.

"No where yet. I must make you drop-dead gorgeous. Not like you, not now. But bring it up a notch more." Izzy told me.

I smiled at her. I let Izzy go to work. She made me change my outfit and did my hair and makeup. We then went to dinner. I didn't realize I had hidden the day away.

"You look amazing, Clary. Jaceisn't going to know what hit him. He is going to regret it all." Izzy told me.

"Thanks Izzy. This really made me feel better." I told her. We then made up with Simon. He couldn't believe it was me. Izzy really did a great job.

"Clary, wow. Just wow." Simon said.

"Thanks, Simon." I said.

We got our food and went to find a table. I saw Jace sitting at a table with Alec. We just walked right past them. I really didn't want to sit with them. Instead, we sat with Helen and her girlfriend.

I know Jace saw me. He couldn't take his eyes off me. I just ignored it. I had my back to him. Izzy had this whole thing planned out. She wanted him to regret how he made me feel. So did I.

"Hey, Clary. You looked amazing." I heard. I turned to see Sebastian standing there.

"Thanks, Sebastian. I needed a boost today. So, I thought, dress up a bit." I told him.

Izzy is making me take all the credit to show Jace I was okay. I then saw his face. He didn't look happy. He then got up from his seat and came over to us. What does he want now?