' Clarissa you have to eat your vegetables, or you won't grow to be big and strong like Jonathan.'

I watched as my brother and father wrestled around the living room, while my mom sat with me at the dinner table until I ate my broccoli. I stubbornly shook my head and passed the plate at her, she side and placed her head into her hands. My father and brother stopped wrestling and looked over at us, I could feel in my stomach that I was going to get into trouble.

"Clary you have to eat your vegetables, or you'll always be a munchkin. Do you want that? Mummy, Daddy and Jonathan will all be giants, banging our heads on the ceiling while you are on the ground starring up at us having fun.' My dad said to me, which made me laugh at the idea of them being giants. I shook my head slowly and smiled at him and then my mother. 'Good now eat your broccoli.'

I woke up feeling sore and surprisingly rested; the sun was shining through the curtain and it hit my eyes. I blinked a few times trying to wake myself up more, I looked around the room and saw a pair of clothing and shoes sitting on the edge of the bed. Realization hit, 'i'm not at my house.'

I started to get out of the bed when I heard and saw the bedroom door start to swing open, and in came Jace holding a tray of food, that smelt heavenly. I sniffed the air and an instant later my stomach growled basically trying to jump out of my skin to get the food. Jace laughed at the sound of my stomach and came over to my side of the bed and sat the tray next to me.

"Well I guess it's a good thing I brought you food." He laughed and looked me up and down. "Your bruises are starting to heal." He said and reached up to my face and pushed away a stray hair that was in my face.

"Thanks for letting me crash here for the night." I said and looked down at the waffles and dug in.

"You're not going back there are you?" Jace looked me in the eyes and then looked down at my neck.

"Where else am I supposed to go Jace, it's a shit hole but that's home." I said and piled a piece of a waffle into my mouth.

"Um, here obviously. My mom said you could stay as long as you need." Jace said and motioned his arms around the room. "we obviously have enough room for you."

"You guys don't need a burden like me around, trust me Jace I just need to get back on my feet again and figure out what's going to happen." I said and sipped some orange juice from the cup on the tray.

"Clary don't be dumb about this." Jace said and rolled his eyes at me.

"Jace you've known me for like what 5 seconds, this has been going on since I was 7. I've been fine all by myself for the past 10 years. Trust me this time isn't any different. "I said and stood up and walked past Jace and started to pull on the clothes that were on the bed.

"Clary I didn't mean to upset you, I'm just worried about you." Jace said standing up and grabbing my arm.

"Jace don't worry about me, I'll be fine." I placed a hand on his cheek, he sighed and nodded his head.

He let go of my arm and stepped back a step or two, I went back to changing and grabbed my dirty clothes off the floor and turned back at him.

"I'll see you at school?" He asked looking at me with concern in his eyes; I smiled and nodded my head. I walked toward him and pressed a kiss on his cheek. "Ill see you tomorrow."

I turned away from him and walked out the bedroom, and ran down the stairs. I went to open the front door when it swung open and revealed Jace's brother and his boyfriend. We stood there starring at each other for a moment, until Jace came down the stairs.

"Alec, Magnus this is Clary." Jace said and was right behind me.

"Nice to meet you." they bother smiled at me and then looked at Jace for some kinda of explanation as of why I was there. The awkward silence was a major killer; I turned to face Jace and planted a kiss on his cheek. "I'll see you tomorrow." I said and then walked out the door.

Jace POV

Alec ,Magnus and I stood there in awkward silence for a a minute or three after Clary rushed out of the door.

"Um Jace, I don't think mother would appreciate you bring random girl to the house." Alec stated and then looked at me with accusing eyes.

"She's just a friend who needed a bed to sleep in last night, mother knows she was here." I answered and then looked at Alec and Magnus's hands which were intertwined with each others. I cleared my throat making it known that they were still holding each others hands, then jumped apart and started fidgeting with themselves.

"Jace don't bring troubled "friends" to the house, mother doesn't need the stress." Alec said and walked into the kitchen.

"Alec just worry about yourself would you." I snapped back at him and walked into the living room, where my mother was reading 'Pride and Prejudice.'

"Has Mr. Darcy confessed his love for Elizabeth yet?" I teased her as I sat down on the couch.

She closed the book and tapped my knee with it. "Oh shush Jace don't spoil the book for me." She said and smiled at me with her caring and gentle eyes. "Is Alec and his boyfriend in the kitchen?"

I looked at her in confusion. "what?"

"Jace don't play dumb with me, I know Alec is gay. I know my sons inside and out." She smiled.

"Yeah Magnus is with him, we seriously thought you didn't know." I confessed.

"I've known about Magnus since the second day they started dating." My mother said and placed her book down on the coffee table and turned to face me. "speaking of dating, was that Clary I head rush out the door?" She raised her eyebrow and looked me up and down.

"Yeah she said she had to figure a few things out." I said and sighed and raked my hands through my hair.

"Jace that girl does something to you, you might not be able to see it but I can." She smiled and rubbed my knee.

"She's so different, there's just something about her that makes my heart race. When I'm with her all I can think about is just her, when I'm not with her she's still on my mind. I'm going crazy mom."

She laughed and shook her head. "No you're not you're falling in love with her Jace, that's what love is. It consumes you; it makes you learn things that you never knew before. But the question is does she feel the same about you?" She said and went back to reading her book.