my first fanfiction so far. please review.

Disclamier: i dont own any of these characters except for the made up ones[:

"Clary" She tossed and turned, aggressively. "CLARY."

She sat up quickly. Too quickly, her head started spinning. She looked around anxiously. She looked over to her clock on her night stand. It read 3: 28 AM. She looked around again. There was nothing but darkness surrounding her.

Clary pushed her blanket off of her, feeling a sudden cool breeze on her bare legs and feet. These were the times she needed her mother and her brother.

Her mother had sent Clary and her brother, Sebastian, to a boarding school. Sebastian had always gotten in trouble at school and their mother was sick of it. She had sent Clary as well, though Clary didn't know why. She was the good girl.

Lately, she had been getting weird dreams. Random dreams with her mother, her father she doesn't even know and all sorts of mythical creatures.

Clary had only seen her father a couple of times in her life, unlike Sebastian. He had lived with their father most of his life. But four years ago, he wanted to live with his mother and sister, so he moved. After a year or so, he started getting into trouble.

Even though he was bad, Clary loved her brother. Ever since the moment he got here, he had been protective over her. He told her once he had always wanted a little sister. Even though they were a year apart.

Sebastian's dorm building was two buildings over. He had told her if she ever needed him, to call, that he'd be there in a millisecond. Clary sighed and looked around. Her roommate, Isabelle, was sleeping, her back turned to Clary. Her beautiful black hair spread across the pillow.

Clary arrived at the school yesterday morning. She would start school tomorrow as a junior. Her bags full of clothes were still sputtered on the floor. Clary got up from the full sized bed and slipped on her bunny slippers. She grabbed her room key and opened her door. She checked both ways before closing the door. Dorm advisor? No where in sight. All she had to do was sneak to Sebastian's building and find him. Hopefully no one would see her.

Jace opened his eyes slowly, red glowing numbers shown in front of his eyes, making him squint. 4:42AM. He groaned turning over to his other side. He suddenly shivered. He must have left his window open without realizing it. He got out of his bed, goose bumps rising on his arms. Once at the window, he shut it slowly, careful not to make any noise. He looked back at his roommate's bed. Simon was still sleeping, which was good for Jace. He didn't feel like dealing with him anyway.

Of course Simon and Jace were friends. Simon just annoyed him a little too much. Simon was one of those boys that looked like a nerd but really wasn't. He wore the glasses and the goofy smile but inside there was a really good person. Jace knew that and that's why he dealt with him and not to mention Simon was his best friend without counting his adopted brother.

Jace stared at their door, a glint of light coming through from the other side. The dorm advisors had always felt the hall light on, just in case. Staring at the light, it suddenly disappeared. Jace walked over to the door and put his ear to it. He couldn't hear anything. He stepped back a couple of feet and looked down under the door and there was the light again. He creaked open the door slowly, peering out. He saw nothing.

Jace walked out, not closing the door all the way. His bare feet patted against the floor. He looked up and down the hallway and still no sign of anyone.

Jace shrugged, and started turning the corner to the vending machine and bumped into something.

"Oh" he heard. There standing before him was a petite redhead, her long curly hair flowing down her shoulders. She was dressed in a blue tank top and matching sleeping shorts. Not to mention bunny slippers.

Jace chuckled. "Nice slippers"

She blushed, making Jace grin. "Uh, thanks. They're pretty old."

He nodded. She was staring at him. Not his face though. His body. Confused, he looked down. He had been sleeping before resulting him only in boxers. Nice.

He looked at her, amused. "So, do I know you?"

She blinked and looked up at him. "Me?"

He laughed. "Well, I'm sure not talking to the wall, that's for sure"

She smiled. "Uh, you shouldn't. I start tomorrow—well I guess it's later today, right?"

Jace nodded.

"I'm Clary" she said, smiling.

"Jace" he said, watching her. "So I'm going to guess you either got lost or you're here to meet a dashingly handsome fellow, like myself?"

She smiled. "I'm here to find my brother"

"Mmm. Too bad. I really thought it was the second one." He grinned, making her blush.

"Uh, yeah, well do you mind telling me where he is?"

Jace shrugged. "I guess it would help if I had a name."

"Sebastian Morgenstern"

"Oh, new kid. Sure, come on. I'll show you" He said, taking her hand and leading her down the hall.

Clary blinked. Did he really just take her hand? Clary thought she might faint. Here she was with this gorgeous guy, who was by the way three quarters naked.

Jace glanced back and smiled. Not knowing what to do, she smiled back. Clary was never one of those girls that would get "the guy", though she always wished.

He slowed and came to a stop in front of a door labeled 563. He motioned to the door. "This is the one. My brother Alec is his roommate." He looked at her. "You want me to get him?"

She thought about this. If she said "yes" then he would have to go resulting in him letting go of her hand. If she said "no", she would have to go in resulting on him letting go of her hand, still. Either way didn't seem to please her.

"Uh, please?"

Jace grinned and knocked on the door, quietly. A couple of seconds later, a dark haired boy opened the door, without wearing a shirt.

What is with these guys? Clary thought to herself.

"Alec, where's your roommate?" Jace asked.

Alec eyed Clary and then looked Jace. "I think the better question is what are you doing with a girl? Especially in our dorm! That's breaking the rules. You're going to get in trouble if you get caught, again."

"My god, Alec. Sometimes I think you're a bitchy old woman who never shuts up. Now answer my question."

Alec rolled his eyes and sighed. "Hold on" And then he left, closing the door half way.

Clary looked down at their hands still together. She blushed and looked up at Jace. His blond hair was a little wavy and long enough to go past his ears. He had a medium sized tattoo on the back of his left shoulder. It looked a little like a tribal tattoo more then anything. It was black and spread from his shoulder blade to the middle of his back.

The door opened one again, but this time it was Sebastian. "Clary?" He looked at her puzzled, at Jace, and lastly their hands together. Clary, watching him, let go of Jace's hand immediately.

"Uh, Sebastian…" Clary started. He folded his arms across his built and not to mention clothed chest.

"Yes?"

Clary looked nervously to Jace.

Jace looked back at her and nodded slowly. "Right. Privacy. I'll be inside" He said, sliding past Sebastian and closed the door, leaving Clary alone with her older brother.

"So?" He prompt.

"I couldn't sleep. I had one of those nightmares again and I didn't know what to do or where to go and…" she trailed off, watching his expression change. He wasn't tense anymore. He unfolded his arms and spread them out to hug her. Clary rested her head in the arch of his neck and put her arms around his waist.

"Clary," he said. "I'm sorry. Are you okay?"

She nodded, knowing any word that she wanted to come out of her mouth wasn't necessarily going to come out.

"Clare, I'm sorry. It's okay. It will all be okay, don't worry"

She nodded again. "I know. Eventually it all will be."

Sebastian let go of her and smiled. "Exactly."

Clary laughed. "Well, I should get going. School starts in a couple of hours."

"Yeah, so can you make back to your dorm by yourself?"

"I made it here by myself, didn't I?" She grinned, looking at him.

He laughed and nodded. "Yeah, you did. Well, see you later."

"Okay" she said, while he opened his door back open again and walked in. She sighed and turned around. Now she had to find the way she came.

Jace sat on one of those oversized round chairs, while Clary and her brother were outside in the hall.

"How did you even find her?" Alec asked. By now, he had put an undershirt on and was now sitting on his bed. The faint light from the corner lamp was only light in the room.

"I found her wandering in the hall." Jace said, shrugging. "I thought, maybe I should help this obviously lost girl in the boy's dorm building, you know, before she found our dorm advisor first."

Alec got up from the bed and walked to his dresser. "Because we all know that wouldn't be good." He picked up his Sidekick, and opened it.

"What time is it?" Jace asked, watching the light under the door. Was Clary okay? He didn't know. As a matter of fact, he knew nothing about this girl. This interested him.

"Almost five thirty. Class starts in two hours and forty minutes. I'm not going to be able to go back to sleep. Gee, thanks, Jace."

Jace rolled his eyes and sighed. He wouldn't be able to go back to bed either after this.

Suddenly the door opened and in came Sebastian. Jace watched him, intently. He and Clary looked nothing alike. Was Clary really telling Jace the truth about them?

"So is your sister alright?" Jace asked getting up from the chair he was sitting comfortably in.

Sebastian shrugged, walking to his bed. "Yeah, she gets like this whenever she needs somebody to talk to. She's okay though. Thanks for bringing her to me." He smiled and sat down on the twin bed. "By the way, I don't think I caught your name…"

"Jace" He said. "Names Jace. Alec, your roommate here, is my brother. Well adoptive brother, if you want to be all technical."

Sebastian nodded. "Cool. So what's it like in this school anyway?"

While Alec answered the question, Jace couldn't help think about the petite red head who was wandering through campus. Maybe if he was fast enough, he could find her.

"—the teachers can be assholes though. But other than that, it's all good."

"Hey listen," Jace announced, walking towards the door. "I'm going to go. I'm going to try and get some sleep. See you guys in the morning."
After exchanging goodbyes, Jace closed the door behind him and walked down the empty hall. His bare feet thumped against the carpet as he walked.

After looking for a good ten minutes, Jace walked to his door and opened it. Simon still lay asleep on the opposite side of the room. Shrugging, Jace hopped back into bed knowing no way in hell he was going back to sleep because of this girl.