A/N: I'm really really really sorry. This is such a late update. Sorry guys! Anyways, enjoy!

PB

XOXO

Chapter 18: Meet & Greet.

Clary POV:

I woke up to a bright light shining through my closed eye lids. Stretching my arms up above my head and rubbing the sleep from my eyes I was suddenly aware of the arm strapped across my waist. Locking me in like an iron cage. I squirmed underneath, attempting and failing to even move the slightest bit. I was stuck. "Will you stop moving? I'm trying to sleep." Jace said resting his head in the crook of my neck. I could feel his breath down my back, making it tingle with delight. Wait, hold up did I just say delight? Boy did I need some coffee fast. "I told you to quit moving." Jace huffed, making me shiver once again. "Then get your arm off me. I need to get up." "No, I refuse to acknowledge the fact that it is the morning, therefore you will do so to." He said pulling me in closer. "Jacccceee, I have a lecture, and I'm pretty sure you do to." "It's the last day of term, and its Christmas break so nobody will mind if you just skip." "Jace if I skip, I might miss something important and then I could fail." "Clary, you are not going to fail just because you skip one lesson, everybody has sick days, and plus you do art, you can't fail." "What is that supposed to mean?" I said now sitting up. "I urmm, I mean you are majoring in art, and well, you are extremely good at art, it would be unlikely if you fail." "You're lucky you're cute Jace, or I would have kicked you out already." "Awwww, how romantic, Clary dearest thinks I'm cute!" My checks burned up, traitors, how could they betray me …? "Ergghhh, fine I won't go to class, you are such a bad influence Jace. Now go make me a coffee already, and don't forget we have that dinner with my parents tonight!" "Yes, mam!" Jace said saluting me as he got up. I smiled contently snuggling closer into my quilt.

RING RING. Ergghh seriously who would even call at this time. But I know who it, without needing to even look. "What do you want?" "Clary, Clary, dear Clary, that is no way to greet your dear brother." I scoff. "Yeah, well, then don't call at such inconvenient times!" "Hey! At least I call right? That goes unsaid for you! You hardly call, I mean how hard can it be to answer the phone seriously Clary?" "I'm sorry Jon, I've just been busy. That's all." "I'll let you off for now, but don't be a stranger okay? I miss having someone to annoy." I can picture the smirk on his face. "So I hear you won't be joining the family for Christmas then?" "No, well, I'm pretty swamped here with course work but I've been invited to spend Christmas with my roommate and her family so don't worry, I won't be alone." "I'm glad you're making friends Clary." "Will you be joining them then?" "I don't know, the last time I spoke to mum it didn't end well." "Yeah, but she's you mum Jon, and she misses you, we all do." "I know, I know, I just I don't know." "Well, she and Luke are meeting me at Takis tonight. Why don't you join us?" "Wait, so she can call you and arrange to meet you at Takis but she can't contact me? Seriously?" "Jon, come on don't do this, just come tonight for me please?" "I'm sorry Clary, I can't, I refuse to sit there while she looks down on me and don't even get me started on that husband of hers!" "Luke is not that bad Jon, seriously, why can't you just grow up and accept this. Please for me?" "Clary, I love you, you're my sister, I would do anything for you, but this isn't one of them, I'm sorry I just cant. I've got to go now but I'll call you later alright?" "Sure whatever." "Love you Clary, no matter what, remember that!" "You too Jon!" And that was that. End of conversation. Ergghh, I wish he would just grow up and talk to mum. Or she would talk to him. I hate being in the middle. I throw my phone on my bed. "What got your pants in a twist?" I know Jace literally just asked me a question, but all I can think about is the coffee he bears in his hands. I stare it and reach my arms forward. Jace laughs at this. "Impatient are we?" "Just give me the damn coffee Jace!" He laughs again. "What's the magic word?" "Coffee." "No, I don't believe that's the correct answer. Would you like to phone a friend?" I throw a pillow at him he dodges it. "My, my Clary, what would you have done if those pillows hit the coffee and the coffee fell to the floor." "I would never forgive you" He laughs again. "Me? What did I do? I was the victim of pillow abuse!" "COFFEE NOW JACE!"

"Stop fidgeting." We were in the back of a taxi, on the way to Takis. "Jace I mean it quit fidgeting." "I can't help it I mean, I am meeting your parents, your parents Clary." "So? No biggie. They are normal people Jace." "But, I just but…" "We here now. Be yourself okay? Well not yourself, as in annoying Jace, just be you okay?" He nods. "Good, there's nothing to worry about, you'll be fine, they'll love you" "Hmmmm, you're right, but then again who doesn't love me?" I give him a cold look. "Sorry."

"There you are Clary, I was beginning to think you'd had forgotten." Mum enveloped me in a warm embrace. "Oh, I've missed you!" "Missed you too mum." " Ah, you must be Jace. I've heard a lot about you." "You have, I don't remember me ever mentioning him to you mum?" "Yes, I do wonder how you could ever hide anything from me Clary, your own mother?" I roll my eyes. "It's a pleasure to meet you Ms Fray." "Oh quit the formal language, I know that's not you. And call me Jocelyn."