Author POV

Clary walked over to the muscular angel, standing in the corner of the room, thumbs stuck in his pockets, and a confident smirk on his face. Even though it might be a little harder to work with someone who was new to Idris, she felt pretty proud that Helen had thought she could take that responsibility. Jace quirked an eyebrow up at her.

"Ready? Think you can keep up?" Jace joked. Clary smiled.

"It's probably the other way around, angel boy." Clary taunted.

"Angel boy? Well, I totally deserve that name." Jace said, doing an imaginary hair flip and rolling his eyes.

"Well, you might look like an angel, but it seems that you act like the devil." Clary replied, winking. "Now, let's get to work, shall we?"

Clary POV

The first thing we were required to do, was pick our song. Helen had decided we were doing a romantic song, but she wasn't sure about whether she had wanted us to do the party song, so she told us to put that off for right now. She passed lists out to all of us, and when I asked Jace to go get the paper for us both to see, he hoisted me up onto his shoulders (amazingly muscular shoulders) and got the paper, pretending to fall partially twice, leaving me to cling to his shirt for support. Jace looked up at me, winking.

"You're awfully eager to get my clothes off."

I snorted. "Jace, I swear, if you don't put me down right now…"

"What're you going to do, shorty?" Jace taunted. I groaned.

Helen's voice interrupted the classroom. "By now, you should have looked at the list of songs. I'm giving you five minutes to prepare to perform any one of the songs of this list, I'll pick the song, which you will have to perform in front of the classroom. The purpose of this assignment is to get more comfortable with yourself, get better at making your moves look cleaner in a shorter period of time, and getting closer to your partner. Ready? Your time starts now."

I cussed, and Jace did at the same time, letting me down from his shoulders. We peered at the list of romantic songs.

Say You Won't Let Go

Can't Help Falling In Love

Shape of You

Can't Sleep Love

Earned It

Love Me Like You Do

I Don't Want to Live Forever

While the songs weren't too bad, they were all slow, which meant our movements would be too. Since our movements would be slow, Helen would have more time to examine our technique and form-something we probably wouldn't have time to master in 5 minutes. Jace and I compiled a list of moves that could be used for any of the songs, and we spent about a minute making sure it looked halfway decent. I was incredibly nervous, and I think Jace was, too, his brow was furrowed in concentration, and he kept running his hands through his golden hair.

Finally, time was up. Helen called us over, where we formed a ring around her, enough area for each of us to perform our dances. Kieran and Julian went first, performing "Shape of You" and although neither seemed too happy to be partnered with the other, their dance went well. Sebastian and Kaelie were next, performing "Love Me Like You Do." Even though the song was on the slower side, they managed to dance in a way that made the song feel more like something I would hear at Pandemonium-the club that all the attendants of Idris went to over the weekends. Lily and Raphael danced to "Can't Help Falling In Love" after which Raphael winked at Simon and blew him a kiss. I could hear Simon gulp. Then we were called up. We were told to perform "Earned It" which made me freak out a little-not just because we hadn't practiced enough for this one, but also because this song had a lot of touching. A lot of it. Other groups had mainly been able to stay away from too much physical contact, dancing next to each other in synchronization, but we had been encouraged by Aline to touch more, as she had told us that the song was slow and sensual, and the dance should be as well.

I looked over at Jace, who gave me a reassuring smile as he took a deep breath to steady himself. A second later, we both slipped on the masks of a true dancer, or so Helen had told us, people who were able to capture the emotion of the song in their faces and their bodies, truly making the experience realistic. Looking at each other like we were passionate lovers, we waited for the sound of the music before we begun our dance.

And that's all for now! How do you think the dance is going to end up?

Review! It really helps me figure out what you guys think about the story.

And one more thing. I started this before Lord of Shadows came out. I liked Mark and Emma back then, but now...*sigh* I've got to change up the storyline. Don't worry, though, it only means...more drama!

Till next time,

~Will