Choosing Between Perfect & Perfect

The Dinner Party

Clary's pov

I stand outside Jace's house in a black dress, with my mother and Luke.

"Mom do we have to?" I whine but my mother just ignores me and knocks on the door.

Celine opens the door dressed in a red dress.

"Jocelyn, Luke, Clary! Come in!" she exclaims excitedly. How could this lady be related to Jace?

She leads us to the living room and everyone is already there. A man and woman both with black hair and blue eyes sit with each on a couch smiling at my parents. A woman with short black hair sits on a couch with a man with dark eyes and white blonde hair. He looks just like Sebastian, and I immediately figure out that he is Valentine.

"Jocelyn!" The blue eyed black haired woman stand up and hugs my mother.

"Mayrse." My mom says happily. Oh so she must be Alec and Isabelle's mother.

"Is this your daughter? She looks just like you!" Mayrse exclaims. "My daughter Isabelle talks about her. Clary right?" She smiles at me and I nod.

Everyone says there hellos. When my mother reaches Valentine they hug a bit awkwardly and I find myself looking away.

"Clary, Alec Isabelle Sebastian and Jace are downstairs. You can go join if you'd like." Stephen says to me after saying hello.

I make my way downstairs, and the four of them are sitting on the couches.

"We thought you'd never show up Red." Jace smirks.

I just ignore him and say hello to everyone and take a seat beside Isabelle. Sebastian smiles at me from where he sits and I turn as red as my hair.

"It's kind of weird that all of our parents know each other." Sebastian suddenly says.

"It is." Isabelle says. "Did you know that Clary's mom was supposed marry your dad?" She says to Sebastian and I cringe.

"What?" He says shocked.

"Yeah she was supposed to marry your dad but she didn't at the last minute." Isabelle says.

"Oh." Is all the Sebastian says.

"Did you know that Red?" Jace asks intrigued.

"Um yeah I did." I say shakily. We're all silent then.

"We should play would you rather!" Isabelle exclaims breaking the silence.

"God, you and your games Izzy." Alec says.

Eventually everyone agrees and Jace asks Alec, Alec asks Sebastian, Sebastian asks Isabelle, and then Isabelle asks me.

"Clary, would you rather kiss Sebastian or Jace?" She smirks.

I freeze. Sebastian chuckles a bit, but Jace looks a bit anxious. Oh god, I couldn't pick. They were both so attractive and yet so different at the same time.

"Um I'm not sure." I say at last.

"C'mon you have to pick." Isabelle says.

I think for a few more seconds and then I pick. "Seb-" I start I say but I get cut off by Celine calling us to dinner.

As we all walk upstairs, I feel Jace's eyes on me. Ugh, why did he always have to stare at me?