The Bet (under revision)

The Real Him

CPOV

"Sebastian I…" I whispered.

"Ahhh, little red. Ditching class to be with your boy friend? Wow, who would have thought you were capable of such naughty things."I turned to see Jace winking at me.

"He's n-not my boy-friend," I said stuttering, feeling my face blush scarlet.

"Oh, so you just make out with random guys? That sounds kind of desperate, little red. I think you can do better than that." Jace said smirking, with mock concern. I flushed red but this time in anger.

"You know what, Jace? Fuck you! And leave me the hell alone from now on. You're such an asshat!" I yelled at him.

I felt momentarily guilty because I saw a flash of hurt cross his face, but it was gone as fast as it got there and he went back to his smirk. "Asshat? What in the Angel is an asshat?"

"You," was my simple answer.

Sebastian turned from standing behind me and staring at me and Jace fighting, to stand in front of me.

"Back off, Jace," Sebastian sneered at Jace. "Jealous that Clary chose me and not you?"

I was confused at this. What in the hell is Sebastian talking about? I didn't choose him, and I'm pretty sure Jace doesn't like me that way. He probably just likes making me uncomfortable with all his flirting. "Sebastian me and Jace are just friends. Well-not even friends. We're just people who like annoying the hell out of each other." I said turning to him.

Sebastian ignored me and continued to yell at Jace. "You're a freakin' ass, Jace. You're a man whore. If you can even call yourself a man. But you still actually thought you had a chance with Clary? In your dreams."

Clary's anger flared toward Sebastian. How could he say all those mean things to Jace? He hasn't really been that bad. And he has been pretty nice to me beside that asshatyness. And Sebastian well what can I say? I barely know the guy and so far all I know is he likes me and doesn't like Jace. Well actually from the looks of it he hates Jace. I felt a weird protective feeling come over me and I felt I needed to stand up for Jace from this jack ass.

"You know what, Sebastian?" I walked closer to him poking his chest with my finger, my face full of fury. "I would a hundred times more prefer to be with an asshat like Jace than and asshole like you. And if you don't want to get your ass kicked, I suggest you don't ever kiss me again," I snarled. I could hear Jace's low laughter from behind me. I saw him smirking at me but his eyes held a hint of respect and gratitude and something else I couldn't identify.

"Wow, red. That'll probably take him down a notch. That was a major blow to his ego." Jace said grinning at Sebastian's shocked face.

"Yeah, yeah Jace," I said, grabbing his hand, feeling a jolt of electricity pass through me. I resisted the urge to pull away and pulled him down the hallway ignoring Sebastian calling after me completely.

"Clary! I'm really sorry. Please forgive me!" I waved goodbye without turning to look back at him. I could still feel Jace chuckling beside me.

"Where exactly are we going?" He asked, sounding amused.

"I have no idea," I said blushing, feeling like an idiot. I loosened my grip on his hand ready to let go.

But his hand tightened around mine and he led me down another hallway.

"Well I know exactly where we can go," he said with a secretive smile.

"I really have a bad feeling about this," I said, but I couldn't stop the grin that was forming on my face.

JPOV

Clary looked so bad ass and weirdly seriously hot, yelling at Sebastian. She was really pissed her face was almost as red as her hair and she had her hand on her small but sexy hips.

"..get your ass kicked I suggest you don't ever kiss me again." She yelled. Sebastian just stood there staring at her like an idiot. I couldn't contain the laughter anymore. I burst out laughing.

"Wow red. That'll take him down a notch. That was a major blow to his ego." I said, laughing at Sebastian's face. He looked so angry it looked like he might murder me. I just shrugged my shoulders in mock apology and made a face that said, What can you do about it?

"Yeah, yeah Jace," she said.

Clary walked toward me and took my hand in her small fragile one. I felt warmth spread all through me. I felt her tense and I tried not to look affected by her touch. She couldn't know that a simple gesture like holding my hand could do all of this to me, just because she was doing it. It would make me seem vulnerable, and capable of getting hurt.

Clary started pulling me toward the opposite direction of Sebastian. I could hear him calling her, begging her to forgive him. He sounded so pathetic I just had to laugh all over again.

I started wondering where we were going. Clary probably didn't even know where she was taking us. She has no idea where everything is at this school. I tried not to laugh as I asked her. "Where exactly are we going?"

"I have no idea," she paused, looking around blushing a deep scarlet. She looked so beautiful that way. I wanted to run my finger along her cheek and kiss her soft pink lips.

She started to let go of my hand but I held on tighter. "Well I know exactly where we can go," I said smiling. I wanted to take her to the only place at this school where I felt like I can be myself and just think about everything. Including her. Who am I kidding, to think just about her. I could be just me. Just Jace not the messed up Jace. Not the broken Jace. Maybe I could be a Jace, that maybe, just maybe could be good enough to be hers.

SBOV (Sebastian)

How dare she talk to me like that? This isn't even about Jace anymore. This is about myself respect. She humiliated me in front of my worst enemy. Just to defend him. She was going to pay for this. I will break her heart until there's no more fixing. And ill ruin Jace's life on my way too. Clary will regret the day she ever chose Jace over me Sebastian Verlac. I walked back down the hall planning exactly what I was going to do next.

A/N Thanks for reading! (: Glad I have some readers and people actually like the story so far!