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I wake up and immediately realize I'm not at the institute. I turn to my left and see Raphael sleeping next to me, the memories of last night hitting me suddenly. Of course I don't regret it. However, Isabelle is probably worried, I didn't tell anyone I was leaving last night.
I quickly find my phone on the dresser next to the bed and text Izzy.
"Hey Iz, I left with a guy last night. I'll be back at the institute soon xx"
I don't wait for a reply and I turn my phone off, so it doesn't wake Raphael up.
I gather my clothes from the floor. The only issue is that the shirt is ripped. Izzy won't be too happy about that.
I go into Raphael's dresser and search for a t-shirt.
"What are you looking for?" I hear.
I quickly turn to see that Raphael has woken up.
"By the angel! You scared me. I was looking for a shirt, mine is ripped."
He laughs, "go down one more drawer."
I do, and I take out a maroon t-shirt.
"Can I borrow this?" I ask.
He nods, a trace of a smile on his face as he watches me put it on and tuck it into my skirt.
"This outfit kind of sucks." I laugh.
"For what it's worth, I think you could probably make anything look good. Although, wearing nothing looks fantastic too."
I roll my eyes.
"Are you going back to the institute?" He questions.
"That's the plan."
"You could stay a little longer if you'd like." He offers.
"As much as I would love to say yes to that, I should get back. But this was fun. Maybe it'll happen again some time." I smirk.
He smiles, "Maybe."
"There is one thing I was wondering though."
"What would that be?"
I sigh, "how were you able to control yourself? With my blood, I mean."
"It's difficult, but it's worth it."
I nod.
"I should get going. See you around?" I wonder.
"I hope so." He says as I walk out.
While I was walking back to the institute, the events of last night were on my mind.
Jace with a seelie, after it seemed like we had something.
Me, drinking nearly a whole bottle of whiskey.
Going to the Hotel Dumort.
Hooking up with the leader of the vampires.
What am I going to tell Jace?
I walk into the institute and see Alec first.
"Arabella, where were you? We were all worried." He interrogates.
"Don't worry about me, I'm okay. I was with...a friend."
He nods in understanding, and let's me leave.
I immediately go to Izzy's room.
"Hey Iz." I gulped when I walked into her room.
"What the hell were you thinking leaving without telling anyone? You could've been killed for all we knew."
"I'm sorry. Something made me upset and I left kind of suddenly. I spent the night at a friend's house."
"What made you upset?"
I sigh, "as much as I hate to admit this, I saw Jace flirting with a seelie and I got jealous."
"I knew you liked him. Now, who did you leave with?"
I bite my lip, "I'd rather not say."
"Spill the details." She demands.
"Okay, okay, okay. I left with...Raphael."
"You what ?" She spits.
"I know, hooking up with a vampire. Bad news."
"It's not just that, Arabella. Raphael and I have history."
"Isabelle I'm so sorry, I didn't know."
"It's okay, but I suppose I've got to tell you the story."
She tells me all about her addiction.
I immediately hug her.
"I didn't know. I'm sorry you had to go through that Izzy. I'm so proud of you."
"Thank you. Now, back to the Jace thing."
I groan, "what about him?"
"He wasn't flirting with that seelie girl. He told me he was just making conversation because we had all left him to go dance."
"I know what I saw Izzy, her hands were all over him."
"But he wasn't all over her, now was he?"
My body tenses as I realized that I'm the one at fault, again.
"Sorry to interrupt, but we've got work to do." Alec states as he walked in.
"I need to get changed. I'll join in a second."
I go to my room and change into black jeans and shoes without a heel, leaving the maroon shirt on. I throw my leather jacket on and rush down to the rest of the group.
"What did I miss?" I ask as I join.
"We waited for you," Alec states, "We've got some rogue vampires. It looks as if someone has been turning mundanes. Our goal is to find the vampire and turn them in to the clave."
"Izzy and Clary, you guys need to search in and around central park.One body was found there. Jace and Arabella, you're with me. We'll be searching an abandoned hospital where two bodies were found drained of blood."
Of course I'd get stuck with Jace. Let's hope he doesn't try to talk to me, I don't think I'm ready yet.
We grab our weapons and head to the hospital.
Looking at the place, I already get an eerie feeling.
Alec orders that I take the fifth floor, Jace takes the third and fourth floors, and he would take the bottom two.
We all took the stairs, due to the fact that the elevators probably haven't worked in years.
I hear what sounds like talking from one of the rooms and I quietly approach it.
I look inside to see two people, likely the vampires, talking to each other.
I barge in the room, seraph blade held high.
"If you don't want to be killed, surrender yourself to the clave. You've killed mundanes. That's a big no no."
"You can't kill us, shadowhunter. You are out numbered."
"I can take on two of you." I scoff.
"How about four?" I hear, and quickly turn around to see two more vamps behind me. I have a feeling this won't end well.
They all start to close in on my and I know I'll only have the time to kill one and run away. I weigh my options. I realize that the only chance I have of getting out of this is stabbing one of the two by the door and sliding past the other, so I do just that. I run down the hallway as fast as I can to the emergency exit.
I open the door and just as i'm about to run down the stairs, I'm pushed over the railing, five floors up.

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