You Again

Chapter 3

Dinner. Probably the worst part of the day. Dinner was the time when I had to face Jace and sometimes even talk with him. Usually it would've been awkward, but after what happened at school today... It wouldn't be much better. Jace Herondale, the guy I had always disliked, the guy who had broken thousands of young girls hearts had fallen in love with me. I slowly walked down stairs, not wanting to face him. Maryse and Robert almost never cooked, they got everyone Chinese. Something they ate quite a lot. As I came into the room, Jace wasn't there yet. Only Alec and Isabelle were already eating. I quietly took a plate with bami and sat next to Isabelle. "Hey." I said with a weak voice. "Hi Clary." Alec responded. "Can I ask you something?" he asked. I nodded, "Sure, what's up?" He bit on his lip. "Do you know what's going on with Jace? He's acting so weird." he said. "I'm sorry. I have no idea Alec." was my response. "Okay." he said quietly.

"Then, Jace came in. We all awkwardly ate together. Max was the one to break the silence as he came running into the kitchen. "Clary, Clary! Look, I got the new Naturo!" Max said. I smiled, "How cool! You must let me read it once you've finished it, okay?" I said. "I will!" he said. Then Maryse came in, "Maxwell Lightwood! You are supposed to sleep or at least be in bed." she snapped at him. She grabbed his arm, bringing him back to his room.

Isabelle her phone went off. "Hi, Izzy speaking." she said. "Uhm yeah, sure. Meet you in a few minutes." she replied to the one on the other side of the phone. "Clary! Get dressed." Isabelle said to me. "But I am dressed." was my reply. She rolled her eyes, "Get nicely dressed. We're going to a party." I let out a small sigh, but I did what Isabelle said anyway. I didn't had anything better to do this evening anyway and a party seemed like a good distraction from Jace. So a few minutes later I was ready. I was wearing a short tight black dress I had got from Isabelle a long time ago, with some high heels and a leather jacket. Isabelle was waiting for me outside and we took a cab to the party. When we arrived I had realized I didn't even know who was throwing this party. Isabelle knocked on the door and the geeky kid, Simon opened the door. I could've guessed it was his party since Isabelle was head of heels for that kid. After a few minutes I was left alone, because Isabelle had left with Simon. Probably to get a room, so I awkwardly stood at the bar, drinking a beer.

"Are you enjoying the party?" an unknown voice from behind asked. I turned around and saw tall guy with brown eyes standing in front of me. I shrugged, "Not really. The only reason I'm here is because of Izzy." He smiled friendly. "Izzy as in Isabelle Lightwood?" he asked. I nodded, "The one and only. She dragged me into this party." He laughed. "Then we have something in common, Simon also convinced me to go to this party with him." he said. I smiled, this guy was really nice. "So if you're Isabelle her friend, you must be Clary. Clary Fray, right?" he asked. "Yup, that's me." I said. "Nice to meet you Clary, I'm Jordan. Kyle." he said. I smiled at him. "Hi Jordan, want something to drink?" I asked. "Sure!" he said. I got us two beer and we kept playing drinking games with other people and I actually had fun. At the end of the night I couldn't find Isabelle. Then I saw Simon and I ran up to him, for as far as me being drunk could run. "Dude! Where's Izzy?" I asked. "Clary! She thought you had already left, so she went home." Maia said from behind me. "Are you fucking kidding me?!" I threw my hands in the air out of frustration. "Hey what's up?" Jordan asked me while walking towards us. "Isabelle left me alone with the three of you, thinking I already went home." I said. "That's fucked up." he said. And then we both started laughing. It was probably the alcohol. "You can sleep in my room." he suggested. "But where will you sleep?" I asked. He shrugged, "I can sleep on the couch." Simon nodded. "That's fine by me, but I am really tired right now. We'll clean up this mess tomorrow morning okay? Goodnight." he said and he walked towards his room. "So, you want to see where you will be sleeping tonight?" Jordan asked. "Sure, show me the way." I said. We walked through the hall and at the end there was a small room with a bed and a bureau. "Well milady. This is where you will be staying tonight." Jordan said firmly. I laughed, "Thank you very much sir, much obliged." Trying to keep my face straight.

If we weren't already drunk enough he pulled a bottle of vodka behind his back and we got Simon and Maia to play truth or dare with us. The rules were that if you didn't want to awnser the question or do the dare you had to take one piece of clothing off. My turn first, "Maia! Truth or dare?" She bit on her lip. ".. Dare!" she said as the brave girl she was. "I dare you to have a drinking contest with Simon." I said and I grined. I handed her the bottle of vodka. "Well mundieboy. Let's get started!" The more truths and dares we did, the drunker we got and the less clothing we had on. At the point that Maia was only in her underwear and a shirt she quit and everyone went to bed. When I finally laid down in Jordan his bed, I couldn't get myself to fall asleep. So I quietly went out the room and walked towards the kitchen to get a glass of water. When I turned around, suddenly Jordan stood in front of me. I let out a scream and he covered his ears. "Calm down redhead, it's just me." he said with a smirk. "Sorry," I said. "I couldn't sleep and you scared the fuck out of me." He grinned. We were both still drunk as hell from the party and our little after party with Maia and Simon. "Did you know, that your hair is so very red?" he asked. "I may have noticed." I answered. "I like your hair. It's cute." he said while playing with a strand of my hair. "Why, thank you. I like your hair too, it's so soft." I said and I went with my hand through his hair. He laughed, "You can thank conditioner for that."