The mortal instruments: high school

Chapter 1

Everything will be n Clary's POV unless I say so

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BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP

I groan loudly while my Alarm went off. I remember when my parents were together. Every morning me and my brother Jonathan used have arguments all the time about who got in he shower first he would always beat me by getting there first though he used say "You snooze you lose" but that all ended with a divorced.  SometimesI miss my mother and brother so much that sometimes I would cry myself to sleep. But after what happened 5 years ago I stopped. Missing Jocelyn, my mother, my brother and I stopped crying

Sometimes I wonder why I am even here. Why I'm even in this to make an effort in life. Why I am even trying at anything.

I was so lost in thought that I completely forgot that I had to get ready for school.

I jumped off the bed and went in the shower. Hopping in and out because the hot water was stinging the fresh cuts on my body. 20 minutes later and I got out and changed some winter clothes and went downstairs

The school was only a 15 minute walk and since didn't start at 8:30 and its 8am I had 15 minutes

" Clarissa get down here NOW " valentine shouted

Shit

"Coming" I replied

I was supposed to come down at 7:45 to make him breakfast. Well there goes on not trying to get beat by my son of a bitch father.

I ran downstairs waiting for my life to be over

" Yes valentine" I said. I never called valentine "father" not since he started beating me which was by the way when I was ten I am 16 now so you think that I would get a little freedom but nooooo I had to things the way he wanted me to

Back in L.A a months my parents got divorced I went to as much sleepovers as possible even though i didn't know them that much. Well not at all. I just did it to get get away from valentine. he never approved of me sleeping over "friends" but he didn't want to sound like weird father so he agreed

"Clarissa you were supposed to be down at 7:45 you are 15 minutes late, WHY" he said his voice was calm to calm and that a dangerous sign

" I slept in and..... I lost track of time when I was in the shower" I said quickly

"That no excuse" he said " since you are going to school I don't want you to get attention so....."

He went to the kitchen and came back with a knife.

Before I had time to react he punched me in the stomach . I doubled over trying to catch my breath. and while I was doing that he grabbed my arm pulled my sleeve upand cut my wrist I was crying I knew that if I screamed he would on make it worse

" Remember Clarissa to love is to destroy and to be loved is to be destroyed" he said still holding my bleeding wrist " and never be late again understand"

" Yes valentine" I whimpered

" Good" he said " now go upstairs and clean your wound and if anyone see's it then you say that you accidentally cut yourself by cooking got it"

"Yes"

"Now do as your told you have 15 minutes the you must go to school now go" and with that he let go of my wrist and went to the kitchen.

I ran upstairs and cried. why me i thought what did I ever do to him to make him do that to me. I had worse though. he normally ties me up to a chair and whips me punches more stuff I don't want to think about

I wiped my tears and headed to the bathroom I cleaned the cut and put a bandage on then I went downstairs grabbed my backpack and go the hell out of there looking foreword to living hell or what people call it school