Chapter 2

                                    

                                          
I sat at a lunch table that day, with Clary, Jace, Isabelle, Alec, Cecily, and Will. Cecily and Jace were arguing over whether ketchup or mustard was better on a hotdog, Alec and Isabelle were laughing about something, and Will was staring off into space. 
                          
"I'm telling you, ketchup is better." Jace insisted. 
                          
Cecily shook her head. "No no no. Mustard is a thousand times better." 
                          
"Oh my gosh, both of you shut up." Isabelle said. "Clary, you should bring Tessa to Gideon's party on Friday." 
                          
"Whose Gideon?" I asked. 
                          
"He's our cousin." Alec replied. He's Gabriel's brother." 
                          
"Sure, I'll come." I said. 
                          
"When did you and Clary first meet?" Cecily asked curiously. 
                          
"When we were ten. Our older brothers were friends, so that's how we met." I replied. 
                          
Clary then smirked at me. "Have you seen Jonathan?" 
                          
I blushed. I used to have a crush on her brother, Jonathan. He was very attractive, nice, and funny. 
                          
"No." I said. 
                          
"Well, he's walking up to our table right now." Clary smirked. 
                          
I turned around, to see Jonathan walking up to us, with my brother Nate beside him. Jonathan's white blonde hair was a bit messy, and green eyes were on Clary. He had very high cheekbones, and I stared at him for a moment. Clary was always complaining about how Jonathan had gotten all her parents good looks. 
                          
"Mom wanted me to tell you, that right after school we both have to help her with her paintings." He said. 
                          
Clary groaned. "I don't want to." 
                          
"Me neither." Jonathan said, and then his eyes went to me. 
                          
"Tessa." He said with a smile. 
                          
I blushed. "Hi. " 
                          
He and Nate then left, and I looked at Will, who was sitting across from me. He was looking at me with an unreadable expression.  
                          
"You still like him." Clary teased. 
                          
"I don't!" I exclaimed 
                          
She laughed. "Sure." 
                          
"Tessa, what's your next class?" Isabelle asked. 
                          
"English with Mr. Henderson." I replied. 
                          
Will then suddenly started to smirk at me. Ugh, why was he always doing that? 
                          
"Why are you smirking at me?" I said. 
                          
"I wasn't." He said. 
                          
I rolled my eyes. "Yeah, you were." 
                          
"That's five." Will smirked. 
                          
I cursed under my breath. Why was he so annoying?? It drove me crazy. 
                          
"Five what?" Jace asked. 
                          
"I'm counting for many times she rolls her eyes." He said amusedly. 
                          
"And it's so annoying." I said. 
                          
"C'mon Tess, you know you love it." Will said cheekily. 
                          
I blushed, as soon as he called me Tess. He was sure friendly.
                          
"I don't." I retorted. 
                          
He smirked. "Not yet." 
                          
I rolled my eyes, and groaned after I realized what I had just done.