Chapter 1: Pizza and Running

Clary POV

"What do you mean you aren't going!?"

I bit into my pizza slice, looking at one of my best friends, Isabelle Lightwood, with annoyance. She knew I hated going to school dances, especially the Valentine's Day dance. I wasn't looking forward to not getting asked at all.

"Izzy, you know perfectly well that I hate the Valentine's dance. It's just another excuse for happy couples to flaunt their happiness right in my face," I told her with a mouth full of pizza.

"Clare, you are going. If no one asks you- they're crazy if they don't- we can go as a group. You, me, Simon, Magnus, Alec, and Jace." Izzy looked pleased at her solution, and gave me one her award-winning smiles.

"Okay, Izzy. I'll go."

She beamed at me one last time, before she began drinking from her water bottle.

"Wait," I began, "I thought Jace went to a boarding school." Jace is Izzy's adoptive brother. I've known him since I met Izzy and her brother, Alec.

Jace is a gorgeous, popular player. He goes through girls as if they were books. And not very good ones, for that matter. When we met in middle school, he was sweet and kind. Then, he developed a crush on Kaelie: the beautiful, popular girl. Once they started dating, Jace changed. My loving friend was now an arrogant jerk. Sure, he was still nice to me, Izzy, and Alec, but the cocky side of him shone through. Then, right before we started high school, his adoptive parents sent him away to a boarding school.

"Oh, didn't I tell you? Jace is coming back to our school to finish senior year up," Izzy told me.

"That's awesome! I haven't seen him in like, four years," I said.

I heard Izzy's phone vibrate, and a second later she was checking it. She sighed and began standing up.

"Jace is home, and my mom wants me there to eat with them," she told me.

I nodded, and bit into my pizza again.

"Wait!" Izzy exclaimed. "Do you wanna come over and eat with us?"

"I don't know, Iz..." I started.

"Please, Clare? Pleeeaaassseee?" She gave me her best attempt at puppy-dog eyes and a pouty face.

I rolled my eyes, and laughed at her attempt. "Fine," I finally said.

She jumped up and squealed. Izzy then took out her phone and asked her mom if it was alright if I joined them. When she got a response, she looked at me and smiled. Taking me by the arm, she dragged me out of the pizza place, and to her car.

We walked in to the Lightwood's mansion laughing about one of our inside jokes. At that moment, Alec walked into the foyer to greet us. He smiled when he saw me.

"Hey, Clare. Looking lovely as always," the blue-eyed boy said.

I glanced down at my outfit. I was wearing a fitted purple dress with a white cardigan. I wore my brown leather, heeled boots. My hair was straightened to perfection, and my make-up was simple: mascara, eyeliner, blush, and light pink lip gloss.

"Why thank you, Alec. You look quite handsome yourself," I replied, smiling.

Alec laughed, but wrapped me in a warm hug. He was always a brother to me. Our hug was soon interrupted by someone clearing their throat. Alec and I broke apart only to find a golden angel smirking on the stairs.

"Where's my hug, Fray?" The smirking boy asked as he made his way down the stairs to me.

I smiled at him, but pulled him into a hug. He smelled like sunshine- is that even possible?- and a really nice smelling cologne. "Nice to see you again, Jace. Its been what? Four years?"

"Three and a half, thank you very much," he said. Then, he leaned in so his mouth was right next to my ear. "You really do look amazing, Clary."

I felt heat rising in my cheeks, so I turned away, slightly embarassed. Jace noticed, and took my hand in his.

"I meant it, you know," he whispered, before kissing the knuckles on my hand.

My blush deepened, but I still kept my self composed. "Such a gentlemen," I said.

Jace looked up at me, and smiled. I smiled back, but not for long, because Izzy called us for dinner.

Jace POV

She's so beautiful now. Sure, she was pretty in 8th grade, but now? She's gorgeous.

I couldn't stop staring at her as she talked to Izzy after dinner. I was pretending to watch the TV, but her bright green eyes shone when she laughed, and I couldn't keep my eyes off of her.

Soon, her phone, vibrated. She checked it, and her eyes went wide. "Izzy, thanks so much for dinner, but I gotta go."

"What's wrong, Clare?" Izzy asked her, walking with her to the door.

I heard them talking in hushed tones, but they weren't loud enough for me to hear. I heard footsteps approaching the living room, so I averted my eyes to the TV.

Clary came in, and grabbed some keys off of the coffee table. I looked over at her, and she turned around to face me.

"You know, staring isn't polite," she told me, with a wink. Then, she left.

Did she just wink at me? When did she become the confident girl she is now? What happened to my friend, the art geek, Clary?

At that moment, Izzy walked in, and sat down on the couch. She stared at the TV for a moment before I spoke up.

"So, where did Clary go?"

She looked over at me, and smirked. "Finally interested in Clary, huh?"

My eyes went wide, and I put my hands up in surrender. "Hey, all I wanted to know is why she left so suddenly."

"Mhhm, okay," she said. "Well, anyway, she had a date with her boyfriend."

"Boyfriend?" I asked, shocked.

"I'm kidding, Jace. I don't know where she went. All I know is she needed her motorcycle to get there."

"Motorcycle? When did she get that?" I always thought Clary was going to be a goody-goody, but know I'm not so sure.

Ever since I went to that "boarding school" - which was actually a spy training school - my life has been nothing but dangerous. I didn't want one of my best friends to be dangerous, too.

"Relax, she's fine. And, I don't know when she got it. I took her home one day, and she left the bike here," Izzy told me.

I relaxed a little bit, but I couldn't help think that something weird was going on with Clary.

WELL, there ya have it. I hope you enjoyed the first chapter of, "Spy Games". I love writing this, and I am only more inspired to write by your reviews. So, if you want another chapter soon... REVIEW!

Love, hugs, and Jace Wayland,

-TheHerondaleGirl