"I lived in Europe until I was ten."

His eyes were golden.

"I moved here when my dad died."

And they had captured mine from across the room.

"I live with my brother now."

Dancing bodies obscured my view, and then he had disappeared.

"Well, adoptive brother.'

Gone, like a wraith, until a voice by my shoulder had made me start in my seat.

"We share an apartment. Him and his boyfriend and me. On the Upper-East side. No supermarkets for us."

It was him, and he asked me to dance.

"Sometimes, Izzy comes to stay."

I had said ok.

"I never knew she would marry someone like Simon."

We danced all night; slow dance, club style, the hand jive.

"I don't think anyone did - I doubt he thought she would."

He had asked me what my name was.

"I'm glad she did, though."

I had said, *wouldn't you like to know*.

"We wouldn't be having this conversation if she didn't."

And he had replied, *yes, I would*.

"I can honestly say I didn't expect to meet someone like you there."

I hadn't answered him, and so we continued to dance.

"I wouldn't have guessed that Simon could actually have interesting friends."

Until we were the only ones left, slow-dancing to an old Ella Fitzgerald song.

"I have a cat. His name's Church."

I had rested my head against his shoulder as we danced, and wondered when I would see him again.

"There, that's basically it. I would say that I'm stunningly attractive, but you already knew that. So, your turn."

I had lifted my head as the song ended, and leaned in close to his ear, whispering softly,

*My name's Clary.*

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READ: So, this is a new story I have going on. It's an idea that has been bugging me for quite a while and I had to write it down. Basically, its about Jace and Clary, two completely different people, brought together by a wedding. They meet, "connect"and swap phone numbers. The duration of this story will be between them and their telephone conversations mixed with plot.

Tell me what you think - Oh, and about the formatting, do you guys think there is too much space between each line? I know it seems trivial but I want it to make sense and look ok at the same time :) And does it make sense? The bits in italics are the bits where Clary is thinking about the day they met, while the printed bits are Jace talking on the phone (to Clary).

Read and review, darlings!

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DISCLAIMER: I do not own the Mortal Instrument Series but I do own the plot to this Fanfiction.