"Are you nervous?" Isabelle had her hands on Clary's shoulders and Clary shook her head.

    "Nervous? Why would I be nervous?" She stared once more at the watch around her wrist. In exactly two hours she would not see the clock counting down anymore. She would see the face of her soulmate.

    "Because it's your special day!" Isabelle raised her voice.

    "Well, not just mine." Clary crossed her arms over her chest and nodded at Jace who was sitting on the couch next to his best friend Alec. "I pity the girl who is going to be stuck with him." Clary rolled her eyes and turned around to walk to the kitchen.

    "I envy the man who's going to be stuck with you," Izzy whispered and she followed her best friend to get herself something to drink.

    "Have you heard about anyone else who's clock is counting down until tonight?" Isabelle leaned against the wooden table and Clary shook her head.

    "Nope..." she sighed. "I've asked Jonathan about his watch, but he has to wait a few more months." She cocked her head for a moment when she filled a glass with red wine. "Simon's watch is still counting in years. Kit's watch stopped last week and showed a portrait of some blonde haired boy I've never met before." Clary licked her lips. "Jace is the only one I know with a watch counting in hours already."

    "What if Jace is your soulmate?" Isabelle took a sip of her orange juice and stared at her best friend.

    "It's not Jace. It can't be Jace. It's...it's Jace! Jace and me? It's just not gonna work. It's not Jace."

    "Ready for tonight?" Alec leaned back while he stared at the television.

    "Ready? Ready? I've been ready for this moment ever since I discovered Clary Fray's and mine showed the exact same time!" Jace didn't even try to hide his excitement and Alec rolled his eyes.

    "You know it doesn't have to be her, right?" He shrugged his shoulders, but Jace shook his head.

    "It's her. I'm sure of it." Jace tapped the floor with his foot. Ever since he had seen Clary Fray for the first time he had been in love with her. And since that was years ago, it had to mean that he and Clary were soulmates.

    She didn't seem to know it yet, but she would discover it tonight.

    He would'n't even accept any other option.

    Clary Fray was his soulmate and tonight she would discover that too.

    "What about Maia?" Alec turned his head towards his best friend. "Doesn't her watch stop soon too?"

    "Yes, but not tonight." Jace took a sip of the beer he was holding. "I've checked the watches of every girl in school and Clary's watch is the only one in synch with mine."

    "Yeah, but there are billions of people in the world. There has to be some other watch in synch with yours too."

    "Clary is my soulmate, Alec." Jace shrugged his shoulders and pressed the power button on his Playstation. "In just a few hours I will see her on this little screen here."

    "If you say so..." Alec grabbed one of the controllers and he tried to listen to what the girls were talking about in the kitchen.

    "3! 2! 1!" The entire living room was filled with people. People who had been invited by Clary, people who had been invited by Jace and people who had not been invited at all, but had heard about the party and simply showed up. "Happy soulmate day!"

    Clary stared at her wrist.

    While the timer disappeared it seemed to take seconds before finally, the image of a guy appeared on her screen. "No..."

    "Yes!" Jace screamed on the other end of the living room and he pushed his fist in the air. "Yes! "Yes! Yes!"

    Clary closed her eyes and Isabelle grabbed her wrist to check the screen.

    "Jace was right..."

    "I told you so!" Jace screamed once again and he tried to cross the room while pushing everyone aside who was blocking his path. "I told you so..." he whispered while he stood in front of the red-headed girl.

    "Yes, you told me so..." Clary opened her eyes again. Her heart was racing in her chest and for a moment she didn't know what to say. Much to her surprise, she wasn't disappointed. She was a little shocked, but not disappointed.

    "I promise you I'll be the very best husband I can be." Jace grabbed Clary's hands and he pulled her a little closer towards him.

    "I know," Clary answered, feeling how everyone in the room stared at her. "I think I could love you too." She swallowed. "Maybe I already love you a little." Her lips curled up into a smile and she leaned on the tips of her toes. She pressed a quick kiss on his cheek while she whispered, "I'm glad it's you, Jace. I'm really glad it's you."