Jace and Clary walked hand in hand to Simon's house. It was just as Clary remembered; Houses lined the street on both sides. Huge trees filled with beautiful pink flowers. Simon's car parked in his driveway.

As she rang the bell, she felt something clawing at her feet. She looked down to see Simon's cat——Yossarian staring up at her, with its saucer-like eyes. It was how he had always greeted her when she had come over to Simon's.

Magnus's father might've forgotten to erase his memory, she thought.

Jace pulled Clary towards his side by her arm and glared at Yossarian, who made a hissing sound and backed away, slowly.

"Wait, I think he remembers me." She turned to look at the cat, but he was already running towards the back of the house.

Clary made a face at Jace, who just shrugged as if he didn't do anything and said, "What? Aren't you glad that your boyfriend just saved you from your best friend's cat?" Clary couldn't help but laugh as the door opened, revealing a disheveled Simon.

Simon stood on the threshold, looking exhausted. He wore a white frayed shirt with denim shorts, his hair an utter mess, and had a days' old stubble.

"Oh, hey." Clary said, giving him a hug. "What happened to you?"

"Did you miss me?" Jace asked, sarcastically. Simon shrugged, a smile playing on his lips.

"Honestly, I did."

"I still don't like you," Jace said through gritted teeth.

"Right back at ya, Nephilim. Come on in, I need to tell you guys something." Simon said, moving away from the door.

"Is Elaine home?" Clary asked once Simon shut the door behind them.

"No. Mom went to drop Becky for classes. She won't be back till late evening." Clary followed Simon into his dining room while Jace went to the couch and stretched out on it.

"What did you want to talk about?" She looked at Simon, but he was staring at the dining table.

Following his gaze, she saw the small glass bottle filled with a dark red liquid.

When she walked to the table, took the bottle and turned it around in her hand, she remembered that it was the animal blood Maia had got for Simon while he was a vampire. Clary turned to look at Jace but he was already striding across the living room towards them.

"I was looking for something to drink when I found that in my mini fridge. I took a sip to see what it was and memories started flooding into my head, and I started remembering a lot of things."

Simon told them everything from when he was bitten by the vampires at the Dumort. About Jace and Sebastian. The demon realms. Magnus's father——Asmodeus. He purposely left out the parts related to him and Isabelle.

"That's all I remember," he shrugged. Clary's eyes started to tear.

"You made her cry, and now you're gonna pay," Jace said, fisting his hands. But Clary touched his arm gently and said, "Please, stop. They're happy tears," which calmed him down a notch.

She kept the bottle of blood aside and threw her arms around Simon. "I'm really happy for you," she said as she released him. "Simon, maybe you should come to the institute with us."

Simon asked, 'me?' at the same time Jace asked, 'him?' The both of them bewildered.

"Yes," she replied. "Izzy hasn't been very well since.... you know when. She doesn't eat or talk to anyone. Maybe you could talk to her and force some sense into her?"

"Of course. Wait, let me grab my car keys."

"No, we're walking. The institute's just around the corner, you lazy vamp," Jace seethed in anger.