Clary's POV
My alarm buzzed and I woke up Nicole. I went to shower in my mom's room while she showered in mine. I was wearing a black skirt, a cobalt pocket tee and tights. I got to my room and put on my combat boots and do my make-up: wingtips, mascara, and some grey eyeshadow. I'll come back up for the red lipstick. I grabbed my leather jacket and headed downstairs. "Hello sunshine! I'm makin' some waffles for my girls."

"Smells yummy mom." I had my hair up into a ponytail while Nicole came down the stairs wearing yoga pants and a baggy hoodie. Her hair was in a messy bun.

"Well look at Clary all dressed up, oh waffles!"

Yea she was going to stick out like a sore thumb. I just smiled at her and continued to eat. I packed up my gear while Nicole put on her make-up. I put on red lipstick. Then I heard my mom yell "Niall is here!"

"Okay! You got everything Coley?"

"You bet boobear." I rolled my eyes at yet another pet name. I grabbed my stuff and headed downstairs. I saw Niall and waved. He just gaped at me. "Clary…wow."

"Thanks! You're not looking to bad either." Nicole came down with her football gear and her purse.

"Why is he dressed nicely too? Its just school." Niall looked at her and just smiled. The carride was eventful, because well Nicole was murmuring that she better not die because Niall was on the wong side of the road.

We got to school and I climbed out. "Holy shit! Clary?" I looked to see Liam walking over here looking at me with wide eyes. "Hi Liam. Do you like?"

Nicole giggled while Liam just nodded. Harry was now running over here. "Excuse me, are you new here?" I punched him on the arm.

"Ow, I was just joking Clary. You look absolutely stunning." He looked me up and down with those green eyes of his. I smiled and linked arms with Nicole.

"I am going to show you the wonders of European high school."

"Well then lead the way." Lilly shrieked when I got to my locker.

"CLARY! OH MY GOSH! You look so hot! Oh you must be Nicole! Hi I'm Lilly! Ellie look at Clary!" Ellie was walking over she smiled at gave me the thumbs up.

"Well Clary who are you trying to impress? Could it be a hot baker?" Nicole laughed as I gasped.

"Ellie I am shocked that you would think I would do such a thing."

"Well you have all their attention." We all turned to see Niall, Liam, and Harry staring at me. We laughed.

"Come on Coley, we are off to art. See you in gym Lills." Lilly waved as she headed off to history.

"Art is first? I can't art!"

"You can just watch me if you want." We got in and I sat down at my easel and went to grab supplies. Nicole grabbed a stool and sat down next to me. Zayn came in and sat down next to me. "Hey Clary! Harry can't shut up about you." I just smiled at him.

Nate walked in and looked at me. Then he spotted Nicole was in his spot. "That's my spot love."

"I don't care. Sit somewhere else." Zayn and I looked at each other waiting for Nate to explode.

"Fine, bitch" Nicole just snorted at him. I looked at her.

"Nicole please be nice."

"I will when he will." I rolled my eyes, sometimes she was more stubborn than me. Art always flew by, before I knew it, it was time to put away my supplies.

Nate was next to me "Why is she here?"

"Because I wanted her to be, I couldn't just leave her at home."

"You could've…"

"Just be nice Nate, it shouldn’t be so hard." I went back to gather up my stuff. I really hate when I let my temper get the best of me. I shouldn't have snapped at Nate...but god sometimes he's so irritating! I take a deep breath and take a moment like my grandpa always said to do. No ruler is allowed to let their heart win the battle against the mind.

"What did the asswipe want?" Nicole snapped me from my thoughts.

"Come on, we are going to gym."

Nicole just sat there and watched as we played volleyball. Niall was on my team. I actually suck at volleyball. Nicole sat over there smiling. "Clary just bump it back, like this." He positioned my hands. And where he touched, my whole skin lit up. I couldn't breathe...and before I knew he was gone and only the heat of his touch was on my skin.

Harry served it to me and I closed my eyes and just hit it how Niall and Lilly did. It went over. I hate volleyball. My arm was killing me now and it was all red and gross. Gym finally ended and Harry was waiting for us when we got out. "Math class next, your favorite Nicki." She groaned and talked to Lilly as I walked with Harry.

"You really do look lovely today Clary."

"Thanks Harry."

"What are you doing this weekend?"

"Probably going through Nicole withdrawal." He laughed.

"Want to come to our performance? You could open again?"

"I'd like that." We get to class and Nicole sits beside me, so Liam sits behind me and Harry is in front of me. I draw in my sketchbook, nothing fancy, just a picture of Bambi.

The rest of the day flew by, mostly because Nicole was there. It felt so much like home having her by my side. We got our stuff from my locker and headed to the locker room to change for practice.

"You're sure its okay for me to join?"

"Yes! Oh I can't wait to kick the boys asses." We headed out to the field and Niall, Louis, and Liam came over.

"Ah the American is going to play as well? Do you say soccer? Because we were all quite shocked when Clary said football." Louis was sporting his iconic smirk.

"It is soccer. And yea I'm playing." I just smiled at them, boy are they in for a treat.

I noticed coach walking over. "So is this is girl joining us?"

"Uh yea, this is Nicole. She's here all week." He turned at faced Nicole.

"Do you play like Clary?" I don't know if I should be offended or if theat was a compliment...I'll take it like a compliment.

"Uh…yea?"

"Good you're forward then." He walked away and called the boys over. The boys had a really big game coming up Saturday. So lately we have been doing more scrimmages than drilling.

Ellie called us over since she was captain. "Alright ladies. Lets go out there and show them that we won't back down. Play dirty for all I care. You all know what to do. Break."

We got into position. Nicole did one of our signals that we always used. I smiled and stepped up to face Niall. Having Nicole here made me more confident. We were constantly getting flags during games back home because some of our moves weren't clean. Coach blew the whistle and I elbowed Niall directly in the chest and passed the ball to Nicole. I moved over to take care of Liam who was hot on Nicole's tail. With one swift slide tackle he was down. I recovered and got open. Nicole and I passed the ball back an forth a couple of times. Louis was covering me fairly well but he made one fatal error. I easily tripped him up and scored. Niall and Liam looked pissed. Nicole and I jogged back to our huddle. All us girls chuckled a bit since Liam still had some grass in his hair.

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Niall's POV
What. The. Fuck. We all watched as Nicole and Clary jogged back over to a huddle of cheering girls. Coach stormed over. "Well gentlemen we stand no chance against our rivals if WE CAN'T STOP TWO GIRLS." He calmly walked away and headed to the girls probably to congratulate them.

"Well captain what do we do?" All the lads looked at me.

"We fight back. They want to play like us lads then we will treat them like that." I lined back up and faced Clary. She signaled something to Nicole who just smiled wickedly at me. I did not like that.

Clary swiftly got the ball, that is until Liam slide tackled her. She landed on her back and just laid there for a second before getting up. Liam and I quickly raced downfield, we made quick work of their defense and scored. Nicole kept on asking Clary if she was okay.

"I am fine Nicole." I could tell Clary wanted Nicole to just drop it. I wonder why Nicole was so worried.

"I just don't want you to get another concussion." Liam and I looked at each other. Oops. Did not know that. Clary noticed us looking concerned.

"Stop it Horan. It was one time. Doesn't mean I am a fucking china doll." Whoa she was pissed. She glared at Liam. Nicole lipped 'You are so dead' to Liam.

Clary lined up against me again and quickly got the ball I tried to get the ball but she passed it to Nicole. When Clary got the ball again she was in Liam's zone. One second he was trying to get the ball the next he was on the ground. Clary scored and walked over and helped him up. We huddled again. "Liam what did she even do?"

"She elbowed me straight in my chin then kinked my ankle…she's lucky she didn't elbow me in the nose...that’s red flag stuff." All the boys looked at Clary with terrified expressions.

"Hey focus. She's just a girl, we can still beat them." We ended up winning by one.

Coach called us all over. "I see a lot of things we need to work on but I like the determination. Good job today."

Practice was over. Clary was laughing and talking to the girls. Liam, Louis and I walked over. Liam was the first to speak. "Clary what you did would've gotten you thrown out of the game." Nicole laughed him, while Clary just smiled sweetly.

"I know." We all just gaped at her. She knew? Nicole was laughing and trying to speak.

"Clary has gotten more flags than I can count of my fingers and toes. She is…was the most feared forward in our division."

"Is that true?" Clary looked at me with those green eyes.

"Yea, I do what it takes to win, some people can't handle it. I have played with broken toes, I once broke someone's ankle when I slide tackled them and god I don't even know how many times I've been ejected from games."

"But you're…so small…and nice." Liam sputtered out. Nicole laughed again.

"That's how she gets you. She even played when she got her concussion last season. I was the only one who knew she had one. The team depended on her. She was our star player." Nicole said that last sentence like it pained her. Clary flashed a sad smile at Nicole. I couldn't believe it, she was like a different person out of the field.

"You guys ready to go?" They nodded and Nicole whispered something into Clary's ear and I saw a single tear roll down Clary's cheek. We got to my house and Nicole climbed out but I stopped Clary.

"You okay?" She looked at me.

"Yea I am just going to miss her, she's the sister I never had. I am just afraid that the distance will tear us apart…you know?" She seemed to have composed herself. I realized that Clary really wasn't one to show her emotions all that much. Her temper usually got the best of her but even then she somehow calms herself down fairly quickly.

"If you ever need to talk to someone I'm here for you, and as for the distance thing." I turned and looked at Nate's house. "Even if it is thousands of miles or just a couple of feet, it depends if you want it to last. And if you do, then it will."

"You used to be friends with Nate." She didn't ask just stated it. I sighed.

"Yea, but he wasn't always the douche he is now. It happened after his parents split. Sometimes I see the Nate that I was friends with battling with this Nate, but it always loses…"

"If you ever need to talk, I am a fantastic listener." She smiled at me, I smiled back. "I'll see you tomorrow." She hopped out and I watched her cross her yard and got inside.

I climbed out and headed inside. "Niall! Darlin' Greg is visiting this weekend! Oh I feel like it's been ages since I've seen that boy. I wonder how Denise is." I smiled at my mum.

"Yea I'm excited. It should be fun having him around for a couple of days." She left me alone to do my homework, which I couldn't focus on at all. My mind kept on wandering to Clary…

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