"Being Jace's parabatai... well, it's like being the owner-"

"Of a big dog, huh?" Jem laughed, accidentally spraying Alec with crumbs from his scone he was currently eating. Jem wiped himself down, good naturedly offered Alec a handkerchief and continued...

"Terrible sorry... Anyway, yes. One does feel the need to keep one eye on William at all times, he has a tendency to bite the guests."

Alec laughed at the truthfullness of that statement. Herondales. Although they didn't look alike, both the Herondale boys walked the same, spoke with the same sarcastic drawl, even wore the same facial expressions! It was quite funny to watch. Both Jace and Will were adamant that they didn't resemble each other one bit. Currently, both Herondales were tearing into each other upstairs in the training room, to try and cement their own alpha egos.

"Yeah, that's Jace all over!" Alec eagerly pushed on. "Oh, and the sarcasm? Get's boring after a while."

The pair settled into a comfortable silence, with both taking small sips of their beverages from time to time.

"What do you assume they're doing now?"

Before Alec could answer, he and Jem heard a huge thump from above- Screaming, screeching and snarling.

Alec felt that he knew exactly what Jace and Will were doing now.

"Taking turn in tossing each other around the room?" Suggested Alec.

"Most likely." Jem sighed, shaking his head and setting down his scone.

More bangs and thumps could be heard, along with a continuous string of insults. The noises echoed and rattled the whole institute.

"By the Angel, do you think that they will ever stop?" Jem rolled his eyes to the ceiling, genuinely curious.

"Let's go find out, eh?"

Jem and Alec stood up from the kitchen table, and took the short cut towards the training room. The insults began to ring louder and louder until it was almost deafening. Both boys were straining to to make sense of what was happening, hence the reason they didn't talk. Faster and faster the boys ran up the numerous staircases untill they were literally racing towards the training room. Up, up, up they went, until they were both standing at the training room's entrance.

All was quiet.

"Angel, you don't think that they've... killed each other?" Alec's voice went up a few octaves as he turned to Jem worriedly, the noise had been deafening just a few seconds ago.

"Only one way to find out." Jem was the picture of calm and serenity. He quickly and quietly reached out towards the door turned the knob on the door. He and Alec hesitantly stepped into the training room.

"Angel..."

The training room was destroyed! Weapons lay strewn across the floor, spare gear was hanging on the tips of seraph blades, one of the windows was smashed. And on top the debris lay Jace and Will, clearly trying to strangle each other but failing. Jace's hands were currently wrapped around Will's ankle, and Will's hand was wrapped around Jace's knee. They were both flailing about on the floor.

"Aha, got you you American bastard! DIE!" Will's triumphant voice rang throughout the room.

"Get ahold of yourself..." Jace smoothly punched Will across the face with his right hand. Will's face began to bruise and Jace was squashing Will against the floor.

"Jace, STOP!" Alec ran across the room to his parabatai, and Jem to his. Both guys hauled their soul-sworn brothers up by their shirts and dragged them away from each other, bringing them out of each others violent reach.

"Jace- what the hell?"

"William, refrain from using violence! It does you no good!"

"He's family, Jace..."

"Do I look like I care?" Jace had a defiant look on his face. He looked just about ready to wrestle his way through Alec's grip to continue his fight with Will. Oh Crap, Alec thought.

"James! LET GO!" Will tried to get himself free of Jem, but he couldn't bear the thought of hurting Jem. Instead, he stood stock still in Jem's grip, silently wlled Jem to falter in his grasp.

Needless to say, Alec was pissed off. He was tired of putting up with Jace's petty grudges. Surely, Mayrse would wring both of their necks for this.

Jem was just as annoyed. Some big alpha male comes along, Will has to defend his territory. Can't leave nothing alone!

All of the sudden, James and Alec, threw up their hands and sighed in sync, "By the Angel!"

Alec, pointing at the now free Jace cried, "I'm not your parabatai anymore!"

Jem, shaking his fist at Will said, "Forget this crap! William, we're through! Alexander, be my parabatai?"

"With pleasure, James!"

Both boys marched out the room, leaving Jace and Will stood their, shocked as hell.

"J-Jem?"

"Alec, you're joking... RIGHT? ... ALEC!"

After the door slammed, both Herondale boys stood stock still, staring each other down, gold into blue.

William looked as if he was about to go into a mental break down. "James..."

"Alright, alright." Jace gloated, "We'll show them. Will, be my parabatai?"

Will snapped out of his depression. Latching on to Jace's wavelength, and eager for revenge. "With pleasure, Jace, with pleasure..."