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"He was really good, it was one of the longest I've ever-" "STOP." Alec covered his ears and glared at his sister. "I do NOT want to hear anything about your sex life." He shuddered as a disturbing onslaught of unwelcome mental images burst into his mind.

Izzy grinned. "Well, I thought that since you don't have one yourself I would do you a favour and give you something for your imagination," she pouted and continued, "You really should go find a cute little dude for yourself to hook up with."

Alec's eyes widened and he looked around the room to make sure they were alone. He hissed at his sister, "How many times do I have to tell you, do NOT mention that. You know what the Clave will do if this gets to them."

Izzy sobered up. "Yeah," she said sadly. Her eyes turned angry and she punched the table they were sitting on. "I don't get why this is such a big deal to them. I heard that homosexuality is already kind of accepted in the mundane world."

"I know," Alec began, "but you know how old-fashioned the Shadowhunters are. We'll have to wait two hundred more years before they become as accepting about this as the mundanes are now."

They both lapsed into silence, Izzy fiddling with her whip and Alec staring into nothing. "You know," Izzy said after a few minutes, "I do believe that mom and dad and the Shadowhunter world will accept you someday."

Alec looked at her as she continued. "And you'll find yourself one fine man, maybe someone I can rope into helping me get you into something other than those ratty old sweaters you wear, someone with a good fashion sense…"

Alec rolled his eyes. "No, Izzy, I'm not sure I can stand to be in a room with someone close to as fashion obsessed as you are. The Angel knows I only tolerate you because you're my sister." The humourous glint in his eyes told her he was just joking.

Izzy glared at him and went on. "He can't be as antisocial as you are…"

Alec decided to play along. "He has to be smart enough to hold a conversation with me, be mature…"

Izzy put her chin in her hand and thought. "What else?"

Alec said, "A brave Shadowhunter, sarcastic and sassy, maybe a blonde-"

"Alec, stop." Izzy sighed and cut him off. "I don't know why you torture yourself like this. Don't you get tired of seeing Jace with his new bimbos every few days? You should find someone else who'll treasure you like you're the only thing holding him to this life instead of pining over Jace every single day."

Alec glowered at his sister and replied. "I'm not pining over Jace. What made you think so?"

Izzy gave him a deadpan look and replied. "You just described him perfectly as your dream guy. I wonder where I got the idea that you have a stupid crush on Jace?"

"It's not stupid." Alec defended himself.

"Oh, please," Izzy threw her hands up, "you know how many long-term relationships he's had before. None. You know how many boyfriends he's had. None. You couldn't have found yourself a more hopeless infatuation than the one you've gotten yourself into."

"I care about you, Alec," Izzy continued. "I want to see you happy. Hell, I'm even fine with you going out with a downworlder, maybe a werewolf. I've seen a lot of buff werewolves. Wait, no. Vampires are better if you're looking for pretty boys. Plus, those fangs are really hot when you're in bed…"

Alec stared at her in horror. "You're had sex with a vampire?"

Isabelle looked up at him sheepishly. "Whoops, I forgot you didn't know. But we're talking about your love life here, not mine. Oh, oh, I changed my mind. Warlocks are definitely the best for you. You could play with magic. Ooh, very kinky. Yeah, that's my final decision."

Alec sighed and put his hand on his face. "Why are we still talking about this, Iz? Even if the shadow world accepts my sexual orientation before I die, mom and dad will never let me date a downworlder."

"When the shadow world accepts your sexuality," Izzy corrected him, "you will find your handsome warlock and live happily ever after with him."

Alec gave his sister a small smile. "Thanks, Iz."

Izzy grinned brightly back at him. "Anytime."

The door opened and they looked up as Jace strolled into the library. "Hey," he said, "let's go train. I'm bored."

"Sure." Alec and Izzy got off the table and followed him to the training room."

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