Next chapter! So, like I said, there's no fixed schedule for these three new stories I've got going, it's just that I've been working on this particular one for about two or three months so I've got a few chapters already written, so I can post the next one sooner than the others! There was something I mean to say in the first chapter, but I just completely forgot, which was my oversight, because it was very important. I wanted to say a massive thank you to FrenchBenzo, who listens to all of my ramblings with new story ideas and helps me to focus, and I wouldn't be functioning properly without her! She helps me work through the messes in my head which occurs because I just get so many ideas :)

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"Shit, man," Alec groaned and balled his hands into fists, rubbing at his eyes. "What time is it?" There was no reply from the sleeping people around him and he looked around, trying to recognize where he was. He wasn't in his room, he knew that for certain, and he screwed up his nose when he saw Magnus and whatever boy toy he had brought stretched out on the couch just across from him. He wanted to glare, but that would mean furrowing his gaze, and that would inflict even more of a headache in his pounding brain. He closed his eyes and let his head drop back to the pillow that he had been sleeping on. It must be close to the middle of the day, but the house was still utterly silent, except for the noise coming from someone who was sleeping in the corner, letting out intermittent snores. "Shit."

"Shut up," came a grouch from someone else in the room, who was clearly waking up as well. There was a thump, probably a pillow being thrown, and whoever was snoring stopped. Alec opened his eyes again, the world looking a little less blurry this time, and he looked over to the couch again, unable to stop himself.

When he did, he met Magnus's gaze, his entrancing eyes now open.

Magnus stared back at him, unrelenting, and Alec couldn't breathe, chewing down on his lower lip.

"Oi, bitches," came a snap from the doorway. "It's time to get up and get the fuck out of my house." For a moment, no one moved, but then Kaelie stomped her foot against the floor and repeated herself louder. "Everyone get up!" It started slowly, a few moans and groans as people woke up and then Alec heard Simon's voice from somewhere in the room.

"Piss off, Kaelie," he grumbled. Alec smirked, even though he knew that the kid was probably going to flicked behind the ears for his comment on the way out. There must have been about eight or nine people in the lounge, although Jace, Clary and Izzy weren't a part of them Alec noted as he looked around. He wondered when they had left, and was then pretty pissed that they had left him there alone.

Or at least, alone with Simon, Magnus, Magnus' lover and a bunch of drunk people.

He fumbled around in his pocket to find his phone, thankful when he pulled it out and saw that he still had some charge left. He rolled over, feeling his stomach lurch and needing to take a minute to let his body settle back down before he got to his feet. He stretched his arms above his head, rolling his neck before looking down at his phone and speed-dialing Jace's number. It rang a couple of times before it clicked, indicating that someone had answered.

"Hello?" Clary asked in a slurred voice.

"Clary? Yo, is Jace there?"

"Yeah, he's in the shower. You need a pick up?" She asked, sounding a little bit more awake now.

"Yeah, me and Simon and Magnus," Alec replied as he ran his hand through his spiky hair, trying to straighten it out from the mess it had become in the night.

"He'll be there soon, okay? You still at Kaelie's?"

"Yup," Alec answered. "Thanks, Clary."

"All goods," she hung up the call and Alec shoved his phone back in his pocket. Magnus was sitting up now, his eyeliner looking a little smudged from last night but somehow still managing to look absolutely fucking gorgeous. Alec quickly redirected his eyes and stalked out of the room, past Kaelie and her bitchy room mate and outside, a stab of pain in the side of his head as the sun hit his eyes. A few more people came out of the house, getting ready to do the walk of shame, and Alec was very glad that he had a ride on the way.

"Is Jace on the way?" Simon asked, his voice rough as he appeared behind him.

"Yup," Alec muttered as Magnus came out of the house as well. They were all looking crumpled and messy after their night of drinking, and all Alec wanted to do was get home and sleep. "Oh, shit, uh," he turned and looked back into the house. "Do you know if Jordan was in there?"

"I didn't see him," Magnus mumbled as he pulled his phone out of his pocket and opened his camera application, turning it on selfie mode so that he could study his eye makeup, scrutinizing his reflection.

"You look like a raccoon," Alec grunted and Magnus rolled his eyes at him before trying to smudge it off with his thumb. Alec watched him for a moment, unaware of the way Simon was grinning knowingly at them. Kaelie came out of her house and sidled up to Alec, giving him a smile. "Morning, Kaelie," Alec attempted to give her a smile, even though he really had no patience for the girl, or her room mate and best friend, Seelie Queen.

"You know, when I was telling everyone to piss off, I didn't mean you," she linked her arm through his. "You could stay, Seelie is cooking up breakfast."

"Uh," Alec's eyes were wide as he looked over at Simon, trying to search for an excuse. "Oh, uh, Jace is already on his way here," he smiled, more out of relief. "Sorry—maybe another time, yeah?"

"Sure," Kaelie reached up and kissed him on the cheek before he was almost running off in the direction of Jace's beat up pick up truck. Jace was alone in the truck, so Clary must still be back at the house or he dropped her off on his way over to pick them up. Alec got in the front seat and Magnus and Simon got in the back. "Bye!" Kaelie called from where she was standing on the balcony.

"That girl never gives up, does she?" Jace smirked as they all waved at her out the window and pulled away from the footpath.

"No, she does not," Alec mused with a shake of his head. "Doesn't she get I'm into the D and not the V?" There was a snort from the backseat and Jace grinned across at his best friend.

"Maybe she thinks that she can convert you," Simon piped up. "You could be her pet project or some shit."

"Whatever," Alec rolled his eyes. "Oh yeah, did Jordan go home with you last night? We didn't seem him in there."

"Nah, he was gone before we left," Jace replied. They were turning down the road where their home was, which in reality, was probably only a ten minute walk from Kaelie's house. Alec knew, though, that he wouldn't have been able to make it home in the hot, bright sun that was shining down. It had only been a few minutes out in the light, and his eyes were already feeling like they were going to burn out of his head. He was pretty sure he was going to be in the bathroom, throwing up his stomach contents for the rest of the afternoon.

"Is Clary here?" Simon asked as the car parked up underneath the rickety car port, making a choking, puttering sound that it always did, but that they never fixed. The car was technically Jace's, brought when they were all back in high school with money that he had saved, working long hours as a life guard, although they all used it, given they only had two cars between the five of them, Jace's and Simon's. It was still his pride and joy, all these years later, even though it broke down on a regular basis.

"Yeah, I think so," Jace shrugged as they walked inside, Alec kicking at the overgrown hedge that had long ago taken over the path in front of the house. Hodge Starkweather, their neighbor, was out doing the lawns, and he yelled out a 'hello' over the fence, the boys all greeting him back one by one as they headed inside. The house smelt like faintly of weed and cheap deodorant and Clary's perfume, and the curtains were all still shut, blocking out the sun. Magnus instantly went to the kitchen, followed by the other two boys, and they pulled out cold bottles of vitamin water from the fridge, swallowing back the flavored water to try and settle their churning stomachs.

"Hey, guys!" Clary sung out as she skipped into the room, wearing a pair of cut off denim shorts and a baggy shirt that was one of the boys, probably Jace or Simon's.

"Shit, not so loud, Clare," Magnus groaned, wincing as he felt a pain stab through his head. Clary grinned but lowered her voice, poking her tongue out at them, the little silver piercing glinting.

"I'm heading out, I'll see you guys later," she said as she reached forward and pressed kisses to each of the boys cheeks in turn, except for Jace, who kissed her hard on the mouth and grabbed a handful of her ass, giving it a squeeze. "Tell Jordan I said 'hi'," she called out over her shoulder as she walked out the front door. Jace watched her go, putting his fingers to his lips and smudge away the trace of lip gloss that was left there and then turned back to his friends.

"You guys think that we should look for Jordan?" He asked with a raise of his eyebrows.

"He was getting pretty cozy with some chick last night," Simon shrugged.

"He'll be off, having her ride him unconscious," Alec snorted.

"And there is no fucking way I'm leaving this house again without a shower and a ten hour nap," Magnus announced, finishing off his bottle of vitamin water and walking out of the kitchen, toward the bathroom.

"I second that," Simon raised his hand. "Although, the whole ten hour nap might just be a little excessive."

"Because Magnus is never excessive," Alec snorted with a roll of his eyes. Jace smirked as he walked into the lounge, falling down onto the beanbag in the corner of the room and picking up the play station controller. He pressed the centre button, the flat screen TV lighting up as it started. He opened up a game and then glanced over at Simon, who had come over and sat down on the couch, his head collapsing back against the cushion.

"Bloodborne?" He asked.

"Yup," Jace replied as he logged into his account.

"How are you even functioning right now?" Alec groaned from the doorway, where he was drinking another bottle of water.

"Not all of us drank ourselves to sleep last night," Jace smirked over at him and Alec just rolled his eyes in response to that.

"I can see that you were doing something else to tire yourself out last night," Alec shot back, nodding at his neck, where there was a reddish mark from a hickey. Jace's smile grew a little, but he didn't say anything as he started on his game. Alec and Simon exchanged looks, and they shrugged, looking back at the TV, Alec taking a seat next to Simon. After about twenty minutes or so, Magnus came out into the lounge, wearing only a pair of Adidas shorts, showing off his toned torso and muscular legs. This time, it was Jace and Simon who exchanged looks, smirking at the way Alec blatantly checked Magnus out, his lips parting and his Adams apple bobbing in his throat, before swiftly looking back at the TV.

The four of them fell into silence, Magnus and Alec sitting extremely close on the sofa, but their bodies never touching, even though their knees were only a breath apart. Simon rolling a joint and puffing away on it, passing it around, falling in and out of sleep on the couch. Jace focussing on his game, while accepting the joint when it reached him. The only one missing from their five was Jordan, but other than that, it was their normal Sunday afternoon.

Okay, okay, sooooo the songs this time aaaare ; Reforget and The Other, by Lauv. I found these about two weeks ago and I've just been listening to them non-stop ever since. I'm completely head over fucking heels for them. Then there's Soldier by Samantha Jade, Don't Let Me Down by Chainsmokers and Lover, Fighter by SVRCINA. Those last three have all been on repeat every time I get in my car, completely in love with them.

Let me know what songs you guys are addicted to at the moment! Please, please, please! I love your suggestions.

Another thing; I find it really, really, really hard to find fics that I enjoy and keep my attention. I haven't actually read any Clace, other than stories I've been previously following, in a few months, I've become totally obsessed with the Teen Wolf fandom and, of course, Captain America. But I came across one called Picking a God by IosoIUno and it's ah-mah-zing. Check it out. Also if you guys have any good story recommendations, let me know.

Aaaaand, please let me know what you guys thought of the chapter :) Your reviews make me ridiculously happy and they're what keep me writing. And for every signed in review I'll send out a preview xx