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A/N: Hey guys! Hope you all had an awesome christmas! And here's a late present… Chapter number 2! :) Anyway, enjoy it guys :)

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2006:

"Alec! Alec! ALEC!"

Alec groaned as he heard the shouting, a sort of elated yelling from outside his house. He rolled out of bed, hitting his head on the dresser as he climbed to his feet. He stumbled to the window and pushed back the curtains to see his best friend stood on his lawn.

His snow covered lawn.

Snow!

Alec grinned as Magnus threw a snowball at the window and shouted.

"Come on! First day of snow! Get down here now!"

Alec smiled widely and shoved on some proper clothes, grabbing his coat and running downstairs. He flew out the front door and laughed ad he was hit in the face with a snowball.

"Damn it, Kitty Cat! At least give me a chance!"

Magnus giggled at the nickname and ran towards him, tackling him to the ground. They fell in the soft, white dust and laughed as they wrestled. Magnus groaned as Alec messed up his hair, shoving a load of snow on it and Alec cried out when Magnus dropped a handful of ice down the back of his shirt.

They were laughing hysterically as Jules from the corner shop walked past the garden. With twin smiles of mischief, they rolled up some snowballs and threw them hard as he went past. They laughed as he spluttered and turned to them.

"Ooh. You boys... Damn. Be glad you're only 9 or id throw them right back!"

He shouted in mock hurt, laughing as Magnus dumped snow on Alecs head. He had seen the boys together for the last three years and their bond had only strengthened. It was really quite cute.

"Sorry Jules!"

Alec cried as he laughed and walked away, wishing them a good day and smiling. Magnus snorted and grabbed Alec's hand, pulling him through the snow until they found the same spot they used every year for their snowman. Right between their houses, dead centre. Every year they'd build him, and every year, they named him Olaf.

They spent all day in the snow, soaking wet and shivering, laughing and playing. And once they placed the finishing touches on Olaf, namely his carrot nose and a sparkly purple scarf, they headed home for dinner with the promise of all out snowball war tomorrow.

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2009:

"Happy birthday to you, Happy birthday to you, Happy birthday dear Max, Happy birthday to you!"

They sang at the tops of their voices as the one year old stared at them obliviously.

"Why are we having a party for a kid who won't remember it?"

Jace said with snorted laughter. Maryse playfully hit his head as Alec cackled at him.

"Because, Johnathan, it is his birthday. One year ago today, i have birth to him. That should be celebrated."

Jace huffed but grinned at her as she smiled and ruffled his hair. She moved to cut the birthday cake and Alec smiled down at his brother softly. He held out his hand and Max latched his whole fist around one of Alec's fingers. Their eyes met and Alec leaned down, kissing his brothers forehead.

"Happy birthday, Maxy."

He whispered. Just then, he felt a light tap on his shoulder and a voice whispered in his ear.

"Hey, sorry I'm late."

Alec whirled around and grinned as he saw Magnus beside him. He threw his arms around him and laughed.

"Hey. Where were you?"

He asked as they turned back to the others.

"Mum took me shopping and we lost track of time. We're sorry. And she's just putting the stuff away, she will be here in a minute."

Alec nodded and grinned as Maryse realised Magnus had shown up. She smiled and came to him, hugging him softly.

"Magnus! So glad you could make it."

Magnus grinned.

"Of course i could. I didn't want to miss little Maxy's first birthday."

He cooed at the little baby, who laughed delightedly and reached out for Magnus. He picked him up and turned back to Maryse.

"I have a present for him on the table. Just a little something."

Maryse smiled and picked it up. It was unwrapped in case of Max choking on the paper. But that didn't matter. Because Magnus had bought him a little figurine of a superhero, of Captain America, from the comic book Max seemed to love. Every night Alec and Magnus would read to him in funny voices, acting it out goofily as the baby giggled. The cuteness levels were through the roof.

Magnus bounced Max in his arms as Alec made goo goo faces at him. The boy giggled and Magnus laughed as Alec pulled some really weird faces. They fell into laughter and Alec flicked his gaze up from Max, to lock on Magnus' shining eyes.

A strange moment passed between them. Their eyes met and everything fell away. Their smiles faltered, trying to give way to something else, something neither of them could place. Alec felt a blush rise in his cheeks as Magnus cleared his throat. Alec broke their gaze and walked away under the pretence of getting a drink.

They'd met six years ago, spent half their lives together. And now they were 12, in middle school and growing. And thing had been changing just a little. Recently, they had been having weird moments like that. And it was confusing. It had never happened before and once they did happen, it was awkward for a minute or so and then they forgot it. But neither of them could ignore the frequency with which these moments were occurring.

But as Alec grabbed a drink and some cake for him and Magnus, taking them back to his friend as he put Max back in his cot, it was over.

They toasted with their glasses of coke to Max and raced to see who could eat their cake the fastest, laughing as they got icing and crumbs everywhere. Then Jace fired up the playstation and all the kids started cheering as SingStar was fired up. Alec and Magnus grinned as the song Stacy's Mum started playing. They each grabbed a microphone and laughed as the intro flared up. Maryse and Arya grabbed their video cameras and hit record as the boys started singing. Jace, Simon and Jordan were laughing hard as Alec and Magnus sang, dancing around like crazy people as Izzy, Clary and Maia sang along softly, dancing in the background. Max had fallen asleep amidst all the noise and festivities, and soon enough, the entire day drew to a close.

Alec was bragging to Magnus about kicking his ass at the game while Magnus pouted jokingly. Alec walked back to the Bane house with Arya and Magnus, laughing and joking until they reached the door. He thanked them for coming and Arya ruffled his hair, hugging him as she went inside, leaving the boys on the porch.

"So, thank you for that Cap toy. He loves it, I'm sure. He'll keep it forever. I promise."

Magnus laughed softly.

"Good. That cost me all of $1."

They snorted their laughter as Alec rocked on his heels, unsure of what was happening. There was tension between them and both of them wanted it gone.

"Ok. I should get back. But thank you, and I'll see you tomorrow, Bane."

He smiled as he walked away and Magnus called after him.

"See you tomorrow, Lightwood! Bright and early for school!"

He laughed and Alec groaned and walked away, stopping at the front door to wave at Magnus before slipping inside and closing out the night.

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