Magnus's POV

I'm still is the bathroom making sure my hair is presentable with enough glitter to leave a trail.
"Magnus! You're really going to make your sister wait? From what you have told me about her, I don't think that's the best idea." Alec yelled from outside, in bedroom of my apartment where we both have lived for three years.
I walk out and I have knots and butterflies in my stomach. I mean what if Aamani didn't approve of my growing relationship with Alec. Or even my new mortal friends that I have to outlive one day.

Alec registers the sad and nervous expression on my face and just walks across the room a pulls me into a tight hug that says everything. Within this hug I feel how much loves me and that he is here and waiting for me when I get back. That was all I needed, to know that he would stay with me even if my sister doesn't want to.

I look into his deep blue eyes that I fell in love with when I first saw him at my party so many years ago. I see them ripple with emotions like that water of Lake Lyn.
"Do you want me to come with you?" He says
"No, I need to do this myself" The air is heavy with my butterflies flying out of my stomach and into the air. So to lighten the mood I say "I can take my sister any day, but you my love cannot" I give Alec a wide grin while he glares at me before breaking out into a smile that lightens his eyes into a glacier blue that just makes me want to get lost and not even care.

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I'm walking up to the cafe and I see her. My step falters and I lose my breath. I didn't hit me until I saw her, how I missed her. I remember how we would go shopping together in Paris and go to clubs in about every country as each other's wingmen. Ahh and the parties we threw…. they were talked about for months after, even in the eighteenth century.

I'm about ten feet from the window she is sitting at now. She should have noticed me or at least somebody staring at her but it looks as though she is deep in thought and looking pissed. Not a good combination for her or me for that matter. I see a girl walk up to her and start talking but knowing my sister and her state right now and how she can snap... patience is not a virtue of hers and I have made her wait twenty minutes, in a mundane cafe none the less. I'm regretting this meeting place more and more. Why did I even choose this place?
I brace myself and walk in. I sniff the air relaxing marginally. The door jingles but Aamani doesn't look up she is still talking with the young girl. I'm actually surprised that the poor barista hasn't been turned mute for the rest of her life.

I walk over slowly being eyed from head to toe. I even mellowed out my clothing style today, wanting to seem more serious in front of my sister, like the topic I have planned to talk about today. But I still have my spiked hair and silver and glitter makeup, and a long sleeve navy velvet top with blue skinny jeans.

I reach her table as the girl that was talking to Aamani ran away. I wait for her to acknowledge me and when she does I say "Way to scare the poor girl off"

I can see she got the same reaction I did, but I had five minutes to just watch her outside the window.

"Magnus-"she said.

"Aamani…. did you miss me?" I said humorously.

"I guess you could say that"

"Good, I would hate to feel rejected"

"So Magnus, why did you want to see me out of the blue? I thought we agreed that father would pay less attention us if we were separated." she said seriously getting right to the point, as usual.

"Well I still think that but….things have changed and I want you in my life again"

"Is this about your Shadowhunter boy?"

"You know then that we are getting married in a few weeks?"

"Yes, I suppose I do" She said sounding bored. "Again, why am I here? Do you want me to be in the wedding or something?"

"Yes, but we will have to go shopping together to find your dress. About father, I don't want our relation to go back to hiding, if he actually cared about what we could do for him, he would have already used us like a dirty rag."

"What more can you expect from a fallen angel Magnus" she said sadly.

"No more hiding?" I said

"No more hiding" she said.

"Now about that shopping I suggested…." I say as I stand up from the chair.

"You know me so well" she says with a huge grin breaking across her face.

"Well, I am your twin brother"