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Izzy, Jace, and Magnus had spent hours trying to track Alec, so far to no avail. One moment he was in one place, then they couldn't detect him. He was everywhere without being anywhere. Izzy and Jace were starting to get frustrated.

"Wait Jace!" Izzy exclaimed.

"What is it Izzy" Jace asked in an exasperated tone.

"Do you remember when you there in that moving apartment with Sebastian?" she asked, her eyes full of hope.

"Well yeah sort of, it all just comes in flashes almost. It faded with time. Why?"

"Well Alec is showing up on this map just like you were."

"Does that mean he's with Sebastian?" Magnus asked, worry hinting in his voice.

"Maybe" Jace said.

"Well then how do we find him?" Magnus asked.

"We could always ask Clary. I mean she's the one who found you. Maybe she could find Alec.

"Uhhhh….well we aren't exactly on the best of terms right now"

"Why not? Why is every couple I know not doing well? The only seemingly stable relationships are Luke and Jocelyn's and mine and Simon's!"

"Wait, when did you two get official?" Jace asked with his usual smirk back.

"Oh by the Angel can we get back to finding Alec please!" said Magnus.

"When did you start saying that?" asked Izzy

"Spending time with Alec. Whom we still have to find by the way."

"Okay, okay. Why can't we ask Clary?" asked Izzy.

"Well she told me something and then I kind of freaked out and then she freaked out a lot and we kind of left off there."

"What did she tell you?" Izzy asked.

"Well I don't think I should tell you now. It's pretty big so yeah." Said Jace, obviously wanting to end this conversation.

"Can you just find her and tell her because if you don't I will" Izzy said.

"Fine" said Jace. He called Clary and she picked up on the last ring. She really must hate him.

"Jace we need to talk, better than we did before" said Clary. She sounded like she had been crying.

"Yeah…yeah sure" Jace said, and to be honest he was slightly confused. He thought Clary would still be angry with him but now she just seemed sad.

"Can you meet me at Taki's in 15?" she asked.

"Sure" said Jace.

"And Jace…" said Clary.

"Yeah Clary?"

"I..I love you." And then Clary hung up.

"Well, what did she say?" asked Magnus. He and Isabelle were both listening intently.

"I'm gonna meet her at Taki's…alone." Hinted Jace, much to Magnus and Izzy's dismay. Jace grabbed his jacket and made his way down to Taki's. When he got there he saw Clary sitting in a booth, alone, sipping on a drink with her sketchpad out. He loved how she looked when she was drawing. So focused and sometimes her eyebrows scrunched together n concentration. He loved it so much. Clary looked up and saw Jace staring at her. She smiled and motioned him over. As soon as he got close she got up and gave him a huge hug.

"I'm so sorry Jace. I overreacted. You have every right to feel the way you do. I love you" she said, sinking into him.

"That's okay Clary, I thought about it and I'm definitely ready. We're gonna be parents!" he exclaimed. Clary's face lit up and she hugged him again.

"I'm so glad you think that! It means so much that you are supporting me. Now why did you want to meet?" she asked, her emerald eyes sparkling.

"Well we are trying to find Alec because last night he was attacked and wounded and he was at your Mom's house but he left and now we can't find him. But we think he might be in that apartment that I was in with Sebastian, or one like it."

"He was at my house?"

"Is that really what you took from that explanation?"

""No, sorry. Is he with Sebastian?"

"We hope not. We just need your help because you found me so we think that you could help find Alec."

"Of course." Said Clary. She was actually really tired but she felt like she should help make it up to Jace.

"Where are we going?" asked Clary.

"To Magnus's apartment. And apparently Alec and Magnus are on the rocks." Said Jace playfully.

"Well duh, they broke up" Clary said.

"What? Jace asked, dumbfounded.

"You didn't know? Oh crap I don't think I was supposed to tell you." Clary said.

"I'm going to kill that warlock." Jace grumbled. He and Clary got u from the table and Jace set off at a brisk pace towards Magnus's house.

"Wait! You still have to pay you know!" shouted Kaelie.

"Sorry!" shouted Clary.

They arrived at Magnus's flat, Jace pressed the buzzer angrily.

"WHO DARES DISTURB THE HIGH WARLOCK OF BROOKLYN!?" boomed Magnus.

"Let…us…up" said Jace menacingly.

"Jeez" said Magnus as he rang them up.

"Jace practically ran right up the stairs, practically knocking Clary over and barged into Magnus's flat.

"What the HELL did you do to my brother?" Jace asked threateningly.

"Huh?" Izzy asked.

"He broke up with Alec. You broke my brother's heart. You probably did it because you didn't want to tell your secrets. You selfish bastard!" Jace shouted. It was all he could do to not throw himself at Magnus.

"What!? You guys were so cute together! I can't believe you could do that to him Magnus!" Izzy shouted.

"Well you guys have failed to hear why I did" said Magnus.

"Then why" said a fuming Jace.

"Because he tried to shorten my life. He went to Camille and she told him about my past and told him there was a way to make me mortal. And he kept going to her."

"By the Angel Magnus you love him! Clary stabbed Jace with a sword and almost killed him and they are still together!" shouted Izzy.

"Can we please just focus on finding Alec?" said Clary.

"Yes, of course" said Magnus. "So how did you find Jace and could you do the same thing to find Alec?"

"Well…um..the thing is, is I don't know if you can actually find it, only the owner can" Clary sad.

"Then how did you find Jace and Sebastian?" Izzy asked.

"Well Jace asked me to come with him, while he had Lilith's mark on him."

"Well now what do we do?" exclaimed Jace.

"Well why don't we just make a portal and think of Alec, would that bring us to him?" asked Clary.

"It's too dangerous, and a longshot" said Magnus.

"Well by now I'm willing to try anything" said Jace getting up.

"Fine" grumbled Magnus. He didn't know how he would take to seeing Alec so soon after their brake-up. As he drew the portal he just hoped that he was okay, because he did still love him.

The four of them steppes through the portal and were instantly transported into a living area, with black and white modern furniture. They all heard a crash from the kitchen and watched Alec step out from the kitchen with bowl of cereal. He looked up and dropped his bowl, an incredulous look on his face.

"Hey" he said.

I did use a snippet if you caught that and one of the letters from Izzy to Magnus. Please read and review. I promise the story will start to pick up in the next chapter or two.