CHAPTER 3:
Right before we got off of the plane I was bouncing up and down in my seat, waking up Alec. "I can't to see Hailey again! She is like my big sister. I don't have anyone else that is like family to me like she is. I have already met your family and it is like you are finally meeting mine." I could not wipe the smile off of my face.
We walked off of the plane and to the side of the road and called for a taxi. I made sure that no one was looking and I zapped our bags right next to us. One of the taxies pulled up next to us and I gave him the address to Hailey's cottage. As High Warlock of Brooklyn I easily found Hailey's address because she is the High Warlock of Dublin.
It took us about forty minutes to get to the outskirts of Dublin from the airport. Hailey and Sarah lived in a small stone cottage in the country side. It was quaint and adorable but not really my style. We walked up to the front porch, which was covered in dark forresty green ivy, with our bags levitating behind us. I knocked on the door and then turned around to look at the lush green country hills rolling off into the distance. A familiar female voice with an Irish accent rang out of the door when it opened. "I have no idea who you are but I know that you do not have an appointment. So you need to make one and comeback later." As she was closing the door, I turned around and I saw Hailey's face for the first time in sixty years. She was just as beautiful as I remember. She had cut her hair since the last time I had seen her so it now fell to just below her shoulders. She had and round face and chubby cheeks with a light red blush on her pale cheeks accenting her dark green eyes. Those eyes were the same color as the ivy that grew all over her small cottage. Those eyes were what comforted me in a way that no one else had. Until Alec.
I watched as a smile grew over her face. "Magnus Bane. It has been a long time." She ran outside and jumped to give me a hug, wrapping her legs around my waist. "I have missed you so much, Maggie!" She kissed me on the cheek and hoped down. She was about a head shorter than me; half a head shorter than Alec.
I stepped back and said, "I have missed you too, Hail Bail. This is my dear Alexander Lightwood."
She narrowed her cat-like eyes and said "Yes, it must be. He has those legendary Lightwood blue eyes. She studied Alec in his entirety "I like him." She smiled up at me. "I approve Maggie!" She grabbed both of our hands and pulled us into her home.
The interior was just what I expected it to be. Cozy and warm. Just like Hailey. That aspect of her never changed. She always loved the safe feeling of a dimly lit room and a lot of pillows and blankets. I think Alec liked the design of the room because it was his style, simple and homey.
"And this, Alexander, is my girlfriend, Sarah. Maggie, you remember Sarah right?" I stopped observing the room and looked from Hailey to Sarah. Sarah was strikingly beautiful. She had warm auburn hair and he face had sharp angles that were softened by kind eyes and laugh lines. She looked 18 or 19 just like the last time I saw here. "I need to make Alec like Sarah."