Last chapter turned out to be quite depressing. Maybe because I was listening to some very moody music. Nevertheless, we have a slightly happier one here. THANKYOU TO EVERY ONE WHO HAS REVIEWED. MORE CHAPTERS COMING YOUR WAY. Quite a bit of information in this one. Enjoy~

Alec couldn't stop thinking about Magnus as he made his way back. He wasn't even worrying about what kind of massively long lecture he was going to get from Jace, Izzy or his mother. They had a reason to be in a pissy mood.

Standing in front of the large oak institute doors, Alec's stomach turned, anxious to find out what was behind the door. He braced himself, opened the door and was surprised when he saw an empty hallway. The only movement was the padded steps of church approaching, relieved, he bent down to pat the little creature. Where was everyone?

He got his answer very soon. When he stood up he was greeted by arms. Izzy hugged him like he'd come back from the dead. "Oh Alec! You're ok. We were so worried. We thought… we thought…" and burst into tears. Maybe he did come back from the death… for Izzy at least.

Jace stood at the end of the hall. He blew out a small sigh and seemed a little looser. Alec didn't realized that they were worried about him, not angry. He had stormed off just like that, no explanation. Of course they'd be worried. Izzy released him after a while and regained control of her emotions. Then Maryse appeared in the hallway.

Even if it wasn't written all over her face, Alec could tell that his mom was happy to see him safe. "Where have you been?" was all she said.

"I went for a walk." Alec said. When did he get so good at lying?

"Izzy and Jace told me everything. You just left. They tried looking for you but you already disappeared out of sight." Maryse said. "Now that you're back… The Seelie Queen contacted me earlier and has agreed to keep the alliance and forgive the little incident that occurred.

She emphasized incident just a little. Then she stepped up and hugged her son. "I'm glad you're back, and safe."

Alec for a moment was shocked. So was Izzy. Had Maryse been that worried about her son? Well it seems like it. Then the moment passed, and she returned to her normal, strict mother. "Izzy, Jace go to bed. Alec get cleaned up and get some rest." She seemed to want to say something else, but kept her mouth shut. With that she headed to her room.

The next morning Alec woke up thinking about Magnus. The first thing he did was check his phone for messages. He had been too tired to do it last night. "One new message" flashed on his screen. He opened it.

Magnus

You're prolly sleeping rite now. Just a reminder that I love you. Come over when u get the chance. Miss those sweet lips already.

Alec smiled at the little reminder. To be honest, he missed Magnus as well. But that'll have to wait until he was free. It was still early, he checked the time, 7:30 am. He didn't sleep much, but it was enough. He got up, chucked on a pair of jeans and headed downstairs. Izzy and Jace didn't wake up as early and Alec didn't like sleeping in. He could hear Maryse in the kitchen, cooking breakfast he presumed.

"Hey mom." He greeted as he sat down.

At first Maryse didn't reply. It was like she was planning what to say. After a moment of silence, Alec frowned. What's up with her?

"Alec, go wake the others up." Maryse said. She sounded serious. "Now."

"Why? Is something wrong?" Alec sounded concerned.

"I'll explain later. I want them here in 5."

Alec didn't need to be told twice, it wasn't a good idea to argue with his mom when she used the "I'm serious" tone. He walked back upstairs. He stood in front of his sister's door. Izzy's going to kill me he thought. He banged on her room door and shouted "Get up Get up, mum wants you in the kitchen." Silence. "Or she's going to throw a shit fit!" Alec tried again. He could hear her groan and complain. "K, I'm coming…" she managed to say.

Waking Jace up was so much easier. "Mum wants you in the kitchen. You got about 3 minutes."

"Okay. Did she say why?" Jace yawned.

"She'll explain when we get there" Alec said.

Alec walked into the kitchen again, but this time with both Izzy and Jace behind him. He looked at his mother. She didn't seem pissed. That was a good sign.

"Robert and I have decided to enforce our own little lesson for what happened." She said. No surprise there. "We figured that if you three realised the severity of the situation, you wouldn't make the same mistake again."

She paused for the three to take it all in. "So what is it?" Jace asked, clearly impatient.

"You're going to a mundane school."

The room exploded.

"WHAT? A SCHOOL? WITH MUNDIES?" Izzy screamed.

"What do you mean; you can't send us to school!" Jace looked pale. "That is the punishment?"

"How could you? Mom, I know we did something wrong. You don't have to…" Alec didn't finish his sentence.

"QUIET!" Maryse shouted. Everyone looked at her. "I've already made contact with Lucian and he has enrolled you at St Xaviers. You're starting today, no exceptions. I believe classes start at 9am sharp. You should get ready and meet Clary and Simon."

Everyone stared. Was she serious? Or is this some sort of lame joke?

"Why school? Why can't we do a week's worth of chores or something?" Jace groaned.

"It's called punishment for a reason, plus what's the harm in going to interact with mundanes?" Maryse said with a little bit of amusement in her voice.

"For how long?" Izzy asked.

"Just one semester." Maryse replied.

The three still could not believe what ill fate fell upon them. Alec just stared while Izzy attempted to straighten out her bed hair. Jace looked dejected, but didn't say anything else.

"Alright then, get going!" Maryse harped.

Without another word, the trio turned and headed up to get ready.

"Can you believe this?" Jace muttered. "What the hell has gotten into their heads? Sending us off to mundane schools for a WHOLE semester."

"It might not be as bad as you think Jace. After all we have the upper hand, think of it as something fun. Playing with mundanes." Alec said, trying to lift everyone's spirits. It didn't really work.

Everyone went to their separate rooms and prepared for "school". Alec opened his wardrobe and the usual black greeted him. He looked through and found his black t-shirt and dark denim jeans. He took out his jacket and pulled that over his t-shirt. He grabbed the bag from his chair and he was ready.

Jace frowned at his wardrobe. What the hell am I going to wear? He never had trouble finding the right clothes. He stared at the different choices staring back at him and gave up. He got a white t-shirt and pulled on a pair of black skinny jeans. After all he was going to see Clary, maybe it won't be as bad. He thought.

Izzy couldn't have picked anything less revealing. She pulled out her way-too-short skirt and put on a low cut crop top, with her hair flowed out freely behind her. She found her boots from the bottom of the closet and jammed everything back in, forcing the door to close. On her way out, she grabbed her phone, stele and aviators, and slammed the door.

"I still can't believe we're doing this." Jace said. "I'd rather be locked up in the silent city and rot to death."

"Be optimistic Jace. We might learn something." Alec said.

"Yup, one plus one equals two." Jace said in a high pitched voice. He wasn't happy.

"Ugh. Can you guys give it a break? It just school. Who gives a crap? It's not like we even have to go to class. It's gotta be better than those history lessons Hodge gave us anyways." Izzy rolled her eyes.

The train came to a halt and the three shadowhunters got off. No one said a word on their walk to Clary's house. At the front door, Jace stepped up and knocked. Of course. Jace gets to see his little girlfriend. When the door opened, Luke was on the other side, and Jace almost hugged him, obviously expecting Clary.

"Oh, I've been expecting you! Clary and Simon are waiting inside, come on in." Luke said, apparently oblivious to Jace's awkwardness, and opened the door wider.

Jace, as always, walked in first followed by Izzy and Alec. It was warm inside, there wasn't a whole lot of furniture but the place looked neat and simple. Clary and Simon were sitting on the couch, talking about some movie they watched. Jace just couldn't resist the opportunity to embarrass Simon, he planted himself next to Clary and wrapped his arm around her like he'd been part of the conversation. Clary smiled and Simon frowned, the conversation was obviously over. Jace lifted clary up into his lap and whispered something to her before their lips locked in Luke's living room. Alec just rolled his eyes at the sight of it, but he couldn't help but recall his lips on Magnus'.

Seeing her cue, Izzy headed over to Simon and started a one way conversation that involved Izzy talking and Simon staring. Alec just looked away, forcing himself to think about something else. Then he remembered that he hadn't replied to Magnus' message this morning and started feeling guilty. He hadn't told the warlock what happened since he'd gotten back last night. He made himself comfortable on the sofa in the corner and took out his phone.

He brought up the message he had received earlier and hit the reply button.

Sorry, I was kinda carried away this morning. You won't believe this but mom is making us go to school for a whole semester. I miss you too.

Not even a minute went by before Alec's phone beeped in his hands.

Magnus

What? A school? Today's your first day?

Alec

Yup.

Magnus

Aww. Hope you have fun!

Alec

Shut up. :(

Magnus had taught him how to use 'emoticons' but Alec never really caught on. Now he was determined to impress his boyfriend. He smiled when he saw what Magnus had replied with.

Magnus

You are too cute Alexander. Come visit me later? ;)

Alec didn't have time to reply to that message, and decided to save it. Jace and Clary has finally finished their little thing and are ready to go. Alec shoved the phone back into his pocket to follow them out.