A/N: It's that time of month again! Thanks for all the reviews, you guys are so awesome for staying for so long.

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Chapter 10: It's for the Pie, Not Alec

Alec blearily opened his eyes as he heard his phone blaring and he fumbled for it on his nightstand. "Hello?"

"Oh good you're up," said Isabelle way to perky for the early morning wake up.

"Iz-"

"Can you run by the store and get whipped cream?"

Alec groaned. "Can't you or Mom or Dad-"

She sighed, cutting him off. "Unfortunately no. Mom's working on the turkey. Dad took Max to go get flowers for the table since Mom forgot to get them yesterday. Jace and I-

"Hi Alec," interrupted Jace.

"Are working on the side dishes. Can you pretty please?" He could practically hear her puppy dog eyes and pout.

Alec caved. "Fine, you owe me."

"Thank you Alec," said Isabelle before hanging up.

He looked at the time and groaned when he saw it was only 7:05. He pulled Magnus up on his contacts and called him. "Morning."

Magnus yawned. "More like too damn early. I thought we weren't leaving until later? Am I late?"

Alec held the bridge of his nose between his fingers. "No, Izzy needs me to pick up whipped cream. Can you meet me here?"

"Sure, be there in fifteen."

Alec rolled over in his bed before pulling himself out from under the covers and trudging to the kitchen to start coffee. He went back to his room to pull on a sweater Magnus had gotten him after he had a discussion one day with Isabelle about his closet, and a pair of jeans that didn't have any holes. By the time he was back in the kitchen the coffee was done and he was feeling slightly more awake. He poured himself a cup, heaped sugar into it, and stirred, faintly hearing the grainy sugar scraping the bottom.

When he heard the buzzer go off and the distinct way Magnus said "Alec?" he smiled and walked over to buzz Magnus in. Not long after he was knocking on the door and Alec let his boyfriend inside. He tilted his head to the side. "What's with the wine?"

Magnus shrugged his shoulders. "Trying to make a good impression? I told Cat it would be too much."

Alec grabbed his coat and scarf and kissed Magnus on the cheek. "No it's not; it's sweet. You ready to go?"

Magnus smiled and opened the door. "As ready as I'll ever be."

-o-O-o-

"Magnus! Alec didn't tell me you were coming," squealed Isabelle as she ran up to him and gave her mentor a hug.

He chuckled. "Nice to see you again Iz. By the way can you come by next Thursday? There's some paperwork we need to go over."

"That's fine." She turned towards Alec, hands on her hips. "You did at least tell Mom and Dad?"

Alec hung his coat and scarf up on a hook. "Yeah, I don't know if they have made the connection that my Magnus is your Magnus."

"Jace put me down! Stop it or else," shouted Max as Jace came in holding the teen upside down.

"Or what? You totally deserve it. This is your punishment," he said.

Max's face started to turn red as he tried to keep his glasses on and his shirt from falling down. "Alec, help me!"

Alec laughed and grabbed Max's arms. "Give him up Jace."

"Never," he said over dramatically.

Isabelle rolled her eyes and tickled Jace's sides and the blonde started laughing and dropped the legs of the bespectacled teen, who stuck his tongue out at him.

"What did you do to him anyway," asked Alec.

"The bastard brought in a duck," gasped Jace as Isabelle continued her tickling assault. "Izzy, stop!"

"How did you get a duck," asked Magnus.

Max readjusted his glasses. "Are you the Magnus Alec keeps talking about and texting and-".

Alec cut him off by covering Max's mouth with his hand. "Yes Max." Max licked his hand and Alec recoiled his hand back and wiped it on Max's arm. "Gross, don't lick people."

Magnus looked at him with a shit eating grin. "You didn't care when I was-"

"Don't say a word," Alec said with a blush creeping onto his face.

Isabelle stood up and left Jace gasping for air on the floor. "Did you bring the whipped cream?"

Magnus held a plastic bag up. "Yep."

"Great! Alec go with him to put it in the kitchen. Mom and Dad are in there."

Alec grabbed Magnus's hand (not with the one that was licked). "Ready?"

Magnus gestured with the plastic bag to the three in front of him. "I've already encountered these guys. Can't be any worse?"

"Hey," objected Jace as he got up off the floor.

The couple laughed as Alec led Magnus to the kitchen where Mayrse was basting a turkey and Robert was talking with her. "Hi Mom, Hi Dad. Guys this is my boyfriend Magnus."

Magnus gave a small wave and placed the bag with whipped cream and the bottle of wine on the counter. "Nice to meet you Mr. and Mrs. Lightwood. I hope I'm not intruding."

Mayrse smiled and hugged him. "Nonsense and please call me Mayrse."

Robert stared at Magnus, making both boys uncomfortable, but he nodded and stuck out his hand. "You can call me Robert. What do you do for a living?"

Magnus and Alec both visibly relaxed. "I do design. I'm actually working right now with Isabelle for one of her college classes."

Mayrse's eyes lit up with recognition. "Oh, I thought you seemed a bit familiar. Isabelle has told me quite a bit about you," she looked at Alec, "I can't say much for your boyfriend."

"Mom," said Alec, a trace of a whine to it.

"All right. Why don't you go join the others in the living room? Your father and I have everything taken care of in here," said Mayrse shooing them away with her hand.

Once they left the kitchen Magnus let to a sigh of relief. "Was that the worst of it? Did I pass?"
Alec laughed. "Yes, you did fine. Just be glad you've met everyone."

"Not everyone," said Jace as the couple into the living room. "Not Will and Tessa."

"Or Cecily," added Isabelle.

Jace made a face. "That's okay with me. She has terrible taste in men."

"But I like Cousin Gabriel," objected Max.

"Oh yeah he was great until he starting dating my sister. Now he's just a big, slimy-"

"Ahem," coughed Alec and he angled his head towards Max.

Jace grinned. "Oh come on, give me some credit. I was going to say worm. Besides, he's probably heard worst at school."

"He is right," pointed out Max.

"So Jace isn't your brother," asked Magnus.

"No, but my parents were friends with their parents, so we hung out a lot," explained Alec.

"Will's my older brother and Cecily's my younger sister," explained Jace.

"Cecily's off in France with Gabriel," explained Isabelle.

"Which I refuse to acknowledge," said Jace.

"What the hell did Gabriel ever do to piss you and Will off so bad," asked Alec.

"My sister," declared Jace.

Isabelle, Alec and Max groaned. "Why would you tell us," screeched Isabelle.

"He's our cousin. I don't want to imagine him all," Max haphazardly slapped his hands together, "with Cecily."

Jace cover his eyes. "Why did you even do that?"

"Why did you even have to bring it up to begin with?"

Mayrse stuck her head in the living room. "Lunch is ready."

-o-O-o-

Alec snuggled against his boyfriend as they sat on the couch eating pie. "Your Mom really knows how to cook."

Jace lounged back in a reclining chair. "That she does. How do you even have more room for pie?"

Magnus already had the spoon in his mouth and quickly swallowed. "I always make room for pumpkin pie."

Alec swiped his finger through the whipped cream on Magnus's slice and licked it off his finger. Magnus moved his pie away from Alec. "My pie."

Alec laughed. "I thought it was good."

Magnus grinned wickedly and scooped some whipped cream on his fingers and slathered it on Alec's face.

"What are you doing," asked Alec.

Magnus leaned forward and licked the cream off of Alec, causing the blue eyed man to blush.
"Magnus, that's for the pie, not Alec," moaned Isabelle as she wallowed in her own food coma.

"I disagree," he replied.

"Well I'm putting an end to it," said Alec as he wiped the rest of it off his face.

"Spoilsport," Magnus replied with a pout.

Alec rolled his eyes and snuggled closer to him and closed his eyes and fell asleep.