PrincessJojo: haha I love how blunt some of you are

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Crazypoptartdude: I'm glad you liked it! I don't usually do cliffhangers so I thought I'd be cruel haha. That's great! I've never read/seen Percy Jackson so I can't comment on it but good luck! I hope it goes well.

xoxomco: I agree haha. Thank you! And no problem! There'll be a part when Jace finds out she can't do it in this chapter, too haha. And Jace's fear of ducks will come up but not yet.

kayleighfur: hahaha I know, I know. Rad. It's fine. I swear all the time, usually without meaning it. I say fuck more than anything, though. That's the first time my writing has been described as fantawesome so thanks haha.

Daire123: yay Clace! I'm glad you liked the switching, I wasn't sure of it personally. It is v important haha.

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I just thought I would point out that when something is in just italics at the start of a chapter (not italics and bold like this) it means it was the last thing from the previous chapter- just so you don't have to go back to see how it ended. I also thought I'd point out that Clary is 22, Jace is 23 and Jon is 24.

Previously on Teen Wolf, uh, Bullet Holes and Crossed Paths:
He released me from the hug and held me at arm's length. He exhaled. "Okay. Say it quickly. Like a band aid." He muttered to himself. "Clary... mom contacted me."

CLARYPOV

"WHAT?!" I sprung away from him and his arms dropped.

"Clary, calm-"

"DO NOT TELL ME TO FUCKING CALM DOWN, JON. NO. NO, SHE CANNOT DO THIS. SHE LEFT US. WE HAVEN'T SEEN HER SINCE SHE WALKED OUT ON US WHEN I WAS 16 AND YOU WERE 17. THAT'S 6 FUCKING YEARS JON." I started pacing as my breathing got faster. "SHE DIDN'T EVEN GIVE US AN EXCUSE OR TELL US THAT SHE WAS LEAVING. SHE HAS NO RIGHT TO COME BACK INTO OUR LIVES."

I stuffed the heels of my hands onto my eyes, still hyperventilating.

I heard footsteps, then Jon was holding my wrists. "Clary, please, calm down. Deep breaths." He moved my hands from my eyes and started taking deep breaths to help calm me down. "She-"

I shook my head frantically. "I don't want to hear it, Jon, leave it."

He put his hand over my mouth. "She sounded scared. For us. I think it's important."

I wriggled out of Jon's grip. "What? And she wants to meet up? Have a gossip over a cup of tea?! NO."

"Clary-"

"Jon, if it means so much to you then you can go but I refuse." My voice cracked on the last word and Jon's eyes softened. He pulled me into a hug.

Suddenly, the door swung open and Jace walked in.

He stared at us for a while before speaking. "Just checking to see if you're okay. Clearly you're fine." He was looking at Jon and didn't spare me a look. What's that about?

"Clare?" Jon pulled out of the hug. "Who's this?" He gestured towards Jace with his head.

Great, another introduction. "Jon, this is Jace, my housemate. Jace, this is Job, my brother."

Jace looked at me. "Your brother?"

I frowned. "Yeah?" It came out as a question.

Jace exhaled, the hint of a smile on his face, then shook his head. "Well, I'll leave you to it."

"No, I'm going now anyway."

Jon looked at me pointedly as if saying we're not finished yet and I shook my head at him showing him that he can meet the woman that walked out on us but I won't. The whole time Jace was looking at us, confused. Sibling thing.

I walked out with Jace leaving Jon to think.

"Everything alright?"

"Yes, Bat. I need you to keep a close eye on Jonathan. If he wants to go anywhere or goes anywhere, you go with him, do you understand? Even if he doesn't want you to go, you follow him. And make sure you have others with you. I want him safe."

"Yes, ma'am. I'll have a word with some others now."

"Thank you."

He nodded at once then walked away down the corridor.

Jordan turned to Jace. "We should be going, it's a long drive."

Jace turned to me. "Do you still want to go?"

"Of course."

Jace smiled. "Good."

I smiled at his shocked expression. "Very much so." I sighed. "Well, ignoring that awkward moment, I'd better drink up. I'm going back home today."

ALECPOV

I gaped at him. How can he be so casual? This is huge! "You are attracted to me."

"Can't get anything past you, can I?" He muttered.

"...So..."

He turned to me. "What?"

"What do we do now?"

"Well, I don't know about you but, after this coffee, I am going home, no doubt the Chairman has missed me-"

"No, no, I mean..." I trailed off as I gestured between me and Magnus.

He shook his head slightly, his currently limp hair flopped along with it. "I don't follow."

I looked at him incredulously. Usually I'mthe slow one. "You just told me you were... attracted to me. What do we do with that?!"

Magnus laughed although it didn't sound like it had humour in it. "Who says we should do anything with it?"

"Me?"

"It was rhetorical, Alexander... you?"

"Yes." I noticed that, unfortunately and embarrassingly, my voice had gotten smaller. And I suspect there was a hint of pink on my cheeks again.

Magnus raised a perfectly plucked eyebrow. "You? Tell me something, Alexander: are you ready to be in a relationship? You're not even comfortable with me being around you when I just imply slightly inappropriate things. You do realise that being in a gay relationship requires you to actually- shock horror- touch another man!" He gasped dramatically.

I scowled. "Yes, I am aware of that Magnus."

He sighed, closed his eyes and let his head fall back against the headboard. "Do you even have feelings for me, Alexander? Because I'm not just someone you can use as an experiment to see how you'll be when it comes to an actual relationship-"

"I know that, Magnus! I don't think of you like that at all! I do have feelings for you, it's just, everything's so new to me and I feel like I don't know what I'm doing. But with you, I feel like I can at least be myself and I don't feel that way with many people."

I look up to find him already staring at me. "You sure about this, Alexander?" He murmured.

I nodded. "Positive."

To my surprise, he cupped my face in his hands and leaned over to me. His lips hovered over mine for a second before brushing against them. Then, he put more pressure on. I froze for a second. This was my first kiss with a guy; I mean sure I'd kissed girls (not that I wanted to) but a guy, never. After a second, I returned the pressure. My hands went to his hair, tugging a little and earning a small moaning when he licked my bottom lip. He was a good kisser. A really good kisser. So much so, he ended up being the one to pull away first.

He rested his forehead against mine and whispered "You still sure?"

As a reply, I kissed him again.

CLARYPOV

I decided to just pretend that that conversation with Jon had never happened. I was out with Jace who had randomly set something up for me, I'm not going to dwell on things that will annoy or upset me.

Jace's bouncing leg brought me back from my thoughts. I put my hand on his knee. "Could you stop that?"

He stopped the bouncing and gave me an apologetic smile.

10 minutes later he took a piece of material of his pocket. "Put this on."

I gave him a look. "Really?"

"I told you; it's a surprise." He looked at me pleadingly.

I huffed and snatched the material out of his hands. "Fine."

I tied it and Jace double checked the knot. I didn't like not being able to see. Call me paranoid but I just didn't. It makes me nervous.

The car stopped and Meliorn turned off the engine. I heard the passenger door open and close. Jordan must have gotten out.

"Stay here, I'll go around the other side and help you." Jace said. I nodded and heard the door close.

A few seconds later and I heard the door next to me open and Jace grabbed my hand. "You okay?" He asked me quietly. I nodded. "Good."

He helped me out of the car then stood behind me and put both hands on my waist steering me forward, telling me if there was a curb.

"Okay, there are steps now-"

"You are kidding me."

"No, unfortunately. Come on, one at a time."

"Great advice." I muttered under my breath.

Suddenly, Jace's mouth was right next to my ear. "I heard that." I shuddered. He must have straightened up again because now his voice was above my head. "Now. First step." I stepped and made it onto the second. "Good. Next step."

This went on for 20 steps. I was ready to rip of the blindfold by the 4th.

Finally at the top, I asked "Can I take it off now?!"

"No! We're at the doors. After I open the doors I will take it off, capiche?"

"Yeah, yeah."

I heard the jingle of keys. "'Kay, open the doors, Jordan."

Jace lead me in and walked me forward a few steps then whipped off the blindfold. I blinked a couple of times then gasped when my eyes came into focus.

Another (kinda) cliff-hanger! My bad. Hey, at least I didn't leave you hanging (ha, hanging. You know. Cliff-hanger. Hanging. No?) last chapter and I updated quickly! Don't hate me, bye.

PS- I nearly didnt upload this bc it was being a colossal dick when I was trying to edit it like italics and bold so I got super pissed off and by the end of it I was ready to just pretend the Purge was real or smthn I swear.

PPS- I don't usually recommend music or do stuff like "I listened to blah blah for this chapter" but I thought I'd just declare that Crown The Empire's new album is the fucking bomb and if you like that music (like rock and screaming) then you should check that out.