AN: Hi guys! I'm so sorry for the late post I've been traveling so I've been kinda busy but I managed to write this chap so I hope you enjoy it! And thanks again to Mads Hatter because her help is always wildly appreciated.

Also the song for this chapter is Sinéad by Within Temptation :D

Hiding in plain sight

All characters belong to Cassandra Clare and I'm honestly running out of clever things to write behind this note.

Chapter 25.

Izzy's point of view

She saw Alec storm out of Maryse's office. She had been listening to their conversation and cringing every time one of them raised their voice. She could hear Alec getting defensive which she had hoped he wouldn't do. That was the first mistake to make with Maryse. Izzy had learned that the hard way. Those countless arguments and fights they had had when they still lived in New York. Her god damned dad brought out the worse in Maryse. She always grew cold and hard around him and that pissed Izzy off. So when she saw Alec walking –or should I say running- away from her office all she wanted to do was confront her and tell her what a horrible job she had done, but then again that wasn't entirely true either.

"Alec!" She exclaimed hoping to catch his attention but he just kept walking on. "Alec wait on!" She started walking after him in which point Alec started running and to be fair Iz was still wearing her red heels so she did the best she could but catching up to him was impossible. She heard Maryse come sauntering out of her office and yelling after him as well "Alexander! Alexander Lightwood don't you dare walk out one me! Don't you dare!"

"Shut up mom!" Izzy screamed at her, she was immensely angry right now. She turned around in one swift movement and almost had Maryse knock into her "What did you just say to me Isabelle?"

"I told you to shut up before you make things any worse" She hissed through her teeth.

"What? You think this is my entire fault? It's your brother who's the one who's been keeping secrets" Maryse said with an almost hurt look on her face.

"You can't really blame him for not wanting to tell you because god knows you're so open to new ideas"

"What is this with everyone thinking I'm such a closed minded person? I don't care that he's gay, he's still my son Isabelle and I love him. I'm just hurt he didn't trust me enough to tell me" Maryse said with the most sincere look in her eyes in a long time.

Izzy looked her up straight in the eyes without blinking once, "Well maybe you should go after him and tell him that without any other nonsense crap included"

Maryse looked at her with confused eyes at first but the ran her hand through her dark hair and composed herself "Yes of course"

Izzy didn't wait around for her to follow but instead kicked her shoes off and started running as fast as she could. She almost tripped down the stairs as he saw the front door slam closed but she picked up her pace and sprinted out the door after Alec.

"Alec! Wait, let's talk it over okay?!"

It made no difference what she said because Alec was already getting in his car and speeding away. She tried to run after him but who are we kidding here, she was running on gravel and her feet were already covered with cuts and bruises, she couldn't reach him so all that was left to do was to collapse and try to yell after him "Alec please don't go!"

"He left?" She heard Maryse from the distance.

"Yeah" She was taking in shallow breaths after the run, Iz had to admit she wasn't really in the best shape right now "He left"

"Well where is he going?" Maryse asked her in an almost annoyed tone, like she was allowed to be annoyed.

"Oh I don't know, maybe anywhere else but here" She said with the most bitter voice she had let escape her mouth in such a long time, she almost thought she didn't know how to sound like that anymore but here it was back again.

"Stop it Isabelle. Please just stop it. I know I messed this up, okay? I know I… God, I don't know what I'm doing anymore" Maryse collapsed next to Izzy on the gravel. She gave her mother a questioning look and beckoned for her to continue "You've both grown up so much and… you're not little children who need my advice anymore, you just go about your lives and I'm left all alone wondering if you remember me anymore"

She almost felt sorry for her mom, I guess this was her middle life crisis or something but the truth was that she couldn't bring herself to fully understand her, she was always going to be a mother, and who else did Alec and her have to go to?

"You're crazy mom" She huffed "you're the only thing we have besides each other. Because we all know that dad isn't coming back, we know he doesn't care. You are the only thing that we have in this world and honestly you should be happy for Alec because he found someone that cares for him in the same way that everyone deserves to be cared about"

"I am happy for him" Maryse said while looking down at the ground.

"Yeah really? You sound so freaking convincing"

"Oh Isabelle, I just don't want him to get hurt like I did" Maryse smiled a meek smile and looked at the direction Alec had left.

"Well I can tell you with most certainty that Magnus Bane is an honorable person and wouldn't hurt Alec. Never, ever , ever"

"Well then he doesn't take after his father" Maryse took a deep breath "I certainly hope he doesn't"

Alec's point of view

It was one of those mornings; when you wake up and you experience this one split second of peace and then it all comes crashing down on you. All the shit you've blissfully forgotten while asleep. He opened his eyes to see a small white ball of fur cradled next to him. He sat up and took a look around. He was alone in Magnus' bedroom. To be honest this wasn't exactly the feeling he had imagined he would have waking up in Magnus' bedroom for the first time.

"Magnus?" He called out.

"Yes dear?" He heard a muffled voice answer him.

"Where are you?" Alec croaked still half asleep.

"In the washroom dear"

In a sleepy haze Alec got out of bed and noticed that he was wearing canary yellow pajama pants –so not his color- and walked over to the washroom door.

He knocked on it carefully and yawned. "Magnus, can I come in?"

"Yes of course do come in" He heard his voice answer and he could swear that Magnus was wearing that crooked cat smile.

He pushed the door open and listened to it creak before he looked inside. If he had been asleep, it was all washed away the instant he walked in the glamorous bath suite or whatever the hell this place was. There was a double sink filled with bottles of god knows what and scented candles and whatnot. There was a huge glass walled shower and even something that appeared to be a sauna of some kind. There was a heavy scent of lemon in the room and as Alec peered to the far end corner of the room his jaw dropped open.

There was a huge bath tub filled to the top with bubbles and in the middle of all that he saw Magnus in all his glory leaning against the edge of the tub and smiling at him. Well to be honest not in all his glory because all his eh…private parts were covered strategically with bubbles. How the hell could he manage to look this perfect?

"Well hello to you too dear", Magnus said and grabbed a bottle of shampoo and then shook it and ended up throwing it across the room snapping Alec out of his "Goshies Magnus is so hot" daze.

"Oh yeah what, I was just um… I was just…"

"Admiring my physique?" Magnus said while beckoning Alec to come closer.

"I guess that's one way to put it" Alec said and swallowed loudly.

"Oh come on now darling don't be shy" That god damn bastard was doing that crooked smile thin again "We wouldn't want to miss out on anything now would we?"

"Okay let's take a step back now sweetie" Alec said and cleared his throat "I need to think straight and you're well… not helping"

"Fine then" Magnus said and got up and looked at Alec "I reckon I should get dressed then, be less distractive you know"

Alec didn't know he was in full on shock I mean; it's not as if he hadn't imagined Magnus naked. To be honest half of Mooncross bay probably had but he looked so much better than he could have ever imagined. The tawny skin just continued to look as amazing as always and god those muscles... He wasn't going into details just because he figured his head would probably you know…explode but let's just say that he was definitely not hard on the eyes.

Magnus ever so casually walked across the room and grabbed his robe that was hanging on the doorknob "Are you going to stand there with your jaw hanging open or are you going to come downstairs with me for some breakfast?"

"Eh…" Was all Alec managed to mumble.

"Oh come on it's not like you've never seen a guy naked before" Magnus said with a silly voice and looked at him while rolling his eyes.

"Actually…" He mumbled and looked at Magnus with the most bashful look he could manage.

"You have got to be kidding me love, have you never been to a locker room?" Magnus asked raising his eyebrow.

"Yeah… but that's not the same"

"And why not?" The eyebrow was still raised.

"Because I wasn't looking before"

Magnus smiled widely and walked over to him and grabbed him into a tight embrace "Well then I think I've corrupted you sweet innocent Alexander"

"Yes, I believe you have" Alec was absolutely feeling every part of his body coming alive against Magnus' body. He felt sort of embarrassed but quickly forgot about that as his lips were taken over by Magnus' rather determined lips.

Regretfully Alec pulled away and frowned "I… I think we should get breakfast now"

Magnus looked at him doubtfully "What's wrong?"

Alec felt kind of weird now, you know like when you take a nice warm shower and then step out into the cold world. That's how he felt now. Even though the kiss was way more than enjoyable, he still felt rather bothered. Maybe it was that he had seen so much this early in the morning or maybe it was the ticking feeling in the back of his mind reminding him of yesterday night. Or maybe it was the fact that he felt awkward in the bad way around Magnus right now and it scared the hell out of him. Like, where the hell had this feeling suddenly appeared from, he hadn't had this feeling in such a long time, not since he lived back in New York. It had never gotten this bad in Mooncross bay. He felt cold after all that warmth.

"Nothing" He lied and pasted on a smile.

"You are lying to me Alexander" Magnus stated in a matter of fact voice.

"I…" He couldn't come up with an explanation, how could he explain this all of a sudden burst of negative emotion. This was way too weird for him to even comprehend himself.

"I don't know what's wrong with me" Alec finally said in a wary voice.

"Well I can see that, perhaps I could help you figure it out?" Magnus said in sultry voice.

"How so?" Alec said in a genuinely confused voice and looked at Magnus while biting his bottom lip.

"Keep doing that and you'll find out" And there it was again, that damn cat grin that was going to be the end of him.

"Fuck" Alec mumbled under his breath… "What am I going to do with you?"

"I have a few suggestions" Magnus purred and moved closer to Alec while licking his lips seductively.

"Wha- What do you mean?" Alec mumbled.

"So damn innocent all the time Alexander, you can't tell me that you don't know what I'm talking about" Magnus said and grabbed Alec by the waist.

"But what if I really don't know what you want me to do?" Alec asked.

"Well in that case I'll have to show you" Magnus said and pushed him against the sink.

"Wait what?" Alec tried to back up but felt his back hit the sink cabinet so he was stuck between Magnus' demanding hands and a marble sink counter. Great, what was a guy to do?

"Don't ask questions Alexander, I don't like it when you ask too many questions" He heard Magnus whisper in his ear before he placed his lips along his jaw bone and then traced kisses down his neck.

"Wait Magnus, what are you doing?" Alec said and tried to push him off. He was getting too close too soon, especially when only wearing a robe.

"Come on Alec, don't tell me you don't want this because that my love would be a lie" Magnus said and pulled him into a kiss. It was like he was stuck there inside his body. He wanted to move but he couldn't, he couldn't push Magnus away, he couldn't even say one word. He was like a ragdoll being pushed and shoved around with no directions.

He could definitely feel the way everything was melting away from the outside world. Everything outside this room was meaningless as long as his body was in contact with Magnus'. Still he noticed as the door to the washroom opened. He felt his heart miss a few beats, but still he didn't even move one inch. He was helpless.

"Look sweetie, it's your mom" Magnus purred as he began placing kisses down his chest.

Oh god it really was Maryse. Alec looked straight in to his mother's eyes, he wanted to rush to her and tell her that this was not really happening but it was, and there was nothing he could do about it.

"I knew it", Maryse said and shook her head "You're letting him touch you"

Magnus turned to face Maryse with a creepy grin on his lips "You're son is quite the exquisite lover Miss. Lightwood"

Alec couldn't believe the words he was hearing. He couldn't believe anything that was happening. This was not real, this couldn't be, Magnus would never say that…Or would he?

"You're disgusting Alec, you know that don't you?" Maryse spat at him and then gazed at Magnus who was currently tracing his fingers on the top of Alec's pants.

Alec was still frozen as he saw Magnus pop open his button and slowly tug on his jeans.

"Please no"

Magnus' point of view

He was lying there so peacefully. Alec had looked so spooked and panicked yesterday. Perhaps a goodnight sleep was all he needed. Magnus caressed his cheek and slowly moved away. He wanted to make Alec some breakfast in bed so that he would be well prepared for their talk with Maryse later this day.

He had called Izzy late yesterday night and had her set up a little meeting. Hopefully it wouldn't be too awkward.

Magnus was already halfway out of his room when he heard Alec mumble something in his sleep.

He quickly rushed over to the bed, "Alec, honey?"

"No please" He heard Alec mumble now in a panicky voice. He was fidgeting and tossing and turning.

"Alec!" Magnus exclaimed and shook him awake. "Alec honey, are you okay?"

Alec opened his eyes wide and pulled back from Magnus' grip, "How, what, why?"

"Alec honey it was probably just a bad dream okay? It's okay I'm right here"

"No, no it's not okay; you were doing things to me… God you… I- I said no" Alec was breathing quickly and making no sense.

"Alec I didn't do anything, I told you, it was probably just a bad dream"

"I- I just…" Alec sighed.

"It's okay; just try to calm down okay" Magnus said.

AN: Okay so I hope you realized that Alec was actually dreaming because if he wasn't then that would be an awkward situation ;D

Anyways, what did you think? Please tell me because I really worked hard on this chapter. And also because reviews are like seeing Magnus in the bath tub, not really but I just thoght you guys might want that image in your head.

Thanks to all the new followers and to all the favorites, love you guys!

Love Always, Alexandra