Hey guys! I'm sort of on vacation right now but I had inspiration so I wrote this chapter (inspiration mostly meaning that I was told I was torturing someone by not posting) yeah that's me such a push over :D Anyway's I hope you like this chapter. Also I hope there's no mistakes, I tried to read it through but after all I'm only human, man if I were a shadowhunter this would be done so much faster.

So the song for this chapter is Human by Ellie Goulding.

Enjoy!

Hiding in plain sight

All characters belong to Cassandra Clare who likes to torture us by breaking our hearts and stomping on our souls, but you know that's why we love her.

Chapter 26.

Alec's point of view

"You get out of this car right now" Magnus practically growled at him. They had been sitting in Alec's car for about fifteen minutes now. He had decided not to get out. He wasn't exactly keen on going to see his mom and talking to her about being gay and all that jazz…especially with Magnus around because he would want to talk things through…and Alec didn't. After that dream he had last night he was afraid to even kiss Magnus, it was like every little touch felt so awkward and distant that Alec just shivered when he even thought about it. He didn't want this to go down this way; he needed to get over it. It was just a nightmare and nothing else.

"No" He said in a calm voice which only seemed to egg Magnus on.

"Fine" Magnus said in an equally calm voice "If you won't get out of this car right now, I'll just have to call the reinforcements"

Alec huffed and rolled his eyes, "Like whom would you call?"

Magnus turned his back to Alec and said in an overly cheery tone "Oh I don't know…. Maybe Izzy would like to come and join on our lovely little argument"

"You wouldn't dare" Alec said in a steely voice.

Magnus took his phone out of his pocket, "Watch me"

"You're bluffing" Alec said but he sounded doubtful.

"How long do you think it will take her to walk downstairs and come out to the drive way?" Magnus asked nonchalantly, "Because I'm thinking maybe less than fifty seconds…"

Alec hesitated for a bit but as he saw Magnus press the call button he quickly opened his seat belt and jumped out of the car, "Okay, okay there's no need to bring Izzy into this"

"That's what I thought" Magnus said with smug voice.

Alec walked right past Magnus and headed for the front door. He could hear Magnus' steps behind him because of the gravel under their feet. He opened the door and peaked in, great no one in sight.

"Come in" He said to Magnus as he stepped into the hallway. Magnus had barely closed the door when Alec was tackled to the ground by Izzy, "Where the hell have you been?" She demanded, "Well I know where you've been but I've always wanted to say that"

"Okay…" He mumbled as he gently removed Izzy's death grip from around his neck.

"Well I guess I was wrong, that was way less than fifty seconds" Magnus said out loud and earned a hug from Iz with a strange look on the side.

"Where's mom?" Alec asked interrupting Izzy and Magnus.

"Oh she's finishing up lunch" Izzy said, "She's making your favorite, spaghetti. You know sort of like making amends, she's really sorry about how last night turned out"

"I didn't know you were a spaghetti kind of guy" Magnus said with a smirk on his face. Izzy laughed but Alec just shrugged his shoulders, "Yeah, I like the simplicity of it"'

Alec saw Magnus give Izzy a questioning look but she just shook her head so they all stood there for a while sharing an awkward silence.

"So we should probably go see if lunch is ready" Izzy stated looking like she didn't want to be stuck in this situation.

"Sure sounds good"

"Definitely" Magnus said while taking a deep breath.

Alec was the first to enter the kitchen where he saw Maryse already setting the table. She stopped what she was doing for a second and just stared at the three of them. Alec could feel Magnus' hand trying to grasp his hand but he slapped it away and earned a frown from him. He felt kind of bad but he didn't want to show any affection right now. He was not in the mood for it.

"Hi honey" Maryse said in a wary voice which Alec thought was weird since she was usually so confident. Maybe it had been the wine last night, but today she seemed totally calm and…eerie. She was wearing a while ruffled blouse with black pants and of course her beige heels.

"Hi mom" Alec said, he thought he'd be angrier but apparently Magnus was right and sleeping on it worked. He wasn't that anger filled ball of negative energy anymore. He was more like a blank sheet of paper. He didn't really feel anything.

"Hello Miss. Lightwood" Magnus said with a cheery voice.

"Hello Magnus" Maryse said and continued to set the table leaving the three of them to just stand there once again.

"So let's sit down?" Izzy asked looking at her mother for permission.

"Of course" Maryse said nodding her head.

Alec took a seat and Magnus took the one next to him. Izzy was sort of smiling like a maniac; she was so excited about this little "meeting", so excited actually that she didn't notice the fact that Alec was looking like he might faint any minute now.

Maryse walked back behind the kitchen counter and went to get everyone some drinks.

"So Alec" Izzy started, "How's it going?" She stretched the words out and had a suggestive tone; she was looking for some interesting gossip I suppose, even though she insisted she didn't gossip.

"How do you think it's going Izzy?" was all he said and then just looked down at his empty plate.

"Wow, cranky much" She said and rolled her eyes then turning to Magnus for more information, "So what did you guys end up doing last night? Eating bucket loads of Ben & Jerry's and watching America's next top model?"

"Yeah…no" Magnus said with a bubbly laugh "We pretty much just went to sleep as soon as Alec showed up. You know anger takes up a lot of energy" He said insightfully.

"Yeah and don't forget the wrinkles you get from frowning" Izzy reminded.

"Yeah tell me about it" Magnus said.

"Smiling too much also gives you wrinkles" Alec stated.

"Is it just me or is he being Mr. Positive today?" Iz asked Magnus.

"No you're right; he's a bit on the cranky side today"

Alec just kept staring at his plate. He really wanted this to be over already. He didn't really want to think about all the ways this could go wrong, there were way too many of those.

Maryse finally joined the three of them and brought drinks with her.

Awkward silence seemed to be the theme of the day because no one said anything. Apart of their breathing nothing could be heard until Maryse decided to get on with things, "Alright, let's eat then. Alec here you go" She said passing Alec the food she had already plaited.

Luckily the silence didn't continue, that was mostly due to Magnus and Maryse really trying to keep the conversation going, "So Magnus, Izzy has told me a lot about you"

"Oh has she now?" Magnus asked.

"Yes, she says you share quite a lot of common interests, one of them being the well being of Alexander of course" Maryse said eyeing Magnus, watching his reactions.

"Mom!" Alec exclaimed, "Please don't"

"Please don't what? I'm not allowed to ask your boyfriend if he has your best interest in sight." She said with an innocent voice.

"Not now. Just please." Alec was squirming, he wanted this to stop. He didn't want to talk about things, not today anyway. That dream was haunting him; he couldn't stop thinking about it. Weren't dreams supposed to mean something, what if this one means something bad? God he didn't even want to think about it but he couldn't stop.

"Very well then, we'll just have to talk about it later then" Maryse said looking straight at Magnus. Alec turned to see if he was doing alright but what he saw was not the bright smiling Maggie he had come to know but instead Magnus was looking Maryse straight in the eye and said "I believe we do" , like they were sharing a secret that no one else was in on.

"Is there something we're missing here?" Izzy asked with a curious look on her face.

"Oh nothing my dear" Magnus replied with his bubbly demeanor back.

Izzy's point of view

Honestly Izzy was throughout confused. She couldn't figure out what the hell was going on. This lunch was like watching a movie in a foreign language, you could see what was happening but you had no clue to what it meant. Alec was acting even more awkward than usually and Magnus and Maryse… God let's not even go there. This was absurd. She didn't know what was wrong but she could see that something was definitely bothering Alec…You know in addition to that he didn't want to be here in the first place.

Izzy ate her spaghetti in silence and tried not to look too uncomfortable. Most of all she just wanted to drag Magnus or Alec –either one would do- out of this room and force the truth out of them. She didn't like being left in the dark, if something was going on with her brother she would find out.

"So are you guys done?" She asked in a hurry just wanting to get Alec alone.

"Yes dear, would you like to clear the table?" Maryse said and looked at Magnus, "Perhaps I could have a word with you while Izzy clears the table Magnus?"

"Mom I already told you to-" Alec started to complain but Magnus cut him off, "It's fine Alexander" Then he looked at Maryse, "I would love to have a word with you"

Okay and there we go again, they were all acting out of character. When the hell did Magnus ever behave properly?

"Well that's settled then" Maryse said with a content smile playing on her lips, "Let's go talk in my office"

"Of course" Magnus said and nodded. He gave Izzy a quick look before leaving but she couldn't figure out what that look meant. She watched Maryse lead Magnus out of the dining room; she could still hear their steps echoing down the hallway.

"Well that was awkward, huh?" She said trying to lighten the atmosphere.

"Yeah" Alec agreed, "I don't want to do that again"

"Well you know what they say, sometimes you have to do things you don't want to" She gave Alec an encouraging smile.

"So what do you think they'll talk about?" Alec asked her looking a bit nervous.

"Oh I'm sure mom will just be her over- protective self and question his intentions" Iz said and then shook her head.

"Yeah…" Alec mumbled under his breath.

"So let's clear the table?"

"Okay" She watched as Alec took the plates to the sink and poured water on them. Iz took the glasses to the sink and then put the leftovers in the fridge. She turned around to see Alec leaning against the kitchen table, he looked very disturbed. Iz bit her lip, it was definitely time for a sister brother conversation.

"Alec?" She called out.

"Huh?" He turned around.

"So are you gonna tell me what's going on?"

"What do you mean?"

"Oh come on, I can see something's bothering you" She said hoping he wouldn't try to avoid further questions.

Alec rolled his eyes, "Yeah coz you're such a mind reader"

"No I'm something better. I'm a sister and knowing when something is bothering you is part of the job description" She put her hands on her hips as to say she wouldn't let this go.

"Izzy really it's none of your business" Alec said and crossed his arms.

"Oh really, because I think it is" She said not backing down.

"How do you figure that?"

"Well you're my brother and I want to know if someone or something is hurting you" She said emphasizing her words.

"What?" Alec almost spit the word out.

"Yeah, I just need to know if I need to go kick some designer pants covered ass" She stated.

"Oh don't be ridiculous, Magnus didn't do anything. He was perfect last night, he... He did everything right"

"Yeah Alec because you're sounding so convincing right about now" Iz sighed, "If it's not Magnus then tell me what it is"

Alec bit his lip, she could see he was hesitating, "Really Alec, you know you can trust me. I won't tell anyone" She promised.

Alec sighed and looked at her with tired eyes, "Fine, but… I- I don't even know where to start"

"Start by telling me about the problem" Izzy said and moved closer to him. She pulled out a chair and gestured for him to sit.

Alec took the seat and she sat into the chair next to him.

"Well I had this dream" Alec started and leaned on the glass table, "It was more like a nightmare"

"A nightmare?" She raised her eyebrow.

"Yeah, a nightmare, and after that nightmare I haven't been able to think about anything else. I don't know why it's bothering me so much", Alec sighed and slouched on the table, "It's stupid really"

"Well what was the nightmare about?" Izzy asked carefully.

"I- I- I can't tell you" Alec mumbled into the table, "It's personal"

"Alec", Izzy let out a dry laugh, "I tell you everything, you know who my first kiss was, you know every detail about it, you know when my period started and you know what my bra size is because I drag you shopping with me, so if you think you can't tell me something personal…"

"Yeah, yeah, I know" Alec sighed. He seemed to be doing a lot of sighing today, "It's just that it really scared me"

"Uh huh" she wanted him to carry on, "Tell me more"

"I- It started normally. I woke up in Magnus' bed and I couldn't see him anywhere so I called out for him"

"Yeah and then what happened?"

"Then he answered and said that he was in the washroom, so I went to look for him and he was taking a bath"

"Well that must have been a sight for sore eyes"

Alec gave her a "Really Izzy, really?" look and then carried on, "And then he got up and I saw… like everything"

At this point she was having a hard time keeping a straight face.

"And then things started getting weird" Alec looked away and She could see that familiar blush rise to his cheeks.

"How so?"

"Well… I- I don't know how to explain it, it was like he wanted to do things to me"

"Oh" Izzy sighed, "And you weren't into it?"

"No, not really, and then mom showed up and she was watching him kiss me and touch me and…"

"And?" She asked with a concerned look on her pretty face.

Alec looked away and bit his lip. Iz wouldn't stop looking at him with expectant eyes so finally he just blurted it out, "MagnussortofIkindathinkwasabouttogivemeablowjob"

"Excuse me, what was that?" Iz asked half surprised and half confused. She was pretty sure she had heard Alec the first time but she wanted to be sure.

"I said, um… that…Magnus eh… was about to give me a…blow job. I think." Alec mumbled and looked as red as a tomato.

"Well that's…" She couldn't finish her sentence, "Hey, have you talked to Magnus about this because I think you should probably do that"

"I can't tell him about that dream Izzy"

"Why not, he's your boyfriend, you should be able to talk to him about these things" She stated and then grabbed Alec's fidgeting hand, "Hey really, listen to me. It's just probably because you're nervous you know. You've never been in a real relationship and you've never had to think about those things before. I imagine it's confusing and all considering that you just came out of the closet and all of a sudden you have a super hot boyfriend who's not really afraid to show affection, so yeah; I'd say you have a right to be nervous"

Alec didn't say anything but she could see he was thinking about what she had said, "I suppose you're right"

"I usually am" She laughed.

"It's just kind of an embarrassing topic to bring up" Alec sighed once again.

"Well it's about time you have the talk"

"Isn't that something a parent should say to their kid?" Alec asked with the tiniest smile playing on his lips.

"Well brother, all I can say is that I think Magnus will be more than happy to engage in conversation with you anytime, any subject"

"You think so?" Alec bit his lip again.

"Trust me, I have a feeling everything's gonna work out just fine between the two of you"

"Yeah unless mom kills him in her office"

"Yeah we should probably check on them" Izzy said laughing.

Alrighty then, I hope you enjoyed and I really hope you review because reviews are like awkward conversations with Alec. Please do feel free to tell me what you thought because I really want to know :D

Love Always, Alexandra