Ch. 27
Damn it Izzy, Alec thought, I had Magnus right where I wanted him.
Magnus and Alec went into the living room, hand in hand. Izzy was sitting on the couch, her legs crisscrossed, and her face was in her hands.
Alec squeezed Magnus' hand and said, "Izzy?"
Izzy looked up at Alec, her face tear stained and her eyes red and puffy from crying.
"Izzy, what's wrong?" Alec let go of Magnus' hand and ran to Izzy's side.
Alec sat next to Izzy and pulled her into a hug. Izzy cried into Alec's shoulders, her tears staining his shirt.
Magnus sat across from the two Lightwood siblings, one leg over the other.
Izzy sniffed and sat up straight, moving her hair out of her face.
"I-It's Jace." she took a deep breath, "He k-killed a whole group of va-vampires."
"No." Alec choked out.
This could mean war. The Clave could declare Jace a traitor and stop the search for him and Clary.
Magnus finally broke the silence, "Wait, if he killed vampires, than the Clave will call him a traitor, right?"
Alec and Izzy slowly nodded. Alec got up and began pacing the room, running his hands nervously through his hair. Magnus and Izzy watched him as he paced around them.
"Alexander, calm down. You'll make a dent in my floor." Magnus stood up, moving toward Alec.
Alec waved his arms in the air, "CALM DOWN! HOW CAN I STAY CALM WHEN MY BROTHER IS SUFFERING FROM GOD KNOWS WHAT?"
Alec's blue eyes were stormy again, the swirl of blue shot through Magnus like an arrow. He stopped in his tracks and stared at Alec.
"HOW MAGNUS? HAVE YOU EVER GONE THROUGH WHAT I HAVE?" Alec yelled, as Magnus flinched, "WELL?"
Magnus continued to stare into Alec's eyes, "No, I haven't, but I want to find Jace just as much as you, BUT THAT IS NO EXCUSE TO TREAT ME THIS WAY!"
Alec yelled, "WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME?"
Magnus' expression hardened, every word hit him like a bullet.
"At this moment, nothing." he hissed.
Magnus turned away from Alec and Izzy and went into his office, slamming the door behind him.
"Alec-" Izzy started.
"Not now, Izzy?" He turned to her, "What time is it?"
Izzy took out her phone, "2:45 PM."
"Okay, I need to clear my head so I'm going to swim practice. See you at 6."
Without an answer Alec turned to leave, closing the door softly behind him. Alec ran down the streets of Brooklyn, towards the Institute.
When he got there Alec quickly ran to his room and packed his swim bag.
Alec swam at a high school, swam on the team CCAT, and he loved it.
Swimming was a fun sport, with lots of friends and coaches who helped you a lot. For Alec swimming was also an outlet, but he really did enjoy it.
Alec packed a CCAT cap, goggles, a towel, sandals, and extra change of clothes. He zipped up his dark blue swim bag, putting the straps on his shoulder he went into his bathroom. In the shower Alec kept his equipment, which was a black kickboard, blue fins, and a blue and black poolboy.
Alec picked up the bag with his equipment, attached a hidden seraph blade, and picked up his stele.
With his stele Alec drew a glamour rune on his skin. He quickly put his stele in his pocket.
Instead of going out the front door, Alec opened his window and steadying himself, he jumped from the window down to the street below.
When he hit the ground Alec ran outside the wards and towards his swim practice, before anyone could stop him.
When Alec was right outside the gates of his swim practice, he unglamourous himself but kept the glamour on his runes. He sighed putting his stele back into his pocket and he went inside the pool area.
Alec put his equipment near the edge of pool and headed to the boys locker room.
"Hey, Alec."
Alec turned around and was face to face with his best friend, Jason.
"Hey, Jason."
Alec put his bag on a bench and took out his phone. It was 3:30 pm and he had four missed calls from Magnus. Sighing he put his phone back in his backpack.
"Everything alright, Alec?" Jason stood next to him.
Jason and Alec had been best friends since they were fourteen. Jason was as tall as Alec, he had deep brown eyes, short black hair, and was just as shy and awkward like Alec.
"Nothing it's fine." Alec ran his hands through his hair.
Shouts were heard outside as Jason took ahold of Alec's shoulder.
"Come on Alec, it's time to stretch."
Alec nodded and followed Jason out of the locker room.
The whole CCAT team was out on the grass, starting to stretch. Alec and Jason went over to their group, the seniors, and started to stretch.
Their coach stood in the middle of the seniors.
"Okay guys, we're going to start with three rounds of burpees, jumping jacks, and squats."
"Uhh!" the seniors said.
Alec just stared at the ground, he was known as the shy kid around here.
"20 no pushup burpees, 35 jumping jacks, and 25 squats. Let's go!" the coach yelled, walking over to talk with another coach.
"Uhh!" Jason said, behind Alec.
Alec just shrugged, he really didn't care this was his warm up at the Institute.
He started on his burpees and was done in no time. He started on jumping jacks, not even panting.
Jason stopped and stood next to Alec, "How are you so good?"
Alec was now on his squats, "I work out a lot."
"Can you take me one time?" Jason asked.
Alec shrugged, "Maybe."
The seniors did the rest of the dryland in silence. Alec finished the three rounds before everyone else. He stood to the side watching the rest of his swim mates slowly start to finish.
Once all of them are done with the three rounds, coach comes over to them.
"Time to get in the water! LET'S GO!"
All of the seniors shuffled back into the pool area. Alec headed straight for the boy's locker room.
Alec unzipped his bag and took out his cap and goggles. He took off his black jeans and the hidden seraph blades in them. Alec took his shirt off, the muscles were ripped on his chest, and he was wearing nothing but tight blue swim shorts.
Alec stepped out of the boy's locker room and headed to the senior lane, cap and goggles in hand. He capped himself and took out his equipment. Jason stood next to him, he wore no cap due to his short hair and the black swim suit he was wearing looked worn out. Jason put his equipment next to Alec's and smiled at him.
"1000 skips!"their coach yelled, behind them.
Alec stepped to the edge of the lane and put his goggles on. Taking a deep breath he dove into the blue water, it felt like ice against his hot skin. Alec streamlined halfway underwater and came up, starting his freestyle stroke.
[(A/N Just a FWI: 1000 Skips consists of:
-200 swim (free)
-200 kick
-200 I.M.
-200 pull
-200 swim (free)]
Alec flip turned and was now on the second lap of the 200 free in the 1000 skips. His mind still buzzing with the conversation he had with Magnus and Izzy. Alec flip turned again and again and again.
By the time all of the seniors got in the pool, Alec had started his kick. Due to his height and long arms Alec was a butterflyer, so he kicked fly.
Still Magnus wasn't leaving Alec's mind. His beautiful cat eyes staring at him with love made Alec frown and feel sorry for yelling at him.
Now it was I.M. and Alec quickly finished the 50 fly.
Before he could push off for his backstroke 50, a swimmer grabbed his arm. Alec surfaced and clinged to the wall.
"Alec Lightwood?" the girl asked, letting go of his arm.
Alec nodded and took his goggles.
"Coach wants to see you." she said, and with that she pushed off the wall continuing her swim.
Alec sighed and got out of the pool, water punning down his legs. He went over to his coach who was looking at his phone.
"Coach?" Alec said.
The coach looked up at Alec, "Oh Alec, someone wanted to see you outside."
Alec swallowed, "Um…..ok?"
