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"So what about you? Do you have any siblings?" asked Melody's date, Mark.

They were sitting at a table in a beautiful restaurant and Melody was trying to focus on having a good time instead of letting her thoughts wander back to the shadowhunters and Magnus.

Melody always felt uncomfortable when the first date conversation got to the part about 'family'. She had laughed at her date's stories about the pranks he and his brothers would play on each other, but when the conversation turned to her, she worried that she would kill the mood.

"I'm an only child," she answered and then tried to flirt with him to distract him from asking about her parents as well. "So I'm used to getting my way. You think you can handle that?"

She raised her eyebrows and he laughed. She smiled and took a sip of her white wine.

Their food came out and they chatted easily as they ate, she was enjoying herself and she felt the tension from the afternoon's events leave her shoulders – though that could have just been the wine.

Later when her date excused himself to go to the bathroom she reached into her bag, which was on the floor by her chair, to get her phone out. When she sat up again she noticed a dark figure in the corner of her eye.

She turned and to her surprise she saw Alec Lightwood sitting at a table a few rows down to the right of her, looking at her with a bored expression. He had his arms folded and was leaning them against the table. It had only been a few hours since they had met but she had somehow forgotten how good he looked. She didn't like that she couldn't deny it.

She her look of shock quickly turned into a glare as their eyes met across the tables. He simply smirked at her in return. 'What the hell was he doing here? Checking up on her? Making sure she wasn't doing anything unseemly just because she was part warlock? What a douche!' She wanted to march right over to him and punch him in the face for spying on her. But he was invisible to the humans here and she would look ridiculous talking to herself so she stayed put until her date came back.

"So what do you want for dessert?" Mark asked her kindly as he sat back down.

"Mark I'm so sorry to do this, but I have a sudden headache. Do you think we could cut this short? I'll owe you dinner?"

He looked at her with concern. "Of course. I'll get the bill. Do you want me to walk you home?"

Melody shook her head. "No that's ok. I think the fresh air and silence will do me some good. I'm so sorry about this."

Mark was very understanding and all Melody could think was that the Lightwood asshole had ruined her date with this wonderfully sweet guy. She was furious.

They walked out of the restaurant together, she quickly hugged him and they parted ways.

As she watched him walk out of sight, she pulled her stele out of her bag to trigger her invisibility rune. She was mentally preparing herself to tell the shadowhunter douche where to go. She thought he would be waiting in the restaurant for her.

"What? No end of date kiss?" came a deep voice from behind her. She whipped around to see Alec a few feet away from her with the same smirk on his face from earlier. He lazily placed his hands in his pockets as he waited for her reply. He was so tall. How did she forget that he was so tall?

She glared daggers at him, too angry to form words. Why did black look so good on him? Why couldn't he have been wearing orange or something?

The shadowhunter shrugged his shoulders. "Don't be so upset, it's not that big of a deal. The fact that he didn't kiss you shows that he's gutless. Better to know that now then to keep dating him."

Melody's eyes widened. The nerve of this guy!

"I-what? Are you freakin kidding me?" She stepped closer to him and looked up directly into his eyes. His very green eyes. "You asshole! How dare you follow me! Who the hell do you think you are? Oh wait, what am I saying? You're the perfect little soldier aren't you? Doing whatever mommy tells you to do! Checking up on the downworlder who could do all sorts of monstrous things with her magic."

Alec's eyes narrowed when she mentioned his mom. He took a step closer to her as well.

"My mother didn't send me here." He answered in a dark, low tone as he towered over her. "I can't even tell her about you remember?"

"Then why are you here?" Melody snarled as she took a step back. She hated that he was so tall. It made him seem intimidating somehow. It was unfair. She was wearing heels and everything.

"To make sure you don't do anything stupid," came his answer, as if it were obvious. "Though why you would date a Mundane is beyond me."

Melody didn't think it possible to be more angry than what she was at this moment.

He surveyed the people walking in and out of the restaurant. "Look at them, just walking around like ants having no idea what the world is really like."

"Why am I not surprised that you have a superiority complex? You do realise that being a shadowhunter means you're meant to protect the human population right?"

Alec didn't say anything.

"Is that why you're here?" she asked aggressively. "To protect them from me – the big bad warlock?"

Alec looked her directly in the eyes. "It's nothing personal. You're part downworlder and –"

"And somehow that automatically makes me a threat! Even when I haven't done anything wrong." This is why she didn't want to go back to the Shadow World. She would always have 'holier than thou' shadowhunters judging her based on what she was and instead of who she was.

"Downworlders are known to let their emotions get the better of them. You shouldn't have gone out today. It's been an emotional day for you and I wanted to make sure nothing went wrong."

"That's bull shit!" she exploded.

"Look at yourself right now - you can barely contain your emotions." Even though his words were harsh, he couldn't bring himself to regret making her angry. In fact, there was a part of him that wanted to push her to see how far she would go. There was something so striking about her when she was feeling passionate about something. She had also dressed up for her date - her almond shaped eyes were more pronounced and her lips looked incredibly kissable. He couldn't look away from her.

"That's because you were spying on me and ruined my date! Not because of today!"

"Either way, you should learn how to control them."

"What like you? Ha! No thanks! I'd rather have my emotions as they are, than to be a mindless drone like you!"

Alec glared stonily at her. Is that what she thought of him? "You don't know me." He replied coolly.

"What's to know? You're a soulless robot. Mommy's perfect soldier. I bet you did at least three hours of training today like a good little boy. Maybe even slayed some demons. But what are you doing right now Lightwood? It's a Friday night and instead of having a life of your own like I'm sure your sister, Clary and Jace are doing, you're watching me on my date.

Alec swallowed visibly. She was right. He had only ever been on a few dates and had never been in an actual relationship. He always let the institute come first. He had hated how while he was watching her laugh this low-life mundy tonight that he held felt a sting of jealousy. He couldn't understand it.

"Is that the only way you can get some action? You should see someone about you're voyeuristic tendencies Lightwood. It's pathetic."

And with that parting shot Melody walked away. Alec watched the sway of her hips as she did so. He then noticed that she wasn't clicking her fingers or waving her hands to get away. She was walking home. What was she thinking not using her magic to get home? It was dangerous with all the demons lurking around the city.

He began to follow her so that he would know that she got home safely.

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