And that's what Happens to the Placenta

"And that's what happens to the placenta," Magnus explained, taking a sip of his drink.

Max nodded slowly, then shook his head. "But… I still don't understand why you're dressed as one."

Magnus and Isabelle had gone all out for this halloween party. People had asked him once or twice if the spider webs were fake or if he had invested in an army of spiders for the aesthetic. Magnus had decided his costume would be funny rather than scary. He wore a red, bloody looking poncho with his brown gucci belt. Very couture. In a red baby bjorn on his chest was James, dressed as a fetus. Which in this case was just a pink onesie and some strawberry jam smeared all over his face and hands. Magnus wasn't sure where James was getting all of this jam from. But it was a nice touch.

Max was barely wearing a costume, considering the way he's been dressing the past couple of weeks anyway. His now blond hair was cut into a very Jace-like undercut. He wore a black leather jacket and matching boots, something Jace hadn't worn in years but was still very stereotypically him. He seemed to be truly embracing the role of becoming Jace Herondale.

"Hey Max," said a stranger approaching from behind him. "That jacket is very last season."

It took Magnus a moment to realize who was standing beside him. It was Jace, wearing a horrible looking brown wig of short curly hair. Across his forehead was a black headband with a metal plate. Engraved on the metal plate was a strange looking eye. He wore a hideous orange jumpsuit with the sleeves cut off and a large japanese characters in a white circle on the chest. He reached into his pocket and pulled out what looked like a pack of Yu-Gi-Oh! cards.

Isabelle laughed, leaving a previous conversation she was having with Simon and Clary and joining their small group. "Nice Max costume."

Max shook his head. "What are you talking about? He looks nothing like me."

Jace reached into his pocket and pulled out a pair of round Harry Potter glasses and a wand. "Are you sure about that?"

"Yes!" Max squeaked defensively. "I'm not into that lame stuff anymore. And I would never wear Goku's training suit with a naruto headband! That's just insane!"

Jace nodded, smirking and clearly trying not to laugh. "Well if you'll excuse me, I have to go and play Pokemon Go." He turned to leave.

"I'll have you know that's a very popular game! It has over 800 million downloads worldwide!"

Jace walked over to Clary, who was wearing a blue striped dress and had her hair braided into two pigtails with blue bows at the end. When she smiled and laughed at his costume, he spun around for her so she could get a full view of his ensemble. Max seethed and stomped off towards the drink table.

Alec wandered over towards his husband and smiled like he was holding in a huge shit. He electric-slided over to Magnus awkwardly and leaned against a pillar. "Hello my husband and my son, I see that you are both casually standing here, just like me, casually standing beside you."

"Alec, what are you doing?"

Alec leaned in and whispered through a clenched and forced smile, "I set up all the cameras."

Magnus nodded, glancing around to make sure no one was looking in their direction. Then he pulled out his phone and logged on to the app connected to the surveillance cameras. Alec leaned over his shoulder, as though Magnus were showing him a cute picture of James, and they swiped through, looking at all the camera angles Alec had set up around the house. All the angles seemed to cover most of the house, leaving few blind spots. "Wow, you even got the bathrooms."

Alec nodded. "And three different angles on all of the couches and both of their beds. Just in case."

Magnus scrunched his face. "You want to watch them…"

Alec shrugged. "We need all the details!"

"This is why I love you."

Alec smiled and kissed his husband. Then Magnus noticed Alec's outfit. "Where's your costume?" he pouted.

Alec scoffed and held out his arms. "What do you mean? I'm obviously a ninja."

"You're just wearing black jeans and a black shirt. You always wear that."

Alec shook his head. "I'm also wearing a karate belt!"

"Alec, that's from my robe."

He shrugged. "I had to improvise."

Magnus rolled his eyes and stomped away from his husband towards the snack table where he fed James a finger scoop of peanut butter for James to add to his odd abundance of jam. Jordan stood at the table eating a chicken leg and sipping tea from an old ceramic cup. His dog, Zuko, was wagging his tail at his side. "Are you dressed as Uncle Iroh?" Magnus asked.

Jordan nodded, smiling around a mouthful of chicken. "With a dog like Zuko, it's hard not to base your whole costume around him."

Magnus chuckled. "So how have things been now that you're not living with Maia?"

"Great. I sleep so much better now that I don't have to wear handcuffs to bed."

Magnus nodded slowly. "Mmm, I bet."

"And it's a lot easier to eat without someone searching each bite of my food for alien technology."

"Jeez, how did we miss all of that?"

Jordan shrugged. "It's ok, I'm with someone else now. Things are a lot better."

"Aww!" Magnus sighed, "when do we get to meet her?"

"Actually it's a him," Jordan smirked. "Never thought you'd be the type to assume. Tsk tsk."

"That's amazing!" Clary squealed, somehow suddenly appearing between the two of them without either of them noticing. To be fair, she was quite small. "What's his name?" she demanded.

Jordan shook his head, "we thought it would be better to just wait and let him meet a few of you at a ti—are you dressed as Wendy?"

Clary reached into her basket of hamburgers and chomped down on one. "I am indeed. The best costumes are ones that come with food."

Jace stumbled over to the table and leaned against it, letting his head fall onto Clary's shoulder. "You smell like flowers," he mumbled, taking a sip from his solo cup.

"What are you drinking?" Clary demanded.

Jace shrugged, "some kind of juice Max gave me. There's no alcolo in it so don't worry baby i'm el sobero."

Clary lifted his cup and took a sip. "Jace, this is pure gin."

"Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat? Max would nver lie tomé!"

"Jace," Manus chided. "You know what happens when you drink. We don't need you having another accident."

Jace shook his head, but looked more like he was leaning side to side. "I have nver had an accident. Only an on purpose."

Clary squinted at him. "You shat in my shower on purpose?"

Jace hiccupped. "Yees."

Clary placed the cup far out of Jace's reach. "Jace, you should probably get to the bathroom."

Jace shook his head, still leaned against Clary's shoulder. He almost hit her in the nose with his forehead. "I'm fin i jus need some breab." Jace shot up suddenly and looked around like a deer in headlights. His brow was suddenly dripping with sweat and he was shivering.

"Are you sure about that?" Clary asked.

Jace said nothing, just turned towards the hall and ran as fast as he could, one hand coming behind him to cork the hole.

Simon laughed, coming up to the table. "I used to run like that when I was little."

Clary laughed too. "I had a friend who ran like that too. He changed schools when we were little because he shat his pants in English class."

Simon nearly spat out his drink, but managed to choke it down. "Wow, that… really sucks for that person. I'm sure after that they learned how to schedule their bowel movements properly and never experienced that again. But as I said, can't relate."

Clary leaned in to whisper in Simon's ear. "Mrs Sherman's class, third row. You wore blue pants. They were never the same after that. I remember."

Simon went pale and laughed nervously. He slowly inched away, hoping no one would notice him as he ran out the door and into the night.

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