The view of the institute made her stomach flip. It had been a good few weeks since she left. No word to them or from them, so she knew she had missed a lot of Shadowhunter happens. Gripping the handle of her bag, she walked up to the large old building that was shielded by an invisible force. She made herself invisible by her rune, so nobody thought she was a crazy person headed into abandoned building, where roots broke through the walk way, vines climbing up the bricks that were crumbling, and only broken windows allowing the cold air to flow through the building.
Walking up the crumbling stairs, she took a deep breath before pushing open the doors, and the fully decorated institute revealed itself. One thing that caught her attention was the alarms. They weren't going off. Which meant her secret was easier to hide from the others, even Izzy and Alec.
Walking through the small hallway where the marble flooring shined with the walls and the large photo-frames hung with the wall lights. But Lexi was more interested as to why the Shadowhunter's were rushing around, how much had she missed?
"Oh my god, Lexi!" Her head snapped to her parabatai, Izzy, rushing towards her, dropping her bags, as Izzy pulled her into a hug.
"Hey Iz, miss me?" she asked. No one visited so she guessed they didn't want to bother her.
"Of course I missed you. I wanted to come and visit, but Hodge told me to not to contact during this time, everything okay?" The raven head pulled away and raised her eyebrow. She had to lie to her best friend.
"Everything is okay, really. Just some family issues, all good now...Er...where is my father?" She had to have a few words or a few punches to give him.
"He is with Jocelyn"
"Who?" Lexi frowned, she had never heard of that name before.
"Jocelyn Fray, Clary Fairchild's mother"
"Who? Izzy I have been gone for a good few weeks, so these names are new"
"Yeah, a lot of things have happened" she mumbled.
"Lexi!" The male voice came from a blonde, smiling back at her, with a red head beside him. As he walked down the steps, he pulled her into a hug "Good to see your back, for good right?"
"Hopefully" There could be a slight chance she would be kicked out over her little secret.
"Well, we are glad you're back for now. Liking the new hair, shells?" During her time of change, Lexi had to look like a siren, so they braided a thick neat plait beside her left ear, some small shells linked in-between the hairs. "Izzy, have you filled her in on...everything?" His tone of voice changed on the word everything.
"Not quite. I was on the topic of Clary and Jocelyn" She responded
"Okay, wanna give me more than names?" Lexi asked
"Lexi...this is Clary, the newbie" Izzy introduced the red head. She was pretty, really pretty.
"Nice to meet you, Lexi, finally, heard a lot about you" Clary spoke up, her voice sweet.
"I'm guessing those things are good?"
"Of course, nothing but good words, and a certain someone" Izzy spoke up. Lexi darted her eyes at her. "Sorry. Still a sensitive topic?"
"I just thought maybe I would be more than Alec's ex girlfriend, or ex lover, whatever I was"
"Well, to me, you are my sister, my parabatai, I'm glad your back home, where you should be. How's your mum?"
"All good, everything is better now" She managed a smile; before it disappeared seeing three people come into view, her ex, her enemy and a new Blondie.
"So how much has happened? Everyone seems to be rushing around" she said heading to a table, before sitting down. Jace, Clary and Izzy looked tense, like they were hiding something. Glancing at the wedding table, she frowned seeing flowers, large silk ribbons, plans with the word in capital bold letters. 'WEDDING'
Gently shoving back the materials, the word got her more interested in why Izzy and the two were looking tense. "Someone getting married?" she asked raising her eyebrow.
"Er...yeah...about that" Jace tried to speak his words. Alec, Maryse and the blonde stood beside the table.
"Lexi, what a pleasure your back" Maryse spoke through her lying teeth.
"I wish I could say it's a pleasure seeing you smile, Maryse" She smirked, before glancing at Alec. He had a stern face, nothing new.
"Is this Lexi? It's a pleasure to finally meet you, I'm Lydia Branwell, well, tomorrow I will be Lydia Lightwood" She put her hand out for Lexi to shake it. Standing up from the chair, she pushed some materials away from the table, revealing a congratulations sign, with Lydia and...Alec's name on. Pulling her hand away from the sign, she left a small burn on the paper, from her middle finger.
She turned to face the small group. Maryse smirking. The trick was not to show your emotions, later she would explode. But how long would she hold it in for? How long could she hold it in for? The lights of the institute started flickering, before she calmed down.
"You two are getting married?" she asked
"Yes. Alec asked me a week ago"
"A week ago?" she frowned. Either Alec has been cheating on her, or he was that desperate. Looking at Alec heartbroken, she then looked at Maryse. She was glad this was happening to her.
"It was sudden, but it's for the best" Alec actually spoke up! Biting her bottom lip, she nodded at him.
"Congratulations, I wish you all the best, you are going to need it" Shaking her head at all of them, she walked off towards her old room, ignoring the green glow from the weapon room with the runes on the floor, but Hodge was walking towards her, smiling.
"Lexi, your back!" He grinned. Raising her eyebrow, she grabbed his shoulders and pinned him against the wall. Some Shadowhunter's rushed over, but Hodge put his hand out.
"Oh I'm back, I'm sorry, are you disappointed that I'm in your life again? Or were you hoping that I would be out your life again?"
He looked confused. But this was his mask.
"Don't play dumb with my daddy, mum told me everything. So stay away from me, or I will not hesitate to hurt you. I'm stronger than I was, Hodge, now that I know what I really am. Piss me off, I will show you my true side, and it won't be pretty" she warned him, through her teeth, spitting venom, before pulling her hands away. She turned her head looking at a confused Izzy, Jace and Alec. Shaking her head, she left the hallway and headed to her room, surprised to see a door. Opening the wooden material, she slammed it shut and sat on her bed, staring at the new mirror. Standing up, walking to her reflection, she stared at herself, starting to get angry, the lights flickered, the water in the new glass vase with some fresh flowers started bubbling, before she threw her fist into the glass of the mirror, watching it smash onto the floor. She was broken just like the mirror.
"Didn't take you long to smash the mirror again did it?" She turned around seeing Alec standing at the door.
"There's a thing called knocking" She informed him. Turning around to face him, she let the tear fall down from her glassy eyes.
"You look...different" He managed to compliment her.
"Don't give me crap Alec. Shall we discuss the elephant in the room?" she asked raising her eyebrow "Do you honestly hate me that much, because I kept going on about telling everyone about us?"
"You left, Lexi, you left me"
"Seriously, why would you care? As far as I was concerned, you didn't care that much. Your word's hurt me Alec. I never felt so broken in my life, but you managed to top that off. Marrying someone, tell me, was the real reason you didn't want to tell other's was because you were cheating behind my back?" she asked. Alec's eyebrows furrowed
"What! No! I would never do that to you Lexi!"
"Then why marry her?"
"I'm doing it for my family. The Clave believe because my parents were part of the circle, they are incapable of doing their job. They were going to send them back to Idris"
"Maybe they aren't capable of doing their job, your mother's job is putting people down, either Izzy or I"
"My mother just has views on people"
"Views she needs to keep to herself. Just tell me something. How long have you known Lydia? What's the time line from when you met her till you proposed?"
"A...day or so" Lexi looked at him shocked.
"When is the wedding?"
"Tomorrow"
"You need to leave"
"Lexi...please"
"Leave before I do something I regret" She warned him.
"Alec. Let me talk to her. Lydia wants your opinion on some colours" Izzy spoke up as she stood by the door "Go before mother finds you here"
"You better go. Before the dog hunts the fox" Shaking her head, she sat down on the bed and looked at Izzy as Alec left the room.
"You're not crying"
"You want me to cry Izzy?"
"No, of course not, I was just concerned. Alec annouced he is getting married to a girl he knew for a day or so, and you're not fighting or breaking down. I'm...impressed" Lexi turned to her parabatai.
"If you really knew me Izzy, like you're supposed to, you should know, I'm broken inside, I feel dead. Nothing, like my world is destroyed. The one guy I loved, broke my heart"
"Alec still loves you"
"Then why is he marrying her? And not me?"
"It's...a difficult situation at the moment"
"Cut the crap Izzy. Enough about him, what's been happening?"
"Well, you met Clary. She found out she was a Shadowhunter a couple weeks ago, daughter of Jocelyn and Valentine-"
"Wait. The Valentine? Bad guy? Wanted the mortal cup?"
"Yes, the rogue Shadowhunter. He is alive and well and so is the circle. Clary's mother was part of the circle, but managed to escape. Also, Valentine is the father of Clary"
"Wow. That's messed up" Lexi mumbled surprised.
"Yep, a mundane called Simon was kidnapped by vampires, mainly Camille and Raphael. Though Raphael let Simon go, Camille did something, and then turned him into a vampire. Clary had to make a choice. Kill him, or bury him and see if he rises as a fanged Downworlder. Er... we visited Magnus Bane, to retrieve Clary's memory. But, we all had to give up a memory of a loved one. It went all good, until Alec's memory was of you. The demon started enticing him, he broke the bond as Jace tried rescuing him, Jace was nearly dragged probably into another world, but Clary killed the demon. Fun times"
"Anything else?"
"Oh, there is so much to tell" She grinned before telling Lexi even more information. It was hard to take in.
"Wait, you were on trial?"
"Yeah, just a mission I went on to do with Meliorn. But now the Mortal Cup is back with us and secured"
"Well. Let's say, I'm glad I was spending time with my mum" she said lying back on the bed. "This world is so messed up" she sighed closing her eyes.
"Izzy? Your mother wants you, you said you were going to arrange the bachelor party for Alec" A girl spoke up. Lexi opened her eyes and looked at Izzy, disappointed. "Go. We are done here" she said sitting up watching Izzy walk out. "Izzy...if I never returned, would you have told me about the wedding?" she asked. Izzy looked at Lexi not knowing her answer. "I thought so" Shaking her head she walked to the broken mirror and started tidying up.
"Ah, you haven't moved" Lexi stood up and looked at Maryse.
"What do you want?" she asked
"The wedding is tomorrow"
"Oh I know. Alec visited, he told me everything"
"Good. You are of course not invited. You must stay in your room, or go back to your mundane of a mother"
Oh if only she knew the truth
"Fine, whatever, are we done?" Maryse nodded and headed to the door. "Oh Maryse? It's been a pleasure seeing your face again, I missed you so much" she smirked before the stern woman slammed the door shut.
Oh, she was going to the wedding tomorrow...