"Hey guys, was there a hurricane or something in here?", Jace asked his siblings as he entered his parabatai's room.

Isabelle who was in the process of scrutinizing her brother's closet smirked over her shoulder at him and replied,"Our darling brother has a hot date tonight with a certain warlock. And he's hoping he gets laid."

Alec who was currently lounging on his bed just groaned and hid his face in his hands. "Izzy please stop, its just a date. I have been on those before."

Jace tried his hardest but couldn't control the laugh that bubbled out. "Damn it Alec! Never thought I had see a day when you got laid more regularly than me and Izzy. How did this happen, Iz?"

Izzy finally turned to face, "Will he did wait till he found his true love before losing his virginity. He waited 21 years! Who does that?"

"Clearly not us.", Jace said as he went and sat down next to his parabatai.

"Please stop guys.", Alec finally moaned.

Jace finally took pity on his poor brother,"Okay, okay we will. But be careful, use protection, and be home by 12, and don't do anything you are not comfortable with."

Izzy laughed but her giggles were muffled by the pillow that suddenly hit him in the face.

"Oh pillow fight!", he heard her scream. And 5 minutes later all three of them were rolling around in bed trying to win the pillow fight of the century. Jace was proud to say that he won, by the way.

As Alec left for his date, Jace and Izzy found that they had nothing to do, at all.

"Okay so now that we can't embarrass him any more, what should we do?", Jace finally asked.

"Oh, lets do the thing where we watch trashy chick flicks all night long and eat lots of unhealthy stuff and drink.", Izzy replied, "Its been ages since we did that."

"You mean the break up ritual?"

"Yup. Why don't you see the TV room is empty and I will get the snacks.", with that Izzy turned on her heel and went to the kitchen.

"Please don't cook anything", Jace shouted to her retreating form.

The break up ritual was their thing. It had started when Izzy had broken up with her first boyfriend. Though not heartbroken, she had been down all night. Alec was at that time in Idris, so it was upto Jace to cheer her up.

So, he had gone to the store, bought lots of bad and trashy flicks, ice cream and vodka. They had spent the entire night watching movies and getting drunk. Since then , whenever one of then had a break up, or they had a fight and wanted to say sorry or they just wanted to reconnect in general, they would do this.

This was their way of bonding and no body else was invited, not even Alec. Although it was implied that if Alec and Magnus ever break up, they will cheer him up too, after they have killed Magnus, of course.

So Jace went to TV room and brought out every DVD he could find. Its not like they would see the movie rather preferring to gossip about whatever was new in their life.

As Izzy returned loaded with goodies and alcohol, Jace made himself comfortable.

That night they ended up watching Mean Girls (again) and Miss. Congeniality (Jace did not have a crush on Sandra Bullock, whatever Izzy may say) and it was somewhere around the middle of Titanic that Izzy fell asleep.

As he tucked his sister into bed and kissed her forehead, Jace was content. Sure he still had problems. While most of the Institute and even the downworlders knew the truth about his parentage, he still had to face Clary and he was brave enough to admit that he was from it. But if the past few months had proved anything it was that Alec and Izzy will be there for him, always.

As he went to sleep in his own bed, his last thoughts were of his sister, sound asleep in the next room and of his parabatai, asleep with his beloved warlock somewhere in Brooklyn. That night Jace fell asleep with a smile of his face.

The next morning he woke up with a pounding headache. He was not a lightweight at all, but he also did not drink often and so, drinking half a bottle of vodka in one go had not been the best idea. And even Alec wasn't home that means he had to cook, damn it!

He didn't even have enough energy to get dressed, so he just went downstairs in his sweatpants and a hoodie which he may or may not have stolen from Alec. As he neared the kitchen he could smell something cooking, something that smelt delicious. Did Izzy learn how to cook?

As he entered the kitchen he saw his answer. Although Izzy was there, sitting at the table eating, she wasn't the one cooking.

"Mom!", Jace said, "you are home!"

Maryse Lightwood turned around,"Hello Jace. Come eat breakfast. I made your favorite."

Jace wasn't even going to lie. He felt like a little boy and he loved it.

"Also I guess I owe you an apology. I tried so hard to come and meet you while in Idris, but between the thing with Robert and the Inquisitor's reluctance, I never could.", she continued.

"Its okay Mom, I know.", Jace smiled at her.

"So tell me what is going on at the Institute. Izzy where is your brother? Jace how does it feel to be the sole heir of one of the richest families in Idris?"

And as Izzy and Jace started talking at once, Jace felt that he was finally part of a real family again. And boy did they talk. When Alec finally came home, he found them sitting at the kitchen table and gossiping like old ladies about the going on in Idris. So he did the only thing he could think of, he joined them!