"So tomorrow is Saturday. Any plans?",Izzy asked that afternoon as she relaxed with her brothers in her room.

"Oh, I almost forgot to tell you, but Max wanted to go to Disneyland and mom was hoping that maybe we could take him.", Alec said from the her bed where he was lying with his head in Jace's lap.

Jace who was currently reading a book on demons, finally put it down."Hmmm..Disneyland? Sounds interesting. What say Iz?"

"Uh, hot dudes dressed in tights? Its not just a yes, its a hell yeah!", Izzy said.

"And here I thought you had a crush.", Alec really couldn't resist teasing his little sister.

Now it was Jace's turn to be astonished, " Izzy has a crush? Seriously? You people have been holding out on me. I need a name. Oh shit, she is blushing, I really need a name now."

Alec finally took pity on him, "Well ever since, Clary and Simon broke up a few months ago.."

"Clary and Simon broke up?", Jace interrupted him. Alec realised his mistake too late, the damage was done. The happy smile which had been on his parabatai's face was replaced by pain and Alec was the one responsible.

"Um..yeah..a few months ago. They are still friends of course. But they didn't work out. Anyways, ever since that, Izzy has been flirting with a certain daylighter way too often.", Alec finished in a attempt to divert his brother's attention, "and well Clary hardly comes to the Institute now, but Simon is by now a permanent fixture. I don't know why he hasn't been around much in the past week as a matter of fact."

"Because I told him not to.", Izzy said in a small voice from her post in front of the mirror, where she was trying new hairstyles,"I wanted time with Jace and well, I didn't know how Simon's presence would affect him especially since he doesn't know the truth."

Jace really couldn't help but think he probably had the best siblings in the world. "Awww, Izzy its okay babe, thank you so much. But seriously, don't ever change anything you love to do because of me. And I would definitely come to give you a hug but your tree of a brother is using me as a pillow. So.." Atleast that made Izzy laugh. "But I don't get one thing, why doesn't Clary come to the Institute, she needs to train."

Alec and Izzy just exchanged a long look. Finally Izzy got up and left saying that she remembered she had to run some errand for Maryse and she will see them later.

"Alec?", Jace asked when the older boy didn't say anything for the longest time.

"Okay, so after you left, I may have lost my temper with her. I was already on edge. With everything that had happened, the mortal sword, Magnus almost dying, the truth about you, izzy's addiction, and your leaving. And she just won't stop pestering me about where you were, and when you will come back. So one day I just.." with that Alec trailed off.

But Jace was not done, "One day you just what?", he asked as he finally sat up, causing Alec to sit up as well.

"I took my frustrations out on her. About everything. How she wasn't considerate of your feelings when she was frolicking with Simon. And the least she could have done was kept the relationship away from you and tried to do keep the PDA minimum in front of you. And that she didn't deserve you as a brother or as anything really. That is the gist of it. I am sorry. I know she means a lot to you and I shouldn't have said that. But I was pissed, ever since she came into our lives, we have just drifted further and further apart and you were gone for god knows how long and I was...I guess I was scared you will never return.", Alec said looking anywhere but at him.

Jace's heart broke into a million pieces."Shit Alec I am so sorry buddy, I never meant for you to feel abandoned. You should know no matter what happens, I will always come back, always. And yes, what you said to her was wrong but you were angry and she knows that. She didn't try coming back even once?"

"Well she does come back, just not often. Izzy was pissed too you know, cause you know on one hand she said she loved you and on thr other she immediately moved on with no remorse. We were confused.", was all Alec could offer. "You should probably tell her the truth. She deserves to know."

Jace knew he was right,"I will, I swear. i just need some time."

"And I will apologize to her and maybe try to get to know her properly. A clean slate. A new beginning.", Alec promised.

Jace knew it was time to change the topic, he hated seeing his brother so sad and guilty. "So your date, how was it. I know you got laid, so it couldn't be that bad."

And if Alec's blush was anything to go by, Jace's technique worked.

As Alec launched into a detailed story about his date last night, apparently all to happy to be away from the topic of Clary and Simon, Jace texted Izzy that it was safe to come back now.

And soon enough they were joined by a sheepish looking Izzy who had decided that the errand was after all not important enough.

That night the three siblings were joined by Max Lightwood, who was very much excited to be going on a trip with his brothers and sister. He had also made it a point to apologize to Jace for his behaviour at the party at Magnus' and also made Alec promise that his apologies would be conveyed to Magnus as well.

Their trip to Disney Land was the most fun any of them had for a long time. While Alec and Max went on every ride possible, Jace and Izzy were more focused on eating every single thing they could get their hands on. Jace flirting with every Princess they met was also a source of constant amusement. Izzy wasn't much better in this regard. She too was completely spellbound by the Princes.

The funniest perhaps was Jace's reaction on seeing Donald Duck which caused him to hide behind Alec. Although Jace will deny this till his dying breath. And if Jace was a little in love with girl playing Ariel with her red hair and green eyes, well everybody wisely kept their mouths shut.

Max for his part was on cloud nine. He tried every ride, shook hands with Mickey and Co. flattered Izzy by comparing her to Snow White, and irritated Alec by comparing him to Mulan.

"Magnus can be Li Shang", was Jace's addition to this.

Jace himself was compared to Peter Pan, which he was proud of. Atleast he was forever young. All in all the trip was a massive success and the siblings went home tired but happy.

And later that night Jace posted a picture on Instagram featuring him, Alec and Izzy wearing Mickey hats and making funny faces, instantly prompting Magnus to call Alec and tell him that he looked "super cute" and maybe he should wear the cap in bed.

Simons Lewis too saw the picture and although surprised as he didn't know Jace was back, he was heard saying how unfair it was that the Lightwoods managed to look good even while wearing silly hats.

Elsewhere, as Clary Fray saw the picture as she lay down to sleep. She was heartbroken to realise that her brother was back in town and had as of yet not made any attempt to contact her. She felt horrible about never realising the depth of his feelings and disgusted with herself as she too was still in love with him. That night she cried herself to sleep.