Alec's eyes fluttered opened, immediately closing again as the bright light stung his eyes, sending a wave of pain through his head. Alec groaned before pulling himself up on the bed, the bright red sheets falling around his lap. A wave of dizziness sent him back down, Alec started up at the celling, he brought his right hand up to his face and rubbed his eyes, god his head hurt. He went to push himself up again with his free hand when a crippling pain shot through his body. Alec flew up on the bed, clutching his left hand tight to his chest. He slowly pulled it away and looked down to see a white badged wrapped round his hand, the sleeves of his shirt stained in blood. What the hell happened? Alec shifted on his bed, the red sheets-
Red sheets. Alec had blue sheets. Alec quickly looked around him. This wasn't his room. He jumped off the bed ignoring the pain that caused his head and stood in the room. It was very large, a four post bed stood in the centre, red sheets and cushions covering it, the bed frame made from dark oak. There was a large wooden door, Alec crept forward and lightly pushed opened the door, peaking his head through. It was empty. He quietly walked out into the large open living room. A black leather sofa was located in the middle, book shelfs covering the walls that weren't occupied with paintings. The walls were covered in dark brick, opposite him was a large window, covering a whole wall. The Brooklyn Bridge could be seen in the distance. Alec went to get a closer look when a voice called out from the side of him "Alexander you're awake!" Alec jumped like a scared cat, spinning around to see who was there. Magnus was walking into the room through a arch way, leading into the kitchen. He was wearing a pair of dark blue jeans, a long black silk shirt, the top few buttons left undone. His hair and face was void of make-up.
"How are you feeling?" He carefully walked forward, his gel free hair flopping to one side.
"Where are we?" Alec looked around the loft again, he had no memory of coming back here or where even 'here' was.
"My apartment" Magnus offered. He walked up to Alec and seemed to be studying him with his eyes.
Magnus's place? Why was Alec here, more importantly why did he wake up in Magnus's bed. Alec could feel his headache growing. He brought his uninjured hand to rub his forehead.
Magnus was stood in front of him, his head tilted to one side. "What do you remember from last night?" His voice sounded soft and delicate, very unlike Magnus, what had happened to make him sound so nervous.
What did Alec remember? He remembered turning up at the party with Jace and that annoying kid called Simon and then everything goes blurry, like someone had put a wall up in his mind. "Umm, I-I can't remember anything?" His heart started to beat faster, its pace quickening, why couldn't he remember? Was his brain trying to protect him from something? He had blood on his sleeve, he was at Magnus's place, he couldn't remember anything. Alec squeezed his eyes shut hoping something would come back to him. Nothing did. He felt himself stagger backwards, he reach out his hand to clasp the leather sofa, he saw Magnus take a cautious step forward, like he was unsure what to do or what to say.
Magnus give a small smile, something hidden behind it "Thats okay-"
Alec pushed himself off the sofa and walked forward towards Magnus, he needed to know. "What happened?"
Magnus tried to hide the concern and panic from his face. Alec had no memory of the whole incident last night, maybe his mind blocked it, maybe he was to drunk to remember? Magnus bit the front part of his lip, Magnus was afraid of this. Magnus had spent the majority of the night pacing his living room debating what to do, what he should do if Alec didn't remember. He came to the logically conclusion that he should tell Alec, it was the right thing to do, but as Alec stood unsteadily on his feet, his face flushed with fear Magnus couldn't help but doubt himself. He cursed, Alec was clearly shaken and he didn't want to make it worse by causing him to remember last night but as a image of white scars across pale skin flashed up in his mind he knew that he needed to talk to Alec about this. "Maybe we should-" Before Magnus could finish Alec's phone came to life in his pocket, Alec reached in and pulled out his phone, a confused look on his face. across
12 missed calls from Jace. Why was Jace trying to call Alec, he brought the phone up to his face "Jace-"
"Where the hell are you!?" Jace yelled, his voice laced with worry and anger.
Alec pulled the phone away from his ear, the loud noise feeling like a bat to his head "What d-"
"I was looking for you all night and then I woke up this morning and you weren't here!" He could hear Jace breathing hard like he was out of breath, "I went looking for you last night and someone said you took off and there was glass all over the floor and blood everywhere. I went outside and there was blood on the walls and on the streets I-I thought something happened to you! I tried to ring you but you didn't pick up! What the hell happened?!" Jace had finished his rant and was still breathing hard, he could hear movement on the other line like he was pacing. Alec was stood frozen; blood, glass? Alec looked down at his hand, how could Alec not remember what happened?
"I-I don't know I-" Alec felt his chest tighten slightly, the stress starting to get to him, Jace had a million questions and Alec couldn't answer them. He looked around the room to see if there was any evidence of what had happened. The place was spotless, the only out of place thing was him.
"Alec your scaring me man, where are you?" Jace sounded scared, which was something new to Alec, the fear in Jace's voice spread to Alec, he tightened his grip on the phone and turned to face Magnus. He was stood a few feet away, twisting the rings on his finger. Something seem to click in Magnus head, he took a small step forward before reaching out and taking the phone from Alec, his tightened grip instantly loosened when Magnus griped his hand. Magnus placed the phone to his ear and gave Alec a quick smile.
Alec clearly remembered nothing and Jace's (who even that was) questions were just stressing the young boy out. "Hello?"
"Who is this? Wheres Alec?" A aggressive tone shot down the phone.
Usually Magnus wouldn't take that kind of tone from some stranger but he could tell he was just worried about Alec which he understood "I'm Alec's friend; Magnus Bane. Alec had a little to much to drink last night and cut his hand, he's fine I took him back to my apartment to clean his wound and he passed out asleep. He's safe" Magnus turned around to look at Alec who hadn't moved from his spot, he seemed to be starring at the floor in deep concentration.
There was a large sigh "Thank god, he scared the shit outta me" The boy was clearly worried about Alec that much was apparent.
"Yeah, sorry about that one, he's all good though." Magnus pinched the bridge of his nose, 'all good' was the last phrase Magnus would use to describe Alec
"Is he coming back, does he need me to pick him up-"
"No no, I'll look after him its fine." Magnus gave a dramatic wave of his hand
"Okay, just get him to text me when he can, let me know he's alright." The boy sounded very worn out, clearly his worry for Alec had taken a toll on him.
"Will do" With that Magnus hung up, placing the phone on a small sofa chair next to him. He gave a large sigh, now to have a conversation that he really didn't want to have. He turned back round to look at Alec who was still looking down at the floor, his uninjured hand carefully rubbing the bandage, his hand suddenly froze and Alec looked up from the floor, his face was chalk white, his eyes wide like tunnels.
It was if someone had taken a sledge hammer to the wall in Alec's mind, everything came flooding back to him; Magnus, the bottle, his hand, the street. He felt that now familiar sense of dread and humiliation well up inside of his chest "Oh god- I-I-remember-" Alec wanted to hide. He wanted to disappear right now, curl up in a ball and never return.
Magnus started to walk forward, motioning to the sofa behind Alec "Why don't we sit down-"
"There was blood everywhere-" Alec looked back down at his hand, images of blood flowing from the wound consumed his mind, he felt his whole body tense up. He started to back up, the large open room which now seemed like a small box. The back of his legs caught the sofa, he sunk down onto it, squeezing his eyes.
Magnus rushed over towards Alec "Alec please don't do this-"
Alec was looking down at his hand, "I-I couldn't get-"
Magnus knelt down in front of Alec, his voice soft "Hey, hey its fine" he reached out and took hold of Alec's hand, lightly wrapping is own around it "Look at your hand, theres no blood; see?" He lifted the hand up towards Alec to show him the fresh white bandage, Alec looked down at his hand, his face still unsure "Its all good, turns out I'm a fabulous nurse" Alec give a finale look at his hand before looking back up to Magnus. Alec's eyes were shiny from unshed tears, Magnus gave him a warm smile, his hand still wrapped around his Alec's. Magnus was about to move when he heard Alec say something.
"I'm sorry" it was broken and small and made Alec hate himself more.
"Pardon?" the confusion was apparent in his voice.
Alec could feel more tears start to gather in his eyes, he hated it. "I'm sorry for ruining you night and scarf and-" Alec tried to pull his hand away from Magnus but Magnus held his grip, his warm hand surrounding Alec's trembling one.
"Alec-"
"I should of-I'm sorry-I-" Alec felt himself shutting down, he couldn't believe what had happened, this was meant to be a fresh start, he had told himself that so many times and this was the second time he had failed,
"You need to stop apologising for things that aren't your fault" His voice was firm but somehow still soft. He just didn't get it, It was Alec's fault, everything that had happened over the last year was Alec's fault. He could bare to look at Magnus anymore to turned his head away, looking at the floor.
"Alexander, look at me, please." Alec kept his head away, he hated when people saw him like this; vulnerable and weak. Alec was about to stand up when a hand lightly gripped his chin, Alec tried to turn away more but eventual gave up, allowing Magnus to turn his head back towards him. He kept his eyes fixed down, stubbornly avoiding Magnus eyes. Magnus lifted Alec chin up, forcing Alec to look at him. Magnus looked tired, his eyes which usually danced with confidence and joy were now drowning in worry. "You don't need to apologies to me-" Alec went to interrupt when Magnus took his hand from Alec's face and put it around his hand like the other, his two hands now enclosing his injured one. "-You did nothing wrong." He sounded so sure and confident yet he had no idea, no clue what Alec was really running from. Magnus was looking at Alec carefully when he released Alec's hand and brought it back up to his face, cupping his cheek, he paused "I'm not going to hurt you Alec. Ever" He spoke slowly and firm, like it was the most important thing for Alec to understand. Magnus hand didn't move from his cheek as a tear finally made its way down Alec's cheek, crashing into Magnus hand.
"Thank you Magnus" His voice was quite and unsure. His eyes never left Magnus, and neither did Magnus's. The pair just sat in silence for a while, both unsure what to do or say. Over the last year Alec had lost a lot, a list to long to name. Since that day Alec had never felt safe, always looking around him, jumping at any noise. He felt exposed and unsafe, however as he sat on the safe, Magnus knelt in front of him one hand wrapped around his the other on his cheek; Alec felt safe.
The buzzing noise sounded from the sofa chair next to the pair, Magnus slowly pulled his hands away and walked over to the phone picking it up and handing it to Alec.
"Izzy" He carefully stood up from the sofa, walking around towards the large window
"Hey big bro, I am so excited to see you today! I've been thinking about it all week?!" She gave a excited shriek causing Alec to remember his hangover.
Oh crap "Its Saturday" Alec was meant to be going out for a family meal later this evening, it was the last thing Alec wanted to be doing.
"Yeah It is! Were going to leave in about a hour, will take us about four hours to get there so we will probably arrive at about 5pm and then I'll come pick you up at about 6pm?" She rambled off the information giving another squeak at the end of the phone.
"Um yeah that sounds good" Alec leaned the side of his body against the wall, using his hand to rub his head.
"Are you okay?"
"Yeah why?" Alec gave a small cough trying to persuade his voice to be more convincing
"You just seem a little off" She had stopped squealing and now had a more concerned tone. He didn't like it when Izzy worried about him, she had another to deal with at school and at home.
"No I'm fine just a little tired" It was true, Alec was tried even though he had slept the whole night he still felt a weight on his across.
"Well get some rest and I'll see you later! "Love you Alec!" Alec gave a little smile, he really did love his sister.
"Love you too Izzy" Alec clicked the phone off and put it into his pocket. He paused before turning around to see Magnus standing by the sofa, twisting the rings on his fingers.
He took a step forward towards Alec "Hows your sister"
"Good, she-she's coming up today; with my parents" Alec felt some tension drip back into his body at the mention of his parents.
"Oh, how nice" Magnus gave a large smile, stopping just in front of Alec.
"Yeah"
Magnus clapped his hands together before turning around and walking back towards the kitchen "Well I could really some coffee and something to eat-"
Alec shifted on his feet and walked away from the window, he looked down at the floor as he passed Magnus "Oh yea-yeah I should get going anyway-"
"-I was going to ask if you wanted some" Alec stopped, he slowly turned around. Magnus was leaning against the door his arms crossed over his chest. Magnus could see the conflicted look on Alec's face. Before Alec could protest Magnus pushed himself off the wall and came towards Alec.
"Look your hungover, some good breakfast and coffee will help?" Alec was looking down at the floor, something Magnus noticed Alec did a lot, like he was trying to hide from the world.
"I don't want to cause anymore trouble" He muttered. Magnus felt his chest ache for Alec. He walked over to him, tilting his head to the side, he wanted to reach out to Alec but didn't know how he would respond.
"Alec, you don't cause me trouble, quite the opposite actually" Magnus gave Alec a little smile and to Magnus surprise Alec returned it, shifting on his feet. Magnus walked back over to the kitchen. "What would you like for breakfast?"
Alec followed behind him "Umm I don't mind, whatever you're having?" The pair walked into the kitchen. It was very large, a white marble island in the centre. Alec carefully took a seat while Magnus walked over to the fridge, pulling out some ingredients.
"Well I'm going to have blueberry pancakes?" He placed them on the side and brushed his hair out of his face.
Alec was playing with his hands nervously "Yeah that-that sounds good" Magnus gave a quick smile before starting work on breakfast. There was a moment of silence before Magnus spoke over his shoulder to Alec.
"So hows the hand feeling?"
Alec looked down at his hand, a small spot of blood had gathered in the centre, he turned his hand around so he couldn't see. "Yeah its good thanks, thanks for sorting it out" Magnus continued cooking the pancakes, adding the ingredients to the pan. Magnus filled the pancake before adding it to a plate and walking back over to Alec.
He placed the plate in front of Alec and walked back over to the coffee pot "So what have your got planned with your sister?" He poured the coffee into a large white mug, walking back over to Alec.
Alec gave a small smile before picking up the mug with his uninjured hand. "Think were all going out for a meal and then I might spend the day with her tomorrow" Magnus could see Alec was thinking over something in his head.
"Sounds lovely" Magnus walked over to grab himself some coffee, pouring it into his favourite mug.
"Yeah" His voice sounded hollow and empty.
Magnus momentarily stopped poring his coffee "That didn't sound very convincing?"
Magnus took a seat opposite Alec, he was picking at the blueberries in his pancake not looking up "No, I am excited to see my sister, I love her its just...My parents are coming as well" He sighed and took a small bite of the pancake.
Magnus took a small sip of his drink, the warm steam hitting his face "Oh, not excited to see them"
"More like the other way round" Alec used his hand to rub his left wrist, Magnus sat up in his chair feeling himself tense, a feeling of dread washed over him knowing he needed to talk to Alec about what he had discovered.
"There not excited to see you?" His voice was careful, looking at Alec's hand while it nervously rubbed his wrist.
He pulled his hand away and sat up in the chair bringing his hand up to run through his hand coming to rest on the back of his neck. "Its-its-"
"-Complicated" Alec took his hand off his neck, leaning forward on his chair. He crossed his arms and on the counter.
"Yeah, we don't really get along" Alec didn't like to think about his parents, he rested his head on his arms on the table.
"I can't imagine anymore not getting on with you Alexander" Magnus was smiling his large smile at Alec, a warm look on his face. It was odd. Alec had only known Magnus for a short time but he felt safe with him, like he wouldn't be judged. Alec was looking at Magnus while he drinking his coffee. The bright light from the kitchen making his eyes stand out, the worry he had seen earlier was still there, like he was thinking hard about something. Alec pulled his eyes away from Magnus looking back down at his hand. Alec suddenly became very aware of the fact that he still had blood on his sleeve and on his shirt. He quickly stood up from his chair.
"I should really get going, I've got some work to do before I meet my parents"
Magnus quickly chugged the rest of his coffee and stood up "Let me grab my coat and-"
Alec shook his head, "No, no its fine I can walk back, some air will help" Alec gave a forced smile, walking out of the kitchen, he needed to get out of these clothes.
"Do you know the way back?"
"Yeah i'll be fine, thanks Magnus" Alec called over his shoulder as he headed towards the door.
"Alec!" Alec stood in his tracks, slowly turning around. Magnus was rocking on his feet, twisting his rings nervously like he wanted to say something but didn't know how to! "If you ever need to talk about anything, feel free to call me or drop round, whenever" Alec looked at Magnus, he gave a little smile before turning around and leaving. As he left the building taking off in the direction he fault was the way back, his memory still a little blurry, he pulled his phone out of his pocket, opening his contact list. He scrolled down to 'M' He clicked the name.
11:47am: Thanks for fixing my hand, sorry for all the trouble p.s the pancakes were good - Alec
His hand hovered over the send button before he hit it. He held the phone for a few more moment, as he was about to put it into his pocket it went off.
11:47am: Its okay Alexander, glad you enjoyed them I'll have to make you some proper food some time p.s I knew you kept my number ;) - Magnus
Alec looked at the message before closing his phone and putting it back into his pocket. shoved his hands into his pocket and continued home.
Alec managed to find his way back to the apartment, it only taking him around 10 minutes. Alec walked towards the dorm room. He turned the handle and pushed open the door. Jace was sitting at his desk. His head quickly turned around and as soon as he saw Alec he jumped up rushing over to him.
"Alec!" Jace had a wide smile on his face.
"hey-" Jace pulled Alec in for a hug, Alec awkwardly just stood there. Jace pulled back, the smile still on his face. He looked down at Alec and his smile dropped.
"Holy shit what happened?" Alec followed Jace's eye line, a large red stain was in the middle of his denim shirt.
Alec walked pass Jace towards his cupboard "Oh it, it looks worse than it is trust me" He pulled open the doors and grabbed a baggy grey sweater with small holes littered across it. He also grabbed a pair of joggers.
"You scared the hell out of me man I thought you were attack or something!" Jace walked over to Alec, his face was filled with worry.
Alec felt bad, he didn't want to cause Jace to worry, he probably should of called Jace to tell him he wasn't coming back but Alec was in no condition to make any kind of call last night. "Yeah sorry, I didn't get a chance to ring I was pretty out of it"
Jace gave a small small "Its fine, I-I was just worried" He walked back over to his desk, flopping down into the chair. "So you excited to see your sister today?"
Alec took his phone out of hit pocket and throw it on the bed, it landing with a small thud. "Yeah, It will be good" Alec just kept focusing on the thought of Izzy, trying to ignore the thought of his parents "So how was the rest of the party?"
"Well after you took off it was kinda shit, I spent most of the night looking for you and then I cam back to our place but you weren't here and I kinda passed out" Jace was typing away on his computer.
Alec felt more guilt creep into his chest "Sorry"
Jace seemed to pick up on Alec deflated, turing around on his seat to look at Alec. "You don't have to apologies Alec, I was pretty tired and that Simon guy wouldn't stop talking so I didn't mind" Jace gave Alec a small smirk before turning back towards his screen.
It didn't do much to change the guilt in Alec's chest, picked off his clothes off the bed and made his way to the bathroom to get cleaned up "Well I'm going to get some work done before my sister turns up" Alec closed the door to the bathroom and walked in, placing his clothes on top of the toilet lid. Alec looked into the mirror; he was a mess. His shirt was covered in blood, his left sleeve getting the worse of it. Alec's face seemed sunken in, his face like chalk. Alec wanted to forget about the whole of last night, everything. Why did he agree to go to the stupid party, he knew it would end badly. Alec wrapped his hand around his bandage, rubbing the area where his wound was.
His parents were coming. Alec had been trying to push the thought out of his head but it kept forcing its way to the front. How would Alec explain his wound? He couldn't tell them he went to a party, 'Partying isn't the way to get results' his dad would say. Alec pushed down on his cut, a sharp pain went though his body. Alec relaxed slightly, the pain giving Alec a short escape from his problems. He knew this was a dangerous slop, he had stopped doing this months ago and promised Izzy he would never do it again. He gave another small squeeze. He was slipping and he knew it, this was how it started last time. He pulled his hand away and turned on the shower taking off his bloodied clothes. He wouldn't slip, if not for himself, but for Izzy.
Alec was holding two ties up against his white shirt, he hated wearing suits, they always made him feel false, like he was on show.
"Grey" Alec turned around to see Jace laid out on his bed reading some history text book.
"huh?"
"The grey tie, its goes better with the suit" Alec looked back into the mirror, he threw the blue tie on the bed and started to tie the grey one. Alec finished and looked in the mirror, he noticed that the white bandage had become even more red, he quickly looked away, he really needed to change it but didn't know if he could cope looking at the wound without spiraling into some form of panic attack. He looked back over at Jace.
"Hey do...do you think you could change the bandage...I...don't think I can do it" Alec felt like a child, he cringed. Jace looked up from his book and gave Alec a reassuring smile before moving off the bed into the bathroom. Alec waited before Jace came out with the rooms medical kit. Jace motioned with his head for Alec to sit on the bed, Alec did so. Jace sat next to Alec and opened the bag grabbing a antiseptic wipe and some more bandages. Jace was about to take Alec's hand when he stopped, he looked up at Alec. Alec gave a confused look before realising that he was asking permission to touch his hand. Alec give a little smile and nodded. Jace took Alec's hand and started to undone the bandage, Alec quickly looked away making sure he couldn't see the blood. He heard Jace swear under his breath as Alec felt a rush of air connect with his hand.
"This is going to sting" Alec bit the bottom of his lip anticipating the pain. A sharp stinging spread through his hand, he gripped the bed with his other hand "Sorry!" Alec gave a nod and Alec felt a bandage being wrapped around his hand. "All done" Alec looked back around, he gave Jace a quick smile and stood up from the bed.
"Thanks" He walked over to his bed and grabbed his black suit jacket slipping it on.
"I didn't picture you as a suit guy" Jace had laid back on the bed, picking is book back up.
"I'm not" Alec did the buttons up, he felt like he was being trapped.
Jace gave a small laugh "Why you wearing one then?"
"Because were going to some fancy restaurant" The displeasure was evident in Alec's voice, he hated fancy restaurant just as much as suits. It was all so fake and false.
"When I see my parents we usually go Applebee's" Jace gave another laugh like he was remembering something funny.
"My parents have a thing about going to posh restaurants, I've just learned to deal with it, its easier than arguing" It was true, Alec hated arguing with his parents, it was so exhausting and tiring.
"So-"
Before Jace could finish there was a pounding at the door, both boys looked around "ALEC! open up!" Izzy's voice filled the room, her knocking continuing.
Alec gave a large smile and walked over to door "Coming!" He reached for the handle and pulled open the door. Izzy crashed into his chest, her arms wrapping around his waist.
"Oh my god I've missed you!" Alec returned the hug, resting his chin on top of Izzy's head.
Izzy gave a final squeeze before pulling back, Alec gave her another smile "Its only been a week Izzy!"
"Yeah well still missed you!" She returned the smile and turned around, her long black hair swaying as she did. Izzy was dressed in a short black dress, one no doubt there parents disagreed with.
Izzy looked around the room before her eyes settled on Jace, she walked forward towards him "And who's this!"
Alec followed her forward "Oh Izzy this is my roommate Jace, Jace this is Izzy"
Jace stood up from the bed and walked to her "Nice to meet you Izzy" He gave her a kind smile.
She held out her hand to shake Jace's, she tilted her head and flashed her white teeth in her usual large smile "Nice to meet you too"
Alec leaned down towards Izzy, whispering in her ear "Don't even try it!"
Izzy pulled back with a loud laugh "What!"
Alec titled his head to the side, smiling also "You know what-"
"Alexander" Both Izzy and Alec stopped, turning around to see Maryse and Robert were stood in the door way. Robert was wearing a black suit, much like Alec's, his face was stern and tense. Maryse was stood behind him with a long black fitted dress, the top part had gold gems embedded on it that faded as they went down. Her hair was pulled back into a tight black bun, her posture tight and stern. Robert stepped around Maryse and came into the centre of the room, his hands held behind his back.
"Mother, Father I thought you were waiting in that car?" Izzy's voice was tense, she tired to inject some happiness into her words but they fell flat.
Robert didn't look at either of them, walking around the room "We wanted to come see how Alexander was settling in" We stepped over to Alec's desk, looking down at the books on the table "See if our money was being put to good use" Alec looked down at the floor.
"Alexander" Alec looked up to see his mother stood in front of him, he gave her a small smile and she kissed his cheek.
"What happened to your hand?" Alec looked back at his dad, he placed his hands behind his back.
"Oh my god" Izzy rushed over to Alec, her hands over her mouth "Alec wha-"
Alec shook his head "Its fine really, I...I cut it while playing basketball" Alec hoped his father bought his lie, knowing he would disapprove of him attending a party that didn't befit his job in some way.
"Shouldn't you be studying, I didn't pay for you to play games all day" His voice was bitter, no hint of emotion or compassion.
"Been keeping up with your work?" His dad going through his text book, flicking through the pages.
"Yes" Alec copied his fathers voice; firm and emotionless.
"Good" He placed the book down and picked up another one. "How many chapters ahead are you"
Alec looked over to Izzy before looking back down at the floor "Five"
"Thats great Alec" His mother gave him a reassuring smile.
Robert walked back over to Alec "Let make that ten" it wasn't a question.
"Of course" Alec suddenly realised that Jace was still in the room, he looked over to the boy that was looking partially nervous.
Alec stepped forward towards Jace "Oh this is Jace, my roommate" He gave Jace a nod, Jace looked at Alec before quickly stepping forward.
"Nice to meet you nice" Maryse gave Jace a warm smile shaking his hand, Jace turned to Alec's dad.
"Nice to meet you Mr Lightwood" Jace extended his hand towards Robert. Alec watched as his dad looked down at the hand, pausing before taking it.
The pair quickly shook hands before Robert pulled away. "What course are you taking?"
"Uhh um History" Jace gave his usual warm smile.
"Hm" Robert gave a displeasing smile and turned around walking towards Maryse. "We should be going now, cannot miss our table at Masa" With that Robert left the room down the hall.
"Again nice to meet you Jace, I'll see you downstair Alec" Maryse gave a finale smile before following Robert out of the room.
Almost simultaneously the siblings let out a large breath. Alec rubbed his face "Well that went well" His tone was bitter, why did his father have to be like that.
Izzy turned around and put her hand around Alec's "Its been a long trip up here just give them-"
"-Time?" Alec had given his father plenty of time and nothing had changed. He gave another large sigh "Lets just get this over with" "Let me just grab my keys and stuff, I'll meet you downstairs"
Izzy gave Alec another quick hug before turning around and leaving the room.
Alec looked over to Jace "Sorry about that" He walked over the his desk and grabbed his keys, shoving them into his pocket.
"That was...intense" Jace sunk down on his bed.
"Yep, thats father" Alec did a finale check in the mirror, making sure his tie was straight not wanting his father to be complaining about that as well.
"He was pretty harsh on you I mean, ten chapter ahead?" He saw Jace shake his head in the corner of his eye. Alec was use to it, his father also made sure he was ahead in classes telling him thats how you succeed. He took a large breath and started to walk towards the door.
"Good luck" Jace called out.
Alec closed the door to the apartment, he leaned against the door and closed his eyes. He knew this was going to be a long night, it always was with his parents but Alec didn't know how much he could handle after last night. Suddenly his phone lite up in his pocket. He pulled it out.
8:24pm: Hope you have a nice time with your parents tonight. Hope your hand is feeling better, think I would make quite the nurse ;) Feel free to call/drop by if you need to talk - Magnus"
Alec looked down at the message, a small smile creeped across his face, he was still going out with his family, last night still happened but for some reason the thought of Magnus gave Alec a small but real feeling of joy, the feeling of safety returning to him.