Hi! Sorry for the late update! I don't really wanna make excuses so I'll move on. I will be alternating from both Magnus and Alec's point of view and if they are in the same place and stuff the next chapter will be what happened after and if they aren't it'll be the same day except what each of them went through. So this is the same day when Magnus meets Max. Hope you enjoy!

Alec was clutching onto his toothbrush and standing on the toilet when he heard the doorbell ring. He kept his gaze on the monstrous creature while he yelled toward the door, to say to whoever it was, to let themselves in because the door was unlocked. He heard footsteps climbing up the staircase and up to the room where he was facing off with the creature. The door to his bathroom creaked open and revealed a certain blonde.

"'Alec, what in the world are you doing?"

When Alec didn't respond, Jace trained his gaze down to where Alec's was. Then he made a face that said he understood this crazy situation in which his best friend was holding on to a toothbrush like a sword and standing atop a toilet. He casually walked inside and picked up the spider with his left hand by the body.

"Jace! Be careful, don't die on me!"

Jace ignored his best friend and slid down the hall and to the window. He opened the window with his free hand and threw the spider out. Alec is usually a hard-headed, calm, and collected person. Except when it came to spiders. Which made no sense because he was perfectly fine with other bugs with lots of legs. Once Isabelle had found a centipede in the bathroom and freaked out and Alec came in just as Jace had and threw him out the window.

The next couple of hours consisted of the blonde trying to reassure the black-haired boy the 'monstrous creature' was gone and not coming back. Alec, being Alec, still wanted to disinfect the whole house to which Jace had to remind him that Logan probably wouldn't very much appreciate that and it was quite ridiculous to spend the money and time to disinfect the whole place because of one tiny spider.

Even when he was finally convinced, he swore to himself to never use the particular washroom. They headed down to the kitchen where the blue eyed host made two cups of coffee for himself and his guest. One with a bit of milk and the other black. Jace usually drank black coffee like Alec did but when it was early and he felt slightly groggy he preferred to add a bit of milk. This and Clary usually loosen him up on early mornings. She and Jace just recently got engaged and were even more lovey dovey then usual if that was even possible.

"Jace, what did you want again? You're never awake by this time, even if you were, all you'd do is cling onto Clary until she had to go to work and then you'd sulk around all day."

"Oh shut up. I just wanted to see how you were holding up. You've had an irregular sleep schedule ever since…"

As soon as he mentioned it, all the memories flashed in his head. And he thought he had forgotten it. Time passed rather quickly with everything going on he had thought he was over it. Clearly not, Alec stumbled over a little but quickly stood up straight. Not wanting to show Jace he was right. He needed to talk about something else, change the topic.

"Let's not talk about that. I'm fine, Logan is helping out when he can and it's not like I stay home all day."

"Really? Logan is helping. Where is he now?"

Okay, this wasn't the topic he was going for. In fact it wasn't all that of a very happy one either but slightly better than the other one. He grimaced himself while he tried to answer casually. Trying to distract himself with the coffee maker.

"Office."

"Alec-"

"I love him, okay? He isn't always like this, Jace."

And that was that. Jace always shut up when Alec mentioned this. Probably because he was in no position to talk. He had done many reckless things in the past for Clarissa simply because he loved her, even when she didn't return the same feelings for him. She eventually did though, and they became the most cheesy couple of history. It was quite obvious they were head over heels in love. Sometimes Jace's over protectiveness and Clary's obliviousness were a little overbearing but Alec had to admit they were good together.

Jace hung around the rest of the day. He even helped out Alec when he was recording a new video. They tried as much as possible to avoid depressing topics. Well, Alec tried. Jace just knew it wasn't appropriate time to talk about it. But he thought it was nice to have company for once. No, don't think about that. Positive thoughts, positive thoughts, positive thoughts, positive thoughts-

"Alec. Alec!"

He turned to see Jace gesturing toward his phone. Which he finally noticed was ringing. Quite loudly too. He bent over the table to reach it. The caller ID read Logan. He pressed accept and put the phone to his ear.

"Hey, what's up?"

"I just wanted to hear your voice."

God, must he be so sweet? Just when Alec started to have doubts and negative thoughts, he would always do spontaneous things like this and cheer him up. Alec felt the slight warmth on his cheeks as he continued.

"Long day at work?"

He heard Logan sigh over the phone. It was quite obvious he was right.

"Yeah. The client's being a bitch, I wish I could see you. I have this urge to just walk right out the office and just go home and cuddle with you all day. I was about to buy a cigarette at the convenience when I stopped myself and called you instead. Aren't you proud of me?"

He had been trying to quit smoking for the past few days. Every time he had the urge to smoke he would just call Alec and forget about it. Alec thought it was rather sweet and flattering that Logan could get rid of his urge by talking to Alec. The smoking came naturally to him, both his parents smoked, his relatives smoked, and it was an easy way to get rid of stress at work. Logan had told him that, but he'd also said talking to Alec relieved his stress as well. That was why he called every time he was feeling stressed out. Alec chuckled as he replied.

"It's a start. You're getting better, but there's still room for improvement."

"That is the closest thing to a compliment you've said since I decided to quit."

"No. I've complimented you on it before."

Alec shifted the phone to the other side as he picked up the remote on the table to turn off the tv. They were playing one of those old comedy shows with lots of sexual innuendos. It wasn't as though he or Jace particularly despised the show. Alec would rather talk to Logan and Jace would rather text Clary. Or that's what he assumed the blonde was doing on his phone.

"Nope, I got a record right here."

"You keep a record?"

"Of course. Why wouldn't I?"

"You are such a nerd."

"Look who's talking."

Alec liked books. He read books, lots of them. His parents had a library in their house filled with all kinds of literature. Neither Robert nor Mayrse (his parents) read a lot. They were far too busy for that. But they wanted their children to grow up knowledgeable. They thought if they had an enormous library in the house someday their children would get bored and read them.

It only worked on Alec. Izzy and Max had other interests. Max liked reading comics and mangas which -though there were a variety of books in the library- weren't there. Izzy was too interested in becoming the world's biggest heartbreaker to have the time to read. Her first boyfriend was when she was 3. It lasted 10 minutes, Isabelle broke up with him right after. He guessed she was born a heartbreaker. After a few minutes of contemplating, he answered Logan.

"Alright, fine, you're right."

"Who are you and what did you do to my boyfriend?"

"Oh shut up."

"Okay, Okay. Oh and I think I'll make it to dinner."

This was really rare, Logan was always so cooped up in his office. He was always working. He'd stayed overnight at the office multiple times. He did complain about the long hours of his job, but Alec knew he loved his job. Otherwise he would've quit long ago. He quickly decided they would be having Logan's favourite that night and informed him so. Logan told him he would come as fast as he can. They hung up and Jace didn't bother to turn his gaze to Alec.

"Logan?"

"Yeah, he said he's going to be back for dinner."

"Well, I'll leave you two alone then."

The blonde started standing up and gathering his belongings. Which consisted of his jacket and his phone. He walked over to the door and Alec followed. At the door they said bye and Jace left. As soon as Alec closed the door he couldn't help the wide smile creeping up his face. He hummed off tune while preparing dinner.

And so we learn Alec's bf isn't a total Richard. Okay, I realize my chapters are really short but would you guys prefer longer? Cause if you want I can make it longer but I don't know. Please tell me your opinions, leave a review or three I heard it cures cancer. If you haven't already please also favorite and follow as this will be a multi-chaptered fic.