Oh - wow. Seriously - wow. I don't know what to say. I never thought this Fic would find so many readers with the first chapter oO I'm speechless.

Lucky for you I don't have to speak to be able to write, so here's the second Chapter. It's different than the first Chapter but I hope you'll like it anyway.

Chapter 2

Alexander Lightwood had thought a lot about how to tell his parents that he was gay. Whenever he did, he always had doubts if the situation he made up in his mind would be the right way to tell them, or not. But he was absolutely sure that his mom finding a naked Warlock in his bedroom was not the best way for her to find out.

After Magnus' (completely inappropriate) comment, no one had said a single word. In fact, Alec wasn't too sure if his mother hadn't had a heart attack until she finally took her hand down and cleared her throat.

"Alexander... what is this?"

Alec could not remember if he had said the thing about him having a secret boyfriend before or after he had opened the door. If he had said it afterward there might still be a way to get out of this, right? He could always pretend that he hadn't noticed Magnus was here. It might be a dumb way out, but it was a way...

"It's uhm... Magnus was... visiting." He could see that Isabelle was trying very hard not to smack her hand against her forehead right now – and he couldn't blame her.

"Visiting... in his underwear?"

Alec turned around, hoping Magnus would come up with something smarter to say, than he had. Something a lot smarter. It wasn't hard to tell that Magnus was not just thinking about what words to chose – he was also thinking about what statement to make. Alec begged him to come up with a cover story with his eyes. And he succeeded.

"Now now, Alexander, don't be so modest. Maryse, your son was kind enough to offer me a place to stay. I was attacked at my apartment yesterday. Some nasty little demons, nothing dangerous but when a well known Warlock like me gets attacked word gets out pretty quick. Alec and Jace received the message and decided to skip their training in order to help me. By the time they arrived I had already taken care of the demons but they had left a hideous smell in my apartment. It would have been impossible to stay there the entire night and survive. Alec has kindly offered for me to stay here and even left his bedroom for me, because he wasn't sure how you would feel if he would have put me in a room which is meant for foreign Shadowhunters."

"Y-yeah. Exactly." Alec was stunned by how fast Magnus had made up that story, which sounded incredibly believable as well. But as impressed as he was, there was also this little part in him that thought he ought to be concerned that his boyfriend was so good at lying. "I spend the night in another room. Unfortunately I forgot to take some clothes with me, that's why I came back this morning to get some. Clothes I mean."

He wasn't sure if his mother was buying any of this. She still looked at Magnus as if he were a ghost. After a while she said: "I see. Well, Alexander, that was very big of you."

Isabelle frowned in disbelief, that their mom had fallen for that. "It was?" Alec shot her a certain look and she corrected herself: "It was. Anyway, I'm going downstairs now."

"Yes, please. In fact Alec, grab some clothes and leave as well. I'd like to talk to Magnus for a moment." Her voice was very monotone and right now a robot had more body language than her.

A new rush of fear (Alec had had a few of them this morning) overcame Alec, but this one actually cord up his throat. He mumbled "Yeah, sure" and did as he was told. With shoes and a shirt in his hands he then stood outside his room a couple of moments later, together with Isabelle.

The second the door closed in front of them Isabelle said. "You are so screwed."

"I know." Alec said and put his shirt on. "And you haven't exactly been helpful!"

"I'm sorry, okay? I was the heat of the moment. Besides, I feel bad for Magnus. How do you think it makes him feel that you're always hiding him? You're lucky he even puts up with it."

Alec sighted. "Well, for what it's worth, I don't think he has to much longer. Mom knows... why else would she have wanted to talk to him alone? I don't know what to do. I can't handle this... not right now. It's too soon."

Isabelle placed her hand on his arm to comfort him. "Are you ever going to be ready?"

When he didn't reply she continued. "Look, I know I tease you about it. A lot. But this is serious. The moment that door opens again you are going to want to know where you stand on this."

"Where he stands on what?"

Alec jerked as he heard Jace' voice. And then it hit him... Jace! If there was even the slightest chance that his mom still believed him, Jace would crush it the moment she'd ask him about it. And even if not, if his mother mentioned the cover story to Jace he'd figure out the rest on his own. He wasn't stupid. Alec took a deep breath before he said: "Jace, I need to talk to you."

Isabelle looked surprised. "Alec, what are you doing?"

"Deciding where I stand."

Jace looked around between the two of them with a confused look on his face before he said: "This wouldn't have anything to do with your secret relationship with Magnus, would it?"

Alecs mouth dropped open and after a while he managed to look sideways to his sister, who quickly held up her hands. "Don't look at me, I didn't tell him."

"No one told me. Honestly, it doesn't take a genius to figure this out."

"Which explains why you were able to." Isabelle teased him.

Jace shot her an annoyed look but Alec lost it: "Stop talking now!"

"Alec... it's okay. I don't care who you're with as long as you're happy."

He swallowed at the thought that he'd also like to be with Jace. Or would he? For as long as he remembered he had been hung up over his Parabatai. Which was not only impossible because Jace wasn't gay, but also because Parabatai weren't allowed to be together. But ever since Magnus had shown up, things had... changed. Alec still thought about Jace being the one he really wanted, but to be honest, this felt more like a habit and not like his feelings anymore.

Before he was able to pull himself out of his train of thoughts, not to mention think of something to say, his mother opened the door again and stepped out of his room. When she saw that Alec and Isabelle had become Alec, Isabelle and Jace, she jerked. "Jace! Where did you come from?"

Jace blinked. "Out...side?"

"Were you out all night again?"

"Yes." when he saw Maryse' upset look he quickly added: "No. No, I was in my bed, all night, sleeping like a baby."

Maryse looked at him for a moment before she nodded. Alec thought she might be close to a mental break down. "Very well then. Let's go have breakfast. Magnus will be joining us."

Alec looked at Magnus, who appeared behind his mother and seemed to have found his clothes in the meantime and had gotten dressed. "He will?"

"You offered him a place to stay and we will not decline him breakfast. Afterwards he can go back to his place. I'm certain the smell has worn off by now." Maryse then walked off.

"Well" Magnus said once she was gone and everyone was staring at him. "This should be fun."

As you can see - this isn't the end ;) But it will end after the next Chapter, I know that now. It'll be a Threeshot. So stay tuned & please leave a review in the meantime :)