Cockblocked

Magnus elbowed his way through a crowd that had circled the chaos. Grunts and curses were being flung about like candy when we finally managed to break through the gathered people to see what was happening, Magnus had been right. It was Jace -and Jonathan- who had knocked over a lamp that now laid forgotten in a pile of iridescent blue glass at the edge of the clearing. Now they were wrestling on the ground rolling over and over neither gaining any edge, they were equally matched, but knowing Jace he wouldn't accept that. Clary stood by the chair she had been sitting in staring at the fighting boys with wide green eyes.

"Alrighty boys!" Magnus called over the hooting hollering for Jace to punch Jonathan, and for Jonathan to strangle Jace. Magnus stepped toward them and hauled Jonathan away from Jace while I scrambled to help my brother up.

"Let me go." Growled Jonathan pulling free from Magnus' grip and taking a step towards Jace who just got on his feet, but was ready for another round.

"I'm fine Alec." Jace muttered jerking his arm out of my hands.

"Bastard." Jonathan took another step towards Jace and Magnus jumped between them with a fierce glare that made his eyes look more like a cat's.

"I suggest you step outside and cool your head." He ordered between a stiff jaw. Even angry he was still attractive.

"Don't tell me what to do." Jonathan pushed Magnus aside. I grabbed Jace's shoulder to hold him back as he readied to charge at the other boy.

"Jonathan stop it!" Clary finally moved. She was now between the leering pair, back to Jace defending him. Clearly she still cared for him, so why couldn't they just get along and not be so dramatic? "Leave Jace alone." She warned and a smug smile took over his face, golden eyes gazing at her with an arrogantly victorious gleam.

"You heard the girl, you've been rejected. Take the message with grace and get out." Magnus said grabbing the back of Jonathan's shirt and began dragging him towards the door. A path opened up between the people as they went; Magnus fuming and Jonathan cursing and flipping the bird the whole way.

I turned back to ask if Jace was okay, but by the way he was devouring Clary's face I was pretty sure he was. The crowd began to fan out and mutter about how cool it would have been if the fight had continued. I just rolled my blue eyes and set out to find Izzy, it was Sunday and our parents would be home soon, to see that we weren't there. I got lucky that they didn't hear that I went to that bar, I wasn't about to get grounded for going to a party that I originally didn't even want to go too, but damn was I glad that I did. I got to kiss Magnus Bane a second time!

I found my sister draped drunkenly over a blushing and intoxicated Simon Lewis, their mouths locked in a sloppy looking kiss that left drool on Simon's chin. She fought, of course, and I had to toss her over my shoulder to get her to come along, Simon following after like a brainwashed monkey minion. We went back out into the dancing room to fetch Jace and Clary who were tangled together even worse than Izzy and Simon had been.

"I don't wanna go home." Whined Izzy as we made for the door, the last place I had seen Magnus, but he was no longer there.

I frowned to myself as I led our group out of the party and down four flights of stairs and out onto the street where I hailed two yellow cabs.

"Why two?" Cooed my sister as I sat her on her feet. She leaned against Simon for support and he was all too eager to wrap a wandering hand around her waist.

I ignored it as best as I could being her brother. "Because one's for Simon and Clary, and the other's for us. They live in the opposite direction remember?" I said rhetorically.

"But I want to stay with Simon!" Izzy whined clinging closer to him and his eyes lit up.

"And Clary and I just got back together. We must celebrate this occasion." Jace added and I rolled my eyes.

"You'll just break up again next week." I said pulling my siblings towards the taxi to the rear. They both complained and tried to get free but I held on tightly.

Jace cockblocked me with Magnus so it's only fair I return the favor. As for Isabelle she's always barging into my room without permission and sometimes it's just... not a good time. So this is payback in its simplest stupidest form.

"Alec you're sooooo mean!" Groaned Izzy as the taxi took off down the street.

"Alec is that a hicky?" Jace inquired then leaned in closer to the side of my neck and poked it. It was tender and I immediately felt the color leave my face and my stomach knot.

"What?" Exclaimed our sister and she leaned across Jace to get a look herself. I clamped a hand over it and looked out the window at the dark passing city.

"No fair let me see!"

"Who gave it to you?" Jace asked leaning heavily against my side. I didn't look at either of them.

"I didn't know he had any one to do that with." Izzy added and they both laughed. Maybe I should have left them to fend for themselves.

"I bet it was that Jessica girl from History, she's always eyeing you like a piece of meat." Jace chuckled clapping me on the shoulder. My stomach tightened it's knot. How could I tell them it wasn't a girl, and that it was Magnus?

"So what do you think Simon and Clary are doing right now?" I asked changing the subject, hoping to distract them with their own problems.

It worked.

"I swear if Simon touches her he'll have one less appendage than he was born with." Jace hissed to Isabelle who was red faced and fumbling with her hand bag.

"You'll have to beat me to it." She growled darkly as she finally pulled out her phone and started punching the keyboard so quickly that it almost seemed she had sobered right up, but when she cursed that her fingers wouldn't work properly I knew she was seeing double.

"I should have taken her home. Ugh, why'd you interfere Alec?" Jace shot at me and I just had to smirk. The immovable Jace Lightwood was frantic and not thinking correctly. It felt cool to be the one in control.

"Sucks getting cockblocked, huh?" I said and that earned me a double glare, one smoldering gold and the other an ice cold midnight blue.

I laughed, devilishly pleased with myself.

Monday I confront Magnus and apologize for my brother. Maybe things will pick up where Jace ended them. A boy can dream right?