A/N: Hey guys. I am soo sorry this thing took so long. The next chapter will be faster, and it will also probably be the last one.

Anyway, I hope you like it:

Alec woke up confused: He was in a strange room, in a strange bed and he was feeling incredibly strange all over. Also he wasn't wearing a shirt. He felt tingly, like he had just had about fifty runes applied to his body at once. He moaned incoherently and tried desperately to figure out why his abdomen felt like it was on fire.

"Alec!" Gasped Magnus, throwing himself onto his body, "You're alright!"

"Magnus?" Alec groaned weakly, "Where am I?" Isabelle launched onto the bed beside him, "You're awake! Are you OK? How do you feel? Where does it hurt?"

"Isabelle!" Yelled Alec (or at least tried to, ;it came out as more of a croak and dissolved into a fit of coughing). "Isabelle be gentle with him." Hissed Magnus, as he smoothed Alec's sweaty bangs from his forehead. Isabelle sighed, but let Simon lead her back a few feet.

Alec struggled to sit up. "What happened to me?"

"You got stabbed by two demons simultaneously." Whispered Magnus, sounding more scared than Alec had ever heard him. "And I survived?" Said Alec, "How?" Even feeling as groggy as he was, he could still remember that the percentage of people, even shadowhunters, who survived double demon poisoning was basically zero. He looked over at his boyfriend, "Did you… save me?" Magnus smiled sadly, "Not by myself, but luckily I have some very powerful friends."

"Catarina?"

"No Tessa."

"Tessa?" Alec asked. He vaguely remembered Magnus telling him about something about a girl named Tessa… It had had something… to do with Clary's name and Jace's ancestor, "You mean the one who- um… Who is Jace's…" He didn't know how to phrase it without giving away Tessa's history.

"Careful, you'll hurt yourself." Came a voice from the other end of the room. Alec looked up to see Jace grinning, and leaning against the doorframe, "I'm glad you're okay."

"And I'm glad you haven't jumped on me like everyone else." Alec grinned back. "Well I was in the other room when you woke up, Clary came and got me." Jace told him, "I was listening to a rather interesting story about my past which by the sound of things, you already knew about."

Alec blushed, "Don't be mad, I didn't think it would be my place to tell you. Or Magnus's. I mean, he only told me because I may or may not have accused him of having an affair with your ancestor."

"Will?"

"Yeah. Will."

"Okay, that's weird, but we'll talk about all that later. As far as the whole 'not telling me' thing goes, it's fine. I'm still a bit in shock but I'll be fine."

"Really?" Asked Alec. Jace nodded and went in for a light (and slightly awkward hug.

"OK. What are you two talking about?" Asked Isabelle, hands on her hips. "Umm…" Said Jace, apparently not wanting to share his newfound knowledge with everyone.

"You had an affair with Will?" Interjected Jem, in a fairly successful attempt to distract attention away from Jace's ancestry. Jace shot him a grateful look and Jem smiled him as Magnus squirmed, "Well…"

"Oh tell them Magnus! It's a good story." Said Alec, smiling mischievously. Magnus glared at him, "You know you don't look so good, maybe I should do another spell. The kind that knocks you out."

"You mean the kind you cast on Will?" Alec asked cheekily.

"Touché." Answered Magnus ruefully, "Though, if it works on you, the way it did on him, I'll get a kiss. Which, I gotta be honest, might be worth the embarrassment."

"You kissed Will?" Asked Jem, wide-eyed. Magnus shrugged, "I had to break up with Camille." He defended.

"You kissed him to break up with Camille?" Jem said, "But you broke up with her before I became a silent brother. How did I not know about this?"

"Well somebody managed to convince Will that he hallucinated the whole thing." Said Tessa pointedly from the doorway, where she had suddenly appeared, "So he didn't find out until years later." Jem laughed and took her hand, pulling her to sit on his lap.

Jace, on the other hand, stiffened at the sound of Tessa's voice, and looked over at her with a complicated mix of emotions that even he didn't really understand. She smiled gently at him before turning back to the rest of the group, "So, you're telling the 'you and Will make-out story' huh?" She asked Magnus.

"Only because they made me." He grumbled. Tessa giggled, "And Alec's doing OK?"

"Oh I'm doing fine, I just little feel a little numb." Alec told her, "It's nice to meet you though. I've heard some pretty funny stories."

"Yeah, more stories than me apparently." Said Jem, "How come you didn't tell me that Magnus and Will were lovers?" He asked Tessa, "Because I have to say it puts all those times he ran into my room in the middle of the night, pretending to be drunk in a totally different light." Magnus laughed and Tessa rolled her eyes, "I meant to tell you but I forgot." She said, "Sorry."

Jem sighed, "Fine. You're forgiven." He told her, "But if I find out that you've been withholding any other stories about… I don't know Gabriel Lightwood cross dressing…Uh… I'm going to…Make you regret it?" He winced, "Sorry, I'm bad at threats."

"Just a little." Tessa giggled.

"Aww you two are so cute." Said Isabelle, "You almost succeeded in distracting me from Jace's thing."

Jace groaned, "Izzy…"

"What? You can't tell me you're uncomfortable discussing it in front of strangers because they obviously already know what's up, while I, you're own sister, am floundering in ignorance."

Clary was silent. She had been watching Jace's face as the exchange went on, and the only time she had ever seen him look like this was when he had first found out who his father really was and he had been trying to figure out what his last name should be. He had looked conflicted, confused, and a little desperate, and all of those emotions were passing over his face now, as the rest of their friends bantered.

She looked over at Alec, who, between teasing his boyfriend, was shooting Jace concerned glances. He met her eyes briefly then looked away, with a frown. "You don't have to say anything if you don't want to." She whispered to Jace, squeezing his hand. He looked over at her and took a deep breath.

"No. I want to." He decided.

So he told them the story.